John Sommerfield

1 Person Marketing Team-comfortable, Worked at Startups, Worked at Big Companies, Worked at SMBs, Worked at Services Companies/MSSPs/MSPs

Hi! I'm an experienced marketing and communications executive with professional experience that spans integrated corporate marketing, content creation, brand journalism, corporate communications, and public relations. Cybersecurity is baked in all of the verticals I've worked in, from fraud detection in payments, fintech, and banking/brokerage to direct involvement with firewall and perimeter security companies (networking, firewalls, and vendors like Fire Eye) I'm an expert at thought leadership initiatives, content marketing and strategy, and both long and short- and long-form content creation. I've led go-to-market initiatives at Salesforce and payments processor i2c, where I headed corporate marketing and was responsible for custom and syndicated content strategy, public relations, executive communications, and events. I've held managing editor roles both at Schwab and at the #1 payments publication PYMNTS.com, where I oversaw a team of 20 writers, editors, and designers in the creation of 35-50 custom-published (client sponsored) research reports monthly.