After working as a consultant at H + A, I worked at Akamai Technologies, in Boston. Following a job offer from Trend Micro.
At Akamai. I was given a big budget to manage. I bought programs to serve a budget for 1.2 million. It was the biggest budget, at that time, in marketing. I met all the vendors, like IDG. It really expanded my network, quickly, and this helped me when I was launching and revamping small tech companies, following this in Boston and NYC. The IDG staff knew me and invited me to events and were always available.
I came in one morning and after seeing a story on CNN about Indian businesses being out of internet, because of a disaster that affected their servers. I suggested that Akamai create a data visualization showing hits to the internet with and without their Sure route technology. I, then, ran a campaign about it and we did press, etc. https://www.akamai.com/us/en/resources/visualizing-akamai/network-operations-command-center.jsp . A Boston publication wrote about it and said it is an example of "Excellence in Marketing".
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At Akamai, I did a few big projects. I asked for an additional budget to pitch APS (Application Performance Solutions) into Pubic Sector. Another $100,000. We ran an excellent webinar and I coordinated it well with inside sales, so we closed deals from it. My job was also to manage Gartner events and I decided to ask the technology team could I bring the NOCC (which shows hits to the internet) to the show to stream it on a screen, at the booth. The tech guys laughed that no one had ever thought of that.
I also ran the most successful banner ads across network world with 4 smart offers (datasheets, whitepaper, etc). It consistently brought in the most leads across the company. I went to a company event and I met George Conrades, who asked what I am working on. He is one of the founders of the internet. I said, why don't you sell APS into the channel?. I said, I know the CEO of a company who has access to your buyer across the top tier of the tech channel.
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I went on to four more companies and all were successful projects. I started to take on companies who had not yet focused on marketing where I could negotiate on title and salary and when I got in the door. I made them look amazing, so I could be proud to say I ran their marketing. Many times people who are building businesses are focused on that and not necessarily marketing, or not at that time. As they need to get the process correct, before they bring in the masses. So, it worked out. I worked non-stop. I didn't take vacations. I worked at night and on the weekends.
There were two acquisitions and one company was offered 100 million, in seed. Leaving Boston, I had two job offers, in NYC, and one CMO job offer, in San Francisco. I was on track to be a CMO at bigger companies or to build a marketing agency for tech start-ups.
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Deb Lovell
Deb sold for IDG
Oonagh is a focused and driven professional. I worked with her across two companies and she used great skill to decipher what programs would generate maximum exposure, while generating above average targeted lead count for Sales. Working with Oonagh was easy because she always operates with integrity and is responsive and direct. I would highly recommend Oonagh.
Nicolas Fidler
Nick sold marketing programs for leading data providers
She was a pleasure to work with. She was very detailed and analytical in her approach to lead generation. Often forming brainstorming sessions focusing the group on how to utilize the newest programs and marketing vehicles to meet the company's goals
Michael Skold
Sales at Akamai
Oonagh has a great attitude and a will to win. She is always open to new ideas and combines her ideas and experience with a great ability to listen to the needs of her internal stalk holders. She proactively reaches out to the sales team to gain valuable input and to build relationships that ultimately result in added value back to the organization.
Peter Spilikas
Sales at Akamai
Oonagh brought a high level of energy and entrepreneurial drive to a new line of business. Her ability to organize and efficiently work cross functionally with direct sales, channel sales, product management and product marketing was a contributing force to the launch and early success.
When I was in NYC, after attending the Global GF 2045, I felt that to solve the question of longevity, that we needed to combine spirituality and technology. Both fields were represented at the conference. I met with a head coder, of a team and I told him I wanted to astrally project the energy body into holographic code. So, I wanted a shaman to do the astral projection and a coder to help me code the energy body/soul and the holographic code that would accept the energy body. I had specked out a blueprint of the code of the soul, to begin.
