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Marc van Bree

Full stack marketing leader with more than 20 years of experience

Austin, TX
(512) 699-2095
mcmvanbree (at) gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/mcmvanbree

I’ve built and coached global teams, launched impactful partnerships, and executed demand generation campaigns that deliver measurable outcomes.


STRENGTHS

  • Partner marketing
  • Demand generation
  • Product marketing
  • Event marketing
  • Marketing operations
  • Marketing strategy
  • B2B marketing
  • Marketing analytics
  • Messaging and positioning
  • Team leadership

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

AFFINIPAY
The market leader in professional services payments and practice management software with products including LawPay, CPACharge, and MyCase.

SENIOR MANAGER, GTM, CHANNEL MARKETING | May 2025 – Present

  • Lead and execute affinity, events, and tech partner channel marketing strategies.
  • Develop and execute comprehensive channel marketing strategies to support go-to-market (GTM) plans and drive partner-led growth.
  • Develop and deliver partner enablement programs that enhance the understanding of product offerings, sales strategies, and marketing initiatives.
  • Monitor, track, and analyze the performance of channel marketing initiatives, adjusting strategies as necessary to optimize results.

AUCTANE
A leading SaaS company with brands including Stamps.com and ShipStation, enabling hundreds of thousands of merchants to ship billions of products.

GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF PARTNER MARKETING | Aug 2017 – Oct 2024

  • Built and coached a global marketing team in Austin, London, and Sydney that grew the business across a portfolio of products through strategic partnerships and integrations, co-marketing campaigns, and events.
  • Grew partner referrals by 150,000+ trials and partner-referred revenue by $200M with a through, to, and with partner marketing strategy spanning more than 1,000 partners.
  • Led cross-functional go-to-market efforts with strategic partners including Amazon, Google, NetSuite, Shopify, and UPS, collaborating with product, engineering, business development, channel, sales, and marketing.
  • Head up the event strategy and team that generated thousands of sales qualified leads (SQLs) through 60+ trade shows, conferences, partner events, and customer events, including ShipStation University, which secured more than $100K in annual partner sponsorships.
  • Launched an agency and system integrator partner program and portal with 200+ partners to improve and scale partner enablement, lead registration, and co-marketing, growing to more than $35M in revenue.
  • Promoted from senior partner marketing manager in 2019 to lead the partner and events teams. Promoted to global role in 2023.

NETSPEND
A leading fintech company offering prepaid debit cards, mobile banking, and financial services to individuals and businesses.

CHANNEL MARKETING MANAGER, RETAIL | May 2015 – Aug 2017

  • Managed marketing programs across a variety of national retailers including big box, convenience, grocery, and dollar stores.
  • Managed out of store and digital campaigns across the country to drive card sales and increase traffic and spend at retail partners.
  • Drove 50+ projects on a daily basis with accounts, creative, legal, and production to deliver marketing collateral within tight deadlines.
  • Partnered with account stakeholders on quarterly business reviews, new business pitches, and new product feature launches.
  • Developed a national in-store and digital campaign for Walmart with a 52% sales lift that established a record month for the channel.
  • Drove positioning and go-to-market strategy of a successful H-E-B white label relaunch, and secured incremental in-store placements.

CHARFEN
A fast-growing startup providing training and certification for real estate professionals including the Certified Distressed Property Expert.

SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER | Jun 2012 – May 2015

  • Owned and executed the entire inbound marketing and demand generation strategy, including marketing automation, CRM, and ecommerce for an Inc.-listed company.
  • Delivered full-funnel marketing campaigns that drove up to 50% of monthly sales and generated more than 2,000 leads per month
  • Developed and managed the infrastructure, tech stack, and operations of the company’s acquisition and lifecycle marketing, from inbound marketing and lead generation to retention and upsell opportunities.
  • Promoted from marketing manager in July 2013.

AUSTIN OPERA
An innovative cultural institution engaging more than 35,000 community members annually through three main stage productions.

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING | Jan 2011 – May 2012

  • Head of marketing providing leadership in sales, pricing, branding, media planning, public relations, social media and digital marketing, direct marketing, and customer service.
  • Increased subscription sales by 22%; grew number of single tickets by 21%; and moved subscriber retention rate from 64% to 85%.
  • Developed a digital strategy that increased online single ticket sales from 28% to 55% of total sales and increased the ROI of marketing dollars by 68%, while delivering a greater ability to analyze patron purchasing behaviors and track conversions.
  • Managed up to three direct reports and a variety of outsourced relationships including a web developer, publicist, media vendors, telemarketing, and box office services.

CHAPIN HALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
A leading policy think tank committed to the effective dissemination of research into the field of child and family well-being.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSOCIATE | Mar 2009 – May 2011

  • Directed communication strategies to disseminate policy research to key stakeholders including top-level policymakers, legislators, advocates, and national media.
  • Managed conference and institutional event planning of major events in Chicago and Washington, D.C.; produced public policy forums and webinars with more than 10,000 registrants annually.

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
An internationally renowned cultural institution, consistently hailed as one of the greatest orchestras in the world.

PUBLICIST | Nov 2005 – Mar 2009

  • Crafted institutional communications and messaging for news releases, season announcements, and annual reports.
  • Secured significant media coverage and strengthened relationships with local, national and international media.
  • Established, managed, and grew the organization’s Facebook and social media presence, noted in the industry for its engagement with an international audience of fans.
  • Promoted from public relations coordinator in October 2008.

EDUCATION

2017 – 2019
MBA, Texas State University
Master’s thesis: A macro-environmental analysis of competitive employment for individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

2003 – 2005
BA, Marketing Communications, Columbia College Chicago
Winner of the Columbia College 2004-05 Academic Excellence Scholarship
Executive Vice President, CCMA, a collegiate chapter of AMA


PROFICIENCIES

Salesforce, HubSpot, WordPress

JIRA, Confluence, Asana

Google Analytics, Looker, RStudio, basic SQL

Adobe Creative Suite

HTML, CSS, basic JS and PHP

English, Dutch, and German


AFFILIATIONS

2023 – Present
Member
Partnership Leaders

2024 – Present
Member, Main Street Advisory Board
City of Buda

2011 – 2014
Member, Board of Directors
Chorus Austin