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Product Marketing · GTM · Content

The profile where launches get written up, not hyped.

Product Marketing & GTM for SaaS, AI & WordPress | I position, launch & build content engines that convert | 78% week-one migration on a flagship relaunch | Hostinger, Directorist, BoltAudit, Backspace | MBA (USA)

14,419 followers · as of Sep 2026
500+ connections
78% week-one migration · pinned
1M+ YouTube views
4.00/4.00 MBA · East Texas A&M UniversityTop 1% of the academic year · Honor Society
HostingerDirectoristFormGentwpWaxBoltAuditBackspaceWorld BankHungryPandaAlgorizinHelpGentBookingDeiApon BazarPragya FoodSovWareBetterDotsCity UniversityEast Texas A&M University
The story so far

Seven years of teaching marketing. Then I left to prove it works.

From lecture hall to launch day — every chapter below is a job that shipped, with the numbers it produced.

Experience at a glance

  1. Backspace InternationalProduct Marketing & Growth LeadAug 2026 – present
  2. BoltAuditProduct Marketing & GTM Consultant (contract)Jan 2026 – present
  3. SovWare (Directorist)Product Marketing & Content LeadApr 2025 – Jul 2026
  4. HostingerTechnical Content WriterApr 2024 – Dec 2025
  5. City UniversityLecturer, MarketingAug 2016 – Jan 2024
01Foundations 2011 – 2015

The theory, learned properly

RoleStudent · BBA in Marketing → MBA in Management DidNorth South University, then East Texas A&M — a 4.00 GPA and honor society. LearnedEnough theory to explain anything. No product to test it on yet.
4.00GPA · East Texas A&M
Top 1%of the academic year
2degrees in marketing & management
02The classroom 2016 – 2024

Seven years teaching what I hadn't yet done

RoleLecturer in Marketing · City University, Bangladesh DidPositioning, brand communication, consumer behavior. Led a World Bank–funded curriculum redesign. LearnedI taught positioning for seven years before I ever owned a launch.
7 yrslecturing marketing
1World Bank–funded curriculum redesign
03First real numbers 2019 – 2021

Theory meets a P&L

RoleBusiness Development Manager · Hungry Panda  ·  Growth Strategy · Algorizin, New York (remote) DidAlongside teaching — the first time a plan I wrote turned into orders, vendors, and money in a bank account. LearnedA strategy is only real once someone pays for it.
50+vendors onboarded
5,000+orders in six months
~$20Kearly-stage funding secured
04The jump 2023

From teaching marketing to owning it

RoleBusiness Development Analyst · SovWare (Directorist) DidHelped launch the Directorist mobile app, defined its UI/UX framework with Product, and ran lifecycle email in FluentCRM. Presented HelpGent's releases live on air — the first time the product story had to survive questions in real time. LearnedLeft the lecture hall to own the outcome, not the explanation.
20,000+businesses on Directorist
20K+app downloads
5K+active app users
05Building the engine 2024

Learning to be found — on Google and in AI answers

RoleTechnical Content Writer · Hostinger  ·  Founder · wpXplore  ·  @wpwax YouTube DidSEO/AEO tutorials for Hostinger, then wpXplore to run the full loop myself: research, production, distribution. LearnedTraffic you build yourself teaches more than traffic you inherit.
#1on Google · Hostinger
~350Kannual visitors · wpXplore
1M+YouTube views · @wpwax
06The test 2025

The launch that changed what I do

RoleProduct Marketing & Content Lead · SovWare (Directorist, FormGent, wpWax) DidDirectorist's largest structural release in seven years, 10,000+ users on a core paid feature. Owned GTM end to end: positioning, messaging, sequencing, release notes, email, enablement. LearnedThat's when I understood what I actually do: I make sure a product lands.
78%migrated in week one
37%MoM sales lift
145%organic traffic lift
60%+fewer support tickets
07Landing products 2026 · now

Product marketing across SaaS & AI brands

RoleProduct Marketing & Growth Lead · Backspace International  ·  GTM (contract) · BoltAudit  ·  Directorist Academy DidGrowing the business, sharpening how each service is sold, building AI automation into production — plus taking an AI SaaS from prototype to a rated WordPress.org release. LearnedCustomer education became a sales channel.
4.6/5BoltAudit on WordPress.org
17%free → paid, in beta
~30%learners → paying customers

Seven years of theory. Three years of proof. Now I position for the real user and the real funnel — not vanity keywords.

Open to senior product marketing roles with global SaaS and AI teams · remote · relocation for the right role

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Top skill · pinned on LinkedIn Product MarketingPositioning, launch, and the content engine that carries it — for SaaS, AI, and WordPress products. 12+ yrs78% wk-1 migration4 brands
Go-to-marketLaunch sequences that hit dates
Positioning & messagingBuilt around the buyer who pays
AI SaaS launchesBoltAudit · 17% free-to-paid
SEO / AEO / GEORanked and cited by AI answers
YouTube & video100+ tutorials · 1M+ views
Public speakingLive launches · lecture hall
On-camera hosting100+ videos · 5 live streams
Lifecycle emailOnboarding to migration flows
Customer educationCourses that convert learners
Product documentationDocs shipped with the release

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Open to work · 2026

Open to senior product marketing roles with global SaaS and AI teams — worldwide remote, or relocation for the right role.

Product marketing GTM & launches SaaS · AI · WordPress Remote worldwide
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