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Lisa Ames

CMO | Operating Exec | Advisor | Strategist | "Business Therapist"

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $30,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $12,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Operating Executive, Marketing

    2024

  • Principal, CMO & Operating Executive

    2022 - 2024

    Managing more than $12.5 billion in capital, Norwest has invested in over 600 early-to-late-stage companies, with more than 200 currently active across consumer, enterprise, and healthcare. With an invited-guest approach, Norwest provides entrepreneurs with specialized resources, expertise, and connections to achieve their vision, their way.

  • Interim CMO & Operating Executive

    2021 - 2022

  • Operating Executive, Marketing

    2020 - 2021

  • Sr. Advisor

    2020 - 2020

  • Board Member

    2023

    Women in Revenue was founded in 2018 by twelve revenue-driven women with a mission to empower women in marketing, sales, and customer success with education, mentorship, visibility, and networking opportunities. Our vision is to achieve 100% workplace equity for Women in Revenue. Today I serve on the Board, chair the Mentorship Committee, and help lead mentorship programs including 1:1, Flash Mentorship and Huddles.

  • Mentor

    2020

2019 - 2020

  • Vice President, Marketing

    2019 - 2020

2015 - 2019

  • Vice President, Demand Generation & Brand

    2016 - 2019

  • Sr. Director, Demand Generation

    2015 - 2016

2012 - 2015

  • Director, Demand Generation & Field Marketing

    2013 - 2015

  • Sr. Manager, Demand Generation

    2012 - 2013

2011 - 2012

  • Personal sabbatical

    2011 - 2012

2009 - 2011

  • Director, Marketing Programs

    2009 - 2011

2007 - 2009

  • Marketing Manager at DATAllegro (acquired by Microsoft)

    2007 - 2009

2000 - 2007

  • B2B Marketing Consultant

    2000 - 2007

    Contributed in a hands-on capacity in the areas of marketing strategy, demand generation, content & copywriting and brand. Worked and lived abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina 2004-2005. Noteworthy clients include: >Siebel Systems, Inc. >StrongMail >Digital Impact, Inc. >Sinia Corporation >Keynote Systems >Charles Schwab & Company >Town & Country Resources >Active Ingredients