Executive Guidance

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Toptal invites business trailblazers to share their insights on information security, artificial intelligence, cloud services, marketing, management consulting, innovation, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Navigating GEO and AI Search: Lessons From Scrunch’s Head of Marketing

    JAN 20

    Navigating GEO and AI Search: Lessons From Scrunch’s Head of Marketing

    Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Scrunch’s Head of Marketing, Kevin White, as they explore how AI-powered search is reshaping buyer behavior and discovery. Kevin shares insights on navigating GEO, why experimentation matters more than best practices, and how clarity, structure, and customer-first thinking are essential to winning visibility in the age of LLM-driven search. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    39 min
  2. The Human Side of Cybersecurity: Lessons From Yahoo’s Director of Security GRC

    JAN 9

    The Human Side of Cybersecurity: Lessons From Yahoo’s Director of Security GRC

    Join Toptal’s Cyber and Information Security Services Practice Lead, Zohra Ibrahimi, and Yahoo’s Director of Security GRC, Steven Asifo, as they explore how modern security leaders can build strong security cultures at scale. Steven shares insights on making security approachable and why communication, trust, and human-centered leadership are essential to effective risk management in an AI-enabled world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min
  3. Why Great Marketing Starts With Business Mastery: Insights From Lumivero

    JAN 2

    Why Great Marketing Starts With Business Mastery: Insights From Lumivero

    In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Lumivero CMO Tessa Barron joins Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, to share her journey from marketing execution to strategic leadership. Learn how she builds proactive, audience-driven teams and why true marketing impact starts with fully understanding the business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    39 min
  4. Redefining Go-to-Market Strategy With Focused Execution: Lessons from Pavilion CEO Sam Jacobs

    12/05/2025

    Redefining Go-to-Market Strategy With Focused Execution: Lessons from Pavilion CEO Sam Jacobs

    Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Pavilion’s Founder and CEO, Sam Jacobs, as they explore how modern leadership is evolving. Sam shares how Pavilion helps go-to-market leaders accelerate their careers through clarity, education, and community, while redefining what it means to build organizations rooted in focus and long-term growth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min
  5. How AWS Is Helping Enterprises Build, Scale, and Innovate With AI

    11/28/2025

    How AWS Is Helping Enterprises Build, Scale, and Innovate With AI

    Join Toptal’s Cloud Services Practice Lead, TJ Urglavitch, and Divyesh Shah, Head of Partner Solutions Architecture at AWS, as they explore how AWS is shaping the future of cloud and AI through partnership and innovation. Divyesh shares how AWS empowers its partner ecosystem to deliver measurable impact, integrate responsible AI, and enable enterprises to build secure, scalable, and trusted solutions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min
  6. Turning Personalization Into Performance: Lessons From Movable Ink

    11/18/2025

    Turning Personalization Into Performance: Lessons From Movable Ink

    Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Movable Ink’s VP of Growth Marketing, Justin Keller, as they discuss how AI and creative automation are reshaping personalization. Justin shares how Movable Ink helps brands transform data into meaningful, one-to-one experiences, combining technology, creativity, and strategy to deepen customer engagement and drive growth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    44 min
  7. AI and the Future of B2B Marketing: Insights From Chili Piper’s Co-founder

    11/03/2025

    AI and the Future of B2B Marketing: Insights From Chili Piper’s Co-founder

    In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Toptal’s Jeff Gangemi sits down with Chili Piper Co-founder and Co-CEO, Alina Vandenberghe. Alina shares her journey from engineering and sales into entrepreneurship, and how she built Chili Piper into a global company redefining B2B growth. They explore how AI agents are transforming top-of-funnel marketing, and what it really takes to lead with authenticity in a remote-first world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min
  8. Personalization at Scale: How AI Will Rewrite the Marketing Playbook

    10/06/2025

    Personalization at Scale: How AI Will Rewrite the Marketing Playbook

    Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Jon Miller, co-founder of Marketo and CEO and co-founder of a stealth AI startup, as they explore how AI will reshape B2B marketing. Jon shares why the old playbook of gated content and marketing-qualified leads is losing effectiveness, how personalization remains marketing’s north star, and why AI is the platform shift that will unlock the next generation of martech. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    39 min
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Toptal invites business trailblazers to share their insights on information security, artificial intelligence, cloud services, marketing, management consulting, innovation, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Toptal
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Toptal
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