This episode features Karen Holland - Vice President Marketing, Asia Pacific & Japan at Dell. In this role, Karen is responsible for building Dell’s brand, thought leadership, and value proposition across the region and supporting business growth. She leads APJ marketing strategy, demand generation, direct and channel marketing, digital and social marketing innovations and drives Dell Technologies’ customer targeting and engagement strategies to grow the company’s customer base and create high-quality customer experiences. Join us as we chat all things advertising, communications, and marketing with a seasoned global marketer and executive with over 30 years of experience. 

With more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry within the Asia Pacific, Nilesh is an accomplished hospitality executive. Nilesh over the years has had career stints with The Oberoi Group in India, The Ritz Carlton in Indonesia, and St. Regis in Singapore and Malaysia. Nilesh is currently General Manager of the recently launched Le Meridien, Maldives Resort & Spa - a 360-degree canvas inspired by the formation of the Atolls, fringing reefs, and marine life. On this podcast, Nilesh talks to us about how the resort is an eco-conscious haven abundant with verdant flora and fauna and gives us the backstory around how he was brought in for the task force to launch Le Meridien Resort & Spa, Maldives right in the midst of the pandemic. Nilesh also talks to us about their GTM play, how he's leveraging the world-class Marriott Bonvoy program to usher in a very specific demographic of guests, and his hiring philosophy. 

If you have ever hired, led, or been part of a marketing team — you already know that one of the most impactful roles in an organization — and yet one of the toughest to hire — is product marketing.

But how does one hire truly exceptional product marketers? How should you structure the role? And how do you measure their impact? To answer all this and more —we are thrilled to be joined by Wendy Lu — Product Marketing Leader at Sense, the AI-driven Talent Engagement and Automation Platform backed by Accel and Google Ventures.

Prior to joining Sense, Wendy led product marketing for four years at the personal finance company SoFi, which IPO'd early this year at a valuation of US $ 9 Billion.