Gabrielle Knowles

Technology Marketing Leader | Driving Marketing Strategy & ABM Across APJ | Stakeholder-First Approach

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

About

Seasoned marketing leader specialising in field and regional marketing. My career is marked by successful and impactful partnerships across diverse business functions that drive tangible outcomes. Key areas of expertise include marketing strategy and execution, account based marketing, stakeholder relationships, event strategy and management, and campaign planning and execution. My approach integrates collaboration, honesty and accountability, resulting in an engaged and motivated team working together to drive results.

Experience

  • Director, Field Marketing, APJ at Infoblox
    Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    Responsible for leading the APJ Field Marketing team, focusing on demand generation and delivering measurable business outcomes. My role involves strategising marketing initiatives that align with sales objectives, fostering collaboration across the business.

  • Director, Marketing ANZ at CrowdStrike
    Oct 2021 - Aug 2025 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    Responsible for leading the ANZ marketing strategy, aligning regional initiatives with global objectives to drive growth and deliver measurable outcomes. CrowdStrike is the leader in cloud-delivered next-generation endpoint protection. CrowdStrike has revolutionised endpoint protection by being the first and only company to unify next-generation antivirus (AV), endpoint detection and response (EDR), and a 24/7 managed hunting service — all delivered via a single lightweight agent.

  • Splunk (8 yrs 2 mos)
    • Field Marketing Director, APAC
      Feb 2018 - Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 9 mos

      Responsible for building and leading the field marketing team to plan, execute, analyse and optimise marketing activities across the region. The primary goals are to increase awareness, drive demand and build pipeline for Splunk’s products. Splunk is the leading platform for Operational Intelligence. Where you see servers and devices, apps and logs, traffic and clouds; we see data… everywhere. Splunk enables the curious to look closely at what others ignore: machine data, and find what others may never see: insights that can make your company more productive, profitable, secure and competitive.

    • Senior Manager, Field Marketing, ANZ
      Feb 2016 - Feb 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Responsible for planning, development and implementation of Splunk's marketing strategies, marketing communications and public relations activities in Australia and New Zealand. Splunk is the leading platform for Operational Intelligence. Where you see servers and devices, apps and logs, traffic and clouds; we see data… everywhere. Splunk enables the curious to look closely at what others ignore: machine data, and find what others may never see: insights that can make your company more productive, profitable, secure and competitive.

    • Field Marketing Manager, ANZ
      Oct 2014 - Feb 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Responsible for planning, development and implementation of Splunk's marketing strategies, marketing communications and public relations activities in Australia and New Zealand.

  • Citrix ()
    • APAC Channel Marketing Manager
      Feb 2013 - Jul 2013 · 6 mos

      Responsible for creating, launching, executing and evaluating key channel-led marketing campaigns for managed partners, distributors, strategic alliance partners and system integrators.

    • Event Marketing Manager APAC
      Jan 2012 - Feb 2013 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Responsible for designing, implementing and executing event based programs to create awareness and generate demand for Citrix across Asia Pacific. The program spanned both customer and partner events, including an exhibition component and sponsorship sales.

  • Strategic Alliance Marketing Manager at Cisco
    Jan 2009 - Jan 2012 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Responsible for representing Cisco to Telstra, acting as the focal point for all joint marketing activities under the Telstra/Cisco Alliance, working with the Alliance Marketing Manager at Telstra to ensure that all marketing activities generate awareness and demand, and show return on investment.