Gina Hortatsos

4X CMO | Chief Growth Officer | Board Member

Greater Chicago Area

About

I’m a 4-time CMO who builds AI-native marketing teams that turn momentum into measurable growth. With 27 years of experience leading B2B SaaS companies from $5M to $250M+ ARR, I specialize in full-funnel growth strategy, brand-to-demand orchestration, and high-performance team building. My work spans demand gen, marketing ops, GTM design, community-led growth, and category creation—with a proven track record of building sustainable pipeline that converts. I blend servant leadership, operational rigor, and a bold embrace of AI. From integrating GenAI into campaign workflows to developing copilots for content ops and reimagining the buyer journey with agentic tools, I help teams do more—faster and smarter. I work with boards, CEOs, and go-to-market leaders to align marketing with business strategy and deliver compounding, scalable results.

Experience

  • DefenseStorm (1 yr)
    • Chief Growth Officer
      Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    • Chief Marketing Officer
      Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Board Member, Casted at Casted
    Apr 2020 - Oct 2025 · 5 yrs 7 mos

  • Head of Marketing and Community at HackerOne
    Jun 2023 - Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Leading and optimizing the Marketing & Community team globally. Responsible for global pipeline, brand, product marketing, community building on both the customer and researcher community sides of the marketplace. AI transformation projects include agentic and AI "team mate" use cases. HackerOne is a global leader in offensive security testing, pinpointing the most critical security flaws across an organization's attack surface before they can be exploited.

  • Chief Marketing Officer at LogicGate
    Sep 2019 - May 2023 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Vice President of Marketing at FourKites, Inc.
    Jul 2018 - Sep 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos