Melissa Czapiga

Chief Marketing Officer

San Francisco Bay Area

About

B2B marketing exec with a knack for connecting complex technology to business value for enterprise buyers. Winning track record with IPO and multiple M&A outcomes. Specialities in category creation, building high-performing teams, and driving growth through disciplined cross-functional GTM execution.

Experience

  • Chief Marketing Officer at Redpanda Data
    Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • Chief Marketing Officer at Red Canary, a Zscaler company
    Aug 2022 - Feb 2026 · 3 yrs 7 mos

    --Acquired by Zscaler, August 2025-- As CMO at Red Canary, led an enterprise-focused GTM strategy aligned with sales, driving 2.5X ARR growth, ~80% enterprise segment growth, and resulting in acquisition by Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) at $140M+ ARR.

  • Salesforce ()
    • VP, Marketing
      Feb 2022 - Aug 2022 · 7 mos

      Led high-performing teams across multiple MuleSoft marketing functions, including serving as global head of field marketing for the $1B business unit. Managed the successful launch of MuleSoft's automation and RPA tools after its acquisition of Servicetrace, further expanding the company's product portfolio.

    • Senior Director, Corporate Marketing
      Feb 2020 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      As head of global corporate marketing, led a distributed team responsible for MuleSoft's brand, corporate messaging, customer marketing, editorial, PR, and analyst relations. During this time, MuleSoft grew to over $1 billion in ARR and ranked #1 in iPaaS and Application Infrastructure & Middleware.

    • Director, Corporate Marketing
      Jun 2018 - Feb 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

      After Salesforce completed its acquisition of MuleSoft, led several corporate marketing functions, including corporate messaging, PR and analyst relations, to drive strategic M&A objectives and support revenue growth.

  • MuleSoft ()
    • Director, Corporate Communications and Events
      Aug 2016 - Jun 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

      In this expanded role, built a team focused on driving demand and delivering pipeline through a portfolio of marketing programs and events. During this period of tremendous company growth, I also led all PR and employee communications for MuleSoft's IPO in 2017 (NYSE:MULE) and its acquisition by Salesforce in 2018.

    • Head of Corporate Communications
      Nov 2013 - Aug 2016 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      In this role, I led the company's global communications strategy through its rapid growth pre-IPO and built MuleSoft's PR and analyst relations functions from the ground up.

  • Senior Manager at Bhava Communications
    Nov 2011 - Oct 2013 · 2 yrs

    Bhava Communications is a leading-edge integrated marketing, public relations, and branding agency that specializes in serving enterprise tech, B2B, and consumer goods and services companies at every stage, from pre-launch startups to large public enterprises. Representative client work included: Cloudera, Engine Yard, Gainsight, MuleSoft, and Sumo Logic.