Raianne Reiss

Chief Marketing Officer

Greater Chicago Area

About

Marketing executive with extensive experience in developing and executing go-to-market strategy, product positioning and messaging, marketing and brand strategy development, customer marketing, and business development. 20+ years of experience in developing and managing successful global brands and accelerating growth. Passionate about technology, driving transformation, and powerful storytelling.

Experience

  • Chief Marketing Officer at Skillsoft
    Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at Yext
    Aug 2022 - Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Lead all aspects of marketing including corporate brand strategy and communications, product marketing, demand generation, operations, and business development.

  • Vice President, Marketing at Elastic
    Apr 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) (3 yrs 4 mos)
    • Head of Americas Marketing
      Mar 2020 - Apr 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Lead marketing in the US, Canada, and Latin America for Amazon Web Services in support of a $70B+ cloud services business. Develop the marketing strategy and plan for the Americas. Drive execution to acquire new customers, accelerate migrations, and deliver pipeline to support the company's growth objectives. Manage a team of 200+ marketing professionals including Field Marketing, Partner Marketing, Vertical Marketing, Segment Marketing, Campaigns, Digital Marketing, Events, and Operations.

    • Head of US Marketing
      May 2019 - Mar 2020 · 11 mos

      Led Marketing in the US for AWS. Promoted to Head of Americas Marketing.

    • Head of Strategic Accounts Marketing
      Jan 2018 - Apr 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos

      First employee in Strategic Accounts Marketing, with responsibility for defining the function, strategy, and plan while driving execution and building a new team. Promoted to Head of US Marketing.

  • Director, Americas Marketing at Juniper Networks
    Jul 2011 - Jan 2018 · 6 yrs 7 mos

    Led Field and Partner Marketing in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Created compelling content and opportunities for meaningful customer engagements in support of the Americas business objectives. Received annual $25,000 CMO Challenger Award for driving innovation and delivering results. Launched company's first virtual network function cloud services through partners. Built an industry award-winning account-based marketing program, including an innovative metrics process that was adopted by other Fortune 500 tech companies. Served as a featured speaker at numerous industry, customer, and partner events. Promoted from Senior Manager, Field Marketing.