Rob Walters

Product Marketing Consultant | Translating Complex Data & Infrastructure Technologies into Clear Customer Value

Greater Boston

About

I’m a product marketing leader focused on data, infrastructure, and developer platforms. Over the past 20+ years, I’ve worked across engineering, product management, and marketing at companies including Microsoft, MongoDB, Apollo GraphQL, Aerospike and today, Kestra.io. I specialize in translating complex technical capabilities into clear, differentiated positioning that resonates with both engineering and business audiences. My work focuses on helping infrastructure and data platform companies articulate why they matter, whether through messaging frameworks, competitive positioning, or technical GTM campaigns. At Aerospike, I led competitive and positioning initiatives focused on high-performance, real-time workloads, including benchmark-driven campaigns and messaging for managed services and cloud offerings. Prior to that, at MongoDB, I owned GTM for IoT and time-series use cases, developing technical narratives and content that supported adoption across modern data architectures. In addition to my work in technology, I serve as a paramedic and firefighter, bringing experience in making critical decisions under pressure where clarity and execution matter. I’m always eager to connect with fellow innovators, marketers, technologists, and my brothers and sisters in the IAFF. If you’d like to discuss go-to-market strategy, product marketing, or just share ideas, feel free to reach out.

Experience

  • Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager at Kestra
    Jun 2026 - Present · 1 mo

    • Lead product launches for new features and integrations, enhancing Kestra's market presence. • Defined go-to-market strategies tailored for developer and infrastructure audiences, ensuring clear communication of product value. • Develop technical content including blogs, demos, and webinars to engage technical decision-makers effectively.

  • Firefighter / Paramedic / Emergency Management Coordinator at Holden Fire Department
    Dec 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos

    • Respond to medical and fire emergencies, delivering life-saving prehospital care and ensuring rapid, effective incident mitigation. • Lead coordination between the CERT program and the Fire Department to strengthen community preparedness, volunteer training, and emergency response capability. • Partner with the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency to lead local disaster mitigation planning and strengthen community preparedness.

  • Senior Product Marketing Manager (Contractor) at Aerospike
    Jan 2026 - Jun 2026 · 6 mos

    • Developed competitive messaging and content to enhance product positioning in the market. • Collaborated with the product team to create positioning content for Aerospike Managed Services and Aerospike Cloud.

  • Product Marketing Manager (Contractor) at Apollo GraphQL
    Oct 2024 - Jun 2025 · 9 mos

  • MongoDB (8 yrs 3 mos)
    • Senior Product Manager - Streaming
      Jan 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Building new stream processing capabilities within MongoDB Atlas!

    • Senior Product Manager Connectors and Things
      Apr 2020 - Jan 2023 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Responsible for managing the MongoDB Connectors for Apache Kafka, Apache Spark and other database tools. SME on IoT and time-series use cases.

    • Principal Product Marketing Manager
      May 2018 - Apr 2020 · 2 yrs

      Continually evaluate MongoDB capabilities with needs of IoT use cases, make recommendations to engineering teams and provide thought leadership to the executive team. Lead the architecture and strategy for MongoDB’s IoT reference architecture. Evangelize and be the customer advocate within MongoDB for the IoT use case.