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His approach combines differentiated positioning, innovative ideas, disciplined execution, clear communication, and data-driven ROI measurement. Aris has scaled brands from $150M to $400M, generated 200% lead-generation growth, developed and marketed products contributing to more than $200M in revenue, built marketing teams from the ground up, managed teams of up to 30, budgets of up to $50M, and acquisitions of $200M. His record includes launching a hard-drive product line that generated more than $150M globally, growing a broadcasting business by 30%, introducing voice-communication products that generated more than $2M in sales within weeks, and winning Samsung’s Best Idea Award for CRM SaaS software that contributed to a 30% revenue increase. Aris is open to Director, VP of Marketing/Growth, and CMO opportunities. ## Services - Omni-Channel Marketing - Technical Marketing - B2C Marketing - B2B Marketing Strategy - Storytelling - Event Management - AEO - Industrial Marketing - Performance Marketing - Anthropic Claude - Affiliate Marketing - Customer Retention - Customer Acquisition - Performance Metrics - HubSpot Marketing Hub - Artificial Neural Networks - SEMrush - ChatGPT - Finance - Thought Leadership - KPI Reporting - Paid Media Strategy - Paid Social Media Advertising - Demand Generation - E-commerce SEO - Search Engine Optimization \(SEO\) - Performance Management - Vertical Marketing - Product Promotion - Revenue & Profit Growth ## Highlights - Scaled Emser Tile's revenue from $150M to $400M in three years after establishing its marketing department. - Launched and marketed products contributing to more than $200M in revenue, including a hard-drive product line that generated more than $150M in global revenue. - Grew flash-drive and semiconductor revenue at SimpleTech from $0 to $20M in six months. - Launched SimpleTech's first MP3 player, adding $10M in revenue in one year and earning E-Gear Publication's Best MP3 Player award. - Added $5M at SimpleTech through new MicroSD and DRAM product lines. - Led a SimpleTech rebrand that increased positive brand sentiment 80% and organic-search traffic 60% in three months. - Increased Target Specialty ecommerce sales 50% in six months through a new website and ecommerce platform and management of PPC, SEO/SEM, Google Analytics, and AdWords. - Increased Target Specialty Pest product-line sales 15% in one year through the Strike MAX launch. - Increased Target Specialty sales 30% through a customer email CRM and bi-weekly email programs. - Grew Target Specialty Facebook followers from 630 to 29,000 in two years through new social channels. - Improved Target Specialty omnichannel marketing efficiency and effectiveness 50% and lead generation 200%. - Raised Target Specialty Lakeside and aquatic-product margins from 15% to 20% in one year and reduced BOM costs by more than 50%. - Reduced Target Specialty inventory costs 5% by rationalizing 120 underperforming SKUs. - Used generative AI personalization to increase Target Specialty campaign engagement 50%. - Led a four-person Target Specialty team to improve efficiency 20% in six months and launched PR strategy that increased brand awareness 100% in six months. - Expanded AeroVironment's Industrial Charging segment by $50M through refrigerated and frozen-food supply-chain entry. - Increased AeroVironment channel sales 25% in three months through an auto-dealer channel program. - Directed the Posi-Charge Pro-Core launch at AeroVironment, contributing to a 20% sales increase in six months. - Increased AeroVironment ground-support-equipment sales 15% in two months through differentiated Posi-Charge messaging and increased Posi-Charge sales 30% in seven months through branding. - Increased leads by more than 200% at each of AeroVironment's MODEX Show and Battery Show, and grew its customer CRM 300% in six months through email marketing. - Created AeroVironment's media and PR strategy and an 800-editor media database, increasing brand awareness 80% in one year. - Increased Emser Tile website traffic 150% in six months and grew Facebook followers from 950 to 60,000 in two years. - Increased Emser revenue 20% through Walmart and Home Depot, added $8M through the REO department, and increased ceramic-tile sales 30% in two months through Heavy-Wear. - Launched Emser University, increasing sales more than 30% email and webinar initiatives increased sales 25% month over month and ABM increased sales per customer more than 30%. - Launched TEAC DVD Duplicators, adding $10M in annual revenue Education and Broadcasting businesses, adding 30% in new business at 50% margins and a cable business, adding $5M in two months at 60% margins. - Launched TEAC's catalog channel, increasing revenue 25% in six months, and a new website and SEO/SEM initiatives, increasing traffic 200% in six months and reaching Top 10 Google Search rankings. - Launched TEAC USB 2.0 External Hard Drives, increasing revenue 15% in two months at 20% gross profit expanded the line into Europe and Asia, with $40M in European sales and a record 45,000 units in two months. - Won TEAC's Best Product Award for the external HDD line, cut marketing expense more than 35%, generated $1M in new business through PPC, increased the Disc Publishing customer base 250%, and improved customer satisfaction 30%. - Won Samsung's Best Idea Award for launching CRM SaaS software that contributed to a 30% increase in revenue also introduced voice-communication products that generated more than $2M in sales within weeks. ## Experience - **Head of Marketing at Rentokil Terminix** (2017-06-01–present) —  Increased sales of the Pest product line by launching the new Strike MAX product line by 15% in one year.  Launched the company’s new website and ecommerce platform. Managed the PPC, SEO/SEM, Google Analytics and AdWords to measure ROI. Ecommerce sales increased by 50% in just 6 months.  Set up the customer email CRM and launched bi-weekly email blast programs to increase product awareness and sales. Increased sales by 30% through improved knowledge of products.  Launched social media channels including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube. Increased the Facebook followers from 630 to 29,000, in just 2 years.  Supported inventory cost reductions by 5%, by rationalizing 120 underperforming SKU’s and products that were experiencing declining product lifecycles.  Increased profit margins for the lakeside management and aq - **Strategic Marketing Manager at AV** (2015-11-01–2017-04-01) — Provided strategic marketing direction for a $260M leader in military/commercial drones, residential/commercial electric vehicle charging systems.  Expanded the Industrial Charging business segment by $50M, through entering the Refrigerated/Frozen Foods supply chain businesses.  Increased the channel sales by 25% in just 3 months by launching an auto dealer channel program.  Directed the company’s most successful product launch, the Posi-Charge Pro-Core. This line contributed to a 20% sales increase in just 6 months.  Differentiated the company’s Posi-Charge line from those of the competitors, by creating new, high impact messaging/content across websites, trade shows, and sales presentations. The new messaging was responsible for increasing the ground support equipment sales by 15% in just 2 months.  Developed marketing strategies for the two main industry trade shows, the MODEX Show and the Battery Show, increasing leads by over 200% for each trade show.  Increased th - **Marketing Manager at Emser Tile** (2011-06-01–2015-06-01) — Developed and managed all the marketing initiatives for the $150M designer and marketer of building materials.  Set up the marketing department. Directed the marketing initiatives that contributed to growing revenues from $150M to $400M in just 3 years.  Redesigned the website. Managed the PPC, SEO/SEM and Google Analytics to track progress. Increased the site traffic by 150% in just 6 months.  Developed the social media strategies/channels, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Houzz, YouTube and Snapchat. Increased the Facebook followers from 950 to 60,000 in just 2 years.  Increased revenues by 20% by working with Walmart and Home Depot. Increased sales by $8M by establishing the new Real Estate Owned \(REO\) Department.  Increased the sales of ceramic tile line by 30% in just 2 months through launching the new Heavy-Wear ceramic tile category.  Established the Emser University training initiative, resulting in an ongoing monthly in-house sales and customer - **Director of Marketing at TEAC Information Products Division** (2005-03-01–2011-03-01) — Managed all the Marketing initiatives for the largest subsidiary of Tokyo-based TEAC Corporation, a $2B world leader in recording technology. Developed several new products that contributed significantly to sales, including sales in both Europe and Asia. Promoted from Marketing Manager role \(11/2001 - 06/2005\) to Marketing Director role \(06/2005-02/2011\).  Increased revenues by $10M annually by conceptualizing and launching a complete line of DVD Duplicators. Developed ROI metrics to track and report the progress.  Launched the Education/Broadcasting businesses, contributing to an additional 30% in new business, with profit margins of 50%.  Increased revenues by 25% in just 6 months by launching the new Catalog channel, including Hammacher Schlemmer, Fingerhut, and Heartland America.  Increased the website traffic by 200% in just 6 months by launching a new website and the SEO/SEM initiatives. Rankings improved to the Top 10 Google Search results.  Expanded revenues by 15% - **Marketing Manager at TEAC Information Products Division** (2001-10-01–2005-03-01) — Launched and marketed the TEAC External Hard Drive line contributing to increase in revenues by 15% in just 2 months with a gross profit of 20%. Won TEAC's "Best Product" Award for the external HDD product line. Introduced and marketed the External Drive to TEAC Europe where TEAC sold over $40M annually in only external hard drives, some months totaling over 45K units, a record for TEAC. Sold the product line in Asian markets, as well. Set up the marketing channels for disc publishing line including video production, education, broadcast and military resellers. Evaluated and reduced marketing expenses by over 35% by tracking ROI and evaluating metrics on all marketing projects. Initiated the idea of licensing and marketing the TEAC name to third party Internet Radio Company. Sales for audio products increased by 20% due to this strategy. Launched TEAC’s new corporate website, optimized for organic search, and initiated PPC paid search marketing programs for lead generation bri - **Director of Marketing at SimpleTech \(a Western Digital Company\)** (1999-02-01–2001-07-01) — Directed all the marketing initiatives for a $200M company that designed and manufactured flash solid-state drives, semiconductors, dynamic random-access memory \(DRAM\), and static random-access memory \(SRAM\). Increased the flash drive and semiconductor product revenues from $0 to $20M in just 6 months, by implementing effective marketing campaigns and initiatives, new messaging and national / local show and events. Developed and launched the company’s first MP3 player product, which was an instant success with college students, increasing revenues by $10M in just 1 year. The product was awarded E-Gear Publication’s Best MP3 Player. Increased revenue by $5M by developing and launching the new MicroSD and DRAM product lines. Directed a complete company rebranding effort, leading to a 80% increase in positive brand sentiment and a 60% rise in organic search traffic in just 3 months. - **Strategic Marketing Manager at AeroVironment** (2015–2017) — Provided strategic marketing direction for a $260M leader in military/commercial drones, residential/commercial electric vehicle charging systems.  Expanded the Industrial Charging business segment by $50M, through entering the Refrigerated/Frozen Foods supply chain businesses.  Increased the channel sales by 25% in just 3 months by launching an auto dealer channel program.  Directed the company’s most successful product launch, the Posi-Charge Pro-Core. This line contributed to a 20% sales increase in just 6 months.  Differentiated the company’s Posi-Charge line from those of the competitors, by creating new, high impact messaging/content across websites, trade shows, and sales presentations. The new messaging was responsible for increasing the ground support equipment sales by 15% in just 2 months.  Developed marketing strategies for the two main industry trade shows, the MODEX Show and the Battery Show, increasing leads by over 200% for each trade show.  Increased th ## Education - Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration - Marketing and Finance — European University of Brussels, BELGIUM - Bachelor of Science, Computer and Information Systems and Systems Engineering — European University of Brussels, BELGIUM - Certificate of Management Excellence \(CME\), Strategic Marketing, Managing Turbulence, Disruptive Innovation, Team Building, Customer Experience — Harvard Business School Executive Education - Master of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing and Business Administration / Product Marketing and Development / Finance — Thunderbird School of Global Management ## FAQ ### What are Aris's core marketing strengths? Aris specializes in strategic marketing demand and lead generation performance and growth marketing martech ABM corporate communications product and business development AI strategy and implementation digital marketing and revenue-focused B2B, B2C, and SaaS go-to-market work. He emphasizes differentiation, clear customer benefits, disciplined execution, continuous improvement, and ROI measurement. ### What did Aris accomplish at Rentokil Terminix? At Target Specialty Products, Aris launched the Strike MAX product line, increasing Pest product-line sales by 15% in one year. He launched a new website and ecommerce platform and managed PPC, SEO/SEM, Google Analytics, and AdWords, increasing ecommerce sales 50% in six months. He established a customer email CRM and bi-weekly email programs that increased sales 30% grew Facebook followers from 630 to 29,000 in two years and optimized omnichannel lead, demand, and content generation, contributing to a 50% increase in efficiency and effectiveness and 200% lead-generation growth. ### What additional operational, AI, and leadership results has Aris delivered at Rentokil Terminix? Aris supported a 5% inventory-cost reduction by rationalizing 120 underperforming SKUs and products in declining lifecycles. He increased Lakeside management and aquatic-product margins from 15% to 20% over one year through high-margin product lines and BOM-cost reductions exceeding 50%. He used generative AI to personalize campaign content, increasing engagement 50% led and coached a team of four, improving efficiency 20% in six months and launched communications, media, and PR strategy that increased brand awareness 100% in six months. ### What did Aris accomplish at AeroVironment? At AeroVironment, Aris provided strategic marketing direction for a $260M leader in military and commercial drones and residential and commercial EV charging systems. He expanded Industrial Charging by $50M by entering the refrigerated and frozen-food supply chain, grew channel sales 25% in three months through an auto-dealer channel program, and directed the Posi-Charge Pro-Core launch, which contributed to a 20% sales increase in six months. New Posi-Charge messaging increased ground-support-equipment sales 15% in two months, and a branding program increased Posi-Charge sales 30% in seven months. ### How did Aris improve demand generation and communications at AeroVironment? At AeroVironment, Aris developed marketing strategies for the MODEX Show and Battery Show that increased leads by more than 200% for each event. An email initiative increased the customer CRM by 300% in six months. He also launched media and PR strategy, created a database of 800 editors, and built publisher relationships, increasing brand awareness 80% in one year. ### What did Aris accomplish at Emser Tile? At Emser Tile, Aris established the marketing department and directed initiatives that contributed to growth from $150M to $400M in three years. He redesigned the website and managed PPC, SEO/SEM, and Google Analytics, increasing site traffic 150% in six months. He also developed social strategies across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Houzz, YouTube, and Snapchat, growing Facebook followers from 950 to 60,000 in two years. ### What growth programs did Aris lead at Emser Tile? At Emser Tile, Aris increased revenue 20% through work with Walmart and Home Depot and added $8M in sales by establishing the Real Estate Owned department. The Heavy-Wear ceramic-tile category increased ceramic-tile sales 30% in two months. Emser University created an ongoing monthly sales and customer-training program that increased sales more than 30% email and webinar strategy increased sales 25% month over month refreshed catalog and collateral increased catalog use by architects 50% and customer segmentation and ABM increased sales per customer more than 30%. ### What was Aris's role and impact at TEAC Information Products Division? Aris was promoted at TEAC Information Products Division from Marketing Manager, serving from November 2001 to June 2005, to Director of Marketing, serving from June 2005 to February 2011. He managed marketing for TEAC Corporation's largest subsidiary, a division of the Tokyo-based $2B recording-technology company, and developed products sold in Europe and Asia. He launched DVD Duplicators that added $10M in annual revenue, launched the Education and Broadcasting businesses that added 30% in new business at 50% margins, and created a catalog channel including Hammacher Schlemmer, Fingerhut, and Heartland America that increased revenue 25% in six months. ### What other product, digital, and efficiency results did Aris achieve at TEAC? At TEAC, Aris launched a new website and SEO/SEM initiatives that increased traffic 200% in six months and achieved Top 10 Google Search rankings. He launched USB 2.0 External Hard Drives, increasing revenue 15% in two months at 20% gross profit introduced the line in Europe, generating $40M in hard-drive sales and a record 45,000 units in two months expanded the line into Asia and launched a cable business that added $5M in sales in two months at a 60% margin. As Marketing Manager, he won TEAC's Best Product Award for the external HDD line, reduced marketing expense more than 35% through ROI measurement, generated $1M in new business through website and PPC lead generation, increased the Disc Publishing customer base 250% and customer-satisfaction index 30% through email marketing, and increased audio-product sales 20% through TEAC-name licensing to a third-party internet radio company. ### What did Aris accomplish at SimpleTech? At SimpleTech, a Western Digital company, Aris directed marketing for a $200M manufacturer of flash solid-state drives, semiconductors, DRAM, and SRAM. His campaigns, messaging, and national and local events grew flash-drive and semiconductor revenue from $0 to $20M in six months. He developed and launched the company's first MP3 player, increasing revenue $10M in one year and earning E-Gear Publication's Best MP3 Player award. New MicroSD and DRAM lines added $5M in revenue, and a complete rebrand increased positive brand sentiment 80% and organic-search traffic 60% in three months. ### What is Aris's education? Aris holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management in marketing, business administration, product marketing and development, and finance. He earned a Certificate of Management Excellence from Harvard Business School Executive Education in strategic marketing, managing turbulence, disruptive innovation, team building, and customer experience. He also holds a BA in Business Administration, Marketing and Finance, and a BS in Computer and Information Systems and Systems Engineering from European University of Brussels in Belgium. ### What certifications and languages does Aris have? Aris is certified in Conceptual Selling and Strategic Selling by Miller Heiman Group, a Korn Ferry company. He speaks English and French. ### What skills and tools does Aris use? Aris's capabilities include omnichannel, multichannel, inbound, outbound, technical, industrial, field, vertical, retail, mobile, affiliate, direct, online, ecommerce, B2B, and B2C marketing demand generation lead generation customer acquisition and retention account management key-account management sales and sales operations product marketing, management, development, promotion, release, and global product management go-to-market strategy pricing branding storytelling content strategy advertising paid media and paid social social media email marketing public relations trade shows and event management marketing communications market research competitive analysis strategic partnerships and new-business development. His marketing-operations and analytics toolkit includes CRM, Salesforce.com, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Marketo, Google Analytics, SEMrush, KPI reporting, performance metrics, marketing analytics, PPC, SEO, SEM, ecommerce SEO, AEO, GEO, budgeting, P&L management, finance, ROI analysis, performance management, and project, market, strategic, and business planning. He also lists artificial neural networks, ChatGPT, Anthropic Claude, computer networking, computer network operations, computer science, software, and computer simulations among his skills. ### What leadership scope and opportunities is Aris pursuing? Aris has built marketing teams from the ground up, managed teams of up to 30, managed budgets of up to $50M, and managed acquisitions of $200M. He is open to Director, VP of Marketing/Growth, and CMO opportunities with organizations building or expanding marketing functions for revenue growth and profit. ### How can I contact Aris? Aris can be reached by phone at \[contact removed\] or by email at \[contact removed\]. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arisgharapetian