Marco Fontebasso

Partner / Gesellschafter, Investor & GTM/Product Strategy Advisor, KairosAI
Chiasso, Switzerland

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Marketing
Marketing & Sales
Sales management
Marketing automation
CRM
Marketing management
Lead Generation
Go-to-market strategy
Business strategy
Positioning (marketing)

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Marco Fontebasso

  • Current 1 month, since May 2026

    Advisor, Marketing & GTM

    Citiculture

    Advising on go-to-market strategy for urban vineyards as B2B platforms for companies, real estate developers, cities, and communities. Helped define positioning around sustainability, legacy, community, and measurable impact. Supported the productization of services, and commercial offers for corporate, real estate, and institutional clients. Built an AI-assisted ABM workflow combining Cerved data, Google research, and Sales Navigator to identify target SMEs, map decision-makers, and personalize outbound

  • Current 9 months, since Sep 2025

    Investor & GTM/Product Strategy Advisor

    KairosAI

    Pre-seed investor supporting product strategy, positioning, go-to-market, and fundraising for a B2B software and AI solutions company. Helped product and commercial strategy, focused on helping SMEs control cash flow, receivables, orders, invoices, and payments. Contributed to the Protocollo Zero framework, combining cash visibility, weekly operating routines, and AI-supported workflows. Supported customer discovery, landing page strategy, webinar funnels, sales narrative, and investor materials.

  • 11 months, Jun 2025 - Apr 2026

    COO, New Business Units

    Catal Academy SA

    Worked with the CEO to develop and position new education business units, combining go-to-market strategy, digital acquisition, and operational execution. Introduced AI-enabled workflows to improve marketing, content, and product processes. Scaled new social media channels to over 200,000 followers in less than one year. Designed acquisition-to-sales workflows connecting landing pages, social campaigns, WhatsApp, CRM nurturing, and sales follow-up.

  • 7 years and 5 months, Jan 2018 - May 2025

    Marketing & Product Director

    DonTouch SA

    Led marketing, growth, product strategy and business intelligence for a high-traffic digital marketplace across Italy, Germany and Spain. Acted as a senior bridge between business, marketing, product, data and technology teams to scale acquisition, brand demand, marketplace performance and internal operating systems. Scaled the Italian market from 1M to 6M users and supported Spanish market growth to nearly 1M users.

  • 5 years, Jan 2013 - Dec 2017

    Revenue Growth Consultant | B2B Marketing & Sales Transformation

    Guanxi

    Partnered with leadership teams of mid-sized B2B companies to redesign demand generation, sales processes, and revenue operations to enable scalable growth. Core contributions: • Funnel diagnostics and growth prioritization • Design of lead generation and nurturing systems (CRM & automation) • Marketing–Sales–Customer Success alignment (RevOps model) • Pipeline management frameworks and performance dashboards

  • 7 years and 8 months, May 2005 - Dec 2012

    Co-Founder & Growth Director

    Kerios Group

    Co-founded and scaled a group of digital businesses spanning software development, online platforms, performance marketing, and lead generation. Built and managed multidisciplinary teams across software, product, design, marketing, and operations, scaling the group from 4 founders to 30 professionals. Grew annual revenues beyond €5M. Helped build and exit two spin-offs acquired in 2008 and 2011.

  • 1 year and 10 months, Jul 2003 - Apr 2005

    Head of Search Marketing

    SEMS

    Launched and scaled PPC and search marketing services. Managed acquisition campaigns across Google Ads and other platforms. Built and led a team of search marketing consultants. Developed analytical frameworks for performance optimization. Grew the search division from zero to five consultants. Generated over €1M in consulting revenues. Delivered campaigns for clients including Dell, Hotels.com, Renault, lastminute.com, and Regione Liguria.

  • 2 years and 3 months, Apr 2001 - Jun 2003

    Digital Marketing & Business Development

    AltaVista

    Contributed to revenue programs and partnerships for the Italian market, collaborating with EU/US teams during the early growth of search advertising, helping the Italian branch achieve top performance among European markets (in sales).

  • 1 year, Apr 2000 - Mar 2001

    Key Account Manager

    Clarence.com

Sprachen

  • Italian

    C2 (Verhandlungssicher / Muttersprachlich)

  • English

    C1 (Fließend)

  • French

    B1-B2 (Gute Kenntnisse)

  • German

    A1-A2 (Grundkenntnisse)

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