Daniel Harper
Senior Growth Marketer | Developer Marketing | B2B SaaS
Experience
Director of Marketing
May 2024 - PresentFlatiron School, New York, NY
- • Drove awareness and demand via advertising, content and communications initiatives
- • Developed editorial strategy and calendar across owned and earned channels
- • Led SEO strategy to deliver month-over-month non-paid growth
- • Developed strategy and led execution for paid marketing, lifecycle marketing, SEO and content
- • Owned regular communication of marketing performance in cross-functional settings
- • Nurtured and mentored 12+ direct reports to maximize their potential
- • Built and managed team executing AI content initiatives using automation and LLMs
Sr. Demand Generation Lead
April 2021 - December 2023; October 2025 - PresentRudderStack, San Francisco, CA
- • Joined at seed stage (<$1M ARR) as the second marketing hire
- • Marketed open source, cloud software to data engineers
- • Built team and inbound programs supporting PLG, marketing-led, and sales-led growth motions
- • Achieved 24x business growth to >$12M ARR in 2.5 years, with over 80% due to inbound programs
- • Created a library of 10k+ programmatic, search optimized pages driving $2M in pipeline in less than two years
- • Drove 10x growth in traffic, leads, and MQL in 2.5 years
Founder, Director of Growth
January 2018 - PresentMKTG MGMT, Greenville, SC
- • Help small businesses and startups scale as utility players and marketing managers
- • Provide access to network of data architects, designers and developers
- • Projects include strategy, branding, web development, CDP/CRM implementations, SEO, PPC, content marketing
Digital Strategist
July 2017 - February 2021FUEL Digital Marketing, Greenville, SC
- • Worked with 20+ clients across multiple industries managing SEO, SEM/PPC, email marketing and social media
- • HubSpot certified, Google Ads certified, Google Analytics certified
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Music Production & Engineering
August 2009 - May 2014Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
Graduated Magna Cum Laude with GPA of 3.8
Skills
Strategy & Ownership
- • Developer Marketing
- • GTM Strategy
- • Pipeline Generation & Forecasting
- • Email Marketing & Automation
- • Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)
Technical Marketing
- • Technical/Developer Documentation
- • Agentic Search Optimization (SEO/AEO)
- • Performance Marketing (SEM, PPC, Display, Retargeting, Social)
- • Account-Based Marketing (ABM)
- • Field Marketing, Webinars, Events
- • Out-of-Home (OOH) Advertising
- • Referral Programs
- • Marketing Operations
Technical Skills
- • Basic Python, JS, Excel, SQL, RegEx
- • Managing Tracking Plans & Data Layer
- • Identifying Errors & Optimizing (vibe) Code
- • Using CLI & Git for CI/CD Workflows
- • Conversion Tracking
- • Using APIs & Webhooks for Integration
Tools & Technologies
Data & Analytics:RudderStack, Segment, Snowflake, Postgres, dbt, Sigma, Mixpanel, Amplitude, PostHog, GA4, Onverre
Marketing Automation:n8n, Resend, Customer.io, Zapier, Marketo
Web & Developer Platforms:Vercel, v0, Railway, Netlify, Gatsby, Next.js, Sanity, Webflow, WordPress
Developer Tools & Docs:GitHub, GitLab, Mintlify, ReadMe, Notion, Linear
CRM & Sales:Salesforce, HubSpot, Close, Attio
Testing & Optimization:Statsig, VWO, Mutiny
Advertising & Paid Media:Google Ads, Bing Ads, Adroll/Rollworks, 6sense, Meta Ads
SEO/AEO:Profound, Bear, Search Console, Jasper, Clearscope, Surfer
AI:Claude Code, Grok, ChatGPT, Gemini/Nano, Banana, Perplexity
Featured Project
RudderStack.com — SEO, CRO, Content, Inbound Traffic
Grew unique users 10x over 2.5 years, from 13k to over 130k monthly users through comprehensive SEO strategy, conversion rate optimization, and inbound marketing programs.