Kara Kanis is an accomplished VP of Growth, with a wealth of experience heading up marketing and sales operations for SaaS-based, B2B providers. With a proven track record of taking on multiple roles simultaneously, Kara has a unique ability to bridge the gap between sales and marketing, creating comprehensive marketing strategies focused on lead generation and market awareness. Kara is particularly skilled at partnership, vendor, and alliance management, as well as developing and executing high-value target campaigns, creating and executing customer satisfaction and retention programs, and hiring, training, and managing successful business development teams. She's worked across all aspects of growing entrepreneurial companies, partnering with sales, executive, marketing, and finance. Her previous roles have included VP of Marketing and Client Services at Knowledge Marketing, Director of Sales Operations Recruiting Marketing at SuccessFactors, and Director of Marketing at Jobs2web. Before starting her career in marketing, Kara studied Bachelor of Science degrees in Legal Assistant/Paralegal and Paralegal at Minnesota State University, Moorhead.