DJ Swanepoel

DJ Swanepoel is the Senior Vice President (SVP) of Marketing Technology at Digital Media Solutions (DMS).24 He is known as an experienced marketing technologist.1 Swanepoel has a track record of blending technical skills with business knowledge.3

Career and Achievements::

• Digital Media Solutions: Swanepoel joined DMS in February 2021 and leads cost-saving initiatives. One initiative in 2022 resulted in $583,000 in savings, and another in 2023 saved $230,000 annually.4
• Aimtell: Swanepoel founded Aimtell, a SaaS platform that allows users to re-engage website visitors via push notifications.4 In 2021, DMS acquired Aimtell for a mid-seven-figure sum.34 As CEO of Aimtell, he developed the platform, which powers billions of notifications daily, and managed marketing, support, and sales.3
• Hang With, Inc.: From March 2013 to August 2015, Swanepoel was the Digital Marketing Director.4 He developed a website widget enabling users to stream live from a mobile app to their website.4
• MEDL Mobile: Swanepoel worked as a Marketing Director and led user acquisition and marketing campaigns, helping the company reach over 1,000,000 downloads in under nine months.34
• RealSure, Inc.: From 2008 to 2011, Swanepoel was the Marketing Manager.4
• Real Estate Wiki: Swanepoel briefly worked as a Marketing Coordinator in 2008 for the Real Estate Wiki.4

Swanepoel is also a skilled full-stack developer with knowledge of PHP, Javascript, React, Node.js, NextJS, SQL, Tailwind, HTML/CSS/jQuery, Slim Framework, and Handlebars.3 He was a speaker at the T3 Summit in 2014, presenting on mobile applications to industry leaders.3