Meet Our Mentors: Dave Sampson
Dave Sampson
Chief Marketing Officer at iVisa
I lead growth marketing for technology companies, to help overcome customer adoption barriers and accelerate revenue growth.
“I had no mentors earlier in my career, and consequently I tended to do everything the hard way and made a slew of mistakes. My aim as a mentor is to offer students a sounding board on career path choices, on maximizing contribution at work, on leading teams, and related topics.”
As a mentor, I excel at…
- Revenue-focused marketing
- Product marketing and product management
- Building and coaching high-performance teams
The best career decision I’ve made was…
being persuaded by my wife Delia to move to a city with a vibrant tech ecosystem — Seattle! — and we’ve loved it here ever since.
I find inspiration…
- sitting on long flights, with my laptop on and no distractions
- plummeting down a ski hill as fast as I possibly can, and occasionally faster than I can
- driving on a twisty country road with no traffic ahead of me (this almost never happens)
I describe myself as…
I like the term “hunch cruncher,” because I love to combine entrepreneurial instincts with experiments and data.
My motto/tagline is…
Good judgement comes from experience. And experience comes from bad judgement.
Originally published at https://blog.foster.uw.edu on February 13, 2022.