Ryan Gavin is EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at Slack, where he leads global growth, go-to-market strategy, and commercial operations as the company evolves into the work operating system for the AI era. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators.Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.com or nebius.com/startups to learn more~~~~~~~~~~~~~Prior to Slack, Ryan served as Chief Growth Officer at Convoy, leading the commercial engine of a $650M+ digital freight marketplace, and previously built the AI and machine learning business at Amazon Web Services into a multi-billion-dollar category. Before AWS, he spent nearly two decades at Microsoft, where he helped bring Bing to profitability, scaled it to billions of monthly searches, and led the commercial Surface business. Across enterprise software, cloud computing, AI, and marketplaces, Ryan has built a reputation for creating new categories, scaling growth engines, and helping organizations translate technology innovation into measurable business outcomes.Topics:

Microsoft Bing turnaround to profitability: 5 billion searches and Cortana 145M users playbook
Lessons from AWS, Microsoft, Convoy, and Slack on scaling adoption
Scaling Slack 2.5x revenue with 100K+ customers and 900% AI usage growth

#Slack #CMO #EnterpriseAI #AgenticEnterprise #ProductLedGrowth

Ryan Gavin, Slack EVP & CMO on AI-Powered Enterprise Growth

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Ryan Gavin, Slack EVP & CMO on AI-Powered Enterprise Growth