Neel Mishra

About

Experienced in growth marketing and strategic finance, with a track record in driving revenue growth and market expansion. Strong background in M&A advisory and financial analysis, with expertise in the technology and finance sectors. Led Hostfully's growth initiatives through a major acquisition and built cross-functional GTM capabilities; extensive experience across data center AI, fintech, and software M&A advisory.

Experience

• Head of Growth · Hostfully07-01-2024 –

  Led growth initiatives and due diligence around Hostfully's strategic growth; scaled paid ads from $0 to $100K, driving 50% of website traffic and leads with CAC improvements; built and managed a team of 3 in Marketing Ops, Partnerships, and Content; delivered paid ads performance with 2x ROI on revenue and 5x ROI on pipeline; expanded to 3 international markets; redesigned paid ads landing pages (+35% CTR, +28% conversions); built multi-touch attribution modeling; launched Cursor AI Paid Ads Agent for automation optimization (+80% management time, +25% ROAS); launched 4 forecasting tools increasing demo requests by 30% and engagement by 20%; developed lead scoring, routing, and email segmentation to raise MQL→SQL from 15% to 20%; growth across IG, LI, and Reddit; played a key role in Hostfully's majority acquisition by a growth equity investor.

• Head of Marketing · SheetWhiz - Trace Precedents & Excel Shortcuts for Google Sheets02-01-2024 – 07-01-2024

  Grew DAUs by 400% via organic campaigns across YouTube, LinkedIn, Reddit, and Quora. Launched MDF for Modeling Bootcamp with xK leads; built scalable email workflow for a 3K-contact database. Analyzed user behavior with Mixpanel, Wix, and Google Analytics to optimize top-of-funnel lead generation. Published articles highlighting product features, demos, and customer success stories; drove partnerships with affiliates and influencers to advertise products across multi-media marketing channels.

• Product Growth & Strategy Lead – Adaptive Computing Business · AMD02-01-2024 – 05-01-2024

  Creator Card 1 to N; led TwitchCon campaign to drive LTR leads for AI. Strategically aligned customer demand with supply constraints to drive revenue operations toward +5% YoY growth. Developed the LRP, a 5-year revenue model driven by product, customer, and segment for marketing decision-making. Supported diverse B2B marketing channels across full funnel for optimal reach in different stages.

• Product Growth Manager – Data Center AI · AMD06-01-2023 – 02-01-2024

  Creator Card 0 to 1; collaborated with Engg, Sales, Marketing, and Customers to launch the first strategic product for data center AI. Showcased AMD at SuperCompute 2023, generating LTR top-of-the-funnel leads for AI. Used Salesforce and Power BI with SQL to identify actionable growth insights and barriers in the conversion funnel. Streamlined workflows for operational processes to reduce lead times on forecasting vs. billing analysis by 50%.

• Strategic Finance Sr. Analyst · AMD02-01-2022 – 06-01-2023

  Led ROI modeling and CapEx planning for a custom silicon strategy; drove adoption of $1.5B in commercial deals. Automated sales dashboards using Alteryx & Tableau to reduce lead times on pipeline analysis by 90%. Drove $10B Xilinx revenue synergy model, analyzing various GTM strategies with a focus on the AI roadmap. Supported IT ERP implementations during Xilinx integration.

• Analyst, Strategic Finance · Xilinx07-01-2020 – 02-01-2022

  Led ROI modeling for emerging markets in Data Center; drove Salesforce pipeline analyses for Monthly Ops Review; delivered analyses to GM, Sales, & Mktg Ops. Created BoD presentations, product roadmaps, analyses, & ROI models for Xilinx $35B acquisition due diligence. Supported IT ERP transformation to cloud-based Snowflake Datalake & Tableau BI.

• Investment Banking Analyst · Perella Weinberg Partners06-01-2019 – 09-01-2019

  Keeper Security’s $60mm Private Placement (closed): Initial private capital raise to fuel product & global expansion. Zumper’s Acquisition of NowRenting (closed): Strategic M&A to scale solutions in property management software.

• Investment Banking Analyst · MergerTech06-01-2018 – 07-01-2018

  Software M&A Advisory.

• Investment Banking Analyst · FocalPoint Partners10-01-2017 – 12-01-2017

  M&A Advisory.

• Financial Advisor Analyst · UBS06-01-2017 – 09-01-2017

  Asset Management.

Education

• University of California, Los AngelesBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics
• Irvington High SchoolHigh School Diploma

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