Functional Skills
Digital Marketing / Advertising
Go-to-market Strategy
Brand Strategy
Business Analytics
Business Development
Content Strategy
Growth Marketing
Marketing Strategy
Product Marketing
Sales Strategy
Business Analysis
Data Transformation
Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)
Software Skills
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
Mobile safari
Shopify
iPhone
Google Analytics
Sector Experience
Consumer Goods
Financial Services
Healthcare
Retail
Technology
Languages
English
Notable Clients
Capgemini
Home Depot
Microsoft
Ogilvy
Tenet Healthcare
Experience
NC Consulting Partners
Marketing
CMO Consultant
7/2023 - Present
➣ Positioned a challenger brand to capture 10%+ market share in 1 year. Increased close rate by estimated 15% by removing largest block in funnel.
➣ Expanded revenue by est. 20%+ by introducing a new digital solution, with the potential of a 70%+ multiplier effect on existing business.
➣ Drove Go to Market content strategies for a client by testing AI-generated content versus human-created content.
➣ Scaled a high-growth Tech company operating in different markets
➣ Positioning + Messaging: Corporate Brand + Content Strategist
➣ Set Go to Market Strategies for Lower, Mid, and Enterprise Markets
➣ Expanded revenue by est. 20%+ by introducing a new digital solution, with the potential of a 70%+ multiplier effect on existing business.
➣ Drove Go to Market content strategies for a client by testing AI-generated content versus human-created content.
➣ Scaled a high-growth Tech company operating in different markets
➣ Positioning + Messaging: Corporate Brand + Content Strategist
➣ Set Go to Market Strategies for Lower, Mid, and Enterprise Markets
Proof Analytics
Marketing
Fractional CMO
5/2022 - 6/2023
Fractional CMO to Silicon Review's 50 Top Startups
• Positioned Proof by aligning brand, category, product for the market
• Introduced partnership marketing + brand ambassador sales initiatives
• Relaunched entire digital footprint (web, social, paid, organic)
• Instituted metric-driven, trackable demand gen strategies
• +950% increase in website visits and behavioral activities
• +250% increase in social following and behavioral activities
• +500+% increase in deal velocity (months to weeks)
• Positioned Proof by aligning brand, category, product for the market
• Introduced partnership marketing + brand ambassador sales initiatives
• Relaunched entire digital footprint (web, social, paid, organic)
• Instituted metric-driven, trackable demand gen strategies
• +950% increase in website visits and behavioral activities
• +250% increase in social following and behavioral activities
• +500+% increase in deal velocity (months to weeks)
Plug
Marketing
VP of Marketing
5/2021 - 3/2022
VP of Marketing who owns Go to Market, Brand, Category
BRAND
+97% page visits and behavioral activities
+96% brand awareness
+447% digital impressions
8 Tier 1 Media (CNBC, Bloomberg, BBC)
SALES
+25% sales revenue
5K new Fortune leads
2.5X increase in AR Event registration/attendance
+30% LinkedIn organic growth, unique visitors, clicks, new followers
+90% Twitter growth in page visits and mentions, +400% impressions
BRAND
+97% page visits and behavioral activities
+96% brand awareness
+447% digital impressions
8 Tier 1 Media (CNBC, Bloomberg, BBC)
SALES
+25% sales revenue
5K new Fortune leads
2.5X increase in AR Event registration/attendance
+30% LinkedIn organic growth, unique visitors, clicks, new followers
+90% Twitter growth in page visits and mentions, +400% impressions
Nicholas Cappas Consulting
Marketing
Founder, Senior Consultant
4/2013 - 4/2021
So thankful to have consulted for an All-Star list of clients: Kimberly-Clark Professional, Ogilvy, Home Depot, IHG, JWT, 22Squared, Mizuno, State Farm, Proof Analytics.
Together we’ve opened new markets, innovated, disrupted, positioned, and turned category confusion into multimillion dollar revenue.
Kimberly-Clark (2020-2021)
• Turned category confusion into a large future revenue source. Split our product set and helped spawn a new division. New category growth projected at $15M over 10-year period. Category drives sales from related brands, so will have a multiplier revenue effect.
State Farm, 2019-2020
• Digitally transformed our corporate website, created end to end product customer journey mapping, and overhauled SEO content strategy and execution. In less than 6 months, created a pioneering prototype to completely overhaul a declining digital app product.
22Squared, Taproom 2018
• Doubled ecommerce market share and 150% increased lead gen in 1 year.
Together we’ve opened new markets, innovated, disrupted, positioned, and turned category confusion into multimillion dollar revenue.
Kimberly-Clark (2020-2021)
• Turned category confusion into a large future revenue source. Split our product set and helped spawn a new division. New category growth projected at $15M over 10-year period. Category drives sales from related brands, so will have a multiplier revenue effect.
State Farm, 2019-2020
• Digitally transformed our corporate website, created end to end product customer journey mapping, and overhauled SEO content strategy and execution. In less than 6 months, created a pioneering prototype to completely overhaul a declining digital app product.
22Squared, Taproom 2018
• Doubled ecommerce market share and 150% increased lead gen in 1 year.
Teknion Data Solutions
Management Consulting
Business Consultant
1/2011 - 3/2013
Business consultant on website content projects and right-hand person to the CMO of our digital consulting firm.
• On a team of 7, successfully turned a broken interactive web content project into a Multi-$1,000 Revenue generating product that within the first year has sold to a 1,000-member hospital, a 2,500 member College, and a 5,000 member International Organization.
• On a team of 8, created a new branding approach for a digital interactive client. Within 1 year, we saw the company's revenue grow 20%.
• Consistently edited/created 2-3 strategic marketing pieces per month on a demanding time schedule.
• On a team of 7, successfully turned a broken interactive web content project into a Multi-$1,000 Revenue generating product that within the first year has sold to a 1,000-member hospital, a 2,500 member College, and a 5,000 member International Organization.
• On a team of 8, created a new branding approach for a digital interactive client. Within 1 year, we saw the company's revenue grow 20%.
• Consistently edited/created 2-3 strategic marketing pieces per month on a demanding time schedule.
Corestaff Consulting
Management Consulting
Business Consultant
5/2007 - 1/2011
usiness consultant on a variety of marketing and business development projects, including K-Hovnanian, Microsoft, Tenet Healthcare.
2010 - 2011
Tenet Health Care, Business Development
• Researched and created a $$ Multi-Million Executive Proposal to reduce our sales cycle from 15 weeks to less than 9 weeks. Proposed solution was immediately adopted by the C-Suite.
• In less than 4 months, developed an IT strategy to automate 3 steps in the marketing campaign cycle and devised an analytics model to refine market campaigns.
2007 - 2009 K-Hovnanian Home Building
Marketing Consultant to home building teams
• Attained first-call contract status with 2 major builders.
• Repeat, continual consulting to 4 K-Hovnanian locations.
2007 Microsoft
Business Analyst to a Marketing Executive at Corporate Headquarters
• Improved our market-forecasting ratio to a record 90% accuracy.
• Implemented a new strategy for a 5-state marketing team.
2010 - 2011
Tenet Health Care, Business Development
• Researched and created a $$ Multi-Million Executive Proposal to reduce our sales cycle from 15 weeks to less than 9 weeks. Proposed solution was immediately adopted by the C-Suite.
• In less than 4 months, developed an IT strategy to automate 3 steps in the marketing campaign cycle and devised an analytics model to refine market campaigns.
2007 - 2009 K-Hovnanian Home Building
Marketing Consultant to home building teams
• Attained first-call contract status with 2 major builders.
• Repeat, continual consulting to 4 K-Hovnanian locations.
2007 Microsoft
Business Analyst to a Marketing Executive at Corporate Headquarters
• Improved our market-forecasting ratio to a record 90% accuracy.
• Implemented a new strategy for a 5-state marketing team.