This week’s Champion Spotlight is Juli James. Let’s get to know Juli a little bit better!
Company: St. Edwards University
Title: Assistant Professor
Location: Austin, TX
Hometown: Cardiff, Wales
What was your first job? Electronics Engineer
How and when did you get started with Marketo? What was your first role and initial reaction to the platform? I first found out about Marketing Automation and Marketo when I was studying my PhD as I was looking into innovative technologies for hi-tech companies to use to market successfully. I didn't actually get hands on with Marketo for another year, but when I did I instantly fell in love with what it could do, all the cool automation things it could do. It seemed pretty complex to start with, but once you get the hang of it you can get more in-depth and complex than you can imagine.
What is your favorite thing to do in Marketo and why? Personally, I love playing around with the program templates. I love making everyone’s job easier so if I can build out best practice program templates and save time for all users then I will. I also love playing with the reports and seeing how well programs are performing.
Through our your Marketo career, what are you most proud of? I'm probably most proud of being able to speak at Marketo Summit about my career and how I got to where I am today. Its been a long windy journey, but I'm happy with where I have got to as a 3x Marketo Champion and Certified Expert.
What piece of advice would you give to someone who is just starting a career with Marketo? Watch as many videos and trainings as possible. There is some great stuff out there by various experienced users (Josh Hill, Sandford Whiteman and of course The MindHive).
If someone gave you $5 million tomorrow, what would you do? I would pay off all mine and my families debts and then buy a few houses and cars and probably change to a part-time job so I can travel and enjoy life.
If you could have an endless supply of any food, what would it be? This is an easy one....Cadbury's Dairy Milk Chocolate - but only if it comes from the UK.
Have any questions for Juli? Ask them below!
Connect with Juli:
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/julijames/
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