Open to new engagements

Scattered activity,predictable pipeline.

I'm a Fractional CMO for B2B SaaS and tech. I own strategy, demand generation, events and attribution, lead the team, and stay accountable for the number.

  • Valencia, Spain
  • US & LATAM time zones
  • English · Spanish
Portrait of Chris Fuentes
NowFractional CMO, TeamLogic IT & Automate AI Pros
LatestAI Reality Check: live event in 24 days →
  • 1M+

    video ad views

    TouchSuite ecosystem

  • 10→60

    qualified leads a week

    From 10–20 to 50–60 at TouchSuite

  • 213

    webinar registrants

    Geoffrey Moore × Aventyr Partners

  • 46

    senior registrations in 17 days

    AI Reality Check, 85% director-level or above

Worked with
  • TeamLogic IT
  • Automate AI Pros
  • TouchSuite
  • AccountSend
  • Aventyr Partners
  • Programs.com
  • Firebelly Tea
  • Continuum AI
  • Foxtail Sports

What I own

Six areas I run as a Fractional CMO. Leadership first, with the hands-on skill to prove the plan can ship.

  • Strategy & 30-60-90 planning

    Rank the two or three initiatives that move pipeline. Kill the rest.

    Rolling plans, named owners, one reporting cadence

  • Demand generation

    Search, LinkedIn, paid, email and outbound run as one system.

    10–20 → 50–60 qualified leads a week

  • Events & field marketing

    Show selection, ROI case, lead capture, collateral, follow-up.

    AI Reality Check: idea to live event in 24 days

  • Operations & attribution

    HubSpot, Klaviyo, UTMs and dashboards that tie spend to revenue.

    A known source on every registrant

  • Team & vendor leadership

    Agencies, SEO providers and designers directed against clear KPIs.

    Led a 5-person team through an acquisition

  • Brand & creative direction

    Content, video and design across markets and languages.

    One carousel: 250K impressions

Latest case study Marketing lead

From cancelled forum to live event in 24 days

On 18 September a major distribution forum cancelled. Kevin McGirl and I decided to run our own: AI Reality Check, on 15 October at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry. I was marketing lead and built the brand, the site, the registration system and the campaign.

Visit airealitycheck.tech
Speakers and host lined up in front of the AI Reality Check wall at the MTC
Thursday 15 October 2026 · MTC, Ansty Park, Coventry · about 30 in the room, speakers and partners included
24days
from a cancelled forum to a live event
46registrations
in 17 days, from 37+ companies
85%
director-level or above (39 of 46)
18founders & MDs
CEOs, MDs and founders registered
25downloads
of the speaker decks, tracked by person
~60%
opened the post-event follow-ups

Idea to event day

  1. 18 SepDSG cancels its AI forum for distribution
  2. 21 SepKevin and I decide to run our own, at the MTC
  3. 23 SepName, stack and campaign plan locked
  4. 28 SepSite live; first 11 real registrations in a day
  5. 6 OctMTC and NMBS share it with their audiences
  6. 15 OctEvent day, Coventry
  7. 19 OctRecap, follow-ups and speaker decks out

What I built

Brand

A full identity in under a week.

  • Name, tick logo and a black-and-lime system
  • 45-piece LinkedIn set and 18 speaker countdowns
  • Outreach kits for Ambit, Continuum and NMBS
  • Badges, slides, agenda and a room brief for the host

Site & system

Custom-built, not a ticketing template.

  • Next.js on Vercel, Supabase, Resend
  • Short links per channel, first and last touch on every signup
  • Automated reminder sequence and a check-in mode
  • Contact database and a slide vault with per-person download tracking

Campaign & follow-through

Partners, LinkedIn and a recap that kept working.

  • Company-page event with lead form, plus 10 scheduled posts
  • Distribution through the MTC and NMBS audiences
  • Recap site, 5 articles, carousel, video and speaker cards
  • Two tailored follow-ups: one for attendees, one for no-shows
The AI panel on stools in front of the branded panel slideHost Kevin McGirl beside the lime-green agenda slideAttendees in MTC hi-vis vests gathering for the innovation lab tourBen Firman presenting the Continuum returns and warranty slideJenit Ramaiya presenting Building AI-Powered Value ChainsThe Manufacturing Technology Centre building in Coventry

What the data said

67% vs 30%

Registrants who signed up on the site came to the event at 67%. LinkedIn lead-form signups came at 30%. Attribution says where the next push goes: straight to the site.

Partners won

A small paid LinkedIn test returned a single registration. The MTC, NMBS and direct outreach did the heavy lifting.

Who downloaded

Per-person slide tracking showed which directors and MDs wanted the content, which is exactly what a future sponsor asks for.

On stage

  • Sean CuleyDirector of Supply Chain, MTC
  • Ben FirmanVP of Sales, Continuum
  • Jenit RamaiyaCEO & MD, Ambit Software
  • Rich SinclairCo-CEO, EO Group
  • James SamuelsCo-founder & CEO, Vizibli
  • Kevin McGirlHost, Aventyr Partners
Some of the best post-event marketing material I've seen from the 100s of events I've spoken at. Very well done.
Sean CuleyDirector of Supply Chain, MTC · keynote speaker
WithMTCContinuumAmbit SoftwareAventyr Partners

Next: AI Reality Check Live, a webinar planned for 26 November (date to be confirmed), and a sponsor-backed series under discussion.

Selected work

Engagements where I set the strategy and owned the outcome.

Aventyr PartnersUK · GTM advisory2026

213 registrants

converted into a paid workshop

Go-to-market for a Geoffrey Moore webinar

Owned the whole campaign for the advisory founded by Kevin McGirl (co-founder of sales-i): brand, HubSpot lifecycle, paid LinkedIn, attendee comms and the paid follow-up. Built the infrastructure myself.

  • GTM strategy
  • HubSpot
  • LinkedIn Ads
  • Lifecycle
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AccountSend → TouchSuiteUS · B2B data & fintech2023 – 2025

10–20 → 50–60 leads a week

and organic traffic from ~200 to 1,000+ visits a month

Marketing through an acquisition, then across six brands

Led marketing for AccountSend through its acquisition by American Bancard (TouchSuite), then across GRUBBRR, Quest Payments, NextGen, STG Payments, Worgit and Boca Capital. Directed a 5-person creative team; video ads passed 1M combined views.

  • Acquisition
  • Team of 5
  • Multi-brand
  • SEO
  • Video
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Firebelly TeaCanada · DTC ecommerce2026 · retainer

250K impressions

10.1K likes and 213 comments on one carousel

Content system for a founder-led DTC tea brand

Content strategy for the brand from David Segal (DAVIDsTEA) and Harley Finkelstein (Shopify): a reusable visual system and an end-to-end content engine, from research and copy to imagery and revisions.

  • Content strategy
  • Editorial system
  • Klaviyo
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Programs.comUS · Cybersecurity2025

Built from zero

content engine and visual identity

Go-to-market for the founder of Backlinko's new venture

Led demand generation for Brian Dean's cybersecurity venture (Backlinko, acquired by Semrush), then directed the rollout across LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook while the brand voice was calibrated.

  • Go-to-market
  • Brand identity
  • Multi-platform
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Continuum AIUS · Reverse-logistics SaaS2025 – now

The whole marketing function

no in-house team; assets shown on stadium screens in Birmingham

External marketing for a high-ticket SaaS

Brand presence and event collateral for live activations in Birmingham (UK) and Chicago. Continuum then spoke and sponsored at AI Reality Check, and asked to publish the recap video on its own channels.

  • External CMO
  • Events
  • Field marketing
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Foxtail SportsUS · AI sports platform2026

Launch

with Jonathan Bomser

Marketing and growth for an AI sports launch

Launch support for Jonathan Bomser's platform that helps users “Get the Edge”, running the same playbook we built together at AccountSend across technology, marketing and promotion.

  • Launch
  • AI product
  • Growth
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What clients say

Some of the best post-event marketing material I've seen from the 100s of events I've spoken at. Very well done.
Sean CuleyDirector of Supply Chain, MTC · Keynote speaker, AI Reality Check
The best solution-oriented and most creative person that I've worked with. An amazing manager of staff and projects, and he executes as well as anyone I've worked with over the past 30 years.
Jonathan BomserCEO & Founder, Foxtail Sports · Serial entrepreneur with many exits
I can tell you put real thought into your process. The research, editing, and design quality is noticeably above average, which is why I want to work with you specifically.
Sean WebsterFirebelly Tea
Chris was amazing to work with, so quick, so nice and very thorough with his work. I will definitely be coming back to him for more branding and design work.
Bobby AbramsEClick Pro, Growth Marketing Agency

How I work

Four principles behind every engagement.

  • Focus before volume

    Most owner-led companies have twelve marketing initiatives and no way to rank them. Ranking the list, and killing what doesn't move pipeline, is my first deliverable.

  • Attribution before spend

    If a lead has no known source and cost, the budget is a guess. Measurement goes in before anything scales.

  • Embedded, not advisory

    I operate like an in-house CMO: accountable for the number and building the team's capabilities, not handing over a deck and leaving.

  • Strategy that ships

    I've built every part of the machine myself, so the plan is grounded in what actually executes.

About me

Most companies I join have real activity but no system: twelve initiatives, no ranking, and no way to prove what's working. I turn that into one coordinated, measured engine and stay accountable for what it produces.

What sets the work apart is range. I've built every part of the machine myself: the page, the CRM, the ads, the content, the video. So the strategy I set is grounded in what actually ships, and I'd rather own and run the function than hand over a deck and walk away.

Based in
Valencia, Spain
Works across
US & LATAM time zones
Languages
English · Spanish
Engagements
Retainer · advisory · project

Tools I direct, and can run

CRM & outbound
  • HubSpot
  • Klaviyo
  • Apollo
  • Smart Leads
Web & data
  • Next.js
  • Vercel
  • Supabase
  • Resend
  • WordPress (custom PHP)
Paid
  • LinkedIn Ads
  • Meta Ads
Creative
  • Canva
  • Affinity
  • DaVinci Resolve
AI & ops
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Notion
  • Blendin.ai

Blendin.ai, the AI content tool I'm building

I built it to run a content engine end to end: researching ideas, drafting posts and producing the visuals. It lets one marketing leader cover ground that usually takes a team, and keeps me close enough to the build to know what it costs to ship, launch and measure. Access is rolling out quietly to founders and operators first.

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Let's talk.

Best first message: what you're building, where you're stuck, and what you'd want off your plate first.

LinkedIn
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Time zones
US & LATAM
Status
Open to new engagements