Speakers

Gary Survis joined Insight Partners in 2016 as Operating Partner of the Marketing Center of Excellence. In his role, he leverages decades of marketing experience to help drive operational strategies and improvements for Insight's portfolio companies.  

Prior to joining Insight, Gary was the Chief Marketing Officer of Syncsort, a big data and mainframe enterprise software company, and the General Manager of its Sort business unit. During his tenure, he oversaw the re-positioning of the company from an old-line enterprise software company to an integral participant in the big data space. He also introduced modern marketing strategies to drive a robust B2B sales pipeline. Previously, Gary was Founder and “Chief Buzz Officerâ€' at Practical Digital Marketing. PDM was a boutique consultancy which focused on assisting VC/private equity financed portfolio companies, and other organizations, with digital marketing, strategy development, and branding. He also acted as a “CMO-for-Rentâ€' at multiple Insight portfolio companies. 

Gary holds a Bachelor of Science from Wharton in Entrepreneurial Management, and an MBA in Marketing from NYU Stern School.