# Chad Sollis

> Chad Sollis is AudioEye's chief marketing officer, a Salt Lake City-area marketing and product executive whose career has crossed Overstock, Omniture, Adobe, Vivint, Domo, Pluralsight, Strala, and Traeger. His work joins measurement, product experience, revenue operations, and growth; at AudioEye, he argues that digital accessibility belongs in the customer-experience and growth conversation, not merely the compliance file.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at AudioEye
- **Organizations:** AudioEye, Chubby Unicorns, LLC, Traeger Pellet Grills, Strala, Pluralsight, Domo, Vivint Smart Home, Adobe, Omniture, Overstock.com
- **Education:** General business and accounting coursework; transferred, Brigham Young University, Self-designed bachelor's program combining information systems, accounting, and computer science, University of Utah
- **Known for:** Contributed to companies growing from approximately $30 million to $3 billion in annual revenue, according to AudioEye's official leadership biography., Held leadership roles during four growth-stage IPOs, according to AudioEye and his Chubby Unicorns site., Co-invented U.S. Patent 9,824,367 for measuring marketing-campaign effectiveness across multiple channels.

## Career timeline

- **2001-2005** — Worked in creative direction and marketing operations at Overstock.com.
- **2005-2009** — Led global interactive marketing and revenue operations at Omniture.
- **2008** — Filed a patent application with Mikel Chertudi for measuring marketing effectiveness across online and offline channels.
- **2009-2011** — Led global interactive marketing and revenue operations at Adobe after its acquisition of Omniture.
- **2011-2014** — Led digital, growth marketing, and revenue operations at Vivint Smart Home; he later said the digital business grew to 35% of overall revenue.
- **2014-2015** — Served as vice president of global demand marketing and revenue operations at Domo.
- **2015-2017** — Served as vice president of global demand, growth marketing, and revenue operations at Pluralsight.
- **2017-2019** — Held product and technology leadership at marketing-data startup Strala.
- **2017** — U.S. Patent 9,824,367, 'Measuring effectiveness of marketing campaigns across multiple channels,' was granted.
- **2019-2021** — Served as vice president of global digital product and experience at Traeger Pellet Grills.
- **2021-2023** — Worked as a fractional executive and advisor through Chubby Unicorns, LLC.
- **2023-present** — Serves as chief marketing officer at AudioEye, leading brand, product marketing, growth, revenue operations, and customer engagement.

## Achievements

- Contributed to companies growing from approximately $30 million to $3 billion in annual revenue, according to AudioEye's official leadership biography.
- Held leadership roles during four growth-stage IPOs, according to AudioEye and his Chubby Unicorns site.
- Co-invented U.S. Patent 9,824,367 for measuring marketing-campaign effectiveness across multiple channels.
- Reports building B2B SaaS growth engines with 100%+ compound annual growth rates and helping deliver 300% direct-to-consumer growth and 400% daily-active-user growth.
- Reports helping build a line of business from zero to $200 million and launching connected consumer-product experiences at Traeger.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Published a Digiday piece arguing that faster AI-assisted web production can multiply accessibility barriers unless accessibility checks are built into the process.
- **2026-04** — Was quoted in coverage of AudioEye's 2026 Accessibility Advantage Report, which framed fragmented ownership and reactive workflows as key obstacles to sustainable accessibility programs.
- **2025-12** — Discussed his career and the business case for accessibility in a MarTech Cube interview.
- **2025-10** — Published guidance for retailers on accessibility issues to address before peak holiday traffic.
- **2025-04** — Appeared on The Campaign podcast to discuss conversion-rate optimization, audience segmentation, and AudioEye's combined automation-and-expert approach.

## Links

- Website: https://chubbyunicorns.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sollis

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Last updated: 2026-09-03