# Jason McClelland

> Jason McClelland is Sonatype's Chief Marketing Officer and a Silicon Valley operator whose career has moved from development and product work into the marketing of deeply technical software. Across Adobe, Heroku, Domino Data Lab, Algolia, Shutterstock, DataStax, and Sonatype, his recurring work has been to connect product-led adoption with enterprise growth, sharpen category positioning, and translate complex technology into a customer-centered story.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at Sonatype
- **Organizations:** Sonatype, DataStax, IBM, Shutterstock, Algolia, Domino Data Lab, Salesforce, Heroku, Adobe, NetObjects
- **Education:** B.S. in Marketing, Business Administration, San Jose State University, Management Institute for Leadership Excellence, University of California, Santa Cruz, Decision Analysis and Risk Management, Stanford University, MBA, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
- **Known for:** Helped build Adobe's Marketing Cloud business and worked on Adobe's Creative Cloud shift from boxed software to SaaS., At Heroku, led marketing, inside sales, and business operations; his team was credited with delivering more than 70% of a $400 million ARR business., Helped redefine Domino Data Lab's go-to-market and partner strategy and reposition the company toward enterprise customers.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked as a developer at NetObjects before moving into web technology, product, sales, and marketing roles.
- **Adobe era** — Spent much of his early career at Adobe, contributing to Marketing Cloud and the Creative Cloud subscription transformation, later leading commerce and inside sales for the Americas.
- **Heroku / Salesforce** — Served as CMO of Heroku and led marketing, inside sales, analytics, and business operations for the Salesforce business.
- **2020** — Joined Domino Data Lab as Chief Marketing Officer to lead global marketing and sharpen its enterprise positioning.
- **2021** — Appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Algolia.
- **2022** — Joined Shutterstock as Chief Marketing Officer and a member of its Executive Committee; later also led customer care.
- **2023** — Joined DataStax as Chief Marketing Officer as the company focused its story on real-time data and generative AI.
- **2025** — DataStax officially became an IBM company following IBM's announced acquisition.
- **2026** — Appointed Chief Marketing Officer of Sonatype on June 9, with responsibility for marketing as the company scales around secure AI-driven software development.

## Achievements

- Helped build Adobe's Marketing Cloud business and worked on Adobe's Creative Cloud shift from boxed software to SaaS.
- At Heroku, led marketing, inside sales, and business operations; his team was credited with delivering more than 70% of a $400 million ARR business.
- Helped redefine Domino Data Lab's go-to-market and partner strategy and reposition the company toward enterprise customers.
- Built executive marketing experience across seven major technical brands spanning creative software, developer platforms, MLOps, search, data, and software supply chain security.
- Led DataStax marketing during its AI repositioning and through its acquisition by IBM.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Joined Sonatype as Chief Marketing Officer.
- **2026-01** — Appeared on CMOs Unscripted to discuss category creation, technical storytelling, and AI's effect on marketing.
- **2025-07** — DataStax officially joined IBM after the acquisition announced earlier in 2025.
- **2025-06** — Published a DataStax post about the company being named a leader in vector databases on G2.

## Links

- Website: https://www.sonatype.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonmcclelland

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