# May Petry

> May Petry is MongoDB's Chief Marketing Officer, a San Francisco Bay Area executive whose career has moved from corporate communications at Sun Microsystems and Yahoo! into digital, demand, and product-led growth leadership at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Pure Storage, and MongoDB. Her public philosophy is grounded in customer clarity, measurable experimentation, candid team development, and the belief that leaders amplify other people's strengths.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at MongoDB
- **Organizations:** MongoDB, Pure Storage, FinancialForce, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo!, BEA Systems, Sun Microsystems, Burson-Marsteller, Fleishman-Hillard, Niehaus Ryan Wong, American Leadership Forum - Silicon Valley, The Peer 150, CMO Council
- **From:** Singapore, Singapore
- **Education:** B.A. in English, Loyola University Chicago
- **Known for:** Scaled MongoDB's self-serve business and helped establish its global revenue marketing function., Strengthened coordination across MongoDB's digital, product-led, and enterprise sales motions., Led digital marketing during Hewlett Packard's separation into HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

## Career timeline

- **1995-1999** — Worked in agency public relations roles at Niehaus Ryan Wong, Fleishman-Hillard, and Burson-Marsteller.
- **1999-2005** — Held software and corporate communications roles at Sun Microsystems.
- **2005-2007** — Led corporate public relations at BEA Systems.
- **2007-2011** — Held a progression of global communications leadership roles at Yahoo!.
- **2011-2016** — Moved into senior digital marketing leadership at Hewlett-Packard and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
- **2016-2017** — Served as Vice President of Digital Marketing at FinancialForce.
- **2017-2019** — Led global demand generation and digital marketing at Pure Storage.
- **2020-2021** — Took a sabbatical, advised Coherent, and continued leadership community work.
- **2022** — Joined MongoDB as Vice President of Digital and Growth Marketing.
- **2023-2024** — Expanded her remit at MongoDB into senior revenue marketing leadership.
- **2025** — Promoted to Chief Marketing Officer at MongoDB.
- **2025-09** — Presented MongoDB's self-serve and product-led growth strategy at Investor Day.

## Achievements

- Scaled MongoDB's self-serve business and helped establish its global revenue marketing function.
- Strengthened coordination across MongoDB's digital, product-led, and enterprise sales motions.
- Led digital marketing during Hewlett Packard's separation into HP and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
- Recognized by BtoB Magazine as a Top Digital Marketer in 2013.
- Associated with Hewlett-Packard's 2014 BrightEdge Customer Hero recognition for global SEO deployment.
- Became a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum - Silicon Valley.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Visited MongoDB's APJ team in Singapore for a marketing priority discussion and an employee AMA, and wrote about the importance of candid conversation and renewal.
- **2026-08** — Marked the tenth anniversary of MongoDB Atlas and highlighted its evolution alongside changing application and AI requirements.
- **2026-07** — Discussed why marketing to builders increasingly includes earning trust within the agents and systems that influence software discovery and creation.
- **2025-09** — Presented on self-serve and product-led growth at MongoDB Investor Day.
- **2025-06** — Was publicly identified by MongoDB as its new Chief Marketing Officer after previously leading the company's self-serve and revenue marketing work.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mongodb.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maygpetry

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