# Nai Kanell

> Nai Kanell is a Utah-based B2B software executive and the chief marketing officer of SafetyChain Software. A first-generation refugee who sought out her first startup internship while still in high school, she built a career across banking, packaging, workplace technology, healthcare compliance and food manufacturing software. Her public record is unusually candid about both ambition and correction: she credits guidance counselors, scholarships and mentors for helping her navigate an unfamiliar professional world, and she has spoken openly about learning to pair high standards with empathy.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at SafetyChain Software
- **Organizations:** SafetyChain Software, MedTrainer, SpaceIQ, Eptura, Packsize, Cox Automotive, AlphaGraphics, Celtic Bank, Sillage Growth, PonyEx, CMO Coffee Talk
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Business Marketing, University of Utah, International Baccalaureate in Business, West High School
- **Known for:** Named a 2024 Utah Business Forty Under 40 honoree., Led MedTrainer's 2023 rebrand and website repositioning around a unified compliance platform., Helped navigate a 90-day brand strategy project around the combination of three workplace-management software companies.

## Career timeline

- **2003-2005** — Worked as an intern at Site Creative Network while still in school.
- **2007-2011** — Served as marketing manager at Celtic Bank.
- **2011-2013** — Held marketing specialist and marketing manager roles at AlphaGraphics.
- **2013-2016** — Advanced from demand generation manager to North America marketing director at Packsize.
- **2016-2017** — Worked in campaign marketing for Dealertrack DMS at Cox Automotive.
- **2017-2021** — Led marketing at SpaceIQ and later held vice president and chief marketing officer responsibilities through the Eptura period.
- **2020-2024** — Ran Sillage Growth as principal consultant; also advised PonyEx from 2021 to 2024.
- **2022-2024** — Served as chief marketing officer of MedTrainer and led a company rebrand.
- **2024** — Received a Utah Business Forty Under 40 honor.
- **2025-present** — Joined SafetyChain Software as chief marketing officer, leading brand, demand generation, communications and partner marketing.

## Achievements

- Named a 2024 Utah Business Forty Under 40 honoree.
- Led MedTrainer's 2023 rebrand and website repositioning around a unified compliance platform.
- Helped navigate a 90-day brand strategy project around the combination of three workplace-management software companies.
- Built more than 15 years of enterprise SaaS marketing experience across manufacturing, workplace technology and industrial software.
- Hosted SafetyChain Summit's first women's leadership panel for the food and beverage manufacturing community.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — SafetyChain publicly announced Kanell as chief marketing officer, responsible for brand, demand generation, communications and partner marketing.
- **2025-10** — Kanell hosted SafetyChain Summit's first women's leadership panel, attended by more than 70 women in food and beverage manufacturing.
- **2026** — Named as a member of the 2026 Marketing Minds Council, a peer group of marketing leaders.

## Links

- Website: https://safetychain.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naisok

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Last updated: 2026-09-03