# Ron McMurtrie

> Ron McMurtrie is Honeywell's chief marketing officer and chair of GeorgiaCMO, an Atlanta-based executive whose career has moved through finance, telecom, payments, information management, cloud software and industrial technology. Across roles at MCI, Verizon, First Data, VCE, TEXbase, Recall, Sage and Honeywell, he has treated marketing as an operating discipline built around customer outcomes, cross-functional teams and measured experimentation.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at Honeywell; Chair at GeorgiaCMO
- **Organizations:** Honeywell, GeorgiaCMO, Technology Association of Georgia, Wake Forest University School of Professional Studies, Forbes Communications Council, Sage, Recall, TEXbase, VCE, First Data, Verizon, MCI, Atlanta Community Food Bank
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree in Managerial Economics, University of California, Davis
- **Known for:** Led major global launches at Sage, including Sage Business Cloud, the Ambition Ambassador program and Sage Sessions., Helped manage Sage's marketing transition across 23 markets and a customer base of roughly three million while the company expanded subscription and cloud services., Led the digital experience and brand launch for Honeywell Forge, described in a GeorgiaCMO profile as Honeywell's first cloud-native, vendor-agnostic industrial IoT platform.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Began in a finance-focused role before moving into product and marketing leadership at a B2B telecommunications company.
- **By 2006** — Held senior roles at MCI and Verizon, including Group President, Specialized Services at Verizon Business.
- **2008-2010** — Served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at First Data.
- **2010-2012** — Led global sales and marketing at VCE, the joint venture formed by VMware, Cisco and EMC.
- **2012-2014** — Served as Chief Marketing Officer at TEXbase.
- **2014-2016** — Joined Recall as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for global service-line and go-to-market strategy.
- **2017-2020** — Led customer marketing and then global marketing at Sage, supporting its move from perpetual desktop software toward subscription and cloud services.
- **2021** — Joined Honeywell Connected Enterprise as Chief Marketing Officer.
- **2022-2024** — Served as Chief Commercial Officer at Honeywell Connected Enterprise.
- **2024-present** — Serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Honeywell.
- **2026-present** — Serves as chair of GeorgiaCMO, after participating as a founding member and advisory board leader.

## Achievements

- Led major global launches at Sage, including Sage Business Cloud, the Ambition Ambassador program and Sage Sessions.
- Helped manage Sage's marketing transition across 23 markets and a customer base of roughly three million while the company expanded subscription and cloud services.
- Led the digital experience and brand launch for Honeywell Forge, described in a GeorgiaCMO profile as Honeywell's first cloud-native, vendor-agnostic industrial IoT platform.
- Was named a 2025 GeorgiaCMO ORBIE Super Global finalist.
- Received campaign recognition listed on his public professional profile, including AVA Digital, Midas, MarCom, Stevie and North American Excellence awards.
- Has held board and executive committee responsibilities with the Technology Association of Georgia and helped lead the Georgia Technology Summit.
- Contributes articles to Forbes Communications Council on customer obsession and humanizing content.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — As chair and a founding member of GeorgiaCMO, promoted nominations for the 2026 GeorgiaCMO ORBIE Awards and described the program as recognition for leadership, community and business impact.
- **2026-05** — Joined GeorgiaCMO peers for a discussion of AI-enabled marketing workflows and brand-to-demand work.
- **2026-02** — Participated in a BostonCMO leadership conversation about the modern CMO, hyper-personalization, trust, AI and collaboration between data and marketing.
- **2025-05** — Joined the program advisory board for Wake Forest University's Master of AI Strategy and Innovation program.
- **2025-04** — Spoke at the Georgia Technology Summit about AI agents, workforce adaptation and Honeywell's work across automation, aviation and energy solutions.
- **2025-02** — Co-hosted an Arketi discussion on intent-based marketing and the shift away from interruption-led campaigns.

## Links

- Website: https://www.honeywell.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronmcmurtrie
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ronmcmurtrie

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