
The OneTrust CMO began as a CPA, learned persuasion while carrying a sales quota, and now argues that marketing's job can be stated in five plain words: set up sales to win.

He went from studying corruption in Mexico and advising a military task force in Kabul to spending fourteen years modernizing municipal budgets, permits, and procurement. OpenGov’s $1.8 billion deal was the visible result; the more revealing story is how Bookman learned to make persistence operational.