# Tricia Gellman

> Tricia Gellman is the chief marketing officer of Box and a technology marketing executive whose career connects early digital design, product marketing, demand generation, and enterprise go-to-market strategy. After starting as a graphic designer, she moved through Apple and Adobe, spent nine years at Salesforce, led marketing at Checkr and Drift, and advised venture-backed software companies before joining Box in 2024. Her public work centers on making marketing accountable to revenue, aligning sales and marketing around shared data, and turning AI from a talking point into a practical operating advantage.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at Box
- **Organizations:** Box, New Enterprise Associates, Skedda, Stage 2 Capital, Scale Venture Partners, Cribl, Tulip Interfaces, WorkRamp, Drift, Checkr, Salesforce, liveBooks, Adobe, Apple, Iconix, American University
- **Education:** BA in Graphic Design, with International Communications studies, American University
- **Known for:** Helped lead Adobe InDesign to global adoption and contributed to the unification of Adobe products into the Creative Suite business., Established Salesforce's demand-generation function and built a 70-person team reported by Checkr to produce more than $3 billion in annual pipeline for the US sales organization., Built Checkr's marketing leadership and operating foundation and helped reposition the company from a background-check provider to a multi-product People Trust Platform.

## Career timeline

- **1992** — Graduated from American University after studying graphic design and international communications; later returned as an adjunct professor teaching digital design.
- **1995-1996** — Worked as New Media Production Manager at Iconix in Washington, DC.
- **1996-1997** — Joined Apple in California as an evangelist and became a business development manager after a reorganization moved her into marketing.
- **1997-2006** — Led product marketing work at Adobe, including InDesign and the emerging Creative Suite business.
- **2006-2009** — Served as VP of Marketing at liveBooks.
- **2009-2013** — Joined Salesforce in product marketing.
- **2013-2017** — Built and led Salesforce's demand-generation function, linking marketing programs more directly to the US sales organization.
- **2017-2018** — Served as Chief Marketing Officer of Salesforce Canada.
- **2018-2020** — Joined Checkr as VP and Head of Marketing and subsequently served as CMO, building the marketing leadership team and helping reposition the company as a People Trust Platform.
- **2020-2021** — Served as CMO of Drift and hosted CMO Conversations, a podcast focused on the paths and operating lessons of marketing leaders.
- **2021-2024** — Expanded her work as an advisor and investor, including roles with Stage 2 Capital, Skedda, Cribl, Tulip Interfaces, WorkRamp, Scale Venture Partners, and NEA.
- **2024-present** — Joined Box as Chief Marketing Officer to lead global marketing and help define the Intelligent Content Management category.

## Achievements

- Helped lead Adobe InDesign to global adoption and contributed to the unification of Adobe products into the Creative Suite business.
- Established Salesforce's demand-generation function and built a 70-person team reported by Checkr to produce more than $3 billion in annual pipeline for the US sales organization.
- Built Checkr's marketing leadership and operating foundation and helped reposition the company from a background-check provider to a multi-product People Trust Platform.
- Authored Scale Venture Partners' practical guide to growing SaaS revenue by aligning sales and marketing around culture, funnel math, ownership, and cadence.
- At Box, brought sales, marketing, customer success, and product around a unified go-to-market and a single pipeline view within seven months, according to her 2025 Bay Area CMO profile.
- Named to The Drum's B2B CMO 100 for 2025.
- Named to the B2B CMO Project's Top 100 B2B CMOs for 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Was named to the B2B CMO Project's 2026 Top 100 B2B CMOs and discussed C-suite buy-in, brand awareness, partner ecosystems, and sales-marketing operating rhythms on the project's podcast.
- **2025-12** — Was included in The Drum's B2B CMO 100 for her work shaping Box's AI-driven enterprise content narrative.
- **2025-10** — A Bay Area CMO profile credited her Box team with creating a unified go-to-market and single pipeline view in seven months, improving coverage, conversion, and deal size.
- **2025-09** — Appeared on PeerSignal to discuss boardroom influence, quota attainment, ideal customer profiles, and CMO operating lessons.
- **2025-06** — Appeared on Attribution Nation to discuss marketing measurement and her path from Apple to Box.
- **2024-08** — Joined Box as Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for global marketing strategy and the company's Intelligent Content Management positioning.

## Links

- Website: https://www.box.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gellmansfmarketing

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Last updated: 2026-08-11