About Us - Demand Revenue

Global CMO and General Manager, Fractional CMO, Interim CMO, Executive Advisor, CMO Coach, and Analyst

Demand Revenue offers private equity and venture investors interim marketing leadership, executive advisory, and CMO Coaching support to help ignite portfolio company growth during times of transition.

Demand Revenue has been driving growth for more than 30 years

Alan Gonsenhauser
Founder and Principal
Alan is an experienced CMO and general manager, and more recently as a CMO Executive Advisor and Analyst at Forrester and SiriusDecisions. He now offers Interim / Fractional Marketing Leadership, CMO Executive Advisory and Coaching, and Keynote Presentations, bolstered with comprehensive Strategic Marketing Services.

Alan has assumed the following roles:

Interim CMO, Fractional CMO and CMO/CCO Executive Advisor at FinThrive (4/21 – 12/22)
$420M Revenue Cycle Management Health IT SaaS Technology firm Clearlake Capital portfolio company.

Fractional CMO at Linus Health (9/21 – 2/22)
Alzheimer’s disease and memory deficit detection and support digital health firm. Morningside Ventures portfolio company.

CMO Executive Advisor at Precisely (4/21 – 6/22)
$900M Software and Data quality firm. Clearlake Capital portfolio company.

Interim Chief Marketing Officer, Fractional CMO at Brightly Software, a Siemens Company (8/22 – 1/23)
$200M SaaS software firm in the Asset Management and Sustainability space. Clearlake Capital portfolio, acquired by Siemens Infrastructure.

CMO Executive Advisor, Coach and Mentor (4/21 – Present)
Multiple CMOs and VPs of Marketing at healthcare, higher education, SaaS software, and Health IT firms.

Alan Gonsenhauser

Prior to Demand Revenue, Gonsenhauser spent 25 years as a chief marketing officer and general manager for leading global B2B firms across health IT, medical and dental devices, technology, financial and professional services firms, and more recently as a CMO Executive Advisor, Coach, and Analyst at Forrester and SiriusDecisions

His experience includes:

CMO Executive Advisor and CMO Coach across 108 CMOs in 6 years, and Healthcare Segment Director at Forrester and SiriusDecisions. Gonsenhauser spent six years as a CMO Executive Advisor, Coach and Analyst, helping global health IT, medical device, and digital health marketing, sales and product leaders drive positive organizational change, improve cross-functional alignment, benchmark peers, and mobilize deployment of new marketing methods to accelerate innovation and growth. He was also responsible for SiriusDecisions healthcare segments globally, transforming healthcare to their fastest growth and best client retention segments.

SVP/CMO at Biscom, an enterprise SaaS software Healthcare IT and technology firm.

VP, Marketing and Customer Operations at Straumann, the Swiss global leader in dental implants, regenerative medicine and digital dentistry.

Executive VP and CMO (Marketing, sales, and product) for Independent Health, a $1.5 billion health plan.

VP, Marketing at GE Healthcare Financial Services.

VP, General Manager of Lifeline System’s Senior Living Division (acquired by Philips).

His extended team includes a network of:

public relations
marketing communications
digital communications
graphic design, and creative professionals.

Gonsenhauser also provides thought leadership and public speaking

He is available to serve as an expert witness in B2B marketing and healthcare litigation, and teaches graduate-level marketing and finance courses, most recently as an adjunct professor at Emerson College, Graduate School of Marketing Communications.

Testimonials

“Alan reported to me when I was leading SiriusDecisions’ Marketing Executive Services. After making the great decision to hire him, Alan quickly emerged as a top executive analyst working closely with chief marketing officers at our most valued accounts. He led the development and ongoing management of our Healthcare vertical business, which became SiriusDecisions’ fastest-growing segment with our best client retention. In addition to being a deeply knowledgeable and experienced advisor to our CMO clients, Alan is also is also an excellent relationship builder and business leader. The connections he made with clients drove exceptional engagement and retention, and his business acumen drove exceptional growth and expansion. While Alan’s primary focus was on the healthcare segment, he engaged with and delivered value to top clients across industries due to his strong B2B marketing knowledge, inspirational communication and presentation skills, and ability to network with and engage executives as a peer. It was a genuine pleasure working with Alan, and I can wholeheartedly recommend him for any marketing or business leadership role.”

“Alan has been a trusted source of best practice and coaching for me for almost ten years. In my marketing transformation journey, Alan has helped me establish investment priorities, assess organizational alignment, implement a campaign framework and systematize marketing strategy. His partnership has been invaluable.”

“I worked with Alan for five years at SiriusDecisions where he was CMO Executive Advisor and Global Healthcare Segment Director, and I served as the CFO. Alan consistently managed to grow his practice and retain and expand his client base. I attribute this to his deep industry and subject matter expertise and commitment to client outcomes. I highly recommend Alan for either a Chief Marketing Officer or CMO Executive Advisor role.”