NexGen CMO Podcast

About NexGen CMO Podcast

Join Kelly Hopping as she explores the dynamic world of marketing leadership and the relentless pursuit of sales and marketing alignment on The NexGen CMO Podcast. In candid conversations with both seasoned CMOs and emerging sales and marketing talent, Kelly explores the challenges and triumphs that shape today's marketing landscape and leaders – and the strategic maneuvers that can help propel you to the forefront of B2B marketing. Whether you're a current CMO seeking effective team alignment strategies or a rising demand gen leader charting your career path, The NexGen CMO Podcast delivers actionable insights and innovative perspectives, ensuring you stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of marketing trends.

Publisher

Kelly Hopping

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Feb 2024

Latest episode

1 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

41 of 41 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   1 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Brian Gladstein on cybersecurity marketing transformation at Tufin

   Kelly Hopping interviews Brian Gladstein, CMO of Tufin, who reveals how data and customer alignment fuels marketing transformation in cybersecurity, emphasizing trust and transparency to reshape brand perception.

2. 

   23 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Bruno Bertini's advice on becoming a modern CMO

   Kelly Hopping interviews Bruno Bertini, Chief Marketing Officer at 8x8, who shares his unconventional career journey and pragmatic insights on harmonizing brand equity with revenue pressure in today's tech landscape.

3. 

   16 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Ed Breault on communicating with clarity and leading with curiosity

   CMO Ed Breault discusses his career journey and shares boardroom communication strategies with host Kelly Barner, highlighting the importance of curiosity-driven leadership in this interview.

Inside a recent episode

Brian Gladstein on cybersecurity marketing transformation at Tufin

Published 1 Oct 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Well, how do you guys, I found sort of an operating cadence, make sure that you're in lockstep alignment between marketing and sales and that that and there's good healthy tension, but that the unhealthy tension doesn't exist. Yeah, there's always tension. Of course, there has to be. And, you know, the data helps like having a single source of truth and a single source of assessing the business really, really does help. So we have these weekly meetings at a corporate level looking through all the business. We call that our faster lapse meeting. We have these management operating rhythm meetings that we do breaking down into the different, you know, like our new logo business, our expansion business, our renewal business, I have one of these for marketing. […]

Who has been a guest on NexGen CMO Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Brian Gladstein
• Bruno Bertini
• Ed Breault
• Zarina Stanford
• Bryan Law

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 54 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

85

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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