Hi! I'm
Ferris G. Arley
Product Marketing, Product, & Sales Leader
Master of Science in Information Security from Cal Poly Pomona
My Specialties
Dedicated to Studying Personas
to Ensure User & Market Value
Bridging & Enabling Sales,
Marketing, & Product
Testing & Iterating Solutions
to Solve Gaps & Pains
My Experience
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Security
ExtraHop, 2022 - 2024
Lead Senior Product Marketing Manager for a hypergrowth start-up's flagship AI-powered network threat detection, hunting and response platform. Drove growth to be market-leading while evangelizing the value of NDR (Network Detection and Response) to boost revenue.
C-Suite thought leadership I wrote (pg 8)
Technical Analyst Validation I Led
White Paper I wrote to accompany the validation initiative I led
Solution Brief I wrote for a feature I launched
Datasheet I created on our flagship NDR Platform that I owned
Technical hardware Data Sheet I created
Blog Posts
Filling in to present a talk at a Partner's booth at RSA Conference with only 3 hours to learn and memorize itOutbound Product Manager
Checkmarx, 2022
Product evangelist and seller for an AppSec & DevSecOps leader’s 1st SaaS/cloud AST (Application Security Testing) platform and chosen champion to be on the frontlines demonstrating the product, value, and roadmap to Fortune 500 enterprises and Federal Institutions, while synthesizing feedback to influence product, marketing, & sales.Product Manager
Phase2, 2021 - 2022
End-user champion for a digital product consulting agency - strategizing and building digital products to amplify enterprise & Fortune 500 goals, while optimizing internal and customer experiences and solving pains.Customer Success, Email Marketing, & QA Engineer
Get the Guy, 2018 - 2021
Tested products and customer experience, and onboarded and ensured customer satisfaction and loyalty, while owning email marketing campaigns.Web Developer & SaaS Support
Symphony Talent, 2019 - 2021
HR SaaS technical support and web developer for 300+ WordPress sites of Fortune Top 100 clients.Product & Marketing Entrepreneur
Up Your Apps (Self-employed), 2013 - 2018
Bought, improved, and "flipped" mobile apps, shops, and social media while empowering other clients with marketing strategies. Grew 2,000,000+ followers causing $11,000+/mo ad profit and 3,000+/mo app downloads before reselling businesses with an average 650%+ return.
Master of Science in Information Security
Cal Poly Pomona
Bachelor's in Communication
Cal Poly Humboldt
Product Foundations - PMC Level 1 Certificate
Pragmatic Institute
My Education
15 years of Proven Value in...
Resourcefully strategizing to solve problems
Soliciting pains and empathizing to sell value and close
Building rapport to align stakeholders
Technical prowess and quickly learning
Growth mindset and optimism to think outside the box
Cybersecurity, GRC, Finance, Real Estate, & SaaS roles
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