Find your path to April
1,781 people in our graph share verified history with April — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Ken ChenaultunlockedApril: together at IBM (2002–2006)
×5April: together at IBM
×5April: together at Siebel Systems
April: together at University of Waterloo
About
April Dunford is the founder of Ambient Strategy, a consultancy focused on product positioning for B2B technology companies. Following a 25-year career as a VP of Marketing at technology firms, she has consulted with roughly 300 companies, including Google, Epic Games, and Postman. She is the author of the books "Obviously Awesome" and "Sales Pitch."
Founder at April Dunford
Intro paths
→
In turn, April can intro founders to April Dunford's investors below.
April Dunford's investors · 1
Experience
- Ambient StrategyFoundercurrent2015 — presentToronto, Canada Area
- RevolearBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- ScreenCloudBoard Member2022 — 2025London, England, United Kingdom
- MESH/diversityBoard Member2020 — 2023Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- SamplerBoard Member2015 — 2022Toronto, Canada Area
- Sprint.lyManaging Partner/CEO2015 — 2017Toronto, Canada Area
- Tulip RetailCOO2013 — 2015Toronto, Canada Area
- HuaweiVice President Marketing (acting), Enterprise Products2011 — 2012Santa Clara, California and Toronto, Canada
- SolarSoft Business Systems (Acquired by Epicor)Vice President Marketing2009 — 2011Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- NortelHead, Enterprise Incubation2007 — 2009Toronto, Canada Area
- InfobrightVice President, Marketing2007
- DataMirror Corporation (acquired by IBM)Vice President of Marketing2006 — 2007Toronto, Canada Area
- IBMGlobal Program Director - Information Integration2002 — 2006Greater New York City Area
- Siebel SystemsDirector of Marketing, Financial Services2000 — 2002San Francisco Bay Area
- Janna SystemsDirector of Product Marketing1998 — 2000Toronto, Canada Area
Skills & more
Enterprise Software30SaaS9Strategy70Public Speaking24Leadership26Management17Product Marketing99Marketing Strategy99Lead Generation99Social Media58Start-ups70B2B36
+12 more
B2B MarketingStrategic PartnershipsDemand GenerationMessagingMarketing CommunicationsGo-to-market StrategyAnalyst RelationsSales EnablementDigital MarketingEntrepreneurshipOnline MarketingEmail MarketingFrom April's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is April Dunford?
- April Dunford is the founder of Ambient Strategy, a consultancy focused on product positioning for B2B technology companies. Following a 25-year career as a VP of Marketing at technology firms, she has consulted with roughly 300 companies, including Google, Epic Games, and Postman. She is the author of the books "Obviously Awesome" and "Sales Pitch."
- Where does April Dunford work?
- April Dunford is Founder of April Dunford.
- What companies did April Dunford found?
- April Dunford founded April Dunford.
- Where did April Dunford go to school?
- April Dunford studied at University of Waterloo (BASc, Systems Design Engineering).
Founder mafias
University of Waterloo mafia346
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Chamath PalihapitiyaB.A.Sc.Founded 8090Apoorva MehtaBAScFounded InstacartJon LernerBachelor of Applied ScienceFounded Textnow +2Michael LittBASc. Honours Systems Design EngineeringFounded Garage Capital +1Mike McCauleyBAScFounded Garage Capital +1Zach WaterfieldComputer EngineeringFounded Zettlor +1
+ 339 more
Same school
Also attended University of Waterloo539
Chamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalApoorva MehtaFounder of Instacart; founder of Cloud Health SystemsAchintya ChaudhariInvestor at LightbankKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalRohan MongaInvestment Associate at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y Combinator
+ 533 more
Shared employers
Also worked at ScreenCloud2
Also worked at MESH/diversity1
Also worked at Nortel76
Joanne ChenInvestor at Foundation CapitalRichard GrecoVenture Partner at IronGate Capital AdvisorsJiong MaInvestor at Phoenix Venture PartnersScott AronsonOperating Partner at StripesAndrew RadinInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalAaron FykeFounder and Managing Partner at Thin Line Capital
+ 70 more
Also worked at IBM1,143
Brian ArmstrongCo-founder & CEO of CoinbaseOlivier PomelCo-founder & CEO of DatadogAlexis Le-QuocCo-founder & CTO of DatadogKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystRoger KrakoffGeneral Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAvi BharadwajInvestment Director at Intel Capital
+ 1,137 more