About
Deborah Stambaugh is CEO and founder of Brave New World, a fractional CMO and B2B consultant who also serves as a board advisor and LP partner. Her expertise spans marketing strategy, go-to-market development, brand building, and growth marketing across technology sectors including SaaS, AdTech, media, and AI. She has experience managing multimillion-dollar marketing budgets, building teams, and developing marketing operations and communications programs for enterprise and mid-market organizations.
Experience
- Brave New WorldCEO & Foundercurrent2024 — presentNew York, United States
- Progress PartnersExecutive in Residencecurrent2025 — present
- StratyfyBoard Advisorcurrent2025 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- The 98Operating Partnercurrent2023 — present
- PavilionExecutive Membercurrent2025 — present
- ChiefChief Membercurrent2021 — presentNew York, United States
- Ad CouncilBoard Member2022 — 2023
- QuantcastChief Marketing Officer2022 — 2023New York, New York, United States
- Samsung AdsHead of Marketing Americas / Women+ Officer2018 — 2022Greater New York City Area
- r4 TechnologiesVP Solution Marketing and Management2016 — 2018Ridgefield, CT
- SAPIntrapreneur Co-founder Retail Supply Exhange2015 — 2016Greater New York City Area and Berlin
- SAPVP Marketing & (RED) Fellow2008 — 2015New York, NY
- IBMMarketing and Chief of Staff2002 — 2007
Skills & more
CommunicationIndependent Thinking3Leadership36Strategy70Management24Strategic Planning6SaaS8Enterprise Software19Software as a Service (SaaS)8GTM3Executive Management1Branding
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B2B Marketing StrategyExperiential MarketingBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Demand GenerationSales EnablementProduct MarketingGo-to-market StrategyMulti-channel MarketingLead GenerationThought LeadershipProduct ManagementMarketing StrategyLanguages English
From Deborah's professional profile.
Colleagues at The 98
Alex Collmer
Founder & Executive Chair, VidMob at The 98
Ameneh Atai
General Manager, Audience Measurement, Nielsen Media at The 98
Annette Rodriguez
Senior Advisor, MKH Capital Partners at The 98
Ashley Davis
Partner, S-3 Group at The 98
Beth Gostanian
VP, Product, Canto at The 98
Craig Forman
General Partner, NextNews Ventures at The 98
Diane deCordova
Investor & Co-Founder, Adelaide Metrics at The 98
Diane Teed
Principal, Brown Brothers Harriman at The 98
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Deborah Stambaugh?
- Deborah Stambaugh is CEO and founder of Brave New World, a fractional CMO and B2B consultant who also serves as a board advisor and LP partner. Her expertise spans marketing strategy, go-to-market development, brand building, and growth marketing across technology sectors including SaaS, AdTech, media, and AI. She has experience managing multimillion-dollar marketing budgets, building teams, and developing marketing operations and communications programs for enterprise and mid-market organizations.
- Where does Deborah Stambaugh work?
- Deborah Stambaugh is Founder & CEO, Brave New World at The 98.
- Where did Deborah Stambaugh go to school?
- Deborah Stambaugh studied at Emory University - Goizueta Business School (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing); The George Washington University (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)).
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Also attended Emory University - Goizueta Business School138
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Also attended The George Washington University262
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Shared employers
Also worked at Chief98
Hans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalKen ChenaultInvestment Team at General CatalystLiz FoxProduct Marketing and Communications at In-Q-TelJesse MiddletonGeneral Partner at Flybridge Capital PartnersRobin LiInvestor at GGV CapitalSaydeah HowardCo-founder & Managing Partner at Cherryrock Capital
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Also worked at Ad Council3
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Quentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystJohn TorreyVenture Partner at Madrona Venture GroupAnders RanumPartner at Sapphire VenturesRami BranitzkyPartner at Sapphire VenturesAnne GheriniChief Marketing Officer at Sierra VenturesIlanInvestor at Eudemian Ventures
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Also worked at IBM953
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