About
François Dufour is a strategic CMO focused on B2B and B2D marketing and go-to-market strategy, helping technical founders reach product-market fit and grow. He was CMO in Residence and Marketing Partner at Decibel from 2021 to 2024, and has held marketing leadership and advisory roles at companies including Twilio, Udacity, LinkedIn Talent Solutions, Algolia, Apollo GraphQL, Camunda, and Vercel. He currently serves as fractional CMO at Augment Code, co-founded Product-led Leaders, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Francois Dufour @frfrdufour
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Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Experience
- AnthropicProduct Marketingcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Product-Led LeadersCo-Foundercurrent2022 — present
- Knox Systems, Inc.Marketing Advisor2026
- Cast AIMarketing Advisor2025 — 2026
- Augment CodeMarketing Advisor - former Acting CMO2024 — 2026Palo Alto, CA
- SpecterOpsMarketing Advisor2023 — 2026
- BubbleMarketing Advisor2022 — 2026
- Chainlink LabsMarketing Advisor2021 — 2026
- Francois Dufour ConsultingAdvisor & CMO Wingman for the AI era2017 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- :probabl.Marketing Advisor2025 — 2026Paris, Île-de-France, France
- TuringMarketing Advisor2025 — 2026
- GoldcastMarketing Advisor2025
- MadKuduIndependent Board Member2021 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- SuperhumanMarketing Advisor2023 — 2025
- TectonMarketing Advisor2024
- CamundaMarketing Advisor2019 — 2024
- Dropzone AIMarketing Advisor2023 — 2024
- Decibel PartnersCMO in Residence and Founder Advisor2021 — 2024Palo Alto, California, United States
- Keeper Security, Inc.Marketing Advisor2018 — 2021
- LatticeMarketing Advisor2018 — 2021
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.)2002 — 2004
- ESSEC Business SchoolConsumer Marketing
Skills & more
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Competitive AnalysisMarketing ManagementSegmentationDigital MarketingEvent PlanningBrand ManagementSales EnablementMulti-channel MarketingSaaSSoftware as a Service (SaaS)LeadershipManagementLanguages English · French
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Also worked at Knox Systems, Inc.2
Also worked at Augment Code6
Also worked at Lattice10
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Also worked at LinkedIn118
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Investments
Board seats
Madkudu
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