About
Johanna Brown is the Founder and Principal at Rivet, where she advises startups and scale-ups on go-to-market strategy and commercialization. Her focus areas include demand generation, early-stage growth, sales enablement, enterprise sales, and business development. She works with companies across target market definition, value proposition development, pipeline conversion, and strategic partnerships.
Experience
- RivetFounder & Principalcurrent2023 — present
- Toronto Business Development CentreSales Advisorcurrent2025 — presentToronto, Ontario, Canada
- EmergenceSales Advisorcurrent2024 — present
- Women's Equity LabManaging Partnercurrent2024 — present
- SiftMedSales Advisor & fmr Fractional VP Sales2024
- NasdaqEnterprise Growth2022 — 2024
- VISO TrustHead of Sales2021 — 2022
- Vision33Account Executive | Strategic Partnerships2012 — 2021
- VallenExport Development2011 — 2012
- Cox & PalmerMarketing Coordinator2007 — 2008St. John's, NL
Skills & more
Team Leadership12Strategic Planning7Leadership9Analysis3Startups4Coaching4Consulting1Business Development30Proposal Writing17Project Management14Marketing Communications11Business Analysis10
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Professional ServicesProject PlanningSocial MediaMarketingSocial Media MarketingProposal LeadershipBusiness CommunicationsProcurementTechnical WritingTeam FacilitationContract ManagementLarge EnterpriseLanguages English · French
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Colleagues at Women's Equity Lab
Alec Leclerc
Board Member at Women's Equity Lab
Ariel Siller
Managing Director at Women's Equity Lab
Barbara Henderson
Board Member at Women's Equity Lab
Carolyn Best
Board Member at Women's Equity Lab
Christina Fox
Managing Partner at Women's Equity Lab
Claudia Blum
Board Member at Women's Equity Lab
Elizabeth Dutton
Board Member at Women's Equity Lab
Erika Oakes
Managing Partner at Women's Equity Lab
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Johanna Brown?
- Johanna Brown is the Founder and Principal at Rivet, where she advises startups and scale-ups on go-to-market strategy and commercialization. Her focus areas include demand generation, early-stage growth, sales enablement, enterprise sales, and business development. She works with companies across target market definition, value proposition development, pipeline conversion, and strategic partnerships.
- Where does Johanna Brown work?
- Johanna Brown is Board Member at Women's Equity Lab.
- Where did Johanna Brown go to school?
- Johanna Brown studied at Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador (Masters of Business Administration (MBA), International Business); University of Tasmania (Master of Business Administration (MBA)); Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador (Bachelor of Commerce Co-op (B.Comm)).
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Also attended University of Tasmania12
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Shared employers
Also worked at Emergence1
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