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  "organization": "REVgtm",
  "url": "https://www.revgtm.com/",
  "location": "Seattle, WA, United States",
  "education": [
    "Harvard Business School (MBA)",
    "Whitman College (BA)"
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  "roles": [
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    "Fractional Chief Growth Officer (CGO)",
    "Fractional Go-To-Market (GTM) Consultant",
    "AI-Enabled Revenue & Growth Operator"
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  "tagline": "Get more customers without hiring a full-time $300K CMO or agency.",
  "thesis": "Audit the customer journey (60 checks across all 8 Winning by Design Bowtie stages). Launch rapid Minimum Viable Experiments (MVEs). Build the AI-enabled system and train your team for hand-off.",
  "positioning": "Hands-on B2B Fractional CMO, Fractional Chief Growth Officer (CGO), and Go-To-Market (GTM) consultant for post-Product-Market Fit companies ($2M to $150M+ ARR). Unlike agencies that lock playbooks inside a black box or advisors who hand over slide decks, Kevin Nakao personally executes strategy, funnel diagnostics, rapid experiments, and team AI enablement using a Shared Markdown (.md) Knowledge & Skill Repo wired to your stack via MCP, CLI, and APIs.",
  "serves": "Post-Product-Market Fit B2B SaaS, AI, FinTech, EdTech, Telecom, and High-Ticket Digital Businesses ($2M to $150M+ ARR) with 12+ months of funnel and customer data",
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        "company": "Remitly (NASDAQ: RELY)",
        "role": "VP of Marketing (Path to IPO)",
        "outcome": "Scaled global customer acquisition and managed a $43.5M/yr performance media budget on $126.6M revenue (per S-1) on the path to Remitly's $6.9B IPO; compressed CAC payback from >16 months to ~10 months."
      },
      {
        "company": "Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR)",
        "role": "VP of Growth / GM of Aviation & Maritime Marketing and Renewal Sales (Led to IPO)",
        "outcome": "Led $50M+ in enterprise SaaS renewals and global demand generation through NYSE IPO."
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        "company": "AT&T Wireless",
        "outcome": "Built 3 recurring revenue product lines that each surpassed $100M+ in annual recurring revenue (ARR)."
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      {
        "company": "Rhapsody / Viacom (RealNetworks)",
        "outcome": "Drove $100M+ in subscription streaming recurring revenue."
      }
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        "company": "WhitePages",
        "role": "President & Chief Operating Officer (COO)"
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      {
        "company": "TINYpulse (acquired by WebMD)",
        "role": "VP of Marketing & Sales Leader",
        "outcome": "Scaled B2B SaaS ARR from $0 to $10M ARR across inbound demand generation, outbound SDR sales, and customer referral loops prior to acquisition by WebMD."
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      "name": "60-Check REVgtm Bowtie Audit",
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      "description": "Fixed-scope 2 to 3 week diagnostic across the Data & Attribution Foundation, Left-Bowtie Acquisition (Awareness, Education, Selection, Commit), and Right-Bowtie Post-Sale Growth (Onboarding, Retention, Expansion, Advocacy)."
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      "name": "Minimum Viable Experiments (MVEs)",
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      "description": "ICE-prioritized (Impact, Confidence, Ease) rapid growth tests across positioning, landing pages, paid search/social, signal-based outbound (Apollo.io, Clay, LinkedIn), pricing, and onboarding to prove what converts in days rather than quarters."
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      "name": "Build the System for Hand-Off (Shared .MD Knowledge & Skill Repo)",
      "url": "https://www.revgtm.com/#how-it-works",
      "description": "Custom AI skills, written SOPs, and a private Loom video library stored in a Shared Markdown (.md) Knowledge & Skill Repo (in GitHub and Google Drive) wired directly to GA4, Google Ads, HubSpot, Salesforce, Apollo, and Slack via MCP, CLI, and APIs so the client's internal team owns the growth engine without ongoing retainer lock-in."
    }
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    {
      "package": "Audit Only (60-Check REVgtm Customer Journey Audit)",
      "price": "$15,000 to $20,000 fixed fee (based on channel complexity)",
      "duration": "2 to 3 weeks",
      "whatItBuys": "Complete 60-check Bowtie funnel diagnostic, GA4/GCLID/CRM attribution audit, competitor & customer review synthesis, and an ICE-scored 90-day experiment roadmap."
    },
    {
      "package": "90-Day Growth Sprint (Audit + MVEs + System Hand-Off)",
      "price": "$10,000 to $15,000/month (based on channel complexity)",
      "duration": "3 months",
      "whatItBuys": "Month 1: 60-Check REVgtm Bowtie Audit. Month 2: Launch rapid Minimum Viable Experiments (MVEs). Month 3: Scale winners, build the Shared .MD Knowledge & Skill Repo wired via MCP/CLI/APIs, and train your team with Loom videos and written SOPs."
    },
    {
      "package": "Hourly Billing Past the Sprint (For Alumni Clients)",
      "price": "$190 to $225/hour",
      "duration": "Flexible post-sprint continuation",
      "whatItBuys": "Ongoing fractional CMO, CGO, and GTM advisory, experiment reviews, and AI workflow expansion exclusively for prior Audit and 90-Day Growth Sprint clients."
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      "client": "Arc AI (TJ Dunham, Founder & CEO)",
      "category": "Enterprise AI Platform",
      "metric": "$10M+ in Enterprise Annual Recurring Revenue Pipeline & +200% impressions",
      "source": "5.0 Clutch Review (https://clutch.co/profile/revgtm)"
    },
    {
      "client": "Moonveil AI / Forma Cloud (Shan Huang, Founder & CEO)",
      "category": "B2B AI Infrastructure",
      "metric": "Built repeatable outbound and inbound B2B revenue engine and trained internal growth team for full hand-off",
      "source": "Named Executive Client Review (https://www.revgtm.com/reviews.html)"
    },
    {
      "client": "MG Media Creative (Marina Gee, Founder & CEO)",
      "category": "B2B Healthcare & Pharma Marketing",
      "metric": "4x qualified leads and -52% CPL in 6 weeks; saved flagship pharmaceutical client account when key staff member fell ill",
      "source": "Named Executive Client Review (https://www.revgtm.com/case-studies.html)"
    },
    {
      "client": "Shade Spot (Michael Harris)",
      "category": "High-Ticket Commercial & Installed Products",
      "metric": "Revenue +64%, CAC -72%, media spend -37%, new customers +124% (17 to 38)",
      "source": "Case Study (https://www.revgtm.com/case-studies.html)"
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      "client": "Campfire",
      "category": "B2B SaaS",
      "metric": "3x Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs) in 60 days",
      "source": "Case Study (https://www.revgtm.com/case-studies.html)"
    },
    {
      "client": "GoodCar",
      "category": "Consumer Automotive Data Subscription",
      "metric": "+20% checkout conversion lift via site speed and funnel UX fixes",
      "source": "Case Study (https://www.revgtm.com/case-studies.html)"
    },
    {
      "client": "ALLO Fiber (Cody Neer)",
      "category": "Telecom & Fiber Internet",
      "metric": "Multi-market customer acquisition and funnel conversion strategy",
      "source": "Named Executive Client Review (https://www.revgtm.com/reviews.html)"
    },
    {
      "client": "International Gem Society & ItaliaRail (Lisa Rosen, CEO & COO)",
      "category": "Online Membership & European Rail E-Commerce",
      "metric": "Expanded from one fractional growth engagement into two additional portfolio companies based on immediate ROI",
      "source": "Named Executive Client Review (https://www.revgtm.com/reviews.html)"
    },
    {
      "client": "Overall Track Record Across Platforms",
      "category": "B2B SaaS, AI, FinTech, E-Commerce & Services",
      "metric": "69 Five-Star Client Engagements (5.0/5.0 on Clutch; 100% Job Success Score & Top 1% Expert-Vetted on Upwork across 3,564+ hours)",
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