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- Katy Abbaszadeh shared thisCat's out of the bag! Thrilled to share that I've joined Cursor to build out the Revenue Marketing function. 🚀 Massive thank you to everyone involved in the recruiting process... of course to the team within Cursor, but equally to the external folks who have provided support, guidance and references along the decision path (you know who you are and I appreciate you so much!) ❤️ I'm so excited and grateful for this opportunity and after being on the inside for just five days, I'm incredibly humbled by the talented group of builders that have come together for this insane ride. Special thank you to Jordan MacDonald, Patty Koenigs, Jordan Topoleski, Roman Ugarte, Brian McCarthy, Tido Carriero, Vibhav Joopelli, Tahirih Skolnik, Karl Oskar S., Jonathan Krangel, and Michael T. for the trust and partnership. Looking forward to full onboarding immersion next week with the newest Global GTM Leadership class 👏
- Katy Abbaszadeh shared thisAfter nearly four unforgettable years, I closed out my time at Glean this week. It’s been the privilege of my career to help build this rocket ship and to learn from an incredible, world-class team. I’m deeply grateful for the trust, the partnership, and the friendships formed along the way. Special thanks to Arvind for bringing me in and for continuously championing the Marketing org. What I’m most proud of: the builders’ spirit across Marketing and our GTM partners -- the way this team shows up for each other, turns ideas into impact, and keeps raising the bar. Thank you for the opportunity to grow with you. While this chapter ends, the gratitude and momentum continue. I’ll always be cheering for Glean and the amazing people behind it. Onward to new beginnings -- and to seeing many of you again down the road. 💙
- Katy Abbaszadeh shared thisJust wrapped our “Rewriting the Marketing Playbook with AI” webinar with Databricks—thanks to everyone who joined! Key takeaways: ✨ The squeeze is real: higher pipeline targets, longer cycles, flat budgets. Random AI pilots won’t fix it—AI must be a shared work layer grounded in enterprise context. ✨ Data + governance win: Databricks’ Marketing Lakehouse and Unity Catalog enabled trusted, governed access—accelerating onboarding, improving decision quality, and making AI usable at scale. ✨ Start with access to knowledge: Rolling out Glean Search and Assistant changed internal behavior—go to Glean first—then expand to agents that remove cognitive load and save hours weekly. ✨ Hackathons drive momentum: Cross-functional teams surfaced painful workflows (briefs, planning, approvals); most prototypes used Glean and moved fast because enterprise context was already connected. ✨ Favorite build: BriefBot—two-stage “Researcher → Writer” Glean agents that produce an 80%-complete campaign brief in ~5 minutes, grounded in Asana metadata, strategy docs, and brand guidelines. And we touched on a few ways Glean uses Glean: post-event recap agents that auto-compile Salesforce + chat + brief insights, SEO content chain (keywords → first draft → evaluator), and ABM research-to-content agents with AE-approved outputs. If you’re just getting started, do three things: 1) build the data foundation, 2) unlock enterprise knowledge, 3) pick low-effort, high-impact workflows (briefs, research synthesis, reporting). Then scale what works. Huge thanks to Samantha Sawyer, Paul V., and Weisi Kang for the practical playbook—and to Baptiste Pouilloux and Katy Yuan for the behind-the-scenes efforts to bring us together! 💥
- Katy Abbaszadeh reposted thisKaty Abbaszadeh reposted thisAI is quickly becoming the operating system of the enterprise. Glean:GO brings together the full enterprise AI community: the teams who run Glean, the builders who create with it, and the leaders driving transformation. It’s where the global Work AI community shares playbooks, learns from real-world deployments, and walks away with a concrete plan. Glean:GO isn’t just another AI conference, it’s your blueprint for what comes next. Join us in San Francisco on August 26-27th. Registration is officially open for #GleanGO 🎟️ Lock in your early bird ticket now: https://lnkd.in/gn684bG8
- Katy Abbaszadeh posted thisI spend a lot of time talking about pipeline, programs, and revenue — but some of my favorite conversations happen when marketers come together just to think out loud. This week I joined my friend Katie Miserany and the SurveyMonkey MarCo team for their internal Master Class series, and it was exactly that kind of session. We got into the weeds on building demand engines, structuring teams to avoid credit wars, hiring for creativity over playbook-running, and leaning into AI without fear. My north star hasn't changed: make a decision Monday, see the impact Friday. If you can build a culture where that's possible, everything else follows. At the end of the session, we did a fun rapid-fire series of questions. One of them was: "If you could ask the world one question you’re most curious about right now, what would it be?" My answer was something along the lines of "Hey world, why can't we just be chill?" And because it's SurveyMonkey, they of course followed up with a survey ☺️ -- and the findings hit close to home. More than 4 in 10 Americans are experiencing high stress right now, driven largely by financial pressures and the state of the world.* Turns out, a lot of people are asking the same thing. Grateful to Katie and the SurveyMonkey team for having me — and for reminding me that great marketing starts with genuine curiosity. *Source: SurveyMonkey - Women (47%) are more stressed than men (39%). - Gen Z is significantly less stressed than older generations (38%, vs. 47% of Millennials, 44% of Gen X, and 43% of Boomers). - About a third of Americans cite financial issues (35%) or the news/state of the world (34%) as a leading cause of stress, followed by: • Politics (29%) • Work or career (26%) • Health concerns (18%) • Family or friends (15%) • Artificial intelligence (9%) • Social media (7%)
- Katy Abbaszadeh shared thisReally liked this point from Ericsson’s Chief Data Officer and Head of AI on Unprompted from Glean: classroom training alone isn’t enough for AI literacy. You need great tools so people can experiment, build agents, and learn by doing. Check out the episode: https://lnkd.in/gjsEZDacUnprompted with Joel Nygårds, Ericsson CDO & Head of AIUnprompted with Joel Nygårds, Ericsson CDO & Head of AI
- Katy Abbaszadeh shared thisBring Glean to where you already work. With the Glean plugin for Cursor, you can stay in your editor and still tap into everything Glean knows about your company — past incidents, RCAs, Jira tickets, Slack threads, docs, owners, and more. Watch Harshi Murthy demo how to use Glean in Cursor, then install the plugin and put it to work on your next debugging session.
- Katy Abbaszadeh shared thisExcited to join Databricks’ Samantha Sawyer and Glean's Weisi Kang to share how we’re rewriting the marketing playbook with AI. In this 30 minute webinar, we’ll dig into what’s real vs. hype, how to move beyond scattered pilots, and the concrete workflows our teams use to scale programs like ABM and move faster all around. Join us on Tuesday, March 31, 9:30–10:00am PT—save your spot now for Rewriting the Marketing Playbook with AI: https://lnkd.in/gq2uvYr6
- Katy Abbaszadeh shared this69% of organizations cite AI-powered data leaks as their top security concern. As AI agents begin acting across enterprise systems — reading data, orchestrating workflows, and making decisions — security and governance can’t be an afterthought. To help enterprises deploy agents safely, we introduced the AWARE framework: a model for governing agent behavior by focusing on actor intent, work context, autonomous guardrails, real-time risk scoring, and ecosystem observability. Alongside this framework, we also announced new Glean Protect capabilities designed to help enterprises put these principles into practice — including sensitive data detection, restricted topic policies, runtime protections, and stronger guardrails for agent actions. 👉 Access the AWARE framework: https://lnkd.in/gy8aV3Z3 👉 See everything we announced and hear from security experts at the Glean Security Showcase TODAY at 10 am PT: https://lnkd.in/gpU3xqNP
- Katy Abbaszadeh reacted on thisKaty Abbaszadeh reacted on thisI had a blast giving a "Your Best Meeting Ever" keynote at CloudFest yesterday, at the iconic Europa-Park (the "Disneyland of Germany"). Germany's Black Forest—home to some of the world's largest cuckoo clocks —felt like a perfect backdrop for discussing how to reclaim our time from calendar clutter. We dove into the science behind 27-minute meetings, why standing meetings don't just shorten meetings but can tame our territorial instincts, and lots more. As I'm leaving with more ideas than I arrived with (especially around the future of the internet and AI), I've been reflecting on research by Sunkee Lee and Manuel Sosa that found that unconventional environments can boost divergent thinking, but only when what's around you is unrelated to the problem you're solving. Something to try: next time your team needs a creative breakthrough, take them somewhere that looks nothing like the problem you're solving together. A theme park fits the bill, I think! In some ways, with ~15,000 registered attendees, CloudFest feels larger-than-life. But it also feels like a community, with folks coming back year after year. I'm grateful to the inspiring CloudFest team for inviting me to the stage, and for putting on such a fantastic event: Myles McMorrow, Efe von Thenen, Christian Jaeger, Soeren von Varchmin, and many others.
- Katy Abbaszadeh reacted on thisKaty Abbaszadeh reacted on thisOur third round of Zero Click by Profound. The energy in San Francisco was electric. Valuable sessions, great conversations, and a beautiful venue. Awesome meeting so many customers in person - they are the leaders defining the future of marketing. See you all in June for Zero Click New York City!
- Katy Abbaszadeh reacted on thisKaty Abbaszadeh reacted on thisFor the first episode of Fan Out Podcast, Kaleigh Moore and I sat down with Nick Lafferty of Profound to talk all things AI search 🙌 We got into topics like: 🧐 SEO vs. AEO: is there really a difference? 🗣️ Why brand and human-in-the-loop still matter in AI search ✨ Why SEOs are "sexy" now and how to lean into the moment 💡 Why we're moving from keyword research to topic strategy 🧑💻 The "marketing engineer" role of the future And so much moreeee. Huge thanks to Nick for dropping by! Watch episode 1 now on YouTube (and it's coming to all other podcast platforms tomorrow 🎉) https://lnkd.in/gUNwNEJq
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President's Merit Award
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Pure Storage Values Award Winner - Ownership
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Pure Storage Values Awards are peer-nominated recognition for excelling in one of five value areas (Ownership, Teamwork, Creativity, Customer-First, and Persistence). The executive leadership team meets to determine 1-2 winners for each category. Winners are invited to attend the annual sales performer's trip, Pure Performers' Club.
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