Rachel Denton
Marketing Operations Manager
Civitas Learning
Milestones
My road in life took a while to figure out.
December 2007 / Jan 2008: Graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from UT Austin & started my first job as a Petroleum Reservoir Engineer
Jan 2010: Started my graduate degree in Environmental Engineering at UT Austin
May 2011: Graduated with my MS in Environmental Engineering knowing that I did not want to continue a career in engineering. Took an job as a Technical Marketing Manager to try out a new career focus
Nov 2011: I decided Technical Marketing was a good fit for me, and I took a job with National Instruments to be a Product Marketing Manager
December 2014: I transitioned into a Marketing Operations role, finding that I could apply my engineering problem solving skills to the business
Dec 2014 - Present: I have continued to work in Marketing Operations roles, expanding my skillset and finding ways to grow in my career
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Education
High School
Career
Marketing Operations Manager
I am responsible for the implementation and ongoing management / analysis of marketing systems, data and processes.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Technology
Numbers
Problem Solving
Recommended Education
My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Peers:
"You are a Marketing Operations Manager but you got two degrees in engineering? Wow, that's really odd; why did you do that? Do you regret it?"
