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Daniele Pelleri

Executive leader, digital business innovation, entrepreneur

Market Management Director at TeamSystem, founder of Aetha AI. In B2B SaaS since 2007: I founded and led AppsBuilder, Paperlit, and SwizzyLab, and led MailUp marketing at Growens.

Results at a glance

  • Strategic leadership. Mergers and acquisitions (MailUp and ContactLab), reorganization of 240+ people, and creation of 3 new product lines.
  • Business growth. Management of a budget of over 31 million euros in revenue, with 20% year-on-year growth.
  • Product innovation. Founded and grew AppsBuilder, with over 5 million monthly active users in more than 20 countries.
  • Talent management. Teams of over 50 people with OKR-based performance systems and professional growth paths.
  • Fundraising. Over 3 million euros raised from private investors and Italian venture capital funds, managing investor relations.
  • Transformation. Post-merger integration between technology companies, with the cultural and operational transition.

Experience

TeamSystem · Milan

Market Management Director · Marketing Automation, CRM & AI business unit (Extended CRM, Cross BU)

Since January 2024Today

  • Leads bottom-up budget processes for revenue and P&L, assigning targets to the sales channels: indirect, field, direct, and digital sales.
  • Built forecast models and progress tracking to keep the budget under control.
  • Works with central marketing to align go-to-market strategy and execution for B2B SaaS products, in particular MailUp, CRM in Cloud, and TS Commerce.
  • Sets and consistently hits double-digit growth targets.
  • Reports to the Cross BU General Manager. Joined TeamSystem after the MailUp business unit acquisition from Growens.

Aetha AI

Founder · Full-stack AI product lab

TodayToday

  • Experiments with and builds full-stack AI products, including Arvo and Zeno.
  • Builds software around what AI can do today: a shared core, business-specific workflows, and systems that do the work.

Growens (MailUp and ContactLab) · Milan

Marketing Director

June 2021 – December 2023

  • Managed a 31-million-euro budget across email, SMS, and services, with revenue and EBITDA growth.
  • Managed an annual marketing opex/capex budget above 2 million euros, with a performance-based control and forecast model.
  • Reworked customer acquisition and expansion strategy, improving the marketing mix by 20-25% year on year.
  • Built a 12+ person team with OKR-based performance.
  • Led the ContactLab acquisition (due diligence and post-merger strategy): 240+ people reorganized and 3 new product lines launched.
  • Led the martech transformation: lead scoring, routing, and rotation, data analytics tools, and a full stack review.
  • Joined monthly reviews with the Growens Group CEO, CFO, President, and General Manager.

SwizzyLab (Artigiancassa, BNP Paribas group) · Milan

Founder and President

February 2017 – June 2021

  • Founded SwizzyLab as a Paperlit spin-off; it was then acquired by Artigiancassa, a BNP Paribas group company.
  • The company ran digital products for customers worldwide, with growth-oriented customer strategies.
  • Defined value propositions for several brands and designed a new SaaS product portfolio for SMBs and associations.
  • Scaled the technology to serve SMBs with Swizzy products in Italy.
  • Led business development of non-financial services for the BNL group partner banks and developed Artigiancassa digital and go-to-market strategy (2021-2024).

Paperlit · Milan

CEO and board member

September 2014 – February 2017

  • Founded Paperlit and AppsBuilder, leading product development and customer acquisition through a successful exit (due diligence and acquisition).
  • Led the AppsBuilder and Paperlit merger, repositioned the brand, and designed B2B advertising campaigns.
  • Ran all marketing channels (online and ATL, PR, e-commerce) and external agencies (media, creative, development, CRM).
  • Led a 50-person team, developing a lead generation program to support growth.

AppsBuilder · Milan

CEO and Co-Founder

October 2010 – January 2015

  • Raised over 3 million euros from private investors and Italian venture capital funds and managed investor relations.
  • Co-founded and scaled the platform to over 5 million monthly active users in more than 20 countries.
  • Led business model, SaaS product design, go-to-market strategy, and marketing (PR, alliances, social media).
  • Reached market leadership, with mentions in outlets like TechCrunch and Forbes.
  • Built a team of about 30 people to support growth.

WebPromoService · Turin

CEO and Co-Founder

2007 – 2011

  • Started a two-person startup: product and business strategy, web design and development (PHP, HTML, CSS).
  • Ran community and social media management and content creation.

Education

Politecnico di Torino

Computer engineering

2004 – 2009

Courses: computer science, human factors engineering, graphic design.

Skills

Technical

  • Digital transformation and innovation, UX/UI design (Sketch, Figma, Invision)
  • Full-stack development (HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, VueJS, NodeJS)
  • Cognitive services and AI (OpenAI SDK, ML Kit, Azure ML)
  • Systems administration (Linux, GCP, AWS)
  • Data analysis (SQL, BigQuery, Power BI, Looker Studio, Qlik, Tibco Spotfire)
  • Marketing automation and campaigns (Google Ads, Meta Ads, Segment, Tag Manager)

Business

  • Strategic budgeting and financial control
  • P&L analysis and margin improvement
  • Budget and resource management
  • Team leadership and talent development
  • Mergers and acquisitions management
  • Stakeholder and investor relations
  • Product marketing and go-to-market strategy
  • Martech stack implementation and optimization
  • Data-driven decisions

Areas of expertise

  • Digital transformation and innovation
  • Customer and user experience design (Design Thinking, Service Design)
  • Digital product design and development
  • Data-driven strategy
  • Mobile strategy
  • CRM and loyalty
  • Mentoring and advisory for startups

Languages

  • Italian: native
  • English: fluent