Mike Volpe, VP Marketing

Before HubSpot, Mike worked as Director, Marketing Operations at SolidWorks Corp., an engineering software company, where he managed all of the company's global lead generation and lead management, advertising, Internet marketing, branding, PR, tradeshows and events.  Mike transitioned SolidWorks from "old marketing" to "modern marketing" by launching multiple blogs, starting podcasting, incorporating social bookmarking into press releases, initiating pay-per-click marketing, performing search engine optimization (SEO) and launching multiple new global websites in a variety of languages.

Prior to SolidWorks, Mike held marketing and business development positions at enterprise software and a consumer Internet startup companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, and he also worked as a financial analyst at a technology industry investment bank.  Mike is an MBA graduate of the MIT Sloan School of Management and received his B.A. in Economics and Government, summa cum laude, from Bowdoin College. He is a Director of the Alumni Fund at Bowdoin College and a Co-Founder and Director of the Boston Scholars Program, a Boston volunteer organization. At MIT, Mike won the Patrick McGovern award for his contributions to entrepreneurship and the Peterson merit scholarship for his contributions to the community and academic performance.  Mike is an avid golfer and enjoys playing recreational hockey and working on home improvement projects.