Markus Rottmaier, managing director of Juma Growth Consulting, Berlin
Who am I

Twenty years building B2B SaaS revenue engines.

I build commercial organisations and make them scale. CRO, CSO, CCO and VP Sales across B2B SaaS, MarTech and AdTech, in DACH, the US, EMEA, CEE and LATAM. Two orgs built from zero, two taken through business-model transitions. Employee #7 at Productsup, there until €28M ARR. Native German, fluent English.

Chief Commercial Officer

Brainsuite.ai · Aug 2024–Sep 2026

Turned a services business into recurring revenue. Signed €2.7M new ARR in 12 months (FY 2024/25) on a €3.2M base. Led ~20 FTE across sales, pre-sales, partnerships, marketing, CS and RevOps.

Chief Sales Officer

CHILI publish · Apr 2022–Mar 2024

Ran global sales, pre-sales and partnerships (~10 FTE) through the move from on-premise to SaaS. ARR from €5M to €7M.

Growth Advisor

Productsup · Feb 2020–Feb 2022

Advised the board on global GTM. US grew to 35–40% of ARR, NRR reached 120%.

Chief Revenue Officer

Productsup · Mar 2013–Feb 2020

Employee #7. Built sales from zero to 16 FTE in six countries through Series A and B. The company reached ~€28M ARR and 220 FTE by its 2022 buy-out.

VP Sales, Central Europe

Rakuten Marketing · Nov 2011–Jan 2013

Grew teams and revenue across EMEA and CEE through agency and advertiser alliances.

Senior Director, Global Sales

Awin (zanox) · Oct 2010–Nov 2011

Led teams in Berlin and London to the #1 market position in EMEA.

Head of Sales, US

Microsoft, Ciao Commerce · Aug 2007–Oct 2010

Built Ciao into a recognised US brand from the Bay Area, with agency partners and e-commerce revenue.