# Mariana Small

> Marketing executive and AI strategist. 15+ years building revenue-generating marketing operations. Fractional CMO, Operations & AI Strategy.

## About

Mariana Small is a marketing and operations executive based in Santa Monica, CA. She translates complexity into systems that scale — across healthcare, insurance, technology, and government. She co-directs TechWalk LA and co-leads the Healthcare AI Executive Cohort.

## AI Expertise

- 10 Anthropic certifications (AI Fluency track + Claude Platform track)
- Creator of IA Before AI framework (information architecture before AI adoption)
- Hands-on practitioner: Claude Code, n8n, Notion
- Fractional CMO, Operations & AI Strategy (ResonantGrowth)

## Experience Highlights

- $6.1M qualified pipeline built through integrated marketing & sales operations (Zynx Health)
- 357% website traffic growth via SEO and thought leadership (Zynx Health)
- $3M+ cost reduction by building internal media buying function (Confie Seguros)
- Unified branding across 250+ retail locations, +5% brand recognition (Confie Seguros)
- 17-person multinational team across US, Mexico, Peru

## Education

- MBA, Foreign Commerce & Exchange — Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Brazil
- BA, International Relations & Diplomacy — Schiller International University, Germany
- Executive education: Harvard Business School, Wharton, UCLA Extension

## Contact

- Email: mariana@resonantgrowth.ai
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianasmall
- GitHub: https://github.com/marianasmall
- Website: https://marianasmall.ai
- Consulting: https://resonantgrowth.ai