Sage Zaree
Marketing Executive | AI Strategist | Growth Operator
Sage Zaree is a marketing executive and growth strategist with over 20 years of experience developing scalable business infrastructure and leading high performance teams to deliver measurable results across B2B and DTC verticals. He has guided companies ranging from early stage startups to portfolios with massive valuations towards exponential growth through comprehensive funnel strategy, data driven execution and advanced marketing technology implementation, with particular expertise in healthcare marketing, behavioral healthcare and small business growth strategies.As a systems architect, Sage specializes in engineering integrated marketing ecosystems that unify brand strategy, content marketing, CRM, paid media and AI automation into cohesive revenue generating platforms. His expertise spans healthcare marketing leadership for national healthcare systems, driving multiple factors of revenue growth for SaaS portfolios and executing enterprise ecommerce replatforming initiatives.Current Leadership RoleSage currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer (and CEO) for a portfolio of brands. Under his leadership, the marketing organization has expanded headcount by 10x with a complete reconstruction of the tech stack contributing to a massive increase in the company’s valuation. This growth was achieved through strategic resource repositioning, comprehensive digital strategy development, extensive AI integrations, his specialized focus on behavioral healthcare marketing has been instrumental in developing customer engagement strategies that resonate with sensitive audiences seeking treatment and recovery resources.Professional BackgroundSage has held strategic marketing positions at prominent organizations including Academy Sports + Outdoors, Memorial Hermann Health System and Distribution International. At Academy, he transformed SEO / AEO into the top performing ecommerce channel. During his tenure at Memorial Hermann, he achieved triple digit organic growth through various healthcare marketing initiatives, launched data driven product marketing strategies and restructured CRMs and marketing automation systems for enhanced conversion efficiency. His experience spans both enterprise level organizations and small business environments, allowing him to adapt strategies across diverse market segments.Strategic ApproachSage brings both executive strategic vision and technical implementation expertise to his engagements. He is equally adept at presenting growth projections in boardroom settings and reviewing technical implementations for complex migrations and persona modeling. His methodologies emphasize iterative optimization, lean operations and continuous improvement through systematic testing and refinement.
In addition to his executive and consulting work, Sage has specialized in modernizing marketing, sales and operations for local service businesses. This initiative applies enterprise level tools and frameworks that has driven growth to several business environments that have traditionally lacked access to advanced marketing automation and AI technologies. His approach emphasizes customer engagement strategies tailored to each industry's unique customer journey and regulatory requirements.