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Case study · Oct 2020 — Present

Zuora

Global Head of Web Experience

Owned full web strategy and engineering oversight for Zuora's global site — setting the roadmap, leading cross-functional programs, and running the experimentation and SEO programs that drove pipeline growth across a complex B2B SaaS ecosystem.

Zuora
Zuora.com homepage

Results

Highlights

+400%

Top-of-funnel form conversions via personalized known-user experience

+300%

Non-brand organic traffic through SEO-optimized design and messaging

67%

Of pipeline influenced by web — tracked and reported to executive leadership

+40%

High-value conversions (Demo / Talk to Sales) via comprehensive A/B program

−50%

Ad spend via matched landing page experiences with paid media team

2 days

Localization time-to-publish (down from 2 weeks) via AI translation + human review

75%

Page load speed improvement across devices following a full platform rebuild

2.5x

Qualified product demo requests via product-led growth content and interactive demos

Zero downtime

Maintained through major product launches and high-traffic periods post-rebuild

Overview

By 2020, Zuora's web presence had outgrown its legacy stack — a patchwork of prior agencies and disconnected marketing technology that made it difficult to deliver a unified, enterprise-grade experience to the IT leaders, CFOs, and other stakeholders involved in complex B2B buying cycles. I was brought in to lead the Global Web Experience function and set a new direction for the program.

Platform rebuild and MarTech consolidation

Partnering with agency Wrecking Ball, I directed a full rebuild of zuora.com onto an enterprise-grade WordPress architecture, unifying a fragmented marketing technology stack into a single, data-driven system for tracking and optimizing complex B2B buyer journeys. The rebuild shipped in under 12 months, cut page load times by 75% across devices, and held zero downtime through the product launches and traffic spikes that followed.

Brand relaunch and product-led growth

The platform rebuild ran in parallel with a brand identity refresh led by Focus Lab, requiring close coordination to launch the new visual identity and messaging without disrupting the business. I also pushed the site toward product-led growth — building interactive product demos and a streamlined trial onboarding flow that meaningfully grew qualified demo request volume.

Testimonials

What colleagues say

“Derek is one of the greatest unsung heroes. Without him we would have no website and thus no digital presence — and we'd be f**ked.”

Zuora

Former VP Global Marketing

“If I had an Avengers team of all my top marketers, Derek would definitely be on it.”

Zuora

Former VP Brand Marketing

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