Summary
David Cowgill is a marketing and operations leader with 20+ years building growth engines for SaaS, startups, and enterprise teams, currently serving as Director of Web & SEO and founding Fastera. He combines hands-on technical chops (LEMP/Jamstack, headless CMS migrations, MarTech stacks) with entrepreneurial experience from founding and exiting a bootstrapped digital marketplace. David has repeatedly driven dramatic pipeline and efficiency gains—examples include 3x ARR growth at Gem, a 2x lead increase and 27% lower CPL as a consultant, and large-scale lead processing at Postman. Fluent in Japanese business culture after seven years in Japan, he brings a global perspective to product positioning and demand strategies. Known as an “expert generalist,” he excels at connecting engineering, analytics, content, and paid channels to scale teams and systems.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Miramonte High School
Japanese Studies, Japanese Studies at We Japanese Language School
Bachelor of Science (BS) Business Administration and Management (CIS), Bachelor of Science (BS) Business Administration and Management (CIS) at California State University, Chico
Japanese, English, Spanish