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Jon Paul DeLaurie, PMP®

Customer Marketing & Growth • Lifecycle Retention & Advocacy Operations
Yorba Linda, CA • jon@upskillu.io • linkedin.com/in/jondelaurie • upskillu.io • Credentials: PMP®, Salesforce Certified AI Specialist, PMI Citizen Developer, VSM Certified

Professional Executive Summary

Customer Marketing and Growth Strategist with 16+ years orchestrating automated lifecycle communications, customer advocacy workflows, and retention engines that maximize Customer Lifetime Value (LTV). Architected multi-stage customer journeys and personalized nurture funnels driving a 43.69% lift in visits and 41% revenue growth across 850+ units. Combines rigorous VoC (Voice of the Customer) feedback loops with CRM automation to transform active customers into brand advocates.

Core Competencies & Technical Domains

Customer Lifecycle & Retention: Automated multi-touch nurture funnels, onboarding sequences, churn prevention workflows, cohort retention analytics, CRO.
Advocacy & Reference Operations: Customer reference architectures, video testimonial pipelines, case study generation, VIP stakeholder programs, community advisory boards.
Lifecycle Communications: Klaviyo, Mailchimp, Marketo, HubSpot, Salesforce marketing journeys, dynamic content personalization, deliverability governance.
Telemetry & Operations: GA4, Tableau, Power BI, SQL, NPS/CSAT tracking, multi-touch attribution modeling, CCPA/GDPR and CAN-SPAM compliance.

Professional Experience

UpSkillU / Independent Systems Advisory • Principal Advisor & Systems Architect
Yorba Linda, CA | 2024 – Present
JustFoodForDogs • Commercial Systems & AI Technology (Custom Line)
Tustin, CA | 2022 – 2024
VCA Animal Hospitals (Mars Petcare) • CRM Product & Growth Systems
Los Angeles, CA | 2016 – 2022
IntegrateME LLC • Founder & Technology Consultant
Anaheim, CA | 2009 – 2016

Technical Ecosystem & Professional Credentials

Enterprise CRM & Low-Code: Salesforce (Agentforce, Service Cloud Einstein, Flows, Invocable Apex Actions), Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate), HubSpot.
AI & Agentic Orchestration: Claude (Sonnet/Opus), OpenAI, Gemini Flash, Antigravity, Multi-Agent HITL Architectures, Tool-Calling Validation.
Data & Middleware: Salesforce Data Cloud (CDP), MuleSoft, SQL, Supabase (PostgreSQL), Tableau, Power BI, Google Analytics 4 (GA4), REST APIs.
Governance & Certifications: Project Management Professional (PMP)® (PMI), Salesforce Certified AI Specialist (2025), PMI Citizen Developer Foundation, Value Stream Management (VSM) Certified, CCPA/GDPR/CAN-SPAM Compliance.
Education: Daemen University • Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology (Minor: Chemistry) • Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society.