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
- Production AI & Agentic Architecture: Architected and deployed end-to-end AI readiness diagnostic systems and automated executive blueprint engines leveraging Salesforce Agentforce, Supabase (PostgreSQL), and structured LLM tool-calling orchestration under strict HITL guardrails.
- Enterprise Operations & Stakeholder Scale (EDA Worldwide): Spearheaded digital operations driving a 33% expansion in organization capacity (12 to 16 competitive cohorts, 250+ active participants), architecting automated CRM workflows and Asana pipelines to streamline onboarding across 500+ stakeholders.
- Digital Acquisition & Automation: Engineered automated nurture sequences, landing page conversion funnels, and CRM segmentation workflows to fund institution expansion and operational initiatives.
JustFoodForDogs • Commercial Systems & AI Technology (Custom Line)
- Enterprise AI Transformation & Delivery: Guided a cross-functional delivery team of 15 across product, engineering, and CRM operations to modernize customer engagement. Deployed Salesforce Service Cloud Einstein and the In Console Guide (ICG) into production in 4 months under strict Human-In-The-Loop (HIL) governance.
- Measurable Business & Operational Impact: Accelerated customer acquisition by 57%, achieved a 14.3% higher conversion rate, and slashed consultation intake times by 51% while lifting agent QA performance scores by 34% through automated context preloading.
- Cross-Functional Platform Stabilization: Established rigorous A/B testing frameworks, SLA benchmarks, and performance telemetry across IT, Marketing, and Customer Support, successfully stabilizing the platform for ongoing operational ownership.
VCA Animal Hospitals (Mars Petcare) • CRM Product & Growth Systems
- Enterprise Ecosystem Architecture & Cost Avoidance: Originated and scaled the Local Marketing Digital Playbook (LMDP) on Microsoft Power Platform across 850+ hospitals—saving $250K in the initial 50-hospital cohort and driving $2M+ in projected enterprise cost avoidance while accelerating campaign time-to-market.
- Multi-Unit Revenue & Visit Expansion: Delivered 43.69% total visits growth and a 41% revenue increase across all network locations; architected automated acquisition workflows generating 12,000 new clients and $2 million in first-invoice revenue ($40K/location) in the initial pilot.
- Acquisition Efficiency & CAC Optimization: Engineered localized coupon campaigns and customer onboarding offers (+35% adoption), lowering blended customer acquisition cost (CAC) from $105 to $55 through rigorous multivariate experimentation.
- Capital Governance & Executive Telemetry: Governed multi-million-dollar annual media allocations; partnered with Mars Analytics to deploy multi-touch attribution frameworks and executive Power BI / Tableau dashboards.
IntegrateME LLC • Founder & Technology Consultant
- Foundational CRM & Acquisition Architecture: Advised mid-market and SMB clients on customer acquisition infrastructure—evaluating technology stacks, architecting custom CRM lead pipelines, and deploying automated email lifecycle nurture sequences.
- Scalable Multi-Market Distribution: Architected hyper-local multi-hub content and acquisition systems spanning 8 regional markets, driving automated workflows that doubled web traffic every 6 months over an 18-month lifecycle.
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.