Vol. VI ★ No. 27 Profile ★ About
Go-to-Market Strategist★Austin, Tex.★Class of 2027

About

Drew Crichton
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Drew Crichton

Specialty: Go-to-Market · Approach: Data-first
Based in: Austin, Tex. · MS Marketing '27
Hometown: Houston, Tex.
YrCompanyRoleResult
20–22RackspaceIS/FM$400K Pipe
22–23RaptorAR110%
23–24ResQCSM/AE104%
2025ThryvAdvisor101%
2026SquireAE120%
Did you know? Crichton managed 50+ enterprise accounts at ResQ and has beaten quota at each of the last four stops. Class of 2027

↻ Tap the card to flip it. Career numbers are on the back.

In My Own Words

I'm originally from Houston and live in Austin now. For six years my job was the phone call. I sold cloud at Rackspace, school safety at Raptor and facilities services to restaurants at ResQ. I built marketing plans for small businesses at Thryv, and now I sell software to barbershops at Squire.

Somewhere around my fourth quota I noticed that the deals I won were mostly decided before I ever dialed. They came down to who we'd chosen to go after and what we'd decided to say. I wanted to work on that part.

So I'm at Texas McCombs getting an MS in Marketing and deliberately building the analytics side. I'm going after product marketing and GTM strategy roles where I help write the playbook, not just run it. I still think like a seller, though. My first question about any strategy is: would this actually work on the call?

Skills

Self-assessed skill levels on a 1 to 10 scale
SkillNowTarget1 ——— 10
Customer segmentationEvery stop, plus the Goodwill NYNJ project79
Retention & expansion metrics50+ enterprise accounts at ResQ78
Funnel & cohort analysisFrom the seller's seat, now with the math69
Intent & sales-intel stack6sense, ZoomInfo, Clari, Outreach, Salesforce, Dynamics 36589
Tableau & RIn training at McCombs48

Self-assessed on a 1–10 scale. "Target" is where the MS is taking each skill. Excel didn't make the list. Everyone has Excel.

Professional Development

The certifications I'm working through, in order. Each one earns its spot by filling a gap the job will need.

  1. 1Google Data AnalyticsThe fundamentals, done properlyFoundation
  2. 2TableauSo the story comes with a chartVisualization
  3. 3SQLPull my own numbers, no ticket requiredData Access
  4. 4A PMM / GTM credentialPositioning, launch, pricingSpecialization
Education
  • UT Austin · Texas McCombs
    MS in Marketing · Expected May 2027
    Currently leading GTM on a Goodwill NYNJ LIFT project.
  • University of Houston · C.T. Bauer
    BBA in Marketing, Minor in Sales · Dec 2019
    Program for Excellence in Selling (PES). Where I learned to sell before I learned to strategize.

Contact

★ Let's Talk ★

Get in Touch

No contact form. It's a real inbox and I answer it. I'm especially glad to hear from you if you hire for, or work in:

Product MarketingGo-to-Market StrategyMarketing Strategy Analyst

Available May 2027. Happy to talk shop before then.

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