Brian Laker

Senior Director, Industry Marketing Braze

Brian Laker is the Senior Director of Global Industry Marketing at Braze where he leads a team focused on driving customer-centric strategies and growth across industry verticals. Brian and his team work with marketing leaders and best-in-class partners to ensure Braze’s solutions best fit the evolving needs of marketers in different industries. Before Braze, Brian helped grow Twitter's advertising business by over 6X in revenue with work that has been recognized by AdAge, The Drum, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and others. Prior to Twitter, Brian led consumer marketing teams at American Express and Vanguard. He also was the co-founder of a mobile marketing platform and has advised other start-up founders on go-to-market strategy. Brian is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and obtained his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Brian lives in Dallas with his wife and two daughters.