John Desjardins

Growth & AI Operator | Marketing Systems Architect

Los Angeles, CA · Open to select leadership and advisory opportunities.

Positioning

I build the systems behind growth — connecting marketing, revenue, operations, technology and AI.

Executive summary

I've spent my career working through major changes in how companies grow. I moved businesses from traditional thinking into digital, performance-driven marketing and online revenue. I built and operated companies rather than advising from the sidelines — startups and larger organizations, including Monkey Knife Fight into Bally's. I have built businesses and systems of my own. Now the next disruption is AI.

See the change early → understand the business → find the opportunity → design the system → build it → operate it → improve it.

Specialties

Growth Executive · Marketing Systems · AI Transformation · Digital Strategy · Performance Marketing · Omnichannel · Growth Operations

Level and models

Level: VP / Head / C-Level / Fractional Executive
Models: Full-Time, Interim, Fractional, Advisory
Geography: LA / Remote / Hybrid / select travel
Industries: Technology, SaaS, consumer, sports/gaming, eCommerce, health, services
Strength: Turning disconnected initiatives into operating systems

Companies

Silicon Beach Web · Bally's Interactive · Monkey Knife Fight · WinDaily · Sharp.App

Technology and AI

Vercel · GitHub · Supabase · WordPress · Shopify · Meta · Apple · Android · Claude · GPT · Gemini · ElevenLabs · Canva · Adobe · Slack · Discord · Cloudflare · Google Cloud · Bitbucket · Atlassian · GoDaddy · DigitalOcean · OneSignal · Crisp · TikTok · YouTube · X · DeepSeek · Bitrise · Miro · Google Ads · Google Business Profile · New Relic

Experience chronology

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Outcomes

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