Sebastian Behar
Available for advisory

Sebastian
Behar

AI-Driven Growth Leader

17 yrs 5 mos building scalable growth systems — now powered by agentic AI.

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Pre-IPO → NYSE
Scaled Coursera $140M to $750M
Sales-Led & Self-Serve
Two go-to-market motions
6× Promoted
Role progressions across career
0→1 Builder
Growth functions built from scratch
About

Systems Thinker. Growth Builder.
AI-Native Marketer.

I don't chase tactics — I build engines. 17 yrs 5 mos of turning growth problems into compounding systems, across consumer, enterprise, and product-led motions.

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What I do

I build growth engines — not campaigns. Acquisition, activation, retention, monetization, and self-serve: connected systems designed to compound.

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How I work

Equally at home in B2C and B2B, I operate at the intersection of product, data, sales, and lifecycle — driving outcomes, not just activities.

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How I think

Analytical by nature, but obsessed with leverage. Experimentation programs, personalization systems, and operating models that help teams learn faster.

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How I build with AI

I use agentic workflows and LLM-driven automation as force multipliers — faster experimentation cycles, richer personalization at scale, growth infrastructure that learns.

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What motivates me

Things that compound: systems, teams, and ways of working that continue to create value long after the initial effort.

Advisory & Consulting

How I Can Help

I treat learning as a competitive advantage. Available for focused engagements where clarity, sequencing, and execution actually matter.

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Growth Systems Audit

Diagnose what's blocking growth, map your loops, and build a prioritized roadmap with clear ownership and sequencing.

Growth LoopsFunnel AnalysisRoadmap Design
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Experimentation Program

Build a testing culture with proper infrastructure, governance, and a framework that moves teams from hypotheses to revenue.

A/B TestingCROExperimentation Ops
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AI Marketing Stack

Identify where agentic AI can accelerate your growth loops — from lifecycle automation to dynamic personalization to faster analytics.

Agentic WorkflowsPersonalizationAI Ops
Experience

Where I've Worked

Joined Coursera pre-IPO at $140M in revenue. Part of the team that scaled it to $750M and a NYSE listing.

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Coursera7 yrs 8 mos

Led on-platform growth across consumer and enterprise, scaling the company from $140M to $750M in revenue through IPO and beyond.

$5.75M incremental revenue · 22% CVR lift · $23.9M revenue influenced
Director, Growth Marketing & AnalyticsApr 2024 – Present
Senior Manager, Growth MarketingSep 2022 – May 2024
Manager, Growth MarketingMar 2022 – Sep 2022
Sr. Growth Marketing Manager, EnterpriseMar 2021 – Mar 2022
Senior Marketing Manager, ConsumerSep 2020 – Mar 2021
Marketing Manager, ConsumerOct 2018 – Sep 2020
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Prodigy Network3 yrs 10 mos

Built the performance marketing function from 0→1, owning paid, lifecycle, and growth across a real estate investment platform.

7× ABM conversion rate · built in-house team + managed 3 agencies
Marketing Manager, GrowthJan 2016 – Oct 2018
Integrated Marketing StrategistDec 2014 – Jan 2016
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Switch Capital Partners5 yrs 11 mos

Co-managed a private equity fund for strategic investments in early-stage consumer, media, and technology companies.

Managing PartnerOct 2012 – Sep 2018
PC
PappCorn1 yr 8 mos

Co-founded a digital product studio building mobile and web products for startups and enterprise clients across Latin America.

Partner & Business DirectorApr 2014 – Dec 2015
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Terra Networks · Telefonica Digital2 yrs 5 mos

Led the go-to-market for a B2B advertising and media product portfolio across Latin America.

Contributed to 30% of new company income through performance campaigns
Senior Product Marketing ManagerDec 2011 – May 2014
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Alpina Foods1 yr 6 mos

Executed marketing plans for two leading consumer brands, driving distribution and market share growth.

11% revenue increase for the company's leading product
Marketing AnalystJun 2010 – Dec 2011
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GlaxoSmithKline1 yr 5 mos

Supported advertising and media strategy for a consumer health category with a $6.7M annual budget.

Marketing AssistantJan 2009 – Jun 2010
Education

Academic Background

NYU
New York University

Master in Integrated Marketing

Concentration in Digital Marketing and Analytics

CESA
CESA

Bachelor of Business Administration

Finalist, L'Oreal Brandstorm National Marketing Contest 2009

Licenses & Certifications

32 Certifications

I treat learning as a competitive advantage — from growth frameworks to analytics platforms to AI tools.

★ Featured
Growth Series
Reforge
2024
★ Featured
Product-Led Growth
Reforge
2023
★ Featured
Growth Leadership
Reforge
2023
Analytics Certification· Amplitude
Google Analytics· Google
Marketing Analytics· Meta Blueprint
Google Ads Search· Google
Google Ads Display· Google
Google Ads Video· Google
Google Ads Measurement· Google
Meta Certified Media Buyer· Meta Blueprint
Digital Marketing· HubSpot Academy
Content Marketing· HubSpot Academy
Email Marketing· HubSpot Academy
Inbound Marketing· HubSpot Academy
+ 17 more certifications
Tools & Stack

My Toolkit

The platforms I've built growth systems on — from experimentation and lifecycle to ABM and attribution.

Experimentation & CRO
Amplitude
Amplitude
Optimizely
Optimizely
Mutiny
Mutiny
FullStory
FullStory
CrazyEgg
CrazyEgg
Analytics & Attribution
Looker
Looker
Google Analytics
Google Analytics
Full Circle Insights
Full Circle Insights
Marketing Automation
Marketo
Marketo
Braze
Braze
Outreach
Outreach
Pendo
Pendo
CRM & ABM
Salesforce
Salesforce
Demandbase
Demandbase
6Sense
6Sense
Web & Content
Contentful
Contentful
Drift
Drift
Smartling
Smartling
Ceros
Ceros
On24
On24
AI & Productivity
Claude
Claude
Codex
Codex
MintMCP
MintMCP
Reforge
Reforge
Airtable
Airtable
JIRA
JIRA
Asana
Asana
Recommendations

What Colleagues Say

Sebastian was a leader from forming data-driven hypotheses through to analyzing experiment results. His marketing knowledge and data-driven mentality made him a data team's dream collaborator.

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Peter Barna
Analytics, Coursera
Available for advisory & consulting

Let's Build Something
That Compounds

Growth strategy, agentic marketing, and scaling organizations that learn.

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