Jackie Hermes

Accelity

We help companies grow faster with bold sales and marketing processes that actually work—not the “push content and say a prayer” method that many agencies use.

Our team is a blend of bold thinkers, creative problem-solvers, and data enthusiasts who love turning challenges into wins. We’re obsessed with helping businesses scale by delivering smart, tailored strategies that convert leads into loyal customers.

With our friendly, hands-on approach, Accelity is more than just a partner—we’re an extension of your team. Whether it’s building brand awareness, generating demand, or optimizing for conversion, we make marketing make sense.

DM me 👉 let’s create something bold together.

Founder & CEO

Just A Girl Inc.

Advisory Board Member

gener8tor

Startup Mentor

Building Brave

Mentor to Female Professionals

The Commons

Mentor

Women's Entrepreneurship Week

Women's Entrepreneurship Week is an event series that spark business and economic growth by showcasing, educating and connecting women entrepreneurs and professionals in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and beyond.

Learn more at https://www.wewmke.com/

Co-Founder

Golden Angels Investors

Advisor

Sweet Monkees

Sweet Monkees are delicious dairy-free cookies made with healthy ingredients, found at select Milwaukee area grocery stores and Milwaukee-area events. I built this business from the ground-up, marketing and successfully selling to over 10 grocery chains over 3 years. In 2014, I sold this business to focus on Accelity.

Owner

Zywave

I managed the marketing department at Zywave. As product marketers, we focused on go to market strategy and brand awareness. In addition, my team created joint sales and marketing communications and demo materials to speak to clients in a meaningful way. The marketing department also manages zywave.com content and Zywave's social media presence.

Head of Marketing

The Market Analyst is a marketing and product management role. I was the analyst on Zywave's best selling product—Broker Briefcase Benefits. In this role, I studied market developments and maintained an understanding of the constantly changing field. In addition, I conducted won, loss, exit, and other partner interviews to gain a deeper understanding of Zywave's broker clients. Another key piece of this role is analyzing product performance monthly to identify hot topics, product usage trends, and focus for content to reinforce product roadmap.

Market Analyst

I worked to brand Zywave as a premiere Milwaukee employer and expand local awareness. Presented at speaking engagements on local campuses, at job fairs, and other volunteer opportunities. I was part of a task force that pioneered Zywave's social media presence by writing vision documents, evaluating reporting tools, holding company-wide training sessions, and creating pages on Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin.

Recruiting Consultant

GE Healthcare

Worked in the cardiology department to expanded Computed Tomography marketing library by coordinating image layouts and text in customer brochures, Powerpoints, and other materials. In addition, I founded the Marketing Path program to enhance associates knowledge of the role of Marketing in Healthcare. My team led a business improvement project that concentrated on increasing Net Promoter Score in the cardiology department. Finally, I provided sales support for 14 Account Managers who exceeded an sales target of $56 million in 2008.

Sales & Marketing

Growing B2B software co's w/ marketing that *actually works* | founder + CEO @ Accelity | built from $0 to 7-figures with no funding

It all started in 1986 in Lansing, Michigan.

Kidding. (Well, not really, but that’s not how I’m going to start this story.)

I started my entrepreneurial journey with cookies. Really. A vegan cookie company… and I wasn’t vegan (I gave it a shot and dang, it was hard!). I turned four cookie recipes into a business—designing packaging, finding a kitchen and making the cookies, eventually outsourcing production, then selling and establishing distribution to 12 grocery stores around Wisconsin.

The cookies taught me how to hustle. As a 24-year-old MBA, I definitely didn’t picture myself hoisting up tents at farmers markets to hand out $5 bags of cookies, or being the demo lady at the grocery store, but there I was. I still had a full-time job running the marketing department at a SaaS company, and a baby.

I’m so grateful for that experience because the money I made helped me start Accelity. What began as a one-woman consultancy blossomed into a kick-ass team of 20 and counting and a group of amazing, loyal clients all over the US.

LinkedIn has been a HUGE contributor to our growth over the past few years. I got talked into—okay, almost forced; I really, really didn’t want to do it—publishing videos about my entrepreneurial experiences in mid-2018 and have steadily grown an audience since. The LinkedIn community has given me so much love and support and I could not possibly be more grateful for the opportunities.

Outside of my professional life, I was a foster parent for two years and two of my three beautiful kiddos were adopted in Milwaukee. People always ask about hobbies, so here you go: lots of travel, fitness, exploring Milwaukee, and playing a lot of Taco vs. Burrito with my kids.

We help B2B software companies grow faster with bold sales and marketing processes that actually work—not the “push content and say a prayer” method that many agencies use.

We’re different. An agency born from software, our team has years (and years) of hands-on experience working with high-growth B2B software companies.

Want to know how we do it? Check out the links below.

Growth Tribe

Practical guidance to help you take control of your personal brand and attract paying customers.

Founder

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

Spearheaded CX/Marketing programs including:
1. Customer Journey Mapping for Airlines, Travel & Cargo Agents (+100K Customers)
+50 Main touchpoints identified, +14 Moments of Truth &+90 improvement opportunities.
 
2. Customer Lifecycle Management Proof of Concept for Travel Agent Customers (B2B):
+$300,000 in MRR, 8% Reduction of Churn,+40% Increase in CAV & +9% increase in CSAT.

3. Voice of the Customer (VoC) Stream Lead:
Creation of a Strategic NPS marketing research methodology for all Products (Psychology & drivers).

4. Global Process Owner, Customer Mass Communications OPS for:
+100,000 Customers, ~3,000 Communication pieces annually, 4 team members across 3 locations.

Customer Experience / Growth Marketing

Program Manager for IATA Settlement Systems Business Development:
Led +120 team members for the deployment of 4 Settlement Systems Operations in Rwanda, Sudan, Lebanon and Nigeria:
+$450M new processed transactions through IATA Settlement systems
+$0.5M ARR in additional revenue
+1,000 new B2B customers (Airlines, Travel & Cargo Agents)

Marketing Specialist, Financial & Distribution Services 

Frontera

Strategic Growth Marketing Advisor (Part-time).

Advisor - Growth Marketing

 أكاديمية هاي لفل للطيران High Level Aviation Academy

Technical Trainer for Aircraft Maintenance Program.

Engineering Trainer

EgyptAir

Engineer on Job training - Aircraft Line and Base Maintenance  within EgyptAir MRO.

Maintenance Engineer

I help you attract & convert your true fans through magnetic content.

👋 I’m Sohaib, An aviation engineer turned Growth Marketer.

Over the years, I spearheaded multiple growth programs.

I helped scale products across both corporate & startup environments.

Here are some of my results:

→ Scaled products to a total of $450M in sales.
→ Built audiences for multiple startups & founders.
→ Total Growth of +$1.5M in annual revenue for brands.
→ Received 5 industry awards (marketing & creativity).

But I also made many mistakes along the way.

This year, I decided to go on a journey to build a $1M personal brand & one-person business.

I plan to do this by:

• Building a Personal Monopoly (Differentiate myself)
• Decentralizing my Income (Productizing myself)
• Forming a Personal Cartel (Replicate myself)
• Creating Infinite leverage (Multiply myself)

If you want to learn more about my journey:

→ Join Growth Tribe Newsletter: growthtribe.beehiiv.com
→ Follow me on Twitter: @albadawee
→ Email: albadawee@hotmail.com

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