Jill Ratkevic

About Jill Ratkevic

I took on the role of Chief Marketing Officer at MyDecisive to redefine the future of Observability with a founder I worked with in prior roles to put innovation on the map, disrupting the status quo and making meaningful contributions to Open Source and technology. Its big. Its better. It\'s the best thing I\'ve seen in years! With 25+ years of experience, I bring a big-picture perspective to moving great people and companies forward. As a trusted advisor to executives, I excel at simplifying complexity and excelling in crisis situations. My track record includes building award-winning communications teams that consistently surpass expectations.Rather than just churning out press releases, Black Swans builds your brand, story by story, customer by customer - crafting narratives that resonate with the current cultural, economic, and political landscapes and ensuring your company\'s story aligns seamlessly with the headlines shaping our world today. I\'m an zngel who builds brands. Scaled Y Combinator from Boston to California.(200+ cos), VCs, SaaS, Developer, Robotics, Space & Silicon. Former ZDNet, LinuxDevices, Forbes contributor and other publications. We works with the most visionary innovators, providing strategic counsel, funding, launch & scale. We took GitLab, Heroku (Salesforce), New Relic, Meteor, Cloudant (IBM) from cradle to grave and launched the first DevOps cos in the world, including dev standard CircleCI. Head of Comms: Salesforce, MuleSoft (Salesforce), Wit.ai (now Facebook), LogLogic (TIBCO), Sun Microsystems, AMD, BEA (Oracle), Heavybit, Zencoder (Brightcove), LexisNexis and many more. Contact us for current list, we DO NOT update LinkedIn nor solicit press on ourselves.Jill is known as the original \"startup whisperer\" in Silicon Valley - from funding to scaling operations. We don\'t only tell your stories and get media hits, we build brands. Twitter:@blackswansmedia.com Web:

Experience

1. Chief Marketing Officer

   Mydecisive Ai

   Jan 2026 — Present

Education

• Boston University

  Business/Corporate Communications

  1986

Skills

• Mobile Devices
• Communication Training
• Strategic Partnerships
• Strategic Communications
• Social Media
• Corporate Communications
• Start-Ups
• Enterprise Software
• Integrated Marketing
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Analyst Relations
• Saas
• New Business Development
• Social Media Marketing
• Marketing Strategy
• Strategic Planning
• Salesforce.com
• Blogging
• Lead Generation
• Email Marketing
• Cloud Computing