--- title: Jason Clark, Tectonic CMO | Bio and Speaker Contact --- [![Tectonic](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/kqh89vgc/production/d81d9ece8829499848eac8618575b82741b25538-3389x657.svg)](https://seismic.teamtectonic.com/) [Invite Jason to Speak](https://seismic.teamtectonic.com/jason-clark-cmo-bio-and-speaker-contact#book) Speaker & Podcast Guest # recognized visionary in marketing, with **no patience for buzzwords**.  Jason Clark has worked in the creative industry since 1990 and spent two decades running his own agency. He sold it, stayed on, and now runs marketing for the company that bought it. He can tell your audience what agencies avoid saying out loud, how clients prep before they ever hire an agency, and how it all fits into your operations.  [Invite Jason to Your Show or Stage](https://seismic.teamtectonic.com/jason-clark-cmo-bio-and-speaker-contact#book) [See Signature Topics](https://seismic.teamtectonic.com/jason-clark-cmo-bio-and-speaker-contact#topics) Typical reply within 2 business days · Remote or in-person · Full media kit below ![Jason Clark, CMO, Tectonic](https://seismic.teamtectonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/jason.jpg?width=636&name=jason.jpg "Jason Clark, CMO, Tectonic") 20+ Years of entrepreneurship. 36 Years in the professional creative field. 8 Divisions he's now responsible for marketing Why Bookers Choose Jason ## A GUEST WHO TELLS IT LIKE IT IS. He brings the specifics, names the tradeoffs honestly, and answers the question you actually asked. Your audience gets guidance and insights they can use on Monday. 01 ### A off-kilter perspective Jason's never afraid to talk about how life and business intertwine. He's able to be vulnerable and talk about the many failures along the way. And he loves to connect work to quality of life and why we do all this to begin with. 02 ### Recognized for the work  AIGA Louisville has awarded exactly one Visionary Award, and it went to him. Business First named him one of 20 People to Know in Advertising. The point of view came out of the work, over 36 years of it.  03 ### Effortless to work with  On time, clean audio, prepared for your audience specifically. He arrives with concrete stories and lets you steer, so you get a real conversation instead of a recited bio.  The Signature Idea > "Most of what gets sold to you as strategy is a tactic wearing a strategy costume. The tell is simple: a pitch that never asks how your business makes money is a tactic pitch." Jason ClarkChief Marketing Officer, Tectonic Signature Topics ## WHAT JASON TALKS ABOUT Flexible for a 20-minute interview or a keynote. Each can be tailored to your audience of executives, founders, or IT and operations leaders. ### Don't panic over new trends & tactics  Every quarter brings a new thing you simply must be doing right now. Jason gives your audience the single question that separates a real priority from a good sales pitch, using live examples out of his own inbox.  ### Marketing Starts Where the Money Comes From  Most marketing plans get written before anyone maps how the business actually earns revenue. He walks through the 90-day exercise he runs first, and how it makes every later "no" defensible instead of political.  ### Delegate Almost Everything  What belongs to a marketing leader, what belongs to staff, and what belongs to a vendor. Built from two decades of being the vendor and four years of hiring them, including the failure modes on both sides.  ### Eight Brands, One Company  Jason is four years into a five-year plan to unify a multi-division company under a single brand. The sequencing, the internal politics, and the parts he would do differently if he started over.  Trusted By & Heard On ## Leaders at organizations you know have trusted this work ![HH](https://seismic.teamtectonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HH.png?width=250&name=HH.png "HH") ![gea-1](https://seismic.teamtectonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/gea-1.png?width=250&name=gea-1.png "gea-1") ![KPA](https://seismic.teamtectonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/KPA.png?width=250&name=KPA.png "KPA") Recent Appearances - 🗣️ Secure Carolinas Conference: Confessions of a Vibe-Coding Executive - [A-POD-calypse Now](https://youtu.be/cB9yNAX_Bf8) Interview - [Creative Mornings: DARE](https://youtu.be/AufB8eu1uo8) About ## WHO IS JASON CLARK? ![Jason Clark, CMO, Tectonic](https://seismic.teamtectonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/jason.jpg?width=636&name=jason.jpg "Jason Clark, CMO, Tectonic") On the forefront of design, brand, marketing, and the web, Jason Clark has seen it all and has stories to tell! For two decades he owned and ran VIA Studio, a Louisville branding, marketing, and web agency with an international client roster. He sold it to Tectonic, stayed on, and now serves as Chief Marketing Officer of Tectonic, the company VIA Studio became a division of. Today he leads marketing across the entire digital services spectrum, from branding and web development to managed IT and software platforms, and is four years into a five-year effort to bring all of them under one brand. He writes the [Marketing Leadership series](https://www.teamtectonic.com/insights-and-trends/notes-to-a-cmo-supercharge-your-value-in-the-c-suite) for teamtectonic.com and speaks on strategy, prioritization, and how businesses should actually adopt AI. A lifelong Louisville resident, he holds AIGA Louisville's only Visionary Award and was named one of Business First's 20 People to Know in Advertising. He was a founding partner of the WHY Louisville store, travels the world, and still raves when he gets the chance. [Invite Jason to Speak](https://seismic.teamtectonic.com/jason-clark-cmo-bio-and-speaker-contact#book) Media Kit ## EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO FEATURE JASON Grab the assets here, or ask and we will send a tailored one-sheet for your audience. ### High-res headshot Print and web resolution, neutral background. [Download headshot](https://drive.google.com/file/d/108DQ6lxjZ2K0K_pA2juMTjQvZpNcxkgf/view?usp=sharing) ### Bio & Media Sheet Copy-paste intro for your show notes or run-of-show. [Read the bio](https://drive.google.com/file/d/108DQ6lxjZ2K0K_pA2juMTjQvZpNcxkgf/view?usp=sharing) ### Connect Follow and tag for cross-promotion after the episode. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cjasonclark/) Invite Jason ## INVITE JASON TO YOUR CONFERENCE OR PODCAST! Tell us about your show or event and what you would like your audience to walk away with. We reply to every serious request, usually within two business days. Prefer email? [marketing@teamtectonic.com](mailto:marketing@teamtectonic.com) ### Send a booking request No spam. Your details are used only to respond to this request. Heard Jason on a show? ## Bring the conversation to your own business If something Jason said hit close to home, book a free 30-minute strategy call with a Tectonic strategist. No pitch, just a straight read on where your transformation is most likely to stall and what to do first. [Book Your Free Strategy Call](https://www.teamtectonic.com/contact) ![Tectonic](https://seismic.teamtectonic.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/tectonic-theme/images/tectonic-logo-white-red.png?width=150&height=34&name=tectonic-logo-white-red.png) Copyright 2026 Tectonic. All Rights Reserved.   [Privacy Policy](https://seismic.teamtectonic.com/privacy-policy)   [Contact](mailto:marketing@teamtectonic.com)