Her Story
About Marilyn
Marilyn Neville is a Senior Customer Development and GTM Intelligence professional at ZoomInfo, based in the Greater Portland, Oregon area. In her role, she focuses on helping customers achieve growth through data-driven go-to-market strategies, leveraging customer intelligence, account insights, and sales enablement tools. She is known for her curiosity, consistency, and commitment to continuous improvement, both in her own performance and in supporting the development of others.
Throughout her career, Marilyn has built a strong foundation in sales development and customer success, with experience spanning inbound and outbound sales, account expansion, and customer lifecycle management. She has consistently demonstrated a strong ability to understand customer needs, identify growth opportunities within existing accounts, and translate data signals into actionable business outcomes. Her work emphasizes collaboration across teams, aligning sales, marketing, and operations to improve execution and drive measurable revenue impact.
Marilyn is also an active voice in professional development and leadership thinking, regularly sharing insights on topics such as growth mindset, team performance, and modern sales strategy. She is passionate about learning and mentorship, often reflecting on how consistent effort and intentional development contribute to long-term success. Guided by a belief in steady, purposeful growth, she continues to evolve her career while helping others navigate their own professional journeys.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Marilyn
01What do you attribute your success to?
I'd say I had a lot of hardship when I was younger. I had to have massive back surgery at the age of 13, which taught me how to adapt and adjust. I had nine vertebrae fused, metal rods, hooks, screws, the whole nine. But I've had to adapt to life my entire life, and it's taught me how to pivot, and how to be successful through hardship and adversity, and I carry that through my entire life, whether it be personal or professional. It's also made me look a lot inward, personally, and really look at what I'm doing, and learning what's working and what's not, and adapting to what might be working next, and never giving up. That ability to adapt and adjust, to pivot through challenges, and to never give up no matter what obstacles come my way - that's what has made me successful.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Have a thick skin. Don't listen to people when they tell you you can't do it, because people have told me my whole life I can't do it, and I said, screw you, and I just kept going, and I have been successful. Don't ever let anything stop you, just because you're a woman.
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