Sam Awezec
ABOUT SAM

I've spent 12+ years on the revenue side of the product.

I was on the founding team of HubSpot's freemium product, led product growth at GitLab through its IPO and at Astronomer, and now lead product growth at DigiCert. The through-line: turning people who use a product into people who pay for it, and building the systems that make that repeatable.

Now the people using a product include AI agents, and the seat is no longer the unit of value. These are the problems I work on with a few B2B SaaS teams at a time.

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$0 to $100M+
ARR on HubSpot's freemium product
3 exits
2 IPOs and 1 acquisition
+200% / +300%
Activation and free-to-paid at Astronomer
300%
Trial volume lift at GitLab
WHERE I'VE DONE THIS

Operator first. Advisor second.

HubSpot

PLG FROM ZERO

Joined the internal startup that became HubSpot's freemium product, now Sales Hub and the free CRM. Built the original PQL motion connecting product usage to sales, launched the community platform, and managed a 10-person team across support and onboarding.

Part of the freemium incubation team from zero to $100M+ in ARR.

GitLab

PLG AT IPO SCALE

Led a 10-person growth squad across acquisition, activation, conversion and expansion. Built the company-wide experimentation framework, designed the PQL motion from usage signals to sales, and partnered with the C-suite on a new free-user go-to-market model.

300% trial volume lift. Led growth through IPO, featured on the Nasdaq billboard.

Astronomer

PLG + AI PRODUCT

Owned the PLG roadmap, redesigned onboarding and the paywall experiences, stood up product analytics, and a cross-functional initiative to build new AI products.

+200% activation, +300% free-to-paid conversion

DigiCert

GROWTH + MONETIZATION

Head of Product Growth, leading the unification of DigiCert's products onto a single platform. One account, one experience and one bill made it natural for customers to adopt more of the portfolio and expand on their own.

Reforge & OnScale

ADVISING

At Reforge, designed a PLG system linking product engagement signals to sales and marketing workflows. At OnScale, built the self-serve acquisition funnel and PLG playbook.

OnScale was acquired by Ansys.
HOW I THINK ABOUT THE WORK

What you can expect from me

Decisions, not decks

I've owned these numbers. I'll tell you what I'd do in your seat, and the mistakes I'd skip.

One revenue path

Signup, activation, the paywall and pricing are one system. I won't fix one and break another.

Honest about what's unknown

No invented revenue forecasts. If the data can't answer it, I'll say so and design the test that can.

Still shipping

I build AI-native B2B products of my own. It keeps my advice grounded in what building for agents actually takes.

RECOGNITION

Featured as part of the growth team at IPO

OUTSIDE WORK

Working with teams across US time zones
Outside of work you'll find me spending time with family and our dog
Sam's dog on a hike, a lake and hills behind

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