B2B SaaS marketing leader

Marketing that pays back.

Fractional CMO for B2B SaaS founders who need senior go-to-market leadership without a full-time hire. Fifteen years, four exits, strategy first, then the tactics that prove it.

Fractional CMO

Operating Advisor

Mentor & Coach

Public Speaker

Portrait of Rolf Tjalsma, fractional CMO

Rolf Tjalsma

Fractional CMO · Operating Advisor

Previously

CMO at Mobilexpense, 9-figure exit to Visma, 2024

Track record

$300M+ aggregate deal volume

Focus

B2B SaaS, from seed to exit

Based

The Netherlands, working remotely worldwide

Track record in numbers

9

Companies advised as fractional CMO

4

Successful exits

$300M+

Aggregate deal volume

15+

Years operating in B2B SaaS

Worked with and for

  • Penbox logo
  • Kaizo logo
  • Causeway logo
  • Enablon logo
  • Onventis logo
  • Fortino Capital logo
  • CERRIX logo
  • Dialog logo
  • SaaS Masters logo
  • Fox-IT logo

How I work with you

One senior marketer, a few days a week.

Fractional CMO

I own strategy and the team for a few days a week, and stay until the engine runs on its own.

Operating Advisor

I work with founders, boards and investors on go-to-market decisions, hires and the plan behind the numbers.

Mentor & Coach

I coach founders and leaders on growth, leadership and exits, using deals I have run myself.

Public Speaker

I speak at events and conferences on scaling B2B software and what the road to an exit takes.

Track record

Companies I helped grow, and what happened next.

Operator

2023 to 2025

Mobilexpense

CMO, then CRO Nordics

9-figure exit

Sale to Visma, 2024

Full GTM charter on the management team. 30% YoY ARR growth on a flat budget, team scaled from 3 to 12 with 100% retention, and I ran the M&A data room through the acquisition.

Operator

2025 to 2026

Aproplan / LetsBuild

Fractional CMO

Dec 2025

Sale to Causeway Technologies

Built Geniebelt’s GTM from scratch, then untangled six years of intertwined HubSpot automation and rebuilt it around Aproplan.

Operator

2013 to 2016

eVision / Enablon

Marketing Manager

$145M

Sale to Wolters Kluwer

First marketer at eVision. Built the first GTM strategy in Control of Work while the team grew from 40 to 250 and revenue moved from $5M to $50M.

Operator

2017 to 2020

Onventis / WorkFlowWise

Senior Marketing Manager

10% to 90%

Inbound share of net-new revenue

Led the marketing transformation of 20/20 Vision Europe into WorkFlowWise and helped steer the business through the 2020 acquisition by Onventis.

Investor

2025

Fortino Capital

Senior Operating Advisor

Portfolio

GTM Summit and advisory

Independent growth partner to Fortino’s B2B SaaS portfolio. I organised a GTM Summit for all commercial roles in the network and advise on marketing strategy and hires.

Operator

2026 to present

Penbox

Fractional CMO

AI-native

Repositioning and PLG stack

Sole marketer for a Belgian B2B SaaS platform. Repositioning, website relaunch, GEO strategy for AI search and a PLG martech stack.

People who worked with me

What they say.

“What sets Rolf apart is his 360-degree approach to marketing. Unlike many consultants I’ve come across, he thinks holistically and goes above and beyond the job at hand.”

Sara Stella Lattanzio

Marketing Leader

“His exceptional listening skills created an environment where team members felt truly heard and valued. This not only built trust but also empowered us to perform at our best.”

Chris Mansson

Marketing & Sales Leader

“Rolf’s mentorship, supportive guidance, and ability to create a collaborative team environment had a lasting impact on both me and the team’s success.”

Stella Jee

Product Marketer

Public speaking

On stage and in the room.

I speak and run workshops on go-to-market, scaling B2B software and the road to an exit. Real numbers, real examples, a clear next step for the audience.

Rolf Tjalsma in a fireside chat on AI in Action at DMWF 2024
Rolf Tjalsma speaking at SaaStock 2025
Rolf Tjalsma presenting at We Love SaaS Pizza Night in Antwerp
Camera view of Rolf Tjalsma on air during preparation for the first live digital conference at Mobilexpense
Rolf Tjalsma speaking to a full room at SaaStock 2025

Off stage

Father of two, friend of founders.

I live near The Hague with my family, and we travel whenever we can. The founders and operators I work with tend to become friends and recurring collaborators.

Rolf Tjalsma seen from behind with his two children, looking over a valley
Rolf Tjalsma with Chris
Rolf Tjalsma with two friends at a FullFunnel day
Rolf Tjalsma at a team dinner with the Aproplan team
Rolf Tjalsma with Koen Stam at the Personio office in Amsterdam

Get in touch

Don’t ask me to fix your problem. Let’s talk about how you don’t get stuck there again.

Tell me where you are and where you want to go. I reply personally.

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