Who is Ashling Kearns?
Ashling Kearns runs marketing and go-to-market at Celonis as EVP Marketing and Global GTM COO. She joined in early 2023 as SVP Marketing. Celonis makes process-mining software that shows how a company's processes actually run and where they lose time and money.
About Ashling Kearns
In February 2025 Celonis made her Global GTM COO, adding enablement, sales and customer programmes and a new community team to marketing. Before Celonis she was VP Marketing EMEA at Tableau and VP Marketing for the UK and Ireland at Salesforce. Earlier roles include BT Global Services, Microsoft and Avanade.
About Celonis
Celonis makes process-mining software that shows how a company's processes actually run and where they lose time and money. Its last priced round, a Series D extension in August 2022, valued it at $13B.
Why Ashling is on the cover
Ashling ran marketing so well that Celonis handed her the rest of go-to-market too. That is the career path most CMOs say they want.
Questions about Ashling and Celonis
- What does Ashling Kearns do at Celonis?
- Ashling Kearns runs marketing and go-to-market at Celonis as EVP Marketing and Global GTM COO. She joined in early 2023 as SVP Marketing.
- What does Celonis do?
- Celonis makes process-mining software that shows how a company's processes actually run and where they lose time and money.
- How much has Celonis raised?
- Celonis was valued at $13B in a Series D extension in August 2022, its last priced round.

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