Building and running the growth engine for a small group of B2B companies right now: cold outbound, demand generation, and the AI systems behind them

Joel Cabrera
Joel Cabrera — portrait

A profile · Head of Growth

Head of Growth | Outbound Systems · Demand Gen · AI Automation

I'm a Bronx-raised, Dominican-American father of two with 7+ years across B2B SaaS, edtech, and workforce development. I build the systems first: Python pipelines, Make.com automation, cold email infrastructure. Then I lead the function that runs them. Most recently: 10+ mid-market meetings in a peak week from 21,780 contacts at one-tenth the cost of Clay, and $15M+ in attributed pipeline. Today I build and run that same engine for a handful of B2B companies at a time.

By the numbers

$15M+

Pipeline generated

Elite Entrepreneurs

700+

Qualified founder leads

Multi-touch GTM

10,000+

Students reached

CUNY ASAP

100%

Lead flow increase

Revature — no added headcount

Selected work

Three systems. Three proofs.

Case study

The $15M Pipeline Machine

Architected a Zapier/Make.com routing layer for a podcast-to-consultation funnel. 700+ qualified founder leads. $15M+ in attributed pipeline.

The problem

A high-value podcast-to-consultation funnel had no systematic outreach layer. Qualified founders were listening but not converting. No segmentation, no multi-touch sequencing, no attribution visibility — and no separate eng team to build it.

What I did

  • §Built a Zapier/Make.com routing layer across CRM and outbound tooling — auto-resegmenting cadences from reply, show-up, and close-rate signals.
  • §Designed segmented messaging frameworks for 7-figure founders, then ran continuous experimentation against funnel-velocity metrics on a weekly cadence.
  • §Owned the system end-to-end: ICP definition, list strategy, sequencing, routing, reply handling, and reporting. Made outbound performance legible to leadership.
700+ qualified founder leads. $15M+ in attributed pipeline. A system that ran — not a campaign that ended.
Result · Growth Marketing & RevOps Lead

$15M+

Pipeline attributed

700+

Qualified founder leads

22 mos

End-to-end ownership

Case study

100% More Qualified Pipeline, Zero Extra Headcount

Built and operated targeted outbound systems for B2B SaaS enterprise. Doubled qualified lead flow. No new hires.

The problem

Enterprise outbound was flat. Messaging was generic, cadences inconsistent, and there was no visibility into what was converting at what stage. No reliable signal for AEs to act on.

What I did

  • §Built and operated targeted outbound systems that generated 5+ enterprise meetings per week with named accounts including TransUnion, Blue Cross, and MGM Resorts.
  • §Increased qualified lead flow to AEs by 100% through iterative positioning, copy experimentation, and cadence optimization. Let reply data drive every change.
  • §Stood up CRM and pipeline-hygiene workflows that exposed which segments and which messages converted — outbound stopped being noise and started behaving like a controllable input.
100% increase in qualified lead flow. 5+ enterprise meetings/wk into the AE team. The same team, a better system.
Result · Marketing & Demand Generation Manager — Enterprise Outreach (B2B SaaS)

100%

Increase in qualified leads

5+

Enterprise meetings/wk

0

Extra headcount

Case study

10,000 Students, 200 Partners, One System

Designed multi-channel outreach systems with measurable inputs and outputs. 10,000+ students reached. 200+ active partnerships.

The problem

CUNY's Accelerated Studies in Associate Programs needed to grow enrollment and institutional reach without a large marketing budget. Drop-off was high at the inquiry stage; partnership development was ad hoc; nobody could trace which channels produced enrolled students.

What I did

  • §Designed and ran multi-channel outreach systems that reached 10,000+ students and produced 200+ active partnerships with youth-serving organizations.
  • §Operated a $20K quarterly social ad budget across paid channels — exposed 100,000+ prospects and reallocated spend toward what produced qualified inbound.
  • §Owned content and alumni communication infrastructure for a 10,000+ network — kept the prospect funnel warm and the alumni base engaged from one rhythm.
  • §Stood up tracking for outreach, partnerships, and conversion so program leadership could see which channels and partners actually produced enrolled students.
10,000+ students reached across multi-channel campaigns. 200+ active partnerships. Conversion visibility the program hadn't had before.
Result · Citywide Outreach & Digital Campaigns Associate

10,000+

Students reached

200+

Partnerships built

40%

Lift in online visibility

About

The person behind the systems.

I grew up in the Bronx. Dominican American. First in my family to figure it out without a manual.

That shaped how I work. I don't wait for permission to build something. I learn the system, map where it breaks, and build the piece that's missing. I've done that in edtech, workforce development, SaaS, and now in AI — where I'm building a multi-agent operating system that runs my entire job search, content engine, and community programs on top of the Claude Agent SDK.

I'm a father of two. I'm the founder of Men of Excellence, a pre-launch mastermind for ambitious men of color who are building careers and businesses without a blueprint. And I'm actively pursuing my next marketing leadership role — specifically in edtech, AI companies, SaaS, and workforce development, where mission and metrics live in the same building.

Everything I build is designed to outlast the sprint.

Claude Certified Architect · In progress · 2026B.S. Public Affairs · CUNY Baruch · 2015Founder · Empowr · AI literacy & workforce dev for youth 15–25Founder · Men of Excellence · Brotherhood mastermind for men of colorBuilder · Joel AI OS · Multi-agent OS · Claude Agent SDK
Joel Cabrera — at work
2026

The stack

Tools I build with.

Growth & Pipeline

Demand Generation · Cold Email Infrastructure · Outbound Systems · Funnel Optimization · ICP Definition · A/B Testing

Automation & RevOps

Make.com (Advanced) · n8n · Zapier · CRM Architecture · Data Enrichment

CRM & Analytics

HubSpot · Salesforce · Google Analytics · Attribution Modeling · Pipeline Hygiene

AI Stack

Claude Agent SDK · Claude API · Prompt Engineering · Multi-Agent Systems · Claude Code

Outbound Tooling

Clay · Instantly · Smartlead

Contact

Let's talk.

If you need the pipeline built from scratch, or run for you, let's talk.

Tell me what you sell and who you sell to, and I'll tell you straight whether I can move your number.

Issue · August 2026 · iamjoelcabrera.com