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Claire Foster is the Director of Customer Marketing at Smartcat, an AI localization and content operations platform, where she leads customer marketing and brand strategy and helps enterprise teams scale global content in the AI era. A seasoned marketer with 15 years of experience across $1B+ revenue tech SaaS companies and startups, she's focused on building a consistent brand presence across every customer touchpoint—one that starts with trust, meets people at the right moment, and converts because the timing is right.

Before Smartcat, Claire held marketing and sales-enablement leadership roles at Impel, Qualtrics, Paychex, EagleView, and BAE Systems, building deep expertise in content marketing, sales content, and global campaign execution. She's a frequent speaker on AI-first marketing, including at Content Marketing World.

Beyond work, Claire is a proud mom of two and a wife—and there's nothing she loves doing more. It's the role that matters most.