Chief Revenue Officer

As the CRO at Raintree, Melissa Markus is responsible for developing and executing strategic plans to drive revenue growth, optimize sales processes, and identify new market opportunities. With over 20 years of sales and marketing expertise, Markus recently served as SVP of Sales & Marketing at Community Brands and Vice President of National Sales at DealerSocket. In these roles, she developed effective sales training programs, led top-performing field and enterprise sales teams, and implemented key strategic programs and technology rollouts. Her career is marked by a consistent ability to develop talent, build high performing teams and drive growth. Melissa holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from California State University, Sacramento. She is an agriculture enthusiast and spends time developing her hobby farm and ranch in the foothills of Northern California.