Ronell Hugh is first and foremost a husband and father. He is married to Briawna for 18 years, and they have 4 energetic children, Palmer, Portia, Teya, and Thatcher. Being a husband and father is the most important part of Ronell’s life and he is intentional about making sure that he and his family are mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually strong.   

Ronell recently accepted a new role as the Vice President of Product Marketing for Drift. Prior to Drift, Ronell was the Global Head of Product Marketing for Adobe Experience Platform at Adobe Inc. where he led the team driving the product marketing and strategy and go-to-market efforts for the overall business.  He is also an advisory board member of BYU Marriott School of Business, Ensign College, the Utah Black Chamber Foundation, The Mentor Method, Laduma, and Fairstream. In addition, he recently launched a social enterprise focused on racial inclusion called Breathing Inclusivity.   

Prior to joining Adobe, Ronell worked at Microsoft on the Xbox games business where he managed the product marketing and strategy efforts for various games. Before joining Microsoft, Ronell worked at Walmart Corporate in Bentonville, Arkansas where he led the Entertainment categories marketing efforts for 2 ½ years. He spent two years with Hewlett- Packard Company as a partner marketing and account manager where he provided sales and marketing expertise to partners in the Midwest. Ronell began his career in 2004 as the Media Relations Manager for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer where he led the day-to-day media relations team, gameday efforts, and managed all interviews with players, coaches and executives.    

Originally from Bad Kreuznach, Germany, his hobbies included photography, golf, snowboarding, basketball, football (or as Americans call it, soccer), mountain biking, and gaming. Ronell earned his MBA from the Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business and completed his undergraduate work in communications also at BYU.