Joe Payne

Joe Payne, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eloqua. Joe is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Eloqua and a member of the company’s board of directors. Payne joined the company in 2007 and is responsible for all aspects of Eloqua’s operations, including sales, product development, and long-term strategy and vision.
Payne has been featured in BtoB Magazine’s prestigious annual list of “Who’s Who in B-to-B” since 2007 as well as named to Sales Lead Management Association’s “50 Most Influential People in Sales Lead Management” for the past two years.
Prior to joining Eloqua, Payne was President and COO of iDefense, a VeriSign company. Previously, he was President and CEO of eSecurity Inc., and President and CEO of eGrail. He also served as Chief Marketing Officer at MicroStrategy Inc.
Payne has presented at numerous conferences including the Pacific Crest Annual On-Demand Conferences; the Canaccord Adams On-Demand Software Conference; the Bessemer CEO Summit on SaaS; the JMP Securities Research Summit, the JMI CEO Summit; GE Business Management Course on Digital as a Growth Driver; the Stifel Nicolaus Technology, Communications & Internet Conference and, the Eloqua and MarketingSherpa Marketing Mastery Webinar which shattered attendance records.
A Fuqua Scholar, Payne received his M.B.A. from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Duke University and is on the adjunct faculty at the Kogod School of Business at American University. Payne is also on the Board of Directors of the St Columba Nursery School as well as the First Focus Campaign for Children.