About Melanie Chase

Melanie is a Technology and Marketing Executive whose area of expertise includes high-growth consumer business and software marketing, domestic and international brand building, advertising, team building and leadership, departmental finance management, and product strategy. Previously, Melanie was the Vice President of Product Marketing at Fitbit, where she spent 6 years developing the company into one of the world’s premier health and fitness brands. Melanie is currently the CMO of Next Insurance, a fast-growth Series D company disrupting the highly fragmented business insurance market. Formerly a CPA at KPMG and a Brand Management Associate at Clorox, one of the world’s leading CPG companies, Melanie brings a disciplined, classically trained approach to business management. She is best utilized in roles that involve partnering with her colleagues in technical leadership to scale technology and brands to the mass market. As a lead spokesperson for Fitbit, Melanie often appeared in on-camera interviews, including Good Morning America, QVC, HGTV, and Cheddar. She is a member of the Millennial 100 and is regularly quoted in leading publications such as Wired, Engadget, and TechCrunch. Most recently she was featured in a two-page spread in a 2019 edition of Shape Magazine.