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GameChanger Content and Podcasts
Change the Game in 5 Minutes: How Jamf Scaled to 20M users in 2020 While Maintaining Retention and Health Scores!
Welcome to our Change the Game in 5 Minutes Series. Today, we are sharing lessons from Sam Johnson, Chief Customer Officer of Jamf, and Ben Michael, their Director of Customer Success. We wanted Sam and Ben to share their insights on driving scale and how they think about renewals. Also, is there something beyond their technology level that led to success? And what processes did they change to make all this happen? Nick: Gentlemen, it’s great to see you both. We at Gainsight are fascinated by your significant milestones. In July 2020, Jamf debuted on the NASDAQ in a $100 million IPO. According to Forbes, it is considered one of the top 25 Apple-related brands. And your growth over the past five years has been phenomenal. First, Sam, give me an overview of Jamf. Sam: At Jamf, we assist organizations in succeeding with Apple. What that means is we help people manage, connect and protect their Apple devices. Jamf is a bridge between the legendary Apple user experience and the enterprise demands of IT needs. Nick: How did you grow and scale from a company that managed around 4 million devices for 5,000 customers in 2015 to managing more than […]
Change the Game in 5 Minutes: Marissa Barcza Shifts the Focus from Reactive to Proactive
Welcome to Gainsight’s ‘Change the Game in Five Minutes’ series. In this interview, our CEO, Nick Mehta, speaks with the Senior Manager of Scaled Customer Success at Adobe, Marissa Barcza. Marissa focuses on strategic ways Adobe can be more efficient and effective. Her team manages nine B2B products across 4,500 accounts in the Americas. In the past year, she has seen an increase in small and medium-sized businesses’ interest in all products, especially e-commerce. Read on to see how she thinks about scaling enterprise products and customer success for small to midsize companies, including some that are just starting to sell products online for the first time. Nick: Let’s start with an icebreaker. What is your game of choice if you want to dominate your friends or family? What’s the one you go to? Marissa: We’re a big Rummikub family. It’s a tile game where you rack up your tiles, rooted in a mix of rummy and mahjong. Like many others, by staying home with spouses or partners, I wanted a two-player game that we don’t just figure out how to win all the time, and Rummikub continues to be a consistently fun and challenging game the last nine months. […]
Change the Game in 5 Minutes: Dell Boomi Experiences a Rise in ARR and Churn Reduction Thanks to Customer Success
Welcome to Gainsight’s ‘Change the Game in Five Minutes’ series. In these conversations, we talk with customer success leaders who are role models and want to serve customers better. In this session, Nick Mehta, CEO, speaks with Chris Port, the Chief Operating Officer of Dell Boomi, responsible for Support, Services, Customer Success, and Strategy functions. He says that one of the benefits of having a Customer Success organization is that it helps grow existing customers’ maturity, encouraging them to use more of Boomi’s products and increasing ARR. Nick: Before we begin, on a Friday night with the family, what is your go-to board game? Chris: I’d say Monopoly. We are a very competitive family. It gets really interesting with Monopoly. The bartering starts to happen when people go into debt and the deals they are willing to make. There are deals my kids are eager to make with my wife that they are unwilling to make with me, especially as they have gotten older. Nick: What a great analogy for the business world. I love that. Tell us about Boomi. Chris: Boomi connects everything anywhere, so think of it as a modern connection layer. We started as a best of […]
Change the Game in Five Minutes Series: Garin Landry Transformed Customer Success at Planview
Welcome to Gainsight’s ‘Change the Game in Five Minutes’ series. Our Chief Customer Officer, Ashvin Vaidyanathan, talks to customer success trailblazer Garin Landry in this conversation. Garin is the Insight Strategy Manager for Customer Operations and Strategy at Planview, a global leader in work and resource management (WRM). Planview, a company with a strong track record of acquisition, was acquired by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo in 2017 and has been on an incredible journey since then. Read on and find out Garin’s “what, why’s, and hows” of customer success at Planview. Ashvin: Hello, Garin! Let’s kick things off with an icebreaker. If you could time travel, what period would you visit? Garin: I was recently speaking with my dad about how my wife and I are both workaholics. We typically run a thousand miles an hour. However, with the downturn, we’ve both slowed down, which is a good thing. My dad said, “Right now, everyone is out on bikes, families are hanging out together, and people move slower. It’s just like the 1960s.” So, I think I‘ll choose the 60s! Ashvin: I’m glad to hear that you’re finding some good in a difficult situation. Now, please tell us the […]
The Art Of The EBR
In episode 18 of the Gainsight Gamechanger Podcast, Adam Joseph, Director of Customer Success, EMEA at Gainsight sits down with Maranda Dziekonski, Vice President Customer Success and People Operations at Swiftly. Listen to the full episode and access Adam’s summary by unlocking the content. Subscribe today on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts Ep 18: The Art Of The EBR Want to join the conversation? You can do it by: Leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts Engaging us on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn Commenting below!
Raising The Profile Of Customer Success Internally
In episode 17 of the Gainsight Gamechanger Podcast, Adam Joseph, Director of Customer Success, EMEA at Gainsight sits down with Troy Pratley, Head of Customer Success, EMEA at Amplience. Listen to the full episode and access Adam’s summary by unlocking the content. Subscribe today on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts Ep 17: Raising The Profile Of Customer Success Internally Want to join the conversation? You can do it by: Leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts Engaging us on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn Commenting below!
