Skills & Expertise

A comprehensive view of my professional capabilities across customer success, FinOps, and technical domains.

Customer Success

Enterprise Account Management

Expert

Managing strategic accounts with $1M+ ARR, building executive relationships, and driving business outcomes

Success Planning

Expert

Developing and executing customer success plans aligned to business objectives and measurable outcomes

Quarterly Business Reviews

Expert

Leading executive-level QBRs that demonstrate value, align on goals, and identify expansion opportunities

Customer Health Scoring

Advanced

Building and operationalizing health scoring frameworks using product usage, engagement, and sentiment data

Renewal Management

Expert

Driving renewal processes, negotiating contracts, and achieving 95%+ gross retention rates

Expansion & Upsell

Advanced

Identifying and executing expansion opportunities to drive net revenue retention above 110%

Infrastructure & Observability

Network Infrastructure

Advanced

Partnered with network and platform teams on F5 firewalls and load balancers, Cisco Catalyst switches, Brocade Fibre Channel, and cloud networking (VPC, VNet) for enterprise environments

Observability & Visibility

Advanced

Guided customers on Datadog and AppDynamics for multi-cloud visibility; aligned asset inventory, telemetry, and cost controls with governance and production readiness

Cloud Networking

Advanced

AWS VPC and CloudWatch, Azure VNet and Network Watcher, GCP VPC—supporting architecture and governance conversations with technical and executive stakeholders

FinOps & Cloud

Cloud Cost Optimization

Expert

Reducing cloud spend through rightsizing, reserved instances, and architectural recommendations

AWS

Advanced

Cost management, billing analysis, and optimization across EC2, S3, RDS, and other AWS services

Azure

Intermediate

Cost analysis and optimization for Azure compute, storage, and platform services

GCP

Intermediate

Basic cost management and billing analysis for Google Cloud Platform

FinOps Practices

Expert

Implementing FinOps operating models including tagging, showback, and cost allocation

Cloud Governance

Advanced

Establishing policies and guardrails for cloud resource provisioning and cost control

Tools & Platforms

Salesforce

Advanced

CRM administration, reporting, and workflow automation for customer success operations

Gainsight

Advanced

Customer success platform configuration, health scoring, and journey orchestration

Tableau / Looker

Intermediate

Building dashboards and reports for customer health and business metrics

JIRA / Asana

Advanced

Project management and cross-functional coordination for customer initiatives

SQL

Intermediate

Querying databases for customer usage analysis and reporting

Leadership & Strategy

Cross-functional Leadership

Expert

Leading initiatives across Product, Engineering, Sales, and Support teams

Executive Communication

Expert

Presenting to C-level stakeholders and translating technical concepts to business value

Process Development

Advanced

Building scalable playbooks, frameworks, and operational processes

Team Mentorship

Advanced

Coaching and developing junior CSMs on best practices and career growth

Data-Driven Decision Making

Expert

Using metrics and analytics to inform strategy and measure outcomes

Certifications

FinOps Certified Practitioner
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ 900)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS Partner: Cloud Economics Accreditation
AWS Well Architected Badge
CloudHealth Platform Administrator
Certified Customer Success Manager L1 to L2
Certified Customer Success Specialist
Rackspace MultiCloud Practitioner
Pavilion: From CSM to CS Leader
Pavilion: CSM School
Pavilion: AI in GTM
DevOps Foundation Certified
Introduction to FOCUS
StepUpExchange: CS Business Leadership