Managing a $4M TCV portfolio of 20 accounts in the EMEA Region
Senior Customer Success Manager
Freshworks
London
04.2023 - 12.2024
Managed a $5M TCV portfolio of 35 accounts, achieving 112% Net Retention Rate (NRR) in 2023 and 109% NRR in 2024 with 100% coverage for Top 15 accounts
Led the region's first AI 'Customer Connect' roundtable on AI/Chatbot trends in CX, achieving 80% attendance and generating a $300K ARR pipeline
Spearheaded AI POV program with Product and SE teams, driving 7 client POCs in H1 2024, 1 Case study and $75K ARR
Organized CRM Track in Customer Advisory Board (CAB) with the CEO, engaging 10 Executive customer stakeholders to shape the product vision and strategy
Launched an Exec Connect Initiative (FreshEngage) across the top 50 Accounts in region resulting in better stakeholder mapping and targeted engagement resulting in 60% increase in executive coverage
Customer Success Manager
Freshworks
London
01.2021 - 03.2023
Managed UK & Ireland Mid-Market / Enterprise accounts (TCV $6M), achieving 157% Retention attainment in 2021 and 162% in 2022
Customer Advocacy Champion - regional winner for driving ccts of advocacy in H2 2022 - 3 Case studies, 1 event speaker, 2 PR activities & 1 Earnings Call mention
Achieved 125% engagement attainment in 2022, highest in the UKI team, through proactive EBRs, QBRs, and Executive Connect meetings
Led a webinar with Channel Partnerships on Customer Success strategies for early-stage startups, engaging 66 attendees across sessions with Birmingham Enterprise Community and TiE Bangalore/Seattle
Organized monthly Lunch & Learn sessions for EU CSM and AM teams, enhancing product knowledge, upsell/cross-sell skills, and cross-functional collaboration, achieving 80% average attendance and faster team enablement
Partnered with cross-functional teams to carve out 5 ABM Campaigns to drive growth opportunities - plan upsell and cross-sell - resulting in 3% cross-sell and 35% plan upsell opportunities and an overall pipeline of $400K
Recognized as a top performer for expansion revenue generation in the UKI region with 250K ARR in Q3 2020 (Second Highest in Region across AEs, AMs and PSMs)
Customer Success Specialist
Freshworks
Chennai
01.2018 - 01.2020
Managed a $8M TCV portfolio, reducing churn from 1.3% to 0.8% by proactively identifying at-risk accounts and increasing customer advocacy with 3 published case studies in retail and healthcare
Created the Winback Team and led the EU&UK efforts which resulted in an overall logo retention of $150k ARR
Led a team of 5 to market and drive the maximum no of paid attendees to our Annual Event 'Refresh' at London and Las Vegas, influencing an overall revenue of $150,000
Business Development Manager - Enterprise Sales (Middle East & Africa)
Freshworks
Chennai
04.2017 - 01.2018
Developed and executed an outbound sales model, increasing MQLs by 25% and SQLs by 20%
Consistently achieved 150% of monthly sales targets, building a $1.2M overall pipeline
Analyzed customer feedback and developed a database of canned response templates, enabling the Support team to reduce First Response Time by 2 minutes and achieve a 40% increase in First Contact Resolution (FCR)
Education
MG133- Foundations of Management -
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
06.2018 - 07.2018
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Mechanical Engineering