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THE WORK

Twenty years leading customer facing organizations.
Here is the record.

Vice President of Customer Success | AbsenceSoft | Phoenix, Remote

I owned Customer Success, renewals and expansion.​ Lead Customer Success strategy for AbsenceSoft, driving AI-powered Post-Sale transformation, revenue growth, and retention across a 400-customer enterprise portfolio spanning Healthcare, Airline & Transportation, Financial Services, Government & Education, and Energy & Utility sectors. Surpassed the H1 retention and expansion targets. Optimized the customer health scoring, segmentation and risk model that flags renewals before they slip. Set the operating rhythm across Sales, Support, Product and Marketing. Established the KPIs, AI Based risk dashboards and forecast package delivered to the executive team.

VP, Customer Success and Customer Experience | Resy, American Express Global Dining Network | 2020 to 2025
 

Led Customer Success strategy for a global SaaS dining platform supporting 17,000+ B2B restaurant/winery clients and over 70 million B2C users, contributing to approximately $81 million in B2B ARR and $2 billion in B2C Amex/Resy Dining spend. Focused on driving customer retention, operational excellence, and enhancing customer satisfaction through scalable, data-driven solutions.
 

VP, Client Experience and Strategy | Satrix Solutions

Advisory seat helping companies get value from customers, employees and reputation. Designed customer feedback and employee engagement programs across a range of clients. Ran NPS, eNPS, Customer Advisory Boards, perception audits, win/loss and defection analysis. Translated feedback data into retention, referral and win rate improvement.

Director of Customer Success | Jumpshot

Scaled support and success globally for a digital intelligence provider. Built the organization across the US and UK and opened the Asia expansion. Launched the QBR and MBR program and the client segmentation model behind high, low and tech touch. Redesigned the sales to support handoff and built the renewal management process.
 

Vice President, Client Success | SmartZip​​
Directed Customer Success organization for a predictive marketing SaaS company, overseeing a 40-person team and driving initiatives to enhance retention, satisfaction, and revenue growth. Focused on scalable solutions to improve client outcomes and operational efficiency. Implemented self-service onboarding tools, reducing ramp-up times by 64% and accelerating customer time-to-value, significantly transforming the customer journey. Delivered 45% annual increase in Average Contract Value (ACV) year-over-year through targeted enterprise account expansion and retention strategies, demonstrating strong post-sale leadership and needs-based selling.

Director of Client Management | Unum

Increased upsell revenue by 7% in year 1 and exceeded the GRR goal of 84% by achieving an 88% GRR (gross renewal rate) by implementing tailored consultative Customer Success and support strategies, showcasing expertise in needs-based selling and solution selling.
 

Earlier: TriNet, Wells Fargo, Wachovia 

Account services, small business marketing, service strategy and call center leadership. At Wells Fargo, I owned first call resolution, satisfaction and loyalty for the retail phone bank, and analyzed twenty centers, 4,600 bankers and six million calls per month. At Wachovia, I led the mortgage sales teams to a 33 percent outbound closing ratio, a 22 point year over year improvement.


What they say about me:

"EC's ability to handle multiple projects, reverse organizational attrition and develop and execute a full Customer Centric program was greatly appreciated by all of our leadership team. As a Customer Success leader (and as a teammate), Eddie earns my highest recommendation."

- Ashutosh Malaviya, PhD, Senior AI Executive. Was senior to Eddie at SmartZip. November 2019

 

"Eddie is an incredible leader. He developed SmartZip's Customer Success Organization by implementing streamlined processes, sub-teams, and consistent training. Eddie also opened the lines of communication and collaboration between engineering, product, and customer service departments, resulting in improved customer satisfaction."

-Cassandra Rodriguez Morse, Analytics Team Lead and Senior Data Analyst. Reported to Eddie directly. November 2019

PROOF

CERTIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS

  • CCXP, Certified Customer Experience Professional, CXPA

  • Generative AI for Customer Support, Coursera, July 2025

  • Introduction to Claude CoWork Course

  • NASM Certified Personal Trainer

  • NASM Sport Nutrition Coach

  • NASM Virtual Coaching Specialist

  • BS, California State University Long Beach, College of Business

WHAT I DO

  • Retention and churn reduction.

  • GRR and NRR.

  • Revenue expansion.

  • Customer health scoring and segmentation.

  • Onboarding and time to value.

  • Voice of the Customer.

  • NPS, CSAT and CES programs.

  • QBR and EBR cadence.

  • Executive escalation.

  • Team building and leader development.

  • Cross functional operating rhythm.

  • AI enablement in customer operations.

  • Enterprise account management.

  • Customer advisory boards.

"Data informs. Narratives win." - Eddie Christian 

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