Cx Chronicles Podcast

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #256 we were live at Instant Team's Community Builders Week & CX Virtual Summit based in Southern Pines, NC at their company headquarters. Our guest interviews for this IRL (in-real life) episode included Liza Rodewald (Founder & CEO), Erica McMannes (Founder & CXO), Greg Avallone (SVP of Sales & Partnerships), Amy Price, MBA (SVP of CX), Jennifer Martin & Erica North, both military spouses themselves (Strategic Partnerships Managers), & the one, the only Nate Brown (Co-Founder at CX Accelerator & Head of CX Advisory at Metric Sherpa).   Each of the guests in this episode had unique points of view on the state of CX/CS/Customer Support & what the future of Boutique BPO's look like in today's world. And how they are building an all-in-one hiring platform leveraging the near 12 million US military spouses stationed across the globe. Instant Teams is a mission-driven company committed to supportin

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #255, we welcomed Tim Houlne, CEO at Humach based in Frisco, TX. Humach combines the strengths of both humans and machines to deliver exceptional customer experiences.Since first opening their doors in 1988, Humach has been at the forefront of customer experience (CX) innovation, delivering world-class call center solutions that have transformed CX for hundreds of clients worldwide.In this episode, Tim and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that his team at Humach think through on a daily basis to build world class customer experiences.**Episode #255 Highlight Reel:**1. How Humach has been leveraging AI in contact centers for the past decade 2. Leveraging custom language models to build effective AI-powered solutions  3. Y-Combinator launched 90 digital voice companies in the last 18 months 4. Baking employee feedback into the culture of your business to drive innovatio

Hey CX Nation,In this week's CXWeekly Update we walk through some ideas, goals & CTAs to begin leveraging boutique BPOs as your business grows. Its very common for most Founders or executives to want to hire more full-time staff or add to the team during peak seasons when customer communications, tickets & orders are on the rise. Use this CXWeekly update as a starting point for building out your company's goals around how can begin leveraging BPOs to improve your customer & employee experience.Don't worry we have a ton of amazing guest interviews coming down the pipeline over the next couple of weeks as we start to get crank things up on the content front here at CXC in 2025.Part of our goal for this year is to create more customer focused business leader content, including more short episodes like these ones that are digestible, actionable & most importantly entertaining & valuable for all of you.If you enjoy The CXChronicles Podcast, stop by your favorite podcast player an

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #253, we welcomed Rishi Rana, CEO at Cyara based in Redwood City, CA. Cyara revolutionizes the way businesses transform and optimize their customer experiences. Cyara’s AI-based CX Transformation Platform empowers enterprises to deliver flawless interactions across voice, video, digital, and chatbot experiences. With Cyara, businesses improve customer journeys through continuous innovation while reducing cost and minimizing risk. With a 96% customer retention rate and world-class Net Promoter Score (NPS), today’s leading global brands trust Cyara every day to deliver customer smiles at scale.In his role as CEO of Cyara, Rishi is dedicated to driving customer-centric innovation, expanding their global reach, and positioning Cyara as a leader of GenAI-powered CX assurance. Rishi has over 25 years of experience in scaling businesses and striving for excellence at every turn. Rishi leverages his love of technology and passion for serving custom

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #252 we welcomed Keri McGhee the CMO at Attentive, the AI marketing platform for leading brands based in New York. Attentive® is the AI marketing platform for leading brands, designed to optimize message performance through 1:1 SMS and email interactions. Attentive empowers businesses to achieve hyper-personalized communication with their customers on a large scale. Trusted by over 8,000 leading brands, Attentive is the go-to solution for delivering powerful commerce experiences for consumers with the brands they love.Keri leads strategic global marketing to further build the Attentive brand, overseeing product marketing, revenue marketing, events, partner marketing, communications and content, and brand creative. Keri's past experiences include leading marketing at various start-ups and as a senior director at Zillow, where she led the B2B marketing team of 60+ people, responsible for strengthening partner loyalty and experience for 6

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #251 we welcomed Vinod Muthukrishnan, VP & COO at Webex by Cisco based in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. Vinod leads all go-to-market, business and customer operations. He was previously Co-Founder/CEO of CloudCherry, a customer experience management company, which was acquired by Cisco in October 2019.Prior to that he spent nine years at sea as a First Officer before running Global Sales at Market Simplified. Based in the Bay Area, Vinod enjoys cricket and expanding his library of leadership and P.G. Wodehouse books.In this episode, Vinod and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that his team at Webex by Cisco think through on a daily basis to build world class customer & employee experiences. **Episode #251 Highlight Reel:**1. How time in the Merchant Navy led to a career in entrepreneurship  2. Building CloudCherry & being acquired by Cisco  3. The shift o

Hey CX Nation,We're celebrating a huge milestone with this week's episode. Over the last 6+ years we've captured and chronicled 250 unique episodes & stories with various customer focused business leaders & Founders from across the world.We decided for this episode to go back and feature some of the best learnings, findings & CTAs from some of our favorite guests over the years & break them out into short-clips across the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback.Our goal was to aggregate the key learnings & findings for future Founders & Executives to use as a foundation when thinking through how to build and design not only their business but their customer & employee experiences as they scale into the future. **Episode #250 Highlight Reel:**1. Pillar #1 Team -- featured guests include:Alex Ross (Co-Founder & COO at Hire Horatio) in CXCP #198Lloyd Lobo (Co-Founder & Board Member at Boast + CEO of a new stealth startup) CXCP #208Vivek Bhaskaran (F

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #249 we welcomed Rick Denton, Podcast Host & Producer of The CX Passport Podcast based in Dallas, TX.After…7 years of Customer Experience consulting…30 years of driving business results…3 years of hosting CX Passport (a podcast about CX with a dash of travel talk)...And countless brand requests for collaboration with CX Passport……it became clear where brands and Rick could best partner to create measurable results…

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #248 we welcomed Craig Tobin, Chief Executive Officer at Ascent Business Partners based in Bonita Springs, FL. Craig Tobin helps Fortune 1000 clients optimize their contact centers with AI, technology, and BPO solutions. With over 35 years of executive leadership experience in various industries, Craig has developed core competencies in contact center solutions, technology consulting, BPO advisory services, and AI advisory. He is passionate about delivering innovative solutions that drive customer loyalty, satisfaction, and retention, while optimizing costs. Craig's mission is to create value for his clients and partners, and to have fun while doing it.In this episode, Craig and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that Craig and his team at Ascent Business Partners think through on a daily basis to build world class customer experiences.CXC is a proud strategic part

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #247 we were live at the Thompson Hotel in downtown Austin, TX at XDay 2024.  This is a different type of episode of CXC as we had the opportunity to sit down with several amazing customer, employee, market research & product focused business leaders including Rick Denton, Ken Peterson, Mike Burn, Crystal Wiese & Scott Steele. Each of the guests in this episode shed unique points of view on the state of CX/CS & business in today's world. We had the pleasure of interviewing everyone on site at XDay 2024 and broke up the conversations in this week's show. In this episode, Rick, Scott, Mike, Ken, Crystal and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that both the team at QuestionPro & their users think through on a daily basis to build world class customer experiences.**Episode #247 Highlight Reel:**1. Click here to learn more about Rick Denton 2. Click

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #246 we were live at the Thompson Hotel in downtown Austin, TX at XDay 2024 with Gary Pansino, Founder at Velodu based Gary is an Alumni of Intuit, P&G, Clorox, BMS. He now runs a Qual and Quant research factory with his sister. Questions from mostly repeat clients arrive on trucks. And they do their thing and ship answers back to them, with a smile.In this episode, Gary and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that his team at Velodu thinks through on a daily basis to build world class customer experiences.**Episode #246 Highlight Reel:**1. Building expertise in surveys & customer research at massive companies 2. Increasing the speed of growth by customer listening & focus groups 3. Leveraging customer information to drive product & service innovation 4. Customer team building & collecting constant employee feedback 5. Investing in competitive researc

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #245 we were live at the Thompson Hotel in downtown Austin, TX at XDay 2024 with Vivek Bhaskaran, Founder & CEO at QuestionPro.Vivek Bhaskaran is the founder and CEO of QuestionPro, one of the industry's leading providers of web-based research technologies. His life motto is simple - “The two things that drive me every day are motorcycles and client success!” In 2008, his startup made Inc. Magazine's list of the fastest-growing private companies, ranking 25th among business-service providers. Since that time, Vivek has never looked back by spearheading both the product and global expansion of QuestionPro.In this episode, Vivek and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that John and his team at QuestionPro think through on a daily basis to build world class customer experiences.**Episode #245 Highlight Reel:**1. Changing the landscape for shopping for car insu

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #244 we welcomed Sean Albertson, Founder & CEO of CX4ROCKS based in Castle Rock, CO. Sean Albertson is a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, coach and consultant on transforming your customer journey to reduce effort and drive greater customer loyalty. Sean has developed the ROCKS Strategy that leverages survey programs, operational metrics, text and journey analytics, connected with artificial experience to identify the most actionable insights for your organization. Is it Sean at www.CX4ROCKS.comIn this episode, Sean and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that he thinks through on a daily basis to build world class customer & marketing focused experiences.**Episode #244 Highlight Reel:**1. What the CX & contact center space looked like in the 1990's.  2. Working on CX & customer support at T-Mobile, Visat, & Charles Schwab 3. Why Customer j

Hey CX Nation,In this week's CXWeekly Update we walk through some ideas, goals & CTAs to begin leveraging AI in your business to improve your customer experiences.AI has been arguably the most discussed topic in not only business but across the world over these last several years, this year specifically it became the "Forrest Gump" of Business & Global Economies. The truth is, it's been around for decades but just working behind the scenes for a handful of global companies who were all competing to understand exactly how to leverage its gains & more importantly decide whether or not everyone else should know about its powers.Don't worry we're still several years out from the "Terminator Wars", well hopefully.Use this CXWeekly update as a starting point for building out your company's goals around leveraging AI to improve your customer & employee experience. Most of the tools you are already using already have some form of AI/ML tied into their usage

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #242 we welcomed Liza Rodewald, Founder & CEO and Erica McMannes, Founder & Chief People & Community Officer at Instant Teams based in Southern Pines, North Carolina.Instant Teams leads the way as a CX talent marketplace committed to the financial well-being of military families while providing companies instant access to remarkable talent.Liza Rodewald is the Founder and CEO of Instant Teams, a CX marketplace that connects companies with military spouse talent. She is a 4x entrepreneur and software engineer with over 16 years of technical experience. Erica has been a leader in the military community for more than two decades, holding various roles within the Department of Defense and private sector. In 2016, Erica founded Instant Teams with Liza Rodewald. In this episode, Liza, Erica and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that their team thinks through on a

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #241 we welcomed Lynn Schlesinger, Chief Customer Experience Officer (CXO) at Forbes based in New York City. Lynn has 20+ years of experience developing and executing strategies to drive revenue and market cap. Expertise building and leading high-performing B2B + D2C cross-functional marketing teams for global matrixed organizations and lean fast growing companies. The Forbes brand today reaches more than 94 million people worldwide with its business message each month through its magazines and 37 licensed local editions around the globe, Forbes.com, TV, conferences, research, social and mobile platforms. Forbes Media’s brand extensions include conferences, real estate, education, financial services, and technology license agreements.  In this episode, Lynn and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that her team think through on a daily basis to build world class customer

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #240 we welcomed Erik Huberman, Founder and CEO of Hawke Media based in Santa Monica, CA. Since Erik & his team launched in 2014, Hawke Media has swiftly risen to become the fastest-growing marketing agency in the U.S., now valued at over $150 million. Erik's vision for Hawke Media has always been to revolutionize marketing, and they have achieved this with their AI-enabled and tech-integrated approach. They proudly serve over 4,700 brands worldwide, including industry leaders like Red Bull, Casamigos, Verizon, Crocs, and Barstool Sports.In this episode, Erik and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that his team think through on a daily basis to build world class customer & marketing focused experiences.**Episode #240 Highlight Reel:**1. How Hawke disrupted the antiquated space of marketing & advertising. 2. Leveraging marketing data from 8,000 agencies

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #239 we welcomed Dave R. Taylor, Chief Marketing Officer at Impartner based in South Jordan, UT. This week's CXCP guest is Unstoppable at all things marketing: ABM, metrics-based, demand gen, social, Business Development, etc. Deep SaaS expertise. Highly prone to succeed, with 5 successful exits under his belt (and counting.) Collegial, collaborative, passionate and driven. Currently, Dave Taylor is loving working with his amazing team and customers at Impartner.In this episode, Dave and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that his team think through on a daily basis to build world class customer & marketing focused experiences.**Episode #239 Highlight Reel:**1. Investing in Partner Experience (PX) to grow & scale your business 2. How CX & EX can lead to the development of your PX investments  3. Why partners can help grow your business & be a game c

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #238 we welcomed Lee Roquet, CEO at Finch based in Salt Lake City, UT.  Lee is passionate about delivering exceptional customer, team, product, and brand experiences, he brings a unique blend of professionalism, passion, and positivity to his current role as CEO at Finch an e-commerce marketing company. With a track record of achieving outstanding results, Lee is the go-to leader for Experience Management, Customer Success Operations, Business & Revenue Operations, and Building a Positive Team Culture.In this episode, Lee and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that his team think through on a daily basis to build world class customer experiences.**Episode #238 Highlight Reel:**1. Starting in CX and becoming the CEO of the company 2. Why CX/CS makes incredible customer focused business leaders 3. Helping change the world of e-commerce for the better 4. Future of mark

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #237 we were live at Customer Contact Week in the Caesar's Forum Entertainment Center in Las Vegas last month with Ashu Dubey, CEO at Gleen AI based in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. Ashu and his team are building Gleen AI - The most accurate and capable generative AI platform for customer support and success! Generative AI has ushered in a new-era for customer support and they help businesses scale their customer support at a fraction of the cost using Gleen AIIn this episode, Ashu and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that his team think through on a daily basis to build world class customer experiences.**Episode #237 Highlight Reel:**1. How Generative AI/ML is changing the customer landscape rapidly 2. Equipping your customer facing team with "agent-assist" solutions 3. What we can all learn about AI from Meta, Amazon, Google & others4. Educating