Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Board Leadership
References
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Mohan Natraj

Hillsboro,OR

Summary

Revenue growth and Customer Success expert with 15+ years of experience implementing data-driven business strategies, cultivating strong partner ecosystems, and driving revenue via customized go-to-market plans. Proficient in revenue growth, customer success management and data-driven customer strategy and engagement. Well versed in global cross-functional leadership, growth through transformation, and surfacing the voice of the customer.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Fractional CRO and Advisor

SyncWords
New York, NY
06.2023 - Current
  • Design and deliver a tailored Go to Market model to support revenue and customer growth for a highly competitive and fast-growing Live Streaming market to deliver AI based Captions, Subtitles and Voice Translations.

VP of Customer & Partner Success (Part-time)

Shipcom Wireless
Houston, TX
01.2023 - 05.2023
  • Responsible for developing and managing Customer and Partner engagement strategies to deliver world class custom Supply Chain Management solutions to the Government and Commercial sectors.

VP of Global Customer Success & Customer Experience

Rallyware Inc
Mountain View, CA / Kharkiv, Ukraine
11.2021 - 07.2022
  • Designed and set up a tailored Customer Success & Customer Experience practice for delivering exceptional customer outcomes for the Direct Selling market who leveraged Rallyware’s hybrid-SaaS Performance Enablement platform.

VP of Global Customer Success

RESPONSIVE
Beaverton, OR
12.2019 - 07.2021
  • Provided vision and strategic direction for the global Customer Success organization, with responsibility for implementing customer-centric strategies to deliver maximum value in customer outcomes at all post-sale touchpoints across all segments.
  • Managed and grew a $20M book of revenue and enabled a 250% organizational increase to support business growth and increase customer retention.

Professional Services & Customer Success Director

Sage Software, Inc.
Beaverton, OR
11.2013 - 12.2019
  • Strategized and executed a partner-first business model - underpinned by a singular focus on the “customers for life” corporate mission that generated YoY double-digit professional services growth, minimized churn, and maximized customer satisfaction.
  • Crafted and implemented a customer success strategy with a clear focus on maximizing customer retention and helping customers maximize value from their investment.

Market Segment Mgr & Global Channel Sales Leader

IBM
Beaverton, OR
07.2001 - 07.2013
  • Spearheaded the end-to-end development and rollout of the business partner strategy for the Information Lifecycle Governance business, involving close cross-functional collaboration with senior business leaders.
  • Developed, implemented, and optimized global channel sales/business development initiatives to drive product adoption for new managed services offerings across the global mid-market and business partner community.
  • Led cross-functional teams and drove continuous product improvement to meet customer and market needs while facilitating double-digit expansion of the managed services business across new middleware and infrastructure markets.

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing -

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management – Pune University
Pune, India

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemistry -

Osmania University
Hyderabad, India

Skills

  • Executive & Board Leadership
  • Strategic Business Planning
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
  • Customer Success Strategy
  • Budget and P&L Management
  • Professional Services
  • Business Analytics & Reporting
  • Global Partner Strategy
  • Strategic Account Management
  • Product & Vendor Management
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Program/Project Management
  • Crisis Management
  • Change Management
  • Teambuilding & Training
  • Mentoring & Coaching

Board Leadership

  • International Informix User Group (1999 to 2003)
  • Oregon Children’s Theatre (2004 to 2008)

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Fractional CRO and Advisor

SyncWords
06.2023 - Current

VP of Customer & Partner Success (Part-time)

Shipcom Wireless
01.2023 - 05.2023

VP of Global Customer Success & Customer Experience

Rallyware Inc
11.2021 - 07.2022

VP of Global Customer Success

RESPONSIVE
12.2019 - 07.2021

Professional Services & Customer Success Director

Sage Software, Inc.
11.2013 - 12.2019

Market Segment Mgr & Global Channel Sales Leader

IBM
07.2001 - 07.2013

Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing -

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management – Pune University

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Chemistry -

Osmania University
Mohan Natraj