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Rachelle Castro

American Canyon,CA

Summary

I am a results-driven, organized and highly self-motivated Account Manager with over 15+ years of relevant work experience in a fast growing technology environment. Currently, I work with large practices and clinics as a Senior Client Success Manager, helping retain and grow businesses.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Customer Success Manager

Allscripts
02.2024 - Current
  • Collaborated with sales, product, and support teams to ensure seamless onboarding and account management processes.
  • Conducted regular business reviews with key stakeholders to track progress towards goals and identify areas for improvement.
  • Served as the primary point-of-contact for strategic clients, ensuring timely resolution of issues and effective communication.
  • Enhanced customer satisfaction by implementing personalized success strategies for key accounts.
  • Established strong relationships with clients to build trust and loyalty, leading to long-term business partnerships.
  • Achieved revenue targets by managing renewals effectively and identifying upsell opportunities within existing accounts.
  • Reduced churn rate by proactively identifying at-risk customers and addressing their needs.
  • Improved internal knowledge-sharing capabilities through collaboration tools implementation.

Senior Client Advocate

Practice Fusion
01.2019 - Current
  • Establish, maintain, and grow relationships with portfolio of accounts through active engagement, personable interactions and efficient service deliveryHost product optimization workshops (webinars) and personalize interactions with clients for EHR and PM solutions
  • Manage and facilitate interactions from post implementation and build relationships to orchestrate effective sales and delivery of value-added solutions
  • Define and implement new ways to grow and retain customers
  • Drive customer interaction with base users post sales to help drive adoption and utilization of revenue driving features (eRx, labs, imaging, and 3rd party partners)
  • Retain strategic practices post implementation and produce long term loyal customers
  • Understand client needs and objectives to uncover upsell and renewal opportunities
  • Work with cross-functional departments to develop customer programs, materials, processes and best practices to ensure successful implementation of revenue driving features
  • Build strong domain expertise within the product and industry
  • Troubleshoot internal, cross-organizational issues while serving as an advocate for customers
  • Develop and evolve sales strategy, positioning and objection management
  • Meet and exceed weekly, monthly and quarterly performance goals and objectives

Senior Account Manager

Certona
10.2016 - 01.2019
  • Develop, nurture, and monitor effective communication channels with clients and internal teams to support Client and internal goals
  • Create, execute and oversee action plans to track client activities and projects and ensure engagement by appropriate parties through completion
  • Prepare and present business reviews (QBRs)
  • Drive clients to adopt best practices and strategies that will improve Recommendation results
  • Manage renewal process and support sales
  • Capture service requests and deliver quotes via the Statement of Work process
  • Promote new services and collaborate with sales partners
  • Handle daily support requests and triage any issues to a timely resolution
  • Utilization of web developer tools and understanding of CSS, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, Web Services
  • Support post-sales initiatives, gather testimonials and acquire key executive sponsorships

Client Support Specialist

Certona
10.2015 - 10.2016
  • Administrative support for critical calls (notes, action items with responsible parties and observations)
  • Console support – rule/strategy setup/custom lists/exclusion lists
  • Administrative assistance with projects, via AM assigned tasks, as needed (QBR's/SOW/Case Studies)
  • Monitor Assigned Clients for Changes in Performance
  • Administrative Support for Client Testing Activities
  • Escalate concerns to AM/X-Ops if results do not meet expectations
  • Communicate Testing status updates to Account Team
  • Administrative Support for the ticket process, including daily support requests, and pre-ticket entry triage
  • Troubleshoot Performance and Feed Alert Notices
  • Create and Distribute Maintenance & Release Notifications to Clients

Client Services Manager - Northeast Region

SmartZip
07.2015 - 10.2015
  • Hiring and retaining a group of Account Managers
  • Working with the sales organization to ensure customer retention
  • Developing plans for customers that outline their critical success factors, metrics for success, potential issues, and provide recommendations
  • Developing programs focused on enhancing SmartZip products in conjunction with client's existing marketing strategies
  • Monitoring and facilitating the client's adoption of our solution's features and functionality
  • Leveraging customer relationships as needed for prospect references
  • Prioritizing and driving resolution on escalated customer issues
  • Defining customer strategies for pre-defined territories
  • Driving key initiatives and behaviors amongst team
  • Managing executive, mid-level, and project relationships among a diverse set of customers

Senior Account Manager

SmartZip
11.2013 - 07.2015
  • Leverage comprehensive understanding of SmartZip products and platform to provide relevant adoption and technical recommendations on solutions and enhancements customized to customers' business needs
  • Work with the customers to ensure they are leveraging the solution and achieving success and engaging fee-based resources as necessary
  • Onboard customers to ensure maximum usage of products
  • Monitor and identify trends in SmartZip adoption and utilization and provide guidance to customers
  • Provide timely account or issue executive summary status reporting both to customers and management
  • Identify and grow opportunities within territory and collaborate with sales teams to ensure growth attainment
  • Identify and assess renewal risks for customers' campaigns and collaborate with internal teams to ameliorate
  • Assist with high severity request or issue escalations as needed

Education

Project Management Certification - Project Management

U.C. Berkeley Extension Program
Berkeley, CA
06.2023

Bachelor of Arts - Broadcasting Journalism

San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
06.2004

Skills

  • Upselling strategies
  • Relationship management
  • Customer advocacy
  • Data-driven decision making
  • Revenue growth
  • Account management
  • Process improvement
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Salesforce proficiency
  • Strategic communications
  • Customer retention
  • Strategic planning
  • Negotiation
  • Cross-functional coordination

Timeline

Senior Customer Success Manager

Allscripts
02.2024 - Current

Senior Client Advocate

Practice Fusion
01.2019 - Current

Senior Account Manager

Certona
10.2016 - 01.2019

Client Support Specialist

Certona
10.2015 - 10.2016

Client Services Manager - Northeast Region

SmartZip
07.2015 - 10.2015

Senior Account Manager

SmartZip
11.2013 - 07.2015

Bachelor of Arts - Broadcasting Journalism

San Francisco State University

Project Management Certification - Project Management

U.C. Berkeley Extension Program
Rachelle Castro