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Tara C Lamboley

Tara C Lamboley

Atlanta,GA

Summary

Accomplished Customer Success Manager and CS Team leader with 10+ years of experience in Customer Success and Account Management roles within SaaS and technology services companies. Proficient in building and maintaining relationships with customers to ensure customer satisfaction, account expansion, and account retention. Deep experience in account lifecycle ownership from onboarding to renewal within startup and fast-growth software and technology companies. Highly effective team leader, able to motivate and manage myself and others to achieve stated goals. Recognized publicly by executive management, customers and team members for exceptional customer service and customer advocacy

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Customer Success Manager and Principal Consultant

REV Demand
Atlanta, GA
01.2011 - 06.2018
  • REV Demand is a lead generation consulting services firm that partners with software, IT, and professional services businesses to grow revenue by optimizing and automating marketing and sales processes
  • Consulted with start-up, entrepreneurial and SMB companies to help them develop repeatable processes for growing their customer base
  • Managed a roster of monthly retainer customers, providing them with strategic lead generation strategies, email campaigns, Webinar event management, and CRM/marketing automation implementation services
  • Managed a recurring $8K/month retainer customer base through regular onsite and virtual strategic account client meetings, as well as technology tools
  • Provided project management services to coordinate multiple vendors/consultants on client projects
  • Delivered turnkey Webinar event services, including target market strategy, content development, promotion, hosting, and technical support for customers
  • Onboarded new customers with CRM and marketing automation platforms such as Hubspot, Zoho, and Act-On Software

Sales and Marketing Manager

Automated Solutions Consulting Group (ASC Group)
05.2009 - 06.2018
  • ASC Group is a $2M private company providing managed IT services solutions for private schools, non-profit organizations, medical practices, and businesses
  • Joined ASC Group as a start-up company in order to grow its existing customer base and manage the sales and marketing processes
  • Managed ASC Group’s marketing efforts, such as trade shows, seminars, email campaigns, and business community networking
  • Designed and implemented a consistent and effective account management process which improved customer satisfaction and Increased repeat business from existing clients by 45%
  • Led weekly account strategy review team meetings and trained new team members on company sales and marketing processes

Customer Success Manager

MFG, A Shapeways Company
Atlanta, GA
01.2018 - 01.2024
  • MFG is a SaaS platform designed to connect manufacturers with companies looking to source custom manufactured parts. MFG was acquired by Shapeways in May 2022
  • Promoted the success of a book of customers throughout their entire lifecycle, including: Onboarding, ongoing account management, recovery and contract renewal
  • Troubleshooting of any technical issues customers were experiencing
  • Recovered customers who were dissatisfied with their results and reviewed strategies for better outcomes
  • Closed the sale of the customer’s annual contract renewal, as well as up-sold/cross-sold additional services
  • Met weekly with internal product development team to review any bugs or customer-requested enhancements to the system
  • Spearheaded the creation of the Customer Success team at MFG and the expansion to 5 team members in 3.5 years
  • Led weekly Customer Success team meetings to review team performance metrics, account management strategies and customer feedback on product features
  • Designed and implemented process for “white glove” concierge service for struggling customers, incorporating other functional teams within MFG
  • Streamlined customer onboarding process for accelerated product adoption and increased retention rates.

Customer Success Manager

Bottomline Technologies Inc De (fka Optio Software
Alpharetta, GA
12.2006 - 03.2008

BottomLine Technologies is a public company providing payment and financial management solutions software for enterprise customers in the financial services industry.

Managed a multi-state territory encompassing over 300 customers, with emphasis on increasing services from dormant customers. Performed onsite needs assessment of customers’ business and technical operations, in order to develop solutions.

• Generated $100,000 in software upgrades within first 6 months with “dormant” customer accounts (had not purchased anything in 5+ years)
• Executed Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) within strategic enterprise customer accounts
• Developed $2M pipeline in overall new business opportunities within first 12 months of service within existing customer base

Education

Bachelor of Arts - English, Business Communications

Furman University
Greenville, SC
06.1996

Skills

  • Customer Advocacy
  • Leadership & Team Building
  • Relationship Building
  • Renewal Sales
  • Account Management
  • Customer Onboarding
  • Mentoring & Coaching
  • Product Adoption & Expansion
  • Customer Engagement
  • Customer Retention
  • Cross-Functional Teamwork
  • CRM Workflow Design & Implementation
  • Tech tools: Hubspot, Zoho, Salesloft, Sales Cloud, Jira, Slack
  • Strategic Planning
  • Startup & Rapid-Growth Environments
  • Effective Communication
  • C-level Engagement

Accomplishments

· Increased customer renewal rate from company average of 12% to 54% over first 12 months in CS role due to strong relationship-building skills and account retention strategies

· Reduced 2023 customer churn rate from 10% per month to 4% per month

· Led weekly Customer Success team meetings and trained incoming CS team members

· Designed and implemented Customer Success team customer onboarding and account management workflows within Hubspot and Salesloft apps

· Developed $2M pipeline in new product sales opportunities within existing customer accounts in 12 months

Software

Hubspot

Slack

Jira

Salesforce

Salesloft

Sales Cloud

Zoho

Microsoft Office suite

Google Workspace

Work Availability

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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

RemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Career advancement401k matchWork from home optionStock Options / Equity / Profit SharingPersonal development programsPaid time offCompany Culture

Timeline

Customer Success Manager

MFG, A Shapeways Company
01.2018 - 01.2024

Customer Success Manager and Principal Consultant

REV Demand
01.2011 - 06.2018

Sales and Marketing Manager

Automated Solutions Consulting Group (ASC Group)
05.2009 - 06.2018

Customer Success Manager

Bottomline Technologies Inc De (fka Optio Software
12.2006 - 03.2008

Bachelor of Arts - English, Business Communications

Furman University
Tara C Lamboley