Ed Sowden

AMA: Splunk Director of Customer Success, Ed Sowden on Developing Your Customer Success Career

October 22 @ 10:00AM PT
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Ed Sowden
Splunk EMEA Director of Customer Success6mo
This will depend on how you have set your customer success function up. Are you using CS to drive growth and retention, are you setting up the function to drive technical...
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Ed Sowden
Splunk EMEA Director of Customer Success6mo
It's very feasible to break into the tech industry as a CSM without prior experience. The key thing is to understand what the tech provider is looking for from the role a...
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Ed Sowden
Splunk EMEA Director of Customer Success6mo
There is no typical career path for a CSM. Some people may want to go into management and some may want to become a senior or strategic CSM. I've seem many CSM's grow the...
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Ed Sowden
Splunk EMEA Director of Customer Success6mo
For me the two most important skills above all else for a CSM are Resilience and Problem Solving. In your role as a CSM you are the are the face between the customer and ...
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Ed Sowden
Splunk EMEA Director of Customer Success6mo
Two Key Factors That Have Accelerated My Career in Customer Success1. NetworkBuilding and maintaining a strong professional network has been invaluable.This means staying...
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Where do you see the future of customer success heading?
What skills will a future customer success manager need that he/she doesn't have today?
Ed Sowden
Splunk EMEA Director of Customer Success6mo
Great question.Customer Success has been asking itself this for the past two years:Are we primarily a revenue-generating function?Are we a technical team focused on produ...
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Ed Sowden
Splunk EMEA Director of Customer Success6mo
If you were successful in getting this role and were asked to organize a new joining activity with an unlimited budget for the subsequent new hire what would you organize...
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