
Chief Customer Officer at Volusion
Austin, Texas Area

Chief Customer Officer at Volusion
Austin, Texas Area
Customer-focused executive with a proven track record of driving innovation, building high-performance teams, and creating engaging customer experiences. "Big picture" outlook combines with extensive operational background to create solutions that are both innovative and pragmatic.
Extensive industry experience in IT services, online content and e-business.
customer experience management, operations management, organizational development, social media, lean six sigma, net promoter score methodology
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
Creating customer loyalty through service excellence, engaging experiences, and a customer-centric culture.
Executive leadership of customer experience, service delivery, process excellence, human resources, and legal functions.
(Public Company; RAX; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2006 — March 2009 (3 years 3 months)
Responsible for leading cross-company initiatives to continually evolve the Rackspace service-delivery model. Serve as a champion for customer-centric thinking across the organization.
Key initiatives include Net Promoter system, Lean Six Sigma, and customer-centric support model.
Previous leadership roles within Rackspace include leading Customer Care and Support Strategy functions.
(Publishing industry)
October 2003 — January 2006 (2 years 4 months)
Responsible for corporate online strategy and operations.
Full P&L responsibility for web sales channel (b2b & b2c), new media product lines, online marketing and online communities.
(Public Company; FDX; Printing industry)
October 2000 — October 2003 (3 years 1 month)
Managed operational roll-out of Sign and Banner Center product lines.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1997 — October 2000 (3 years 2 months)
Oversaw infrastructure engineering, product development and technical operations for an angel-funded internet startup.
Rackspace Leadership Development Program 2007 — 2008
customer experience, emerging technology, net promoter score
Creative Good Customer Experience Council,
IEEE Computer Society,
Project Management Institute
Lean Six Sigma Executive Champion
Speaker/Workshop Leader:
* "Six Sigma for Service Industries" (IQPC Customer Loyalty Summit)
* "Measuring Customer Loyalty with Net Promoter" (Rackspace Customer Conference)
* Panelist: "Net Promoter Round Table" (Bain & Co. Customer Loyalty Forum)
* "Getting on the Grid:The Basics of Social Media" (International Association of Business Communicators)