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The Rebels Of SaaS

Dannah Vaughan
Customer Success
Artificial Intelligence
Saas
Customer Success Talent Playbook
Akeneo
Fractional Customer Success
Splunk
Net Promoter Score
15-Minute QBR
Revenue
Grief
Crush Churn Consulting
Turo
Digital CS
Eleni Vorvis
The Strategic Customer Success Manager
AI In CS
Hyperbound
Redirect Health
NPS Methodology

Are you a rebel? This is a podcast for you! Follow the stories of business unicorns that don't say yes, but instead move the bar to new heights!

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In this episode we sit down with Rob Zambito (CEO of Success-Scaled Consulting) and we dial in to explore the undeniable power of human connection in Customer Success. We dive into the "Service Recovery Paradox," killer discovery questions, the Five-... more

In the Season 4 premiere of Rebels of SaaS, Cisco leader Frank Murphy shares his profound journey from public service to tech leadership, intertwining his career path with his deeply personal experience of raising and losing a child with severe medic... more

In the Season 3 finale of Rebels of SaaS, Dannah welcomes Kate Neal from Gainsight to explore how to effectively operationalize AI across the customer journey. Kate shares her unique career evolution and reveals how AI-native platforms can uncover "h... more

In this episode, SaaS veteran Jared Cook joins Dannah Barnett Vaughan to discuss his journey through giants like Adobe and Domo to founding Crush Churn Consulting. Jared reveals how his passion for problem-solving led him to build a thriving, automat... more

Stop settling for "AI hype" and start building actual ROI by bridging the massive gap between executive expectations and team execution. In this episode, Top 100 CS Strategist Jeff Cann reveals why the secret to mastering AI at work actually starts w... more

In this episode of Rebels of SaaS, I’m joined by Kim Ayala, Director of Customer Success (Americas & APAC) at Akeneo, to challenge the common misconception that "sales" is a dirty word in Customer Success. Kim shares her "rebellious" approach to post... more

In this episode, host Dannah Vaughan sits down with Julie Fox — CS leader, career changer, and co-author of the Customer Success Talent Playbook — to talk about the journey that brought her to customer success and what keeps her fired up about the sp... more

In this episode Dannah Vaughan sits down with Eleni Vorvis, a Top 100 CS Thought Leader, to explore the rapidly growing world of fractional leadership. Eleni shares her 20-year journey from accidental customer support to strategic consulting, offerin... more

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Frank Murphy
Director of customer success, management, engineering and collaboration at Cisco
Cisco
Episode: Frank Murphy: Embracing the Suck – What to Do When Grief Comes for You and Your Team
Kate Neal
Guest from Gainsight; AI strategy leader
Gainsight
Episode: Season 3 Finale - Kate Neal on AI Proofing your CS Career
Jared Cook
Founder of Crush Churn Consulting; former executive in customer success; co-host of a Turo-based side hustle
Crush Churn Consulting; Turo-based car-sharing operation in Utah
Episode: Jared Cook - A Rebel Story of a CS Leader Scaling a Side Hustle with AI
Jeff Cann
Top 100 CS strategist and three-time SaaS exits guest on the show
Independent/CS strategy expert
Episode: Jeff Cann - A Rebel Story of Using AI as your Strategic Value Engineer
Kim Ayala
Director of Customer Success, Americas and APAC for Akeneo
Akeneo
Episode: Kim Ayala - A Rebel's Tale of Dismantling the Sales Stigma in CS
Julie Fox
CS executive and author of Customer Success Talent Playbook
Episode: A Rebel Story - Julie Fox on the Power of Your Network, Your Voice & Community
Eleni Vorvis
CS leader, community builder, and advocate for fractional customer success
Episode: Eleni Vorvis - A Rebel Story of Fractional Customer Success
Carl Lenocker
Executive leader in CS at Splunk; AI board member
Splunk
Episode: Carl Lenocker - A Rebel Story about a Success Plan for Life (and the Customer Success Junk Drawer)
Seán Reid
Customer success strategist and speaker
Self-employed / SaaS strategist in Ireland
Episode: Sean Reid - A Rebel Story of How to Show Up in the Boardroom as a Customer Success Executive

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A Rebel Story of Augmented Leadership - James Sonderegger
Q: So forgiveness, curiosity, and empathy are at the core of this approach—how do you operationalize that in a large organization?
By structuring leadership development around delegation, using the Eisenhower matrix as a base, and applying agentic AI to triage tasks so leaders can focus on high-impact, human-centric activities while still maintaining accountability.
Jared Cook - A Rebel Story of a CS Leader Scaling a Side Hustle with AI
Q: Tell us how you ended up doing what you're doing from a side perspective and a little bit about it.
Jared describes diversifying income streams as investments in resilience, detailing how he built an automation app for his Turo business using Base 44, hired drivers, and scaled from one to ten cars while maintaining a focus on time freedom and measurable margins.
Carl Lenocker - A Rebel Story about a Success Plan for Life (and the Customer Success Junk Drawer)
Q: How should CS professionals approach conversations with large customers to uncover real needs and drive outcomes?
Start with relationship-building, use structured questions about value and metrics, probe for who else is involved, and map out how to demonstrate measurable outcomes that justify continued partnership and renewal.
Carl Lenocker - A Rebel Story about a Success Plan for Life (and the Customer Success Junk Drawer)
Q: What advice do you give for negotiating salary and advancing career within large tech companies?
Identify companies that can afford to pay, build internal relationships to gain access, and present yourself as a business leader who can contribute at the executive level, not just technically; leverage the leverage points inside large orgs to secure interviews and promotions.
Carl Lenocker - A Rebel Story about a Success Plan for Life (and the Customer Success Junk Drawer)
Q: What does your plan for life look like and how can listeners apply it to their own careers?
Carl describes a concrete, long-term blueprint focusing on relationship-building, strategic thinking, and ongoing upskilling to move into senior CS leadership and executive roles, with a view toward creating lasting value for customers.

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What is The Rebels Of SaaS about and what kind of topics does it cover?

This show centers on rebellious, ambitious leaders and practitioners in SaaS, with a strong emphasis on customer success, AI-enabled workflows, and practical, human-friendly approaches to growth. Episodes frequently explore how to blend operational rigor with authentic leadership, discoverable customer feedback, and bold, often contrarian strategies that challenge standard SaaS playbooks. Noteworthy threads include human-centered AI adoption, the value of meaningful metrics beyond the obvious numbers, and stories of resilience, talent development, and innovative go-to-market approaches. It's likely to appeal to listeners who enjoy candid, experience-driven conversations, a bias toward experimentation, and a community-minded, “rebellion in S... more

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2. Kate Neal
3. Jared Cook
4. Jeff Cann
5. Kim Ayala
6. Julie Fox
7. Eleni Vorvis
8. Carl Lenocker

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