OpsStars - A RevOps Podcast

Seth is a self-proclaimed “unredeemable CS Geek,” passionate about creating human first connections. He brings over fifteen years of experience in various analyst and customer success roles and leadership positions. Before his current role at Gainsight, Seth was the Director of Customer Success Operations at InsightSquared, where he managed various swaths of their CS. He saw the organization grow from fewer than ten employees to the largest company he had ever worked for.Today, Seth shares how CS Operations can become a strategic leader and partner to the CCO, what the maturity evolution of this role and the team looks like and what capabilities and skills are required to become a high-performing CS Ops team.Episode resourcesSeth Wylie on LinkedInGainsight WebsiteCS Ops CentralJoin the OpsStars CommunityIf you enjoyed this episode, then please either:Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyOpsStars RSS FeedCheck out OpsStars PodcastOpsStars Podcast is hand crafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Evan Liang of LeanData, Ross Nibur of Toast, Chelsea Katich of McGraw Hill, Chris Van't Hof of CB Insights, Jeff Ignacio of Forethought, Sean Lane of Drift, Kerry Cunningham of 6sense, Seth Wylie of Gainsight, Karen Mangia of Salesforce, Jon Miller of Demandbase, Pat Oldenburg of Motive, Raheel Alam of Showpad, TJ Macke of Sapper Consulting, David Dulany of Tenbound, Mary Shea of Outreach, Asia Corbett of Bread Financial, Crissy Vetere-Saunders of CS2 MarketingCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:What It Means To Be An OpsStar with Kimberly GalitzTrust the Process! - How a Process-Driven Mindset Helps Improve the Buyer Experience with Asia CorbettTrue RevOps Connects Marketing, Sales, CS, & Product with Jordan Henderson

Krystal is a Pipeline Strategist at Panther, a cloud-scale security analytics platform that alleviates the pain of traditional SIEM with detections-as-code and a scalable security data lake. She initially got into sales operations as a personal trainer. Krystal brings over seven years of experience in various Sales and RevOps roles and leadership positions. Before her current role, she was the Director of Revenue Operations at Capacity and the Manager of Sales Development at BizLibrary. She also ran a fitness and wellness business for over seven years, having helped hundreds of people improve their quality of life, both physically and emotionally.Today, Krystal joins us to share her career journey from Sales to RevOps and into Pipeline Strategy and how this new role collaborates with the go-to-market teams to optimize strategies and processes to increase revenue.Episode resourcesKrystal Diel on LinkedInPanther Website6sense WebsiteThe Pipeline Strategist Blog Join the OpsStars CommunityIf you enjoyed this episode, then please either:Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyOpsStars RSS FeedCheck out OpsStars PodcastOpsStars Podcast is hand crafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Evan Liang of LeanData, Ross Nibur of Toast, Chelsea Katich of McGraw Hill, Chris Van't Hof of CB Insights, Jeff Ignacio of Forethought, Sean Lane of Drift, Kerry Cunningham of 6sense, Seth Wylie of Gainsight, Karen Mangia of Salesforce, Jon Miller of Demandbase, Pat Oldenburg of Motive, Raheel Alam of Showpad, TJ Macke of Sapper Consulting, David Dulany of Tenbound, Mary Shea of Outreach, Asia Corbett of Bread Financial, Crissy Vetere-Saunders of CS2 MarketingCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:What It Means To Be An OpsStar with Kimberly GalitzTrust the Process! - How a Process-Driven Mindset Helps Improve the Buyer Experience with Asia CorbettTrue RevOps Connects Marketing, Sales, CS, & Product with Jordan Henderson

In this episode, Rachael is joined by Justin Schmidt, VP of Marketing at Capacity, an enterprise artificial intelligence SaaS company focused on helping teams do their best work. He is also the host of the Support Automation Show, where he hosts conversations with leaders in customer or employee support who are using technology to answer questions, automate processes, and build innovative solutions to any business challenge. Justin brings over twenty years of experience in various marketing leadership roles, mainly in digital marketing and publishing. Before his current position, he was the VP of Publishing Operations in Marketing at Multiply, where he led a thirty-member team.Today, Justin shares his thoughts and the advantages of having Marketing and Sales Ops on the same team. Episode resourcesJustin Schmidt on LinkedInCapacity’s Official WebsiteThe Support Automation ShowJoin the OpsStars CommunityIf you enjoyed this episode, then please either:Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyOpsStars RSS FeedCheck out OpsStars PodcastOpsStars Podcast is hand crafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Evan Liang of LeanData, Ross Nibur of Toast, Chelsea Katich of McGraw Hill, Chris Van't Hof of CB Insights, Jeff Ignacio of Forethought, Sean Lane of Drift, Kerry Cunningham of 6sense, Seth Wylie of Gainsight, Karen Mangia of Salesforce, Jon Miller of Demandbase, Pat Oldenburg of Motive, Raheel Alam of Showpad, TJ Macke of Sapper Consulting, David Dulany of Tenbound, Mary Shea of Outreach, Asia Corbett of Bread Financial, Crissy Vetere-Saunders of CS2 MarketingCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:What It Means To Be An OpsStar with Kimberly GalitzTrust the Process! - How a Process-Driven Mindset Helps Improve the Buyer Experience with Asia CorbettTrue RevOps Connects Marketing, Sales, CS, & Product with Jordan Henderson

In this episode, Rachael is joined by Ryann Morrow, Senior Director, Sales Development at Cybrary, a cyber security professional development platform that provides IT and security professionals with the knowledge and skills to achieve their career goals. Ryann joined Cybrary in 2019 and in 2020, Cybrary won an OpsStars Award for Highest ROI Program of the Year for driving a 133% increase in a pipeline in just one quarter after a major project to automate their go-to-market processes. In this episode, Ryann shares how she took her sales development team from survival mode to a thriving organization, by aligning with big picture business goals.Episode resourcesRyann Morrow on LinkedInCybrary’s WebsiteOpsStars Award Winning Story: CybraryJoin the OpsStars CommunityIf you enjoyed this episode, then please either:Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyOpsStars RSS FeedCheck out OpsStars PodcastOpsStars Podcast is hand crafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Evan Liang of LeanData, Ross Nibur of Toast, Chelsea Katich of McGraw Hill, Chris Van't Hof of CB Insights, Jeff Ignacio of Forethought, Sean Lane of Drift, Kerry Cunningham of 6sense, Seth Wylie of Gainsight, Karen Mangia of Salesforce, Jon Miller of Demandbase, Pat Oldenburg of Motive, Raheel Alam of Showpad, TJ Macke of Sapper Consulting, David Dulany of Tenbound, Mary Shea of Outreach, Asia Corbett of Bread Financial, Crissy Vetere-Saunders of CS2 MarketingCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:What It Means To Be An OpsStar with Kimberly GalitzTrust the Process! - How a Process-Driven Mindset Helps Improve the Buyer Experience with Asia CorbettTrue RevOps Connects Marketing, Sales, CS, & Product with Jordan Henderson

In this episode, Rachael is joined by Mary Shea, Global Innovation Evangelist at Outreach, the first and only sales execution platform that helps revenue teams bring intelligence to workflows, unlock full visibility across the entire revenue cycle, and commit forecasts with confidence. Previously she was a Principal Analyst at Forrester, where she led research and authored the inaugural Forrester Wave for the Sales Engagement category. Now with Outreach, Mary conducts thought-provoking research on the sales technology landscape, the future of buying and selling, and the criticality of having a diverse, equitable, and inclusive B2B sales organization. She is also the co-host of the Revenue Innovators podcast.She joins us today to share insights on the new era of sales and why leaders are focused on new strategies, technology, training, diversity, equity, and inclusion to set their organizations up for success.Episode resourcesMary Shea on LinkedInMary Shea on TwitterOutreach WebsiteRevenue Innovators PodcastPaper: B2B Leaders Usher In A New Era Of SalesReport: Diversity Drives Sales Success Book: Caste: The Origins of Our DiscontentsJoin the OpsStars CommunityIf you enjoyed this episode, then please either:Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyOpsStars RSS FeedCheck out OpsStars PodcastOpsStars Podcast is hand crafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Evan Liang of LeanData, Ross Nibur of Toast, Chelsea Katich of McGraw Hill, Chris Van't Hof of CB Insights, Jeff Ignacio of Forethought, Sean Lane of Drift, Kerry Cunningham of 6sense, Seth Wylie of Gainsight, Karen Mangia of Salesforce, Jon Miller of Demandbase, Pat Oldenburg of Motive, Raheel Alam of Showpad, TJ Macke of Sapper Consulting, David Dulany of Tenbound, Mary Shea of Outreach, Asia Corbett of Bread Financial, Crissy Vetere-Saunders of CS2 MarketingCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:What It Means To Be An OpsStar with Kimberly GalitzTrust the Process! - How a Process-Driven Mindset Helps Improve the Buyer Experience with Asia CorbettTrue RevOps Connects Marketing, Sales, CS, & Product with Jordan Henderson

In this episode, Rachel is joined by Elizabeth Medlicott, Director of Marketing Operations at Model N. Elizabeth has over a decade of experience in marketing operations, primarily in B2B software, for enterprise, mid-market, and start-up businesses, including public and unicorn companies. She is skilled in Marketo, SFDC, ABM, data migration, data management, and various marketing/sales tech stack tools. Model N was also a finalist for a 2021 OpsStars Award for Digital Transformation.In today's episode, Elizabeth shares how to build a revenue dashboard. In doing so, removing huge operational burdens on MOPs by automating reports and improving the speed and access to critical business information.Learn more about Elizabeth and Model N:Elizabeth Medlicott on LinkedInModel N WebsiteThe OpsStars Podcast WebsiteJoin the OpsStars CommunityIf you enjoyed this episode, then please either:Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyOpsStars RSS FeedCheck out OpsStars PodcastOpsStars Podcast is hand crafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Evan Liang of LeanData, Ross Nibur of Toast, Chelsea Katich of McGraw Hill, Chris Van't Hof of CB Insights, Jeff Ignacio of Forethought, Sean Lane of Drift, Kerry Cunningham of 6sense, Seth Wylie of Gainsight, Karen Mangia of Salesforce, Jon Miller of Demandbase, Pat Oldenburg of Motive, Raheel Alam of Showpad, TJ Macke of Sapper Consulting, David Dulany of Tenbound, Mary Shea of Outreach, Asia Corbett of Bread Financial, Crissy Vetere-Saunders of CS2 MarketingCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:What It Means To Be An OpsStar with Kimberly GalitzTrust the Process! - How a Process-Driven Mindset Helps Improve the Buyer Experience with Asia CorbettTrue RevOps Connects Marketing, Sales, CS, & Product with Jordan Henderson

In this episode, Rachael is joined by Sean Lane, VP of Field Operations at Drift, a conversational marketing platform that combines chat, email, video, and automation to remove the friction from business buying. Sean started his career in customer success and later led a sales development team. It was there that he learned how important operations were to all the GTM teams’ success. Sean has spent the last four years in operations at Drift, leveraging his experience across the customer journey, working across all the different parts of the operations spectrum — marketing ops, sales ops, and CS ops.Sean is also the host of the podcast “Operations with Sean Lane,” where he goes under the hood of how hyper-growth companies operate and gives operational tactics needed to scale growth and drive results at your company.Sean shares how operations can play an instrumental role in designing and ensuring a great customer experience.Episode Resources:Sean Lane on LinkedInSean Lane on TwitterDrift WebsiteOperations with Sean Lane PodcastJoin the OpsStars CommunityIf you enjoyed this episode, then please either:Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyOpsStars RSS FeedCheck out OpsStars PodcastOpsStars Podcast is hand crafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Evan Liang of LeanData, Ross Nibur of Toast, Chelsea Katich of McGraw Hill, Chris Van't Hof of CB Insights, Jeff Ignacio of Forethought, Sean Lane of Drift, Kerry Cunningham of 6sense, Seth Wylie of Gainsight, Karen Mangia of Salesforce, Jon Miller of Demandbase, Pat Oldenburg of Motive, Raheel Alam of Showpad, TJ Macke of Sapper Consulting, David Dulany of Tenbound, Mary Shea of Outreach, Asia Corbett of Bread Financial, Crissy Vetere-Saunders of CS2 MarketingCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:What It Means To Be An OpsStar with Kimberly GalitzTrust the Process! - How a Process-Driven Mindset Helps Improve the Buyer Experience with Asia CorbettTrue RevOps Connects Marketing, Sales, CS, & Product with Jordan Henderson

In this episode, Rachael is joined by Jeff Ignacio, host of The Revenue Architect Podcast, a podcast for anyone deeply interested in building go-to-market capabilities, revenue operations, and revenue enablement.Jeff brings a breadth of knowledge learned from his experience across various sales and revenue operations positions. Before his current role, he was the head of revenue and growth operations at UpKeep where he built and developed a team composed of marketing operations, business systems, customer success operations, and revenue enablement.Jeff will share why it’s a great time for Ops to move from order taker to valued partner to sales – a shift that will earn them a seat at the decision making table and enable them to be leaders in their own right.Episode resources:Jeff on LinkedInJeff on TwitterSales IQ Global WebsiteThe Revenue Architect PodcastThe OpsStars Podcast WebsiteJoin the OpsStars CommunityIf you enjoyed this episode, then please either:Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyOpsStars RSS FeedCheck out OpsStars PodcastOpsStars Podcast is hand crafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Evan Liang of LeanData, Ross Nibur of Toast, Chelsea Katich of McGraw Hill, Chris Van't Hof of CB Insights, Jeff Ignacio of Forethought, Sean Lane of Drift, Kerry Cunningham of 6sense, Seth Wylie of Gainsight, Karen Mangia of Salesforce, Jon Miller of Demandbase, Pat Oldenburg of Motive, Raheel Alam of Showpad, TJ Macke of Sapper Consulting, David Dulany of Tenbound, Mary Shea of Outreach, Asia Corbett of Bread Financial, Crissy Vetere-Saunders of CS2 MarketingCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:What It Means To Be An OpsStar with Kimberly GalitzTrust the Process! - How a Process-Driven Mindset Helps Improve the Buyer Experience with Asia CorbettTrue RevOps Connects Marketing, Sales, CS, & Product with Jordan Henderson

In this episode, Rachael is joined by Greg Poirier, the CEO and founder of CloudKettle, a company specializing in improving operations and revenue growth for large enterprises through marketing automation, lead generation, sales management, and renewals. He is also an advisor at Salesforce Accelerate, a three-month virtual program powered by Salesforce for Startups.Greg is a sought-after speaker and advisor that specializes in marketing and sales operations for SaaS companies with many industry awards to his credit, notably the EY Entrepreneur of the Year (2018) and Atlantic Business Top 50 CEOs. Today he shares his advice on how Revenue Operations professionals can build effective dashboards, including ones that the C-Suite will adore.Episode resources:Greg Poirier on LinkedInGreg Poirier on TwitterCloudKettle WebsiteThe OpsStars Podcast WebsiteJoin the OpsStars CommunityIf you enjoyed this episode, then please either:Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyOpsStars RSS FeedCheck out OpsStars PodcastOpsStars Podcast is hand crafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Evan Liang of LeanData, Ross Nibur of Toast, Chelsea Katich of McGraw Hill, Chris Van't Hof of CB Insights, Jeff Ignacio of Forethought, Sean Lane of Drift, Kerry Cunningham of 6sense, Seth Wylie of Gainsight, Karen Mangia of Salesforce, Jon Miller of Demandbase, Pat Oldenburg of Motive, Raheel Alam of Showpad, TJ Macke of Sapper Consulting, David Dulany of Tenbound, Mary Shea of Outreach, Asia Corbett of Bread Financial, Crissy Vetere-Saunders of CS2 MarketingCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:What It Means To Be An OpsStar with Kimberly GalitzTrust the Process! - How a Process-Driven Mindset Helps Improve the Buyer Experience with Asia CorbettTrue RevOps Connects Marketing, Sales, CS, & Product with Jordan Henderson

In this episode, Rachael is joined by Jason Reichl, the CRO at Breadcrumbs, a revenue acceleration platform based on a co-dynamic lead scoring and routing engine living at the intersection of marketing and sales.He also co-founded Go Nimbly, a Revenue Operations consultancy, where he currently serves as a board member, advisor, and RevOps Evangelist. He joins us to discuss how today’s customers expect a personalized buying experience and how RevOps can use data and analytics to close the experiential gaps in their GTM processes to maximize revenue.Episode resources:Jason on LinkedInJason on TwitterBreadcrumbs CommunityGo Nimbly CommunityThe OpsStars Podcast WebsiteJoin the OpsStars CommunityIf you enjoyed this episode, then please either:Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow on SpotifyOpsStars RSS FeedCheck out OpsStars PodcastOpsStars Podcast is hand crafted by our friends over at: fame.soPrevious guests include: Evan Liang of LeanData, Ross Nibur of Toast, Chelsea Katich of McGraw Hill, Chris Van't Hof of CB Insights, Jeff Ignacio of Forethought, Sean Lane of Drift, Kerry Cunningham of 6sense, Seth Wylie of Gainsight, Karen Mangia of Salesforce, Jon Miller of Demandbase, Pat Oldenburg of Motive, Raheel Alam of Showpad, TJ Macke of Sapper Consulting, David Dulany of Tenbound, Mary Shea of Outreach, Asia Corbett of Bread Financial, Crissy Vetere-Saunders of CS2 MarketingCheck out our three most downloaded episodes:What It Means To Be An OpsStar with Kimberly GalitzTrust the Process! - How a Process-Driven Mindset Helps Improve the Buyer Experience with Asia CorbettTrue RevOps Connects Marketing, Sales, CS, & Product with Jordan Henderson