#updateai #customersuccess #saas #business Szuyin Leow, VP of Customer Experience at Transcend joins the hosts ⁠⁠Kristi Faltorusso⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Jon Johnson⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Josh Schachter⁠⁠. They discuss the importance of hiring subject matter experts in customer success and the impact of personal experiences on professional development. Timestamps 0:00 - Preview 0:36 - BS & Intros 4:04 - Meet Szuyin 6:08 - Need for GDPR rules 8:25 - Kristi is not friends with Josh 8:55 - CS & CS tool stack at Transcend 13:51 - Hiring a CSM for renewals 17:45 - Kristi is insecure about not having a consulting background 25:41 - Pick a leader, not a job 26:54 - Identifying superpowers 28:50 - You don't need a CS background 32:10 - Szuyin's husband is a YouTuber. 34:00 - Personalizing interactions beyond the monkey sphere 43:15 - Simplifying customer experience ___________________________ 👉 Connect with the guest Szuyin Leow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/szuyinleow/ 👉 Connect with hosts Jon Johnson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonwilliamjohnson/ Kristi Faltorusso: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristiserrano/ Josh Schachter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jschachter/ 👉 Sign up for ⁠UpdateAI⁠ - the only Zoom virtual assistant for customer-facing teams. 👉 Be the first to know when a new episode of Unchurned is dropped. Sign up for our newsletter at ⁠https://blog.update.ai/⁠ 👉 Get the advice and insights you need to thrive in Customer Success. ⁠Subscribe to the CS Insider Newsletter ________________ Keywords: How to keep your customers happy customer success manager customer support customer success management Customer Success Manager role hiring tips for customer success steps in hiring a customer success manager consulting and customer success experience versus expertise

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