Patrick Brown
Customer Success Manager

Customer Success Manager with a strong record of building trusted relationships, increasing product adoption, and driving long-term value. Focused on helping customers reach their goals while delivering measurable results and sustainable growth.

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My Customer Success Approach

Core Principles for Driving Value

My approach to Customer Success is built on a foundation of key principles that ensure client satisfaction, sustainable growth, and mutual success. I believe in a proactive, data-informed, and deeply collaborative methodology to empower clients and achieve their business objectives.

Explore the cards to understand the core tenets that guide my work and deliver exceptional results.

Customer-Obsessed

Revenue-Motivated

Retention-Driven

My Core Strengths

Strategic Account Management

Developing and executing strategies to ensure client retention and growth.

Proactive Problem Solving

Identifying potential issues before they escalate and implementing effective solutions.

Product Adoption & Training

Guiding clients through successful onboarding and maximizing their use of the product.

Data-Driven Insights

Leveraging data to understand client health, identify trends, and inform success strategies.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Working seamlessly with sales, product, and support teams to deliver holistic client solutions.

Effective Communication

Articulating complex ideas clearly and fostering open, productive dialogues with clients and teams.

Key Achievements & Impact

Highlighting measurable results and successful initiatives from my career.

Customer Retention

96% Retention of all customers. The 4% churn was caused by the customers going out of business.

Retention

Customer Retention

Improved NPS Scores

Drove a 5-point increase in Net Promoter Score (NPS) by enhancing the customer experience.

NPS

Improved NPS Scores

Successful Onboarding Programs

Designed and implemented onboarding programs that reduced time-to-value for new clients.

Onboarding

Successful Onboarding Programs

Expanded Account Growth

Identified and facilitated upsell opportunities, contributing to a $1.1M increase in ARR from existing accounts in one quarter. Maintained above 120% all other quarters.

Growth

Expanded Account Growth

Enhanced Product Adoption

Led initiatives resulting in a 25% increase in key feature adoption among clients.

Adoption

Enhanced Product Adoption

Client Advocacy & Testimonials

Cultivated strong client relationships leading to positive testimonials and case study participation.

Advocacy

Client Advocacy & Testimonials

My Career Journey

The evolution of my professional growth and key roles.

2024

Customer Success Manager at Vercel

Owned the launch of the CSM Org for our AI Initiative, while maintaining a customer base from our core product offering, resulting in a double book of business: 56 accounts and $5.7M ARR

Developed onboarding motions, enablement documentation, training resources and assisted in the successful launch of website migrations across multiple industries

2022

Customer Success Manager at Lyte

Managed and onboarded enterprise-level festival and event customers with a BoB of 22 accounts and $4M in ARR

Wore multiple hats as the Customer Success Manager, Technical Account Manager, Renewal Manager, and Upsell Opportunity Generator

2021

Customer Success Manager at Thryv

Managed and onboarded 200+ small business accounts in most verticals and industries

Led an organization-wide initiative to identify upsell opportunities, resulting in 169% increase in MRR per account touched

2020

Sales Development Representative at Syncfusion

Drove revenue pipeline through warm leads from our existing customer base

Exceeded daily quotas of outreach and touch points. Supported customers when necesary and generated pipeline for Account Executives

2016

Chief of Communications, Marine Corps

Began my career by supporting infantry units with all things communications

Maintained $250k worth of gear, led 5 Marines, and supported over 20 successful joint operations

Customer-Centric • Strategic • Proactive • Empathetic • Results-Driven
Customer-Centric • Strategic • Proactive • Empathetic • Results-Driven
Customer-Centric • Strategic • Proactive • Empathetic • Results-Driven
Customer-Centric • Strategic • Proactive • Empathetic • Results-Driven

Get in Touch

Let's discuss how I can bring value to your team. Feel free to book directly to my calendar or email me below.

Continual Growth

A selection of books that have recently influenced my professional and personal development.

How to Win Friends & Influence PeopleFinished

How to Win Friends & Influence People

How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in SellingFinished

How I Raised Myself From Failure to Success in Selling

The New Model of SellingFinished

The New Model of Selling

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