Ingram Micro CX Express Podcasts

Interview with Anna Graczyk, Cisco Services Renewals Specialist, Ingram Micro. She promotes the idea that vendors should create a full cycle without interrupting their customers business functions

Addressing Adoption Barriers, Part 2, with Rebecca Leach, Cisco. Discussion on culture barrier. The executive leadership team must set tone and expectation in the organization.

Interview with Rebecca Leach, General Manager, Software, Cisco, In Part 1 of my interview with her, she lists barriers she typically encounters.

Interview with Parneet Mann touches on what is needed to implement an effective Customer Success Plan.

Interview with Sarah Poonawala discusses the need for multiple touchpoints to maintain customer loyalty.

Interview with Anthony Karim, VP of Vendor Management, Ingram Micro.

CMSs should make “sure [they] validate [their] discovery as plans can change along the way...to align with customer objectives.” - Anna Graczyk, Cisco Services Renewal Specialist, Ingram Micro

“Culture has to start with the executive leadership setting the tone.” - Rebecca Leach, General Manager of Software for Cisco Canada

Customer Success is the “undercurrent to how you drive successful adoption.” Rebecca Leach, General Manager of Software for Cisco Canada

“My goal is never to sell the product. I’m not a salesperson. [My goal is] to get [the] information that is required.” - Parneet Mann, Customer Success Manager, Synnapex Inc. – a Cisco Gold Partner

[I]t’s a great “time to be alive [with] so many tools and resources available to build a strong relationship with your [business] partner over time.” Sarah Poonawala, Channel Specialist, Ingram Micro

“Customer Success is Managed Services on steroids.” - Anthony Karim, VP, Vendor Management, Ingram Micro