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Srinivasan (Srini) Gowrishanker-Senior Director, Customer Experience

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Berlin, Germany

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Experience

Apr 2023 - Present
Berlin, Germany

Senior Director, Customer Experience

Unknown Company

Position Summary
Senior Director, Customer Experience at Unknown Company
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Customer Service
Operations
Sales
  • Architected and scaled the global professional services and presales organization from the ground up, taking full P&L ownership to drive customer onboarding, delivery, and expansion.
  • Built & empowered high impact teams.
  • Automated delivery & efficiency of internal tools & processes using AI & established structured customer advocacy programs.
  • Established strategic framework for tracking, improving key metrics: Revenue (Recurring & One-time), Profitability, OB Churn & Net Retention, CSAT, LTV, TTV, eNPS, & created robust reference account networks.
Apr 2020 - Apr 2023
Berlin, Germany

Director, Customer Experience

Unknown Company

Position Summary
Director, Customer Experience at Unknown Company
Industries
Professional Services
Business Areas
Customer Service
Operations
Sales
  • Led European services sales, delivery strategy, & full P&L ownership.
  • Pioneered the European customer onboarding and professional services division, building and scaling the function from zero to a multi-million euro P&L.
  • Focused on accelerating renewals, upsell/cross-sell, & reinforcing operational rigor through stakeholder governance.
  • Scaled to and delivered multi-million euro revenue, improved renewals, upsell rates, & retention, TTV, eNPS, consistently elevated CSAT & engagement.
Aug 2007 - Mar 2020
Lausanne, Switzerland

Global Program Director

Unknown Company

Position Summary
Global Program Director at Unknown Company
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
Project Management
  • Directed global digital/cloud transition, transformation of €20M ACV, across geos & vendors, orchestrated large-scale infrastructure & application migrations, decommissions, & full data center exits.
  • Led team of 200+ members, in charge of architecture, solutioning, procurement, infrastructure, security, 24x7 operations.
  • Drove org-wide automation & compliance (ISO, SOC2), successful with audits, & RFPs, governance for major contracts.
  • Managed transformation milestones, cost savings, infrastructure availability, operational SLAs, eNPS.
Aug 2004 - Oct 2007
Chennai, India

Tivoli Administrator

IBM

Position Summary
Tivoli Administrator at IBM
Industries
Information Technology
Business Areas
Information Technology
Operations
  • Managed & scaled IT infrastructure for internal & external clients using IBM Tivoli stacks, improving monitoring & automation.
  • Innovated process & tools, drove continuous service improvement.

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Experienced in Information Technology and Professional Services.

Information Technology
Professional Services
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Experienced in Operations, Information Technology, Project Management, Customer Service, and Sales.

Operations
Information Technology
Project Management
Customer Service
Sales
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Summary

Strategic technology executive and P&L owner with 21 years' experience specializing in founding and scaling SaaS customer experience and professional services organizations. Renowned for architecting the entire pre- and post-sale customer journey from presales to implementation and long-term success. Proven success in taking CX functions from inception to multi-million euro revenue streams at high-growth companies like Pleo (Fintech) and Freshworks.

Skills

  • Leadership, Team Mentorship & Strategic Account Management
  • Customer Experience (Solutions, Services Sales, Delivery & Success)
  • Services Delivery & Transformation (Saas, Paas, Iaas)
  • Results-Driven Change, Customer Advocacy Programs
  • Process Automation & Compliance

Languages

Tamil
Native
English
Advanced
Hindi
Advanced
German
Intermediate

Education

Oct 2001 - Jun 2004

University of Madras

Masters, Computer Applications · Computer Applications · Chennai, India

Oct 1998 - Jun 2001

University of Madras

Bachelors, Physics · Physics · Chennai, India

Certifications & licenses

PMP

IBM Certified Deployment Professional

ITIL v2 Foundation

DEI Awareness

Google Gen AI Leader

Understanding & Implementing NIST AI RMF (Risk Mgmt Framework)

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 4
Experience in Information Technology 15.5 y
Avg length 5 y 6 m
Longest experience 12 y 7 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 3 (Germany, Switzerland, India)
Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Senior Director, Customer Experience, Director, Customer Experience, Global Program Director
Main industries Information Technology, Professional Services
Main business areas Operations, Information Technology, Project Management

Qualifications

Highest degree Master
Certifications earned 6

Profile

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Srinivasan is based in Berlin, Germany.
Srinivasan speaks the following languages: Tamil (Native), English (Advanced), Hindi (Advanced), German (Intermediate).
Srinivasan has at least 22 years of experience. During this time, Srinivasan has worked in at least 4 different roles and for 2 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 5 years and 5 months. Note that Srinivasan may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Srinivasan would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Director, Customer Experience, Director, Customer Experience, Global Program Director.
Srinivasan's most recent position is Senior Director, Customer Experience at Unknown Company.
In recent years, Srinivasan has worked for Unknown Company.
Srinivasan is most experienced in industries like Information Technology and Professional Services.
Srinivasan is most experienced in business areas like Operations, Information Technology, and Project Management. Srinivasan also has some experience in Customer Service and Sales.
Srinivasan has recently worked in industries like Professional Services.
Srinivasan has recently worked in business areas like Customer Service, Operations, and Sales.
Srinivasan holds a Master in Computer Applications from University of Madras and a Bachelor in Physics from University of Madras.
Srinivasan has 6 certificates. Among them, these include: PMP, IBM Certified Deployment Professional, and ITIL v2 Foundation.
Srinivasan is immediately available for suitable projects.
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