Results

Structural change. Measurable impact.

Every number below represents a system redesigned, a team rebuilt, or a revenue model made more durable. Not short-term lift. Operating decisions that compound.

Portfolio Owned

$100M+

ARR across advertising, API, and SaaS product lines

Incremental Impact

$7M+

Annual impact through recovery, expansion, and efficiency

Global Team Led

35+

CS and Ad Operations across 3 functions, 5 teams

Revenue Attainment

100%+

Sustained across multiple fiscal years including market downturns

Revenue & Growth

4 results
Headline Result

$7M+

Incremental Annual Revenue Impact

Across a single fiscal year: $4M in recovered advertising revenue, $3M+ in net-new expansion, and $3M in operating cost savings — delivered simultaneously while leading a major org redesign and sustaining 95%+ CSAT across all product lines.

This wasn’t a single initiative. It was the result of rebuilding the operating model, the performance instrumentation, and the team structure at the same time — and holding each accountable to a number.

Recovery $4M
Expansion $3M+
Cost Savings $3M+
Expansion

$3M+

Annual Expansion Revenue

Built executive mapping, health scoring, and structured renewal readiness frameworks from scratch. Expansion became a system-driven motion rather than a relationship-dependent one — producing consistent results across the portfolio regardless of rep tenure or account history.

Recovery

$4M

Recovered Advertising Revenue

Restored revenue lost to underperforming inventory through adblocker recovery, updated consent policies, new strategic ad units, and revised user incentive strategies. Year one. Sustainable through operational discipline, not one-time fixes.

Platform Monetization & AdTech Performance

3 results

Before

62%

Sustained

99%+

Advertising deliverability rebuilt from ~62% to sustained 99%+ in under six months — restoring forecasting reliability, unlocking recovered inventory, and rebuilding advertiser confidence. An operational and structural fix, not a technical one.

Instrumentation

Revenue Attainment Infrastructure

Implemented revenue attainment as a tracked performance metric for the first time — with systems, playbooks, and audit steps that identified risk and opportunity before they reached the P&L. Forecasting became predictable because accountability became structural.

Multi-Product

Execution Across Direct, Programmatic & Hybrid Models

Standardized post-sale mechanics across four distinct monetization models simultaneously — direct sales, programmatic, native, and data licensing. Performance discipline applied consistently regardless of product line or delivery channel.

Retention

Advertiser Retention Through Market Volatility

Maintained retention and revenue attainment through digital advertising contraction cycles by giving advertisers visibility into outcomes rather than activity — which held trust when market conditions were difficult.

Strategic Partnerships & Data Licensing

3 results

Enterprise Partners Managed

Google Microsoft OpenAI Amazon Indeed
Scale

$55M+

Annual Data Licensing Portfolio

Post-sale ownership of API and data licensing agreements with the world’s largest technology companies. Multi-year contracts with complex technical integration requirements, evolving product scope, and organizational change on both sides. Retention and trust maintained through all of it.

These weren’t transactional renewals. They were strategic relationships where product direction, usage mechanics, and commercial terms were actively shaped by post-sale execution.

Continuity

Multi-Year Enterprise Contract Retention

Sustained renewals and technical adoption across high-stakes partnerships by formalizing engagement models between commercial, product, and engineering stakeholders — closing the gap between what customers were promised and what they experienced.

Operating Efficiency & Systems Design

4 results

$3M+

Annual Cost Savings

Delivered through operating model redesign, tool rationalization, and workflow simplification — without reducing team output or customer experience quality.

6 mo

Org Restructure Timeline

Consolidated five teams of 6-8 into three leaner senior-led teams in six months. Improved executive alignment, adoption outcomes, and retention simultaneously.

4 → 1

Coverage Model Consolidation

Redesigned from product-aligned LOB coverage to unified account ownership — reducing handoffs, improving customer continuity, and creating clear commercial accountability at every level.

Systems

Revenue Risk Identification & Early Warning Infrastructure

Introduced early-warning indicators tied to performance and usage signals across all four product lines — enabling proactive churn mitigation before renewal cycles created urgency. The framework shifted the CS motion from reactive to predictive: risk identified weeks earlier, intervention designed for the account rather than the deadline.

Organizational Scale & Leadership

4 results
Career Progression — Stack Overflow 2020 to 2025

2020

Director, CS & Ad Ops

Joined to lead Talent and Advertising post-sale. Built foundational CS infrastructure and deliverability systems.

2022

Senior Director

Scope expanded to Collectives. Built GTM and customer journey strategy for new SaaS product line.

2024

Vice President

Added $55M API and data licensing portfolio. Second- and third-line leader reporting to CRO. Total portfolio: $100M+ ARR.

2025

GM-Adjacent Scope

Transitioned into public platform monetization strategy and new product revenue. Cross-functional revenue authority.

Scale

35+

Global Team Leadership

Built and scaled CS, Ad Operations, and Media Planning organizations across three functions and five teams. Developed capacity models, hiring strategy, and management layers that operated with increasing autonomy — without sacrificing performance consistency or customer experience quality.

Sentiment

95%+

Sustained CSAT

Maintained strong customer sentiment through structural transformation, monetization redesign, and market volatility — across all product lines simultaneously. The 95%+ figure held during the org restructure, the deliverability recovery, and the API portfolio expansion.

Speaking & Thought Leadership

CCO Summit — March 2026

Executive roundtable: Designing the post-sale org for scale, not comfort. Audience of 30-50 CCOs and SVPs across SaaS.

Developer Marketing Summit — 2023

Community-led growth, developer ecosystems, and monetization strategy for 50-75 platform leaders.

SOMU Company Summit — Main Stage

Keynote on change leadership and inflection points. Audience of 500+. Standing ovation.

“The post-sale org you build for where you are will break at the next inflection point. Build for where you’re going.”

Nikki Stephens — CCO Summit 2026

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