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Darlene Kelly
Sr. Manager, Customer Success Research
Darlene Kelly is the senior manager of customer success research for TSIA. In this role, she works closely with TSIA’s customer success members to deliver research and benchmarks to help companies realize and achieve their true value in customer success.
Darlene Kelly is the senior manager of customer success research for TSIA. In this role, she works closely with TSIA’s customer success members to deliver research and benchmarks to help companies realize and achieve their true value in customer success.
Prior to joining TSIA, Darlene spent approximately 20 years in the digital marketing landscape with the last 12+ years at Adobe working in Customer Success across different customer segments and industry verticals. While at Adobe, Darlene served as a Senior Customer Success Manager, responsible for managing Adobe’s enterprise level accounts protecting some of the company’s largest book of business. Prior to Adobe, she held roles within services and sales at Claritas, a marketing company later acquired by market research firm Nielsen.
Darlene has a unique perspective on Customer Success, experiencing first-hand, the shift from reactive account management to proactive customer success management. She prides herself as a professional dedicated to bringing value by helping customers achieve their goals.
A former San Diego native for 30 years, Darlene and her family now call the San Francisco Bay area home.
Top Customer Success Advisory Engagements
- Establishing Customer Success
- The Building Blocks of Customer Success
- Improving the Customer Experience
- Predictive Customer Health Scores
- Operationalizing the Customer Journey
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