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David Kohl, Director of Support at Shopify, shares how he and his team use deep customer understanding to drive merchant growth. In his 25+ years working in customer support (with a brief foray into sales), David has supported many different types of customers, in several different industries. Eve…

James Baldwin, Director of User Success and Support at Change.org, talks about how he handles unpredictable spikes in ticket volume. James has a ton of experience with this topic because Change.org’s ticket volume is largely tied to world events, which means he can’t always predict when spikes will…

Abby Armada, Customer Support Manager at Flickr, shares why she thinks support leaders should hire agents with unconventional resumes. Abby’s team is full of unconventional support heroes, including former teachers, a bank teller, photographers, retail workers, a geologist, and more. Even Abby hers…

Eric Broulette, Director of Global Support at WP Engine, shares his best practices for building and maintaining a relationship between the customer support and product teams. Eric credits this strong relationship at WP Engine as one of the key reasons his team’s support interactions decreased by 5%…