Accomplished Customer Success and Sales professional with two decades of experience in enhancing customer relationships and achieving measurable results. Strong track record of surpassing KPIs and delivering high-quality service in dynamic settings. Proficient in providing personalized support and utilizing data-driven strategies to optimize customer engagement. Dedicated to facilitating growth and success for individuals and organizations.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Customer Success Manager
Tenable
01.2024 - 07.2025
Account Relationship Management
Client Expansion and Retention
Sales Administration in Salesforce CRM
Collaborating with my Territory Managers and Security Engineers to develop and maintain a customer-first
Guided a portfolio of strategic accounts with a customer-first mindset, nurturing relationships through regular 1:1 support, onboarding, and success planning
Achieved a 96% renewal rate in 2024, exceeding performance benchmarks
Worked closely with Territory Managers and Engineers to ensure product adoption, customer growth, and long-term satisfaction
Delivered personalised service while consistently meeting expansion and retention targets
Maintained meticulous records and forecasting accuracy using Salesforce and Clari CRM systems
Thrived in a fast-paced, results-driven culture while maintaining a strong commitment to customer outcomes
Key Responsibilities
Account Manager
Bitsight Technologies
06.2022 - 09.2023
Account Management
Client Acquisition
Sales Administration in Salesforce CRM
Meeting and exceeding Target
Manage existing account relationships
Hunt new prospects via LinkedIn and collaborating with the SDR
Continuous and Accurate updating of the CRM system (Salesforce, Clari)
Plan and organise daily calls and meetings directly with client with and without the Customer Success Manager
Seek opportunities to upsell, cross sell and add value to existing accounts, thus increasing the longevity of services and increasing customer retention and satisfaction
Key Responsibilities
Senior Account Manager/Team Leader
MailGuard Pty Ltd
11.2019 - 04.2022
Partner and Client Acquisition
Partner and Client Retention
Account Management
Ad hoc Administration and Staff Onboarding
Meeting and exceeding targets and KPI’S
Customer and Partner Engagement – New sales and Existing
Working with Customer Service team to continuously improve our processes and streamline the customer lifecycle
Working closely with our Marketing team on Campaigns for New Business Development as well as Customer Retention planning
Working with Marketing team to establish Data Integrity in Salesforce CRM
Generating mid-month and month-end reports- collating to Executive team
Generate and prepare Rectification Report for Sales team
Have assisted with Recruitment for Account Management team
Have assisted with Staff Performance Management and Coaching
Key responsibilities
Achievements
Consistently exceeding set Targets Month on Month
2020 Leadership Award presented by MailGuard
Account Manager
MailGuard Pty Ltd
04.2011 - 11.2019
Partner and Client Acquisition
Partner and Client Retention
Account Management
Ad hoc Administration
Meeting and exceeding targets and KPI’S
Customer and Partner Engagement – New sales and Existing
Assisting Director from time to time with ad-hoc tasks
Key responsibilities
Achievements
Consistently exceeding set Targets Month on Month
Promoted to Team Leader 2019
Sales Executive
Kidspot.com.au
01.2010 - 12.2010
New Business Acquisition
Cold Calling to small Business owners to sell advertising space on Kidspot.com.au
Meeting and exceeding Monthly sales target
Customer Service and After-sales support
Maintain records in Salesforce CRM for activity logging, and reporting
Key responsibilities
Achievements
Consistent Target achievement – Month on month
Tele Sales
Lead Generation Company
04.2009 - 09.2009
Calling Businesses to schedule Appointments for Sales Staff
Meeting and exceeding Monthly Appointment Targets
Managing Sales Team schedules and Planning
Key responsibilities
Achievements
Consistent Target achievement – Month on month
Campaign Manager
First National Bank South Africa
04.2007 - 07.2008
Company Overview: First National Bank is one of South Africa’s leading 4 Financial Institutions. FNB provides personal, commercial and corporate banking services to over 10 million customers across South Africa.
Prepare Campaign Briefs for Various Sales Channels.
Outline the Roles and responsibilities of the Stakeholders involved for successful execution of Campaign.
Revising campaign scripts to ensure compliance and accuracy
Assist with any training requirements for new campaigns
Build and Maintain relationship with Product Owners and Internal Clients
Manage Relationship with Fulfilment areas
Provide continuous feedback to the business regarding Campaign performance and viability
Conduct Pre and Post Implementation Reviews with Stakeholders, and interpreting the results of any Campaign to provide relevant feedback
Company overview
Key responsibilities
Achievements
Assisted with strategic business initiatives to improve Process flows
Played a Key role with the Quality assurance team to train new staff on scripting processes
Direct Sales Team Leader
First National Bank South Africa
08.2002 - 04.2007
Company Overview: First National Bank is one of South Africa’s leading 4 Financial Institutions. FNB provides personal, commercial and corporate banking services to more than 6 million customers across South Africa. It is also the single largest contributor to FirstRand's bottom-line
Ensuring that Service Level agreements are met;
Assisting Clients with queries while ensuring that Customer Service Standards are met.
Ensuring that targets are met so that company objectives are reached;
Performance management within team to improve performance;
Analysing statistics for process development, and performance management;
Chairing Meetings with staff to keep all updated of latest information, and to
Address relevant issues that have arisen;
Involvement in Projects in order for company to meet Strategic Objectives;
Cross selling Bank products
Company overview
Key responsibilities
Achievements
Was promoted to Direct Sales and Campaign Manager
Won Team Leader of the year – 2003
Won various ad-hoc prizes for monthly awards, as well as for Leadership and Initiative shown