Manouk Draisma

Co-Founder

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands12 yrs experience
Most Likely To SwitchAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Expert in AI agent optimization and simulations.
  • Led customer success teams to significant revenue growth.
  • Co-founded innovative AI-first company in Amsterdam.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI optimization and customer success within the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Ai OptimizationAgent Simulations

Other Skills

LLM evals and observabilityDSPy optimizationSpeakUp®

About

Building the future of controlling, testing and optimizing AI agents

Experience

12 yrs
Total Experience
2 yrs
Average Tenure
2 yrs 4 mos
Current Experience

Langwatch

Co-Founder

Dec 2023Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

  • Building the future of controlling and optimizing AI agents.
  • Agent simulations
  • LLM evals and observability
  • DSPy optimization
Agent simulationsLLM evals and observabilityDSPy optimizationAI optimization

Antler

Founder in Residence

May 2023Jul 2023 · 2 mos · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Biller

Head of Customer Success & Operations

Mar 2022Mar 2023 · 1 yr · Amsterdam Area

  • Biller (aquired by Banking Circle) offers an AI-driven payment method that allows business buyers to order online and pay directly while performing real-time credit and fraud checks along with an automated debt management service.
  • Founded by former Klarna and Mollie executives, Biller is part of the Banking Circle Group – an industry leader in the global banking and payments space – who provides financial solutions to some of the largest and most successful companies in the world. Banking Circle currently processes 6% of European ecommerce payments!
  • I was part of the early days of Biller, being able to build the teams from scratch. Setting the CS, Integrations & operations teams up for success while contribute as an individual contributor in vibe of a start-up.

Lightspeed hq

3 roles

Head of Partnerships EMEA

Promoted

Apr 2020Mar 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Responsibilities
  • Developing new strategic business opportunities/partnerships and execute business plans.
  • Maintain & grow the Lightspeed Ecosystem within the Retail, Restaurant and eCommerce products.
  • Maintain & grow existing resellers
  • Restructure the team KPI's, with stronger performance into Partner influenced revenue.
  • Support Teamleads/Manager in coaching and hiring.
  • Part of EMEA management team.

Senior Manager, Customer Success EMEA

Jul 2018Apr 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Responsibilities:
  • Build, lead and structure the CSM / onboarding team growing from 2 to 23+ employees based in Amsterdam, Ghent, London & Geneva.
  • Improve revenue growth
  • Reduce churn risk
  • Aligning strategic objectives across the organisation
  • Support CS team leads in hiring and coaching
  • Achievements:
  • Implemented a sales driven CSM team, reorganisation change from Support to Sales globally (NRR)
  • Improved onboarding process for new customers focusing on specific knowledge webinars to keep customers engaged
  • Setup new KPI' getting customers out of the '0 revenue' zone and make them successfull with trainings (TTV).
  • Integrated CS processes with new acquired companies (Ikentoo).

Manager, CS BLX & DACH

Sep 2016Aug 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos

Lightspeed (formerly seoshop)

2 roles

Teamlead, Business Development Netherlands

Jun 2015Sep 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

Account Manager

May 2014May 2015 · 1 yr

Hotel v & the lobby amsterdam

Amazed customers with serving delicious food & wine.

Apr 2013Jul 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Medialab amsterdam

Product Management Intern

Jan 2012Jul 2012 · 6 mos

  • Graduation Student Project: Using the power of the Twitter platform and second screen technology, Interactive News Formats enables NOSop3 to engage their audience in an interactive way, informing and providing their target group with insights on the news from different perspectives.
  • Pitched the new solution to the biggest Dutch Broadcasting group and were part of their innovation team.

Viacom international media networks cee

Marketing Intern

Aug 2009Jan 2010 · 5 mos

Education

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor of Science (BSc)

Jan 2008Jan 2012

Donghua University

Building Partnerships in China (located in Shanghai)

Jan 2011Jul 2011

Meridiaan College Het Nieuwe Eemland

Jan 2003Jan 2008

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