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Val Walker

Customer Success Manager

Austin, Texas, United States16 yrs 1 mo experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 10 years of experience in Customer Success.
  • Expert in designing scalable customer engagement frameworks.
  • Proven track record in driving customer retention and renewals.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Customer Success Leader with a focus on digital engagement strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Digital Customer SuccessCustomer Success ManagementCustomer Retention

Other Skills

Program ManagementCustomer Lifecycle ManagementSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Cross-functional Team LeadershipStrategic CommunicationsRenewal RetentionMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordConstant ContactMac OS XWritten & Oral Presentation SkillsSelf-starterHighly detail orientedHIPAAText Marketing

About

Senior Customer Success and Digital Programs leader with 10+ years of experience driving adoption, retention, and renewal outcomes across enterprise SaaS organizations. I specialize in building success-at-scale systems—designing lifecycle programs, segmentation strategies, and automated engagement frameworks that improve customer outcomes without increasing high-touch overhead. My work consistently bridges strategy and execution, combining data-driven insights with creative leadership to deliver measurable impact.

Experience

16 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
2 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
3 mos
Current Experience

Chainguard

Senior Customer Success Manager

Mar 2026Present · 3 mos · Austin, Texas, United States · Remote

Github

2 roles

Sr. Digital Customer Success Manager

Mar 2023Feb 2026 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Remote

  • Responsible for enhancing customer engagement through a digital email platform that supported 10,000 customers. By designing frameworks for onboarding and adoption, I ensured that our customers received timely and relevant communications. My collaboration with CS Analytics allowed us to create targeted campaigns based on data-driven insights, significantly improving our engagement strategies.
Digital Customer SuccessProgram ManagementCustomer Lifecycle ManagementSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Cross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer Success Management

Sr. Customer Success Manager

Mar 2021Mar 2023 · 2 yrs · Remote

  • Developed tailored customer success plans that aligned business objectives with platform capabilities, identifying key milestones.
  • Delivered data-driven quarterly business reviews to C-suite executives, emphasizing platform value and user satisfaction.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance workflows and address feature requests, driving continuous improvement.
  • Monitored portfolio health and trends to refine engagement strategies, supporting revenue growth through upsell opportunities.
Customer RetentionStrategic CommunicationsSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Customer Success Management

Checkmarx

2 roles

Technical Account Manager

Jan 2021Mar 2021 · 2 mos · Austin, Texas, United States · Remote

  • Served as Technical Account Manager for top-tier strategic accounts, leading complex platform migrations.
  • Managed high-touch professional services engagements to ensure successful delivery and adoption.
  • Focused on long-term value realization for clients, enhancing their overall experience with Checkmarx.
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Customer Success Manager

Jul 2019Jan 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos · Austin, Texas, United States · Remote

  • Managed the entire post-sale customer experience at Checkmarx, focusing on entire lifecycle from license activation to forecasting renewals.
  • Achieved Checkmarx certified engineer certification to deepen customer engagement with the application security portfolio.
  • Collaborated with solution architects to provide strategic guidance, enhancing clients' security maturity and identifying expansion opportunities.
  • Implemented proactive risk management strategies that significantly improved customer loyalty and retention.
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Customer Success ManagementRenewal Retention

Evernote

Account Executive | Customer Enablement

Mar 2017Feb 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

  • Evernote is a place for individuals and teams to capture, nurture, and share ideas in any form. The Evernote app is available across platforms on desktop, mobile, or on the web, meaning your ideas are always with you, always accessible, and always in sync. We believe that no idea is too big to manage or too small to matter, and continually develop a service and reputation based on innovation and trust.
Cross-functional Team Leadership

Oracle

Enterprise Application Sales Manager

Apr 2015Mar 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Austin, Texas Area

  • SMB Account Executive offering modern cloud services for ERP, EPM and HCM.
  • Oracle Cloud’s SaaS delivers modern cloud applications that connect business processes across the enterprise. Covering everything from Customer Experience to Enterprise Resource Planning, Enterprise Performance Management and Human Capital Management

Legalzoom

2 roles

Customer Success Manager

Jun 2013Mar 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Manage a book of business of SMB clients to help engage and adopt our portfolio of IP products. Consult and educate on IP federal registration through United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  • Deliver quarterly presentations to teams and C level executives to cover milestones and strategic steps to achieve KPI's. Manage
  • Collaborate with third parties to help clients with website design, e-commerce and increasing trademark approvals by 42%.
  • Manage renewals, expansions and upsell opportunities with our full portfolio of products, including living wills, corporate filings, business licenses, and small business resources
  • Day-to day time management and oversight of client engagements, facilitate attorney conferences and collaborate with third party vendors.
  • Serve as peer mentor/trainer in sharing best practices, implementing process improvements into CRM and paving the way for new Account Manager Success

Inside Sales

Jul 2011May 2013 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Manage several accounts daily from online activity, provide detailed education on Legal Zooms business development process, present full understanding of state and federal laws
  • Convey a mastery of all products and services offered, initiate cross and upsell opportunities, leveraging resources to maximize revenue
  • Proven track record of consistently maintaining monthly sales quotas of 80-100k through strong presentation and solution selling
Customer Success Management

Aon hewitt

Benefits Analyst

Oct 2009Jun 2011 · 1 yr 8 mos · Woodlands, Tx

  • Optimized business while working in a high performing, service-specific healthcare enrollment environment, analyzing and quickly resolving issues, keeping client service levels above 85%
  • Answered a high volume of inbound calls; acted as Subject Matter Expert, researching healthcare laws that helped clients and employees understand eligibility and HIPPA regulation
  • Provided best in class customer experience that fostered relationships and improved organizational performance
  • Created, monitored and prepared reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing metrics and trends; ensured quality research, investigation and resolution of customer comments, sharing best practices, seeking and taking action on improvement opportunities
  • Communicated with management, stakeholders and segment leaders regarding focus on building internal capacity of the company

Avid center

TEACHER ASSISTANT

Jan 2009May 2009 · 4 mos · Greater Houston

  • Accelerate student testing techniques by using research based methods, effective instruction, and motivational learning
  • Coordinate and organize bi-weekly study sessions for sophomore and junior students with in class and after school
  • Assist district coordinator to organize and plan after school programs for elementary children to promote healthy living and lifestyles.

Education

Sam Houston State University

Bachelor of Arts — Marketing

Jan 2005Jan 2009

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