Brendan D. — Co-Founder
I come from customer-facing commercial roles: customer success, account management, sales, and stakeholder work. That gave me a close view of how teams actually operate under pressure: messy handoffs, manual reporting, unclear ownership, scattered tools, and the gap between what users need and what systems make easy. Over time I became more interested in fixing those problems at the source. I am now retraining seriously in software engineering, backend development, Linux, Git, automation, and DevOps fundamentals, with a focus on practical systems that make work more reliable. My goal is to combine business context with technical execution. I understand customers, workflows, communication, and commercial pressure, and I am building the technical skills to automate, monitor, document, and improve the systems behind them. I am especially interested in backend tooling, DevOps, platform support, workflow automation, AI-assisted development, and technical customer-facing roles where clear communication and practical engineering both matter.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS-focused professional with strong customer success and automation expertise.
Experience: 13 yrs 7 mos
Skills
- Automation
- Ai Tools
- Customer Success
- Account Management
- Saas Sales
- Customer Support
- Underwriting
- Risk Management
- Customer Experience
- Customer Service
- Inventory Management
- Teamwork
- Leadership
Career Highlights
- Generated $6.8M in net-new ARR at Atlassian.
- Reduced manual job-application preparation time by 70%.
- Maintained 98% CSAT while managing high-volume escalations.
Work Experience
Project-based professional development
Independent Systems Builder (1 yr)
CleverTap
Senior Customer Success Manager (11 mos)
Atlassian
Senior Account Manager (Senior Growth Customer Advocate) (1 yr 8 mos)
Account Manager (Growth Customer Advocate) (2 yrs 6 mos)
Customer Service Representative (Customer Advocate) (1 yr 3 mos)
Catawiki
Customer Service Representative (6 mos)
Strata Community Insurance
Account Manager: Official Title: Underwriter (2 yrs 6 mos)
AAMI
Senior Sales and Customer Service Representative (1 yr 9 mos)
Ceracell Beekeeping Supplies
Senior Storeman and Forklift Operator (2 yrs)
Spotless services
Chef De Partie (1 yr 1 mo)
Kermadec Ocean Restaurant
Chef De Partie (1 yr 1 mo)
GBS Bar and Restaurant
Chef De Partie (1 yr 5 mos)
McDonald's
Crew Member (2 yrs)
Education
Culinary Arts at Auckland University of Technology
Self-Directed Curriculum in SaaS at Self-Directed Learning & Home Lab
The HR Generalist Certificate at AIHR | Academy to Innovate HR
Certificate at Coursera Micro-Certifications (Princeton, Edinburgh, UC Irvine, Minnesota, UWA, Harvard)