Hey CX Nation, In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #261 we were capturing live interviews at Customer Contact Week at The Caeasar's Forum in Las Vegas, NV. We joined 5,000+ attendees, from 49 states, 51 countries, and spent time meeting & learning from 250+ of the largest solution providers in the CX & customer contact center space. Let's call it what is folks, this is essentially the "Super Bowl of CX" the best & brightest companies in our game gather at CCW...

Hey CX Nation, In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #260, we welcomed Patrick McCullough, President of Hallmark Business Connections, based in Kansas City, MO. Just like you rely on Hallmark to strengthen your personal relationships, you can count on them to keep your business going and growing. We help businesses by turning customers into advocates, employees into champions and companies into more connected environments all through the power of an unexpected Hallmark ca...

Hey CX Nation, In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #259, we welcomed Joe Anderson, Senior Director - Head of CX & Digital Transformation at TaskUs based in New Braunfels, TX. TaskUs is a different breed of BPO. They are a collective of highly capable humans, who understand how to deploy technology and data to best serve your purpose. From Digital CX to Trust & Safety, AI Services, Risk + Response, Consulting, and anything in between, we consider ourselves respons...

Hey CX Nation, In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #258 we were live at Cyara XChange 2025 based in The W Hotel in downtown Austin, TX. XChange is an industry event focused solely on customer experience assurance, where industry leaders come together with peers and industry experts, as well as Cyara leaders and product teams, to network, collaborate, and gain new strategies to help achieve their CX/CS objectives and elevate key contact center performance metrics for the ...

Hey CX Nation, In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #257, we welcomed Tony Lama, SVP & GM of Product at Avaya based in Morristown, New Jersey. Avaya gives their customers the freedom to take their business in the directions that benefit them most. They provide the paths for both customers and their employees where every moment big and small can drive in the moment, memorable experiences. In his role as SVP & GM of Product at Avaya, Tony has spent 25 years trainin...

Hey CX Nation, In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #256 we were live at Instant Team's Community Builders Week & CX Virtual Summit based in Southern Pines, NC at their company headquarters. Our guest interviews for this IRL (in-real life) episode included Liza Rodewald (Founder & CEO), Erica McMannes (Founder & CXO), Greg Avallone (SVP of Sales & Partnerships), Amy Price, MBA (SVP of CX), Jennifer Martin & Erica North, both military spouses themselves...

Hey CX Nation, In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #255, we welcomed Tim Houlne, CEO at Humach based in Frisco, TX. Humach combines the strengths of both humans and machines to deliver exceptional customer experiences. Since first opening their doors in 1988, Humach has been at the forefront of customer experience (CX) innovation, delivering world-class call center solutions that have transformed CX for hundreds of clients worldwide. In this episode, Tim and Adrian chat ...

Hey CX Nation, In this week's CXWeekly Update we walk through some ideas, goals & CTAs to begin leveraging boutique BPOs as your business grows. Its very common for most Founders or executives to want to hire more full-time staff or add to the team during peak seasons when customer communications, tickets & orders are on the rise. Use this CXWeekly update as a starting point for building out your company's goals around how can begin leveraging BPOs to improve your custome...

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #253, we welcomed Rishi Rana, CEO at Cyara based in Redwood City, CA. Cyara revolutionizes the way businesses transform and optimize their customer experiences. Cyara’s AI-based CX Transformation Platform empowers enterprises to deliver flawless interactions across voice, video, digital, and chatbot experiences. With Cyara, businesses improve customer journeys through continuous innovation while reducing cost and minim...

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #252 we welcomed Keri McGhee the CMO at Attentive, the AI marketing platform for leading brands based in New York. Attentive® is the AI marketing platform for leading brands, designed to optimize message performance through 1:1 SMS and email interactions. Attentive empowers businesses to achieve hyper-personalized communication with their customers on a large scale. Trusted by over 8,000 leading brands, Attentive is th...

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #251 we welcomed Vinod Muthukrishnan, VP & COO at Webex by Cisco based in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. Vinod leads all go-to-market, business and customer operations. He was previously Co-Founder/CEO of CloudCherry, a customer experience management company, which was acquired by Cisco in October 2019.Prior to that he spent nine years at sea as a First Officer before running Global Sales at Market Simplified. Based in...

Hey CX Nation,We're celebrating a huge milestone with this week's episode. Over the last 6+ years we've captured and chronicled 250 unique episodes & stories with various customer focused business leaders & Founders from across the world.We decided for this episode to go back and feature some of the best learnings, findings & CTAs from some of our favorite guests over the years & break them out into short-clips across the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback.Ou...

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #249 we welcomed Rick Denton, Podcast Host & Producer of The CX Passport Podcast based in Dallas, TX.After…7 years of Customer Experience consulting…30 years of driving business results…3 years of hosting CX Passport (a podcast about CX with a dash of travel talk)...And countless brand requests for collaboration with CX Passport……it became clear where brands and Rick could best partner to create measurable results…🎤CX Passpo...

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #248 we welcomed Craig Tobin, Chief Executive Officer at Ascent Business Partners based in Bonita Springs, FL. Craig Tobin helps Fortune 1000 clients optimize their contact centers with AI, technology, and BPO solutions. With over 35 years of executive leadership experience in various industries, Craig has developed core competencies in contact center solutions, technology consulting, BPO advisory services, and AI advi...

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #247 we were live at the Thompson Hotel in downtown Austin, TX at XDay 2024. This is a different type of episode of CXC as we had the opportunity to sit down with several amazing customer, employee, market research & product focused business leaders including Rick Denton, Ken Peterson, Mike Burn, Crystal Wiese & Scott Steele. Each of the guests in this episode shed unique points of view on the state of CX/CS &...

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #246 we were live at the Thompson Hotel in downtown Austin, TX at XDay 2024 with Gary Pansino, Founder at Velodu based Gary is an Alumni of Intuit, P&G, Clorox, BMS. He now runs a Qual and Quant research factory with his sister. Questions from mostly repeat clients arrive on trucks. And they do their thing and ship answers back to them, with a smile.In this episode, Gary and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team...

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #245 we were live at the Thompson Hotel in downtown Austin, TX at XDay 2024 with Vivek Bhaskaran, Founder & CEO at QuestionPro.Vivek Bhaskaran is the founder and CEO of QuestionPro, one of the industry's leading providers of web-based research technologies. His life motto is simple - “The two things that drive me every day are motorcycles and client success!” In 2008, his startup made Inc. Magazine's list of the fa...

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #244 we welcomed Sean Albertson, Founder & CEO of CX4ROCKS based in Castle Rock, CO. Sean Albertson is a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, coach and consultant on transforming your customer journey to reduce effort and drive greater customer loyalty. Sean has developed the ROCKS Strategy that leverages survey programs, operational metrics, text and journey analytics, connected with artificial experience to ide...

Hey CX Nation,In this week's CXWeekly Update we walk through some ideas, goals & CTAs to begin leveraging AI in your business to improve your customer experiences.AI has been arguably the most discussed topic in not only business but across the world over these last several years, this year specifically it became the "Forrest Gump" of Business & Global Economies. The truth is, it's been around for decades but just working behind the scenes for a handful of global companies who were al...

Hey CX Nation,In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #242 we welcomed Liza Rodewald, Founder & CEO and Erica McMannes, Founder & Chief People & Community Officer at Instant Teams based in Southern Pines, North Carolina.Instant Teams leads the way as a CX talent marketplace committed to the financial well-being of military families while providing companies instant access to remarkable talent.Liza Rodewald is the Founder and CEO of Instant Teams, a CX marketplace that c...