Meet the people changing the CX industry

Marlene Lee Summers
Vice President of Product Success at Salesforce

Kevin Albers
VP of Customer Experience at Slack

Leslie O’Flahavan
Author and Professional Writing Coach

Jeff Toister
Author, The Service Culture Handbook

Rea Alducente
Content Creator

Shep Hyken
Keynote Speaker and NYT Bestselling Author

Chad Horenfeldt
Customer Success & Customer Experience Leader

Micah Solomon
Author and Customer Service Consultant

Adrian Swinscoe
Author, Speaker, and aspirant punk at Punk CX

Mercer Smith
VP, CX Insights & Community at PartnerHero

Antonia J.A. Hock
Founder & Speaker

Colin Shaw
Author and Keynote Speaker

Declan Ivory
VP Customer Support at Intercom

Scott Tran
Founder of Support Driven

Cait Keohane
Senior Vice President, Global Customer Advocacy at Zendesk

Thomas Laird
Author and CEO of Expivia

Åsa Nyström
VP of Customer Advocacy at Buffer

Tony Won
Player Experience at ProbablyMonsters

Dan Gingiss
Keynote Speaker and Author

Valentina Thörner
Remote Leadership Consultant and Author

Dhruba Roy Chowdhury
Senior Director of Strategy and Operations at Rover.com

Kaitlyn Gobiel
Director of Customer Support at Wistia

Katalin Fritz
Chief Customer and People Officer at Marley Spoon

Hosam Hassan
Director of Strategy, CX Services at PartnerHero

Maxime Manseau
Co-Founder and Customer Experience Officer at Birdie
Get to know the people changing the industry

Kevin Albers: "When companies implement chatbots, it’s not with the customer experience in mind."

Leslie O’Flahavan: “Empower frontline agents to communicate in all channels.”

Rea Alducente: "Companies big and small will benefit from AI, but pure AI customer service should not be allowed."

Shep Hyken: "I still love sharing the story of the cab driver who sent me a handwritten note."

Chad Horenfeldt: “Ask for help. Don’t feel like you need to do everything yourself.”

Adrian Swinscoe: “Customers are your number 1 priority? Prove it or keep quiet."

Mercer Smith: “Don’t assume that what you’ve done before will work again.”

Antonia J.A. Hock: “Make time to just think and let your mind wander through your ideas.”

Colin Shaw: "I love the phrase 'None of us are as clever as all of us'."

Tony Won: “My favorite cat is Garfield, but Klaus comes in a close second."

Dan Gingiss: “We don’t need everybody to be the same; we need everybody to bring their unique talents."