hello, I'm kate!
Wecome! I am a results-driven Customer Experience leader specializing in people management, innovation, and scalability. Throughout my career, I've consistently cultivated high-performing B2B SaaS teams that elevate Customer Success, reduce Time to First Value, and enhance Omnichannel Customer Support. My passion lies in driving excellence across the entire customer journey, ensuring impactful and sustainable results.
kate neary detsch
B2B Customer Support &
Experience Strategist
SUPPORT LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
2022 ->
Senior Manager,
Technical Support Engineering
Global Support Services
SAMSARA
Senior manager responsible for the outcomes of a Tier 2 Technical Support Engineering team. Managed and developed employees, developed KPIs, and designed and developed initiatives focusing on objectives around customer satisfaction, organization efficiency, and employee engagement for this publicly traded SaaS-based connected operations firm.
2020-2022
Head of Support, North America
Customer Outcomes
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HUDSON MX
Executive leader tasked to build Technical Support, Customer Success, and Onboarding teams prior to a planned North American go-live. Designed team structures, authored processes, recruited and onboarded team, built support ops, and developed communication strategies to ensure teams provided scalable customer service, excellent outcomes, and value-added interactions for this SaaS startup disrupting the Ad Tech arena.
2018-2020
Director of Customer Support
HOTEL EFFECTIVENESS SOLUTIONS
Senior leader tasked to develop and lead all customer experience functions, including Technical Support, Customer Success, and Onboarding. Executed strategic initiatives while ensuring my teams provided world-class customer service, excellent outcomes, and value-added interactions for this rapidly growing SaaS company servicing the hospitality industry.
2015-2018
Senior Manager,
Global Technical Services
EQUISYS, INC
Lead multiple support and services teams while emphasizing developing team processes, raising technical ability, and improving our customer service rating for this Dynamics 365 Business Central based international document management firm.
2013-2015
Supervisor,
Enterprise Technical Support
Health Information Management
MCKESSON
Team leader tasked with operational leadership in McKesson's Provider Technologies HIM/HIT organization. Managed escalations in addition to daily support activities for senior technical resources. Focused on continuous improvement toward exceeding expectations and providing exceptional customer support for this Fortune 10 healthcare services organization.
EDUCATION
2017-2019
Master's Degree
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
2015-2017
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Bachelor's Degree
Bachelors of Science, Business Administration (BSBA)
Healthcare Administration Minor
4.0 GPA + 2017 Distinguished Student Scholar
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Scrum Master -
Scrum Alliance
Certified Customer Success Manager I -
Success Hacker
Certified Product Owner -
Scrum Alliance
Certified Customer Success Manager II -
Success Hacker
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt -
American Society for Quality
Service Hub Certification -
Hubspot Academy
Foundational Support -
Zendesk
Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT -
Vanderbilt University