Karina O'Friel

Regional Director, Customer Success | AI & Developer Tools | Enterprise SaaS | Retention & Post-Sales Strategy

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

About

Customer Success leader with 8 years of experience working with technical customers in fast-moving SaaS environments. I’ve led global, distributed teams, managed complex portfolios, and been a part of Customer Success organizations at companies in different stages of growth. Over the last six years, I’ve focused on leading remote teams, with a focus on mentoring and helping people grow in their careers. I do my best work in builder environments, standing up new processes, and shaping team culture and identity. Most of my experience is in developer tools and open source communities, where I’ve built a strong understanding of how to support and advocate for developers and partner closely with engineering leaders on improving how their teams build and ship code. More recently, I’ve been focused on how Customer Success evolves in the context of AI when it comes to driving adoption and delivering customer value.

Experience

  • Regional Director, Customer Success at Sourcegraph
    Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Stack Overflow (Full-time · 5 yrs 4 mos)
    • Senior Manager, Strategic Customer Success EMEA & East
      Apr 2024 - Jun 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Manager, Strategic Customer Success EMEA & US East
      Jul 2022 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Senior Strategic Customer Success Manager, Stack Overflow for Teams
      Aug 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr

  • Mapbox (Washington DC-Baltimore Area)
    • Manager, Renewals Team
      Dec 2018 - Mar 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Mapbox is a location platform that powers location in mobile and web applications. Our building blocks for developers deliver the maps that touch hundreds of millions of people across every country in the world. Some of our users include Airbnb, CNN, IBM, Strava, and Foursquare.

    • Strategic Account Manager
      Jul 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Account Executive at Reed Exhibitions US
    Jan 2015 - May 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Responsible for sales, pre-show planning and on-site execution of the National Hardware Show. Worked closely with businesses to identify company promotional objectives and coordinate product launches while successfully negotiating customized proposals. The National Hardware Show® is held annually at the Las Vegas Convention Center and is a place for global manufacturers, associations, organizations and the media to release their new products, ideas and insights to a broad spectrum of home improvement resellers. The National Hardware Show is organized into 8 major product focus areas including: New Product World; New Product Launch; Made in USA; Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Recovery; Energy Efficient & Eco Friendly; Homewares; Lawn, Garden & Outdoor Living; Inventors Spotlight.

  • Admin Manager at Mohawk Industries
    Jun 2014 - Dec 2014 · 7 mos

    Dal-Tile Corporation, a subsidiary of Mohawk Industries, manufactures, distributes and markets high-quality ceramic tile and natural stone products. Dal-Tile is the largest ceramic tile manufacturer in the U.S. and one of the largest tile manufacturers in the world. Dal-Tile products are sold through company owned SSCs, home centers (i.e. Home Depot and Lowes) and through independent distributors.