Rob Westervelt

VP of Customer Success at Balto

St Louis, Missouri, United States

About

GTM leader with a passion for learning everything possible about Leadership, Customer Success, Marketing, Sales, and Sales Development. My main focus right now is how to merge sales methodologies and processes with a traditional customer success model, creating a world-class department that methodically expands and refuses to lose customers. Future CRO (Hopefully)

Experience

  • Executive Member at Pavilion
    Aug 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

  • Balto (7 yrs 6 mos)
    • Vice President of Customer Success
      Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

      - Leading team of CSMs, responsible for growing and retaining our customer base, bringing years of sales expertise to help drive GRR and NRR to record heights - Lead our implementation team to ensure the fastest and smoothest implementations possible for our new customers - Increased GRR by 38 points - Increased NRR by 33 points - Increased Enterprise retention by 30 points - Expansion Revenue has grown by more than 5x - Renewal forecasting accuracy is above 90% - Grew team size by 2x to meet increased demand - Implemented efficiencies to help CSMs handle 1.5x more accounts than they were able to handle before.

    • Director of Sales
      May 2021 - Apr 2023 · 2 yrs

      - Successfully hired and trained Balto's largest class of incoming AEs. - Helped craft a new compensation plan, that effectively rewards reps for the correct behaviors. - Spearheaded the companies first Career Development initiative. - Led as many as 8 Account Executives at a given time, holding weekly sales training, 1 on 1's, and pipeline reviews to drive positive results in reps' first 6 months with Balto.

    • Account Executive
      Feb 2019 - May 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Balto is the #1 Real-Time technology. Powered by AI, Balto helps contact center teams increase conversions, deliver an exceptional customer experience, and decrease ramp time. Want to learn more? Go to https://balto.ai or watch the video below.

  • Seckman Sr. High School (8 yrs)
    • Head Coach- Varsity Hockey
      Jun 2016 - May 2019 · 3 yrs

    • Assistant Coach- Varsity Hockey
      Jun 2011 - May 2016 · 5 yrs

    • Head Coach- JV Hockey
      Jun 2011 - May 2012 · 1 yr

  • Ricoh Americas Corporation (7 yrs)
    • Sales Manager
      Sep 2015 - Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    • Senior Account Executive- Bay Area
      Nov 2014 - Sep 2015 · 11 mos

    • Account Executive
      Aug 2011 - Nov 2014 · 3 yrs 4 mos

  • St. Louis AAA Blues ()
    • Assistant Coach- Peewee Major
      Jun 2015 - May 2016 · 1 yr

      Assistant Coach for the 2003 birth year.

    • Assistant Coach- Bantam Major
      Nov 2014 - May 2015 · 7 mos

      Assistant Coach for the 2000 birth year.