Shawni Jernigan

Customer Success Leader! My team and my customer’s successes are MY Successes. Active in CS & Leadership Communities. Animal Rescue Enthusiast Committed to Creating a Better World for Our Furry Friends.

New Castle, Delaware, United States

About

With a foundation in Technology, and a passion for customer satisfaction, I've honed my skills into becoming a Senior Customer Success Manager who excels at building lasting customer relationships. My Team and Peer relationships are equally as important, so I channel my passion for mentoring and leadership so that I can assist them with meeting their individual goals as well as our team goals. At heart, I am a lover of all animals and driven by the belief that every life, human and animal deserves care and support.

Experience

  • Semperis (5 yrs 2 mos)
    • Onboarding Program Manager
      Jul 2026 - Present · 1 mo

    • Customer Success Manager
      Jun 2021 - Jul 2026 · 5 yrs 2 mos

  • Customer Success Manager at Prosperoware
    Jan 2021 - May 2021 · 5 mos

  • Microsoft (20 yrs 5 mos)
    • Technical Account Manager
      Sep 2007 - Mar 2020 · 12 yrs 7 mos

      Responsible for the satisfaction of the customer’s support services relationship, quality delivery of products and services purchased and overall customer portfolio growth. Key responsibilities include: • Maintaining a strong “trusted advisor” relationship with customers by providing valuable guidance around operations and optimization of their IT infrastructure through quality Service Delivery Management. • Analyzing the customer’s business and IT environments to drive the productive use of Microsoft products and increase their effectiveness • Collaborating with internal Microsoft teams to create new opportunities to grow customer portfolios, help articulate the value of Premier/Unified support to potential customers and drive education and overall adoption • Developing and presenting strategic plans that define the support team’s approach to deliver value • Ownership of the customer’s support experience throughout the lifecycle of their account • Contract lifecycle management including involvement in development, negotiations, execution and renewals • Providing advice and guidance to IT Administrators, Directors, CTO’s and other IT Stakeholders

    • Support Engineer and Partner Technical Lead
      Nov 1999 - Sep 2007 · 7 yrs 11 mos

      Responsible for providing a world-class customer service experience on the Directory Services and Security Teams to assigned accounts. Act as the first point of customer engagement to provide day-to-day comprehensive technical support from the initial challenge through resolution. Key responsibilities included: • Providing a world-class customer experience with every interaction • Engaging and empathizing with customers to resolve technical issues ensuring they are managed through completion • Accurately documenting all work performed including details and outcomes • Escalate bugs and unresolvable issues • Identifying trends and reporting recurring product problems • Staying up to date with technological changes in the industry • Providing training and mentoring to Microsoft Employees and Partners • International travel to remote offices to mentor and coach new employees and assist with communication challenges. • Lead bi-weekly global meetings with overseas teams to keep everyone updated on any product issues or process changes. • Meet individually with my team to discuss progress, challenges and performance. • Assist with the development of training documents and deliver remote training • Partnering with overseas Technical Leads to drive business results and customer satisfaction initiatives • Assisting with the hiring process for overseas team members • Traveling onsite in a customer-facing role to resolve difficult technical issues that turned critical and were not able to be fixed remotely. • Collaborating with internal teams to help remove roadblocks affecting the timely resolution of a customer’s problems • Assisting product engineers in simulating a test environment to reproduce and resolve critical problems that could not be resolved remotely