Michael Aronowitz - VXI - The Reality Of Creating A Profit Center With Your CX Team
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Michael Aronowitz is the Senior Vice President of Revenue Growth at VXI Global Solutions. He is based in Miami, Florida. Mark Hillary called Michael to discuss the importance of turning contact centers from cost centers to profit centers, emphasizing the need for revenue generation through customer interactions. Michael highlights VXI's success in winning three Stevie awards for retention, win-back, upsell, and cross-sell. Michael stresses the significance of the human touch in customer interactions, leveraging AI for training and recruitment, and the importance of blending sales and service...
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Jonas Berggren - The CX (R)evolution Book
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Jonas Berggren writes the popular Transform Customer Service newsletter on LinkedIn. He is the Chief Business Development Officer EMEA and member of the executive leadership team at Transcom. Jonas is based in Stockholm, Sweden. Mark Hillary and Jonas have published a new book together called The CX (R)evolution - so Mark called Jonas to talk about how the book project started out. In this conversation they talk about how Mark's comments on the newsletter formed the initial idea for a book and how they developed the idea together.
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Amas Tenumah - Amas Talks - The Worst Job in Corporate America Is in a Call Center
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Amas Tenumah is the host of the Amas Talks podcast. He is based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US. Amas has a long history focused on customer service and service innovation. He regularly advises companies and speaks at events forcused on CX. On his LinkedIn Amas says: "I’m a digital philosopher, keynote speaker and customer service thought leader. My thoughts are featured on NPR, NBC, Fox-business and other outlets. I have spent over 20 years in the customer service industry and now advise executives on service modernization." Amas recently published an article titled: "The Worst Job in...
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Phil Kitchen - Customer Contact Panel - Jamaica Is Moving Beyond The Nearshore
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Phil Kitchen is the Founder & Managing Director of Customer Contact Panel. He is based in Sheffield, UK. He recently attended the Outsource 2 Jamaica conference in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Peter Ryan caught up with him to discuss what Jamaica is offering to potential clients in locations such as the UK - outside their more traditional US nearshore market. Phil's LinkedIn comments on Outsource2Jamaica 2025
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Juan Caire & Jim Farnsworth - Alliance BPO - To Hermosillo And Beyond!
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Juan Caire is Co-Founder and CEO of Alliance BPO Services, based in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. Jim Farnsworth is the CEO and Founder of Octayne Ventures, based in Denver, Colorado. Peter recently visited Hermosillo and talked to Juan and Jim about the potential for growth in the BPO industry and the importance of value over cost in outsourcing. The event in Hermosillo also emphasized the strategic partnerships Alliance BPO has formed globally to enhance service delivery. An important part of the discussion was also focused on looking beyond the major BPO delivery cities and finding new talent...
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Chris Dumpleton - Limitless - Is GigCX + AI The Future For Customer Service?
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Chris Dumpleton is the Chief Sales Officer at Limitless Technology. He is based in London, UK. Limtless is a GigCX platform that offers a connection to freelance customer service agents to brands - replacing the need for a more traditional customer service contact center as all the agents work from home, choosing their own hours and the brands they want to work for. Chris describes it as "Uber for CX." But how does the gig economy work in the CX environment and what are the challenges that clients with experience of the contact center face when they explore these ideas? Mark Hillary called...
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Dave Rumble - Maistro - Using Gen AI To Find B2B Partners
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Dave Rumble is Director and Executive Chair of the Maistro Group. Maistro has long been a specialist in helping companies with RFPs and vendor selection. The Maistro platform helps companies to make better sourcing decisons adn their database has very prescise details on thousands of suppliers. Maistro recently introduced the ability to have natural conversations with the database using generative AI, so B2B buyers can engage with the information in the database without needing to build complex queries. Our conversation came about because Forrester Research recently noted that 9/10 B2B buyers...
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CCW Berlin 2025 Feedback - with Raya CX and CXHero
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Peter Ryan recently attended the CCW Berlin show in Germany. He talked to a lot of people at the show and recorded a conversation with a couple of the CCW stars for their views on BPO in 2025 and what to look out for based on the show in Berlin... This episode featured Peter talking to: Sherif Kamel Poland GM @ Raya CX --- Rachel Poku Founder, CXHero
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What Is Wrong With LinkedIn?
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Mark and Peter take a diversion from the usual CX discussion to talk about LinkedIn. Why is it filled with garbage today and what can be done about it? Is there a way back for Microsoft to restore the function of the business networking tool?
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IWD 2025 - Women In CX In 2025
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Last Saturday was International Women's Day 2025. To mark the occasion, Peter Ryan reached out to three leading women working in CX in three different global locations. Listen to his discussion with them about the challenges and opportunities for women in CX in 2025... ---- Samar ElShafie - Egypt Head of Commerical and Client Relations - Octopus Outsourcing Sabrina Labonte - Canada Marketing Director, Laivly Sophia Mohammed - UK Client Parter, USMAART ------
info_outlineSara Sloman is the Director of Future Fleet at Paythru. Sara is based in the UK.
Sara's role is to imagine the future of the Electric Vehicle (EV) market - in particular for fleet users. She is focused on designing infrastructure, software, and payment systems that can make life easier for EV users - especially when out on the road and requiring a public charging station.
In this episode, Peter Ryan talks to Sara about the CX requirements for EV users and how the market is developing.