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Stephon Sands

Senior Enterprise Customer Success Leader specializing in Azure cloud adoption and renewals

San Jose, CAIndependent Analytical Practice10 years experienceSeniorTechnologySaaSCloud Computing
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Enterprise cloud/SaaS customer success leader who owned a strategic $102M Azure commitment end-to-end, rescuing a Kubernetes migration by formalizing Sev A/B triage/escalation ownership and executive governance. Drove measurable outcomes including restored executive confidence and consumption growth from $1M to $2M/month (~30% adoption growth) by tying stabilization milestones to migration velocity, forecasting, and expansion strategy.

Experience

Independent Analytical PracticeIndependent Analytical Practice
Customer Success Account Manager (Enterprise)Microsoft Corporation
Consultant – Secure Infrastructure (Microsoft Consulting Services)Microsoft Corporation
Senior Customer Security EngineerCisco Systems

Key Strengths

  • Owned end-to-end strategic enterprise Azure account with $102M multi-year commitment
  • Stabilized Kubernetes migration by implementing structured Sev A/B triage and escalation ownership across teams
  • Executive-level success planning tied to migration milestones; proactive risk surfacing and predictable communications to restore confidence
  • Built governance cadence (monthly governance + quarterly QBRs) tied to stability and consumption metrics
  • Drove adoption/expansion post-stabilization; increased monthly Azure consumption from $1M to $2M (~30% adoption growth)
  • Cross-functional alignment across Support, Product/Engineering, and Sales to unblock production rollout and reduce high-severity incident recurrence
  • Translated technical issues into business-impact product insights (revenue risk, migration velocity) to influence prioritization

Reference Highlights

Strongly Recommended
  • Tireless work ethic
  • Earns customer trust
  • Highly organized
  • Effective communicator
  • Leads with clarity and discipline
  • Bridges technical and executive audiences
  • Translates technical issues into business risk language
  • Strong cross-functional leader
  • Quickly removes blockers
  • Outcome-driven (not activity-driven)
  • Creates structure and alignment through reporting
  • Highly effective in ambiguous situations
  • Advocates effectively for customers with Product/Engineering
  • Manages roadmap influence process better than most peers
  • Stabilized accounts with deployment delays
  • Improved deployment timelines
  • Strengthened customer trust in the organization
  • Drives measurable customer value through enhanced support offerings
  • Helped customers deploy faster with fewer problems

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Languages

English

Skills

Enterprise Customer SuccessCustomer Success ManagementEnterprise Account StrategyExecutive Stakeholder AlignmentRenewal ProtectionAccount RenewalsExpansion StrategyStrategic QBR LeadershipQuarterly Business Reviews (QBRs)SaaS AdoptionPlatform AdoptionCloud AdoptionRisk MitigationTechnical Escalation ManagementEscalation Leadership