Nathan Spear

Skills & Expertise

A comprehensive view of my professional capabilities across customer success, FinOps, and technical domains.

Customer Success

Enterprise Account Management

Expert

Managing strategic accounts with $1M+ ARR, building executive relationships, and driving business outcomes

Success Planning

Expert

Developing and executing customer success plans aligned to business objectives and measurable outcomes

Quarterly Business Reviews

Expert

Leading executive-level QBRs that demonstrate value, align on goals, and identify expansion opportunities

Customer Health Scoring

Advanced

Building and operationalizing health scoring frameworks using product usage, engagement, and sentiment data

Renewal Management

Expert

Driving renewal processes, negotiating contracts, and achieving 95%+ gross retention rates

Expansion & Upsell

Advanced

Identifying and executing expansion opportunities to drive net revenue retention above 110%

FinOps & Cloud

Cloud Cost Optimization

Expert

Reducing cloud spend through rightsizing, reserved instances, and architectural recommendations

AWS

Advanced

Cost management, billing analysis, and optimization across EC2, S3, RDS, and other AWS services

Azure

Intermediate

Cost analysis and optimization for Azure compute, storage, and platform services

GCP

Intermediate

Basic cost management and billing analysis for Google Cloud Platform

FinOps Practices

Expert

Implementing FinOps operating models including tagging, showback, and cost allocation

Cloud Governance

Advanced

Establishing policies and guardrails for cloud resource provisioning and cost control

Tools & Platforms

Salesforce

Advanced

CRM administration, reporting, and workflow automation for customer success operations

Gainsight

Advanced

Customer success platform configuration, health scoring, and journey orchestration

Tableau / Looker

Intermediate

Building dashboards and reports for customer health and business metrics

JIRA / Asana

Advanced

Project management and cross-functional coordination for customer initiatives

SQL

Intermediate

Querying databases for customer usage analysis and reporting

Leadership & Strategy

Cross-functional Leadership

Expert

Leading initiatives across Product, Engineering, Sales, and Support teams

Executive Communication

Expert

Presenting to C-level stakeholders and translating technical concepts to business value

Process Development

Advanced

Building scalable playbooks, frameworks, and operational processes

Team Mentorship

Advanced

Coaching and developing junior CSMs on best practices and career growth

Data-Driven Decision Making

Expert

Using metrics and analytics to inform strategy and measure outcomes

Certifications

FinOps Certified Practitioner
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Salesforce Administrator