20+ Years Building World-Class Teams

Hi, I'm
Doug Valente.

Customer Success & Operations executive. I scale teams, grow revenue, and turn customer relationships into lasting competitive advantage.

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Leader. Operator. Grower.

I'm a Customer Success and Operations executive with over 20 years of experience scaling teams and driving revenue growth across early-stage startups and enterprise SaaS companies. I've led organizations through every stage — from Seed to Series B chaos to global enterprise scale.

My work lives at the intersection of people, process, and profit. Whether I'm rebuilding a customer health program, unifying disparate teams into a cohesive CS org, or crafting a go-to-market strategy from scratch, I bring a relentless focus on retention, expansion, and operational excellence.

I'm based in Issaquah, WA and have spent my career at companies like Valve, DreamBox Learning, Glassbox, and SoundThinking — with a consistent thread of turning ambiguity into alignment and customer relationships into durable revenue.

Customer Success
Retention & Expansion NDR Improvement Churn Reduction NPS Programs Onboarding
Leadership & Operations
Team Building P&L Management OKR Frameworks Cross-functional Alignment Recruiting
Revenue & GTM
ARR Growth GTM Strategy Expansion Revenue Enterprise & SMB
Tools & Certifications
Zendesk CRM Systems CISSP Pavilion CCO School

Impact at a Glance

A career built on measurable outcomes — growing revenue, retaining customers, and building teams that perform at every stage of company growth.

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$13M ARR Growth at Glassbox
As VP Global Customer Success, grew ARR from $45M to $58M and closed $12.8M in expansion revenue. Improved Net Dollar Retention from 1.20 to 1.37 while leading a fully remote global team of 14 CSMs.
Revenue Expansion NDR Global Team Leadership
95% Faster Onboarding at DreamBox
Built a scalable Customer Success organization from the ground up at DreamBox Learning, cutting onboarding time by 95% and growing ARR to over $60M through direct account management and NPS-driven improvement programs.
Process Optimization Onboarding EdTech SaaS
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$90M in Annual Savings at Valve
Led Customer Operations at Valve (Steam) handling 1.5M+ tickets annually across 13 languages. Implemented security measures that reduced account fraud by 60% and cut chargeback rates from over 20% to under 2%.
Operations at Scale Fraud Reduction Cost Savings
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Six Months → 30 Days at Accredible
As VP Global CS, redesigned the onboarding process to slash time-to-value from six months to under 30 days. Grew ARR from $10M to $12M and improved NDR from 1.20 to 1.48 while keeping logo churn under 5%.
Time-to-Value Churn Reduction Retention

Experience

2025 — Present Current
Vice President, Customer Success
SoundThinking  ·  Fremont, CA

Leading Customer Success at SoundThinking, a public safety technology company. Driving retention, expansion, and customer health programs across the portfolio.

2024
Chief Operating Officer
Impakt IQ  ·  Seattle, WA

Oversaw day-to-day operations — finance, sales, and client delivery — at a sustainable business intelligence SaaS startup. Developed GTM strategy, built sales collateral, and introduced OKR-driven performance culture as the company transitioned from consulting to product.

2022 — 2024
Vice President, Global Customer Success
Glassbox  ·  Seattle, WA

Led a fully remote global team of 14 CSMs serving Enterprise Healthcare, Banking, and Financial Services customers. Grew ARR from $45M to $58M, closed $12.8M in expansion revenue, and improved NDR from 1.20 to 1.37.

2021 — 2022
Vice President, Global Customer Success
Accredible  ·  Seattle, WA

Led a 22-person global team across Account Management, Customer Success, and Support. Grew ARR from $10M to $12M, improved NDR to 1.48, and cut time-to-value from six months to under 30 days.

2019 — 2021
Vice President, Customer Success
Tideworks Technology  ·  Seattle, WA

Unified four disparate teams into a cohesive 30-person global Customer Success organization. Generated over $1M in new professional services revenue and deployed Zendesk as the company's support platform.

2014 — 2018
Chief Customer Officer / Chief Operating Officer
EvengX  ·  Issaquah, WA

Co-led operations of a cybersecurity SaaS startup — overseeing fundraising, recruiting, sales, and client delivery. Achieved a 90% sales close rate and ~3% churn while managing a fully remote team of 30.

2004 — 2012
Director, Customer Operations & Support
Valve Corporation  ·  Bellevue, WA

Built and led Valve's customer-facing operations as Steam scaled to $1B+ in annual revenue. Managed 1.5M+ support tickets per year across 13 languages. Reduced account fraud by 60% and cut chargeback rates from 20%+ to under 2%, saving an estimated $90M annually.

Let's Talk

Whether you're looking for a CS or Operations leader, want to explore a collaboration, or just want to connect — I'd love to hear from you.