Bob Olson

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Chief Customer Officer @ DigitalOcean
Scottsdale, AZ, US
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, United States
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About Bob Olson

Member of executive team for five successfully acquired companies including two with billion dollar plus exits, in addition to serving as an officer of a publicly traded company. SaaS, SMB, Consumer, Enterprise and Long Tail Strategies.Experience in early stage start-ups to scale and lead $1 billion ARR organizations. Lead turnaround, high growth and large scale opportunities. Specialties: Product, Sales and Customer Growth Models driving ARPU and Cash Flow; Organizational Design and Effectiveness; Systems Thinking and Lean Methodology; Talent and Recruiting Strategies; Compensation Plans and Incentive Programs; Analytics and Data Science.

Bob Olson's Current Company Details
DigitalOcean

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Chief Customer Officer
Scottsdale, AZ, US
Bob Olson Work Experience Details
  • Digitalocean
    Chief Customer Officer
    Digitalocean
    Scottsdale, Az, Us
  • Artlist
    Growth Advisor And Leadership Coach
    Artlist Apr 2024 - Present
    Tel - Aviv, Il
  • Tatum Human Performance
    Board Member
    Tatum Human Performance Oct 2022 - Present
    A world leader in sports and human performance training powered by data, individualized programing and best in class trainers. Best Top 50 Golf Trainer in America by Golf DigestOver 7,000 active clients including:• Three client athletes ranked number one in the world. • Major League Baseball MVP• NCAA National Champion Team• 69 PGA and LPGA wins including 4 majors• 150+ College Athletic Scholarships• Over 400 clients who were able bring sports and competition back into their lives regardless of age
  • Franciscan University Of Steubenville
    Eir And Executive Director Of Entrepreneurship And Growth
    Franciscan University Of Steubenville Apr 2022 - Present
    Steubenville, Oh, Us
    • Top 10% of America's Top Colleges by Forbes magazine.• Ranked in the top tier of midwest universities by U.S. News & World Report since 1998.• 87% first year retention rate and 72% graduation rate with 30% growth in graduates in last three years. • Largest undergraduate Theology program in U.S. and over 700 FUS alumni have become ordained priests.• 45 undergraduate degrees, 12 graduate programs and 17 online programs.• New academic programs include cybersecurity; software engineering; mechanical engineering; biochemistry; entrepreneurship; criminal justice and master's in Catholic studies.• Prior commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients include Saint Teresa of Calcutta, Coach Lou Holtz and Patrick Lencioni.
  • Reality Distortion Ventures
    Co-Founder And Ceo
    Reality Distortion Ventures Aug 2017 - Present
    A service firm that helps companies win with customer experience and execute on acquisition, service, ARPU and retention strategies. • Build Organizational and Operational Excellence• Design and execute distribution models that scale including Freemium, Trial, In-product, Cross-sell, Up-sell, Channels and Direct Inside and Outside Sales • Make customer service the sustainable competitive advantage for the business and become a profit center• Build the power of a network for the sales organization that drives exponential growth and scale• Integrate marketing, sales and service programs to lower costs of acquisition and service and increase LTV• Optimize pricing, bundling and packaging strategies that benefit customers and drive ARPU • Execute on retention and win-back programs that create advocates for the business • Bring action from Voice of Customer and market insights to the product road-map that are embraced throughout the organization
  • Homebase
    Growth Advisor
    Homebase Jan 2021 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
  • Fivetran
    Growth And Leadership Coach
    Fivetran Sep 2020 - Present
    Oakland, California, Us
  • Loopia Group
    Board Member
    Loopia Group Nov 2018 - Present
    Stockholm, Stockholm County, Se
    Loopia Group is the largest hosting company in the Nordics and Central Eastern Europe.
  • Automattic
    Advisory Board
    Automattic Oct 2018 - Present
    San Francisco, Us
  • Digitalocean
    Interim Chief Customer Officer
    Digitalocean Jan 2024 - May 2024
    New York, Ny, Us
    Brought in as interim CCO during a CEO transition with global sales, customer success, and technical support responsibilities. Key achievements of teams included:• The sales and solution engineering teams achieved 129% of the 1st quarter goal.• Defined a new structure to increase sales efficiency by 40-60%. • Designed a new compensation model to pay 100% on realized revenue, lower cost of sales to revenue for the business and increase compensation for solid performers. • The customer success and solution architect teams accomplished the highest NRR in the last six quarters for top accounts and plans to drive double expansion from the CSM role in new revenue for the current year.• Support team accomplishments included 97% SLO and 4.5 CSAT scores (Lickert scale 1 to 5) while driving 50% YoY increase in subscription support and achieving 1.5X increase in productivity by 4th quarter with the introduction of AI.
  • Digitalocean
    Growth Advisor
    Digitalocean Oct 2023 - Jan 2024
    New York, Ny, Us
    Served as advisor and coach for Chief Revenue Officer.
  • Superhuman
    Growth And Leadership Coach
    Superhuman May 2023 - Jan 2024
    San Francisco, California, Us
  • Chownow
    Executive And Operational Coach
    Chownow Jan 2018 - Feb 2020
    Culver City, California, Us
  • Booster Fuels
    Executive And Operational Coach
    Booster Fuels Jun 2017 - Apr 2019
    San Mateo, California, Us
  • Lendinghome
    Ceo Advisor
    Lendinghome Oct 2017 - Mar 2018
    San Francisco, California, Us
  • Lendinghome
    Chief Customer Officer
    Lendinghome Dec 2015 - Oct 2017
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Fastest-growing and largest mortgage marketplace lender to reach $2 Billion in loans. The largest lender in the US serving the fix and flip industry. Revenue growth YoY of over 150% to $36MM ARR with reducing cost of new sales for direct channel by 44% and cost of new sales broker channel by 28% in addition to lowering cost of loan processing by 19% and cost of underwriting by 23%. Improved quality of loans for investor takeout from 94% to 99.99% resulting in over tens of millions saved from balance sheet exposure while increasing funnel pull-through of loan applications by over 30%.
  • Io
    Ceo Advisor
    Io Dec 2015 - Feb 2018
    Phoenix, Az, Us
    IO U.S. operations acquired by Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) for $1.4 billion.IO UK operations acquired by Equinix (NASDAQ: EQIX)
  • Io
    Chief Customer Officer
    Io May 2014 - Dec 2015
    Phoenix, Az, Us
    IO was one of the largest privately held colocation services and data center solutions provider in the world. Responsibilities included go-to-market and performance of the Managing Directors of North America, UK and Singapore; global marketing; product management; human resources; business operations and analytics to drive $186 million in annual revenue. Team achieved 81% YOY increase in new monthly recurring revenue while reducing sales and marketing expenses by 42% and attaining 102% of 2015 revenue plan.
  • Hellman & Friedman
    Advisor
    Hellman & Friedman Oct 2015 - Jan 2016
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
  • Reality Distortion Ventures
    Co-Founder And Ceo
    Reality Distortion Ventures Nov 2012 - May 2014
    A service firm that helps companies win with customer experience and execute on acquisition, service, ARPU and retention strategies. • Design and execute distribution models that scale including Freemium, Trial, In-product, Cross-sell, Up-sell, Channels and Direct Inside and Outside Sales • Make customer service the sustainable competitive advantage for the business and become a profit center• Build the power of a network for the sales organization that drives exponential growth and scale• Integrate marketing, sales and service programs to lower costs of acquisition and service and increase LTV• Optimize pricing, bundling and packaging strategies that benefit customers and drive ARPU • Execute on retention and win-back programs that create advocates for the business • Bring action from Voice of Customer and market insights to the product road-map that are embraced throughout the organization • Build Organizational and Operational Excellence
  • Godaddy (Nyse: Gddy)
    Chief Customer Officer
    Godaddy (Nyse: Gddy) 2012 - 2012
    Responsible for 360 degree customer experience including sales, professional services, customer marketing, technical support and customer segmentation strategies.P&L responsibility for operation with $601 million annual sales, $105 million in YOY growth and 250% improvement in net profit margin for sales and service organization with over 2,100 employees.Sales from outbound campaigns increased 45% YOY. Sales per employee increased 31% for over 1,600 inbound sales and service professionals. Customer Care Center achieved world class Net Promoter score.
  • Ning Interactive Inc.
    Advisory Board
    Ning Interactive Inc. 2011 - 2012
    Menlo Park, Ca, Us
  • Homerun (Homerun.Com)
    Senior Vice President - Sales And Customer Success
    Homerun (Homerun.Com) 2010 - 2012
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    Acquired by Reardon Commerce for over 12x of initial funding. Created a national sales organization for a leader in social commerce.In addition to HomeRun channel, was responsible for acquiring local and national merchants for FaceBook, Google, JPMorgan Chase, American Express and AT&T programs.Defined new sales model, product definition and value proposition to achieve industry leading performance with lowering cost of acquisition by 65%, improving margins by 54% and achieving 92% retention.
  • Mobile Mini Solutions  (Nasdaq: Mini)
    Senior Vice President - National Sales
    Mobile Mini Solutions (Nasdaq: Mini) 2009 - 2010
    Built a National Sales Center for the world leader in portable storage solutions that included hiring 111 employees in first six months to drive $100 million ARR. Redesigned recruiting strategies, training programs, CRM systems, compensation plans, management structure and introduced new payment methods.Improved historic performance of sales role by 47%, lowered cost of sale by 29%, increased pricing levels 8% and achieved 10% higher attach on ancillary services.Reduced employee turnover for sales and service roles by over 50%.
  • Intuit (Nasdaq: Intu)
    Customer Strategy Leader - Grow Your Business Division
    Intuit (Nasdaq: Intu) Oct 2008 - Sep 2009
    Responsibilities included go-to-market sales and support strategies for both organic and new acquisition product offerings for Intuit Grow Your Business Division.Sales and service leader for QuickBooks Online, achieving 20% increase in conversion, 38% improvement in performance measures and 50% YOY increase in revenue. Defined new sales and service model for International Market.Presented best practice assessment on support model for QuickBooks Enterprise Suite.
  • Homestead Technologies
    Chief Customer Officer
    Homestead Technologies Apr 2007 - Oct 2008
    Tempe, Arizona, Us
    Acquired by Intuit. Responsible for customer strategies including sales and support. This included life cycle management, segmentation strategies, pricing, recruiting, compensation models, training and development and P&L responsibility.Restructured sales and service model to support reducing cost of acquistion by 78%, increasing subscribers by 40% YOY and driving 90% growth YOY in sales.Customer Service Organization transformed from cost center to profit center with achieving best in industry Net Promoter score. Expanded operation to Denver, CO that grew to over 300 employees.
  • Godaddy
    Vice President Of Customer Strategies And Business Operations
    Godaddy 2003 - 2007
    Tempe, Az, Us
    Responsible for Sales, Customer Service, Reseller Channels, Office of the President, Human Resources, Recruiting, Professional Development, CRM Division, Corporate Quality Assurance, Facilities and Security. P&L Responsibility for 365x24 customer care operation with 107% CAGR in sales over 4 years. Customer care operation transformed from a cost center to profit center with $130 million in annual sales and achieving best in class CSAT of 92%.
  • Neoplanet, Inc.
    Vice President Of Sales And Operations
    Neoplanet, Inc. 2000 - 2002
    Tempe, Arizona, Us
    Acquired by Compaq Computer. NeoPlanet was one of the most popular web browers. The company shifted into Marketing Relationship Management software targeted to the Fortune 1000 market.
  • Tactical Marketing Ventures
    Senior Manager Of Consulting Services, Marketing Operations And Analytics
    Tactical Marketing Ventures 1998 - 2000
    An international marketing consulting organization specializing in launching global high-tech start-up companies.Clients of company included Netscape, WashingtonPost.com, Intuit, Mobility Electronics and Millionaire.com.
  • Ing (Nyse: Ing)
    Senior Strategic Marketing And Distribution Manager
    Ing (Nyse: Ing) 1995 - 1998
    Amsterdam Zuidoost, Nl
    Research and analysis resulted in realigning the distribution model for Security Life of Denver.Defined a new methodology of performance management for U.S. sales channels. Selected by senior leadership as the Project Leader for Mckinsey study on financial service industry in North America.

Bob Olson Skills

Strategy Saas Crm Start Ups Leadership Management Analytics Marketing Strategy Sales Enterprise Software Product Management Sales Operations Sales Management Marketing Online Advertising Account Management Salesforce.com P&l Management Mergers And Acquisitions Customer Relationship Management Customer Experience Product Development Customer Service Go To Market Strategy Software As A Service Voice Of The Customer Program Management Analysis Market Research Organizational Development P&l Responsibility Database Marketing Recruiting Channel Partners Pricing Strategy Telemarketing

Bob Olson Education Details

  • University Of Denver - Daniels College Of Business
    University Of Denver - Daniels College Of Business
    Mba
  • Colorado State University
    Colorado State University
    Accounting

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Bob Olson attended University Of Denver - Daniels College Of Business, Colorado State University.

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