John Gusiff

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Chief Experience Officer | CX Strategy | Brand Loyalty | Customer JTBD | Experience Design | makeit toolit | Behavioral Science | GenAI | @ Customer Centric Solutions LLC
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Greater Seattle Area, United States, United States
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About John Gusiff

The focus of my career has been helping companies deliver on their brand promise, drive sustainable grow through customer acquisition, service, and retention strategies. Our website: www.customercentricllc.comClients have included Honda, Canada Goose, Disney, ecobee, Gap Inc. Family of Brands (Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime, Athleta), ecobee, ebay, G Adventures Travel, Kaiser Permanente, JMMB Financial, lululemon, Philips Electronics, Porch.com, Royal Ambulance, Shaklee Corporation, and Ticketmaster.Helping companies:- Build a better understanding of target customer expectations, desires, functional and emotional wants & needs;- By customer segment, build an understanding of what motivates them to hire your product or service, fire your competitors, as well as the different loyalty drivers that keep them coming back;- Leverage the power of storytelling to help cross-functional teams (marketing, sales, and service) align around what matters most to customers at different points in their customer journey;- Align executive stakeholders and cross-functional teams around how to best deliver on their brand promise at critical moments along the customer journey;- Ideate on the most cost-effective ways to deliver new and improved customer experiences, across physical and digital channels, since sometimes the most innovate solutions can be simple and easy to implement;- Leverage the Design Sprint process to quickly prototype and test ideas with customers in order to learn fast and identify the best ideas to move forward with;- Use Service Design and Blueprinting methods to help cross-functional teams visualize and understand what it takes to operationalize a new experience; and- Become an organization that practices empathetic listening and takes action on the CX insights captured.

John Gusiff's Current Company Details
Customer Centric Solutions LLC

Customer Centric Solutions Llc

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Chief Experience Officer | CX Strategy | Brand Loyalty | Customer JTBD | Experience Design | makeit toolit | Behavioral Science | GenAI |
John Gusiff Work Experience Details
  • Customer Centric Solutions Llc
    Chief Experience Officer | Cx Strategy | Brand Loyalty | Jtbd | Besci | Experience Design |
    Customer Centric Solutions Llc Feb 2002 - Present
    Seattle, Washington, Us
    CX strategy, journey mapping, customer jobs-to-be-done research, experience design, service design, MarTech strategy, and program management services to companies seeking to improve customer experience, share of wallet, and advocacy/loyalty to the brand.Clients have included American Honda, Canada Goose, CitiBank, Disney, ebay, ecobee, Gadventures, Gap Inc., Gympass, Kaiser Permanente, lululemon, Porch, Royal Ambulance, and TransAlta.Visit company website www.customercentricllc.com to learn more about what we do, our services, and clients.
  • Make It Toolkit
    Certified Makeit Behavioral Design Instructor
    Make It Toolkit Apr 2024 - Present
    Bangkok, Th
    Teach individuals and teams how to leverage applied behavioral science for marketing, product & service design, and change management leveraging the makeit toolkit.
  • Maven
    Maven Instructor - Customer Jobs-To-Be-Done Research Methods
    Maven May 2023 - Aug 2024
    Remote, Us
    Teach LIVE cohort classes on the Maven platform to individuals in marketing, sales, product, design, and customer success roles seeking to build a better understanding of 'customer progress' levering customer jobs-to-be-done research methods. Focused on practitioners, developing better listening and interviewing skills.
  • Stillaton
    Advisor
    Stillaton Mar 2023 - Feb 2024
    Bellevue, Washington, Us
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  • Citi
    Design Maturity Lead For Mad*Pow
    Citi Nov 2021 - Jun 2022
    New York, New York, Us
    Focused on enhancing Citibank Design organizations design maturity by defining an end-to-end process for influencing the work, aligning on the work, planning the work, doing the work, and reflecting on the work.Established new processes, methods, and tools including a more robust people planning and forecasting process to make sure the right resources were strategically allocated to the most important projects at the right time.
  • Humana
    Experience Design Consultant For Mad*Pow
    Humana Jun 2021 - Sep 2021
    Louisville, Kentucky, Us
    Experience Design focused on helping Humana both establish and transform into a more Customer-centric Business and Operating Model. Focused on putting customers and their personalized needs first across insurance and healthcare delivery, transforming into an agile organizational focused on the Customer and their journeys. Member of the Humana Enterprise Agility and Change team.
  • Transalta
    Customer Focused Strategy | Voice Of The Customer | Customer Experience Mgmt | Customer Success
    Transalta Apr 2020 - Jun 2021
    Calgary, Alberta, Ca
    Driving Growth through improved Customer Focus and development of five customer-focused competencies:1. Treat and manage customers as assets2. Understand what customers value most3. Focus on critical moments in the customer journey4. Establish listening posts at critical moments5. Nurture an empathetic and empowered culture
  • Ecobee
    Cx Strategist | Jtbd Analysis | Data-Driven Journey Mapping | Cx Opportunities | Experience Design
    Ecobee Sep 2018 - Feb 2019
    Toronto, Ontario, Ca
    - Visualized the customer journey for targeted persona based upon combination of qualitative and quantitative research.- Defined jobs-to-be-done inventory across all across all stages of the customer journey (discover, research, purchase, install/setup, use, and engage)- Analyzed time spent researching, path to purchase, price elasticity, choice set, decision criteria set, and final purchase criteria for targeted persona.- Analyzed jtbd importance, satisfaction, and customer effort by targeted persona in order to identify opportunities to improve the customer experience.- Facilitated co-creative design sprint workshop to envision the ideal customer journey bringing together cross-functional teams from brand, marketing, product, retail sales, ecommerce, information technology, service and support.
  • Ecobee
    Cx Strategist | Brand Experience | Customer Motivation + Values | Customer Segmentation | Personas
    Ecobee Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
    Toronto, Ontario, Ca
    - Reported into CMO to align executive stakeholders around the importance of overall customer experience strategy in relationship to growth and retention.- Performed consumer insights research to inform new brand positioning in the highly competitive smart home industry (focus on smart thermostats).- Conducted customer segmentation research analyzing customer motivations, goals, lifestyle, elements of value (functional, emotional, aspirational), and the role of technology in their lives.- Defined targeted persona to align brand, marketing, sales, product, and customer service on who their most important customers are and how best to serve their needs.
  • Gap Inc.
    Cx Digital Portfolio Management | Customer Experience | Digital Transformation | Ecommerce
    Gap Inc. Jun 2018 - Dec 2018
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Interim Senior Director CX Portfolio Management, overseeing $30M portfolio of customer experience, digital, and e-commerce projects for the Gap Inc. family of brands.- Overseeing program governance for strategic projects including concept pitch/business case, intake process governance, delivery coordination across product management and engineering, capacity management and reporting, and financial budgeting/forecasting.- Reported into CIO and Head of Product Management on overall CX portfolio status covering core business capabilities, schedule, project status, risks and mitigation strategies, and budget.
  • Porch
    Cx Strategist | Homeowner Insights Research | Customer Motivation | Home Maintenance & Improvement
    Porch Mar 2018 - Jun 2018
    Seattle, Washington, Us
    - Reported into Head of Business Development interested in learning about homeowner experience related to pre-move service, moving-in services, home maintenance and home improvement projects.- Conducted CX Workshop to introduce customer motivation and path to purchase analytical frameworks to cross-functional team across marketing, sales, ecommerce, and homeowner services.- Conducted jobs-to-be-done interviews inviting homeowners to talk about their experiences related to various Porch.com services.- Presented key findings related to the homeowner experience and journey across each stage of home ownership.
  • G Adventures
    Cx Strategist | Traveller Journey | Jtbd | Quantitative Research | Experience Design | Cx Roadmap
    G Adventures Jan 2018 - May 2018
    Toronto, Ontario, Ca
    - Reporting into Head of CX to align cross-functional leadership on CX Improvement opportunities across the traveller journey.- Conducted jobs-to-be-done (JTBD) based quantitative research of the end-to-end traveller journey.- Mapped the traveler journey identifying CX improvement opportunities across each stage of the journey (dreaming, researching, booking, preparing for travel, traveling, and remembering).- Conducted ideation and solution concept workshop with cross-functional teams to envision the ideal traveller journey and inform an overall CX Roadmap.
  • G Adventures
    Cx Strategist | Brand Experience | Traveller Motivation | Customer Persona | Customer Segmentation
    G Adventures Sep 2017 - Dec 2017
    Toronto, Ontario, Ca
    - Reported into CMO to inform brand positioning and overall traveller experience strategy from dreaming to booking to traveling to remembering.- Performed consumer insights research to inform new brand positioning in the highly competitive small group adventure travel industry.- Defined targeted traveler persona analyzing motivations for traveling, different travel preferences (e.g., type of adventure experience, pace of travel, itinerary, lodging, meals, etc.) along with building an understanding of what was important to travelers before, during, and after their tours.
  • Royal Ambulance
    Cx Strategist | Patient Experience | Journey Mapping | Customer Effort | Nps | Employee Engagement
    Royal Ambulance Jun 2016 - May 2018
    San Leandro, California , Us
    - Reported into CEO to drive differentiation in the marketplace based upon a focus on patient and customer experience.- Educated leadership team on patient experience and customer experience principles and industry best practices.- Facilitated the mapping of the Inter-facility Patient Transport Journey from both the patient and customer perspectives.- Facilitated ideal state journey workshop to identify ways in which to improve both patient and customer experience at critical moments in the journey (requesting transport, arrival at hospital, bed-side interaction, loading and transporting, unloading and arrival at destination).- Mapped the Royal employee journey to visualize and understand how improving employee engagement (recruiting, hiring, 1st day, on-going personal development and training) can have a direct impact (service value chain) on delivering better customer and patient experiences.
  • Canada Goose
    Cx Strategist | Storytelling | Customer Insights Research | Customer Journey | Cx Roadmap
    Canada Goose Nov 2016 - Mar 2017
    Toronto, On, Ca
    - Reported into Head of CX and CMO to align stakeholders on the ideal brand experience and customer journey.- Creating storytelling and data-driven journey maps built from qualitative research (online focus groups) and CX quantitative research leveraging a jobs-to-be-done framework.- Facilitating cross-function ideation and solutioning workshops to define new and improved customer experiences across social media, company website, ecommerce, retailer partner, flagship store, and customer service channels.- Aligning brand, marketing, retail sales, wholesale sales, ecommerce, customer service, and information technology organizations on a CX Roadmap to deliver new and improved experiences.
  • Canada Goose
    Cx Strategist | Customer Persona | Brand Experience | Online Focus Group | Segmentation
    Canada Goose Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
    Toronto, On, Ca
    - Reported into Head of CX and CMO to align organization on targeted customer persona most aligned with brand purpose and values.- Facilitated CX Workshop to develop initial hypothesis regarding customer persona, unmet expectations, wants and needs, and opportunities to improve the overall customer experience.- Conducted on-line focus group to capture the Voice of the Customer in relationship to brand, product, and service experience.- Defining targeted customer persona based upon customer motivation and value-driven segmentation research.- Defined customer persona to inform brand, marketing, product, ecommerce, store, and customer service experiences.
  • Jmmb Group Jamaica
    Cx Strategist | Digital Transformation | Experience Design | Storyboarding | Experience Blueprinting
    Jmmb Group Jamaica Jan 2016 - Apr 2016
    Kingston 10, St. Andrew, Jm
    - Reported into CMO and Head of Product to align cross-functional leadership on what it would take to digitally transform the auto loan experience to better serve Millennial customers.- Mapped the customer journey starting with researching which cars to consider, to determining what they can afford, to evaluating financing options, applying for a lease/loan, to registering vehicle and making on-going payments.- Conducted best practice research on mobile banking solutions, experience design, and user experience from Ally Bank, Beepi, Edmunds.com, and USAA.- Facilitated experience design workshop to storyboard and then experience blueprint a new mobile and on-line auto-loan journey for the millennial customer.- Defined the core technologies and integrations required to enable the new digital auto-loan journey including company website, mobile app, instant messaging, document management, credit authorization and loan origination systems.
  • Lululemon
    Martech Strategy | Customer Data Platform | Guest Profile Management | Multi-Channel Marketing
    Lululemon Oct 2014 - Apr 2015
    Vancouver, Bc, Ca
    - Reported into CIO to define overall MarTech strategy and technology stack in support of building brand awareness, increasing guest reach, improving guest education on product, delivering on brand experiences, engaging customers in brand conversations, and driving guest advocacy & product love.- Led vendor evaluation and assessment of best-of-bread MarTech technologies to support lululemon’s guest experience goals and objectives.- Created MarTech stack model with prioritized business capabilities to support multi-channel marketing, audience data management, campaign management, and guest profile management.
  • Lululemon
    Cx Strategist | Guest Experience | Voice Of The Customer | Personas | Customer Journey
    Lululemon May 2014 - Dec 2014
    Vancouver, Bc, Ca
    - Reported into Head of CX/CIO to formulate Omni-channel guest experience strategy in alignment with brand strategy and positioning.- Online focus group to capture the Voice of the Customer as it relates to brand experience and the customer journey.- Customer segmentation modeling identifying five targeted customer segments to drive growth in both women's in men's business.- Data-driven journey mapping to identify unmet customer needs and pain points at different stages of the customer journey.
  • Gap Inc.
    Crm Senior Program Manager
    Gap Inc. Mar 2007 - Feb 2014
    San Francisco, California, Us
    For Gap Inc., overseeing the planning and execution of strategic CRM initiatives to support acquisition, retention, and loyalty across Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta, and Piperlime brands. Senior Product Manager for the following initiatives:- Re-design, launch and rollout of new co-branded credit card loyalty program overseeing key changes in all customer-facing processes and systems enhancements related to card program enrollment, account servicing, reward coupon redemption at purchase, return/exchange (credit back points) and revenue accounting across both retail store and on-line sales channels.- Multi-channel marketing promotion management program evolving it from basic order level promotions to item level promotions to loyalty program based promotions supporting over 2,500 North American retail stores and four major Brands Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, and Outlet; and- Redesign and re-architecture of enterprise customer master to create wholistic view of the customers including the brands they shop, the channels they shop, the products they own, and their recency and frequency of shopping. Supported customer loyalty program, employee discount program, newsletter subscription management, customer scoring and segmentation, customer life-time value analysis, and multi-channel integrated marketing.
  • American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
    Senior Technical Program Manager | Driver Experience | Real-Time Traffic | Telematics
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc. Apr 2004 - Jul 2005
    Torrance, Ca, Us
    - Senior Technical Program Manager overseeing strategic initiative to innovate ownership experience leveraging $100M investment by Honda in XM Satellite Radio data broadcast.- AcuraLink™ Satellite-Based Communication System for the 2005 Acura RL, providing real-time traffic, maintenance reminders, engine diagnostics and other telematics services. Leveraged technologies including XM® satellite broadcast, HandsFreeLink™ wireless telephone interface and BlueTooth™.
  • American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
    Senior Marketing Program Manager | Customer Data Platform | Cdp | Martech | Campaign Mgmt
    American Honda Motor Company, Inc. Apr 2002 - Mar 2004
    Torrance, Ca, Us
    - Reporting into VP of eCommerce providing senior leadership over strategic Honda and Acura ownership experience initiatives in support of sales and marketing.- Customer Data Platform (CDP_ providing a 360 degree view of the customer built upon a state-of-the-art Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) enabling real-time integration of customer touch-points including OwnerLink®, product brand sites (Acura, Honda, Motorcycles and Power Equipment), club sites, and contact centers.- Vendor evaluation and selection of email marketing and campaign management solutions to support Honda and Acura sales and service marketing programs.
  • Tanning Technology
    Client Executive | Saas Product Development | P2P And B2B Auction Sites | Start-Ups
    Tanning Technology 2000 - 2002
    Us
    $60 million industry leader in high-availability system architecture and performance engineering services to the Fortune 1000.Led business development, client management, and delivery management of system architecture and performance engineering services; established west coast presence for company and new market for p2p and b2b solutions in the on-line auction, entertainment and construction management industries; clients included eBay and two b2b start-ups in the media entertainment (Creative Planet) and construction management industries (Struxicon).
  • Cambridge Technology Partners
    Crm Practice Manager | Strategy | Business Process Design | Sales | Marketing | Service & Support
    Cambridge Technology Partners 1996 - 1999
    Minato, Tokyo, Jp
    CRM practice management, vendor partnerships, business development, recruiting/hiring, staff development and delivery management of CRM services including sales force automation, database marketing, customer/field service and call center solutions.Clients included American Honda, Honda Finance, Philips Electronics, Sprint PCS, TicketMaster, Toshiba Medical, Walt Disney Company, Sega Gameworks, General Instruments (Motorola), CollecTech and Hitachi Data Systems.
  • Axiom Management Consulting (Acquired By Ctp)
    Director Service Delivery | Solution Selling | Business Process Re-Engineering | System Integration
    Axiom Management Consulting (Acquired By Ctp) 1990 - 1996
    Boutique management consulting company specializing in business strategy, business process reengineering, information engineering and program management.Managed service delivery and supported business development; provided business process reengineering, information engineering and program management services to Fortune 1000 companies including Nissan Motor Company, Kaiser Permanente and Hughes Space and Communications.Helped grow consulting staff in LA Office from 4 to 30 people; acquired by Cambridge Technology Partners in 1996.
  • Price Waterhouse
    Senior Consultant | Healthcare Practice | Hmos | Durable Medical Equipment | Delivery Systems
    Price Waterhouse 1986 - 1990
    Gb
    Senior Consultant working in the healthcare practice performing team lead, business/system analyst, application development and system testing roles for enterprise-wide custom development projects.Clients included Homedco (Apria Healthcare), a leading durable medical equipment and infusion therapy company and Pacificare Health Systems (United Health) a leading health maintenance organization.1 of 30 recent U.S. college graduates recruited for special six month IT consulting training held at the PW training facilities.

John Gusiff Skills

Product Development Cross Functional Team Leadership Roadmap Program Management Benefits Realisation Multi Channel Retail Customer Data Integration Customer Loyalty Marketing Automation Customer Relations Business Process E Commerce Customer Experience Product Management Process Improvement Business Process Improvement Team Building Saas Agile Methodologies Customer Service Management Consulting Strategy Business Intelligence Analytics Crm Business Strategy Project Management Management Start Ups Mobile Devices Business Development Enterprise Software Agile Project Management Leadership Brand Loyalty Solution Selling Customer Relationship Management Design Sprints

John Gusiff Education Details

  • Claremont Mckenna College
    Claremont Mckenna College
    Economics/Computer Science

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