Résumé

Lynell J. Wagenman

Building scalable customer success organizations that create operational clarity, retention predictability, & long-term growth.

Overview

A decade helping SaaS companies move from reactive to structured.

I'm a customer success & customer operations leader who specializes in building scalable post-sale organizations during periods of rapid growth, operational transformation, & acquisition-stage change. Over the past decade, I've helped SaaS organizations design lifecycle frameworks, onboarding systems, forecasting infrastructure, customer health programs, operational workflows, & scalable engagement strategies that improve retention, visibility, & customer value realization.

My work sits at the intersection of:

Customer success leadershipOperational scaleLifecycle strategyRetention forecastingCustomer engagementOrganizational maturity

I'm particularly energized by environments where complexity is increasing quickly & teams need stronger operational clarity to scale effectively.

Selected Impact

The receipts.

110%+

Net Revenue Retention

Sustained 110%+ NRR & 92% customer retention across 200+ healthcare organizations through lifecycle segmentation, health scoring, onboarding redesign, & proactive engagement.

20% → 5%

Forecast variance reduction

Built forecasting infrastructure, KPI dashboards, CRM workflows, & health systems that improved renewal visibility and operational predictability.

Company growth supported

Helped scale customer operations during BoardVitals' growth from $5M → $25M ARR through onboarding standardization and acquisition integration.

+35%

Product adoption

Designed milestone-based onboarding workflows & playbooks that improved time-to-value by ~30% and created scalable activation experiences.

$1M

Expansion pipeline

Operationalized customer health, expansion planning & renewal strategy with Sales leadership — $1M pipeline and $800K in closed expansion revenue.

How I Operate

Built for fast-moving environments.

Across Medality, BoardVitals, & Handy, I repeatedly joined organizations during periods of hypergrowth, operational ambiguity, acquisition transition, and organizational scale. In those environments, I focused on building clarity: clear lifecycle stages, scalable onboarding experiences, measurable customer health frameworks, operational reporting systems, forecasting discipline, standardized engagement motions, and stronger alignment between Customer Success, Sales, Product, and leadership.

I believe great customer success organizations are not built on heroic effort or reactive escalation management. They are built through scalable systems, operational discipline, & a deep understanding of how customers realize value over time.

Featured Case Studies

Three builds, three transitions.

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01

Medality

Scaling Customer Success after Series A

Architected Medality's first scalable CS operating model — lifecycle segmentation, health scoring, onboarding playbooks, KPI dashboards, forecasting, executive QBR structure, CRM automation, and proactive retention frameworks.

  • 110%+ NRR sustained
  • 92% retention
  • +35% adoption
  • Forecast variance 20% → 5%
  • 200+ healthcare orgs incl. Johns Hopkins & Kaiser
02

BoardVitals

Operational scale through acquisition

Built lifecycle frameworks, onboarding programs, customer education, KPI infrastructure, feedback loops, and escalation workflows. Created BoardVitals Bootcamp — a cohort-based enablement program standardizing engagement across CS, support, and ops.

  • 5× ARR growth ($5M → $25M)
  • +4 pts NRR
  • −25% employee ramp time
  • +5 pts CSAT
03

ACCME Accreditation Initiative

Cross-functional compliance build

Led the company-wide initiative to bring accredited healthcare education compliance in-house at BoardVitals — coordinating cross-functional requirements and building sustainable operational workflows.

  • ACCME accreditation achieved
  • Compliance ops insourced
  • Improved scalability
  • Stronger market position
Professional Experience

The timeline.

Medality

(Acquired by TrueLearn)

Head of Customer Success & Operations

Feb 2022 – Jul 2025

Built & scaled customer success operations during rapid growth & acquisition transition. Architected Medality's first scalable CS operating model — lifecycle segmentation, customer health scoring, onboarding frameworks, forecasting, CRM automation, and operational reporting that sustained 110%+ NRR and 92% retention across 200+ healthcare organizations.

BoardVitals

(Acquired by Ascend Learning)

Head of Customer Operations (promoted from Customer Operations Manager)

Jul 2016 – Feb 2022

Helped scale customer operations through rapid organizational growth & acquisition integration. Built onboarding programs, lifecycle engagement systems, KPI reporting, customer education, escalation workflows, and operational frameworks that improved retention and consistency during 5× ARR growth.

Handy

(Acquired by Angi)

Customer Experience & Account Management

Aug 2014 – Dec 2015

Supported customer operations during Handy's Series B & C growth stages — improving operational workflows, escalation management, and logistics visibility within a high-volume marketplace environment.

Leadership Philosophy

The strongest customer organizations create clarity.

  • · Clarity around customer value
  • · Clarity around operational priorities
  • · Clarity around risk
  • · Clarity around growth opportunities

As companies scale, customer success becomes much more than relationship management. It becomes operational infrastructure that influences retention, forecasting, product feedback, customer experience, & long-term company growth. The work I enjoy most is helping organizations evolve from reactive customer management toward scalable, proactive systems that help both teams & customers operate more strategically.

Areas of Expertise

What I bring to the table.

Customer success leadershipCustomer operationsLifecycle strategyForecasting & revenue planningCustomer health scoringRetention & expansion strategyPortfolio segmentationOperational scalabilityOnboarding & activationCross-functional leadershipStrategic account managementCustomer feedback systemsCRM & CS platformsProcess optimizationAI workflow experimentation

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