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Mike Hereid
Customer Success & Strategic Solutions Leader
Summary
Customer success leader with proven experience driving retention, expansion, and executive engagement across enterprise technology and platform environments. Delivered $61M+ in ARR growth through strategic customer engagement, proactive adoption planning, and AI/ML enablement at scale. Expert in translating complex customer needs into actionable strategies that drive measurable business outcomes and long-term partnerships.
Experience
Senior Customer Solutions Manager
Amazon Web Services
Leading strategic problem solving across $160M ARR portfolio, translating data-driven insights into actionable recommendations for EdTech and Government technology solutions.
- Led strategic problem solving across $160M ARR portfolio, structuring ambiguous market opportunities and translating data-driven insights into actionable recommendations that generated $3.5M+ in annual recurring revenue
- Developed executive-ready narratives synthesizing complex performance data, market dynamics, and customer signals into compelling strategic stories, driving 419% increase in ARR across largest state/local government customer
- Partnered across functions (PM, Sales, BD, Engineering) to identify customer pain points in EdTech sector, driving $540K ARR across AI agent implementation for 700+ platform APIs serving 35M users
- Founded CSM Neural Networks initiative addressing AI adoption gaps across 10+ opportunities, creating strategic framework and delivery playbook to accelerate pipeline conversion
- Executed competitive analysis enabling major customer migration from competing platform to AWS Bedrock ($1.5M ARR), achieving 25–35% cost reduction and 15–20% accuracy improvement
- Led delivery of enterprise accessibility compliance solution for LMS serving 35M+ users across 2,500+ higher education institutions ($185K ARR)
- Managed Generative AI Innovation Center engagement reducing AI-generated skills taxonomy manual change rate from 37% to <10%, enabling $300K ARR skills alignment platform launch
- Delivered AI-powered LMS migration framework reducing average timeline from 90 to 30 days for 200+ institutions ($500K ARR)
- Led custom AI content moderation solution for K-12 platform serving 3M+ students using SageMaker-based language detection ($300K ARR)
- Oversaw development of AI observability system for law enforcement records management platform ($180K ARR)
- Orchestrated largest state/local government customer through six migration waves, generating 419% ARR increase and expanding service adoption by 42% YoY
Managing Director, Client Engagement
University of California, San Diego
Developed and launched integrated operations center supporting 40,000+ employees, leading cross-functional teams through strategic transformation and system implementation.
- Developed and launched integrated HR/Payroll operations center supporting 40,000+ employees, establishing governance frameworks and tactical units for campus-wide program delivery
- Led 80+ cross-functional team members through strategic transformation and system implementation, consulting with campus and departmental leaders to analyze enterprise-level issues
- Achieved Six Sigma Black Belt certification implementing process improvements to pay distribution functions, reducing paper check generation by 61% and delivering $496K+ in annualized savings
Manager
Huron Consulting Group
Led program-wide data conversion and testing execution for large-scale ERP implementations, managing cross-functional teams through complex enterprise system transformations.
- Led program-wide data conversion for ERP implementation across 15 campuses and 200,000+ employees, managing 25 techno-functional resources through four conversion waves and production cutover
- Directed testing execution and validation for 56,000-employee ERP system implementation, managing cross-functional team of 75 employees across technical and functional capabilities
- Led future-state business process design team responsible for redesigning 28 system processes, conducting deep-dive sessions with client stakeholders and technical contractors
Skills & Expertise
Customer Success
- Enterprise Customer Success
- Executive Business Reviews
- Customer Health & Adoption
- Retention & Expansion
- Strategic Account Planning
Technical
- AWS (Bedrock, SageMaker, Lambda)
- AI/ML Enablement
- Cloud Architecture
- Platform Strategy
- Technical Discovery
Domain
- EdTech / Higher Education
- State & Local Government
- K-12 Education
- Enterprise SaaS
- Regulated Industries
Leadership
- Team Leadership (80+ members)
- Cross-Functional Alignment
- Executive Engagement
- Change Management
- Six Sigma Black Belt
Education
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Washington University in St. Louis
2009
Concentrations: Finance, Economics & Strategy, Entrepreneurship
Certifications