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Maranda
Dziekonski
Chief Customer Officer
Fexa
Prior to her latest role as the Chief Customer Officer at Fexa, Maranda Dziekonski was the VP of Customer Success at ID.me. Maranda has over 20 years of experience both working in and building world-class operations. She has extensive experience building and scaling teams in early and mid-stage startups and has been part of 4 companies with successful exits (one unicorn). While she has owned everything from sales and marketing, HR, biz ops, and various other functions, her passion remains with Customer Success. Maranda has been honored as a Top 50 CCOs to Watch, Top 25 Customer Success Influencer for 2021, 2022, and 2023, and various other awards for CS and Leadership. She also sits on numerous boards and is on the advisory board for the University of San Francisco's Customer Success and Insights MBA Program.
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24 September 2026 16:15 - 16:45
Panel | The retention blindspot: Why churn decisions are made long before renewal
By the time a customer tells you they are leaving, the decision has often already been made months earlier. The signals were there in onboarding gaps, stalled adoption, declining engagement, and missed opportunities to demonstrate value, but they weren’t acted on in time. As retention comes under increasing pressure, customer leaders are being forced to rethink how they identify risk, measure customer health, and intervene earlier in the lifecycle. This panel explores where accountability for churn really sits, why traditional warning systems fail, and how leading organizations are building more proactive retention strategies. You will leave with: - Practical ways to identify churn risk earlier - Strategies for building more effective customer health frameworks - Insights into where retention accountability should sit - Real examples of organizations reducing churn before renewal conversations begin