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Steve
Taylor
VP, Customer Success
Saviynt
With over a decade of hands-on experience in Customer Success—and six+ years in senior leadership, Steve currently serves as VP of Customer Success. Having built and scaled world-class CS teams at industry leaders including SailPoint and Saviynt, Steve is an expert in enterprise retention, customer-centric scaling, and driving long-term ARR growth.
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02 December 2026 09:45 - 10:15
Winning before onboarding: Why customer success should start before the sale ends
The customer experience doesn't begin at implementation—it starts long before the contract is signed. When Customer Success is involved earlier in the buying journey, expectations become clearer, onboarding becomes smoother and customers achieve value faster. This session explores how stronger collaboration between Sales and Customer Success creates better customer outcomes from day one. Learn how early engagement, improved handovers and shared accountability can reduce time-to-value, accelerate adoption and strengthen long-term customer relationships. Key takeaways: - Discover how earlier CS involvement improves onboarding success. - Explore best practices for seamless Sales-to-CS handovers. - Learn how shared customer planning accelerates adoption. - Take away approaches for strengthening collaboration across post-sales teams.