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Joe
Wang
Director of Customer & Community Experience
Ancestry
Joe Wang is a customer experience leader with nearly two decades of global experience across Ancestry, Upwork, Yahoo, Alibaba, and Side. He specializes in transforming support, community, and voice‑of‑customer programs through AI, operational rigor, and cross‑functional alignment. Known for turning customer signals into strategic action, he leads teams that improve satisfaction, retention, and efficiency at scale. Joe’s work centers on building intentional, data‑driven experiences that strengthen customer trust and long‑term value.
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22 September 2026 11:15 - 11:45
From cost center to retention engine: Ancestry's AI CX transformation
Ancestry's business is built on trust. Members share their family history, their DNA, their most personal stories. When support fails that trust, they don't just churn; they leave with something irreplaceable. In partnership with Ada, Ancestry redesigned support around what actually matters: does the member leave with what they came for, and do they stay? From 2.1M conversations to a live voice agent saving cancellations in real time, this session traces Ancestry's journey from assisted CX to a fully agentic program — and what it takes to turn support into something that grows the business. Key takeaways - Automated resolution rate is an input, not the goal; the north star is whether the member got what they came for - A cancellation call is a retention moment; Ada's voice agent applies real offers on the call, live on production APIs - One engine across voice, chat, six languages, and nine countries means fixing something once makes it work everywhere - Proactive outreach — catching an expiring card before the member notices — is where support starts growing the business - When discovery is the product, every resolved contact is a reason to stay