Webinar #32 - November 5th, 2026 at 18:00 CET | 12:00 EST | 9:00 PST
CANCELLED! Single-Threaded: One Contact Away From Churn
Guests:
Nima Ataei, Senior Strategic Customer Success Manager at Sprig
Talia Stryker, Senior Enterprise Customer Success Manager at Clever
This edition has been cancelled. Our apologies!
What happens to an account when your main contact leaves? For many CS teams, the honest answer is that they are not sure. One strong champion can make an account feel safe: they reply quickly, they like working with you, and they keep things moving. But when the relationship, the budget conversations, and the renewal all run through one person, the account is only as stable as that person’s next career move. And by the time they share the news, the easiest window to build other relationships has usually closed.
On Thursday, November 5th, Nima Ataei from Sprig and Talia Stryker from Clever join us for a practical conversation about multi-threading. Nima brings the enterprise view, where relationships across teams drive renewals and growth. Talia works with large organizations where leadership changes constantly. Together, they will look at what teams can do whether they start early or are already behind.
Key topics we’ll cover
- When one contact is enough
- When to look for new champions
- Going wide without bypassing champions
- What to do when a champion leaves
- Keeping relationships from going cold
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Speaker:
Nima Ataei
Nima works with Sprig’s most complex global accounts, where building relationships across product, design, and engineering teams is what drives renewals and growth. His enterprise Customer Success background at LinkedIn, Box, and Productboard gives him a practical perspective on how to widen an account beyond a single champion.
Talia Stryker
Talia works with some of the largest school districts in the US, where leadership changes are frequent and accounts rarely depend on one decision-maker for long. Her background as a teacher and enterprise CSM makes her well placed to speak about building trust at every level of a customer organization.
Host:
Irina Cismas
Irina is a product-led growth marketer with more than 15 years of experience in the field, focused on GTM strategy, messaging & positioning, competitive intelligence and many more. She is passionate about building high performance teams globally, developing talent while integrating customer insights into the product development process.
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Why Curiosity Drives Renewals and Expansion in CS, with Melanie Faye | Mastering CS: Ep 98
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