Seasoned leader to further Customer Experience foundation; role will laser focus on solution and platform adoption at scale to further company’s aggressive growth plan
PROS, a provider of AI-powered solutions that optimize selling in the digital economy, announced that Martin Simoncic, a seasoned leader with deep expertise in customer success and professional services, has joined the company as Chief Customer Officer (CCO). Reporting directly to Les Rechan, PROS Chief Operating Officer, Simoncic will lead the Customer Experience and Engagement (CEE) organization to drive end-to-end customer engagement and platform adoption to further support the company’s aggressive growth plan.
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“Martin is a proven leader who brings extensive experience and deep passion for customer adoption and retention”
In this role, Simoncic will be responsible for customer success, customer support, professional services, training and enablement on a global basis. He succeeds John C.P. Allessio, Executive Vice President and CCO, who will retire from the company in mid-January 2021.
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As PROS first CCO, Allessio defined the CEE organization and implemented key customer-facing functions, along with next-generation business partner enablement programs, to further transform the PROS customer experience on a global basis. His key accomplishments span the launch of the Customer Success value and adoption practice, evolution of customer training curriculum and certification, redefining of Professional Services practices for B2B and Travel portfolios, as well as advancement and integration of the PROS Customer Support model.
“John has made a great impact on both our customers and partners at PROS,” said Rechan. “Through effective leadership and relentless focus on customer success, he established the CEE functions and programs needed to drive broad adoption of our AI technology platform and deliver greater lifetime value of PROS solutions. I am grateful for the contributions John has made.”