Abbas Haider Ali, VP at GitHub: Customer Success & Innovation
Episode description
Abbas Haider Ali is the Vice President of Customer Success at GitHub where he lead all post-sales teams with an org size of 550+, supporting a $2B+ ARR business serving over 150 million developers, including over 90% of the Fortune 100. Prior to GitHub, he was Vice President of Customer & Partner Success at Twilio, leading the Data & Growth business ($300M+ ARR) following Twilio's $3B+ acquisition of Segment. He's held executive leadership roles at industry-defining companies, including xMatters (acquired by Everbridge), Managed Objects (acquired by Novell), Opnet Technologies (acquired by Riverbed), and IBM.With a proven track record in leading both Product and Go-To-Market teams, he has cultivated a multi-disciplinary leadership style that spans solutions engineering, customer success, professional services, support, product management and strategy, product marketing, sales, and business development.In addition to being an operator, he is a General Partner at GTM Operators Network where he invests at seed through growth stage including companies such as Atlan, Metronome, Neon, Weights & Biases and 11x.ai. He also has a strong commitment to mentorship and is passionate about empowering women and underrepresented groups as they rise to leadership positions in the tech industry. Topics:
- AI's impact on software development and developer workflows
- Bridging the gap between product and go-to-market strategies
- Key differences in leading customer success at different company sizes