We begin our very first episode on The Squawk with Bob van Winden. Bob shares his extensive experience in scaling customer support operations across major tech companies like Google and Stripe, and now at Bridge, a fintech startup. He reflects on how he accelerated his career thanks to unique professional opportunities available in Support and Operations, the importance of balancing anecdotes with data when it comes to CX, and the key lessons from hyper-scaling operations over the past decade.

The customer experience space is changing fast. The Squawk is a short, sharp and focused deep dive on one guest and their one big idea about how CX is changing for the people involved. The conversation is deep, tactical and specific. Perfect for a quick commute and guaranteed to leave you with something new to think about – or implement – for your CX operation.

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction to Bridge and Bob's Journey
04:45 Transition from Google to Stripe and customer support
06:26 Focusing on Customer Support and Managing Vendors instead of Product or Hyper Scaling at Stripe
12:12 Counterintuitive Lessons from Growth: Anecdotes and Data
13:57 Balancing Anecdotes and Data as Stripe Grew
16:36 Balancing In-House and Outsourced Support Teams
19:03 The Evolution of Operations in the AI Era
20:28 The Cambrian Explosion of Operations Startups
21:44 Lightning Round: Insights on Customer Support Metrics and Experiences

Where to find Bob:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobvanwinden/

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Scaling Support at Google, Stripe, and Bridge: Lessons in Building World-Class Operations