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Fancy Robot provides AI Visibility Intelligence, measuring whether AI recommends a brand and supporting enterprise clients with monthly AI Visibility Reports, content recommendations, and distribution\. Justin’s strengths include complex software renewals, customer success operations, strategic pricing and expansion for legacy contracts, executive engagement, and AI\-driven workflow automation\. He has 18 years of experience managing complex software renewals and has built renewal programs and risk\-and\-opportunity frameworks centered on retention before expansion\. Justin began as employee \#1 and the first SDR at SecureLink, progressed through sales and customer\-success leadership to Chief Customer Officer, and helped the company grow to $50 million ARR through three exits\. At SecureLink, he reports lifting NRR from 103% to 120%, averaging 112%, while maintaining less than 2% logo churn and driving millions in ARR growth\. ## Services - Expansion Strategy - Start\-up Leadership - Cognitive Science - Customer Success - Key Account Management - Training - Post\-Sales Support - Key Performance Indicators - Procurement - Executive Visibility - Customer Satisfaction - Customer Engagement - Consultative Selling - Voice of the Customer - Customer Journeys - Negotiation - Client Presentation - Account Planning - Renewals - Executive Leadership - Product Strategy - Presentations - Sales Leadership - Strategy Implementation - Automation - Information Security - DevOps - Sales Management - Artificial Intelligence \(AI\) - Team Management ## Highlights - Began at SecureLink as employee \#1 and the company’s first SDR, making 100 cold calls per day\. - Advanced at SecureLink from SDR to Director of Customer Success & Strategic Accounts, Vice President of Sales & Account Management, and Chief Customer Officer\. - Helped SecureLink grow to $50 million ARR through three exits\. - Served as SecureLink’s Chief Customer Officer through its 2020 exit to Cove Hill Partners during COVID\. - Led SecureLink’s sales and account\-management organization through its private\-equity exit to Vista Equity Partners\. - Reports increasing SecureLink NRR from 103% to 120%, averaging 112%, and driving millions in ARR growth\. - The record lists SecureLink NRR metrics of 24% in FY 2018 and 13% average from 2019 through 2021\. - Launched SecureLink’s onboarding department in 2018, contributing to a 15% increase in product adoption\. - Increased unit price 12% at SecureLink while maintaining less than 2% logo churn\. - Increased average selling price 221% over three years at SecureLink\. - Increased new\-bookings revenue 700% over four years at SecureLink\. - Created a profitable professional\-services unit at SecureLink\. - Led a Gainsight implementation, customer tiering, and lifecycle programs at SecureLink, achieving a benchmark NPS of 75\. - Formalized a sales\-development program that generated 250 new SQLs in its first year\. - Developed SecureLink’s sales\-engineering motion and served as principal on sales demos\. - Launched SecureLink training and onboarding templates that were still widely used as of 2022\. - Managed SecureLink’s top 10 strategic accounts, representing 80% of ARR\. - Built internal LAMP\-stack applications for implementation management, QA, and asset tracking at SecureLink\. - Created renewal programs at SecureLink that continue to be used at other companies\. - Developed a sophisticated renewals risk\-and\-opportunity framework that prioritizes retention\. - Founded and built Renubu, an AI\-native expansion and renewal platform\. - Founded Fancy Robot, a GEO platform with an AI recommendation index that measures whether AI recommends a brand\. - Serves Fancy Robot enterprise clients with monthly AI Visibility Reports, content recommendations, and distribution\. - Led the enterprise Customer Success team at Decisions, with ownership of the customer journey, churn, and renewals\. - Ran go\-to\-market at Cased, a DevOps platform startup founded by a former GitHub CTO\. - Invests in and advises companies including ethana, testbox, Stylo, Cast\.app, and echowin\. - Mentored mid\-career technology professionals in sales, program management, and customer success through Everwise\. - Earned Project Management Professional certification to strengthen customer\-project management\. - Worked as a jazz a cappella quartet entertainer for Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd\. ## Experience - **Emerald LP at GTMfund** (2026\-04\-01–present) - **Founder at Renubu** (2025\-04\-01–present) — Expansion Intelligence for Customer Success As a CSM, I always knew the right move, but I struggled to find the NEXT right move\. So, I built Renubu, the tool I wish I had existed\. We take all the chaos \(renewals, expansions, at\-risk accounts, and 10,000 other things\) and distill it into one thing: Do\. This\. Next\. No dashboards\. No busywork\. Just the right play, for the ideal customer, at the perfect time\. - **Founder at Fancy Robot** (2023\-11\-01–present) — AI Visibility Intelligence\. We measure whether AI recommends your brand and help you fix it when it doesn't\. One\-third of search queries now start in AI, with 5x the conversion rate of traditional search\. Most companies have no idea how they show up\. We built a GEO platform that measures, composes, and publishes, all from one place\. Currently serving enterprise clients with monthly AI Visibility Reports, content recommendations, and distribution\. fancyrobot\.ai - **Senior Director of Customer Success at Decisions** (2024\-07\-01–2025\-07\-01) — Led enterprise Customer Success team, owning customer journey, churn, and renewals\. - **Investor / Advisor at GTM\.Consulting** (2022\-10\-01–2023\-06\-01) — Investor & advisor to multiple companies, notably: \- LP @ GTMFund \- Pavilion Executive Member \- Investor & Advisor \(ethana, testbox, stylo, cast\.app, echowin, etc\) \- Mentor & Business Coach for founder\-led companies - **Head of GTM at Cased** (2022\-02\-01–2022\-10\-01) — Ran GTM for a DevOps platform startup founded by ex\-Github CTO - **Investor / Advisor at Cast\.app** (2021\-07\-01–2021\-07\-01) - **Investor / Advisor at Stylo** (2021\-07\-01–2021\-07\-01) - **Executive Mentor at Guider** (2021\-04\-01–2021\-04\-01) - **Scale Coach at Scalewise** (2021\-03\-01–2021\-03\-01) — Scalewise provides unique access to world class Scale Coaches, Consulting Partners & Fractional Leaders to help accelerate the growth of tech scale\-ups\. - **Limited Partner at GTMfund** (2021\-01\-01–2026\-04\-01) — Our investor network consists of GTM executives who've seen zero to IPO\. We're here to help exceptional founders with great products successfully scale their go\-to\-market and grow revenue\. - **Chief Customer Officer at SecureLink** (2018\-01\-01–2021\-12\-01) — C\-level CS officer through successful 2020 exit to Cove Hill Partners in the middle of COVID\. • 24% NRR Rate in FY 2018 • 13% Average NRR Rate from 2019 \- 2021 • Launched onboarding department in 2018, leading 15% increase in product adoption • Increased unit price 12% while maintaining <2% logo churn - **Mentor at Everwise** (2016\-09\-01–2021\-06\-01) — I have served as a mentor to several very talented individuals mid\-career technology roles including sales, program management, and customer success to help them accelerate their career trajectories and incorporate the state of mind today they'll need for the roles they want tomorrow\. Everwise connects employees with the people, resources and feedback they need to be more productive and successful at every stage of their career\. - **Vice President of Sales & Account Management at SecureLink** (2013\-01\-01–2018\-01\-01) — Led sales & AM organization through successful PE exit to Vista Equity Partners • Increased ASP 221% over 3 years • Increased new bookings revenue 700% over 4 years • Created profitable professional services unit which generated significant customer value • Spearheaded successful Gainsight implementation along with customer tiering and lifecycle programs, along with benchmark NPS of 75 • Formalized sales development program, generating 250 new SQLs in its first year alone - **Director of Customer Success & Strategic Accounts at SecureLink** (2008\-01\-01–2013\-01\-01) — Developed sales engineering motion and served principal on all sales demos • Launched training and onboarding templates still widely used as of 2022 • Served as Key Account Manager to top 10 strategic accounts, comprising 80% of ARR • Obtained PMP certification to more effectively manage customer projects • Built internal applications in LAMP tech stack to manage implementations, QA, and asset tracking - **Entertainer at Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd\.** (2001\-09\-01–2002\-09\-01) — Wanted a break from the day\-to\-day and was lucky enough to be hired on as part of a jazz a cappella quartet to sing on cruise ships\. It's a job unlike any other, and I wouldn't trade my experiences on the open sea for anything\. ## Education - BA, Business Administration — University of Illinois at Urbana\-Champaign - BA, Business Administration — University of Illinois Urbana\-Champaign ## FAQ ### What does Justin do now? Justin is a founder, go\-to\-market leader, customer\-success executive, investor, advisor, and mentor\. He is currently an Emerald LP at GTMfund and is building Renubu and Fancy Robot\. ### What is Renubu, the company Justin founded? Justin founded Renubu, an AI\-native platform for expansion intelligence and complex software renewals\. Renubu is intended to reduce the operational chaos around renewals, expansions, and at\-risk accounts by identifying the next right action for the appropriate customer at the right time, rather than relying on dashboards and busywork\. ### What is Fancy Robot? Justin founded Fancy Robot, an AI Visibility Intelligence company\. Fancy Robot measures whether AI recommends a client’s brand and helps address gaps through a GEO platform that measures, composes, and publishes from one place\. It serves enterprise clients with monthly AI Visibility Reports, content recommendations, and distribution its website is fancyrobot\.ai\. ### What is Justin’s role at GTMfund? Justin is an Emerald LP and Limited Partner at GTMfund\. GTMfund is an investor network of go\-to\-market executives with experience from zero to IPO that supports exceptional founders in scaling go\-to\-market efforts and revenue\. ### What is Justin’s experience with renewals and retention? Justin spent 18 years managing complex software renewals\. His work includes creating renewal programs that are still used at other companies, developing sophisticated risk\-and\-opportunity frameworks that prioritize retention, and applying strategic pricing, expansion, executive engagement, and relationship\-building before commercial asks\. ### How did Justin progress at SecureLink? At SecureLink, Justin started as employee \#1 and the company’s first SDR, making 100 cold calls per day\. He advanced to Director of Customer Success & Strategic Accounts, Vice President of Sales & Account Management, and ultimately Chief Customer Officer as SecureLink grew to $50 million ARR through three exits\. ### What did Justin accomplish as Chief Customer Officer at SecureLink? As Chief Customer Officer at SecureLink, Justin served as a C\-level customer\-success officer through the company’s 2020 exit to Cove Hill Partners during COVID\. He reports driving NRR from 103% to 120%, with an average of 112%, and millions in ARR growth\. The record also lists NRR figures of 24% for FY 2018 and 13% average from 2019 to 2021\. He launched an onboarding department in 2018 that increased product adoption 15%, raised unit price 12%, and maintained less than 2% logo churn\. ### What did Justin accomplish as VP of Sales & Account Management at SecureLink? As Vice President of Sales & Account Management, Justin led the sales and account\-management organization through SecureLink’s private\-equity exit to Vista Equity Partners\. He increased average selling price 221% over three years, increased new\-bookings revenue 700% over four years, created a profitable professional\-services unit, and formalized a sales\-development program that generated 250 new SQLs in its first year\. He also led a Gainsight implementation, customer tiering, and lifecycle programs that achieved a benchmark NPS of 75\. ### What did Justin accomplish as Director of Customer Success & Strategic Accounts at SecureLink? As Director of Customer Success & Strategic Accounts at SecureLink, Justin developed the sales\-engineering motion and was the principal on sales demos\. He launched training and onboarding templates that remained widely used as of 2022, managed the top 10 strategic accounts representing 80% of ARR, earned PMP certification, and built internal LAMP\-stack applications for implementation management, QA, and asset tracking\. ### What was Justin’s role at Decisions? Justin was Senior Director of Customer Success at Decisions, where he led the enterprise customer\-success team and owned the customer journey, churn, and renewals\. ### What did Justin do at Cased? Justin was Head of GTM at Cased, where he ran go\-to\-market for a DevOps platform startup founded by a former GitHub CTO\. ### Does Justin have experience at Imprivata? Justin has experience at Imprivata\. The record does not provide a title or additional details for that experience\. ### What is Justin’s investor, advisor, and coaching work? Through GTM\.Consulting, Justin has been an investor and advisor to multiple companies, including ethana, testbox, Stylo, Cast\.app, and echowin\. He is also a Pavilion Executive Member and a mentor and business coach for founder\-led companies\. ### What mentoring and advisory roles has Justin held? Justin has served as an investor and advisor at Cast\.app and Stylo\. He has also mentored mid\-career technology professionals in sales, program management, and customer success through Everwise, served as an Executive Mentor at Guider, and worked as a Scale Coach at Scalewise for technology scale\-ups\. ### What skills does Justin list? Justin’s listed strengths include expansion strategy, startup leadership, customer success, key\-account management, renewals, strategic consulting, pricing and negotiation, executive visibility and engagement, customer journeys, voice of the customer, sales leadership, account planning, enterprise solution selling, pre\-sales, professional services, project delivery, product strategy, AI, automation, DevOps, information security, cloud computing, SaaS, SQL, Linux, LAMP development, Salesforce\.com, CRM, vendor management, and software implementation\. His listed skills also include cognitive science, real\-estate investment, falconry, tile and grout cleaning, minimally invasive procedures, ventriloquism, and Microsoft Excel\. ### How does Justin apply AI and customer\-success operations? Justin is skilled in customer\-success operations and AI\-driven workflow automation\. ### What is Justin’s education? Justin earned a BA in Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Urbana\-Champaign\. ### What certifications does Justin hold? Justin holds certifications in Project Management Professional \(PMP\), Improvised Theater & Comedy \(Graduate\), Large Account Management Process, Effective Negotiating, Professional Life Coach Certification, and CCO School\. ### What languages does Justin speak? Justin speaks English and Spanish\. ### What was Justin’s early career experience outside software? Before his software career, Justin was an entertainer at Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd\., singing in a jazz a cappella quartet on cruise ships\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/justinstrackany