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Jesus is strongest in enterprise retention and growth, technical advisory, usage analytics, incident management, risk mitigation, and cross\-functional coordination across engineering, product, sales, partners, and third\-party vendors\. Over 11 years managing enterprise customers in telecommunications, airline, financial\-services, and healthcare environments, Jesus has managed an $8M\-plus annual recurring\-revenue portfolio with zero churn while driving upsells, cross\-sells, renewals, and expansion\. He has reduced downtime by 25% for high\-risk clients and recovered 12 months of unbilled revenue within two months by resolving complex billing transitions\. His healthcare CPaaS and CCaaS work has supported ROI through appointment adherence and call deflection\. Jesus also brings pre\- and post\-sales architecture, channel, partner, and go\-to\-market experience from Magnolia CMS, Hewlett\-Packard, Xerox, Canon Latin America, and Canon U\.S\.A\. He combines technical SME guidance—including L1 network\-operations support—with executive communication and a customer\-first approach to turn at\-risk accounts into durable customer relationships\. ## Services - Support Management - Client Services - Customer Support - Technical Presales - Director level - Artificial Intelligence \(AI\) - Negotiation - Mitigation Strategies - Key Performance Indicators - Deal Structuring - Contract Negotiation - Consultative Approach - Business Reviews - Pre\-sales - Sales Operations - Solution Selling - Channel Partners - Management - Product Management - Go\-to\-market Strategy - Enterprise Software - Sales Process - SaaS - Software Industry - Cloud Computing - Project Management - Sales - Product Development - Account Management - Sales Presentations ## Highlights - Leads cloud\-based CX deployments at Cisco spanning CPaaS, contact\-center integration, user enablement, and AI adoption\. - Managed a client portfolio delivering more than $8 million in annual revenue at Cisco\. - Maintained zero churn over 11 years of managing enterprise customers while expanding account value through upsells, cross\-sells, and partner\-driven solutions\. - Reduced downtime by 25% for high\-risk clients through transformation and risk\-mitigation work\. - Recovered 12 months of unbilled revenue in two months by resolving complex billing transitions\. - Analyzes platform usage to identify churn risks, accelerate adoption of new releases, and provide strategic product\-development feedback\. - Manages incident communication and detailed root\-cause analysis to maximize customer service uptime\. - Supports healthcare CPaaS and CCaaS initiatives designed to improve appointment adherence and call deflection\. - Turns around at\-risk enterprise accounts through cross\-functional stakeholder alignment and prioritization of revenue\- and churn\-impacting deliverables\. - Provides L1 support and network\-operations SME guidance while coordinating incident response\. - Secures executive buy\-in to advance operational improvements\. - Increased Magnolia CMS revenue 23% year over year through a portfolio of value\-added partners and integrators\. - Recruited, onboarded, and managed strategic partners to expand Magnolia CMS’s Americas market reach and revenue opportunities\. - Created Magnolia CMS sales methodologies, joint business plans, co\-marketing initiatives, RFP responses, and POCs while monitoring partner revenue, ROI, deal registration, and compliance KPIs\. - Increased partner engagement 100% at Hewlett\-Packard through technical training and relationship management with 40 channel partners\. - Produced Hewlett\-Packard solution\-design and implementation documentation, POCs, and RFP responses for on\-premises, cloud, HP, and third\-party software solutions\. - Increased attachment of hardware and software upgrades and enhancement options at Hewlett\-Packard\. - Reduced post\-sales issues by 50% at Xerox Corporation through Level 3 technical support between channel partners and vendors\. - Led Xerox pre\- and post\-sales activities for equipment and solutions across Central America and the Caribbean\. - Managed Xerox third\-party solution\-partner relationships, go\-to\-market strategies, e\-learning participation, product training, print\-sample requests, and in\-country support visits\. - Provided Level 3 integrated\-solution support at Canon Latin America and resolved escalations involving hardware, software, and third\-party applications\. - Managed RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, and POCs for Canon Latin America channel partners and sales representatives\. - Gathered customer workflow requirements, developed test plans, conducted QA testing, reported software bugs and usability issues, and delivered technical training at Canon Latin America\. - Held Product Engineering Specialist, Senior Analyst, Nuclear Cardiology Manager, and Nuclear Medicine Manager roles before and alongside his customer\-success, architecture, and partner\-management career\. ## Experience - **Senior Customer Success Manager at Cisco** (2015\-05\-01–present) — Led new clients through cloud\-based CX \(CPaaS & Contact Center\) deployments, ensuring • integration, user enablement, and AI adoption\. • Drove upsells and cross\-sells, increasing revenue by managing a client portfolio delivering • over $8M annually\. • Served as the primary point of contact for client relations, fostering long\-term trust and • facilitating strategic advisory to align company solutions with client goals\. • Actively analyzed platform usage to mitigate churn risks, while promoting early adoption of • new software releases and providing strategic development feedback\. • Managed incident communication, offering detailed Root Cause Analysis to clients and • maximizing service uptime\. • Identified renewal opportunities and competitive threats to constantly grow account value\. • Worked collaboratively with internal teams to advocate for client needs, delivering insights • that enhance product offerings\. - **Senior Sales & Partner Manager at Magnolia CMS** (2013\-06\-01–2014\-12\-01) — Identified, recruited, onboarded, and managed strategic partners to expand market reach in • the Americas region and create new, mutually beneficial revenue opportunities\. • Owned and delivered on sales targets • Increased revenue by 23% year over year by • cultivating a portfolio of value\-added partners and integrators and overseeing the full sales • cycle\. • Established trusted, senior\-level relationships with partners, conducted regular business • reviews, and acted as the main point of contact for strategic alignment\. • Created and implemented sales methodologies, joint business plans, and co\-marketing • initiatives to boost partner productivity • Coordinated Request for Proposal \(RFP\) responses • and Proof of Concepts \(POCS\) for all opportunities\. • Collaborated with internal marketing, product, and legal teams to support partner needs and • remove roadblocks\. • Monitored KPIs, including revenue growth, partner ROI, and deal registration rates, ensuring • compliance with contractu - **Solutions Architect at Hewlett\-Packard** (2010\-09\-01–2013\-04\-01) — Provided pre\- and post\-sales technical support for on\-premises, cloud\-based, HP, and • third\-party software solutions\. • Enhanced partner engagement by 100% through technical training and relationship • management with 40 channel partners\. • Collected client business and technical requirements to produce solution design and • implementation documents and Proof of Concepts \(POCs\)\. • Delivered responses to RFPs\. • Increased the attachment rate of hardware and software upgrades and enhancement • options\. - **Solutions Business Manager at Xerox Corporation** (2010\-01\-01–2010\-09\-01) — Developed and supervised pre\- and post\-sales activities for Xerox equipment and solutions • in Central America and the Caribbean\. • Delivered Level 3 technical support between channel partners and vendors, reducing post\- • sales issues by 50%\. • Managed relationships and executed go\-to\-market strategies with third\-party solutions • partners\. • Trained channel sales representatives and support staff on application use cases, • coordinating new product training\. • Managed e\-learning platforms and tracked participation, improving overall engagement\. • Introduced a new process for print sample requests and coordinated in\-country support • visits\. - **Senior Analyst at Xerox Corporation** (2008\-07\-01–2010\-01\-01) - **Systems Engineer at Canon Latin America, Inc\.** (2002\-04\-01–2008\-07\-01) — Implemented customer solution initiatives to resolve escalations involving hardware, • software, and third\-party applications\. • Supported channel partners and sales representatives by managing RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, and • delivering POCs\. • Provided level 3 post\-sales technical support for integrated solutions, resolving technical • issues to reduce customer downtime\. • Met with customers to gather workflow requirements and proposed efficient solutions, • consistently meeting go\-to\-market deadlines\. • Developed test plans and conducted quality assurance testing, reporting bugs and usability • issues to software developers\. • Delivered technical training to peers and other office locations, coordinating sales and • technical trainings for new product introductions\. • Maintained office document management systems, ensuring smooth operation of demo • room equipment and lab servers\. - **Product Engineering Specialist at Canon U\.S\.A\., Inc\.** (2001\-02\-01–2002\-04\-01) - **Manager, Nuclear Cardiology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center** (2000\-03\-01–2001\-01\-01) - **Manager, Nuclear Medicine at Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center** (1997\-06\-01–2000\-03\-01) ## Education - Information Technology, Information Technology — New Horizons Miami (2014\-01\-01–2015\-01\-01) - Bachelor of Science, Nuclear Medicine Technology — Rochester Institute of Technology (1991\-01\-01–1997\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Jesus do at Cisco? Jesus is a Senior Customer Success Manager at Cisco\. He leads enterprise clients through cloud\-based customer\-experience deployments involving CPaaS and contact\-center solutions, including integration, user enablement, and AI adoption\. ### What are Jesus’s core strengths? Jesus specializes in cloud CX transformation, AI\-enabled contact\-center deployments, enterprise retention and growth, technical advisory and architecture alignment, usage analytics, risk mitigation, partner\-driven expansion, incident management, and executive communication\. He works to align technology, strategy, and customer experience in scalable ways\. ### What is Jesus’s enterprise customer\-success experience? Jesus has 11 years of experience managing enterprise customers across telecommunications, airline, financial\-services, and healthcare sectors\. He has managed an enterprise account portfolio worth more than $8 million in annual revenue and was measured on renewals, net revenue retention, adoption metrics, and escalation management\. ### How has Jesus driven retention and account growth? At Cisco, Jesus managed a client portfolio generating more than $8 million annually, drove upsells and cross\-sells, identified renewal opportunities and competitive threats, and analyzed platform usage to mitigate churn risks\. His record cites zero churn over 11 years while expanding account value through strategic upsells, cross\-sells, and partner\-driven solutions\. ### What measurable business outcomes has Jesus delivered? Jesus has led transformation initiatives that reduced downtime by 25% for high\-risk clients\. He also recovered 12 months of unbilled revenue in two months by resolving complex billing transitions\. ### What is Jesus’s healthcare experience? Jesus has experience with CPaaS and CCaaS solutions in healthcare, where he has focused on driving ROI through appointment adherence and call deflection\. He also has a professional background in nuclear cardiology and nuclear medicine management\. ### How does Jesus handle incidents and technical escalations? Jesus coordinates incident response, provides technical subject\-matter\-expert guidance, manages client communications, and delivers detailed root\-cause analyses to maximize service uptime\. He is also technically prepared to provide L1 support and SME guidance on network operations during high\-stakes incidents\. ### How does Jesus approach at\-risk accounts and complex implementations? Jesus drives requirements gathering and manages third\-party vendor implementations\. He turns around at\-risk enterprise accounts through cross\-department stakeholder alignment, prioritization of revenue\- and churn\-impacting deliverables, and executive buy\-in for operational improvements\. ### What did Jesus accomplish at Magnolia CMS? As Senior Sales & Partner Manager at Magnolia CMS, Jesus recruited, onboarded, and managed strategic partners across the Americas\. He increased revenue 23% year over year by building a portfolio of value\-added partners and integrators and overseeing the full sales cycle\. He also led senior partner relationships, business reviews, joint business plans, co\-marketing, RFP responses, POCs, and KPI monitoring for revenue growth, partner ROI, deal registration, and contractual compliance\. ### What did Jesus accomplish at Hewlett\-Packard? As a Solutions Architect at Hewlett\-Packard, Jesus provided pre\- and post\-sales technical support for on\-premises, cloud\-based, HP, and third\-party software solutions\. He increased partner engagement by 100% through technical training and relationship management with 40 channel partners, gathered business and technical requirements, created solution\-design and implementation documents and POCs, responded to RFPs, and increased attachment of hardware and software upgrades and enhancement options\. ### What did Jesus accomplish at Xerox Corporation? As a Solutions Business Manager at Xerox Corporation, Jesus developed and supervised pre\- and post\-sales activities for Xerox equipment and solutions in Central America and the Caribbean\. He delivered Level 3 support between channel partners and vendors, reducing post\-sales issues by 50% managed third\-party solution\-partner relationships and go\-to\-market strategies trained channel sales and support staff managed e\-learning platforms and participation tracking and introduced a print\-sample\-request process and coordinated in\-country support visits\. ### What did Jesus do at Canon Latin America? As a Systems Engineer at Canon Latin America, Jesus resolved escalations involving hardware, software, and third\-party applications supported channel partners and sales representatives with RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, and POCs and provided Level 3 post\-sales support for integrated solutions to reduce downtime\. He gathered workflow requirements, proposed solutions to meet go\-to\-market deadlines, developed test plans, conducted QA testing, reported bugs and usability issues, delivered technical training, and maintained document\-management systems, demo\-room equipment, and lab servers\. ### What other roles has Jesus held? Jesus also held the roles of Product Engineering Specialist at Canon U\.S\.A\., Senior Analyst at Xerox Corporation, Manager of Nuclear Cardiology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and Manager of Nuclear Medicine at Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center\. ### What is Jesus’s education? Jesus earned a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Medicine Technology from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1997\. He also completed Information Technology study at New Horizons Miami in 2015\. ### What certifications does Jesus hold? Jesus holds Network\+, A\+, Certified ScrumMaster \(CSM\), Certified Scrum Product Owner \(CSPO\), AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Cisco Generative Artificial Intelligence Green Belt Badge, and Cisco Generative AI Blue Belt certifications\. ### What languages does Jesus speak? Jesus works in both Spanish and English\. ### What professional capabilities does Jesus bring? Jesus’s skills include support management, client services, customer support, technical presales, artificial intelligence, negotiation, mitigation strategies, KPIs, deal structuring, contract negotiation, business reviews, pre\-sales, sales operations, solution selling, channel partners, product management, go\-to\-market strategy, enterprise software, SaaS, cloud computing, project management, account management, professional services, integration, CRM, Salesforce\.com, managed services, servers, cross\-functional team leadership, strategic partnerships, international sales, business intelligence, business development, B2B, partner management, competitive analysis, business analysis, business strategy, document management, P&L management, key account management, lead generation, and mobile devices\. ### What do references say about Jesus? Jacq Hattingh, whose team Jesus supported as a client success manager for about five years, describes Jesus as compassionate, patient, trustworthy, professional, dedicated, adaptable, analytical, and customer\-first, with strong communication and stakeholder skills\. Jacq cited Jesus’s initiative on the Verizon account: Jesus learned the customer’s systems, processes, and key people and helped resolve system issues alongside its teams\. Jacq said this contributed to consistently high NPS scores, annual renewals, and additional Verizon work after the original project ended\. Jacq strongly recommends Jesus, would gladly hire him again, and considers him a tremendous asset to any organization\. ### Is Jesus open to travel? Jesus is comfortable with up to 30% travel\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/jesusruizny