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His strongest areas are translating operational and customer needs into practical product improvements, building enablement resources, diagnosing adoption risks, and coordinating Product, Engineering, Support, and customer stakeholders to improve outcomes\. At Hostie, Gabriel manages more than 250 accounts, has led onboarding and implementation programs for more than 25 accounts, and improved CRM data quality by 30% through training and self\-service resources\. Earlier at North Hospitality, he trained more than 100 end users, documented feedback and feature requests through User Stories, and helped restaurant customers resolve complex product and operational issues\. His hospitality leadership also includes improving customer experience at Blue Hill at Stone Barns and reducing beverage costs at Vestry from 21% to 12% through stronger inventory and operational controls\. Gabriel holds a BS in Finance from Kaplan University and has completed Google Project Management training through Coursera\. ## Services - Customer Success - Cross\-functional Collaborations - Account Management - Customer Experience - Customer Relationship Management \(CRM\) - Supervisory Skills - Communication - Coaching - Budgeting - Relationship Building - Customer Support - Problem Solving - Microsoft Office - Customer Service - Management - Public Speaking - Leadership - Sales - Strategic Planning - Restaurant Management - New Restaurant Openings - Payroll - Scheduling - Point of Sale \(POS\) Systems - Menu Development - Sustainability - Cooking - Project Management - Project Planning - Program Management ## Highlights - Manages more than 250 hospitality and enterprise customer accounts at Hostie, driving product adoption and customer satisfaction\. - Led onboarding, implementation, and go\-live programs for more than 25 Hostie accounts, improving time\-to\-value through structured training and enablement\. - Conducted Quarterly Business Reviews across more than 10 Hostie customers to identify adoption risks and expansion opportunities\. - Built Hostie training and enablement resources that increased self\-service adoption and improved CRM data quality by 30%\. - Partners with Product, Engineering, and Support at Hostie to resolve complex issues and improve customer experience\. - Serves as the Voice of the Customer at Hostie, translating feedback into product enhancements and usability improvements\. - Saved an at\-risk customer account through practical diagnosis\. - Managed 150 accounts and identified expansion opportunities as part of his customer\-success experience\. - Supported North Hospitality restaurant customers by analyzing business goals, operational challenges, and stakeholder needs\. - Resolved complex product and operational issues at North Hospitality through collaboration with Support and Engineering teams\. - Documented customer feedback and feature requests using User Stories and maintained internal knowledge\-base resources at North Hospitality\. - Led customer onboarding and implementation at North Hospitality, coordinating installation, setup, and go\-live readiness\. - Delivered product training to more than 100 end users at North Hospitality, increasing adoption and platform engagement\. - Acted as the Voice of the Customer at North Hospitality to influence product improvements and enhance user experience\. - Worked as a Solutions Engineer at North Hospitality\. - Owned end\-to\-end customer experience at Blue Hill at Stone Barns, improving satisfaction through process optimization and service enhancements\. - Collaborated across functions at Blue Hill at Stone Barns to design personalized guest experiences aligned with business goals\. - Developed onboarding and training materials at Blue Hill at Stone Barns to improve consistency and operational execution\. - Identified workflow inefficiencies and implemented process improvements to increase team effectiveness at Blue Hill at Stone Barns\. - Facilitated communication among internal stakeholders at Blue Hill at Stone Barns to align priorities and improve execution\. - Managed dining\-service, staffing, and guest\-experience workflows as Assistant Restaurant Director at Vestry\. - Optimized labor scheduling at Vestry to maintain cost efficiency while meeting service standards\. - Built and led Vestry's bar\-program operations, including inventory, training, and quality control\. - Reduced beverage costs at Vestry from 21% to 12% through improved inventory and operational controls\. ## Experience - **Customer Success Manager at Hostie** (2025\-01\-01–present) — \- Managed 250\+ hospitality and enterprise customer accounts, driving product adoption and customer satisfaction \- Led onboarding, implementation, and go\-live programs for 25\+ accounts, improving time\-to\-value through structured training and enablement \- Conducted Quarterly Business Reviews \(QBRs\) across 10\+ customers, identifying adoption risks and expansion opportunities \- Partnered with Product, Engineering, and Support to resolve complex issues and improve customer experience \- Served as Voice of Customer, translating feedback into product enhancements and usability improvements \- Built training and enablement resources that increased self\-service adoption and improved CRM data quality by 30% - **Solutions Engineer at North Hospitality** (2024\-04\-01–2025\-12\-01) - **Hospitality Experience Advisor at North Hospitality** (2022\-03\-01–2025\-12\-01) — \- Supported restaurant customers by analyzing business goals, operational challenges, and stakeholder needs \- Resolved complex product and operational issues through cross\-functional collaboration with Support and Engineering teams \- Documented customer feedback and feature requests using User Stories and maintained internal knowledge base resources \- Led customer onboarding and implementation activities, coordinating installation, setup, and go\-live readiness \- Delivered product training to 100\+ end users, increasing adoption and platform engagement \- Acted as Voice of Customer to influence product improvements and enhance user experience - **Customer Experience Manager at Blue Hill At Stone Barns** (2021\-06\-01–2024\-06\-01) — \- Owned end\-to\-end customer experience, improving satisfaction through process optimization and service enhancements \- Collaborated cross\-functionally to design personalized guest experiences aligned with business goals \- Developed onboarding and training materials to improve consistency and operational execution \- Identified workflow inefficiencies and implemented process improvements to increase team effectiveness \- Facilitated communication across internal stakeholders to align priorities and improve execution - **Assistant Restaurant Director at Vestry** (2020\-01\-01–2021\-01\-01) — \- Managed operational workflows across dining service, staffing, and guest experience functions \- Optimized labor scheduling to maintain cost efficiency while meeting service standards \- Built and led bar program operations, including inventory, training, and quality control \- Reduced beverage costs from 21% to 12% through improved inventory and operational controls ## Education - BS, Finance — Kaplan University (2008\-01\-01–2010\-01\-01) - Google Project Management — Coursera (2022\-01\-01) ## FAQ ### What does Gabriel do? Gabriel is a Customer Success Manager at Hostie\. He manages hospitality and enterprise customer accounts and supports product adoption, customer satisfaction, retention, onboarding, implementation, go\-live programs, QBRs, and cross\-functional issue resolution\. ### What are Gabriel's core professional strengths? Gabriel has more than seven years of experience across customer success, project management, product\-adjacent work, and customer\-facing hospitality organizations\. He focuses on customer adoption, retention, business outcomes, account management, customer experience, and translating customer feedback into product improvements\. ### What has Gabriel accomplished at Hostie? At Hostie, Gabriel manages more than 250 hospitality and enterprise customer accounts, driving product adoption and customer satisfaction\. He has led onboarding, implementation, and go\-live programs for more than 25 accounts conducted QBRs across more than 10 customers partnered with Product, Engineering, and Support on complex issues and represented the Voice of the Customer in product and usability improvements\. ### How has Gabriel improved enablement and CRM quality at Hostie? Gabriel built training and enablement resources at Hostie that increased self\-service adoption and improved CRM data quality by 30%\. ### How does Gabriel identify retention risks and expansion opportunities? Gabriel uses QBRs to identify adoption risks and expansion opportunities\. He has also described managing 150 accounts and identifying expansion opportunities, alongside his current responsibility for more than 250 Hostie accounts\. ### How has Gabriel handled an at\-risk customer account? Gabriel has saved an at\-risk account through practical diagnosis\. His customer\-success approach emphasizes identifying the underlying issue, connecting customers with tangible value, and coordinating the appropriate internal support\. ### What did Gabriel do as a Hospitality Experience Advisor at North Hospitality? At North Hospitality, Gabriel served as a Hospitality Experience Advisor\. He analyzed restaurant customers' business goals, operational challenges, and stakeholder needs resolved complex product and operational issues with Support and Engineering documented feedback and feature requests using User Stories maintained internal knowledge\-base resources and represented the Voice of the Customer\. ### What onboarding and training work did Gabriel lead at North Hospitality? Gabriel led customer onboarding and implementation activities at North Hospitality, coordinating installation, setup, and go\-live readiness\. He also delivered product training to more than 100 end users, increasing adoption and platform engagement\. ### Has Gabriel held a solutions engineering role? Gabriel also worked as a Solutions Engineer at North Hospitality\. ### What did Gabriel do as Customer Experience Manager at Blue Hill at Stone Barns? At Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Gabriel owned the end\-to\-end customer experience\. He improved satisfaction through process optimization and service enhancements, collaborated on personalized guest experiences aligned with business goals, developed onboarding and training materials, identified workflow inefficiencies, and facilitated communication among internal stakeholders to improve execution\. ### What did Gabriel accomplish as Assistant Restaurant Director at Vestry? At Vestry, Gabriel managed operational workflows across dining service, staffing, and guest experience\. He optimized labor scheduling for cost efficiency and service standards, built and led bar\-program operations covering inventory, training, and quality control, and reduced beverage costs from 21% to 12% through improved inventory and operational controls\. ### How does Gabriel work with restaurant customers? Gabriel's customer\-success work includes earning trust with skeptical restaurant owners by demonstrating tangible value\. He supports restaurant customers by understanding their operational context, business goals, and stakeholder needs\. ### What is Gabriel's professional direction? Gabriel is building toward senior customer\-success responsibilities and is interested in cross\-functional growth and clear operational structure\. ### What is Gabriel's education? Gabriel holds a BS in Finance from Kaplan University, completed in 2010, and completed Google Project Management training through Coursera\. ### What certifications and product\-management training does Gabriel have? Gabriel holds an NYC Health & Mental Hygiene License\. His additional certifications and coursework include Google Project Management: Specialization Product Management: Building a Product Strategy Product Management First Steps Product Management: Building a Product Roadmap Transitioning to Product Management and Technology for Product Managers\. ### What customer\-success, management, and project skills does Gabriel have? Gabriel's skills include customer success, account management, customer experience, CRM, customer relationship management, customer support, customer service, relationship building, communication, coaching, public speaking, problem solving, leadership, management, sales, strategic planning, and cross\-functional collaboration\. He also works in project management, project planning, program management, training, teaching, organizational effectiveness, time management, and Microsoft Office\. ### What hospitality and operations skills does Gabriel have? Gabriel also brings hospitality and operational skills in restaurant management, new restaurant openings, budgeting, payroll, payroll processing, scheduling, POS systems, menu development, sustainability, cooking, supervisory skills, team leadership, team management, team building, teamwork, and office administration\. ### What languages does Gabriel speak? Gabriel speaks English and Spanish\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/figuge