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Willa
Howe
Director of Customer Success
Boston Dynamics
Willa is an outcome-focused customer success leader with over a decade of experience managing Key Accounts teams and driving sustained impact. Known for her strategic approach and strong communication skills, she excels at building meaningful client relationships and uncovering opportunities to deliver value. Willa currently serves as Director of Customer Success at Boston Dynamics, following a successful tenure at Aurora Solar as Senior Manager of Strategic Customer Success.
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19 August 2026 09:45 - 10:30
Panel | Who closes the upsell? Designing the CS-Sales handoff for expansion revenue
Every CS org hits this tension eventually: the relationship is yours, but the quota is Sales'. The handoff gets fumbled, the customer feels the friction, and the deal stalls. In this panel, CS leaders debate what actually works, from CSQL definitions and handoff triggers to comp alignment and account ownership models. No theory, just the real architecture behind teams that are closing expansion without burning the relationship. Key takeaways: - How to define the handoff moment so both sides agree on it before the deal heats up - Comp and incentive structures that align CS and Sales around shared expansion outcomes - What the most efficient handoff motions look like in practice, with real close rate data If your CS team is generating expansion opportunities that keep dying in handoff, this is the session that fixes it.