McLean, VA · 703.231.6981 · tehrani.ghazal@gmail.com
20+ years scaling B2B SaaS Professional Services and Customer Success organizations — from early-stage startups to Fortune 100 deployments. A builder who turns services into profit centers, integrates teams post-merger, and drives customer outcomes that compound.
Consulting DNA applied to every engagement: data-driven, structured, and relentlessly outcome-oriented across global delivery, P&L ownership, and digital transformation at scale.
Leading Professional Services at Ada — the agentic customer experience platform trusted by global brands including Pinterest, Square, monday.com, and Sky. Driving enterprise deployment excellence across an 8–16 week implementation lifecycle, with responsibility for time-to-value, ACX practice methodology, and the intersection of services strategy with AI product adoption.
Full P&L ownership for Professional Services, leading global delivery across three continents. Inherited a loss-leader function and transformed it operationally and financially — rebuilding pricing, offshore delivery, and the analytics infrastructure underpinning every resourcing decision.
First employee in a start-up built to redevelop residential real estate — blending entrepreneurial instincts with professional skills to innovate the traditional home redevelopment lifecycle. Scaled from referral-only origins to a repeatable acquisition pipeline.
Reported to CEO as member of the executive team. Built and led Professional Services, Customer Success, Training, and Account Management from the ground up — scaling ARR 11x during the 2008 recession across federal and commercial markets.
Individual contributor promoted twice in three years at one of the world's premier strategy consulting firms. Built foundational expertise in federal strategy, stakeholder management, and IT governance — earning six performance awards over a six-year tenure.