Greg Boone
Relentlessly attentive to helping people be successful in the face of complexity.
Work
WP VIP, Automattic, Inc.
Worked with federal agencies to ensure excellent online interaction with the public. Managed the customer experience, success goals, and led program level strategy.
Public Sector Customer Success Director, Jun 2024 — Present
- Responsible for the health and growth of a $6M portfolio of strategic customers including NASA, Department of State, Department of Veteran Affairs, and The Executive Office of the President.
- Managed five direct reports and worked across teams to maintain 96% gross revenue retention and 130% net revenue retention year over year across the entire portfolio.
- Developed a team relentlessly focused on customer empathy and value-driven results.
Sr. Technical Account Manager, Jan. 2022 — June 2024
- Matched our customers’ goals to the right mix of products and professional services and account management at the right time.
- Educated and advised customers on technical details of our product; aligned customer needs to relevant components.
- Created talking points and other enablement artifacts as a SME about our customers, FedRAMP, risk management, Federal Records Acts, and government ethics.
Technical Account Manager, Jan 2018 – Jan 2022
- Documented processes, stakeholder relationships, success plans, and external customer plans for all customers, and established patterns of continuous delivery improvement.
- Managed the customer journey end-to-end for hundreds of customers.
- Managed risk and customer expectations, and technical process during a major platform upgrade.
18F, U.S. General Services Administration
Supported user-centric design teams by writing content that met user needs and worked on design teams to support product development.
Product Owner and Content Designer, Sep 2014 – Jan 2018
- Led research to deeply understand our agency and strategic partners across government.
- Technical product owner for our flagship website, focused on building an application to support human-centered communication strategy.
- Wrote documentation and customer communications for cloud.gov, 18F’s open source platform as a service.
University of Denver
Adjunct professor at Ritchie School of Engineering, Mar – June 2017
Taught an undergraduate introduction to science and technology studies course.
Excella Consulting/Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Web Developer and Account Lead, Jan 2013 – Sep 2014
- Supported the agency’s mission through DevOps and WordPress feature development.
- Contributed to and created open source software projects.
- Managed a small team of software engineers as a technical lead.
Georgetown University Graduate School
Teaching Assistant, Jan 2013 – May 2013
Led a weekly discussion group and prepared course materials for a Science and Technology Studies survey
Munkácsy Mihály Gimnázium, Kaposvár, Hungary
Visiting English Instructor, Aug 2010 – Jun 2011
KoreaPOLYSchool, Jeongbalsan, Goyang, South Korea
English Teacher, Jul 2009 – Jul 2010
Education
Georgetown University, Master of Arts
Communication, Culture, and Technology, Sep 2011 – Jun 2013, Washington, DC
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Multilateral Governance and the Global Information Economy Certificate, June 2012, Geneva, CH
Gustavus Adolphus College, Bachelor of Arts
Communication Studies, Political Science, Sep 2005 – Jun 2009, St. Peter, MN
Normandale Community College
General studies, Sep 2004 – May 2005, Bloomington, MN
Certifications and technical skills
- Programming languages: Python, PHP, JavaScript, bash, SQL, CSS and HTML
- Technical software: AWS, WordPress, SAML, Microsoft Office, and G Suite
- Certifications: Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), Certified Scrum Master
Foreign Languages
German (Conversational), Spanish (Beginner), Hungarian (Beginner), Korean (Beginner)