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Karthick JL

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Founder at Customer Success Compass
📍 Greater Chennai Area, India

Karthick JL is a Customer Success leader with over 20 years of experience, now advising SaaS founders as the Founder of Customer Success Compass. He specializes in building data-driven, scalable post-sales organizations to improve retention and expansion. People who have worked with him often describe him as empathetic, strategic, and detail-oriented.

He is the author of the book "AI Powered Customer Success" and was recognized as one of the 2026 Most Creative Customer Success Leaders.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Chennai Area, India
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Topics Karthick cares about

AI in Customer Success
He authored a book on the topic and frequently speaks on how AI can be used to engineer better customer outcomes, reduce churn, and improve team efficiency.
Customer Retention
His work focuses on reducing churn and increasing Net Revenue Retention by designing scalable operating models, predictive health scores, and structured customer engagement.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Founder
Customer Success Compass
7-2025
Member
RevGenius
9-2025 - 3-2026
Customer Operations Consultant
Convey
2-2023 - 5-2025
VP of Customer Success
Josys
10-2020 - 1-2023
Head of Customer Success
Freshworks
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Media appearances

Customer Success Compass | Karthick JL | Substack. Featured in Substack
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Education
2013 - 2014
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Sikkim Manipal University
2001 - 2005
Bachelor's Degree
Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College
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