Institute Fellow

As an evangelist for creating a customer-first culture, Ms. Carroll founded jCX Strategies, a consultancy service with a unique approach to fostering B2B customer-focused programs that drive successful outcomes for the business. Through innovative customer engagement frameworks, methodologies, and a game-changing interactive workshop series customers uncover measurable business success plans that create transparency, team trust, and collaboration.

With over 30 years of experience in leadership roles in the technology industry, Ms. Carroll is a speaker on the topics of customer and employee engagement, team culture, and digital transformation. She has been published in CIOInsight and BizTech magazine, among others, was named a Computer World Premier 100 IT Leader, and was placed on the  2024 CRN Women of the Channel list. She is a contributing author to the book, Digital Transformation Demystified, in which she discusses customer and employee engagement practices.

​Most recently Ms. Carroll was Chief Experience Officer for Acuative, a global managed services provider, where she created a Customer Success practice and held the responsibility of enhancing the internal Acuative employee experience (and the experience of Acuative’s customers) by instantiating a customer-first culture.

Prior to joining Acuative, Ms. Carroll was the VP, Customer Success at TenFour IT and had a noteworthy tenure in a variety of senior IT Leadership positions at the United States Golf Association, culminating in her role as the Managing Director and Head of Enterprise Technology where she led the infrastructure, business resilience, security, operations, and development disciplines.

 

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Jessica has published the following articles on our site:

Cloud-First is Not a Digital Transformation

Cloud-First is Not a Digital Transformation

In 2008 I was asked to speak during a press conference at an industry event to explain to a room ... Read More
Customer Success: A Measured Relationship

Customer Success: A Measured Relationship

In the first article of this two-part series, “Customer Success for the Win,” we explored the benefits of a Customer Success Program for both ... Read More
Customer Success for the Win - Part One

Customer Success for the Win – Part One

In this first of a 2-part series we look at the emerging Customer Success practice and how it is critical ... Read More
Make IT the New “Deputy of Sales”

Make IT the New “Deputy of Sales”

Transformation of the IT Department must include a team pivot to competitive high value activities, not puttering around in the ... Read More
Only Half of the IT Team is Valuable

Only Half of the IT Team is Valuable

So you’ve split your IT team in two: One half is working on business critical and innovative products and services; ... Read More
All Hail the Customer!

All Hail the Customer!

Old School vs. New School More than 25 years ago, newly minted out of college and almost obsessively enamored by ... Read More
Paint a Fresh Face on Vendor Management

Paint a Fresh Face on Vendor Management

Partnerships between you and your vendors need a whole new take to create rich value in the digital age. Having ... Read More
The Infrastructure Team Has Been Set Adrift

The Infrastructure Team Has Been Set Adrift

Corporate infrastructure jobs, as we’ve known them since the launch of networking and the Internet, are on a sinking ship ... Read More
Infrastructure is the Cornerstone of Digital Transformation

Infrastructure is the Cornerstone of Digital Transformation

Infrastructure is King. Not Software. How’s that for challenging current thinking that software is the key to digital transformation? Truth ... Read More