Prior to Referential, Emily worked at EY for eight years in audit services and financial due diligence consulting. Emily oversees all of the behind-the-scenes work at Referential, from client contracts to invoices to payroll. Emily is considered Referential’s Jill-of-all-trades.
Certifications: CPA

Jen is a customer advocacy professional with over 12 years of experience in the field. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire and has 20+ years of overall B2B marketing experience. Jen stepped into the Principal role at Referential in 2021 and has continued to support clients while mentoring and developing a team of consultants, expanding partner relations, and onboarding new business. She strives to exceed client expectations and is a trusted advisor to many of Referential's valued customers. Jen was awarded the title of Top100 CMA Influencer & Strategist in 2022 and again in 2024.
Certifications: CCAP II

Ryan’s experience branches from VC-backed tech startups to the Kubernetes open-source community to the global enterprise and a world-renowned advocacy-focused marketing agency. He is a BAMMIE finalist for overall advocate experience, has been published in academic texts and creative writing magazines, and has also played music on over 12 albums. Ryan was named a Top100 CMA Influencer & Strategist in 2024.
Certifications: CCAP II, Certified AdvocateHub Associate, Advocate Marketing Certification

Helen is a highly experienced professional with a proven track record in leveraging her extensive experiences for the significant benefit of her clients. She has had major accomplishments at all levels, from Fortune 50 corporations to small businesses and across both domestic and global markets.
Educated in England with an engineering honors degree, she has held a variety of positions in technical, marketing and management disciplines in the UK and USA. She has founded two successful companies, and since 1994 expended her professional energies with Referential.
Certifications: CCAP III

David was born in New York, but grew up and was educated in England, holding honors degrees in IT and Management. He joined HP out of university, rising to become Worldwide Manager for HP’s then-largest field-based entity, comprised of 3,000 consultants, with $1B annual revenues.
On leaving HP, David co-founded Referential, where in addition to his business and strategic responsibilities he headed the company’s asset creation team. He personally conducted interviews that resulted in the creation of over a thousand case studies, whitepapers and videos, as well as crafting winning submissions for some of the world's most prestigious professional awards.
Certifications: CCAP II

Alex has a significant history in video and asset creation, having collaborated with dozens of clients at Referential for more than ten years. Additionally, Alex has a commercial pilot's license.
Certifications: CCAP II

After a 20+ year career working for a large semiconductor distributor, Barb decided to dip her toes in the world of customer advocacy in 2007 and hasn't looked back. During her former years in sales and then marketing, her number one priority was keeping our customers happy. Moving into advocacy was a natural transition.
Certifications: CCAP II

Denise has a unique background in customer marketing and advocacy in both large and small technology companies. Denise has a proven track record to hit the ground running in any and all advocacy-focused activities. A constant champion for the promotion of the Voice of the Customer, she brings her organizational skills to her role as a senior advocacy consultant.
Certifications: CCAP II, Hubspot Email Marketing

Emily’s career began at Fortune 500 companies in corporate recruiting, equipping her well for a role at Referential and consulting, in general. Her refined interview skills are advantageous for clients hoping to foster customer relationships and recruit across varied industries.
Certifications: CCAP II

Jerry brings more than two decades of well-rounded experience in the customer advocacy space to Referential. Prior to breaking into the advocacy space he held roles on operations teams, curriculum development and technical instruction.
Certifications: CCAP II

Jyothi is passionate about customer advocacy and has been in the discipline since 2007. She holds a Master of Arts degree and has been consulting full-time with Referential since 2019. She puts her all into every project and loves to wow her clients.
Certifications: CCAP II

Kristian comes to Referential with vast experience in marketing and project management pertaining to C-suite and Fortune 500 companies. His positivity and adaptability is infectious, and his background in higher education shines through as he is always willing to teach and coach on best practices.
Certifications: CCAP II, Certified AdvocateHub Associate

Working from the UK, Lynn has been an Advocate Consultant with Referential for 20 years! With a background in graphic design, she also assists Referential’s creative team when needed. One of Lynn’s strongest suits is being able to talk to anyone, whether it be an executive or a sales rep or a technician. She thinks of herself as a matchmaker of the business world; working hard to find the best fitting advocates to speak to each prospect. One of her favorite aspects about work is it’s always interesting; every day is different.
Certifications: CCAP II

Mary is a top-performing leader technology marketing manager with proven success establishing and running various programs that support customer advocacy and references. She is skilled in boosting year-over-year referenceable customers, promoting the customer awards finalists and winners, and optimizing the usage of customer engagement.
Certifications: CCAP II

Natasha is based in the UK and believes “Trust” to be the most important trait of an Advocate Marketer. In her decade+ wealth of experience, she’s worked with multiple enterprise clients across the tech sector, ranging from recruitment, onboarding programs, videos, case studies, and diversity and inclusion boards. Her passion for advocacy most strongly shines through in seeing a shared vision and value being brought to fruition and showcased, in whatever form that may be.
Certifications: CCAP II

Regina has a broad background in finance and human resources and in the past ten years marketing experience in customer advocacy/customer marketing/customer engagement. Her areas of marketing expertise include program creation, identifying advocates, program promotion, and executive briefings.
Certifications: CCAP II

With over 25 years of Executive Coaching experience, Rob focuses on challenge and growth with a sprinkle of encouragement. He is also a former College Volleyball coach and Martial Arts instructor and blends the various coaching styles to get his clients moving.
Certifications: CCAP II

Saravanan, aka Sara, has been working in customer advocacy since 2014, and in 2017, became a consultant with Referential. Having previously worked for an ERP vendor, he swiftly understands clients' varied environments and the challenges they face with customer advocacy. Based in Bangalore, India, he handles much of the APJ workload.
Certifications: CCAP II