Hey CX Nation,

In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #257, we welcomed Tony Lama, SVP & GM of Product at Avaya based in Morristown, New Jersey.

Avaya gives their customers the freedom to take their business in the directions that benefit them most. They provide the paths for both customers and their employees where every moment big and small can drive in the moment, memorable experiences.

In his role as SVP & GM of Product at Avaya, Tony has spent 25 years training, testing, deploying, supporting, evangelizing, selling, and successfully launching new customer engagement solutions to markets across the globe.

Tony has served in the trenches and is passionate about the humans he leads and has been focused on supporting them on their personal and professional journeys.

In this episode, Tony and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that his team at Avaya think through on a daily basis to build world class customer experiences.

**Episode #257 Highlight Reel:**

1. Blending experience vets with new product teammates to drive innovation
2. Building a "Voice of Builder" program into your business
3. Bringing a "start-up" mentality into a big enterprise business
4. Empowering your front line staff to create amazing customer experiences
5. Boiling your product portfolio down to the golden core tools

Click here to learn more about Tony Lama

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Huge thanks to Tony for coming on The CXChronicles Podcast and featuring his work and efforts in pushing the customer experience & customer success space into the future.

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Hey CX Nation,

In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #256 we were live at Instant Team's Community Builders Week & CX Virtual Summit based in Southern Pines, NC at their company headquarters.

Our guest interviews for this IRL (in-real life) episode included Liza Rodewald (Founder & CEO), Erica McMannes (Founder & CXO), Greg Avallone (SVP of Sales & Partnerships), Amy Price, MBA (SVP of CX), Jennifer Martin & Erica North, both military spouses themselves (Strategic Partnerships Managers), & the one, the only Nate Brown (Co-Founder at CX Accelerator & Head of CX Advisory at Metric Sherpa).

Each of the guests in this episode had unique points of view on the state of CX/CS/Customer Support & what the future of Boutique BPO's look like in today's world. And how they are building an all-in-one hiring platform leveraging the near 12 million US military spouses stationed across the globe.

Instant Teams is a mission-driven company committed to supporting and employing the “force behind the force” – US military spouses.

In this episode, Adrian chats with the Instant Teams crew about how they are making real social impact, finding remarkable talent, providing their customers instant access to new teammates & building flexible solutions along the way.

**Episode #256 Highlight Reel:**

1. Unleashing the power of 12M+ Military Spouses
2. Building bridges to companies who want access to this group
3. Why Military Spouses Make For Incredible CX & Customer Care talent
4. Engaging 75K military spouses ready & primed to join our workforce
5. Around the sun locations at US bases provides global support option

Click here to learn about Instant Teams

Click here to learn about Community Builders Week & CX Summit 2025

Huge thanks to everyone for joining us on this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast and featuring their work and efforts in pushing the customer & employee (agent) experience & BPO space into the future.

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Hey CX Nation,

In this week's episode of The CXChronicles Podcast #255, we welcomed Tim Houlne, CEO at Humach based in Frisco, TX.

Humach combines the strengths of both humans and machines to deliver exceptional customer experiences.

Since first opening their doors in 1988, Humach has been at the forefront of customer experience (CX) innovation, delivering world-class call center solutions that have transformed CX for hundreds of clients worldwide.

In this episode, Tim and Adrian chat through the Four CX Pillars: Team, Tools, Process & Feedback. Plus share some of the ideas that his team at Humach think through on a daily basis to build world class customer experiences.

**Episode #255 Highlight Reel:**

1. How Humach has been leveraging AI in contact centers for the past decade
2. Leveraging custom language models to build effective AI-powered solutions
3. Y-Combinator launched 90 digital voice companies in the last 18 months
4. Baking employee feedback into the culture of your business to drive innovation
5. Building and enriching relationships with your customers as you grow

Click here to learn more about Tim Houlne

Click here to learn more about Humach

Huge thanks to Tim for coming on The CXChronicles Podcast and featuring his work and efforts in pushing the customer experience, customer contact & customer support space into the future.

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Are you looking to learn more about the world of Customer Experience, Customer Success & Revenue Operations?

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