She's So Suite Podcast

Charlene Li dreamed of being a doctor. She became a serial disruptor instead. The New York Times bestselling author and Quantum Networks Group founder joins Kristi Faltorusso on She So Suite. Charlene traces her path from Harvard neurobiology to the early internet to founding Altimeter. She shares how she built an analyst firm that beat Gartner by giving research away free. She talks managing peop...

Allison Bukowski wanted to be a children's book author at age five. Today she's the Chief Customer Officer at Point of Reference. And the through-line between those two things is storytelling. In this episode, Allison walks KristI through a career built on writing, advocacy, and a fierce belief that customers deserve a seat at the table and not just a mention in the mission statement. Refl...

Lisa Cole didn't plan to be a marketer. She started college as an accounting major, landed a sales job, and discovered a broken relationship between sales and marketing that would shape her entire 25-year career. Now Chief Marketing & AI Officer at 2X, Lisa shares what it really takes to transform marketing from a "make things look pretty" function into a company's primary gr...

In this episode, I am joined by Sarah Edwards, Chief Product Strategy Officer at Kantata who shares how a psychology degree led to Oracle's graduate scheme, coding, consulting, living abroad twice, and ultimately landing in the C-suite. She opens up about navigating male-dominated boardrooms, the confidence gap holding women back, negotiating compensation, balancing motherhood with executive trave...

She dreamed of shooting wildlife for National Geographic. Instead, she built a top-ranked influencer marketing agency from scratch. In this episode, Brianna Doe — founder and CEO of Verbatim — gets raw about burnout cycles, getting laid off, and the career coach call that changed everything. From filling notebooks as a kid to writing The Unapologetic Professional, Brianna breaks down how she stopp...

In this episode, I sit down with Dena Lewis to discuss career pivots, entrepreneurship, resilience, and the personal story behind Running Mate, an on-demand app that matches runners with verified companions for safer runs. Dena discusses her early interest in hotel management, a 20-year career in medical device sales, three earlier businesses, the trauma that pushed her to rethink runner safety, a...

Kristi Faltorusso sits down with Natalie Wolf, CCO at People.ai, to explore her journey from consulting to the C-suite and the leadership lessons she had to unlearn along the way. Natalie shares how growing up in a competitive consulting environment shaped her early leadership style, and why she later realized that being “tough” wasn’t enough. She dives into the importance of empathy, adapting lea...

In this episode of She's So Suite, host Kristi Faltorusso sits down with Stevie Case, Chief Revenue Officer at Vanta, to explore one of the most unconventional journeys to the C-suite. Stevie shares her remarkable story—from aspiring politician, to professional esports gamer, to video game designer, and ultimately becoming a top enterprise salesperson and then becoming a CRO leading a 500+ per...

In this episode of the She’s So Suite Podcast, Kristi Faltorusso sits down with Shannon Plumb, CEO of Purl Advisors , to discuss resilience, reinvention, leadership, and empowering women in revenue. Kristi shares her unconventional journey from dancing professionally at BalletMet to breaking into enterprise sales, navigating the SaaS boom in Boulder, Colorado, and ultimately stepping into the C-su...

In this inspiring episode, I, Kristi Faltorusso, sit down with the remarkable Kathleen Rouse, founder and principal of CultivateCX. Kathleen opens up about the pivotal moments, hard-won lessons, and bold decisions that shaped her career—from her childhood dreams of becoming an international spy to her reality leading teams across continents and founding her own impactful business. Together, Kristi...

In today’s episode, I, Kristi Faltorusso,  sit down with Esther Iyamu, founder and CEO of Growth Q. Esther shares her incredible story as the self-declared "pivot queen," taking us through the major shifts in her life—from immigrating to the US, switching college majors, being an NFL cheerleader, climbing the ranks at Cisco, and finally launching her own company. Tune in as Esther Iyamu...

Welcome to another inspiring episode of She’s So Suite. In this episode, I, Kristi Faltorusso, sit down with the CMO Advisor at G2, Sydney Sloan, for a candid conversation on career-defining moments, leadership, and setting boundaries that fuel real success. From growing up on a cattle ranch to leading at Adobe and beyond, Sydney shares the lessons that shaped her rise to the C-suite—plus empoweri...

She's So Suite is brought to you by Client Success. The easiest to use, fastest to implement software to reduce churn & increase customer revenue. Request a demo at ⁠ https://www.clientsuccess.com/⁠ Welcome to another inspiring episode of the She’s So Suite podcast! In this episode, I, Kristi Faltorusso, sit down with award-winning data and AI executive Dora Boussias, whose career journey...

She's So Suite is brought to you by Client Success. The easiest to use, fastest to implement software to reduce churn & increase customer revenue. Request a demo at ⁠https://www.clientsuccess.com/⁠ In this episode of She’s So Suite, I sit down with Ashley Faus, Head of Lifecycle Marketing at Atlassian — marketer, writer, speaker, and performer. Ashley shares her unconventional journey from...

She's So Suite is brought to you by Client Success. The easiest to use, fastest to implement software to reduce churn & increase customer revenue. Request a demo at ⁠https://www.clientsuccess.com/⁠ Celeste Berke Knisely, founder of CBK – Sales Training & Coaching and the only certified Gap Selling training partner, sits down with me to share her winding path to entrepreneurship after a pan...

She's So Suite is brought to you by Client Success. The easiest to use, fastest to implement software to reduce churn & increase customer revenue. Request a demo at ⁠https://www.clientsuccess.com/⁠ In this episode, I, Kristi Faltorusso, sit down with Ashleigh Early, CEO of Other Side of Sales Consulting and Head of Growth at MKG Marketing, who shares her unconventional career path, from studyi...

She's So Suite is brought to you by Client Success. The easiest to use, fastest to implement software to reduce churn & increase customer revenue. Request a demo at ⁠https://www.clientsuccess.com/⁠ In this episode, I welcome back Ashleigh Early for a powerful continuation of our conversation—one that dives into the pivotal moments that have shaped her career. From negotiating job offers and ma...

She's So Suite is brought to you by Client Success. The easiest to use, fastest to implement software to reduce churn & increase customer revenue. Request a demo at ⁠https://www.clientsuccess.com/⁠ In today’s episode, host Kristi Faltorusso is joined by her LinkedIn bestie and SVP of Growth at Besler, Randi Sue Deckard. Get ready for an inspiring and candid conversation about big career pivots...

She's So Suite is brought to you by Client Success. The easiest to use, fastest to implement software to reduce churn & increase customer revenue. Request a demo at ⁠https://www.clientsuccess.com/⁠ In Part 2, Tas Bober, founder of The Scroll Lab, returns to share how getting laser-focused on her niche and showing up authentically fueled both business growth and personal fulfillment. Expect...

She’s So Suite is brought to you by Client Success—the easiest-to-use, fastest-to-implement software to reduce churn and increase customer revenue. Request a demo at https://www.clientsuccess.com/ Welcome back to the She’s So Suite podcast. In this episode, I sit down with Tas Bober, founder of The Scroll Lab—a B2B SaaS landing page specialist, digital strategist, and self-described “accidental en...

She's So Suite is brought to you by Client Success. The easiest to use, fastest to implement software to reduce churn & increase customer revenue. Request a demo at ⁠https://www.clientsuccess.com/⁠ In this episode of the She's So Suite Podcast, I sit down with Mackenzie Hughes, co-founder of Gold Hue, to unpack Mackenzie’s journey from corporate burnout to bold entrepreneurship and the persona...

She's So Suite is brought to you by Client Success. The easiest to use, fastest to implement software to reduce churn & increase customer revenue. Request a demo at ⁠https://www.clientsuccess.com/⁠ On this episode of She's So Suite, host Kristi Faltorusso talks with Lauren Goodell, founder and CEO of Zinnia, about her journey from Nebraska to the world of tech and entrepreneurship. Lauren shar...

She's So Suite is brought to you by Client Success. The easiest to use, fastest to implement software to reduce churn & increase customer revenue. Request a demo at ⁠https://www.clientsuccess.com/⁠ In this conversation, Deb Ashton shares her journey from a science background to leading customer experience at Certinia, previously known as FinancialForce. She discusses the evolution of the c...

She's So Suite is brought to you by Client Success. The easiest to use, fastest to implement software to reduce churn & increase customer revenue. Request a demo at ⁠https://www.clientsuccess.com/⁠ On this episode of the She So Suite Podcast, I sit down with Charlie Saffro, Founder and CEO of CS Recruiting, keynote speaker, and trailblazer in the logistics and supply chain industry. Charlie sh...

She's So Suite is brought to you by Client Success. The easiest to use, fastest to implement software to reduce churn & increase customer revenue. Request a demo at ⁠https://www.clientsuccess.com/⁠ In today’s episode, I'm joined by the dynamic Melanie Borden, Founder and CEO of The Borden Group, who candidly shares her unique pivot from her early dreams as an artist and portrait painte...