The last time we had Anand Chandrasekaran on the That’s Genius! Podcast, he had been with Five9 for just over 100 days. Now, he’s closing in on his first year.
For a lot of people, work from home sounds like a dream. Roll out of bed, put on slippers, grab the coffee and the laptop and just sit in sweats on the couch all day? Who wouldn’t want that?
It’s a little creepy when I consider how much information different companies have on me. But, when an agent from one of those companies uses the provided info to craft a unique experience for me… I have to admit it’s kind of nice.
I don’t know what I’d do if my company wasn’t based in the cloud. I’m not even sure if I’d still have a job. I can tell you now that the cloud has quite literally saved companies from going under during this pandemic.
The gig economy is really intriguing to me. Being able to turn work on and off at my leisure. Working when I feel the most creative or productive. One positive thing about the pandemic is that it’s accelerated telecommunication solutions - making it possible for many people to work when they weren’t able to before.
“Organizations are spending $275B a year as an industry to deliver an experience that a lot of times, most people don’t like. That feels like an opportunity to me.” These are words that you want to hear from your CEO.
Walt Rossi, Five9VP of Business Development, knows that it’s easy to say you’re in a working agreement with another company, but to combine your products into a solution that actually works for the customer is a whole other ballgame.
