Richard Powell

Delivery & customer outcomes across APAC.

Senior leader across customer success, service delivery, and technical operations — focused on measurable outcomes, reliability, and long-term customer value.

  • Customer Success
  • CSAT / NPS
  • Uptime & reliability
  • APAC delivery
  • Data-driven

About

I lead customer success and service organisations through complex, high-availability environments. My focus is creating clarity, accountability, and measurable improvement across the customer lifecycle.

In practice: driving adoption and value realisation, improving reliability and uptime, and tracking success through meaningful signals like CSAT/NPS, backlog health, and incident trends.

What you can expect

  • Clear, calm communication with stakeholders (high signal, low noise).
  • Strong operational cadence and visibility — dashboards that drive action.
  • Customer-success fundamentals that scale: success plans, adoption plays, and proactive engagement.

Impact

Customer Success leadership across onboarding, adoption, and value realisation.

CSAT / NPS focus — tracking trends and turning feedback into action.

Service reliability and uptime through strong incident and problem management.

Clear operational cadence and performance visibility.

Data-driven dashboards guiding prioritisation and investment.

Escalation leadership with calm, structured communication.

Partner and stakeholder alignment across APAC regions.

Scalable processes, playbooks, and team enablement.

Evidence of impact

A selection of non-customer-specific dashboards used to track customer success, service reliability, and operational health.

Global performance dashboard
Global operational performance and ownership view
Customer happiness index
24-month customer happiness / CSAT-style index
Support agreements dashboard
Support agreements, revenue signals, and growth health
Case backlog dashboard
Case backlog volume, ageing, and flow trends

Organisations supported across APAC

A selection of broadcasters, media organisations, and partners supported across the region.

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Work history

Current

Senior Director — Delivery & Support

Grass Valley (APAC)

  • Lead regional delivery and support outcomes across APAC.
  • Drive operational excellence, customer success alignment, and reliability focus.
Previously

Selected leadership roles

  • Director / Head of Customer Success (APAC)
  • Director / Head of Service Delivery (APAC)
  • Head of Support / Technical Operations

Beyond work

I’m a dual UK & Australian citizen, married, and a father of two. Outside of work you’ll usually find me at the beach with a rod in hand, or building something at home.

  • Keen beach fisherman
  • DIY / making things (hands-on builder mindset)
  • Very data-driven at work
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Family time Usually by the water.
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