Our Faculty & Leadership
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The Missouri State Customer Experience Program faculty includes noted authors and C-Level executives in the CX space. Since these thought leaders work in the industry, you'll receive first-hand skills and practical knowledge. You’ll learn new strategies and innovative methodologies to measure, evaluate, and improve the customer experience throughout your organization.
To learn more about the Missouri State University Customer Experience Program, and how it helps companies and executives drive customer engagement, loyalty and retention, schedule a call with one of our career counselors. |
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Carol Buehrens
As our Faculty Chair, Carol Buehrens is the author of the best-selling customer experience book Happy RAVING Customers! Carol is a leading customer experience expert and speaker, and has been constructing extraordinary customer experiences for over 30 years for major companies such as Liberty Mutual, Northrop, McDonnell-Douglas, Bechtel, GE, Mercury Marine, and ICW Group Insurance Companies.
Carol’s passion for improving customer experience has resulted in numerous awards, including the prestigious “CX Innovation Award” from the Customer Experience Professionals Association (CXPA), ICW Group CEO Award, the Liberty Mutual Star Award, and is listed in the World's Top 30 Customer Service Professionals. A Founding Member and Expert Panel Member of the international Customer Experience Professional Association (CXPA), Carol is also an active member of the San Diego Customer Experience Special Interest Group (CX SIG), and Professor at California State University Fullerton and University of California San Diego. |
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JC Quintana
JC Quintana is a fervent believer in the importance of winning and keeping customers, employees, and business partners through similar relationship-building strategies. His impressive resume includes entrepreneurial and senior executive roles over global, multiregional and multicultural initiatives in customer experience, customer relationship management, human capital, and channel alliances programs for companies that have included DHL, SAGE, ADP, and Hewlett-Packard.
JC is the author of Speaking Frankly About Customer Relation Management and Serious Relationships, both focused on identifying the core components of business relationship success and better adoption of the strategies and technology that support them. He is the founder of education and adoption company Corporate Relationship Group, and lives in Kennesaw, GA. |
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Erich Dietz
Erich Dietz is the Vice President of Worldwide Strategic Accounts for InMoment. He has over 15 years of executive experience spanning consulting, business development, and solutions architecture. Erich joined InMoment in 2003 and primarily works with InMoment’s large, complex client organizations within their B2B, B2B2C, and B2C markets. Erich partners with clients to architect and implement Customer Experience Management (CEM) & Voice of the Customer (VoC) programs that enhance critical business measures including; revenue generation, operational efficiency, cross-channel service alignment, customer retention, base management, loyalty, and brand advocacy. He is also a designated CXPA Expert and regular contributor to the community’s Google+ Hangouts and other events.
Prior to InMoment, Erich was a Management Consultant for several global consulting firms. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers School of Engineering. |
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JP Saini
JP Saini is a C-level IT executive for a B2B company with 20 years of in-depth business, technology, operations experience and strong leadership skills. Developed from his portfolio of business, technology and operations experience is his ability to advance the overall strategic direction of information technology in alignment with strategic business plans, growth goals and position IT as a strategic business enabler and partner. His sharp focus on Excellence is driven by his knowledge of client service and performance based metrics.
Mr. Saini has been successfully managing IT business and strategy through the harnessing of technology for business growth and profitability, risk mitigation, and the identification of commercial opportunities. |
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Jen Gloss
As a senior vice president of LPL Financial, Jen provides visionary leadership for LPL’s independent financial advisors. With more than 20 years industry experience working directly with advisors and their clients, she steers the Client Experience group, focusing on advisor education to drive branch office growth and productivity and plays a key role in determining direction and development of new programs and services.
Prior to joining LPL Financial, Jen worked for American Financial Group in a variety of leadership roles which included service, training, marketing, and financial advising. She holds a BBA from Thomas More College and a Master’s of Science in Executive Leadership from the University of San Diego. |