About

From customer insight to shipped product.

Most CX strategists describe what's broken. I prefer to ship what comes next.

My career has always sat at an uncomfortable intersection — part researcher, part strategist, part product owner, occasional builder. I started as the third employee at a PE-backed startup managing 70% of company working capital. I moved into consulting, then into one of the largest enterprises in the country, where I've led everything from Board-level app strategy to field research with technicians on doorsteps.

The through-line: I close the gap between what customers experience and what the business expects. Sometimes that looks like a research program. Sometimes a roadmap. Sometimes a working prototype I built myself at 11pm to make the case no slide deck could.

Atlanta, GA.

Ryan Roberts
$544MCost savings from a single experience strategy
12M+Users impacted by AT&T Flagship App strategy
$20MRevenue growth at Crown & Caliber (founding team)
12+Years across enterprise, startup, and consulting

Experience

Career

Cox CommunicationsSenior Manager, CX Service Design2025 — Present
  • Leads enterprise experience strategy in a newly formed CX org ahead of a major acquisition
  • Diagnosed 100K+ annual appointment cancellations → playbook projected to save $544K/year
  • Co-developed ACH+AutoPay strategy → projected $22.4M revenue lift and $1.7M annual benefit
  • Uncovered $3.3M delinquency exposure in B2B segment → defined roadmap to resolve it
  • 2025 Performance Rating: Outstanding (highest possible)
AT&TPrincipal CX Strategist2023 — 2025
  • Led experience strategy for AT&T Flagship App (12M+ users)
  • Secured Board approval for unified app strategy — higher NPS and lower churn vs. non-app segments
  • Shaped ACH+AutoPay enrollment experience → $544M in annual cost savings
AT&TPrincipal UX Researcher2022 — 2023
  • Salesforce consolidation: 25 agent tools → 7, onboarding -50%, FCR +4.3%, tenure 3→10 months
  • iPhone NPI research drove highest mobility net adds in years — CEO callout on Q4 earnings
  • Built CX research program for Internet Air; AT&T achieved #1 Internet Satisfaction (ACSI) 2023–24
AT&TSenior Manager, Ecommerce & Demand Strategy2017 — 2022
  • 160+ growth levers deployed across device launches — exceeded Acquisition 113%, Upgrade 114%
  • Presented annual launch strategy directly to CTO
  • Online Gaming segmented experience: 2× conversion, $6.6M first-year lifetime value
AustinCSI Management ConsultingManagement Consultant & Product Owner2016 — 2017
  • Product Owner for DIRECTV NOW buy flow on att.com — Agile transformation across multiple scrum teams
  • Selected into firm's leadership development program; coached consultants for AT&T, GoDaddy, PepsiCo
Crown & CaliberDirector of Market Research & Product Owner2012 — 2016
  • Third employee; grew $0 → $20M revenue in under 5 years as a founding team member
  • Built industry's first predictive pricing platform (~90% accuracy) with dev + data science
  • Managed ~70% of company working capital; cut $390K in operating costs via platform automation
Ryan Roberts presenting

Presenting at AT&T Design Jam. Tied for first and presented our design to the CEO.

Outside of work

Outside of work.

I live in Atlanta with my wife, daughter, and dog. I run the Peachtree Road Race. I hike with my family when we can get out. I play piano. I travel when I can and eat everywhere I go.

drag to explore

Currently

What I'm Reading

Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Clarity in Crisis
Clarity in Crisis
Marc E. Polymeropoulos
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe

Currently

Recent Watches

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
My Cousin Vinny
My Cousin Vinny
The Godfather
The Godfather
Nuremberg
Nuremberg
Masters of the Air
Masters of the Air
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Spider-Man: No Way Home
The Office
The Office
12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men

Contact

Let's Talk!

I enjoy conversations about CX strategy, product direction, and where the industry is headed.