# Dave Blake

> Dave Blake is the founder and CEO of ClientSuccess, a B2B SaaS customer success platform. A former Omniture and Adobe customer success leader, he built the company around problems he experienced managing global accounts. He also founded the CS100 Summit and writes about relationship ROI, sales collaboration and customer retention.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at ClientSuccess
- **Organizations:** ClientSuccess, CS100 Summit, Adobe, Omniture, Arthur Andersen
- **Education:** BS in Accounting, Brigham Young University
- **Known for:** Founded and leads ClientSuccess., Founded the CS100 Summit., Led a global customer success operation at Omniture and Adobe; recalled roughly 120 CSMs managing about $400 million in business in his AppSelekt interview.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Graduated from Brigham Young University in accounting; worked in Arthur Andersen’s business consulting group on Oracle implementations.
- **2003** — Joined Omniture as a customer success manager; later led enterprise and strategic customer success teams.
- **—** — Continued leading global customer success at Adobe after its acquisition of Omniture.
- **2014** — ClientSuccess founding year listed by investor Cervin; founded the company following his Omniture and Adobe career.
- **2016** — ClientSuccess received a Red Herring Top 100 North America award; Blake hosted Ryan Smith at CS100.
- **2023-11** — ClientSuccess acquired Status.
- **2024-06** — ClientSuccess acquired Baton.
- **2025-01** — ClientSuccess acquired Product Signals.
- **2026-06** — Presented a webinar about finding and enabling AI talent on customer success teams.

## Achievements

- Founded and leads ClientSuccess.
- Founded the CS100 Summit.
- Led a global customer success operation at Omniture and Adobe; recalled roughly 120 CSMs managing about $400 million in business in his AppSelekt interview.
- Led ClientSuccess through the acquisitions of Status, Baton and Product Signals.
- ClientSuccess was a 2016 Red Herring Top 100 North America winner.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — ClientSuccess published a webinar recorded in June 2026 featuring Blake on recognizing, enabling and rewarding AI talent within customer success teams.
- **2025-01** — ClientSuccess announced its acquisition of Product Signals on January 14.
- **2025-01** — Appeared on Inside the Workflow on January 29 to discuss leadership, customer success and AI.

## Links

- Website: https://www.clientsuccess.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davecblake/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/davecblake

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Last updated: 2026-10-14