Based in Austin, TX  → 
Status  →  Open to the right opportunity

Hi, this is
Carlos.

Currently   Customer Success @ Dropbox   · Core  · Sign  · DocSend
Previously   Native Instruments   · UCLA   · U.S. Navy
Belief   Zoom out before you zoom in. Understand before you advise. The best customer relationships start with curiosity, not solutions.

I'm a Customer Success Manager who thinks the most important question in any customer conversation is why. $4M+ Dropbox portfolio across Core, Sign, and DocSend. Background in the Navy, political science, and hardware engineering. 100%+ NDR. Looking for the right next thing.

Chapter one
U.S. Navy
Active Duty Service

High-stakes environments where unclear communication has consequences. Developed the habit of showing up ready, owning the outcome, and not waiting to be told something is wrong.

Chapter two
UCLA
Political Science

The architecture of negotiation — how parties with competing interests find workable agreements. Reading a room. Identifying the actual interest behind a stated position. Communicating with precision when the stakes are high.

Chapter three
Native Instruments
Support & Engineering Technician

Across their DJ, production, and sound design lines — support and hands-on engineering for the hardware that producers and performers depended on. Technical empathy isn't a phrase. This is where it clicked.

Chapter four
Dropbox · Austin, TX
Premium Support → CSM → Full Portfolio

Started in premium support. Earned the move to CS by demonstrating the gap between reactive and proactive. Now carrying Core FSS, Sign API, and DocSend across a $4M+ book — 100%+ NDR. Independently designed a full digital success program for the Sign API self-serve segment: six-month roadmap, health scoring framework, 12-email campaign playbook.

What I learned supporting two completely different CS motions
The audience changed. The vocabulary changed. The tools changed. What didn't change is what made me a better CSM.
I started in premium support. Here's what that actually gave me.
The move wasn't a promotion. It was a full paradigm shift — and the hardest part was learning to stop solving problems before I understood them.
How I designed a scaled CS program for an API product from scratch
No playbook. No handoff. Two years of product context and a blank page.
Salesforce
PlanHat
GONG
Tableau
SQL · Databricks
Postman
ChatGPT / GPTs
Slack · Notion
Journey Automation
Family
Husband and father first. They're my north star — the reason I keep learning and keep trying to be a better human being.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
2nd degree black belt. Comfortable being uncomfortable.
Music
Any genre. I DJ and make beats and dig records.
Food
Food is how I show up for people. I'll travel for a great meal, but my favorite version is recreating it at home for the people I love.

Open to the
right next chapter.