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Steve Barkin

Sr. Director, Strategic Accounts, Data and Insights Practice

Palo Alto, California, United States · 1 connection

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About

Senior executive with 20+ years building and leading professional services, customer success, and delivery organizations at enterprise AI and SaaS companies. Track record of driving adoption, value realization, and expansion across large enterprise accounts — from practitioners to the C-suite. Most recently led Pryon's Commercial Customer Organization across implementation, adoption, and customer success for an enterprise AI platform. Prior roles include Sr. Director of Professional Services at C3 AI, where I managed the North America Commercial Services Practice and helped customers realize over $100M in annual economic value, and VP at Blumetra, where I led the global Data and Analytics practice. Earlier career spans financial services analytics leadership at Charles Schwab and PayPal, and leading a business consulting team at Saama Technologies — providing a foundation in data-driven decision-making and executive stakeholder engagement that informs how I approach AI implementation and value realization today. Fluent in French and Spanish (DELF B2 and DELE B2 certified). Yale BS in Computer Science, Stanford MS in Operations Research.

Experience

Sr. Director, Strategic Accounts, Data and Insights PracticeAscendion
Sep 2026
Sr. Director, Solutions ManagementPryon
Jan 2024 to Jan 2026
Vice President, Customer Engagement and DeliveryBlumetra Solutions
Jan 2022 to Jan 2024
Sr. Director, Professional ServicesC3 AI
Jan 2019 to Jan 2021
Senior Director, Global Professional ServicesNomis Solutions
Jan 2019 to Dec 2019
Director, North America Professional ServicesNomis Solutions
Jan 2018 to Jan 2019
Engagement Director, Solution Design & Execution, APAC RegionNomis Solutions
Jan 2017 to Jan 2018
Director, Business Consulting | Professional ServicesSaama
Jan 2014 to Jan 2017
Senior Director, Global Marketing AnalyticsPayPal
Jan 2012 to Jan 2013
Vice President, Insight & Loyalty Decision SupportCharles Schwab
Jan 2008 to Jan 2012
Director, Client & Marketing InsightCharles Schwab
Jan 2001 to Jan 2008
Engagement Manager | Professional ServicesBlue Martini Software
Jan 2000 to Jan 2001

Education

Stanford University
Strategic Marketing Management Executive Education Program
Stanford University
Master of Science - MS Operations Research
Yale University
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science