Kushal G.

CX Ops & Support Systems- Intercom, Zendesk, Fin AI Agent & Automation

If your support volume is growing faster than your systems—or your team is drowning in tickets that should never reach a human—that's exactly the problem I fix. I've spent 8 years inside CX operations across SaaS, eCommerce, EdTech, and video gaming. Not in a strategy role—hands-on. Building the systems, running the inbox, training the AI, fixing what's broken, and staying long enough to make sure it holds. I approach every engagement the same way: understand what's broken before building anything. That means auditing support flows, ticket patterns, and where customers get stuck—then fixing the right things, not just the obvious ones. At SquadTrip, I was the only CX person at a 7-person startup for 6 months. I built their VoC program, redesigned onboarding, launched a Fin AI Agent that resolved 55% of tickets automatically, and grew activation 2.3x. At Leya AI, I migrated their full support stack from Zendesk to Intercom, built a self-serve ecosystem, and moved CSAT from 69% to 91% — with 61% self-service resolution — over 15 months. On the eCommerce side, I set up Intercom and Shopify for Try Doggo Labs at launch and am building end-to-end support operations for an active fitness eCommerce brand. At Manifest Movies, I set up their Intercom + Stripe system from day one. At Arise Gaming, I led a 110-member global support team across EMEA, LATAM, and APAC. CSAT went from 79% to 92%. FRT dropped from 3 hrs to 1.48 hrs. I don't hand over a plan and disappear. I stay, run the system, improve it, and make sure it outlasts my involvement. What I typically own in a long-term engagement: - Customer support operations — inbox setup, team inbox structure, routing rules, SLA configuration, escalation logic, macros, quality - Fin AI Agent — Procedures, Simulations, resolution rate optimization, and AI Copilot configuration for human agents - Voice of Customer programs—CSAT, NPS, CES surveys, ticket tagging, user interviews, closed-loop feedback to product, churn signal tracking - Self-serve support and ticket deflection—Help Center structuring for AI, knowledge base, in-product help triggers, support deflection strategy - Customer journey mapping — identifying drop-off points, friction, and moments of truth across the full lifecycle - Lifecycle emails and customer lifecycle management—onboarding, activation, retention, re-engagement, A/B testing - Automation—Intercom Workflows, Make, n8n, Zapier, support automation - Service design—repeatable, scalable processes and SOPs teams can actually follow - Monthly reporting — turning CX data into clear insights for founders and leadership For shorter setup and implementation projects, I build: - Intercom from scratch—inbox configuration, team inboxes, routing rules, Workflows, automations, Help Center, Fin AI agent procedures, and Simulations - Zendesk setup—Zendesk Messaging, skill-based routing, SLA configuration, triggers, macros, Knowledge Base - Platform migrations — Zendesk to Intercom and reverse - Shopify + Intercom integrations for eCommerce support automation — order lookups, returns, shipping queries, escalation guardrails - Fin AI Agent and Zendesk AI implementation for SaaS, EdTech, and eCommerce products - CX audits—structured review of support flows, ticket patterns, and escalation logic, delivered as a clear action plan Recent setup work: - Manifest Movies — Intercom setup and CX project management for a streaming platform - Try Doggo Labs—Full Intercom setup for an eCommerce launch including macros, Help Center, routing, and tags - Fitness eCommerce startup (active)—Building end-to-end customer support operations, including Intercom setup, Workflows, and automations Results that matter: - 2.3x activation growth — SquadTrip (SaaS) - 61% self-service resolution — Leya AI (EdTech) - CSAT 69% → 91% — Leya AI - 72% support automation rate—Leya AI VoC revamp - CSAT 79% → 92%, FRT cut from 3 hrs to 1.48 hrs—Arise Gaming (Video Gaming) - 80% reduction in hold time — Arise Gaming - +14 pts email open rate on onboarding lifecycle emails—SquadTrip Tools: Intercom (Certified) | Zendesk | Fin AI Agent | Make | Shopify | Hotjar | Google Sheets | Slack | Claude | SQL (basic) | CX/CS Management If you want someone who'll stay and run your CX — not just set it up and leave — I'd love to hear what you're working on.