

The RevOps Review
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Interviewing leading revenue operators - reviewing the ever changing landscape of GTM operations to keep your revenue engine on track.
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Oct 31, 2025 • 23min
How RevOps Can Use AI to Automate the Boring Stuff (and Get Strategic Again)
RevOps pros spend too much time fixing data and not enough driving growth. Mason McMullin, VP of RevOps and Strategy at Alysio explains how his team uses AI to streamline reporting, clean data, and cut tool-switching. He shares his playbook for prompting LLMs effectively, building a reliable data dictionary, and freeing Ops to focus on what really matters: strategy and enablement.

Oct 17, 2025 • 33min
RevOps in the Age of AI with Lindsay Rothlisberger, Director of Revenue Operations at Zapier
In this episode, Jeff sits down with Lindsay Roethlisberger, Director of Revenue Operations at Zapier, to explore how RevOps is evolving in a world increasingly shaped by AI. Lindsay shares her journey from Zapier’s first marketing ops hire to leading a 12-person RevOps team spanning analytics, automation, and enablement.Together, they dig into:How Zapier uses AI across SMB, mid-market, and enterprise motionsThe difference between AI-driven workflows and agents - and where each fitsPractical use cases, from chat classification to renewal prep to sales coachingWhy RevOps leaders should think like product managers when adopting AIIf you want to see how AI is reshaping go-to-market infrastructure - and the lessons from one of the most automation-driven companies in SaaS - this episode is packed with practical takeaways.

Oct 10, 2025 • 19min
RevOps for Dual GTM Motions: AI, PLG, and the Tenacity Advantage with Alex Kean of Merge
Jeff sits down with Alex Kean, Director of Revenue Operations at Merge, to explore what it really takes to run RevOps across two go-to-market motions, enterprise sales and a new PLG product launch.Alex unpacks how his lean RevOps team supports Merge’s sales-led engine while prepping for a parallel PLG motion, without breaking existing systems. He shares how his team is leveraging AI and agentic workflows for internal use, including customer health summaries and Slack-ready exec dashboards.

Oct 3, 2025 • 22min
From RevOps to AI Ops: Building Smarter, Leaner GTM Systems with Brandon Smith of QuotaPath
In this episode of RevOps Review, Jeff Ignacio welcomes Brandon Smith, Director of Revenue Operations & AI Strategy at QuotaPath, to break down how one-person RevOps teams can punch way above their weight using AI. Brandon shares how he’s driving ARR per head through intelligent automation, building custom apps on “Good Vibe Coding Fridays,” and teaching go-to-market teams to become builders themselves.You’ll hear how QuotaPath is turning microtools into macro impact, why Brandon favours human-in-the-loop AI over full automation, and how he uses one-on-one GTM interviews to source real problems, not just shiny ideas. If you’re thinking about AI integration beyond email copy and chatbots, this is a blueprint for doing more with less (and having fun doing it).

Sep 26, 2025 • 23min
Scaling Smarter, Not Harder with James Kase, Associate Director of Revenue Operations at Healthie
James Case, Associate Director of Revenue Operations at Healthie, shares his non-linear journey into RevOps - from customer service to sales to operations - and the lessons he’s learned along the way. He breaks down how frontline experience shaped his empathy for sales teams, the importance of prioritisation and change management, and how Healthy is using AI and automation to remove admin work and let providers focus on care. A candid conversation on resourcefulness, scaling processes, and building systems that last.

Sep 19, 2025 • 26min
CSQLs to ICP Fit: Building a RevOps Operating System with Danielle Kaetzer, VP of RevOps at Betterworks
Danielle Kaetzer, VP of Revenue Operations at BetterWorks, shares her expertise in building efficient RevOps systems. She explains how to transform customer success activities into high-quality CSQLs while creating essential feedback loops. Danielle discusses the importance of aligning marketing, SDR, and AE playbooks to streamline processes. She also emphasizes introducing an ICP fit score and improving the customer journey to optimize pipeline conversion. Get ready for actionable insights to elevate your revenue operations!

Sep 12, 2025 • 31min
Turning Customer Success Into a Revenue Engine with Andrea Bumstead, Founder of CS Impact
Andrea Bumstead, founder of CS Impact and fractional Chief Customer Officer, shares how she built her business by solving big challenges companies were too hesitant to commit to full-time. She explains why CS teams must tie themselves directly to revenue, the pitfalls of traditional QBRs and her 15-minute QBR framework, and how to forecast renewals in messy real-world environments. Andrea also offers advice to GTM leaders on why investing in yourself is the best way to keep pace in today’s rapidly evolving landscape.

Sep 5, 2025 • 19min
AI & the New Frontier of GTM Ops with Hubspot’s Rich Archbold
In this episode of RevOps Review, Jeff Ignacio sits down with Rich Archbold, SVP at HubSpot, for a deep dive into how one of the most iconic GTM platforms is using AI, not just to scale workflows, but to rethink them entirely.Rich shares how HubSpot is applying AI across the customer journey, from CRM hygiene to guided selling, to coaching reps via custom GPTs, and how frontline teams are quietly becoming GTM engineers themselves. They explore what happens when every employee uses AI, how this impacts org design (including middle management), and why building a “faster horse” just won’t cut it anymore.If you’re navigating AI in a RevOps or go-to-market leadership role, this one is a blueprint for what’s coming next.

Aug 29, 2025 • 21min
Go-to-Market Engineering: Beyond RevOps with Patrick Spychalski, Co-Founder of The Kiln
Patrick Spychalski, co-founder of The Kiln, joins to unpack the growing role of go-to-market engineering. From his early work creating content for Clay to founding one of the first GTM engineering agencies, Patrick explains how GTM engineering differs from RevOps, the core tools and workflows driving efficiency today, and why companies should focus on doing more with fewer - but smarter - systems.

Aug 22, 2025 • 24min
Scaling Smarter: Cold Email, GTM Engineering & Operational Rigour with Noah Adelstein of Rippling
In this episode, Jeff sits down with Noah Adelstein, who leads international growth at Rippling and hosts The GTM Engineer podcast. They unpack how Noah helped scale Rippling’s Australia team from 10 to 80+, the evolving state of cold email, and how GTM engineers are reshaping the way we think about growth. Noah shares why marketers must obsess over follow-up as much as lead gen, how AI fits into outbound strategy (without going off the rails), and why constantly rethinking org structure may be the most underrated superpower in modern GTM.


