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Christina G.

Fractional CCO, CX advocate, and advisor

Growing companies hire me when they've scaled past the point where relationships happen naturally and need someone who has done this before, across industries, at every level.

I've served as Fractional CCO at neuemotion and HeyOrca, Fractional CXO for Teal, built community and customer advocacy infrastructure at HubSpot, and led social and customer strategy for brands operating at global scale through ICUC. Trust breaks differently depending on where you are in the growth curve, and I've worked every part of it.

I originated Customer Trust Infrastructure, the organizational discipline for building systems that generate and sustain trust between brands and their customers, and created the Customer Trust Equation: Trust = Consistency + Response + Connection + Value − Friction.

I build the infrastructure that makes trust repeatable and measurable: relationship health scorecards, trust recovery playbooks, advocacy programs tied to revenue, and cross-functional systems that align your teams around the customer. The goal is always something your organization can own and run without me.

My background spans teaching, social media strategy, community building, customer advocacy, and marketing. I can read your entire customer relationship, not just your support queue, and translate across every function in the room.

Two-time award-winning author of Transforming Customer–Brand Relationships (Kogan Page, 2025). Top globally ranked CX thought leader (Favikon). Speaker at Gainsight Pulse, INBOUND, Digital Summit, and Hult International Business School. Featured in Forbes, Adweek, and Campaign US.

I work with SaaS companies, venture-backed startups, agencies, and enterprises ready to scale without breaking what built them.

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Work

Customer Trust Infrastructure (CTI)

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Customer Trust Infrastructure (CTI)

An original discipline founded by Christina Garnett that reframes trust as operational infrastructure rather than sentiment. CTI gives organizations a structured way to build, measure, and protect the customer relationships that drive retention and advocacy. Founding document published on Zenodo (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19022147).

Experience

Dec 2024 — Present
Campaign US

Campaign US

Contributing Writer

  • Christina writes about what brands, platforms, and institutions owe the people they've earned the attention of.
  • Judge for the 2026 Campaign US Agency of the Year Awards
Jan 2024 — Present
neuemotion

neuemotion

Fractional Chief Customer Officer -> Chief Customer and Comms Officer

  • Built CX infrastructure from scratch: onboarding, CSAT, QBRs, and SOPs for scaling customer experience
  • Secured coverage in Business Insider, Forbes, CMSWire, Ad Age, Campaign US, PR Daily, and Quartz
  • Secured podcasts and press placements for agency founder, teammates, and clients, expanding reach and positioning them as credible voices in the space
  • Won 5 industry awards in 2025: Webby, Platinum Hermes, Collision Award, and Shorty Impact Award across client campaigns
  • Promoted from CCO to Chief Customer and Communications Officer, taking on both CX and communications strategy simultaneously
Dec 2023 — Present
Pocket CCO

Pocket CCO

Fractional CCO and Advisor

  • Founded Customer Trust Infrastructure (CTI), an original discipline reframing trust as operational infrastructure. Founding document published on Zenodo and featured in CXQuest and MEXC
  • Architect of the Customer Trust Equation: Trust = Consistency + Response + Connection + Value − Friction
  • Published Transforming Customer-Brand Relationships with Kogan Page (2025). Winner, Independent Press Award and International Impact Book Award
  • Built CX infrastructure, SOPs, and onboarding frameworks for clients ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 500
  • Developed proprietary client frameworks including the CCO Dashboard for customer journey KPIs and the Community Builder Workbook
  • Featured in Business Insider, Forbes, Quartz, CMSWire, Ad Age, Campaign US, PR Daily, The Next Web, PR Week, Business.com, and CX Quest
  • Contributing writer for Adweek (15+ articles over 4 years) and Campaign US. Judge, 2026 Agency of the Year Awards
  • Speaker at Gainsight Pulse, CUPRAP, Digital Summit, CNX, DigiMarCon, and Community Week
Jul 2023 — Present
HeyOrca

HeyOrca

Advisor -> Fractional CCO

  • Co-created the Community Canvas for social media, providing a strategic framework for building and managing online communities
  • Co-designed two HeyOrca Academy courses: Social Media Community Foundations and Community-Led Content Strategy
  • Advised on and helped shape the HeyOrca Stans program, a community advocacy initiative
  • Elevated HeyOrca customers into content contributors and thought leaders across owned channels
  • Developed strategies for community interaction and social media engagement that strengthened the HeyOrca brand community
  • Progressed from Advisor to fractional Chief Community Officer based on impact and scope of work
Feb 2024 — Sep 2024
Teal

Teal

Advisor -> Fractional CXO

  • Launched Teal Connect, a peer-to-peer customer community built from zero that created direct feedback loops informing product and marketing decisions
  • Stood up the Customer Advisory Board (CAB), engaging top-tier customers to drive product innovation and gather actionable feedback
  • Built full CX operating infrastructure: customer personas, journey maps, KPIs, communication strategy, PR SOP, and team responsibility framework
  • Assisted in creation of a customer beta testing directory
  • Developed and refined detailed customer personas based on market research and customer insights
  • Crafted tailored communication strategies across customer segments to drive engagement across the customer lifecycle
  • Progressed from Advisor to fractional Chief Experience Officer based on scope of work and impact
Feb 2021 — Dec 2023
HubSpot

HubSpot

Principal Marketing Manager, Offline Community and Advocacy

  • Launched and led HubFans program.
  • Created and launched Revenue Council, INBOUND Correspondents, After Hours Show with George B. Thomas, and Speakers Bureau.
  • Six figure attributable MRR from advocacy initiatives.
  • Double digit increased retention rate through advocate initiatives.
Dec 2020 — Feb 2025
Adweek

Adweek

Contributing Writer

  • Write about how brands earn or forfeit loyalty through the decisions they make in cultural moments, crisis, and community.
  • Multiple articles featured as Editor's Choice.
  • Top 20 Voice Piece of 2023.
Sep 2020 — Feb 2021
Vizit

Vizit

Senior Insights Strategist

  • Upsold strategy playbook client based on work and presentation of deliverables.
  • Created strategy playbooks based on AI lens for CPG brands.
May 2019 — Jul 2021
ICUC

ICUC

Strategist

  • Created strategy playbooks for Fortune 500 brands.
  • Led social monitoring team for select clients.
  • Liaison for global clients with localized teams.
  • Upsold clients to increase hours and services.
Oct 2016 — Jun 2018
Roanoke SBDC

Roanoke SBDC

Marketing Director

  • Consulting with hundreds of clients from ideation to exit strategy.
  • Served as in house marketing and consultant.
  • Chair of state SBDC branding committee.