I speak from the inside out. Everything I talk about on stage I have built, run, or lived firsthand — at enterprise scale, across multiple companies and markets.
30+ engagements. 15+ countries. The topics have evolved — from inbound PR to Customer Success to AI — but the approach has always been the same: practical, direct, and grounded in real execution.
My current speaking topics:
I speak at conferences, executive summits, leadership offsites, and fireside chats. I tailor every session to the audience — whether that's a room of CSMs, a C-suite leadership team, or a conference stage.
If you have a topic in mind that isn't listed, get in touch. I'm open to custom formats where the conversation is worth having.

Iliyana has a unique presentation style, always ensuring to educate, motivate and engage the audience by keeping people's attention for long and also making them laugh.
Watch One of Iliyana's Recent Talks!
I started my SaaS career in Customer Success. Not the version of CS that exists in most companies today. The version where you were responsible for the full customer relationship — adoption, outcomes, retention, and growth. Where upsell and...
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Most Customer Success organisations are not designed to fail. They're designed to survive. Survive renewals. Survive escalations. Survive the quarter. And that survival instinct — built into the org structure, the hiring profiles, the incentives,...
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There's a common assumption in CS leadership: CSMs don't act on AI signals because they don't trust them. That's not quite right. In most cases, the signal isn't the problem. The gap is what comes after it. A CSM sees a risk score drop. An alert...
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