Mikhail Dadov

CDP & Segmentation Strategy

CDP & Segmentation Strategy: customer data, segments, lifecycle decisions, and team ownership. Senior CRM strategy and leadership.

I connect customer data, segments, lifecycle decisions, and team ownership with customer economics, clear decision rights, and cross-functional leadership.

  • Teams with a CDP installed but weak usage discipline
  • Companies where segmentation exists in fragments but not as a decision system
  • Leaders who need the data stack to support operating quality, not only infrastructure
  • Cleaner data and segmentation logic for lifecycle, retention, and loyalty decisions
  • A more usable ownership model across CRM, product, analytics, and vendors
  • A practical operating cadence around segments, journeys, experiments, and KPIs
  • Data model, events, and segment logic
  • Journey ownership and trigger structure
  • Roles, dashboards, KPI model, and platform operating discipline

X5 / Vprok: CRM built from scratch on Mindbox

I built the CRM function and team, expanded the contactable base 17×, and launched 100+ automated triggers that doubled customer LTV. Ecommerce integration took 60 days; CRM generated 5% incremental revenue in 12 months. Data, lifecycle priorities, measurement, and agency delivery developed together.

  • The platform exists, but teams still argue about what a segment means
  • Journeys and dashboards are present, yet decisions remain slow and inconsistent
  • The business invested in infrastructure but not in the operating model around it

FAQ

Is this about CDP implementation only?

No. The bigger issue is usually how the team uses the stack: segments, events, journeys, ownership, dashboards, and decision logic.

Do you need a fresh platform to do this work?

No. I often work on top of an existing CDP or CRM setup and focus on making it commercially and operationally usable.

How do we start?

Start with a 1-hour consultation to review the goals, constraints, and data available. We then scope an audit, roadmap, or leadership engagement separately.