CELab - Ep 179 - How Jess Katz Built an AI‑Powered Customer Education Org as a Team of One

April 16, 2026 01:16:55
CELab - Ep 179 - How Jess Katz Built an AI‑Powered Customer Education Org as a Team of One
CELab: The Customer Education Lab
CELab - Ep 179 - How Jess Katz Built an AI‑Powered Customer Education Org as a Team of One

Apr 16 2026 | 01:16:55

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Show Notes

In this episode of the Customer Education Lab, we sit down with Jess Katz, Senior Customer Education Manager at Forter, to unpack how she built an AI‑powered customer education function as a team of one. Jess walks us through her journey from joining Forter with a blank slate and an aggressive launch timeline, to orchestrating a “swarm” of more than 20 specialized AI agents that now support everything from research and course design to writing, video scripts, and brand voice.

You’ll hear how Jess leveraged an internal AI hackathon to create her first product‑ and brand‑trained agent, then scaled that approach into a full “agentic learning” stack using tools like Claude, Gemini, Glean, and video platforms such as Clueso—plus a next‑gen AI‑native LMS. She explains her step‑by‑step method for designing agents, reverse‑engineering “what good looks like,” and acting as the strategic director of a hybrid team of humans and AI. If you care about Customer Education, Customer Success, or doing more with less through AI, this episode is a practical, down‑to‑earth blueprint for where our field is heading.

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