Pellegrin Hart Benefits / BB-Demo – Kickoff
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Pellegrin Hart Benefits · 2026-05-28 17:00
Kickoff for Growth tier. Allison Pereira wants one view of tickets, calls and renewals per employer client before open enrollment. SSO is not in the order form; Ethan Brody accepted going live without it, on condition that access is reviewed regularly.
What was said
What this says
Current to 13 Oct 26Kickoff for Growth tier. Allison Pereira wants one view of tickets, calls and renewals per employer client before open enrollment. SSO is not in the order form; Ethan Brody accepted going live without it, on condition that access is reviewed regularly.
What happened: The 28 May 2026 kickoff agreed the first win and the connector order: helpdesk, call recorder and CRM first, email and documents later. Laura Penhaligon refused to give a go-live date until she has seen the connectors load.
Customer view: Allison is sponsor day to day, and Gary signed the order form. Monica Starling is admin and Ethan owns access and Snowflake roles. Allison accepted that no date is promised.
Commercial: Hollie Grieve stated that single sign-on and automated provisioning sit on Enterprise, so they are not in this Growth order form. Ethan wants that written down, so it could become an Enterprise conversation. Hollie also noted the first term runs to 25 May 2027.
Watch: Monica said systems are upgraded without telling anyone, which is how a source goes quiet. Hollie flagged the key-person risk if one person asks most of the questions.
Themes
Current to 9 Oct 26Theme
Kickoff and onboarding plan
Importance
neutral
Sentiment
positive
Voice
champion
Who was there
BB-Demo
CRMmade from
Them
CRMmade from
Follow-up
Next steps
Current to 9 Oct 26- Laura Penhaligon sends the connector checklist and access request the day after the call.
- Monica Starling introduces the IT and CRM owners, and Ethan Brody sends his approved permissions list.
- Hollie Grieve sets up a weekly check-in and writes up the sign-in note.
Risks
Current to 9 Oct 26- Customer systems are upgraded without notice, so a connected source could go quiet.
- Timing before open enrollment is wanted but no go-live date has been promised.
- One person asking most of the questions would be a key-person risk.
Opportunities
Current to 9 Oct 26- If single sign-on becomes a requirement, it opens an Enterprise tier conversation.
- Quarterly reviews and the 25 May 2027 term end give time to embed the brain before renewal.
Transcript
Laura Penhaligon NoneHi all, thanks for making the time. Can everyone hear me? I'm Laura, I'm the implementation consultant, and Hollie's here as your customer success manager.
Hollie Grieve NoneHello, everyone. Lovely to finally have the whole group together.
Allison Pereira NoneHi Laura, hi Hollie. We're all here. It's just gone noon this side, so we're caffeinated and ready.
Monica Starling NoneHi, I'm Monica. I run client service operations, so I'll be the admin on your side of things.
Ethan Brody NoneEthan Brody, information security. I'll be quiet for most of this, I suspect, but I have a list.- Laura Penhaligon NonePlease don't be quiet, that's the point of the list. So, agenda. First, what you want out of this. Then which sources we connect and in what order. Then who owns what, and then security and access. We should be finished in about an hour.
- Allison Pereira NoneGreat. Let me start, because it's simple. What's the signal? I want each employer client's tickets, calls and renewals in one view, by client, so my team stops stitching it together by hand. And before open enrollment, please, because that's when we get slammed.
- Hollie Grieve NoneThat's very clear, thanks, Allison. And it matches what you told Jordan during the sales process. So the first thing we should agree is what a good first month looks like.
- Allison Pereira NoneA lead can type a client name and get the open tickets, recent calls and where the renewal stands. That's it. That's the win.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneGood. That tells me the order. For that question to work, I need three sources first: the helpdesk, the call recorder and your CRM. Email and the document stores can come after.
- Monica Starling NoneMakes sense. The helpdesk is the messiest, to be honest. We changed how we categorise tickets partway through last year, so the older ones won't match the newer ones.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneThat's useful to know now, not in week three. We'll load both and I'll want you to tell me which categories matter, so the brain doesn't treat the old and new labels as different things.
- Monica Starling NoneI can do that. I'd need an hour with someone who can show me what it's doing with them.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneI'll book that. Hollie, let's put it on the plan.
- Hollie Grieve NoneNoted. And Monica, you'll be the person we go to for admin questions, is that right? Allison, you'll be the sponsor day to day?
- Allison Pereira NoneYes to both. Gary signed it, but I run it.
- Ethan Brody NoneCan I come in with security? Where does the data actually live? I've read the paperwork, but I'd like to hear it said.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneOf course. It lives in your own Snowflake account. We build and run the brain inside it, so the data doesn't get copied out to a store of ours. Your Snowflake owner controls the roles and what we can see.
- Ethan Brody NoneGood. Then I'll need to know who on your side creates the account roles, and I'd want those scoped tightly. Not a blanket grant.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneAgreed, and I'd rather work to a list you've approved. If you tell me the minimum set of permissions you're happy with, I'll tell you honestly whether it's enough, and if it isn't, why.
- Ethan Brody NoneThat's the answer I wanted. Next. Sign-in. Do we get single sign-on?
- Hollie Grieve NoneI'll take that one, Ethan, because I'd rather be clear now. Single sign-on and the automated user provisioning sit on our Enterprise tier. You're on Growth, so they're not in your order form.
- Ethan Brody NoneUnderstood. I'd want that written down, because someone will ask me in a few months.
- Hollie Grieve NoneI'll put it in the kickoff notes. If it becomes a requirement, that's a conversation about the tier, and I'm happy to have it with you whenever, but there's no pressure from us.
- Allison Pereira NoneLet's not make it a blocker, Ethan. Can we go live with what we have and revisit?
- Ethan Brody NoneAs long as access is reviewed regularly, yes. I can live with that.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneRight, owners. Let me say what I think we've got, and you correct me. Allison, sponsor. Monica, admin and the person who knows the ticket categories. Ethan, access and Snowflake roles. Is there someone who owns the call recorder and the CRM connections?
- Monica Starling NoneA colleague in IT looks after the call recorder, and the CRM sits with sales operations. I can introduce you to both.
- Laura Penhaligon NonePlease do. For each connector I need a named person who can give me credentials and who can tell me if something changes later. A source that changes under us is the usual reason a brain goes quiet.
- Monica Starling NoneThat's a good point. We upgrade things without telling anyone, honestly.
- Hollie Grieve NoneThen it's worth a line in your change process, Monica. Even a message to the admin when a system changes.
- Monica Starling NoneI'll add it.
- Allison Pereira NoneQuestion on users. How many people can we put on? I'd like the leads in first.
- Hollie Grieve NoneYou've got 40 licensed users. I'd start with the leads and the operations people, see who's asking questions, and add the wider team once you know the questions are good.
- Allison Pereira NoneCan we see that by client? Who's asking about which client?
- Hollie Grieve NoneWe can show you usage, and as part of your quarterly reviews I'll go through who's asking and what for. The other thing I look out for is one person asking most of the questions, because that's fragile if they move on.
- Allison Pereira NoneGood. Then I'll make sure it isn't just me.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneOn timing, Allison. I know you said before open enrollment. I'll sequence it so the first useful question works as early as it can, helpdesk first. I'm not going to give you a date today until I've seen the connectors load on your data.
- Allison Pereira NoneThat's fine, I'd rather you didn't. I can't promise clients a date I haven't checked either.
- Hollie Grieve NoneAnd from my side, Allison, your first term runs to 25 May 2027, so there's a good stretch to get this properly embedded. We'll review it quarterly, and I'll start the renewal conversation well before the end.
- Allison Pereira NoneGood. I want that to be a boring conversation.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneLet me do next steps. I'll send the connector checklist and a short access request by tomorrow. Monica, you introduce me to your IT colleague and the CRM owner. Ethan, you send me the permissions you'll approve. Hollie, you'll set up a weekly check-in.
- Hollie Grieve NoneYes, weekly for now, thirty minutes, and I'll write up today including the note about sign-in.
- Ethan Brody NoneFine by me. I'll get you the permissions list early next week.
- Monica Starling NoneAnd I'll sort the introductions today.
- Allison Pereira NoneThanks, Laura, thanks, Hollie. Really glad we're started.
- Laura Penhaligon NoneThanks, everyone. Speak soon.
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