Jonathan Barouch

Jonathan Barouch

Vice President, GM Contact Center Zendesk
Jonathan Barouch

Jonathan Barouch is Vice President and General Manager of Contact Center at Zendesk.

In May 2025, Zendesk announced the completion of the acquisition of Local Measure a company Jonathan founded and led. Local Measure is a leading CCaaS (Contact Center as a Service) and advanced voice solutions provider and long-standing AWS partner.

Prior to Local Measure, Jonathan built and exited one of Australia’s early e-commerce businesses.

Tuesday 10 March 2026

10:30 AM Contact center modernization in the agentic era

As customer expectations for speed, accuracy and personalisation continue to rise, contact centers are entering a new phase of transformation powered by advanced conversational AI and agentic automation. In this session, discoverhow to modernize your service operations by combining intelligent self-service with seamless agent workflows to reduce operational burden while strengthening customer trust. Learn how smart automation can resolve issues faster, personalise interactions at scale and free agents to focus on higher-value, complex customer needs, all while delivering measurable improvements in cost-to-serve and customer satisfaction.

Through real-world examples and proven integration patterns, this session will explore how AI-driven self-service and agent support can work together across channels to create consistent, reliable and trusted customer experiences.

Key takeaways:

  • Discover new techniques for building personalised, accurate and error-free self-service journeys
  • Learn how to reduce reliance on live agents without degrading customer experience
  • Understand integration patterns that unify bot and agent workflows across digital and voice channels
  • Explore the proof points of upgrading CX capabilities, including reduced cost-to-serve and improved customer satisfaction
  • See how smart self-service can become a critical trust builder when implemented correctly