
CEO / Co-Founder, BRCG
Kodie Critzer
CEO and co-founder of Blue Ridge Consulting Group. Lifecycle, CRM, and growth operator for consumer and B2B clients across Braze, Klaviyo, Iterable, HubSpot, and Customer.io.
Bio
Kodie founded BRCG in 2021 after a decade running lifecycle programs at consumer DTC and B2B SaaS brands. The thesis was simple: CRM done well isn't a deliverable an agency ships once, it's a system the agency operates with the brand every week. BRCG was built around that operating model.
At BRCG he runs the partnership side — scoping new engagements, designing the lifecycle architecture, and staying on the call with clients through the first 90 days. He's led the SendGrid → Braze migration at Zero (now a four-year ongoing CRM partnership), the legacy CRM → Iterable + Hightouch CDP migration at Discord (which delivered 100% marketing self-service), and ground-up Klaviyo rebuilds at Inner Balance (CRM share of revenue under 1% → 40%) and Rhoback (+300% signup conversion through 50+ structured A/B tests).
The Growth Brief draws straight from what the team is shipping that week. Field notes on AI-native CRM workflows, Braze Sage AI + Iterable Nova, Klaviyo flow architecture, deliverability rescue, and the operational patterns that separate programs that compound from programs that lurch.
If you're considering hiring BRCG, the call he runs is 30 minutes, no deck. You leave with a sized read of where the leakage is and what we'd ship first — whether or not you hire us.
Areas of work
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Lifecycle marketing
- Email marketing automation
- Braze platform implementation + migration
- Klaviyo flow architecture
- Iterable Workflow Studio
- Customer.io Journeys
- HubSpot Marketing Hub
- Retention and reactivation programs
- AI-native growth tooling
- Customer lifetime value modeling
- Paid acquisition + attribution
Posts
Written by Kodie.
PAID MEDIA
PAID MEDIA
The Growth Brief
paid media
How to Use Demand Gen Campaigns to Fill the Gap Between Awareness and Conversion
Jun 2026
ITERABLE
ITERABLE
The Growth Brief
iterable
How Nova Send Time Optimization picks a per-person send time, and when to turn it off
Jun 2026
BRCG DISPATCH
DISPATCH
The Growth Brief
What's Actually in a BRCG Lifecycle Audit
Mar 2026
BRCG DISPATCH
DISPATCH
The Growth Brief
Platform Migrations Don't Have to Take Six Months Anymore
Feb 2026
BRCG DISPATCH
DISPATCH
The Growth Brief
AMP Email, Productized: How We Ship Interactive Emails Without Doubling Build Time
Feb 2026
AI-TECHNOLOGY
AI-TECHNOLOGY
The Growth Brief
ai-technology
I Built 3 iOS Apps in (Basically) One Long Night From Slack
Feb 2026
AI-TECHNOLOGY
AI-TECHNOLOGY
The Growth Brief
ai-technology
YC just called it: AI-native agencies
Feb 2026
STRATEGY
STRATEGY
The Growth Brief
strategy
Vibe coding for CRM teams: ship internal tools that make personalization real
Feb 2026
AI-TECHNOLOGY
AI-TECHNOLOGY
The Growth Brief
ai-technology
Why We Moved from WordPress to Lovable.dev
Feb 2026
AI-TECHNOLOGY
AI-TECHNOLOGY
The Growth Brief
ai-technology
Braze AI Agents + real-time signals: decisioning that actually ships
Jan 2026
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