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Customer Service Manager

Location:
Chicago, IL, 60617
Posted:
September 07, 2010

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Resume:

Anthony F. Mercer-Bey

**** * ******** *** *** * Chicago Illinois 60617

773-***-****/ 312-***-****

ablem0@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

A detail-oriented information technologist with 10+ years experience in

outstanding customer support skills resolving technical issues and

educating end users. Strong project management capabilities with an

exceptional record of success in troubleshooting computers, increasing call

efficiency, securing data and optimizing the access and use of shared

information using a variety of hardware and software.

Experience

Apple Incorporated - Orland Park, Illinois (August 2007 - August 2009)

Applecare Service Technician - Full Time 40 hours/week - Ending Salary

$39,180/Year

Provide frontline customer support at the Genius Bar, including hardware

and software troubleshooting and diagnosis and basic customer product

training. Repair Apple hardware and software products. Managed all aspects

of repair workflow, including open repair prioritization, case management

and service part order management utilizing customer resource management

software and SAP. Reviewed all hardware product returns and re-quality

product for re-sale. Provide technical support for in-house systems.

Research order and repair status for customers. Review warranty claims.

Provided ongoing technology coaching to sales associates. Performed job

functons utilizing the following technologies and skills:

- Customer Service & Support - Blackberry Enterprise Server/Push

- Remote Desktop/VNC Support - Windows NT4/2000/XP Desktop Support

- Macintosh OS X (10.0 thru 10.6.3)

- Apple Macintosh Hardware Support - Microsoft Office

- Apple Software Support XP/2000/2003/2007/2008

- Data Recovery

- SAP

Lear Seating Corporation - Hammond, Indiana (January 2004 - August 2007)

Information Technology Specialist - Full Time 50 hour/week - Ending Salary

$38,800/Year

Facilitated "best practice" IT Operations through the strategic development

and ongoing maintenance of systems architecture and LAN/WAN infrastructure

for onsite and 2 remote offices, with additional accountability for data

security, backups, archiving, disaster recovery and all data center

operations administration and user support including Sarbanes Oxley.

Designed, installed, supported and integrated centralized and distributed

network hardware, operating systems and applications. Configured and

installed computer hardware and software including disk, tape, printers,

modems, and related peripherals. Responded to and resolved difficult

inquiries and complaints. Trained users on computer hardware/software and

other electronic office equipment. Monitored operational performance and

troubleshot system problems and isolated the cause of system failures.

Performed job functons utilizing the following technologies and skills:

- Customer Service & Support - Blackberry Enterprise Server/Push

- Remote Desktop/VNC Support - Windows NT4/2000/XP Desktop Support

- Windows 2000/2003 Server

- Microsoft Visio - Microsoft Office

- IBM iSeries/AS400 XP/2000/2003/2007/2008

- Cisco Routers - Data Recovery

- PHP/HTML Authoring - Active Directory

- Lotus Notes/Sametime Support - Technical Writing

- Microsoft SQL 2000

JORSM Internet - Dyer, Indiana (October 2001 - May 2003)

Customer Support Specialist - Part Time 25 hours/week - Ending Wage

$7.00/Hour

Strengthened customer relationships while addressing sales, billing and

support concerns for over 6000 active dial-up internet customers. Worked

collaboratively within a team-oriented call center to track, monitor and

review support requests. Analyzed complex equipment problems and provide

recommendations and coordination of repairs or replacement of associated

faulty equipment. Responsible for notifications to customers on planned

work that may impact their services. Performed job functons utilizing the

following technologies and skills:

- Telephone/Call Center Support - Windows NT4/2000/XP Desktop Support

- Customer Service & Support

- Telenet/SSH - WebHosting/Apache Server

- Dial Up Telephony - UNIX/FreeBSD

- PHP/HTML Authoring - ISDN

Purdue University Calumet - Hammond, Indiana (January 1999 - January 2004)

Audio-Visual Technician - Part Time 25 hours/week - Ending Wage $7.65/Hour

Maintain computer and equipment schedule for classroom instruction. Provide

basic technical and non-technical software instruction/training to

university faculty and staff. Supported and coordinated for large AV events

on campus, responsible for design, build out and expansion of smart

classrooms on multiple campuses, worked directly with faculty on technology

needs and support, consulting and design for distance education classrooms

and conference rooms with H.323 videoconferencing. Convert analog media to

digital formats for online classroom content. Performed job functons

utilizing the following technologies and skills:

- Customer Service & Support - Windows NT4/2000/XP Desktop Support

- Video Installation

- Inventory Maintenance - Adobe Premier

- Apple Final Cut Pro

Education

Roosevelt University: Bachelor of Arts, Communications - Media Studies

(Ongoing)

Purdue University: Bachelor of Science, Information Systems (70 Credits

Completed)

Apple Certified Macintosh Technician (August 2007 - Present)

References

Shelly Holme, Apple Inc., Senior Assistant Store Manager

Email: ablem0@r.postjobfree.com

Ph: 708-***-**** x5

Raul Velez, Lear Seating Corp., IT Manager

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Ph: n/a

Greg Collins, Purdue Calumet, AV Supervisor

Email: ablem0@r.postjobfree.com

Ph: 219-***-****

Henry Walker, Kappa Psi Kappa, National Executive Director

Email: ablem0@r.postjobfree.com

Ph: 773-***-****



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