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Customer Service Manager

Location:
Temple, TX, 76502
Posted:
August 26, 2010

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Debra G. Stobaugh

**** ****** ****

Temple TX ***02

Cell 703-***-****

Home 254-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

Summary of Qualifications

Extensive experience in management and customer service, technical support

mentoring, project management, interviewing, hiring, training, team

building and budgeting.

Elite Software 2007=2010

Assistant to the Vice President/Floor Manager. Hired as a Training

Representative and quickly moved into a position of Assistant to the Vice

President. Also have been Interim Technical Support Lead, Interim Sales

Lead and Interim Training Lead. Support customers in all aspects of the

software, including installation, training, trouble shooting and purchasing

of specialty items. As well as marketing and advertising for the company.

. Train customers over the phone on the software

. Escalation point for customers and employees

. Assist in the hiring and screening process

. Assist customers with any technical issues

. Develop manuals for both internal and external use

. Assist with marketing and advertising

. Sales of both the product and specialty items

. Participate in setting company policy

. Assist in new product development

. In charge of advisory panel for new production

. Mentor and train employees

. Attend trade shows

School Board Alachua County 2004-2007

Substitute Teacher. Worked as both a substitute teacher and aide for the

Alaucha County School Board. Duties included mentoring and teaching

elementary age children. Worked as an aide for an autistic child for one

year. Also worked in the ESE class room for one year.

. Mentored children

. Taught major subjects

. Worked on behavior issues

. Administering and grading tests

. Assisted with homework and class room assignments

. Administered appropriate discipline when needed

. Coached children in reading and math

Criticom 2002-2004

Help Desk Administrator. Hired to cleanup data base and upgrade to a new

trouble ticket system. Duties include, evaluating new software, cleaning

up Lotus Notes, recommending upgrades and data entry.

. Cleaning up database

. Reviewing all customer orders

. Evaluating new trouble ticket software

. Reviewing and quoting maintenance for customers

. Project management of new trouble ticket system

. Training on new systems

NET2000 Communications 2000-2001

Manager, Customer Service/Help Desk. Manage a staff of 10-15 technical

engineers for both help desk and video installations. Duties include

staffing, project management, customer service, order fulfillment and

installation of video equipment, integration of two help desk from

FileMaker to Lotus Notes. Also responsible for developing a SOP for help

desk.

. Project management for custom installs

. Project management for service calls

. Troubleshooting MCU's

. Troubleshooting video equipment

. Worked with FileMaker Software

. Worked with Lotus Notes

. Scheduling techs for both service calls and installation

. Meeting face-to-face, video or audio with customers

. Develop SOP for help desk and operations

. Project Management for integration of two help desks

. Interview, hire and train staff

. Conduct one on ones, annual reviews and quarterly bonuses reviews

. Classify job positions as well as writing PD's for all positions

. Tracking of video equipment

. Customer Service escalation point

. Billing and collections

. Daily, weekly and monthly reporting

VIALOG GROUP COMMUNICATIONS 1997-2000

Video Operations Manager. Start up video department. Have grown from 2

staff members to 10 in 2 years. Responsible for growing revenue from

$800,000 in 1998 to 1.7 in 1999. Duties included management of all aspects

of the video department including staffing, purchasing video bridges and

equipment, coordinating overflow with other companies, budgeting and

reporting.

. Responsible for both customer service staff and technical staff

. Customer service and satisfaction

. Project Management

. Set up and manage an ACD for the video department

. Worked with Lotus Notes

. Daily, weekly and monthly reporting

. Mentoring of all employees, plus setting up a mentoring program for

senior staff members

. Training of all employees in all aspects of videoconferencing

. Created standard operating procedures

. Hiring and reviewing all employees

. Classifying positions for the Technical staff and evaluating salary

ranges

. Evaluating and purchasing major equipment to run the video department

(ie..bridges, desktop systems and reservation system)

. Work with all departments in the company including sales, marketing

and senior management

MCI/DAROME, INC. 1995 -1997

Reservations/ Customer Service Manager. Started working for Darome, Inc. as

the Operations Manager in Audio Conferencing for the Washington, DC office.

Promoted to Reservations Manager in the restructuring of MCI Video

Operations Center in April of 1996 while still maintaining my

responsibilities in Audio Conferencing. Started with managing one

department and created two additional, data entry and customer relations.

Managed a staff of over 30. Also assisted in the organization of an

expansion and office move to a new facility.

. Hiring, training and reviewing all employees

. Assisted in classifying positions and salaries for all video staff

. Project Management

. Maintaining and reporting on an ACD

. Daily, weekly and monthly reporting to both upper management and

customers

. Created a customer service and data entry department to meet customer

needs

. Developed an SOP of each department

. Recommended and assisted in the purchase of new equipment.

. Assisted in development of the in house reservation system

. Team building and mentoring. Started a mentoring program for senior

employees

. Customer satisfactions and service, including both face-to-face

meetings with customers and conference calls with customers

. Created staffing and scheduling for a 7 X 24-office structure

. Acting call center manager while searching for a new manager

. Reservations and scheduling operators for the calls

. Designed and maintained a video library

. Operated teleprompter, chyron and audio equipment for taped and live

events

EDUCATION

Attended Indiana University for four years working on a BA in

Telecommunications.

REFERENCES

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