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Project Manager Customer

Location:
Monroe, WA, 98272
Posted:
August 18, 2010

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L ynette McBroom

425-***-****

l **************@*******.***

Summary

An organized, focused project manager/coordinator who places heavy emphasis on customer

service and quality. Possess excellent communication, problem solving and mult i tasking

skills. Over 15 years in program, project and customer support with acclaim and recognition

f rom customers, managers and co-workers.

E xperience

S iemens – Contractor for M ic rosoft 2009 to June

2010

Business Analyst/Pa rtner Tech lead

Analyzed processes/data to determine and recommend changes to enhance customer

satisfaction.

• Implemented new content tool to provide agents with more information to

maximize customer call satisfaction

• Provide reporting to management and vendors to analyze sales and

determine what processes could be changed to ensure customer satisfaction

and produce more sales.

• Provide support to vendors for issues that are beyond their scope

• Calibrate agents to ensure that customers are experiencing the best support

t hat we can provide.

M icrosoft 2000 - 2009

Release Manager (2008 – 2009)

Lead readiness for key launches by ensuring that deliverables were on schedule and regular

s tatus communication to Director, General Manager and key stakeholders.

• Managed the migration of 21 Windows Live products from a high cost labor market

to a low cost labor market by collaborating with various groups and produced $600K

i n cost savings.

• Saved the company $130K per year support costs by managing a project to

decommission a product

• Reorganized the process on low volume products which eliminated redundant work

and saved the company $54K per year in support costs

Service Delivery Manager (Program Manager) (2007 – 2008)

Managed the performance of vendors as agreed to in their Statement of Work and ensured

t hat metrics were met.

• Changed the support model for escalation support to customer focus model which

substantially helped drive Customer Satisfaction into green for all products

• Ini tiated project with vendor to improve escalation t icket handling: results were

realignment of the team which improved Service Level Agreements from 50% to 95%

• Instituted weekly reports with the Escalation Engineers which defined the top five

issues and charted the ineligible escalations which led to a significant decrease in

i llegible escalations (e.g. one product dropped from 66% to 17%)

• Developed and implemented the plan to move hot escalations from one ticket

handling system which streamlined the process and improved efficiency which

reduced cost by allowing people to use a single system

Program Manager (2006 – 2007)

Worked across multiple groups to t ranslate stakeholder’s requirements, prioritized and

delivered project goals within the t imelines established

• Managed the implementation of a vendor to provide Tier 3 support which allowed

i nternal Escalation Engineers to focus on support problem areas which increased

customer satisfaction and saved the company money

• Managed the on-boarding of India personnel to the United States Emergency

Response team to provide 24 X 7 support coverage

• Changed the process by collaborating with various groups to ensure Service Level

A greements were met on escalations from customers complaints to upper

M anagement (i.e. Bill Gates) which resulted in increased customer satisfaction and

reduced follow up complaints.

Project Manager (2000 – 2006)

Responsible for the planning, organizing and managing of resources to bring about the

successful completion of specific project goals and objectives

• Managed the move of a MSNTV customer support from Dallas Texas to Chilliwack

Canada. The move was completed in 3 months which was 50% of estimated

completion t ime

• Coordinated the development and deployment of agent productivity tools and

i nternal tools to increase productivity by 20% and customer satisfaction by 50%

• Promoted to Program Manager

T r imble Navigation 1992 – 2000

Business Analyst/Project Manager

A nalyzed business processes to determine and recommend system information solutions.

Defined and documented required tasks, established timelines and milestones, identified

owners on all projects and ensured milestones were met.

• Managed a project to implement an Automatic Call Distributor and changed from a

call back center to a live call center reducing cost by 33% and increasing Customer

Satisfaction with support to over 90%.

• Researched, recommended and implemented a call t racking system to replace

antiquated, inefficient system

• Increased technical support efficiency which resulted in increased customer

satisfaction

• Saved costs by having less downtime, process was more efficient and customer ready

• Improved customer retention through proactive resolution of Dead On Ar rival

equipment

Education

DeVry Institute of Technology, Phoenix Arizona

BA in Computer Science

Customer Operations Performance Center Certification



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