Wilbur Decker
Email: *********@********.***
Address: *** ***** ****** **
City: Atlanta
State: GA
Zip: 30071
Country: USA
Phone: 678-***-****
Skill Level: Director
Salary Range: $100,000
Willing to Relocate
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Educational Background:
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Job History / Details:
Wilbur F. Decker
518 Chase Common DR aai Norcross, GA 30071 aai 678-***-**** aai *********@********.***
More than 15 years of Call Center experience, the last 5 as Vice President, Caribbean Operations for NCO Financial System, designing, organizing, coordinating, directing, and executing operational activities, including Site Operations Management of offshore sites, expense management, vendor relationship management, directing production analysis, personnel administrations, and remittance processing. Adept at developing comprehensive systems and processes, including computer technologies, to improve performance, competitive position and risk management.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Site Administration Management aai Expense Management & Controls aai Site and IT Infrastructure
Relationships Management with Foreign Local Governments aai Site Occupancy Optimization
Attrition and Retention Management aai Recruiting and New Hire Programs
Accounts Payable/Receivable aai Staff Development & Training aai Quality/Auditing/Compliance
Policies & Procedures Manuals aai Report & Document Preparation aai Meeting & Event Planning
EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
NCO Financial System
Advanced through positions of increased accountability for Call Center Management based on consistently exceeding goals and expectations with this call center company with 140 global sites handling outsourced pillar functions, such as back-office services, inbound and outbound customer service, healthcare, bank cards, ARM management both for 1st and 3rd party charge off debt; 40K employees, and revenue over $600M.
Vice President, Caribbean Operations, Bridgetown, Barbados aai 2008 aaiaii Present
Assistant Vice President, Caribbean Operations aai 2007 aaiaii 2008
Oversee 2 sites in the Caribbean (Barbados and Antigua), managing operations as well as infrastructure, IT, hiring, local vendor and government relationships, metrics and performance. Direct oversight of 1500 Call Center employees, including 70 managers, between 2 Caribbean locations. Meet with government officials to educate on the revenue and employment benefits of having a call center in their location. Manage existing programsaaiai P&Ls to ensure accuracy and cost efficiency. Work with Senior Vice Presidents to ensure all aspects of operations are maintained, advising on issues, and suggesting solutions to any trends or recurring problems.
aai Coordinated with Sales Team to develop new client relationships resulting in onboarding new clients for $6.3M annual revenue and $528K annual revenue.
aai Collaborated with U.S. management and clients to help improve processes for clients, including American Express, Capital One, Bank of America, JPMC, GE Capital, AOL, Sprint, Metro PCS, and Clearwire.
aai Established new recruiting and hiring procedures reducing annualized attrition by 48%.
aai Partnered with corporate HR resulting in realignment of organizational structure and standardization of Job Descriptions to optimize supervision and staff utilization.
aai Developed management teams and maintain staff efficiency through retraining and promotion.
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Professional Experience, continued
General Manager, India Operations, Mumbai, India aai 2003 aaiaii 2007
Responsible for launching and growing Third Party Collection in Mumbai, India as well as direct interaction with Fortune 500 Clients such as American Express, Capital One, Chase, Bank of America.
aai Launched Third Party Collections in Mumbai, India May 2003 with 20 Collectors, which grew to 375 towards the end of 2007.
aai Developed and cultivated a collectors mentality in a foreign country which knew very little about US Culture
aai Worked side by side with Fortune 500 clients to develop new strategies to grow their programs and increase revenue
aai Implemented new strategies to streamline account collection efficiencies resulting in increased average revenue per FTE from $1K to $4K over 4 years.
aai Increase in revenue went from $100k (at launch) to near $1 million at the end of the 4 years
aai Work with our corporate team to introduced Performance Management tools and training for management staff at all levels to drive production via consistent and quality skills development, effective communications, understanding of essential skill sets, and effective planning and commitment utilizing pro-active versus reactive management.
Division Manager, NCO Financial System, Buffalo, NY aai 2001 aaiaii 2003
aai Oversight of Bankcard Team with 30 FTE
aai Development agents to meet client needs and company revenue goals
aai Work with Supervisors to develop time management skills, communication skills as well as how to develop their agents
aai Worked with VP to implemented new strategies to and increase revenue
Collector, NCO Financial System, Buffalo, NY aai 1997 aaiaii 2001
Collector, NAFS (National Action Financial Services), Buffalo, NY aai 1996 aaiaii 1997
MILITARY
United States Coast Guard, Cape May, NJ aai 1991 aaiaii 1994
Telecommunications Specialist
CERTIFICATES, LICENSING & TRAINING
Certified Collections Manager (NACA-CCM/ National Association of Collection Agents)
Collections Licenses aaiaii All States Required
Six Sigma Training
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AFFILIATIONS
ACA aaiaii American Collections Association International
BPO Executives aaiaii Business Process Outsourcing
Credit and Collections of America Worldwide Contact Center Professionals
Debt Collection FDCPAaaiaiiFCRAaaiaiiFACTAaaiaiiGLBAaaiaiiTCPAaaiaiiFTC & CFPB Regulations Forum
EDUCATION
Computer Science, Tompkins Cortland Community College