Curriculum Vitae
Ms. Clarita H. Bautista
Mobile Phone Number: 647-***-****
Email: ************@*****.**
objective
I am applying for a job in a progressive Company in which my vast
experience in Telecommunications; more than 10 years as a Telecom Analyst,
more than 3 years in Information technology and more than 2 years in
Electronics environment can be effectively utilized and be further
developed. With the Leadership Training/s gained at my previous jobs and my
team working skills allow me to easily integrate with peers, managers and
staff, being in addition, very adaptable to changes.
Work Experience
Shoppers Drug Mart
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation is the leader in Canada's retail drug store
marketplace and is the number one provider of pharmacy products and
services. Shoppers Drug Mart has successfully leveraged its leadership
position in pharmacy and its convenient store locations to capture a
significant share of the market in front store merchandise, including over-
the-counter medications, health and beauty aids, cosmetics and fragrances,
seasonal products and everyday household essentials.
Position Acquired : Contract - Billing and Invoicing Analyst
Inclusive Dates : September 17, 2012 - March 1, 2013
Department : Telecom Department
Immediate Supervisor : Julian Russell
Duties and Responsibilities
< Analyze and audit various telecom vendor invoices to ensure accuracy and
compare orders to invoices.
< Periodically review, manage, and maintain telecom contracts to ensure the
billing and related service charges are in line with the contract.
< Manage accounts by analyzing and maintaining the various Telecom charges
< Manage all aspects of Voice and Data circuits and Wireless
communications.
< Update and maintain inventory records and database, orders and
cancellation on accounts.
< Reconcile accounts especially those with NSB.
< Handle vendor billing disputes.
< Stay current with latest technologies in the telecommunications space.
< Advise and recommend technology, devices and services as required.
< Identify, track and escalate queries and issues
< Track and report progress and savings
< Act as a one of the key technical interfaces for Telecom Voice Team with
other inftrastructure groups.
< Respond to all Incidents, MACs and provide point of contact for Telecom
Voice during incidents or outages
< Troubleshoot - calling into each appropriate vendor and opening repair
tickets.
Bell Canada
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Bell Canada is a major Canadian Telecommunications Company. Bell Canada
currently services over 13 million phone lines.
Position Acquired : Client Representative - Bell Business Market
- Contract Position
Inclusive Dates : July 19, 2010 - March 21, 2012
Department : Wholesale Department
Immediate Supervisor : Steven Ernstberger/Larissa Bassuday
Duties and Responsibilities
< Attended and effectively absorbed all trainings conducted internally as
per customer's specifics in order to perform assigned work.
< Input, analyzed and worked with data from customers and from Bell
Canada's database in order to validate and gather the information
necessary to process customers' requests.
< Demonstrated organizational skills to insure proper processes and
procedures are followed and implemented
< Diagnosed and isolated problems to find solutions on any customer's and
internal department's issues and concerns.
< Analyzed, coordinated, and resolved business customers' billing issues as
per contracts.
< Worked as part of the Wholesale Department contact center to respond
promptly to customer inquiries and issues.
< Worked, processed and supported Voice Centrex requests and concerns from
wholesale customers.
< Directed urgent requests and unresolved issues to the designated
resources.
< Obtained and evaluated all relevant information to handle inquiries and
complaints from customers and from internal departments
< Adapted oneself to changes from one project to another and to multitask.
< Periodically review, manage and maintain telecom contracts to ensure the
billing and related service charges are in line with the contract
provisions for each project.
< Analyzed, validated, recommended, and processed requests within CRTC
mandated timeframes for wholesale specific and retails products and
services including pricing, quotes, billing and contract preparation.
< Responded and resolved non-complex to complex client problems; Updated
customer of how and when problems are resolved; Escalated issues as
appropriate to senior or lead support analyst
< Responded to and resolved all customer complaints, escalations and
billing disputes
< Used multiple computer systems and applications, platforms and databases
to research, create, program, update and safeguard confidential customer
account information.
< Worked effectively both independently and as a team member
UTR Global
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
UTR Global is a leader in the Telecommunications Management Solutions
marketplace. Medium to large corporations throughout North America are
improving productivity and reducing costs due to UTR's Financial Management
System and Strategic Management Approach of their telecommunications / IT
assets, services, finances and vendors.
Position Acquired : Telecom Analyst
Inclusive Dates : August 12, 2009 to March 14, 2010
Department : Voice Group
Immediate Supervisor : Ric Stewart
Duties and Responsibilities
< Retrieved, analyzed, coordinated, reviewed, and processed all moves,
adds, and changes requirements (Centrex, VoIP and Wireless) for TD Canada
Trust Financial Group networks within the GTA region.
< First point of contact via telephone, email, fax, and internal system to
facilitate handling of problem reports, tickets, disputes and maintained
strong relationship with Telecom peers and vendors.
< Performed each telephone number configurations changes, activations, and
cancellations on the company's own Telecom software.
< Worked within strict timelines and with proficiency on a lot of
spreadsheets, databases and extracted, analyzed and manipulated a large
volume of data.
< Participated in the audit/inventory/initiatives as requested by
management.
< Attended, facilitated, and coordinated meetings with Subject Matter
Experts.
< Analyzed & audited various telecom vendor invoices to ensure accuracy and
compare orders to invoices to determine the authenticity of services
billed as well as manage vendor relationships and associated contracts.
< Reconciled Telecom billing accounts by analyzing and maintaining the
various Telecom charges.
< Knowledge of Remedy ARS/Granite Xng and TeleManager tools.
< Performed and or directed inventories of all TD Financial Group GTA
Region Telecom equipments to determine which ones are not required and
does not need to be reordered.
< Maintained and updated databases and prepare reports as required.
< Able to meet deadlines and manage priorities as per customer's needs.
< Processed orders and supported Nortel PBX, Voice Centrex, and Cisco VoIP
customers.
< Tracked and resolved low to high complex billing disputes/discrepancies
with various carriers; presented escalation issues, status reports and
findings to manager.
< Worked with multiple vendors to effectively deliver and fulfill TD Canada
Trust business units' Telecom requirements.
< Input, analyzed, validated and worked with data to be able to fully
understand customer issues and troubleshoot problems.
< Liaised between vendors and TD Canada Trust Financial Group in matters
dealing with TD Canada Trust Telecommunications needs and billing issues.
< Validated customer's requests and submitted such requests to vendors
within the Due Date interval period.
< Transformed customer's requests into multiple vendors' format taking into
considerations the available due dates the actions to be taken for those
requests and the validity with regards to authorization and budget as per
contract of such requests.
< Provided technical expertise to assist in efficient and effective network
telecommunications
< Responded to and resolved all customer complaints, escalations and
billing disputes
< Worked with other departments to gather and disseminate telecom cost data
as necessary.
< Reviewed and validated invoices, identifying and researching cost
overruns and cost saving opportunities
Bell Canada
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Bell Canada is a major Canadian Telecommunications Company. Bell Canada
currently services over 13 million phone lines.
Position Acquired : Client Representative - Carrier Services -
Contract Position
Inclusive Dates : November 27, 2008 -November 26, 2009
Department : Wholesale Department
Immediate Supervisor : Fazil Bacchus
Duties and Responsibilities
< Analyzed, validated, recommended, and processed requests within CRTC
mandated timeframes for Wholesale specific and retails products and
services including pricing, quotes, billing and contract preparation.
< Coordinated the end to end delivery of service through the user of
project management techniques ensuring seamless conversion and/ or
migrations of end-users to the wholesale customer.
< Responded to and resolved all customer complaints, escalations and
billing disputes
< Advised and counseled internal and external stakeholders on technical and
regulatory matters
< Dealt with, analyzed, and manipulated data from customer and from
database to ensure validity of requests.
< Used multiple computer systems and applications, platforms and databases
to research, create, program, update and safeguard confidential customer
account information
< Provided ongoing training and support to new and existing wholesale
customers for online systems, applications and wholesale processes.
Sky-Stream LLC, FZE
Dubai Internet City, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Sky-Stream is a newly established bandwidth service provider with its state
of the art Network Operations Center. It offers voice and data services
and a sophisticated 24/7 monitoring center. Sky-Stream provides services
to both land and mobile VSAT operations in the Middle East, Gulf, South
East Asian, and India Sub-Continent regions.
Position Acquired : Operations Engineer/Computer Engineer
Inclusive Dates : March 5, 2004 -July 5, 2007
Department : NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER (NOC)
Immediate Supervisor : Haitham Salem
Duties and Responsibilities
< Worked as NOC (Network Operations Center) Engineer.
< Worked as part of the contact center for all of Sky-Stream customers for
their VSAT and VoIP requests and concerns.
< Input, analyzed, manipulated data from each site configuration as well as
the whole network and from the parameters obtained from our monitoring
system to study network behavior to come up with such recommendations
necessary to maintain full service availability at all times.
< Monitored closely the company's network, checked each individual site
status, be aware of all alerts and alarms
< Performed the configurations for new activations on the network, see to
it that all the details are correctly posted and did the commissioning
with the vendors helping the installers to put the new sites online.
< Attended, facilitated, and coordinated meetings with Subject Matter
Experts.
< Participated in network planning, budget forecasting and budget
management.
< Periodically review, manage and maintain telecom contracts to ensure the
billing and related service charges are in line with the contract
provisions.
< Prepared and maintained monthly management reports related to Open
Disputes, Billing issues, and Missing invoices.
< Worked as the VOIP administrator of the company. Manages the VOIP
network of the company.
< Analyzed Call path information on VoIP lines in order to reduce
operational expenses and increases revenue by catching billing errors,
rating inaccuracies, provisioning discrepancies and optimizing plan
definitions by analyzing calling patterns.
< Identify and rectify as far as possible any faults (hardware, software)
on telecommunications systems and logging equipment, and as a last resort
to report to maintenance providers.
< Configured and activated all new requests and updated the database.
< Proactively identified and augmented Internet and VOIP capacity to ensure
a positive customer experience with these services.
< Performed troubleshooting to resolve issues related to performance,
security, reliability, and functionality.
< Participated in the audit/inventory/initiatives as requested by
management.
< Developed, maintained and enhanced billing and service provisioning
processes; protected company Telecom assets by investigating unusual
changes in account bills; maintained equipment inventory records and
database, orders and cancellations on accounts. If there is a discrepancy
with billing then handle through vendor bill dispute process
< Researched, deployed and managed network management systems, including
traffic/error reporting and system/service down notification.
< Worked with our Vendors' Engineering to assist in the design of new
architectures to identify bottlenecks in the scalability and performance.
Monitor/test and integrate new software releases with respect to
performance and scalability.
< Interacted with field engineers, technicians, sales personnel and
customers. Write technical proposals and documentation, emails, regarding
problem solving, creativity, project planning and project management
projects.
< Managed vendors to ensure proper level of support for timely
implementation and resolution of network problems. Maintained accurate
documentations for all areas of responsibility.
< Participated in regular disaster recovery tests. Conducted problem
resolution follow-ups with end-users, group team members. Reported all
network-related issues to the Telecom Manager.
< Consulted with internal and/or external customers, peers and/or vendors
to review major outages and trends and recommend service upgrades.
Philippine Long Distance Company (PLDT)
Ayala Ave., Makati City, Philippines
PLDT is the country's principal supplier of domestic and international
telecommunications services. International long distance services are
provided by PLDT using two international gateway switching exchanges,
submarine cables and satellite systems that connect PLDT's network
worldwide. Lately it deployed its hi-tech network traffic management
system, the NTMS, the largest in Asia.
Position Acquired : Network Traffic Analyst II
Inclusive Dates : November 17, 1981 - July 15, 2001
Department : NATIONAL NETWORK MANAGEMENT DIVISION (NetMan)
Duties and Responsibilities
< Performed Network Traffic Surveillance
Ability to understand network configuration and traffic routing,
interpret network traffic indicators, use the Network Traffic Management
System in setting threshold values and use of appropriate status
indicators to monitor network traffic performance.
< Assessed network traffic performance. Able to interpret call completion
codes as well as network traffic abnormalities.
< Performed regular call path analysis on circuits and as per requests
received from other departments to determine call patterns, who's making
calls, where are they going, how are they billed and what are they
costing?
< Worked with leased telecommunication circuits, analyzed traffic
behavior, conducted service observation tests, validated, located,
analyzed, corrected telecom Equipment Records, recommended additional
facilities to ease traffic congestion if needed.
< Attended, facilitated, and coordinated meetings with Subject Matter
Experts.
< Worked with PBX's. Conducted traffic studies. Monitored traffic
behaviors.
< Analyzed, input and manipulated large volume of data to be able to
determine traffic behavior and come up with a solution to ease route
congestion.
< Liaised with other foreign administrations and Interconnecting Carriers
in determining the actions necessary to overcome unforeseen high traffic
levels and other situations adversely affecting the completion of
international and inter-carrier calls.
< Developed a simplified network scheme based on the current state of the
network in terms of route dimensioning efficiency, transport utilization
and potential improvements.
< Conducted timely, accurate and comprehensive traffic studies,
statistical and network performance reports. Interpret traffic data and
provide recommendations for changes in network design, configuration,
routing and translation, trunk and circuit addition/deletion and to
produce accurate reports and make cost effective decisions.
GRAND PRIX INTERNATIONAL
Taiwan, R. O. C. (Position held was Philippine based)
Grand Prix International a Taiwan based import/export company that utilizes
foreign labor for its electronic products such as transistor radios,
walkman and others.
Position Acquired : Quality Control Inspector
Inclusive Dates : August 1, 1981 - December 31, 1981
Department : Quality Control
Duties and Responsibilities
< As a Quality Control Inspector, conducted product sampling test and
check standard specifications, conducted visits to all factories,
checked the production process and make report to home base all problems
observed during production.
< Performed regularly calibration check on quality control test equipments
used by factories so that standard specification is met.
< Regularly submitted to the CEO schedule of activities for the month and
regularly met the CEO who comes to the country quarterly of the fiscal
year.
INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES, INC. (IEI)
Export Processing Zone, Mariveles, Bataan, Philippines
IEI is a Filipino owned electronics import-export/assembly plant which
imports materials from Taiwan and Hong Kong then assemble them here, in the
Philippines. It exports back the finished product to Hong Kong, Taiwan and
USA.
Position Acquired : Quality Control Engineer
Inclusive Dates : September 1, 1979 - July 31, 1981
Department : Quality Control and Packaging
Duties and Responsibilities
< Handled and supervised at least twenty (20) personnel in the Quality
Control and Packaging Sections. Prepares schedule for the manning of
each processes.
< Supervised random sampling of all incoming raw materials and see to it
that standard specifications are met or if necessary. 100% sampling.
Ability to identify problems encountered during production and resolve
it thru coordination with other sections. Require and recommend to the
Engineering Department to conduct life tests on outputs with recurring
troubles.
Educational Background
Genetic Computer School Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Professional Star Office User
Linux
Access 2000
PERL Programming
Adobe Photoshop
University of Sto. Thomas Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
Degree : B. S. Electronics and
Communications Engineering
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