Supervisor/Team Site Lead Trainer Tester Business Analyst/Consultant Customer Service
SUMMARY:
Senior Analyst/Consultant with extensive experience in Training, Testing and Customer Service for Call Centers. A proven leader, energetic problem solver, with a demonstrated track record of providing creative solutions and exceptional customer service tailored to the individual needs of clients.
Supported the overall System Design, Coding, Mapping, Testing, Training and Deployment for many projects during company conversions. Experienced in HP Quality Center for testing and defect updates.
Areas of Expertise
Over 15 years – Classroom & Web-based Curriculum Training – Business/Residential
New Hire On – Boarding & Orientation
Sales Team Development
Call Center Operations
Application Helpdesk Support
Regulatory Tariff Knowledge
Performance Enhancement/Testing
Leadership Development
Online Training Best Practices
Training, Coaching & Mentoring – Residential and Business Representative
Effective Communication
Team Leadership/Supervision
EDUCATION:
Associate of Applied Science – Business Management and Accounting 2015
Stevens Henagers Independence University
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Call Center Representative (September 2017 – February 2018)
GameStop – Contractor for Insight Global – Dallas, Texas
Answered incoming calls for a large video game, consumer electronics, and wireless service retailer to support customers on their purchases during the busy holiday season
Consistently reached Help Desk Support objectives with 90% success rate
FEMA/Citizen Insurance – Contractor for Adecco – Lewisville, Texas
Answered incoming calls for hurricane disaster relief clients in a fast paced call center environment
Assisted clients in filing government insurance claims after storm damage and/or losing their homes completely in the hurricane disaster areas
Training Instructor/Vendor Site Lead (March 2016 – October 2016)
Convergenz – Contractor for Frontier Communications – Allen, Texas
Provided Senior Leadership communication in support of the project
Lead/participated in regular status meeting
Monitored and enforced supplier compliances
Facilitated supplier Internet Help Desk (IHD) training sessions; Systems includes, but not limited to DPI, F[one] Knowledge Base, Agent Portal, Avaya, CDPI, Dynamics, DPI Ticketing Tool, Log Me in Rescue, LOLA, PACE, SIMPL and ViryaNet
QA Analyst/Coordinator ( October 2014 – March 2015)
OKAYA – Contractor for Xavient/Charter Communications – St. Louis, Missouri
Clearly and concisely communicated business requirements to developers; interacted with IT Development team through the Scrum process to clarify and resolve issues
Played key role in adoption of process mapping, use cases, storyboarding and the implementation of standardized templates and processes.
Accountable for running ALM Dashboard Reports for the Test Management Office and creating on-line Reference Guide. Performed routine data entry into QA data management systems
Retail Service Merchandiser (March 2014 – October 2014)
Acosta Sales and Marketing (Walmart and Sam’s) – Dallas, Texas
Maintained continual improvement of sales coverage and productivity
Read and followed a plan-o-gram to effectively reset and remodel work
Partnered with store personnel and co-workers to achieve and maintain merchandising excellence, discuss changes and build an effective working relationship.
EDI Business Analyst – Project Team Lead (June 2010 – January 2013)
Experis/Manpower – Contractor for Frontier Communications – Bedford, Texas
Team lead responsible for the implementation and set up processes of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 811/ 820/997 transactions billing/payment files for Frontier/Verizon 13 state migrating to a newly converted billing system
Led over 35 conference calls between business clients, trading partners, and the vendors to ensure all necessary information was received for implementation of EDI. Managed and trained a team of 9 EDI specialists
Assisted with EDI data mapping/testing conversion project for Verizon/Frontier
Verified that electronic billing transactions complied with financial policies and procedures on the payment postings and collection data
Grew the business clientele from 2,500 accounts to 22,000 accounts generating over 7 million dollars of on-line revenue within a 2-year period
Improved error reduction by over 75% on electronic invoice efficiency, reduced payment delays, and vastly decreased the company’s overall expense cost to third party vendor
Business Requirement Analyst (March 2007 – June 2008)
Procom Consulting LLC – Contractor for Frontier Communications – Rochester, New York
Performed Gap Analysis Program (GAP) analysis, led requirement meeting, gathered and wrote business owner’s requirements as needed for each project request and ensured project deadlines was met
Reviewed test plans, compiled results, and supported test users for converted properties. Made recommendations for system improvement
Responsible for leading functional and non-functional testing using Quality Center
Implemented agile QA processes and practices, including defect and test management
Customer/Business Care Analyst – (October 2005 – March 2007)
Sprint/Nextel Wireless – Las Vegas, Nevada
Worked with sales and services which included making and receiving multiple premier business customer calls involving Kenan orders, billing and payments, service requests and questions
Developed and provided User Acceptance Testing (UAT) data and defect tracking
Instructor/Customer Care Supervisor – (04/1996 – 01/2005)
Frontier Communication – Plano, Texas/Kingman, Arizona
Performed weekly one-on-ones to coach and develop call center representatives. Provided constructive feedback to each representative, created, and developed programs/activities to improve their overall performances and morale.
Trained over 500 representatives (union and non-union) and upper management on order entries, products and services, and billing and collections for various systems.
Created, evaluated, and performed user acceptance testing/data mapping for GTE/Citizens/ALLTEL -ILEC/CLEC for ASR's and LSR's to support integrated circuit requirements in M6 database.
Additional experience in healthcare and retail sales while pursuing educational
Independent Consultant – Healthcare