LEOLA ALBERT
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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
High-performing project manager with 19 years of expertise in directing highly complex projects
that build / optimize organizational processes, measurement systems, and infrastructure to
maximize business results.
Skilled strategist who successfully transforms strategic plan into workable solutions and
benchmarks performance results against key operational targets/goals.
Proven track record of structuring and implementing projects that yield measurable results,
including reduced tactical-planning cycle time, cost reductions gained from improved
system/process performance, productivity gains through multiple change and improvement
initiatives, reduced product-development time, and revenue growth.
Skillful tactician with talent to organize, manage multi-functional teams, executes plans, promote
communication, and provide motivation for achievement of business goals.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Project Management/Project Coordinator
Led a cross-functional team of 45 individuals and successful completed two large scale projects:
record retention and escrow management.
Review customers contracts and managed installation jobs progress through to production.
Scheduled and managed installation jobs with customers and installer to ensure customer’s
expectations were met.
Ensure installers were paid for all service by creating work order and labor bills in database.
Scheduled pre and post inspection with customers and Field Inspectors.
Managed project resources, progress, completion timeframes, and budget while exceeding key
operational performance targets.
Orchestrated national client systems by implementing process improvements which resulted in
the retrieval of $1 Million in lost revenues. Received recognition for this initiative.
Generated and implemented 20 new standard operating procedures which successfully met ISO
certification requirements. Received recognition for this initiative.
Managerial
Managed up to 15 direct report employees and was successful in maintaining 50 national clients
whose account valued over $5 Million in revenues quarterly.
Motivated peers and other co-workers to think outside of the box to improve customer
satisfaction while remaining fair, open-minded and flexible.
Trained employees on daily tasks, product knowledge, contracts, and customer service
requirements.
Delegated smaller tasks to the most skilled individuals while supervising project as whole.
Recruited, interviewed, hired and terminated employees and subcontractors.
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Client/Customer Service
Provide customers trademark search, domain portfolio management and brand
monitoring services.
Research and analysis of customer data, take and fulfill customer’s orders.
Application of strong technical skills, which includes Domain Name Service configuration, URL
forwarding, creating mail accounts.
Coordinated efforts with various internal departments that successfully resolved client’s stressful
situations and escalations by applying problem resolution skills that delivered a high level of customer
satisfaction while assisting clients.
Educated Record Protection, Credit Collection, and Domain Management Clients on company’s products,
policies, and contracts thus improving customer relations.
Increased record protection business sales by cross selling various products and services to existing
customers, resulting in $1 Million dollars of verification protection service.
Credit/Collections
Led team to achieve optimal processing of daily files, monthly analysis, and commission billing
invoices that generated over $1 Million in revenue quarterly.
Redesigned credit and A/R system to more effectively managed customer risk management that
resulted in $700 Thousands in back pay. Subsequently received Shinning Star Award.
Setup centralized Quality Control processes within team s and developed queuing system that
reduced errors of past due invoices over 90 days that lead to collections of $25 Million on an
annual basis
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Project Coordinator - Contract, Home Depot, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2012 – Current
Client Service Executive, Corporation Service Company, Lithonia, Georgia, August 2010 – February
2012
Project Coordinator, Iron Mountain, Norcross, Georgia, June 2007-August 2010
Project Manager, NCO Financial, Norcross, Georgia, June 1999-February 2007
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, University of Phoenix, GPA 3.67
COMPUTER SKILLS/ELECTRONICS
MS 2010: Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Publisher/Project
MS Outlook/Oracle/SAS/Lotus / Sales Force/QuickBooks / DNS / URL Forwarding/ Creating
Mail Accounts
Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2007, ME, XP
Extensive use of fax machines, efax, copy machines, printers, scanners, and multi phones lines
MEMBERSHIPS / ACTIVITIES
Step Ahead Professional Certification (2003)
FDCPA Regulations Training (2001)
Coursework in Process Improvement, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Full Life Cycle,
Customer Solutions, Team Building/Mentoring