LYNN HUTCHISON
Collierville, TN ***** PH: (***)
***-**** **************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Over 20 years of professional experience in General Management, Sales,
Marketing, International Sales and Marketing, Procurement, Pricing and
Margin analysis, Business and Systems Analysis, Project management, Product
and Market Development, IT, Database, Technical support, customer support
A proven manager, professional and consultant with excellent communication,
technical, and team building skills, bilingual in English and Portuguese,
fluent in Spanish
CORE COMPETENCIES
. General Management, Sales and Marketing Management, HR, Channel
Management, Product Management, Project Management, Customer Services,
B2B sales, agent/vendor development, strategic planning
. Business / Systems Analyst, documentation, requirements gathering, use
case, Visio, process mapping, SDLC,
data analysis, spreadsheets, flows, graphs, quality testing and error
fixes, web based application software
. CRM, Salesforce, database and document management, Excel, pricing margin
analysis, contract negotiations
. SEO, ecommerce, content and link building, Google Adwords analysis, PPC,
web hosting and analytics
. Multilingual who is bilingual in English and Portuguese, fluent in
Spanish
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
. Applications/Software: MS Office, Excel, Visio, CRM, Salesforce, Oracle,
Proprietary Management Tools, Remedy, Rio, OMS ordering system,
workbrain, OnQPiM, Polaris, SAP, Reflections, MAX, HRMS, KIWI, JDE,
Kronos, ICIMS, Lotus Notes, familiarity with VBA and SQL, Citrix, Avaya,
Drop Box
. Telephony: Telecommunications, prepaid calling cards, wireless, VoIP,
virtual call center solutions and technology, softphone, call management
online tools, routers, servers, networks
. IT: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, Cisco CCNA, Active Directory, Oracle,
VMWare, SharePoint, software application user support,Win7 migrations,
networks, admin, analyst, customer support
. Hardware: pcs and laptops, handhelds, docking stations, printers and
scanners, copiers
. Billing: telecom billing system, wholesale rates and retail margin setup,
rate analysis, A/R for callback and VoIP services, A/P telephony line
providers, managed charge backs, prepaid funds, agent commissions
SKILLS
. Foreign Languages: Bilingual English and Portuguese (Brazilian), Fluent
in Spanish
. Managerial: General Management, Sales and Marketing Management, Billing,
Pricing, Margins, Procurement, Project Management, Product Management,
Virtual Call Center Management, P&L
. Sales: B2B, B2C, VAR, Channel Sales Management, Direct Sales Management,
Technical Sales, Retail Sales Management, Software Sales, Customer and
Team oriented, Negotiator, Closer
. Marketing: Marketing Research, International, Marketing Plan,
Promotional campaigns, private label, social media, SEO, e-commerce,
Google AdWords and analytics, PPC campaigns, HTML
. International: International Marketing and Sales Management,
International Business Development
. Business: Business Analyst, Consulting, Business & Marketing plans, New
Business Development, Strategic Planning, Billing, Financial reporting,
Startups, Private Label, Trainer, Fast pace environment, CRM, Salesforce,
Constant Contact, Oracle, business process modeling, agent and reseller
training and development
. HR: compensation, prepaid funds and commissions, recruiting, hiring,
training of agents and resellers, metrics, contract negotiations,
agreements, database, reports, terms and provisions, ICIMS
. Customer Services: personable and confident, defuse difficult
situations, adaptable to fast-paced environment
WORK EXPERIENCE
KWICTEC CONSULTING LLC / US April 2001-Present
Managing Director / Project Management / Business Analyst:
Telephony/Telecommunications
. Negotiated and sold B2B and B2C telephony contracts and accounts
internationally, new business development, sales and marketing, while
maintaining full P&L; recruited, hired, trained, and managed a team of
international telephony agents/resellers; offered wholesale and retail
solutions; created and managed company websites
. Setup, tested and supported web-based application software for billing,
CDRs, pin creation, accounts creation and management, rates, reseller
margins, trouble tickets routing problems, online call center management
tools
. Data analysis, cost and margin analysis, spreadsheets, flows, graphs,
quality testing of web based applications
. Supported virtual call center management websites, SEO, proprietary
trouble ticket systems, Salesforce, ran over 100 agents worldwide.
Developed user guides and standard operating procedures (SOP) for
resellers to effectively manage their telephony business online
management tools, subagents, retail base, commissions
. Hired and managed line/cost suppliers, providers, techs, the billing
telecom system, wholesale rates and retail margin analysis & setup;
document management; liaised between suppliers/vendors and resellers
. Purchased and resold minutes from major vendors, managed payments and
prepaid funds for all services, agent commissions, compensation, contract
negotiations, agreements, pricing, margins, prepaid calling cards, SIM
ELT Consulting, Inc. / Memphis, TN Nov 2014 - Feb
2015
Sr. Business Analyst - Consultant - ALSAC Human Resources
. Worked with Solutions Architect, PM, and Alsac IT group, identified
business processes / user needs, requirements gathering, functional
requirements specifications (FRS), use case, questionnaires, evaluated
processes and systems, documented current state for HR business, tech,
and operational procedures, identified major pain points and objectives,
process mapping, analyzed 14 major SAAS HRMS vendors, documented full
list of requirements and processes for RFP proposal, created change
enablement strategy and plan
. Interviewed all heads of department and major players of ALSAC HR,
completed current state analysis and questionnaires, fully documented
business and tech processes for Compensation, Business Partners, Talent &
Acquisition, Learning, Benefits, Operations, Payroll, HRIS, Consulting,
Analytics; created 'Epic', 'User Stories', process mapping, Visio and
data flow diagrams; familiarity with ICIMS and Kronos; SDLC
HILTON Worldwide / Memphis, TN May 2014 - October
2014
Project Analyst - Contract position
. Identified Hilton owners, gathered data, and analyzed Hilton hotel
owners' property ownership structure and contracts through OnQInsider,
OnQPiM (property information manager); evaluated and assisted in
determining owners' club level participation in the Owners Access
club; documented processes, business needs and objectives, to maintain
procedures and standards; completed training on the Concierge Portal;
managed and contributed to the database comprised of all Hilton brands
and hotel properties, worldwide
. Used SALESFORCE to create, document and manage the database of all
contacts, companies, cases, tasks, property information, property
ownership, data verification, campaigns, owner preferences, concierge
services, comments and notes regarding each one of the property
owners, private and public companies, property management companies,
property legal correspondents, property brand correspondents,
influencers, major and minor investors of all brands of Hilton
Worldwide hotels. Used Drop Box, business process modeling, Visio
. Managed and completed all of the new membership applications from
inception to completion, opened new cases rendering full contact and
property analysis, created and assigned various tasks to provision
club memberships, QA, special communications with owners and vendors,
customer support, closed cases
. Responsible for all Owners' Access kit fulfillment and provisioning
steps, liaised with the HHonors group to request HHonors numbers and
Product codes, used Polaris interface to determine HHonors # and
Product Code, created and sent the biweekly lists to the printers and
distributor companies
. Database analyst responsible for the extraction, analysis and
presentation of various monthly and quarterly management reports
documenting and reporting proprietary data results for all Hilton
brands worldwide
FEDEX - TechConnect / Memphis, TN Feb 2014-May
2014
Business Analyst - Project Technical Lead - Contract position
. Level III Help Desk support - Provided software and hardware support to
home based agents
. Backed up and migrated home based users from Windows XP to Windows 7;
set up new Lenovo computers, installed all required software and
personalized each computer to the end user's needs; Windows 7 level 2
(Enterprise) remote troubleshooting and diagnosis.
. Hardware, Software, Network troubleshooting and problem determination
including ISP, VPN, DNS, Active Directory, Domain and connectivity
issues, 1Source, CAD, Outlook, Citrix
. Worked as a team player to ensure that escalation tickets are addressed
for all system, hardware, and software issues including entering
tickets for equipment to be shipped from the repair center using RDC
and Oracle.
INTERNATIONAL PAPER, Memphis TN April 2013 -
December 2013
IT Customer Support Analyst - Contract position
. Provided help desk technical support and incident management to users
of IT systems and peripheral equipment company wide. One stop shop,
with attention to quality; Inbound and Outbound calls, Mexico, Brazil,
Europe
. Analyst responsible for resolving as well as receiving, logging,
handling, escalating, and documenting any IT incidents involving
hardware, software, applications, user name and passwords creation, reset
and verification, or products on the IT standards list. Used Remedy
ticketing system, My Help knowledge base, managed self-service queue,
minimized impact of IT outages, met performance metrics, strong
documentation skills
. Provided dedicated IT incident resolution and management services to
customers by resolving, receiving, tracking, prioritizing, and
documenting IT problems, inquiries, requests for service
. Networked in cross-platform environments, TCP/IP, remote connectivity,
Windows, Active Directory, client/server environments, email, chat,
wireless devices, printers, and web portals. Specific applications
included Windows 7/XP, Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, Reflections,
wireless, Anti-virus, McAfee, SMS, SAP, Workbrain, Witron, JDE, MAX,
HRMS,KIWI
. Excellent customer service skills, personable and confident, met and
exceeded all metrics, able to diffuse difficult situations, adaptable to
fast-paced, quickly changing environment
CONVERGYS / WAH / Project: DIRECTV - Cable Industry December
2009- April 2013
Customer Services Representative and Problems Resolution Rep ll / Coach -
Inbound
. Responsible for all DIRECTV billing, sales, and tech issues - Advisory
role and Coach to incoming new hires
. Help Desk support, handled all technical issues and all problems
relating to receivers, activation, wireless, connectivity and
networking issues; emphasis on one stop solution with attention to
quality service and delivery
. Sales of DIRECTV services and equipment, and ISP partner services for
internet and phone i.e., ATT, Verizon, Century Link, Viasat; used OMS
ordering system to register customer orders, and Rio ticket system for
customer responses
. Used knowledge data base to provide support on every call. Daily use
of proprietary software, citrix, OMS, sharepoint, Avaya softphone, and
internal email and chat system. Strong IT and customer service skills
PRIMUS Telecommunications / Ft. Lauderdale, FL March 1998-
April 2001
Sales and Marketing Manager /Offshore Division
. In charge of international B2B sales and marketing, new business
development, recruiting/hiring of agents worldwide, contractual
negotiations, pre-sales and post-sales support, market research, business
planning and reporting, financials, pricing, margins, quarterly corporate
status reports, bottom line responsibility for the Division
. Worked with a NACT switch, entered and extracted data, billing reports,
daily and weekly reports, CDRs, rates, pin creation, and account
management reports
. Sold prepaid calling cards, VOIP, dedicated lines, international long
distance, Callback. Developed training manuals to support resellers on
all products available in our division
. Controlled multimillion dollar accounts worldwide, in the Middle East,
Africa, South America
INTERPHONE
May 1996-November 1997
Telecommunications Solution Executive- Lisbon, Portugal
. In charge of B2B day to day sales operations, cold calling, direct
sales, account management. Pre-sales and post-sales follow up, and
training of new users on the use of the callback system
. Directed the sales of Callback solutions to both wholesale and retail
base of clients mid/large size companies; Marketed VSAT services to
ABC's (American Business Centers) in the CIS
INAPA (Fercopi)
February 1993-December 1995
Project and Operations Manager Fercopi - Lisbon, Portugal
. Wrote business plan for the Fercopi. Built a franchise model into the
business plan, and projected a plan for 8 stores in Portugal. Managed all
operations from onset to completion for 2 stores.
. Hired contractors and employees, managed vendors, contract negotiations,
terms and conditions. Managed the daily operations of the employees and
the sales team for both stores. In charge of the daily operations, sales
management, promotions, pricing, margin, sales, procurement of products,
marketing and P&L
RALSTON PURINA / Europe
February 1992-January 1993
Marketing Manager, Consumer Product, Cereals- Lisbon, Portugal
In charge of Marketing and Sales, new product development, pricing,
distribution, packaging and promotion of all children's and adult Chex
cereal products in the Portuguese market
o Worked directly with Portuguese distributors, major dealers and
purchasing managers to distribute the product to all hypermarkets and POS
country wide. Responsible for corporate profitability monthly reports
EDUCATION
. MBA - Master of Business Administration - specialized in International
Marketing and Management
The Thunderbird School of Global Management, Glendale, Arizona, December
1991
. BA Mills College, Oakland, California
. Certifications CompTIA Network+ COMP001008174385 December 5, 2008