Thomas B. Malone
Lawrenceville, GA 30046
Mobile: 404-***-****
Email **********@*******.***
PROFFESIONAL SUMMARY
Motivated team player with strong selling skills seeking a
position that challenges my ability to work well under
pressure to achieve organizational goals.
WORK HISTORY
Present Consumer Consultant, Kids II
. Communicate with consumers by phone and email in a
professional, courteous, and patient manner.
. Respond to voice mail and electronic mail messages within
designated time-frame.
. Display a thorough knowledge of Kids II brands and
products.
. Display ability to troubleshoot and respond to consumer
inquiries regarding all Kids II products
. Enter consumer contacts in a detailed manner to include
complete information on the consumer, product, incident,
etc. And seek resolution.
. Follow company guidelines in assisting consumers with
warranty support in providing check reimbursements,
replacement parts, and replacement products.
. Assist with recall handling as available.
. Attend scheduled departmental and company meetings in
obtaining/sharing information related to the department and
the company.
Sept 2011-July 2012 Consumer Advocate, Lexis Nexis
. Ensure that projects are delivered on time, within scope
and within budget parameters.
. Manage external reviews through forecasts (setting
expectations) and weekly daily status meetings with
management and SMEs to ensure critical dates are met.
. Facilitate lessons learned review sessions to evaluate
project results.
. Educate customers on product and service related
information and offerings.
. Manage customer inquiries not immediately resolved in an
effort to achieve first call resolution.
. Notify department heads during weekly staff meetings on
trends in customer call activity.
. Access customer's needs and upsell financial business
solutions products or services to meet the needs of the
consumer.
May 2010-Aug2011 Energy Consultant, Randstad Convergent Outsourcing
. Primary contact for any billing and technical related
issues.
. Prepared and maintained project plans, communication plans
and coordinated the efforts of all business groups during
all aspects of the creation processes for organizational
structure / improvements.
. During the initial stages, responsibilities included
managing the project scope, which involved defining the
corporation's organizational structure and department
responsibilities, as well as identifying stakeholders.
. Responsible for setting the expectations for each team via
bi-weekly conference calls to ensure timelines were met and
resources were being allocated properly within budgetary
guidelines.
. Maintained an issues log to track its effects on critical
paths within the project which, in turn, helped to initiate
process improvements.
Dec 2006-Feb2010 Business Sales Development/Sales Operations, SDH & Company
. Responsible for producing qualified sales opportunities for
Senior Sales Representatives.
. Worked proactively with the Marketing Dept. to ensure sales
prospects were properly screened to determine if they met
minimum qualification standards.
. Successfully displayed the ability to get to the root cause
of an issue during the development process and identified
alternatives to satisfy both the development group and the
end users.
. Responsible for timely and accurate communication of
status, both within and outside the project; including risk
assessment information.
. Built a strong pipeline of sales opportunities for
Corporate Sales Representatives to deliver on sales target.
. Met and exceeded monthly, quarterly and annual qualified
sales/opportunities targets.
. Conducted UAT testing and assisted in the development of
Salesforce.com database to house sales leads/prospects.
During this stage, responsibilities were to test the
functionality of the database and advise system programmers
of any unusual findings. Also responsible for validating
data to ensure data integrity for the database.
. Managed and maintained all prospecting activity data in
Salesforce.com database.
Mar 2002-Nov 2006 Senior Sales Consultant, Verizon Wireless
. Met and exceeded sales quota/revenue targets for net
activations, customer renewals, accessories, equipment and
enhanced service by increasing revenue by 10% in 6 months.
. Educated customers regarding products/services offerings,
features and functionality.
. Performed basic and complex troubleshooting related to
resolving voice and data issues uncovered during the
activation process, including but not limited to network,
ESN, feature, price plan problems..
. Conducted product demonstrations and matched products and
services offerings to needs of customer.
. Trained new hires and served as a sales lead.
EDUCATION / TRAINING
University of Michigan, Business Administration
Georgia Institute of Business Technology - (CIS) Computer Information
Systems
SKILLS
* Working knowledge of telecommunications systems including
EWI, SSI, OTS, Netace, Kana, ETOS/CTDI, CBIS/IBAS, ACSS,
Vision, I2K, MARS, Rockwell Voicemail Systems, MTAS, Remedy
Troubleshooting Ticketing System for TSI.
* Proficient in Microsoft Office, MS Publisher and MS
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