ANIL KUMAR VISWANATHAN
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Phone: +971-**-***-****
*********@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/anil-kumar-viswanathan-123b0896/
CAREER SUMMARY
Senior Service Desk Support staff worked for a major luxury retail group supporting a user base of 12000 staff across the Middle East.
Role: 1st and 2nd line support for software/hardware application issues, user administration, access provisioning, mailbox creation on Azure, Windows Server Maintenance. Managing Major Incident Management by drafting Comms, communicating to Business and initiating bridge calls with support teams to expedite the issue. Following Incident Management, assisting and facilitating Problem Management Process. Desktop/Laptop/printer troubleshooting. Setting up new laptops and desktops.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
ITIL Certified
MCP / CCNA Certified
Major Incident Management
Problem Management
Initiating bridge calls for P1 and P2 issues
Active Directory Management
Troubleshooting - Oracle, Xstore, OS, VPN, Network, Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Skype for Business.
Azure (Cloud) for User Mailbox creation, Distribution lists, shared mailbox and administration
Creating Knowledge base Articles
Support for Application, Desktops, Laptops and Printers
Oracle Application Access, EBusiness Suite, Retail Merchandising System, RPM, BI Analytical Reports, Warehouse Management System and Navision
Exceptional Customer Service
Shell Scripts for Mailbox creation on Cloud (Microsoft Azure)
Training new joiners
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
MCT FZE, Chalhoub Group - IT Service Desk Analyst May 2015 – May 2020
Troubleshooting technical issues related to hardware, software
Creating and managing user accounts in Active Directory and creating Mailbox in Local and Cloud (Azure) as well as managing Distribution Lists and Shared Mailbox
Desktop / Laptop Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Network related issues
Setting up desktop and laptop computers for new and existing users
Managing Major Incident Management and sending email communication to business for P1 and P2 issues in accordance with SLA matrix
Handling major Issues by expediting and initiating bridge calls with 2nd level and vendor team for timely resolution
Setting provision access to VPN and configuring Pulse Secure Application for the users
Assess and approve Change Requests during after hours
Helping Problem Management Team to perform root-cause analysis to come up with a permanent fix
Ensuring timely resolutions to users without compromising on customer experience
Provisioning Oracle access to users
Delegating tasks fairly to team members
Developing daily, weekly and monthly reports on team’s productivity
Training and mentoring the members of the team
Recognizing process deficiencies, creating knowledge base documents for the team and implementing effective solutions
Creating weekly ROTA for the team
Achievements in Chalhoub
Member of the SD Team that won the 2017 Winner of Annual Chalhoub Excellence Awards for Operational Excellence
Trained new hires on Oracle Access provisioning and exclusively on XStore and Oracle POS troubleshooting
Prudential Process Management Services – Service Desk Analyst November 2013–May 2015
Attending Service Desk calls to troubleshoot User issues related to Citrix Thin client systems and User administration as per ITIL process.
Connect Remotely to the computers and troubleshooting issues.
Creating file share on server and AD.
Managing User ID creation, deletion, administration.
File backup and restore.
Creating of confidential and restricted folders.
Managing User access levels.
Resetting Password.
Creating User IDs in Lotus Notes and Outlook.
Creating Distribution Lists and Mailboxes in Outlook.
Printer management.
Managing User sessions using Citrix AMC console.
Assisting Users with installation of Good and AirWatch application on iPhones and iPads.
Processing Hardware requests.
Escalating high priority calls to the appropriate support group as per SLA.
Working closely with Incident Management team on Severity issues.
Troubleshooting VPN and Thin client issues.
Troubleshooting RSA token issues.
Achievements in Prudential
Recognized by the team for contribution towards creation of knowledge base articles
For assisting Quality Manager with improving the quality scores by providing feedback on Call Handling, Customer Service and Call Control
Mphasis an HP Company – Service Desk Specialist February 2010 – November 2013
Receiving escalation from the Service Desk via Incidents and proceeding to resolve the incident or escalate the incident to further level.
Resolving complex/time consuming problems using remote access tools.
Providing Remote support for clients using elevated mode.
Troubleshooting user login issues.
Local/Roaming Profile rebuilding and re-imaging machines.
Supporting Remote Printing Administration
Troubleshooting Blackberry (Enterprise activation, Sync issues etc.)
Troubleshooting MS Office application issues
Creating VASCO tokens in the AD and assigning to Users
Troubleshooting MOP (Citrix Presentation server) (Thin client issues), Citrix client related issues, Smartcard related issues, VPN issues, SCCM related issues
Achievements in Mphasis
• Awarded for helping the team clear the old backlog in the Level 2 queue within a week
PREVIOUS CAREER EXPERIENCE:
New Flora Technologies – Senior Hardware Engineer October 2005 – July 2009
Assembling of PCs
Installation of Operating system/Applications
Setting up a new network (LAN system)
Troubleshooting OS and Network issues
Troubleshooting Printer related issues
Sutherland Global Services – Senior Executive June 2004 -September 2005
Troubleshooting Escalated Calls for US End Users
Training New Hires on product and process (Windows XP)
Attending War Room Meetings with Microsoft Tech Leads to resolve New/Difficult issues
Monitoring Calls of Support Professionals for Technical Accuracy
Providing feedback and training Support Techs as per Performance Improvement Plan
Attending Supervisor Calls for Customer Recovery
Analyzing CSAT data to find areas of improvement on the technical front
Tracmail India Pvt. Ltd. – Senior Customer Service Representative May 2004 – June 2004
Ensuring that the TAT was met
Roll out new updates from Clients
Train new hires on Tools and Process
Kay Kay Overseas Corporation - Hardware Engineer Aug 01 – Feb 03
Assembling of PCs
Installation of Operating system/Applications
Setting up a new network (LAN system)
Troubleshooting OS and Network issues
Troubleshooting Printer related issues
EDUCATION
Bachelors: Computer Applications (2009 -2012)
Madurai Kamraj University, Mumbai
Diploma: Computer Science (1996-2002)
(Maharashtra Board of Technical Education) Terna Polytechnic, Mumbai
CERTIFICATION
ITILV3 Foundation Certified
MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional)
CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)