Wesley D. Rice
Cypress, TX 77433
adjpdk@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
· IT Service Desk professional with over 20 years of IT Service Desk experience and over 10 years of lead/supervisor experience in Service Desk/Call Center team environments.
· Highly customer service oriented.
· Superb communication and interpersonal skills.
· History of outstanding job tenure.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
· Bookkeeping, InfoPro Systems
· Citrix
· Service Now
· Cisco AnyConnect
· SQL
· Word Perfect
· Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 7
· Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint
· Telephone Doctor: Customer Service Skills
· ISO 9000:2001 Overview Training
· Knowledge of Quality Management Documents: QSP 7.5-04 (Customer Returns), QSP 7.5-02 (Requests for Service), QSP 7.2-01 (Contract Review)
· SAP Release 4.6 R/3 Training:
o Searching Customer Master Records
o Maintaining Equipment Records
o Creating Billing Documents (invoices)
o Creating Credit Memos
o Warranty Replacement Orders
o Creating RMA’s
o Creating Depot Repair Service Notifications
o Leak Test invoicing
o Customer Consignment (Trunk Stock)
o Customer Return Authorizations (CRMA)
· RMA Reports
· Service Now
Stage Stores Incorporated, Houston, TX 06/2009 – 02/2020
Supervisor IT Service Desk
· Supervised 25 agents including our India and Omaha, Nebraska team.
· Personally answered all emails through our Service Desk team mailbox when needed as a lead tech.
· Personally assisted any agents with any issues that occurred in any of our stores.
· Provided Level II technical assistant to over 800 retail department (i.e., Palais Royal & Beall’s stores).
· Personally answered 50-80 calls per day.
· Used Heat Call Logging Tool, Salesforce, and Service Now.
· Created and entered Call Incidents through Service Now on a daily basis.
· Managed Service Now groups, users, and categories for my team.
· Performed Service Now Daily and Weekly Metrics.
· Enhanced the look of Service Now and renamed it to CenterStage.
· Provided support for Windows 2000, 7, 8 and 10 on IBM, HP ISP’s, and registers.
· Entered orders for all store equipment including modems, hubs, and ISP’s.
· Provided technical assistance when any of the stores were offline, including Access Points.
· Provided technical support on all handheld equipment including store and register scanners.
· Provided software support on all register transactions including post-voids and returns.
· Provided Office 365 support
· Provided Wide Area and LAN network administration through GTT for all of our 800 stores.
· Provided technical support on all Window sever deployments and all Microsoft Suite products.
· Provided Azure knowledge and experience
· Provided technical support on all Window sever deployments and all Microsoft Suite products.
· Used VPN to access ISP’s and Microsoft Active Directory Daily for password changes.
· Installed Firewalls and Network Security for all 800 stores.
· Worked with Vendors: ADTRAN, Cisco, Meraki, Mainstreet, GTT and Comcast.
Icon/Consolidated Graphics, Houston, TX 10/2011 – 04/2012
IT Help Desk Technician/Analyst (2nd Shift Temp)
· Provided Level II technical assistant to over 20 printing companies throughout the U.S., Japan, and Prague.
· Used Citrix and SQL on a daily basis.
· Used VPN and Active Directory.
· Used Remedy Call Logging Tool.
· Personally answered 10-20 calls per day.
· Provided support for Windows 7 on IBM, Dell, and HP ISP’s.
· Entered orders for all store equipment including modems, hubs, and ISP’s.
· Provided technical assistance when any of the companies were offline.
· Provided software support on all iPhones and Blackberry phones.
· Monitored all printing queues for all companies to make sure all of the orders processed normally.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Sugar Land, TX 05/2006 – 02/2009
Service Support Specialist – RMA Processing
· Worked with a group of 10+ employees.
· Provided Level I Support.
· Worked with Windows XP and SAP on Dell ISP’s.
· Produced quotes for depot repair and followed up with customers to obtain purchase orders.
· Issued RMA’s for customers needing chargeable or warranty repairs within a maximum of 24 hours.
· Answered calls, entered orders/RMA’s/CRMA’s and operated as back up to other customer service staff as necessary.
· Communicated and worked with external customers and internal departments in a timely and professional manner.
· Provided liaison service between customers and other departments within the company.
· Ensured prompt and efficient processing of customer requests.
· Informed the company of customer complaints or changes in orders.
· Corresponded with customers by facsimile/e-mail/telephone, depending on the nature of the problems, and coordinated related departmental correspondence.
· Performed additional duties as required by the position such as issuing credits and leak test billing.
· Worked with Vendors: Cisco, AT&T, TP Link and Monoprice
Hewlett Packard/Spherion Corporation, Houston, TX 09/2000 – 05/2006
Area Customer Service Manager
· Managed a group of 10 employees.
· Provided Level I support.
· Owned and managed a 24-hour escalation and response mailbox with 100% TAT.
· Leveraged other departments to resolve customer issues.
· Worked in a fast-paced call center which consisted of providing service providers with vital information about Compaq and HP products.
· Provided Windows 2000 and XP on Compaq and HP ISP’s.
· Provided service providers with part ordering over the internet.
· Provided service providers with rate information on different types of computer parts.
· Took orders over the phone for potential and existing service providers and credited monthly invoices on monthly statements.
· Personally answered 75-120 calls per day.
· Was a part of HP’s account reconciliation team, which was involved with crediting and debiting accounts.
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX 06/1999 – 09/2000
Inventory Specialist/Customer Service
· Worked in a warehouse environment wherein I gathered parts for shipments and kept track of incoming and outgoing computer parts.
· Worked with Windows 98 and 2000 on Compaq ISP’s.
· Provided Level I support.
· Provided cost information to customers for computer units and parts.
· Packaged and processed computers and other products for Compaq.
· Provided and assisted customers with downloading software on their units.
EDUCATION
· Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
o Major: Computer Information Systems (no degree)
· Certified in Information Technology University of Houston, Houston, Texas (05/2004)