
Implementations Manager at NeuStar
San Francisco Bay Area

Implementations Manager at NeuStar
San Francisco Bay Area
(Public Company; NSR; Telecommunications industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 months)
• Function as the liaison between customer service, sales, billing, and contract teams. This role requires the ability to grasp ownership of the customer’s needs, the product, and the technologies.
• Share feedback and make suggestions with the sales team to help improve future user experience and customer satisfaction.
• Manage many aspects of customer implementations: reporting, deployment, documentation, training, and follow-through.
• Research, respond, track, and close the loop on all technical and customer related issues while providing the highest level of service and professionalism.
(Public Company; NSR; Telecommunications industry)
February 2008 — February 2009 (1 year 1 month)
• Responsible for primary assistance of Technical Support/NOC representatives with customer support/network operations tickets for the UltraDNS and WebMetrics divisions.
• Develop and lead implementation processes for product solutions defined by the Neustar Ultra Services Marketing Department.
• Lead and coordinate helpdesk activities to increase the effectiveness of the support department and to maintain the established department goals.
• Managing process of escalation within organization in accordance with Technical Support.
(Public Company; BSE, NSE; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2003 — January 2008 (4 years 2 months)
• Interface with internal/external customers on operational issues by dispatching on-call engineers, facilitating communication and driving resolution to events via standard operating procedures.
• Perform pro-active network status and health checks as part of normal surveillance activities.
• Audit log and turnover for shifts to verify accuracy of data is valid and outstanding issues are documented.
• Initiate, update, track, and close network trouble tickets.
• Review, validate, and address all alerts in a timely manner to resolve all service impacting events.
• Monitor system and service availability through utilization of industry standard NOC tools (i.e. Netcool, BigBrother, ISM, Spotlight, Cacti, Scopus, Keynote, and Solaris Monitoring)
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2003 — January 2008 (4 years 3 months)
• Maintain a superior level of technical knowledge and skill in accordance with pertinent technology evolution.
• Remedy issues for Administrators and End users by providing technical aid for their enterprise client/server environments as they relate to the GoodLink Server product (www.good.com), Exchange, Active Directory, Outlook, Palm HotSync, Microsoft Active Sync, and IP enabled Handheld devices (i.e. Treos and Pocket PCs)
• Isolate and diagnose message flow through the Good Technology data center when communication breakdown occurs.
• Develop and maintain documentation on procedures utilized within the Operational environment
• Monitor both system and network performance through the use of various network management tools and ticketing/ Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems (i.e.: Contactual and Oracle Applications)
• Participate in project team activities (i.e.: documentation and training sessions) prior to release of new corporate wireless solutions and devices.
(Public Company; Real Estate industry)
October 2002 — October 2003 (1 year 1 month)
• Provide over the phone customer support to agents, contractors, and homeowners calling in regards to a claim.
• Process service requests, work orders, reimbursements, purchase orders, authorizations, and denials as stated in the home warranty plan.
• Resolve difficult conflicts over sensitive or complex issues in regards to plan coverage in an efficient and timely manner.
• Supply quick fix tips when applicable to help the homeowner get the issue resolved instantly without the need for an appointment or payment for a service fee.
(Privately Held; Computer Hardware industry)
July 2002 — July 2002 (1 month)
• Review and revise the server installation manual and CD for Maxspeed Management Software (MMS) thin-client server software
• Maxspeed embedded Windows XP and Linux thin-client terminals, and third-party dependent software packages.
• Verify accuracy of MMS and Maxterm thin-client implementation documentation.
• Prepare a Windows 2000 server to become a MMS system by installing MySQL, Java 2, and Tomcat to the machine.
• Exercise each step described in the manual for installation and implementation of thin-client terminals with the MMS; check for inadequate specifics in the documentation, recommending changes when appropriate.
• Perform re-imaging of remote Windows and Linux based thin-clients via the MMS.
(Public Company; ATHM; Internet industry)
October 2001 — February 2002 (5 months)
• Investigate and monitor problems involving network connectivity, IP routing or network applications by using available tools and manually gathering information, for a network that supported over 4 million customers.
• Collaborate with operation groups such as IT-OPS, NOC, and Server Administration to help resolve network issues.
• Ensure proper Tier II documentation by developing and maintaining escalation procedures designed to direct agents on how to properly document, resolve, and escalate tickets.
• Examine tickets from over 2000 technicians and cable partners in over 5 call centers to determine the correct path and priority for ticket escalated.
(Public Company; ATHM; Internet industry)
October 2000 — September 2001 (1 year )
• Coach the Tier II and outsource centers (Stream Beaverton, Stream Dallas, Sykes Klammoth Falls) on @Home technical support products and processes to ensure world class support for all customers.
• Define, build, and maintain processes (writing and updating KB articles and the escalation guide) to bring all customer cases to a resolution in a timely and cost efficient manner.
• Serve as a resource for Technical Support Representatives with questions through the help line and @Home IRC channels, and provide “self-help” ideas where appropriate.
• Communicate and assist MSO organizations that call with issues and questions relating to tools, network performance, and specific customer needs.
• Communicate effectively and provide a solution for the more difficult customers whose cases have been forwarded to the executive escalation queue.
(Public Company; ATHM; Internet industry)
June 2000 — October 2000 (5 months)
• Exercise specialized knowledge acquired through a month of classroom and on the job training.
• Document all actions taken towards resolving customer issues using Remedy v4.0 and Scopus.
• Apply the use of monitoring tools to troubleshoot, diagnose, resolve, and pinpoint causes of active customer issues.
• Reference various outage boards, periodicals and online information in regards to current network news and technical aspects to ensure "first-call resolution" for the customer.
(Public Company; DV; Higher Education industry)
July 1998 — February 2000 (1 year 8 months)
• Maintain approximately 500 NT workstations with approximately 1000 end users.
• Specialize in the maintenance of personal computer systems and related equipment including hardware, software, configuration, backups, updates, and patches.
• Provide technical assistance and advice to users as needed.
• Perform root-cause analysis and resolution in first level hardware, network, software, and operating systems support.
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