Identify and drive improvement opportunities to increase support capabilities while reducing OpEx
Escalation point for high-risk or time-sensitive issues raised in the business
Provide guidance and oversight for internal IT operations, Compliance, Licensing and technical support for stakeholders.
Audited and right-planned existing commercial agreements resulting in $200kUSD reduction of yearly spend
Train and develop capability across business units to provide escalation assistance
Perform regular auditing and reporting of internal changes for compliance requirements
Led and implemented a sales pipeline tool decreasing complexity and time taken by sales to engage new customers from weeks to days
Stax
Product Support Engineer
Oct 2020 - April 2023
Provide customer satisfaction through effective resolution of technical queries
Lead for Stax’ Social and Community team engaging with charitable organizations
Highlight trends identified by support through reviewing customer pain points
Produce high quality documentation for customers to reduce support tickets for common questions
Design and Implement support processes in line with business objectives
Coordinate and collaborate across business units to produce, update, and maintain documentation
Provide SLA-based support and guidance for customers and staff globally
Implement Agile methods for approaching, diagnosing, and resolving customer issues
Telstra
Technical Solutions Specialist
May 2020 - Oct 2020
Subject Matter Expert for Telstra legacy systems
Systems and Process trainer of on-shore staff during covid lockdown
Generate customer data for compliance reporting and identify areas for improvement
Delegation of tasks to internal teams and field technicians
Telstra
Process Improvement Specialist
Aug 2017 - Jul 2019
Led project to deploy a "Daily Digest" to Telstra Business Centres providing updated customer order status resulting in an 80% reduction of inbound calls
Perform data analysis of customer issues to implement a triage documentation for common issues
Delivered efficiency initiatives to JB Hi-Fi and The Good Guys by replacing Telstra’s complex order processing platform with a dedicated processing team, resulting in a 62k increase in orders and 75% reduction in call time for FY19
Designed, implemented, and led a pilot of offshore staff to process orders on behalf of Telstra business centres, resulting in a 21 FTE reduction and 20% MoM sales uplift for Telstra partners
Implemented education piece to streamline retail complaint submissions, resulting in an NPS swing from -38 to +25 with 80% resolution rate in 6 months
Led deployment of a robot designed to identify potential overseas travellers based on their enquiries to reduce bill shock when roaming with data overseas leading to a $60K/week reduction in roaming charges for Telstra customers
Telstra
Continuous Improvement Specialist (Secondment)
Jul 2016 - Dec 2016
6-month acceleration placement to learn from Telstra’s Continuous Improvement practices
Revamped retail stores cheque processing resulting in a $62k / 45% YoY OPEX reduction
Created framework to remove $20m of unnecessary customer charges from Telstra customers
Implemented $200k pa savings through unifying printer configuration across retail printers
TelstrA
Contact Centre Coach
Jul 2014 – Sep 2017
Implemented capture system to identify knowledge gaps, facilitate training and track improvement of 100+ staff
Subject Matter Expert for Telstra Business broadband, landline, and legacy platforms
Perform Interim team-leader functions
Telstra
Contact Centre Consultant
Oct 2013 - Jun 2014
Consistent NPS of +80 and resolution rate of 90%
In-team advocate to support resolving complex issues to maintain team target metrics
Provide education to customers and dealers on Telstra products
Identify and resolve complex issues within required call times
Telstra
Customer Service Advisor + Tech Bar
Sep 2010 - Oct 2013
Telstra Emerging Leadership Program participant
#2 Salesperson for Mobile and Internet sales in QLD, #5 in Australia FY12 & FY13
Responsible for training new employees in solution selling of Telstra products
Performed both Business & Consumer sales via Telstra retail channel
Analyse bills and identify opportunities
Certifications, Awards & Volunteering
AWS Partner: Sales Accreditation (Business) – Amazon Web Services (2022)
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – Amazon Web Services (2022)
Customer Experience Strategy and Design – RMIT University (2020)