Manager National Technical Assistance Center
Overland Park, Kansas, Us
Performed highest-tier technical assistance in 24x7 support of various technology platforms to enable Wireless handset Web browsing, data services, and provisioning and authentication services. Team supplied deployment, platform recovery, and ensured operational availability. Hired creative, dedicated employees, developing, and leading effectively. • Spearheaded team to emphasize network problem avoidance and fast resolution a core competency by developing an engineering team for wireless web browsing and data platforms into a most efficient and effective highest-tier technical support organization, which minimized vendor expense.• Directed efforts to rededicate platform Subject Matter Experts (SME) on tool and documentation development to empower team to focus on preventative methods and tools to lessen possibility of platform outages, improving network availability on responsible platforms 20%.• DroveTier-3 team to build training documentation and host training classes for lower-tier organizations (Tier-1 technicians and Customer Care representatives) on tools to aid in identification and restoration of customer issues, increasing Tier-1 resolution capabilities over 30%.• Implemented plan to utilize Tier-3 team expertise to aid other teams on commonly deployed systems (Load Balancers, DNS, AD, Hardware, and O/S) to assist in trouble identification and resolution, which saved adding headcount and helped stabilize platforms and services, improving network availability 20%.• Led Tier-3 team to complete cross training of all engineers between legacy GSM and CDMA platforms to better manage platforms and eliminate areas of single-threaded knowledge base and experience, reducing required headcount by 35%.