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Durham, NC

• Manage a team of support specialists with responsibility for providing end user support for the AICPA's PRIMA application to CPAs across the US and its territories.
• Responsible for the billing and collection of annual revenue in excess of $7.5M including all cross departmental communication and end-user issue resolution.
• Work as Core Team Member providing detailed business and technical requirements, prioritization of defects and enhancements, and release testing for the AICPA's PRIMA and Customer Service applications.
• Serve as a key business and technical lead for the Peer Review Team on the AICPA's RAVE project to improve the quality of the services provided to members and other end users with a goal to improve overall member.
• Designed, implemented and maintain the hotline system for the AICPA's Peer Review Support hotline.
• Designed, implemented and maintained the ServiceNow ticketing system for the AICPA's Peer Review Support hotline.

Raleigh, NC

• Managed a team of engineers responsible for providing technical services within the Americas for Qlik's portfolio of business intelligence and analytics software.
• Improved processes to drive improved customer service and customer satisfaction by reducing first response and average closure times.

Cary, NC

• Built and managed a team of engineers responsible for providing worldwide technical services including pre-sales engineering, professional services, and customer support for the companies SaaS based IT Asset and.
• Implemented standardized practices and processes that improved customer satisfaction resulting in the reduction of the average ticket age from over 60 days to less then 14 days while increasing satisfaction ratings to.
• Designed and Implemented an on-boarding program to ensure fast adoption and increase customer ROI resulting in a 50% reduction in churn at contract renewal.
• Designed and managed the implementation of various internal projects including cross departmental technology adoption and implementation which resulted in increases in productivity by over 25%

Cary, NC

• Managed a team of engineers across multiple worldwide locations with responsibility for global customer support, global product documentation, and software development and test.Responsible for the management of annual.
• Initiated, planned and executed internal and external projects with budgets of up to $500K. while consistently meeting or exceeding revenue objectives including gross and net margin objectives.
• Implemented customer satisfaction processes that increased customer retention rates from 74% to 86% annually.
• Designed and implemented a formal Beta testing process that resulted in a reduction of recalled releases by over 50%.

Morrisville, NC

• Supervised 8 engineers across 4 locations worldwide with responsibility for global customer support and executed annual departmental budgets totaling in excess of $1M.
• Provided input for objectives, employee goals, employee performance, and personnel decisions including hiring, merit increases, and promotions.
• Tracked and reported key objectives and results to management.
• Performed as a hands-on mentor, coaching and helping employees with complex issues or technologies.
• Served as a primary escalation point for technical issues with ownership until final resolution with the customer.

Melbourne, FL

• Performed remote troubleshooting of a custom network management software suite with responsibility for completion of individual trouble cases, prioritization and management of the case queue, and assistance of all.
• Worked closely with software development staff to insure timely resolution of software defects including prioritization and management of outstanding issues.
• Directed the maintenance of all servers and systems required for the department and provided budgetary input for improvements and maintenance.

Melboure, FL

• Performed remote troubleshooting of a custom network management software suite and associated hardware with responsibility for completion of individual trouble cases and assistance of junior engineers.
• Worked closely with software development staff to insure timely resolution of software defects including installation and verification of software patches and releases.
• Maintained servers used for problem reproduction and troubleshooting.

Melbourne, FL

• Performed remote troubleshooting of a custom network management software suite and associated hardware with responsibility for completion of individual trouble cases.
• Escalated issues to senior engineers or management as needed.

Melbourne, Florida Area

• Traveled to customer sites to perform the installation and integration of a custom network management software suite including the development of scripted interfaces for communicating with various network equipment.
• Provided project managers with status updates and detailed problem descriptions with recommended solutions while working without direct supervision.

Master Of Science, Computer Engineering

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Bachelor Of Science, Computer Engineering

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