Vice President Of Service & Support
Watchguard Video
Managed Service and Support Department that consisted of a Customer Service, Technical Services, Project Management, Large-Account Support, IT, Professional Services, and Product Training. Maintained 24/7/365 support with a minimum number of call center employees. Provided industry leading top-level support for body-worn cameras, in-car cameras, evidence management on-premises, and evidence management SaaS.• Member of the senior leadership team that took the company from $0 - $110 million in annual revenue and dominated the Law Enforcement Video market space. • Designed, built, and managed a Customer Support Contact Center that provided product support, returns management, and routine customer service for the entire customer base across all WatchGuard product lines. • Built processes, procedures, and metrics designed to deliver best-in-class customer experience. • Provided Technical Support for over 80,000 devices, 24,000 Windows Servers, and 12,364 SaaS users.• Created Premier Support team to addresses the unique needs of the large municipalities (Detroit, Houston) that billed $375000 annually.• Created a Fielded Reliability Team that used contact center data to identify and correct issues that were behind 40% of the customer calls. This increased product lifespan by 75% in the first year, effectively lowered annual warranty costs related to core products by over $1 million and decreased the overall support headcount. • Developed 10% of entry-level employees into mid- to senior-level managers including one VP.• Developed and implemented system processes and procedures that insured defective product was returned from the customer. In the first year alone, this prevented approximately $4m of lost inventory.• Conceived a system for tracking warranty status that allowed for charging for out-of-warranty work and automated the sale of extended warranties. The benefit potential was $800,000 a year in new extended warranty sales and revenue.