Director Of Support Services
Current--Management responsibilities for the team supporting 14 unique software platforms--Oversee support services for ~300 local and county governments--Responsible for multi-million dollar annual support revenue--Responsible for staffing and coverage for over 14 different product lines--Build and foster effective relationships with customers and cross-departmental teams--Drive internal initiatives to improve support response times, resolution turnaround, eliminate ticket churn, and improve overall customer satisfaction with the products and services--Coach and mentor management team to achieve high performance standards, ensure high quality staffing, recruiting, and drive to improve customer satisfaction--Act as senior point of escalation for customer issues--Ensure customers are receiving value for their annual maintenance contracts--Set, meet, and monitor departmental goals to drive optimal performance within Support--Focus on the overall value of customer relationships, including reference-ability, and ways to drive incremental revenues from the customer base--Resolving customer service-related issues & contribute towards improving overall customer service--Understand provisions of maintenance contracts and communicate to customers as needed thereby contributing towards monthly revenue targets--Travel on occasion, primarily Customer Service Visits, User Group Meetings and/or Customer Conferences--Operational performance improvements to reduce customer call volume and software deficiency items--Performance monitoring and explanation of required corporate metrics--Manage the support database for the current software support ticketing system