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Farooq Ahmed

Farooq Ahmed

Support Analyst - QL
Bangalore

Summary

Seeking a position to utilize my skills and abilities in an industry that offers professional growth while being resourceful, innovative and flexible.

I have worked in the Technical/IT services industry for a decade with 4 years in providing leadership, direction and motivation to teams of enterprise & client support representatives to ensure their success while meeting & exceeding business goals.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
4
4
Languages

Work History

Technical Support Engineer 2

Dell International Services
11.2012 - Current
  • Support in implementation, maintenance, and growth of the Sprinklr tool within the directorate
  • Working on improving the Customer Experience Scores by analyzing the RCA to find the problem areas.
  • Correlate different KPIs with the root causes to identify trends and similarities that later will be shared with management to create best practices, address opportunities, among others to turn into actions for individual or team level (regional - globally)
  • Constantly looking for automation & reducing internal and external customer effort to become more efficient aiming for business success

Support Engineer

Dell International Services
11.2012 - Current

• Delivered end-to-end technical and customer support for Dell consumer hardware and software products across social media platforms, community forums, and third-party websites.
• Monitored and managed customer interactions using social listening and engagement platforms such as Sprinklr and Radian6, ensuring timely responses and SLA compliance.
• Served as an escalation and resolution expert, collaborating with engineering teams, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders to resolve complex customer issues through ownership until closure.
• Enhanced customer experience and brand reputation by managing Ratings & Reviews, Q&A content, and community forum engagement, contributing to improved online conversion rates and customer trust.

Technical Support Associate

IBM International
07.2011 - 10.2012
  • As a Technical Service Associate at IBM, I was part of a service desk responsible for logging Incidents / Service Requests related to SAP, Network, Email, Portal, Authentication, Internet and server issues and route it appropriately to the Resolver Group and drive it to closure until resolved within the defined SLAs.
  • Responsible for sending all Incident notifications as per agreed process and chair bridge calls for effective coordination, incident resolution, service restoration and continuously follow-up with support team for relevant notification updates per SLA, and drive resolution.
  • Also responsible for the effective implementation of the process of 'Service Desk and perform Incident Management' by carrying out the respective reporting Procedure.

Education

B.E - Information Science

RGIT - VTU

Skills

Data analysis

  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Root-cause analysis
  • Product knowledge
  • Troubleshooting and diagnosis
  • ITIL processes
  • Application support
  • Problem resolution
  • Project management

Accomplishments

  • Received numerous raves from customers on Dell Social Media platforms including a rave from Dennis Kelly (VP, Dell Services).
  • Highest Link tracker Revenue generator in SMaC team for FY16.
  • Won the ‘Clickspert Award’ for maximum number of clicks.
  • Achieved maximum clicks and with a Klout score of 30.
  • Stack Rank Two for SMAC Tech FY16.
  • Won the Bronze award for Q1 and Q2 FY16.
  • Awarded with Dell Champion for being a star performer for FY16.
  • Received On the Spot Award for Q3 FY17 and FY18.
  • Received Bronze Award for Q1 FY18, Q2 FY18, Q3 FY18, FY19 and FY20.

Languages

English
Hindi
Kannada
Telugu

Personal Information

  • Father's Name: Riyaz Ahmed
  • Marital Status: Married

Disclaimer

I affirm that the above stated facts are authentic to the best of my knowledge.

Timeline

Technical Support Engineer 2

Dell International Services
11.2012 - Current

Support Engineer

Dell International Services
11.2012 - Current

Technical Support Associate

IBM International
07.2011 - 10.2012

B.E - Information Science

RGIT - VTU
Farooq AhmedSupport Analyst - QL