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Narayana Guruprasad Rao

Chennai

Summary

Over 3 years of experience in customer support with a strong focus on identifying product gaps, analyzing user feedback, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Proven ability to translate customer needs into actionable insights, drive product improvements, and contribute to roadmap discussions. Additionally, I worked as a presales engineer, actively participating in solution selling, delivering technical presentations, and contributing to revenue generation by aligning product capabilities with customer requirements. Now seeking to leverage this combined experience to build customer-centric products as a Product Management Associate.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Support Engineer

Zoho Corporation
03.2022 - Current

1. Conducting root cause analysis and implementing preventive measures to reduce recurring technical issues and enhance system reliability.
2. Resolving complex technical issues promptly to boost customer satisfaction and serving as an escalation point for high-priority inquiries.
3. Streamlining the escalation process to ensure timely resolution of challenging issues by the appropriate specialists.
4. Developing and delivering product training sessions to customers and internal teams to improve product usage and knowledge retention.
5. Collaborating with marketing teams to collect customer testimonials, and contributing to customer retention efforts, aligning customer satisfaction with business growth strategies.

Systems Engineer

Infosys Ltd
12.2019 - 02.2022

Worked on a retail, consumer, and logistics-based time management project using AS400, RPG, and RPGLE. Developed backend code for fetching product data based on customer requirements. Involved in functional testing, issue resolution using both traditional and agile methodologies, and handling high-priority support tickets. Contributed to process automation ideas to reduce ticket volume, and improve efficiency.

Education

B.Tech - Information Technology

Sri Sairam Engineering Colleg
04-2019

Skills

    Customer Experience & Support:
    Customer Success Management, Customer Engagement, Ticket Management, Customer Support, Customer Training
    Technical & Analytical Abilities:
    Root Cause Analysis, Technical Troubleshooting, Data Analysis, Issue Resolution, Process Automation
    Product & Communication Skills:
    Product Knowledge, Requirements Gathering, Effective Communication, Documentation Skills
    Cross-functional Collaboration:
    Technical Presentations, Pre-sales Support

Affiliations

  • Act as the primary point of contact for high-level partners, resolving critical customer issues and providing tailored solutions.
  • Collaborate with the Revenue Growth team to conduct product demos and highlight key Zoho Books features that address customer needs, drive conversions, lead webinars, and feature-focused sessions to educate users, increase product adoption, and gather feedback for continuous improvement, and work closely with cross-functional teams to bridge customer feedback with product enhancements, contributing to roadmap discussions.
  • Leverage support and presales experience to understand customer pain points, perform competitive analysis, and identify opportunities for product development.
  • Multi-Channel Support:
    Provided customer support across three modes: started with email support, transitioned to live chat assistance, and then joined the call team.

Accomplishments

  • Conducted a specialized webinar for Canadian CPAs on managing sales tax in Zoho Books, enhancing product awareness, and enabling tax compliance best practices for accounting professionals.
  • Leading the chat support:
    Based on my extensive experience and high-quality work, I was promoted to lead the chat support team.

Languages

Tamil
Proficient (C2)
C2
Marathi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Kannada
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Hindi
Beginner
A1
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Work Availability

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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteRemote

Important To Me

Career advancementWork-life balanceCompany Culture

Timeline

Technical Support Engineer

Zoho Corporation
03.2022 - Current

Systems Engineer

Infosys Ltd
12.2019 - 02.2022

B.Tech - Information Technology

Sri Sairam Engineering Colleg
Narayana Guruprasad Rao