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Vijaya Prakash

Vijaya Prakash

Chennai

Summary

Tech Support Manager who understands how to motivate plan track and monitor achievement of operational / Customer success goals. Possesses seasoned abilities with identification of technical operational / customer success issues and the methods to address them. with 10 years of overall experience

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Technical Customer Support Manager

Hathway datacom & Cabels
Chennai
04.2022 - Current
  • Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships
  • Team Management: Manage a team of 36 engineers and 3 leads
  • Career progression of the team members
  • Hiring, Retaining, and Developing Top Talent
  • Identify customer satisfaction improvement areas as well as lay out necessary actions for improvement
  • Engage with the customer/ Sales team on escalations as well as a close loop with stakeholders
  • Identify the operational risk and mitigate them with the action plans
  • Engage/empower engineers and Leads with the required training and tools which would help to reduce the customer /engineers' effort
  • Review with the hiring team regarding the hiring progress
  • Conduct the final manager interview for the new engineers and leads

Subject Matter Expert

Airtel
Chennai
02.2021 - 02.2022
  • Designed and prepared technical reports, studies and related documentation
  • Worked with multidisciplinary teams in new product rollout, effectively addressing inquiries and troubleshooting issues.
  • Supported teams in continuous delivery of quality products and services, enhancing usage and introducing new features
  • Monitored and tracked user progress to identify improvement opportunities
  • Analyzed business problems, identifying root causes and developing robust solutions
  • Assembled, installed and tested new equipment and trained users in effective operation.

Assistant Customer Service Manager

Hathway datacom &cables
Chennai
02.2020 - 02.2021
  • Conducted training and mentored team members to promote productivity and commitment to friendly service.
  • Reviewed overdue tickets and followed-up with customer support personnel to resolve root cause of delay.
  • Responded to customer calls and emails to answer questions about products and services.
  • Devised and deployed successful approaches to retain customers and boost brand loyalty
  • Monitored metrics and developed actionable insights to improve efficiency and performance.
  • Created customer support strategies to increase customer retention.
  • Communicated best practices among on-site and external personnel to align efforts and goals.

Team Leader

ACT FIBERNET
Chennai
09.2013 - 02.2020
  • Mentored and guided employees to foster proper completion of assigned duties
  • Led support team to the enterprise clients in designing, deploying and configuration of the Wireless LAN Controllers and Access Points
  • Established open and professional relationships with team members to achieve quick resolutions for various issues.
  • Effectively handle network outage issues and resolve them in a timely manner
  • Led team 10 members while providing exceptional customer service
  • Optimized customer support by establishing collaborative service environments through targeted operational initiatives.

Wireless Network Engineer

MES Engineer
Chennai
12.2012 - 09.2013

Process :Airtel

  • Consulted with clients to identify business and technical requirements
  • Monitored and analyzed system performance, such as network traffic, security and capacity
  • Worked with users to diagnose and resolve network and device problems and implemented established technical or procedural solutions
  • Troubleshooting 802.11.x, 802.1x RADIUS authentication issues using Wireshark/tcpdump
  • Working on technologies such as DHCP, DNS, BYOD, L2/L3 Roaming, NAT, PAT, VLAN, STetc. Solid experience of working on OSI Layer, TCP IP Stack
  • Wired and Wireless network analysis, deployment and troubleshooting

Education

BTECH - Electronics & Communication Engineering

Prist University
Thanjavur
08.2008 - 11.2012

Skills

Operations management

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Certification

NSE1 Network Security Associate

Accomplishments

  • improved C- SAT from 72% to 95% by adhering 90% 4hrs TAT Fy'21-22
  • Achieved 99.9% Network uptime in Q2'21 by ensuring effective service | change| incident management
  • Best people manager awardeefrom Gall up (Great place to work survey FY'17-18)

Timeline

CWNA

12-2022

Technical Customer Support Manager

Hathway datacom & Cabels
04.2022 - Current

NSE1 Network Security Associate

05-2021

Subject Matter Expert

Airtel
02.2021 - 02.2022

Assistant Customer Service Manager

Hathway datacom &cables
02.2020 - 02.2021

ITIL v3

07-2019

Team Leader

ACT FIBERNET
09.2013 - 02.2020

Wireless Network Engineer

MES Engineer
12.2012 - 09.2013

BTECH - Electronics & Communication Engineering

Prist University
08.2008 - 11.2012
Vijaya Prakash