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APRIL CARR

Burlingame,CA

Summary

Dedicated Customer Support & Technical Specialist with over 10 years of experience providing direct customer assistance in biotech, healthcare, and startups. Skilled in troubleshooting, guiding customers through product usage, and resolving technical issues quickly. Experienced in CRM & EMR platforms (Salesforce, Zendesk, HubSpot) and supporting healthcare providers, patients, and lab personnel. Passionate about delivering high-quality service, helping customers navigate complex systems, and ensuring a seamless support experience.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Customer Experience Manager

Candesant Biomedical
Remote
11.2023 - 01.2025
  • Provided frontline customer support via phone, email, and chat for a biotech product, helping customers troubleshoot issues and understand best practices.
  • Guided new customers through onboarding and product setup, ensuring they felt confident using the product.
  • Helped maintain accurate CRM records, logging customer interactions and common technical issues.
  • Answered customer questions about product usage, handling inquiries about compatibility, best practices, and troubleshooting steps.
  • Escalated complex issues to internal teams while keeping customers informed throughout the resolution process.
  • Conducted follow-up calls to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Analyzed customer feedback and complaints to identify areas of improvement in the customer experience process.

Supervisor, Customer Support

Illumina
Foster City, CA
10.2020 - 11.2023

(06/2022 - 10/2023)

  • Recruited, trained, and mentored a high-performing team, instilling customer support best practices, critical thinking, and agility to improve issue resolution
  • Developed a structured training program, boosting team confidence and increasing productivity by 30%
  • Streamlined the customer onboarding process, ensuring all materials were up-to-date, clear, and effective for improved adoption and satisfaction
  • Optimized workflows and cross-functional collaboration, reducing failed sample rates by 15% and improving turnaround times
  • Provided frontline support for HL7 and SFPT connection issues, troubleshooting errors and coordinating with IT to ensure seamless EMR functionality for customers

Senior Customer Support Representative (9/2020 - 06/2022)

  • Provided direct support to healthcare providers and labs for genetic screening services, troubleshooting issues with sample submissions and test result processing.
  • Assisted with EMR and data integration support, ensuring seamless transmission of lab results to healthcare providers.
  • Worked closely with internal lab teams to investigate and resolve sample processing errors, missing data, and delayed results.
  • Responded to technical support requests via phone and email, ensuring quick and accurate resolutions for customers.

Senior Customer Service Specialist

Cala Health
Burlingame, CA
03.2019 - 03.2020
  • Trained and guided patients on proper device usage, ensuring confidence, reducing user errors, and driving high adoption rates
  • Provided frontline troubleshooting and support, resolving technical issues quickly to minimize disruptions and improve patient experience
  • Advocated for customers, relaying real-time feedback to engineering, manufacturing, and clinical teams to improve product functionality and reliability
  • Proactively addressed patient concerns, ensuring continued device usage, reducing churn, and strengthening long-term retention
  • Partnered closely with cross-functional teams, ensuring customer insights directly influenced product development, manufacturing adjustments, and clinical strategies

Senior Customer Service Representative

Twist Bioscience
San Francisco, CA
05.2017 - 10.2018
  • Diagnosed and resolved complex customer inquiries related to products, services, and orders via email, chat, and phone, ensuring high customer satisfaction
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams (operations, sales, and production) to troubleshoot issues and provide seamless resolutions
  • Managed product order intake across multiple product lines, ensuring accurate specifications and a smooth transition into production
  • Led custom vector onboarding, verifying customer data and strategizing for successful synthesis
  • Offered expert guidance on product selection, e-commerce navigation, and order tracking, improving the customer experience and reducing escalations
  • Proactively monitored high-priority accounts, delivering timely updates and mitigating delays before they became issues
  • Generated sales quotes in Salesforce, accelerating sales team workflows and improving deal accuracy

Lead Customer Service Representative

Crescendo Bioscience
South San Francisco, CA
06.2013 - 03.2017
  • Trained and mentored junior representatives, improving team performance and ensuring alignment with customer service standards
  • Resolved complex customer inquiries by troubleshooting sample processing issues, collaborating with doctors' offices, and ensuring accurate sample submission
  • Proactively identified and corrected data discrepancies, reducing sample rejection rates by 30% and improving lab processing efficiency
  • Partnered with sales and operations teams to streamline customer interactions, improving turnaround times and enhancing client trust
  • Worked directly with healthcare providers to ensure complete and accurate sample information, preventing delays and maintaining compliance
  • Collaborated with software teams to flag and address system inefficiencies, improving lab workflow and data accuracy

Education

Master of Arts - Business Management

University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ
12.2021

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ
03.2018

Skills

  • Order processing
  • Phone, Email & Chat Support
  • Technical Issue Resolution
  • Customer Training & Onboarding
  • Data Accuracy & Documentation
  • Customer needs assessments
  • Customer retention
  • Problem-solving
  • CRM & EMR Systems (Salesforce, Zendesk, HubSpot)
  • Healthcare & Biotech Customer Service
  • Task prioritization

Timeline

Customer Experience Manager

Candesant Biomedical
11.2023 - 01.2025

Supervisor, Customer Support

Illumina
10.2020 - 11.2023

Senior Customer Service Specialist

Cala Health
03.2019 - 03.2020

Senior Customer Service Representative

Twist Bioscience
05.2017 - 10.2018

Lead Customer Service Representative

Crescendo Bioscience
06.2013 - 03.2017

Master of Arts - Business Management

University of Phoenix

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

University of Phoenix
APRIL CARR