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Darian Litif

Darian Litif

Contact Center Executive
Henderson,NV

Summary

Accomplished and transformative contact center leader and WFM practitioner with high EQ, specializing in strategic planning, human development and experience as a service.

Work History

AVP, Customer Service

Axos Bank
Las Vegas, NV
04.2023 - Current
  • Lead the strategic vision for the Consumer Deposit Contact Center to ensure operational efficiencies and high customer satisfaction
  • Established SMART productivity goals for voice, email and chat; increasing focus on efficiency to improve service levels from 8% to 80% within the first 2 months.
  • Implemented cross consumer verticals training for all agents leading to consolidating IVR skill and reducing average answer time to under 25 seconds and improving AHT by 97 seconds (13% reduction).
  • Upgraded email and chat contact handling with SalesForce enhancements including stronger Knowledge Base keyword search, template driven responses and using queue based routing to reduce case re-assignments. Significantly reduced email TTR from 63 hours to 49 hours.
  • Steered project to augment self service and chat assistants to increase chat deflection to near 90%, reducing staffing by 20%.
  • Drove CX culture change with team focused modified Quality Assurance scoring table, improving CSAT from 2.9 to 3.9 within 6 months.
  • Lead the growth of near-shore and off-shore operations, increasing capacity 400% since May 2023.
  • Collaborated with BI teams to create meaningful dashboards and reporting for all leadership levels.
  • Coordinated training, coaching and quality evaluations to focus on full-service CX and identifying complimentary services or products for the customer.
  • Completed regulatory compliance requirements.

Consultant

Self
Henderson, NV
03.2020 - 04.2023
  • Subject matter expert in customer service, telemarketing and contact center operations for various multi-site operations ranging from Fortune 300 customer service to boutique sales operations.
  • Liaise with leadership to develop strategies aimed at improving productivity, focused on process standardization, digital tool adoption, process analysis, capacity planning, analytics and support.
  • Leadership and coaching development for in-house and remote supervisory operations.
  • Integrate technologies and talent to enable omni-channel sales and customer service.
  • Author detailed work plans for reorganization, capacity building and managing remote operations.

VP Contact Centers and Operations Support

GiveRight, Inc./Donor Services Group
Henderson, NV
03.2012 - 03.2020
  • Successful leadership of a diverse team of 23 supervisory staff operating 320 omni-channel seats across three call centers.
  • Increased YOY revenue 11% with full P&L responsibilities leading Inbound (voice,SMS,email), Outbound, Quality Assurance, Dialer/IVR Administration and Data/SQL teams.
  • Developed training and solicitation approach to focused on rapport, listening and interpersonal connection, dramatically improving fundraising results and CSAT scores compared to previous year's results.
  • Launched "Frontline" program allowing agents to share ideas and experiences with senior management. increasing average agent tenure 13%.
  • Guided efficient and productive scheduling of agents and call volume projections, consistently achieving SLAs, reducing ATA by 26% and limiting shrinkage.
  • Opened operations in Henderson, increasing capacity 25%.
  • Collaborated with Client Services providing innovative solutions for clients, including CRM API integration and SMS services.

Skills

    Team Leadership & Development

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Education

MBA - Strategic Leadership

University of Phoenix
Tempe, AZ
01.2006 - 05.2010

Bachelor of Science - Marketing

University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK
05.2001 -

Professional Development Notables

  • Spin Selling and Xerox Corporate Sales Training
  • Problem Solving and Decision Making, Kepnore-Trego
  • Performance Management Systems, Fred Pryor Seminars
  • Team Building, Fred Pryor Seminars
  • The Asking Coach, Oetting and Company
  • Lead2Succeed, Academy Leadership

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Darian LitifContact Center Executive