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Kenneth Kludjeson

Kenneth Kludjeson

IT Incident Manager
Los Angeles,CA

Summary

  • 4+ years of progressive experience in IT incident management processes and procedures, ITIL Incident Management practices, and 7+ years of overall IT experience across a wide range of business environments and platforms.
  • Technical knowledge and experience in multiple facets of IT operations, systems and infrastructure, and understanding their relation to business needs.
  • Practical experience initiating automations that streamline incident management, enhance efficiency, workflow, and user satisfaction.
  • A honed ability to present complex data to technical and non-technical consumers effectively.

Work History

IT Incident Manager

Spire Studios
Burbank, CA
06.2022 - Current
  • Prioritize and assign incoming incidents based on incident priority matrix.
  • Swiftly engage IT teams to resolve a wide range of high-priority technical incidents, reducing downtime and enhancing user satisfaction.
  • Maintain communication on incident resolution progress with affected users and stakeholders.
  • Proactively identify opportunities to enhance incident management processes, and collaborate with team members to implement changes in areas identified for improvement.
  • Collaborate closely with relevant departments and stakeholders to identify, document and address the root causes of incidents during post incident analysis.
  • Analyzing and reporting incident metrics to inform executive decision-making and drive continuous process improvement.
  • Engage in global team training and mentoring to promote continuous learning and ensure consistent achievement of performance goals.
  • Oversee and participate in on-call rotation schedule.

Helpdesk Supervisor

The RealReal
Los Angeles, California
11.2020 - 06.2022
  • Effectively managed the escalation of high-priority incidents (P1, P2), ensuring resolution through resource engagement and SLA adherence.
  • Led the resolution of critical network outage incidents, coordinating a cross-functional team and ensuring adherence to incident procedures.
  • Trained team members during process improvement changes.
  • Audited incident management processes to ensure compliance with the organizations SOPs, and with compliance standards and frameworks (eg PCI-DSS, NIST).
  • Participated in after hours on-call support.

Incident Response Analyst (Contract)

Fox Networks Group
Burbank, CA
10.2018 - 08.2019
  • Responsible for identifying and categorizing incoming incidents based on urgency and impact while maintaining SLA adherence in a fast-paced environment with a user base of approximately 2700 users.
  • Maintained effective communication with end-users throughout their incidents lifecycle, serving as a liaison between them and technicians to reduce communication redundancy.
  • Consistently highly rated in user review metrics for exceptional customer service and interpersonal skills.
  • Contributed to the maintenance of incident knowledge base documents.

Skills

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • ITIL Principles
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Team collaboration
  • Customer service
  • Attention to detail
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Adaptability
  • Emotional intelligence & conflict resolution
  • Crisis Management
  • Incident Management & ITSM tools
  • Operating Systems
  • Network Protocols
  • Security Monitoring Tools
  • SaaS, PaaS, IaaS products
  • Documentation and reporting tools
  • Data analysis

Certification

  • ITIL Foundations v4 certificate.
  • CompTIA Security+
  • CompTIA A+
  • AWS Certified Developer - Associate.

Timeline

IT Incident Manager

Spire Studios
06.2022 - Current

Helpdesk Supervisor

The RealReal
11.2020 - 06.2022

Incident Response Analyst (Contract)

Fox Networks Group
10.2018 - 08.2019
Kenneth KludjesonIT Incident Manager