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Kristen Cook

Kristen Cook

Colorado Springs,CO

Summary

Experienced professional skilled in successfully interacting with diverse individuals from various backgrounds, histories, and experiences. Consistently delivers high-quality service with professionalism and respect. Valued asset in team environments, known for being respectful and courteous. Strives to bring a gold standard of customer service and excellence to the company. Self-motivated with extensive customer service experience. Works well both independently and as a strong team member. Highly effective in time management and scheduling responsibilities, with a proven ability to plan and prioritize work efficiently. Creates or leverages efficient workflow processes. Proven track record of supporting operational goals, fostering strong team collaboration, and adapting to changing needs efficiently. Reliability and a proactive approach are key strengths, leveraging effective communication and problem-solving skills.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Spirit Team Member

  • Part of the creative team that comes up with different contest ideas to help employees exceed the regular performance standards for the company
  • Sending motivating emails to keep up the team spirit and creativity
  • Did a floor-wide contest for the representatives
  • Member of the Kaizen committee to work on implementing better systems to help the business achieve further success
  • Develop creative ideas for spirit rallies and present awards to them
  • Also, entertaining teams with various skits

Commercial Customer Service/Processing Senior Specialist

Progressive Insurance
01.2014 - Current
  • Able to work as a home-based and/or in-house representative independently
  • Assisted with new representative with performance strategies in maintaining the company’s standards
  • Partners with a resource specialist/coach or supervisor to continually develop skills and improve results
  • Demonstrate excellent leadership, analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills
  • Customer-focused, positive customer service associate can take end-to-end ownership of assigned customer requests and deliver prompt resolution through multiple channels
  • Provides service to customers and agents via written correspondence and/or transactional work items
  • Handles by processing through systems inquiries and transactions for single or multiple lines of business generated from phone calls, online systems, and/or correspondence via mail, while meeting performance goals
  • Processes cancellations, renewals, endorsements, payments, and state/federal filings
  • Process policy changes, such as add/delete vehicles, drivers, and coverages from existing policies
  • Able to multitask in a fast-paced and changing environment
  • Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Conducted account follow-up to ensure requests were being completed properly
  • Advocates for and educates on the company’s products and services
  • Use software applications to gather and track information
  • Stayed current on products, services, and procedures
  • Remains flexible to better meet the needs of the customer

Customer Support / Collections Team Coach

Barclays US/FirstSource
06.2010 - 01.2014
  • Covered the call center floor and assisted throughout all assigned shifts for over 100 representatives; answered associates' inquiries and took escalated calls
  • Assigned appropriate Queues to representatives to provide necessary assistance to struggling performers
  • Assisted the immediate Team Manager in sending correspondence via email for team meetings, huddles, important memos, and reminders
  • Complete any documents and assignments assigned by any team manager
  • Handled team meetings when the team manager is present or absent
  • Worked with new hires and tenured representatives
  • Side by side and providing positive and constructive feedback
  • Coached from entry level to tenured level representative and provided clear, consistent, educated direction on techniques of collecting and identifying trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities
  • Created spreadsheets to keep accurate data between different sites' performance levels
  • Setting new hires with tenured representatives, in helping to provide positive guidance
  • Having tenured representatives shows the system and day-to-day routine of account maintenance
  • As well as showing the best practices
  • Contact customers with 90+plus days delinquent accounts to analyze customers’ needs
  • Negotiate payment arrangements and offer payment alternative solutions to meet the bank's objectives
  • Continuously exceeded department expectations in quality performance
  • Ensure adherence to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, other compliance regulations, and Barclays security policies and procedures
  • Handled high volume inbound/outbound calls, maintained accurate data entry on multiple systems for proper tracking and account maintenance

Parent Volunteer

Longfellow Elementary School and Adventure Club Daycare
10.2006 - 01.2009

Senior Collections Risk Financial Analyst

Bank of America
04.2001 - 10.2006
  • Utilized various information bases to locate skipped debtors
  • Provided financial counselling for accounts
  • Negotiated repayment for delinquent accounts and provided solutions
  • Maintained a professional demeanor while providing world-class customer service in a high-volume call environment
  • Set up other workout options to cure defaults or avoid charge-offs
  • Handled inbound calls for current and delinquent accounts in assisting with maintenance, special programs, settlements, fraud, and bankruptcies
  • Collected on 5/150-day delinquent accounts to set up other workout options to cure them
  • Pulled credit bureaus and worked with a debt counselor to help restore customers' credit ratings

Education

GED -

Palmer High School

Skills

  • Proficient in Microsoft Word
  • Proficient in Windows 10
  • Advanced Excel proficiency
  • Task organization
  • Presentation design
  • Lotus software proficiency
  • FMCSA compliance expertise
  • Detail-oriented data input
  • Support-oriented mindset
  • Clear written communication
  • Standard of high performance
  • Receivables management
  • Team supervisor
  • Workplace coordination
  • Proficient in keyboarding
  • Experienced in keyboard shortcuts and efficiency techniques
  • Customer support expertise
  • Constructive mindset
  • Collaborative teamwork
  • Critical thinking in problem-solving
  • Effective communication
  • Strong focus on detail
  • Proficient in computer applications
  • Effective complaint resolution
  • Effective relationship development
  • Team collaboration
  • Commitment to continuous learning
  • Prioritization of tasks
  • Effective conflict resolution
  • Experienced with software applications
  • Adaptability to change
  • Effective verbal communication
  • Effective decision-making
  • Steadfast dependability
  • Efficiently managing multiple responsibilities
  • Consistent dependability
  • Strategic troubleshooting skills

Certification

  • Completed training certificates for various state/federal requirements per their regulation for Compliance.
  • FDCPA Certified.
  • Acquired all necessary bank clearances.

Accomplishments

  • Supervised team of 100 or more staff members.
  • Customer Relations - Earned highest marks for customer satisfaction, company-wide.
  • Telephone Service - Professionally processed 80+ calls per day, providing information and service to ensure customer satisfaction.
  • Conflict Resolution - Responsible for handling customer account inquiries, accurately providing information to ensure resolution of product/service complaints and customer satisfaction.

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

Remote

Important To Me

Career advancementWork-life balanceHealthcare benefitsCompany CulturePersonal development programsWork from home optionFlexible work hoursPaid time off401k match

Timeline

Commercial Customer Service/Processing Senior Specialist

Progressive Insurance
01.2014 - Current

Customer Support / Collections Team Coach

Barclays US/FirstSource
06.2010 - 01.2014

Parent Volunteer

Longfellow Elementary School and Adventure Club Daycare
10.2006 - 01.2009

Senior Collections Risk Financial Analyst

Bank of America
04.2001 - 10.2006

Spirit Team Member

GED -

Palmer High School