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Certification
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Russell Reams

Georgetown,TX

Summary

Experienced Account Manager with proven track record of success building long term customer relationships and brand loyalty by delivering coordinated software support for enterprise solutions.

Overview

25
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

Trade Hard Investing
Georgetown, TX

Day Trader
07.1999 - Current

Job overview

  • Actively trading Futures, Forex and Options markets.

IBM
Austin, TX

Senior Technical Account Manager
06.2005 - 05.2012

Job overview

  • Offered decision-makers ROI and cost-benefit projections to guide project development and implementation.
  • Communicated effectively with clientele from software engineers to C-level executives to maintain customer satisfaction and loyalty.
  • Led a project team that created an upgrade guide that resulted in 50% reduction in upgrade problem reports for that cycle.

IBM
Austin, TX

Technical Account Manager
02.2001 - 06.2005

Job overview

  • Educated customers on products and services as well as general technical information.
  • Communicated with sales and product development teammates to enhance customer experiences and achieve SLAs.
  • Responded to customer inquiries and concerns to facilitate solutions.
  • Assisted customers with various types of technical issues via email, live chat and telephone.
  • Documented customer complaints and inquiries for use in technical documentation and bug tracking.
  • Informed senior leadership of product development issues discovered via technical support calls with customers.
  • Managed customer system updates, informing clients of installation progress stages.
  • Reviewed current hardware and software configurations and recommended modifications to increase system speed.
  • Mentored other technologists and support professionals to provide professional development and skill enhancement.
  • Drafted whitepapers, user manuals, implementation documentation and support base entries to reduce customer tickets and customer service expenses.

IBM
Austin, TX

Technical Support Engineer
05.1999 - 02.2001

Job overview

  • Consulted via telephone in call center setting to understand customer problems and ask probing questions to locate root causes.
  • Provided documentation for known issues and best practices to eliminate unnecessary service calls and avoidable pain points in customer IBM software deployment.
  • Drafted documentation on tutorials and FAQs to eliminate unnecessary service calls and avoidable user errors.

Education

University of Texas
Austin

Bachelor of Arts from Government
05.1993

Skills

  • Planning and coordination
  • Customer needs assessment
  • Product and service knowledge
  • Reliable and trustworthy
  • Post-sales support

Certification

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer - 1999

Timeline

Senior Technical Account Manager

IBM
06.2005 - 05.2012

Technical Account Manager

IBM
02.2001 - 06.2005

Day Trader

Trade Hard Investing
07.1999 - Current

Technical Support Engineer

IBM
05.1999 - 02.2001

University of Texas

Bachelor of Arts from Government
Russell Reams