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Tiffany Cole

Premera Blue Cross
Redmond,WA
14
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Service Desk Technician with an established history of resolving customers hardware and software issues. Graduating with a Bachelors Degree in Application Development at Bellevue College by the end of June 2022. Eager to join the team as a Software Development Engineer I to further apply college level technical skills to further develop Premera's technologies.

Work History

Service Desk Technician

5 Years 2 Months
Premera Blue Cross | Mountlake Terrace, WA | 08.2021 - Current
  • Provides technical troubleshooting and support via phone queue for internal employees regarding software and hardware related issues.
  • Assists providers and group administrators to navigate the Premera website via our ECOMM support queues.
  • Using the Service Now platform to clearly document interactions and incidents or routing to appropriate departments when applicable.
  • Provides assistance to fellow colleagues as needed within our Peer Support Chat.

Senior Correspondence Representative

8 Years 11 Months
Premera Blue Cross | Mountlake Terrace, WA | 09.2012 - 08.2021
  • Provided one-on-one e-mail support to a large National Account client. E-mail support consisted of answering members inquiries/concerns which include claims processing escalations, pharmacy prior authorizations, benefit inquiries, Health Savings Account management and making outbound calls to providers to ensure first contact resolution.
  • Trained and mentored newer Senior Correspondence Representatives within team.
  • Drafted custom member e-mail requests submitted by our Customer Service Representatives.
  • Developed pre-written templates for common responses which helped reduce average handle time by 10%.

Customer Service Representative

4 Years 11 Months
Premera Blue Cross | Mountlake Terrace, WA | 10.2007 - 09.2012
  • Worked as a customer service representative for the National Accounts Operations department. Primary job focuses on handling inbound and outbound phone calls by assisting members and providers on benefit, claim inquiries/escalations and Personal Funding Account inquiries.
  • Conducted peer to peer reviews for quality improvement within team.

Education

Bachelors of Applied Science - Application Development

Bellevue College | Bellevue, WA | 06.2022

This Bachelors program focuses on the use of Javascript, HTML/CSS, SQL, C# and LINQ for developing mobile and web applications. Current GPA 3.80. Degree anticipated by June 2022.

Associates of Applied Science - Software Development

Bellevue College | Bellevue, WA | 08.2019

This Associates degree primarily focuses on the use of C#, SQL, Javascript and HTML/CSS for developing web applications. GPA earned 3.91.

Skills

Customer Service
Process Improvement
Teamwork
Strong Communication Skills
Problem Solving
Technical Troubleshooting
C#
Javascript
SQL
Object Oriented Programming

Certification

  • Database Analyst - Completed August 2018
  • Microsoft Office Specialist Excel 2016 - Completed August 2018
  • Intermediate Applications Developer - Completed June 2019
  • Introductory .NET Programming - Completed August 2019
  • Database Report Developer - Completed August 2019

Timeline

Service Desk Technician

Premera Blue Cross
08.2021 - CurrentRead More

Senior Correspondence Representative

Premera Blue Cross
09.2012 - 08.2021Read More

Customer Service Representative

Premera Blue Cross
10.2007 - 09.2012Read More

Bellevue College

Bachelors of Applied Science from Application Development
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Bellevue College

Associates of Applied Science from Software Development
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Tiffany Cole