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WILLIAM J BADURINA JR.

Grove City,OH

Summary

Ambitious Communications Specialist and experienced Customer Service Professional possessing strong public relations, communication, customer service and project management abilities. Excels in managing print communications and enforcing proactive media plans. Also, highly skilled in handling call center procedures and dealing with customers.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Incident Communications Specialist

Fiserv
07.2021 - Current
  • Transitioned in July 2021 to newly formed communications team in Banking organization.
  • Job involves communicating to client(s) about service impacting product interruptions and outages.
  • Focus was on banking products and later expanded to include Account Processing and Card Services once division expanded to include all Banking groups.
  • Joined bridge calls and engaged with technical and support parties to determine scope of impact for incident.
  • Communications are distributed to clients via ServiceNow and followed communication cadence determined by team management.
  • Created verbiage template documents to help teammates communicate quickly and effectively to clients.
  • Drafted and distributed approved Root Cause Analysis (RCA) documents to clients that detailed incident once review was completed by Problem Management.
  • Assisted peers with proofreading RCAs and Incident Communications prior to distribution.
  • Helped in creation of team’s SharePoint site.

Communications Specialist

Fiserv
11.2016 - 07.2021
  • .Promoted to communications professional in November 2016.
  • Worked as communications conduit to call center associates, leaders, and support in various locations.
  • Communications were targeted to three lines of businesses: Biller, Card Services and ePay.
  • Drafted and distributed communications to associates, operations leaders and support staff that informed of change in the organization.
  • Communications were drafted to inform and prepare for change, build understanding and its impact on their behavior and how to perform duties
  • .Created communication plans and tactics with operation leaders and project management
  • Plans were both short and long term in-range of implementation with the intention to create awareness of what the change is about and its impact.
  • Designed PowerPoint presentations that would serve as repeatable messaging.
  • All presentations would run on Design Studio at all or targeted monitors in each site.
  • Served as intranet content administrator for FUEL, company’s employee website.

Call Center Associate

Fiserv
04.2006 - 11.2016
  • Managed approximately 50 - 70 inbound phone calls per day from Bank of America customers regarding their bill pay profiles.
  • Transitioned from inbound phones to payment research.
  • Assisted both customers and sponsors from various banks and credit unions with payments scheduled through their bill pay product.
  • Worked on inbound support line for second-tier sponsors to help them with bill pay, Peer-to-Peer transactions and Fiserv product questions.
  • Delivered exceptional customer service to every customer by leveraging extensive knowledge of products and services and creating welcoming, positive experiences.
  • Learned and maintained in-depth understanding of product information, providing knowledgeable responses to diverse questions.
  • Achieved high satisfaction rating through proactive one-call resolutions of customer issues.

Call Center Associate

Medco
10.1995 - 03.2006
  • Took inbound calls from customers to place refill orders on medications, check order status and insurance billing questions.
  • Transitioned to Prior Authorization department and worked extensively initiating prior authorization cases for medications and handling calls from physicians and members regarding prior authorizations.
  • Utilized critical thinking skills to manage incoming calls from physicians and members regarding prior authorizations.
  • Managed incoming phone calls with members and their inquiries on authorization statuses.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Journalism

The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
08.1995

Skills

  • Collaborator and initiative-taker
  • Experience with Associated Press (AP) writing style
  • Computer proficiency in Windows, Internet, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint
  • Proficiency with Design Studio
  • Experience and knowledge of Acoustic
  • Basic knowledge of HTML in terms of creating and publishing content to intranet site
  • Excellent listening and customer service skills
  • Proofreading
  • Communication Strategy Development
  • Team Development
  • Press Release Writing
  • Data Entry
  • Report Writing
  • Incident Response

City

Grove City

State

OH

Zip

43123-3936

Professional Overview

Highly organized, results driven communications professional with comprehensive experience with Fiserv in the Electronic Payments (ePay)/Contact Center/Banking divisions. Excellent tactical and writing skills that clearly communicate awareness to an audience. I have a passion for disseminating clear and concise messages to the masses. In addition, I have 20 years of call center/customer service experience in the banking and pharmaceutical industries.

Career Experience

  • Fiserv, Dublin, OH and remote, 11/2016, present, Senior Incident Communications Specialist, Transitioned in July 2021 to a newly formed communications team in the Banking organization. Job involves communicating to client(s) about service impacting product interruptions and outages., Focus was on banking products and later expanded to include Account Processing and Card Services once division expanded to include all Banking groups., Joined bridge calls and engaged with technical and support parties to determine the scope of impact for the incident. Communications are distributed to clients via ServiceNow and followed a communication cadence determined by team management., Created verbiage template documents to help teammates communicate quickly and effectively to clients., Drafted and distributed approved Root Cause Analysis (RCA) documents to clients that detailed an incident once a review was completed by Problem Management., Assisted peers with proofreading RCAs and Incident Communications prior to distribution., Helped in the creation of our team’s SharePoint to help our business partners know what we are about and how we assist them.
  • Fiserv, Dublin, OH, 04/2006, 11/2016, Communications Specialist, Promoted to a communications professional in November 2016. Worked as a communications conduit to call center associates, leaders, and support in the various locations. Communications were targeted to three lines of businesses: Biller, Card Services and ePay., Drafted and distributed communications to associates, operations leaders and support staff that informed of change in the organization., Communications were drafted to inform and prepare for change, build an understanding and its impact on their behavior and how to perform duties., Created communication plans and tactics with operation leaders and project management. Plans were both short and long term in-range of implementation with the intention to create awareness of what the change is about and its impact., Designed PowerPoint presentations that would serve as repeatable messaging. All presentations would run on Design Studio at all or targeted monitors in each site., Served as an intranet content administrator for FUEL, the company’s employee website.
  • Medco, Columbus, OH, 10/1995, 03/2006, Call Center Associate, Managed inbound phone calls from Bank of America customers regarding their bill pay profiles., Transitioned from inbound phones to payment research. Assisted both customers and sponsors from various banks and credit unions with payments scheduled through their bill pay product., Worked on an inbound support line for second-tier sponsors to help them with bill pay, Peer-to-Peer transactions and Fiserv product questions.
  • Medco, Columbus, OH, 10/1995, 03/2006, Call Center Associate, Worked extensively initiating prior authorization cases for medications and handling calls from physicians and members regarding prior authorizations., Utilized critical thinking skills to manage incoming calls from physicians and members regarding prior authorizations., Managed incoming phone calls with members and their inquiries.

Timeline

Senior Incident Communications Specialist

Fiserv
07.2021 - Current

Communications Specialist

Fiserv
11.2016 - 07.2021

Call Center Associate

Fiserv
04.2006 - 11.2016

Call Center Associate

Medco
10.1995 - 03.2006

Bachelor of Arts - Journalism

The Ohio State University
WILLIAM J BADURINA JR.