Fanada Chen

CEO

Austin, Texas, United States24 yrs experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 15 years in customer support leadership.
  • Proven track record in operational efficiency.
  • Expert in building high-performing support teams.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS customer support leader with extensive experience in operational management and team development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Customer SupportTeam Leadership

Other Skills

Budget ManagementManagerial GuidanceDepartmental IntegrationOperational ExpansionIncident ManagementCoachingPerformance MetricsCustomer RetentionNet Promoter Score ImprovementTransition Process ManagementAgile Framework ImplementationCommunity MigrationCRM MigrationConference PresentationProject Management

About

Decisive and result oriented leader with more than 15 years of experience in support operations and customer service industry involving both startup and growth companies. Proven track record in building valuable support organizations through operational efficiency, engaged management teams, and being a strong customer advocate. Passionate in delighting customers, developing talents, and spearheading operational improvements to increase quality of customer experience. CORE COMPETENCIES - Customers Relationship Building - Strategic Planning - Staff Development - Customer Service - Call Center Operations

Experience

24 yrs
Total Experience
9 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 8 mos
Current Experience

Cloudflare

Head of Technical Support, Americas

Oct 2021Present · 4 yrs 8 mos · Austin, TX

Team LeadershipCustomer Support

Community brands

2 roles

Head of Customer Support

Promoted

Jan 2017Oct 2021 · 4 yrs 9 mos · Austin, Texas Area

  • Manage a budget of $1.5 million and 30 support staff servicing over 8,000 nonprofits and charity organizations.
  • Guide 3 managers in fast-paced support centers for 4 different products.
  • Lead departmental integration on acquisitions of 4 different companies across multiple geographic locations across the U.S. including the integration of SaaS single-tenant and multi-tenant offering and the integration of 3 separate mobile bidding and online fundraising software companies.
  • Expanding support operations to the overseas office to provide 24/7 support.
  • Lead and facilitate a ransomware attack incident process during the pandemic and restore over 250 single-tenant customers by coordinating activities for service restoration with cross-functional team leaders.
  • Develop managers by coaching their 'did wells' and 'next times', empowering their capabilities, and inspiring their potential for higher performances.
  • Exceed departmental key performance targets: 90% on Customer Effort Score, below 8 minutes in Average Time in Queues, 85% on First Day Resolution Rate, and below 5 Backlog cases per agent.
  • Maintain a 93% YOY customer retention rate for Support Services.
  • Improve Net Promoter Score by 20% from creating and executing strategic action items across functional departments including Sales, Product, Engineering, Services, Training, and Executive teams.
  • Build a streamlined transition process from implementation to customer support and transition 120 new customers per year.
  • Leading Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) throughout product development Program Increment planning.
  • Spearhead online community and knowledgebase migration project with over 18,000 subscribers and 6,000 articles.
  • Oversee and ensure successful CRM and phone system migration including from SAP to NetSuite and from Cisco to XO Communications/LiveOps to Vonage for Business.
  • Present sessions at annual user conferences to engage over 200 attendees in learning, sharing, and collaboration.
Team LeadershipCustomer SupportBudget ManagementManagerial GuidanceDepartmental IntegrationOperational Expansion+10

Director, Customer Support

Aug 2013Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Austin, Texas Area

Team LeadershipCustomer Support

Sage

2 roles

Manager, Customer Support

Aug 2010Aug 2013 · 3 yrs · Austin, Texas Area

  • Managed 17 support analysts and 1 supervisor in a fast-paced contact center for 6 different products.
  • Developed individuals by setting clear goals/expectations, engaging their passion, and creating cadence to maintain success.
  • Accountable for team key performance metrics: Customer Satisfaction, Calls Answered within 3 min, Average Handle Time, and First Call Resolution Rate.
  • Heavily involved with migration from Aspect to Cisco phone.
  • Oversaw CRM system migration from Vantive to SAP.
  • Implemented Knowledge Centered Support (KCS) to improve knowledge mgmt.
  • Evaluated the quality of customer interactions by completing call monitoring.
  • Recruit top industry talents.
  • Hired 8 contractors within 2 business weeks for peak season coverage.
  • Conducted weekly team meetings to close any communicate gaps within teams.
Team LeadershipCustomer SupportGoal SettingPerformance MetricsCRM MigrationKnowledge Management+3

Supervisor, Customer Support

Jun 2002Aug 2010 · 8 yrs 2 mos · Austin, Texas Area

  • Managed 8 support analysts in a fast-paced contact center for 4 different products Worked with analysts and development to resolve complex product issues.
  • Reviewed and qualified SQL scripts for database repair issues.
  • Conducted weekly team meetings to close any communicate gap within team.
  • Maintained monthly 1-on-1 meetings with direct reports to review objectives and performance metrics, coached them, and helped to build their success.
  • Delegated internal resources to create and deliver 12 training courses within 1 year.
  • Acting Product Manager for a period of 6 business weeks.
  • Collaborated with program manager, software designers, programmers, and QA personnel to deliver high quality of product on time.
  • Managed up to 30 new knowledge base articles per month.
  • Heavily involved with technology initiative for Sage Hosting solution.
  • Implemented the first ever premium Support offering in 1 month.
  • Implemented Citrix GoToAssist.
  • Achieved the Support Center Practices (SCP) Certification, a 2-day on-site audit process.
  • Participated in the interview process of prospective new hires.
Team LeadershipCustomer SupportProduct ManagementTraining DevelopmentKnowledge Base ManagementTechnology Initiatives

Education

The University of Texas at Austin

Bachelor's Degree — Accounting

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