Rob Carr, Global Service Delivery Manager

Rob Carr

Global Service Delivery Manager

Dell Computers

Location
Ireland
Education
Master's degree, Computer Science
Experience
26 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :26 years, 11 Months

Global Service Delivery Manager at Dell Computers
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since September 2010

DELL Dubai UAE and Dublin, IE - Promoted through Multiple Positions (see below) 2006-Present
Sr. Global Service Deliver Technical Account Manager, Dubai, UAE (2010-Present)
 Overseeing services and support analysis for key regional enterprise and client customer accounts.
 Managing the technical support relationship between the customer, partner, and local Dell business unit.
 Developing advanced critical customer support by growing technical relationships at service and support levels.
 Deploying and controlling professional services to achieve key solutions and EDT (Enterprise Deployment Teams).
 Contributing to the company’s position as a global customer experience leader by identifying and resolving all customer needs and support-related issues.
 Proactively engaging customers to increase the voice of the customer results satisfaction.
 Consulting and interfacing at the CFO/CIO level; Developing/delivering technical presentations and proposals.
 Using a deep understanding of major IT vendor technologies and products to uphold a trusted advisory regarding the TCO analysis.
 Providing both 'incident' based support and proactive support markets within the UAE Business Unit.
 Collaborating with 3rd party vendors and Dell to delivering monthly and quarterly asset and incident management reports.
 Employing advanced analytical skills, and developing efficient teams to reduce issue resolution turnaround times.
 Using product marketing engineering tools/techniques; Translating technical information for regular audiences.
 Working cross-functionally at all organizational levels, independently and collaboratively, adapting to diverse and changing business needs.

Sr Global Service Delivery Manager at Dell Computers
  • Ireland
  • My current job since August 2006

Sr. Global Service Delivery Manager/Consultant, Dublin IE/Dubai UAE (2006-2010)
 Managed customer benchmarking and coordinated all Dell technical support engagement for escalated incidents.
 Minimized customer down time by ensuring all appropriate resources were available and accessible.
 Over saw the on-boarded process for all Platinum Plus clients on a global basis.
 Developed and presented periodic, quarterly and annual customer service reviews to Dell and senior management.
 Identified transitional issues per ITIL standards to resolved issues before they affect the customer's environment.
 Coordinating with Global regional TAMs; Served on a standby Rota responding to customers (24x7) as required.

Project Manager at Ericsson
  • Sweden
  • June 1997 to August 2006

Ericsson -Multiple Positions and Roles (see below) 1997-2006
Project Manager, Ericsson Sofia, Bulgaria-Bahrain (ETB-BBH)
 Oversaw dynamic teams to managed all phases of projects, from planning to execution and follow-up.
 Managed the transition development of 650 K radio enhancement, a key time-driven project.
 Facilitated the implementation of Wireless Enterprise Network Solution (WENS) in 2G and 3G networks projects.
 Acquired all resource to implement change management and transitional issue to SW and HW purchasing and supply for the project; Succeeding client service expectations while interfacing with customers across all levels.
 Supported operator network implementation/integration; staffed local/3rd party personnel for key integrations.
 Documented project deliverables (time plans, test acceptance plans, solution descriptions, and implantation plans).
Technical Training Consultant/Wireless Enterprise Applications (Ericsson Enterprise Networks)
 Developed a wide range of course material to deliver pilot courses, Technical training and seminars.
 Material included WLAN systems and networks supporting 802.11 a/b/g broadband technologies (USB and Ethernet client interfaces, and security).
Project Manager Ericsson South Africa (PTY) LTD (ESA)
 Acted as Senior Project Manager to process, transition, build, implement, and hand over Ericsson office support.
 Supported offices in African regions of Nigeria, Congo, Tanzania, Cameroon, Botswana and Ghana.
 Ensured all facility needs, from electricity and A/C to Mobile Internet/Intranet and telephony access, server setup, Wireless LAN, LAN/WAN Networks, and SAN server implementation, as well as wireless video conferencing, content security and copy protection standards.
 Managed customer confidence building and commercial arrangements with customers and suppliers.
 Reported to Stockholm IS/IT (GIS) on progress and BAM (Business Assessment Module) reports for IT-outsourcing agreements, and SLA (Service Level Agreement) assessment.
 Analyzed training requirements and competence development implementation to outsource vendors/resources.
Resource and Competence Manager, Ericsson Euro Lab Germany (EED)
 Led 27 software engineers to provide guidance and service of departmetal competence management activities.
 Defined, predicted, and managed competence to strengthen the HR strategies competence-related based practices.
 Analyzed gaps to Identify and describe critical and strategic competencies.
 Used a variety of alternatives for sourcing in to gain knowledge and achieve business goals.
 Developed all company competence management guidelines, ensuring internal process alignment.
 Developed company overall Data over IP competence and technology by leading the Knowledge Step Projects.
 Built up in the GPRS, UMTS, TRAM, TRAM Express and SDL object-oriented design.
Learning Product Developer/Instructor (EBC)
 Developed and delivered training products for the MD110, DECT, CAP and GAP systems, Mobility server 2.0 Wireless internal and external applications.
 Created seminars and course materials for 802.11b WLAN applications and theoretical implementations.
 Delivered materials to engineering groups/customers; Coordinated global instructors for product development.
 Delivered all documentation for an MS2X training product. Experience with HTML Windows NT, UNIX.
Sr. Support Engineer Radio Base Station Sub Systems, Ericsson Radio (EUS)
 Prepared, adapted and verified implementation instructions for Hardware and Software support projects.
 Troubleshot Data transcripts and analyzed impacts on the CMS8800 TDMA and CDMA structure.

Education

Master's degree, Computer Science
  • at National University, Irvine California
  • August 1986

Masters in computer sicience focusing on emerging technologies

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at National University, Irvine California
  • April 1984

Majored in Computer Science and Minored in litature

Specialties & Skills

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Service Delivery