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At Verizon, Nilena provides strategic, white\-glove support for Enterprise and Government accounts, using program\-management analysis and customized reporting to support client retention and long\-term SaaS partnerships\. Nilena’s strengths include cross\-functional collaboration, stakeholder engagement, change management, process improvement, relationship building, mentoring, and clear operational communication\. Nilena has more than 25 years of operational\-excellence experience spanning SaaS, network and server infrastructure, storage, software applications, wireless, IoT, disaster recovery, and network management\. Previously, Nilena led high\-priority incident response for government, healthcare, and enterprise clients at TEKsystems supporting Cisco Systems, contributing to a 50% reduction in outage downtime and a 60% reduction in service outages\. At Randstad USA supporting Cisco Systems, Nilena improved service reliability by 75% and delivered Quarterly Business Reviews associated with 95% renewal acceptance\. ## Services - Operations Support - Google Workspace - Zoom - Cisco Webex Meetings - Microsoft Teams - Slack - ChatGPT - Claude Skills - Microsoft Copilot - Customer Success - Asset Management - Software as a Service \(SaaS\) - Generative AI - Agile Methodologies - Pivot Tables - Customer Succces - Incident Management - Emotional Management - Emotional Intelligence - Customer Sucess - Technology Adoption - Smartsheet - ServiceNow - Agile Project Management - Team Management - Employee Training - Cross\-functional Team Leadership - Presentation Skills - Salesforce Lightning - Customer Support ## Highlights - Provides strategic, white\-glove support to Enterprise and Government accounts at Verizon\. - Performs program\-management data analysis and develops customized reports to support client retention and long\-term SaaS partnerships at Verizon\. - Troubleshoots and monitors wireless, IoT, device, and account issues at Verizon\. - Coordinates internal teams, partners, logistics, and supply\-chain teams to resolve client issues, implement initiatives, improve new\-team\-member training, and support timely device delivery and implementation\. - Led end\-to\-end responses to high\-priority incidents affecting government, healthcare, and enterprise clients at TEKsystems supporting Cisco Systems, contributing to a 50% reduction in outage downtime\. - Served as the primary point of contact for major incidents at TEKsystems supporting Cisco Systems and coordinated engineering and leadership communications to maintain 100% continuity during critical outages\. - Managed incident communications and workflows for rapid issue resolution and service restoration at TEKsystems supporting Cisco Systems\. - Delivered real\-time operational updates and executive summaries, conducted root\-cause analyses, and produced post\-incident PIR and postmortem reports at TEKsystems supporting Cisco Systems\. - Used impacted\-service data analysis and stakeholder collaboration to create account\-team initiatives that achieved a 60% reduction in service outages at TEKsystems supporting Cisco Systems\. - Identified trends and improved operational efficiencies through AI\-assisted summaries at TEKsystems supporting Cisco Systems\. - Cross\-trained Global Remote Team members on tools, systems, and best practices at TEKsystems supporting Cisco Systems\. - Improved service reliability by 75% through incident\-management, project\-delivery, and change\-management activities at Randstad USA supporting Cisco Systems\. - Delivered Quarterly Business Reviews with business analytics and improvement strategies that resulted in 95% renewal acceptance at Randstad USA supporting Cisco Systems\. - Created client\-experience and retention strategies for product adoption and identified account\-expansion and upsell opportunities at Randstad USA supporting Cisco Systems\. - Provided onboarding, implementation, and kickoff services for successful product introduction at Randstad USA supporting Cisco Systems\. - Resolved complex escalation events and coordinated internal teams in a high\-volume call\-center environment at Alpine Home Air\. - Generated daily reports and matrices on performance metrics and escalation trends at Alpine Home Air\. - Identified and tracked recurring issues to support process optimization and strategic planning at Alpine Home Air\. ## Experience - **Operations Support Project Manager \(Network\) at Teksystems \(Cisco Systems, Inc\.\)** (2024\-06\-01–2026\-03\-01) — Managed high\-priority service incidents and coordinated cross\-functional teams to ensure rapid resolution and client satisfaction across strategic accounts ensured inclusion of business impact, incident details, root cause, and recommendations • Led end to end response for high\-priority incidents impacting government, healthcare, and enterprise clients leading to a 50% reduction in outage downtime\. • Served as the primary point of contact for major incidents, coordinated communications between engineering and leadership teams to ensure 100% continuity during critical outages\. • Managed communications and workflow process to ensure rapid issue resolution and service restoration\. • Delivered real\-time operational updates and executive summaries to stakeholders, facilitating data\-driven insights for all major service incidents, Conducted Root Cause Analysis and post incident PIR/Postmortems resolution reporting\. • Utilized data analysis systems for impacted services and collaborated wi - **Call Center Lead Escalations Specialist at Alpine Home Air** (2023\-09\-01–2024\-06\-01) — Resolved complex escalation events and coordinated with internal teams to resolve service issues within a high\-volume call center environment\. • Generated daily reports and matrices highlighting performance metrics and escalation trends\. • Identified and tracked recurring issues to improve process optimization and strategic planning\. - **Account Support Operations Manager \- Customer Success at Randstad USA \(Cisco Systems, Inc\.\)** (2020\-01\-01–2023\-03\-01) — Dedicated advocate for strategic clients and partners\. • Managed service incidents, operational requests and upcoming roadmap initiatives with account teams\. • Provided onboarding services, implementation / kickoff services to ensure successful product introduction\. • Created client experience & retention strategy for product adoption in collaboration with account teams and partners\. • Coordinated incident management activities while supporting project delivery and change management initiatives improving service reliability by 75%\. • Delivered Quarterly Business Reviews highlighting business analytics and improvement strategies resulting in 95% renewal acceptance to include Identifying potential account expansion and upsell opportunities with the account teams\. - **Coordinator Business Operations \- Project Manager at Verizon** (1996\-08\-01–2019\-04\-01) — Dedicated support as a strategic partner delivering White Glove Service to clients across Enterprise & Government accounts\. • Provided program management data analysis, developed customized reports and fostered client retention and long\-term partnerships within a Saas environment\. • Troubleshoot & monitor wireless & IOT services, devices, and account issues in a dynamic support environment\. • Collaborated with internal teams and partners to resolve client issues, implement new initiatives and improve training for new team members through coaching and mentorship\. • Coordinated with the logistics and supply chain teams to ensure timely device delivery and implementation\. ## Education - Psychology — University of Houston\-Downtown ## FAQ ### What does Nilena do? Nilena is a Project Manager and Operations Support Manager who delivers client solutions through project management, incident management, operational support, customer\-success activities, stakeholder engagement, and process improvement\. ### What are Nilena’s primary areas of expertise? Nilena’s core strengths include leadership, project management, team and relationship building, mentoring, disaster recovery, network management, organizational skills, change management, goal orientation, process and procedure management, process improvement, and effective communication\. ### What does Nilena do at Verizon? At Verizon, Nilena serves as a Coordinator of Business Operations and Project Manager\. Nilena provides dedicated, white\-glove strategic support to Enterprise and Government clients performs program\-management data analysis develops customized reports supports retention and long\-term partnerships in a SaaS environment monitors and troubleshoots wireless, IoT, device, and account issues collaborates on issue resolution and new initiatives coaches new team members and coordinates with logistics and supply\-chain teams for timely device delivery and implementation\. ### What did Nilena accomplish at TEKsystems supporting Cisco Systems? At TEKsystems supporting Cisco Systems, Nilena managed high\-priority service incidents and coordinated cross\-functional teams for strategic accounts\. Nilena led end\-to\-end responses to incidents affecting government, healthcare, and enterprise clients, contributing to a 50% reduction in outage downtime\. Nilena also served as the primary contact for major incidents and coordinated engineering and leadership communications to maintain 100% continuity during critical outages\. ### What additional incident\-management work did Nilena perform at TEKsystems supporting Cisco Systems? Nilena managed incident communications and workflows to support rapid resolution and restoration, delivered real\-time operational updates and executive summaries, conducted root\-cause analyses and post\-incident PIR/postmortem reporting, and used data\-analysis systems to assess impacted services\. Nilena collaborated on business requirements and account\-team initiatives that achieved a 60% reduction in service outages\. Nilena also identified trends, improved efficiencies through AI\-assisted summaries, responded to partner and account\-team inquiries, and cross\-trained Global Remote Team members on tools, systems, and best practices\. ### What did Nilena do at Randstad USA supporting Cisco Systems? At Randstad USA supporting Cisco Systems, Nilena was an Account Support Operations Manager in Customer Success\. Nilena advocated for strategic clients and partners, managed service incidents and operational requests, supported roadmap initiatives, provided onboarding and implementation or kickoff services, and created client\-experience and retention strategies for product adoption with account teams and partners\. ### What did Nilena accomplish in customer success at Randstad USA? Nilena coordinated incident\-management activities, project delivery, and change\-management initiatives that improved service reliability by 75%\. Nilena also delivered Quarterly Business Reviews with business analytics and improvement strategies, resulting in 95% renewal acceptance, while identifying potential account\-expansion and upsell opportunities with account teams\. ### What did Nilena do at Alpine Home Air? At Alpine Home Air, Nilena was a Call Center Lead Escalations Specialist who resolved complex escalation events and coordinated internal teams to address service issues in a high\-volume call\-center environment\. Nilena generated daily reports and matrices on performance metrics and escalation trends, and identified and tracked recurring issues to support process optimization and strategic planning\. ### What is Nilena’s education? Nilena studied Psychology at the University of Houston\-Downtown\. ### What technology and operations domains does Nilena know? Nilena has experience with SaaS, change management, network and server infrastructures, storage, software applications, wireless services, telecommunications, IoT and M2M, unified communications, asset management, logistics support, and technology adoption\. ### What project, incident, and service\-management skills does Nilena have? Nilena’s project and service\-management skills include operations support, incident management, IT escalation, Agile methodologies, Agile project management, project management, project planning, project coordination, project plans, timelines, Smartsheet, ServiceNow, process improvement, customer support, customer service, customer success, onboarding, employee training, team management, team leadership, cross\-functional team leadership, and customer\-focused service\. ### What tools and platforms does Nilena use? Nilena works with Google Workspace, Google Sheets, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Pivot Tables, Salesforce\.com, Salesforce Lightning, Zoom, Cisco Webex Meetings, Microsoft Teams, Slack, ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and generative AI\. ### What customer, account, and business\-development skills does Nilena have? Nilena’s client and business skills include customer relationship management, key client relationships, account management, customer engagement, customer experience, customer retention, customer satisfaction, strategic partnerships, B2B, business development, sales operations, sales, direct sales, solution selling, selling, sales presentations, and relationship building\. ### What communication and leadership skills does Nilena bring? Nilena also brings communication, presentation skills, group presentations, storytelling, analytical skills, problem solving, teamwork, multitasking, skilled multitasking, organization skills, a high sense of urgency, emotional intelligence, emotional management, leadership, management, training, and communication skills\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/nilena\-lamon\-36863324