Melanie K. Westlake
San Francisco, California
kp@kyuteepy.com
408.218.5838 (cell)

O B J E C T I V E :
To find a management level customer care focused position, preferably with a music technology company.

P R O F E S S I O N A L    E X P E R I E N C E :
Customer Care Manager 4/00 - Present
Myplay, Inc.; Redwood City, CA
  • Manage a staff of 5 Customer Care Associates. Responsible for hiring and developing Customer Care Associates.
  • Develop procedures and performance evaluation for Customer Care department.
  • Develop email responses to end users and ensure quality of responses with a guaranteed 24 hour response time.
  • Identify consumer concerns and communicate important feedback to the appropriate teams.
  • Publish weekly company wide user feedback summaries.

Business Manager 2/97 - Present
Pecotec Inc.; San Jose, CA
  • Responsible for maintaining all accounting records, monthly P&L and balance sheet, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll.
  • Provided phone customer support.
  • Generated leads for sales team.
  • Responsible for annual company budget for four districts.
  • Administration of benefits package for employees including 401k and health insurance.
  • Dispatched up to four computer service technicians responsible for on-site computer support and service for approximately 75% of the school districts in the Santa Clara Valley.

Administrative Assistant
6/96 - 2/97
PeopleWeb; San Jose, CA
  • Researched and implemented web-based yellow pages product.
  • Operated phone system and directed calls.
  • Cold calls to generate sales leads.
  • Data entry for yellow pages product.
  • Technical writing.

Administrative Assistant
5/95 - 6/96
Wiztec, Inc.; San Jose, CA
  • Operated phone system and directed calls.
  • Calculated and submitted quarterly sales tax returns.
  • Responsible for payroll for entire company (32 employees).
  • Assisted with overall company accounting.

S K I L L S :

  • Effective, organized and resourceful  
  • Good communications skills
  • Excellent problem solver
  • Windows 98/NT setup and operation
  • FTP: client and server
  • PC, MAC, and UNIX literate
  • Music formats: streaming and downloadable
  • Web design & HTML
  • E D U C A T I O N :
    West Valley Community College; Saratoga, CA
    8/95 - 5/97