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"Great Presentation!  Very valuable!"  Lung Chieng, Mercury Insurance, Sept 2007

"Paul did an excellent job!  Thank you.  I will recommend this class to any other help desk managers who may be interested."  Larry Hall, American Honda.  Sept 2007

"Thank you very much.  Many of the policies/procedures/KM practices are not implemented in my organization. I'm hoping to present to management for change and implementation.  Paul - you did a great job!"  Adriane Vasquez, City of Yuma. HDA Boot Camp, August 2005

"Great course and instructor.  Very valuable in preparing me for certification."  Steve Parr, HDA Boot Camp, May 2005

"I thought all
the topics were covered well.  The time spent on each was perfect.  I would definitely recommend the class to others."
Karen Flores
Help Desk Analyst class, Nov 2004

"It has been
a delight working with HDI and Optimal Connections. Paul Dooley, Optimal’s HDI certified Auditor, has been there every step of the way ... advising on needed improvements in the areas of communication, employee and customer satisfaction management, and metrics." 
Dan Pasquerilla
Programs Mgr
QAD Global Support

"We needed to thoroughly assess the satisfaction levels of our customers and business partners. Our objective: identify a company to help us get the right surveys created and delivered quickly, and professionally ­ with quality results. Optimal Connections did just that."  Pete Robie
VP of CustomerCare Centers
Vision Solutions, Inc.

 





Help Desk, IT and Support Center Services

In today's global, fast paced economy the winners are those that pay attention not only to financial performance, but to their employees and customers.  Leading companies realize that their internal help desks are the "life blood" of their organizations.  They also realize that excellent on-going customer support is critical to maintaining high customer satisfaction, loyalty, and continuing sales.

As Certified Instructors and Auditors for the Help Desk Institute (HDI), we specialize in providing expert certification training, consulting, assessment and HDI certification services that will help you boost the performance of your team and your support center.

HDI Certification Training

Support professionals today realize that delivering excellence in service and support requires a lot more than just technical knowledge and skill.  Once can even resolve a technical issue and still leave a customer unsatisfied!  The solution?  Learn to manage the customer situation first through effective customer service 'soft skills'; then solve the technical issue together. 

HDI, the world's largest membership organization of service and support professionals, sets the standards when it comes to customer service skills.  And Optimal Connections offers HDI certified training at four levels: 

bullet Customer Service Representative (CSR)
bullet Support Center Analyst (SCA)
bullet Support Center Team Lead (SCTL)
bullet Support Center Manager (SCM)

Put your support center out in front.  Get certified.  Get results.  See our HDI Course Schedule for upcoming classes!

ITIL Foundations Certification Training

We also offer ITIL Foundations Certification Training, as an authorized ITIL trainer for HDI.  Paul M. Dooley, our principal instructor, is both ITIL Foundations and Practitioner Certified.  He has taught numerous ITIL V2 classes, and is now delivering ITIL V3 Foundation training. See our Course Schedule for upcoming ITIL training classes!

Support Center Assessment

Are there opportunities to improve your help desk or support center? Are key enabling factors such as leadership, policy & strategy, people management, process and resources on track – enabling you to maximize productivity and minimize cost?  Are you in position to go for HDI's Support Center Certification standards?

Our Support Center Assessment is a cost-effective way to identify opportunities for improvement, pinpoint areas of strength, and get a roadmap to higher levels of  support center maturity.

HDI Support Center Certification

Interested in moving your support center to new levels of industry best practices? Thought about how streamlining operations could reduce costs, improve responsiveness and increase customer satisfaction? Then consider Optimal Connections, a Certified Auditor for the Help Desk Institute’s Support Center Certification program.

HDI Support Center Certification provides a professional review and assessment of your internal/external support operation, in accordance with customer criteria and world class Help Desk Institute (HDI) standards. In examining support policies and procedures, systems, tools and personnel, we uncover opportunities for improvement that lead to reduced costs, improved efficiency, and increased customer satisfaction and retention.

Help Desk and Support Center Consulting

Are there opportunities to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and service quality of your help desk or support center, while reducing costs and increasing revenue?   Our support center consulting services will help you increase productivity, drive revenue and reduce costs through improved technology, tools and processes in your support center.

Whether you are deploying a new help desk or support center, assessing opportunities for improvement in your existing center, or working to communicate the value of your support operation to management and to customers, Optimal Connections has the experience and expertise to deliver!

Customer and Staff Satisfaction Surveys

Do you know 'how you're doing' with your customers, employees and business partners?  Are there opportunities for improvement that will allow you to maintain a high degree of satisfaction and loyalty? 

It's a fact - satisfied  customers are more likely to stay, purchase additional product, and renew annual support agreements.  And satisfied employees will stay longer, be more productive, and deliver higher quality services!  Engage our Survey Services to connect with your audiences and really find out what they need! Then deliver. 

Want to learn more about our services?  Just call +1 949-305-3544, or email us at info@optimalconnections.com.