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Abhishek Deshpande

Abhishek Deshpande

Team Leader Service Desk
Puchong

Summary

A highly skilled Information Technology professional with over 18 years of experience, including 5 years of experience in Service Desk operations and 4 years in a Team Leader role, currently working as a Team Leader for APAC Service Desk with NORMA Group in Malaysia since May 2020 with additional role as an Office Manager for ICT PFCC office.,bring a wealth of technical knowledge and leadership experience to any organization.Throughout career,have developed expertise in IT service management, incident management, problem resolution, and customer service.Possess strong technical proficiency in using and managing ITSM tools such as ServiceNow, JIRA, and Helpline.Ability to manage Service Catalogs, Knowledge Management databases, and SLA monitoring and reporting systems has enabled to consistently exceed customer expectations and ensure seamless delivery of IT services.As a leader, have successfully managed and led teams of up to 10 members, providing training, coaching, and guidance to ensure that team members meet their targets and deliver high-quality services to end-users..Excellent communication skills, enabling to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, handle difficult customers, and manage customer expectations.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
28
28
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications

Work History

APAC SD Team Leader

NORMA Products Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
Bandar Puchong Jaya , Selangor
5 2020 - Current
  • Managing a team of specialist SD agents to ensure that all the tickets of the global IT Service Desk are handled in a follow-the-sun model, based on their impact, urgency, and priority in the ServiceNow ticketing tool.
  • Trained service desk agents in ticket handling processes and case documentation.
  • Set performance expectations for the team, monitoring progress towards goals and providing constructive feedback as needed.
  • Developed team members'' skills through targeted coaching sessions, resulting in improved individual performance.
  • Head of Customer Escalation Process (APAC region), lead weekly meetings with SD global manager to discuss active escalated tickets.
  • Point of Contact for all Local Field Service, IT Manager of APAC region sites.
  • Provide onsite training for newly hired Field Service across APAC region.
  • Managing the new onboard activities for new employees at ICT PFCC office.
  • Create KB article across company for internal ICT team for quick solutions.
  • Developed and implemented SOPs, processes, procedures, tools, and documents.
  • Established and maintaining strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external vendors/partners to create seamless and comprehensive support for the organization.
  • Ensure an abandoned calls are below 8% for the APAC region in Genesys Cloud. Point of Contact for all Local Field Service.

Service Desk Analyst ( Jan 2015 to Sept 2017)


• Attended the training for initial Startup for APAC Service Desk in Poland
• Managing APAC Service Desk with direct report to APAC ICT Director and dotted line to EMEA Service Desk Manager
• Grant access for file share and folder as per request form in AD Server
• Create mail accounts for new users in exchange by using script runner
• Supporting all users from APAC region and Russia for a specific time frame daily for EMEA region
• Contact point for all field service engineers within APAC region and external ICT related vendors
• Monitor and log incoming problems and queries via Phone, Email, & Chat
• Document all actions in a log service ticket with tool: Helpline
• Act as Local field service for Local ICT office in Malaysia
• Take care of all hardware & software such as Desktop/Laptop and Iphones for email setup.

Sr. Service Desk Analyst ( Oct 2017 to April 2020)


• Provide consistent and reliable 1st level support (Track all incidents / Service request in Helpline and 100% availability of Service Desk during agreed SLA)
• Attend weekly call with Service Desk Manager located at Krakow , Poland
• Document all actions in a log service ticket with tool: Helpline
• Resolve 80% Incidents within SLA time for 1st level globally
• Resolve 90% Service Requests within SLA time for 1st level globally
• Consistently update and ensure all case and communication are recorded throughout the process to reflect the status of the incident

IT Specialist

NORMA Group India Pvt.Ltd.
01.2012 - 12.2014
  • New Plant IT Infrastructure Planning, Design, and implementation as per ICT Norma Group Standardization
  • Visited Germany to liaise with the Germany ICT global team for planning, design and implementation of new plant infrastructure
  • Completed the Collaboration Server/Backup & Restore roll out
  • Completed the AD Migration for Norma India & joined all computers on the Domain
  • Successfully completed the rollout for MPLS connectivity
  • Successfully Supported Go Live for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 rollout
  • Played a key role for the implantation of eCRM project for Norma India
  • Create Applications, folders & teams in ADM Server as per requirement from Management
  • Successfully installed & configured the 8 CiscoWAPʼs to provide the Users Wifi access
  • Coordinated with ICT team & local Purchase team to make sure that all new IT Infrastructure procurement as per Norma Standardization
  • Installed & Configured the Modular Safe of Rittal with the ICT Team Support.

IT Executive

Denso Thermal Systems Pune Pvt.Ltd.
01.2011 - 12.2011
  • Provide IT Support for all Denso Users
  • Ensuring that 100 % Server access and Network availability in the plant
  • Managing the Domain Controller and Date File Server
  • Installation & configuration of IT Infrastructure including Servers and Network devices
  • Managing & Administration of Active Directory Server Windows 2003
  • Installed & Configured ISA Server & ISA Proxy Clients in the plant
  • Assist the Users for the MS Dynamics related issue & coordinate with the Italy team
  • Daily Backup of File Server on tape Drive
  • Attend weekly call with IT Director from Italy.

IT Senior Officer

Varroc Polymers Pvt.Ltd.
08.2006 - 12.2010
  • Network Monitoring and Network Efficiency Analysis
  • Installation and up-gradation of Software/Hardware as per requirement
  • Configuration and managing Security firewall called Sonic wall NSA 240
  • Configuration and administration LAN, WAN & Maintain Network Uptime 100%
  • Support to SAP Users for Access problem, Printer Problem and SAP Access through Router
  • Configuration of Mail Setup through Proxy Access of Netcore Mail Server
  • Configuration and Support to WAN Devices for WAP to the Roaming Users in the Plant
  • Involved in daily operations of the IT infrastructure
  • User Data Backup through NT Backup on DDS
  • Managed all managed & unmanaged Switches and Routers
  • Core team member for SAP implementation
  • Data transfer from Legacy system to SAP system
  • Setup of the entire IT infrastructure for new plant of Varroc Group

Education

Diploma in Hardware & Networking -

Jetking
Aurangabad
05.2003 - Current

Diploma in Cyber Law -

Asian School of Cyber Laws
Pune
01.2007 - 02.2008

BLS LLB -

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Aurangabad
06.2000 - 12.2005

Skills

Service Desk Engineers & Technical Specialists ,performance reviewing, objective setting & coaching

Provide training & knowledge share for newly hired Local Field Service engineers

Contribute to the service improvement of processes & functions, producing & revising documentation

Strong knowledge & experience of Office 365, OneDrive, Autopilot & Intune

Certification

ITIL v4 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management, Axelos, 09/2021, Present

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 01/05/82
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married

Languages

Marathi, Hindi
Native language
English
Proficient
C2

Playing Cricket and Badminton

Playing Cricket at Club Level across Malaysia over weekends.

Enjoy playing Badminton to stay fit and active.

Timeline

IT Specialist

NORMA Group India Pvt.Ltd.
01.2012 - 12.2014

IT Executive

Denso Thermal Systems Pune Pvt.Ltd.
01.2011 - 12.2011

Diploma in Cyber Law -

Asian School of Cyber Laws
01.2007 - 02.2008

IT Senior Officer

Varroc Polymers Pvt.Ltd.
08.2006 - 12.2010

Diploma in Hardware & Networking -

Jetking
05.2003 - Current

BLS LLB -

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
06.2000 - 12.2005

APAC SD Team Leader

NORMA Products Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
5 2020 - Current
ITIL v4 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management, Axelos, 09/2021, Present
Prince2 Practitioner Certificate in Project Management, Axelos, 08/2019, 08/2022
Prince2 Foundation Certificate in Project Management, Axelos, 08/2019, Present
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Cisco, Routing & Switching, 07/2019, 07/2022
ITIL - Intermediate Service Operations, Axelos, 06/2017, Present
ITIL V3 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management, Axelos, 03/2015, Present
Abhishek DeshpandeTeam Leader Service Desk