Our recommendation
Why we recommend Edwin.
Recommended for a client with a customer service calls, chat or email queue that needs holding without supervision. Fourteen unbroken years of US customer support with numbers attached to every role: a 90% or better first-contact resolution rate on 40 or more daily interactions at Beehive, and 30 to 60 daily interactions across phone, chat and email at Concentrix while consistently meeting QA and CSAT targets.
His six years at Concentrix were on escalations and appeals for the eBay and DIRECTV accounts, and his three and a half at Beehive covered debt management and payment plans under financial and legal compliance SOPs. Before that, three years of Tier 1 and Tier 2 technical support. Strong fit for e-commerce, financial services, legal services, SaaS or any business whose support volume arrives in writing.
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The assessment
English and writing
Written English is the product he sells, and the evidence supports it. Fourteen years on live chat and email queues for US clients, including six years at Concentrix communicating appeal outcomes and policy decisions to customers who had already been told no once. That is writing that has to be clear, firm and warm at the same time. At Beehive he explained debt management plans and payment options in writing while keeping CRM documentation accurate enough to satisfy financial and legal compliance SOPs. His own CV is the most precisely written document on this roster, which is itself a work sample for a chat and email seat.
Remote readiness
His last four and a half years have been fully remote, and his current part-time supervisor role coordinates a remote team. More usefully, he has been measured the whole time: first-contact resolution, CSAT, QA scores, average handle time, SLA compliance and repeat contact reduction all appear on his CV as things he was accountable for rather than things he has heard of. He works in Intercom, CRM and ticketing platforms, Google Workspace and Sheets, Microsoft Office and Slack
Cultural fit
He goes where the difficult work is. Six years at Concentrix on escalations and appeals means he was the person handling customers the first agent could not satisfy, investigating disputes and delivering decisions that were often not what the customer wanted. His own framing is telling: he describes reducing escalations by identifying concerns early and escalating only when appropriate, which is someone who takes ownership rather than passing problems along. The three and a half years at Beehive on debt management is emotionally heavy work handled under compliance rules. He has also stepped up recently into supervising a remote team part-time.
English and writing
Written English is the product he sells, and the evidence supports it. Fourteen years on live chat and email queues for US clients, including six years at Concentrix communicating appeal outcomes and policy decisions to customers who had already been told no once. That is writing that has to be clear, firm and warm at the same time. At Beehive he explained debt management plans and payment options in writing while keeping CRM documentation accurate enough to satisfy financial and legal compliance SOPs. His own CV is the most precisely written document on this roster, which is itself a work sample for a chat and email seat.
Remote readiness
His last four and a half years have been fully remote, and his current part-time supervisor role coordinates a remote team. More usefully, he has been measured the whole time: first-contact resolution, CSAT, QA scores, average handle time, SLA compliance and repeat contact reduction all appear on his CV as things he was accountable for rather than things he has heard of. He works in Intercom, CRM and ticketing platforms, Google Workspace and Sheets, Microsoft Office and Slack
Cultural fit
He goes where the difficult work is. Six years at Concentrix on escalations and appeals means he was the person handling customers the first agent could not satisfy, investigating disputes and delivering decisions that were often not what the customer wanted. His own framing is telling: he describes reducing escalations by identifying concerns early and escalating only when appropriate, which is someone who takes ownership rather than passing problems along. The three and a half years at Beehive on debt management is emotionally heavy work handled under compliance rules. He has also stepped up recently into supervising a remote team part-time.
Software they already use
- IntercomCustomer messaging
- Google WorkspaceGoogle Workspace
- Google SheetsGoogle Workspace
- Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft Office
- Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Office
- SlackTeam chat
Skills
- Live Chat Support
- Email Support
- Phone Support
- Inbound Support
- Multi-Channel Support
- Customer Service
- Escalation Handling
- Escalations and Appeals
- Dispute Resolution
- Policy Communication
- De-escalation
- Conflict Resolution
- First-Contact Resolution
- Case Documentation
- CRM Record Management
- Ticketing and Case Prioritisation
- Compliance Tracking
- SOP Adherence
- Financial Services Support
- Debt Management Support
- Payment Plan Guidance
- Technical Support
- Tier 1 and Tier 2 Support
- Troubleshooting
- Quality Assurance
- CSAT Management
- QA Score Management
- Average Handle Time
- SLA Compliance
- Repeat Contact Reduction
- KPI Monitoring
- Workflow Coordination
- Remote Team Supervision
- CRM Platforms
- Ticketing Systems
- Skype
Résumé
If you hire Edwin
You pay us one flat fee from $1,500, once, and pay Edwin $6.00 an hour directly. Replacements are free for up to a year, depending on the plan.
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