Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
References
Timeline
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NANCY MUTHONI

Nairobi

Summary

Dynamic Technology Service Desk Coordinator at Kenya Airways, skilled in IT service management and team leadership. Successfully enhanced service quality through strategic SLA management and effective coaching, achieving significant improvements in customer satisfaction. Passionate about fostering a collaborative environment while driving continuous service enhancements and delivering exceptional technical support.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technology Service Desk Coordinator

Kenya Airways
10.2022 - Current
  • Providing exemplary leadership to the IT Service Desk analysts by facilitating resourcing, knowledge transfer, coaching, and succession planning to foster a supportive work environment and enhance employee satisfaction.
  • Establishing performance goals and conducting routine performance reviews to ensure alignment with organizational objectives and individual development.
  • Providing management oversight for IT service desk operations, Security Operations Center (SOC), and Network Operations Center (NOC) to ensure the organization's Technology services are monitored 24/7 across all the KQ destinations.
  • Responsible for overseeing request fulfillment, incident management and problem management.
  • Taking end-to-end ownership of major incidents and ensuring coordination of resolving parties, effective communication with stakeholders, and post-incident reviews.
  • Monitoring the service desk environment against agreed service levels and identifying service improvements and developments.
  • Acting as a point of contact during emergencies, providing guidance and support to the team to ensure swift and effective response to critical incidents.
  • Managing the organization’s ITSM tool and ensuring the knowledge hub is of relevance to the team and members of staff
  • Offering advanced technical expertise and guidance to service desk analysts to resolve intricate IT issues escalated by customers.
  • Collecting and analyzing customer complaints and issues, customer feedback and satisfaction survey results to identify areas for improvement and implement strategies to enhance service quality.
  • Generating and presenting regular reports on service desk performance metrics, including customer satisfaction scores, ticket volumes, and resolution timelines.
  • Preparing regular updates and presentations for Technology management and stakeholders.
  • Implementing changes to processes, procedures, tools, and training programs to optimize service desk performance and efficiency.
  • Implementing improvements to increase efficiency and customer satisfaction.

Ag. Manager Technology Service Delivery

Kenya Airways
08.2023 - 12.2023
  • Oversee the delivery of IT services according to agreed-upon SLAs and operational standards.
  • Identifying areas for service improvement and implementing measures to enhance service quality and efficiency.
  • Coordinating with internal teams and external vendors to resolve service-related issues and escalations on time.
  • Establishing and maintaining service-level agreements with internal stakeholders and external service providers.
  • Monitoring SLA compliance and performance against agreed-upon metrics
  • Reviewing and revising SLAs as necessary to reflect changing business requirements and service expectations.
  • Building and maintaining strong relationships with internal customers and key stakeholders.
  • Collaborating with customers to understand their evolving needs and ensure that IT services align with business objectives.
  • Gemba walks in various business units both at the airport and headquarters to allow the Technology department to gain valuable insights into their technological needs and challenges, fostering a deeper understanding of their requirements.
  • Managing relationships with external vendors and service providers involved in delivering IT services.
  • Negotiating contracts, service agreements, and pricing terms with vendors to ensure value for money and quality of service.
  • Evaluating vendor performance and conducting regular vendor reviews to assess service quality and adherence to contractual obligations.
  • Developing and maintaining IT service continuity plans and procedures to ensure business resilience in the event of disruptions or disasters.
  • Coordinating with relevant stakeholders to test and update continuity plans regularly and address any identified gaps or weaknesses.
  • Overseeing the implementation of changes to IT services and infrastructure per change management processes
  • Assess potential impacts of proposed changes on service delivery and mitigate risks to minimize disruptions to business operations

Technology Service Desk Specialist

Kenya Airways
02.2022 - 10.2022
  • Providing first-line technical support and troubleshooting assistance to end-users experiencing hardware, software, or network-related issues.
  • Collaborating with other IT teams, such as network administrators, system administrators, and application developers, to resolve complex technical issues,ensuring that incidents are resolved within agreed-upon service level agreements (SLAs) and improve overall system performance.
  • Monitoring IT systems, networks, and infrastructure for performance issues, errors, and security threats.
  • Logging and tracking support requests in a ticketing system, ensuring accurate and detailed documentation of each case.
  • Prioritizing and managing workload effectively, and addressing high-priority issues promptly.
  • Promoting security best practices among end users, including password management, data protection, and awareness of phishing attempts, or other security threats.

IT Support Technician

Kenya Airways
11.2021 - 02.2022
  • Resolving assigned IT incidents and services requests over the phone, email, walk-in customers or via visiting the end user workstation at the assigned location at the airport.
  • Configuring end users’ devices, devices rollout and systems deployment, this includes Microsoft based desktops/laptops, MacBook’s, Android/IOS tablets or smartphones, baggage printers, ticket printers and IP-based telephony handsets.
  • Troubleshooting problems with end user devices, systems, scanners, printers, telephony sets, and network devices.
  • Supporting other IT processes such as equipment disposal, asset management, end user security, IT customer engagements and systems delivery projects
  • Researching, identifying and suggesting possible improvements on IT policies and processes
  • Identifying and reporting immediately to IT Management any potential IT risks in the user environment

IT Support Engineer

Simplify IT Limited
05.2020 - 11.2021

(Stationed at West Indian Ocean Cable Company)

  • Determining technical problems and resolving them for employees,answering enquiries on different applications, devices, and systems.
  • Solving issues with laptops, printers, and internet connections.
  • Assisting in purchasing new laptops (software and hardware), phones, and printers.
  • Monitoring progress on problem resolution advises users on the status of issues and escalates as required.
  • Setting up new employees’ accounts across all IT platforms in the organization.
  • Providing swift responses to email and telephone requests for technical support.
  • Producing detailed tickets of problems and solutions for internal review and learning.
  • Acquiring and maintaining current knowledge of relevant product offerings and supporting policies to provide technically accurate solutions to all employees.

IT Support Intern

Simplify IT Limited
06.2019 - 12.2019
  • Provided help desk support for software and hardware-related problems to all clients.
  • Handled all technical queries through phone calls and emails.
  • Ensured that support calls are logged and managed effectively and efficiently.
  • Worked closely with software suppliers to resolve operational issues.
  • Involved in the rollout of software updates and patches.
  • Provided technical assistance to teammates.

IT Attaché

County Government of Kirinyaga
05.2018 - 07.2018
  • Configured computer software and hardware.
  • Networking LAN and WAN.
  • Mapped GIS Business in the county Data Entry.
  • Setting up computer workstations.
  • Support the IT team in maintaining hardware, software, and other systems.
  • Assist with troubleshooting issues and provide technical support.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

SouthEastern Kenya University
01.2019

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -

Gatanga Girls’ High School
01.2014

Skills

  • Systems administration
  • Technical Support
  • Customer service skills
  • IT service management
  • SLA & Vendor Management
  • Change Management
  • Problem-Solving Skills
  • Team leadership
  • Training and development

Certification

  • Certification in Microsoft 365 Security Administrator
  • Certification in Bitdefender Certified Technical Specialist
  • Certification in Bitdefender Certified MSP Specialist
  • ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
  • Personal Effective Training Program by Boeing
  • Certificate for Virtual assistant by ALX.
  • Supervisory Skills by KQ.

References

  • Kenneth Kiilu, IT Support Lead, Simplify IT, +254 722152409
  • Hellen Mulei, Coordinator, Technology Relationship Management, Kenya Airways, +254 741131534
  • Museveni Bahati, IT Manager, MultiChoice LTD, +254 721933321

Timeline

Ag. Manager Technology Service Delivery

Kenya Airways
08.2023 - 12.2023

Technology Service Desk Coordinator

Kenya Airways
10.2022 - Current

Technology Service Desk Specialist

Kenya Airways
02.2022 - 10.2022

IT Support Technician

Kenya Airways
11.2021 - 02.2022

IT Support Engineer

Simplify IT Limited
05.2020 - 11.2021

IT Support Intern

Simplify IT Limited
06.2019 - 12.2019

IT Attaché

County Government of Kirinyaga
05.2018 - 07.2018

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

SouthEastern Kenya University

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education -

Gatanga Girls’ High School
NANCY MUTHONI