Ivica Kralj - Account Manager

Account Manager at QuesCom (www.quescom.com)

Nationality

Irish

Current location

Ireland

Work category

Sales

Education

Diploma

Business oriented professional with successful hardware and software selling experience across Europe and strong technical experience in telecommunication industry. Strong planner and problem solver who readily adapts to change, works independently and exceeds expectations.
I am keen to continue working into the business area where I can utilize my skill set and add real value to business.

Ivica Kralj's Professional Experience

2010 - Present

QuesCom (www.quescom.com) - Account Manager

• Direct line reporting to Sales and Marketing Director.
• Manage existing and find new channel and distributor accounts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, Russia, Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
• Maintain complex CRM database to mup to date to improve customer experience.
• Find & execute sales opportunities, quote and close deals with SMBs and enterprises.
• Negotiate contracts with a primary goal of achieving high level of customer satisfaction.
• Respond to client queries and new sales leads in a timely fashion.
• Implement and execute business development via existing and new contracts.
• Plan and execute strategic relationship with channels and clients.
• Generate weekly and monthly sales reports to sales and marketing managers.
• Forecast monthly, quarterly and yearly sales.
• Maintain effective and productive business relationships with key decision makers.
• Present QuesCom solutions to clients via webinars and direct demonstrations.
• Organize medium to large events in Dublin and London.

Key Skills
Account Manager Business Development Contracts CRM gsm IT Marketing Reports sales sales reports Telecoms
2008 - 2009

Voxpilot Ltd (www.voxpilot.com) - Technical Support Engineer

• Provided technical support for Voxpilot Open Media Platform (OMP) to Voxpilot pre-sale, post-sale customers and partners.
• Resolved problems with VoIP, SIP, VXML, CCXML, TTS, ASR technical issues, Asterisk and provided guidelines for troubleshooting.
• Installed and configured: Nuance, Acapela, Loquendo TTS and ASR products, Asterisk.
• Supported deployment of new systems for account and project managers.
• Escalated software issues, bugs, and feature requests to R&D team.
• Maintained company’s knowledgebase (wiki)
• Generated and issued OMP licenses.

Key Skills
Engineer SIP Technical Support VOIP vxml
2006 - 2008

Eircom Group Plc (www.eircom.ie) - IP Support Specialist

• Supported Business IP VPN Data & VOIP networks for Enterprise & Government Markets.
• Engaged in troubleshooting and resolving varius IP, DNS & mail related queries.
• Facilitated 24x7 on-call support for eircom.net & eircom.ie key customers.
• Supported nationwide out of hours eircom net premium Wireless Hotspots.
• Monitored stability of ATM, Leased Line, Frame Relay, BIP, Metro Ethernet, VoIP, VoIP over BIP, Wireless LAN, WiMax, Hotspot, DSL and ISDN connections.
• Supported ADSL and ADSL2+ connections for Enterprise & Government customers.
• Changed configuration of the Eircom DNS servers to suit the requirements of customers' domains.
• Processed collocations access requests.

Key Skills
data DNS dsl eircom internet ip Support Tech Support Technical Support VPN
2005 - 2006

Eircom Net (www.eircom.net) - Technical Support Representative

• Provided ADSL and dial-up internet support for residential and business customers.
• Offered POP email support for "eircom.net" domain.
• Escalated cases to the appropriate departments.
• Addressed customers’ complaints whitin Customer Complaints Department.
• Trained and supervised new employees.
• Sold dial-up and broadband packages to new and upgrades to existing customers.

Key Skills
broadband dial-up eircom net internet Support

Ivica Kralj's Education and Qualifications

2009

currently studying - BA (Hons) Business Studies

Griffith College

2009

Diploma - Business Studies

DBS

Ivica Kralj's Additional Information

Languages

Interests

Photography, Swimming, Running, Tennis, Basketball, Sailing, Web Design, Linux

Awards

• eircom Enterprise and Government CSR Award
• eircom net Customer Service Award

CCNA, N+, A+, C++, HTML