Donnovan Simon

Donnovan Simon

Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About

I believe being customer-centric gives organizations a significant advantage over those who compete on price, legacy and product features.

I love leading change and taking on challenges. I love leading people deliver excellent work consistently. I love working with and watching people get better, more confident and deliver outstanding results. I am big on respect for people.

I am ready to solve key business problems and build solutions that move organizations to new levels. Here are some problems I would can help your company tackle:

- customer support costs
- customer satisfaction concerns
- absence of technical knowledge and leadership in customer experience
- inadequate customer systems optimization
- inefficient processes leading to customer complaints and increased operating costs
- unclear or lack of effective measurement of customer experience investment and outcomes

Being practical, balanced and open to new and varied perspectives characterizes my approach. I am smart but I don't know everything. Therein lies the power of others and I love engaging and collaborating to clear hurdles to delight customers and grow revenue.

I think there are solutions within us - we can solve problems if we are open, honest and willing to engage the right resources. That is approach I take to managing a team.

I love being a leader and influencing/inspiring others to success. Sharing my experience and ideas with others to make them better is a natural thing to me.

I believe employees are inclined to do good and managers have a role to encourage and inspire them which includes promoting fun, growth and acceptance.

My education and experience allows me a broad base on which to integrate a focus on people, systems and processes to deliver business results. I have worked in telecommunications, government and technology companies with responsibilities covering customer service, channel partners, customer systems (CRM, ERP, LMS, MDM, KB) and business process analysis.

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Experience

  • Blackline Safety Graphic

    Blackline Safety

    Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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    Calgary, Canada Area

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    Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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    Calgary, Canada Area

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    Calgary, Canada Area

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    Calgary, AB

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    Calgary, Canada Area

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    Kingston, Jamaica

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Education

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Licenses & Certifications

  • Change Management

    PROSCI

    Issued

Volunteer Experience

  • Jamaican Canadian Association Alberta Graphic

    President

    Jamaican Canadian Association Alberta

    - 6 years 2 months

    Led organization to acquisition of permanent operating location; built 5 year strategic plan; established national collaboration between Jamaican associations via What a Gwaan; developed social media programming for the JCAA; founding member Caribbean Presidents Forum

  • Organizing Committee

    Calgary Reggae Festival Society

    - Present 10 years

    Arts and Culture

  • What A Gwaan-Canada Graphic

    Founder

    What A Gwaan-Canada

    - Present 4 years

Publications

  • Social Media Equals Social Customer: Managing Customer Experience in the Age of Social Media

    iUniverse

    It’s hard to believe that just ten years ago, few people had even heard of social media. Today it’s a critical part of doing business—and yet many companies still don’t realize the power of connecting with people online. To get the most out of these relationships, it’s important to develop strategies that engage both existing and potential customers.

    Author Donnovan Simon, an expert communicator, explores how to get the most out of your social media efforts in this instructional…

    It’s hard to believe that just ten years ago, few people had even heard of social media. Today it’s a critical part of doing business—and yet many companies still don’t realize the power of connecting with people online. To get the most out of these relationships, it’s important to develop strategies that engage both existing and potential customers.

    Author Donnovan Simon, an expert communicator, explores how to get the most out of your social media efforts in this instructional guidebook. You can learn how to
    • connect with social customers;
    • manage the customer experience online;
    • communicate with different generations of consumers;
    • measure the success of your social media efforts; and
    • prepare for the next generation of customers.

    You can build your business via social media. Take ownership of the future and deliver your shareholders and customers the value they deserve with the strategies in Social Media Equals Social Customer.

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  • The Way You Make me Feel

    iUniverse

    Customers are thrilled by service which makes them feel important, if only for the moment. The Way You Make Me Feel is a collection of interactions which focus on the varying emotions that come into play as people provided and received service in everyday situations. It captures that fact that often there is a lack of alignment between what the provider of the service and the receiver of the service consider to be excellent. Prescriptions accompany each scenario to provide managers with ideas…

    Customers are thrilled by service which makes them feel important, if only for the moment. The Way You Make Me Feel is a collection of interactions which focus on the varying emotions that come into play as people provided and received service in everyday situations. It captures that fact that often there is a lack of alignment between what the provider of the service and the receiver of the service consider to be excellent. Prescriptions accompany each scenario to provide managers with ideas on how to improve the service offerings based on the lessons learned.

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Honors & Awards

  • Stevie Award - Sales Support Team of the Year

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