This text presents a comprehensive and forward–looking view of late–20th century customer care practices as they pertain to the elements of process, technology and content.
About the Author:
Michael Cusack is an independent consultant who specializes in evaluating call center operations and implementing best practice principles in the areas of process improvement, systems design, and content management. His client list includes companies such as General Electric, CitiBank, Kemper Insurance, and AT&T. Cusack‘s background includes several years in the telecommunications industry, principally as a management consultant with the Bell Laboratories Customer Care Group. He was also employed as a human factors engineer with the AT&T Artificial Intelligence/Knowledge Systems Unit, and has been involved in the planning and reengineering of call centers for more than a decade. He is an experienced communicator, and has presented customer care strategies to decision–makers from several multinational corporations, as well as initiating educational forums on worldwide customer care involving representatives from countries such as Holland and Ireland. Cusack has lived and worked in six countries. He received his Master of Arts in Corporate and Organizational Communication from Fairleigh–Dickinson University in the United States. He can be contacted via cusack@worldnet.att.com.