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Customer Experience Metrics and Capacity Planning Strategies at Principal Financial

Tuesday Nov 3, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern — REGISTER NOW!



One of the most important contact center questions we could answer is “What matters to our customers?” followed closely by “What matters to our operation?” 

In this session, we’ll explore how contact center data can help answer these questions. We’ll introduce a powerful metric—Agent Contact Resolution—a smarter, more actionable twist on FCR-- that can drive meaningful improvements across your operation.

Lastly, we will discuss how capacity planning at Principal is used to drive big picture decision-making.

Presenters:

Ric Kosiba, Real Numbers

Kosiba, Ric Ric Kosiba, Real Numbers

Ric is an engineer, who tripped into the call center industry about 25 years. He started a contact center planning company, called Bay Bridge Decision Technologies in 2000, and he has probably seen more contact center strategic plans than anyone on earth. He’s worked at Interactive Intelligence, Genesys, and Sharpen. He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research and Engineering (algorithm building) from Purdue University (Go Boilers!) and is an expert in contact center modeling, analyses, and management.


Tony Graczyk, Assistant Director - Engagement Center WFM at Principal Financial Group

Principal Financial Group - Tony Graczyk Tony Graczyk, Assistant Director - Engagement Center WFM at Principal Financial Group

During his 20 years in the workforce management arena, Tony Graczyk has helped contribute to a share of the contact center strategic plans that Ric has reviewed. His full tenure in contact centers has been with Principal Financial Group where he is currently the Assistant Director of Workforce Solutions.  Many have said that workforce management is a true blend of science and art – Tony seems to have been living that blend for a while with a major degree in Biology and a minor degree in music (saxophone). I guess it was only natural for him to find his way into the contact center to put both successfully into practice. Tony loves to discuss contact center and WFM operations, and he is a member of the SWPP advisory board.