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Certification
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Ana Ismaili

Toronto,Canada

Summary

Dynamic and motivated professional with a strong technical background in tech operations and sales. Successfully improved customer experience and retention rates by leveraging extensive product knowledge, exceptional problem-solving abilities, and a patient, empathetic approach. Committed to delivering outstanding service and cultivating a positive, tech-savvy environment.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Consultant, Governance and Controls

CIBC
Toronto, ON
09.2022 - Current
  • Tracked, monitored, and reported on risk items and deviations to ensure timely and accurate resolution.
  • Analyzed and addressed potential deficiencies to drive effective solutions resolving them throughout the deficiency lifecycle.
  • Coordinated and verified RFI responses to support teams during Internal Audit engagement.
  • Control Management: Participated in creating and managing Key Controls, like processes, and made sure they are followed with artifacts submitted in a timely manner.
  • Provided ongoing compliance reporting, monitoring Cloud Engineering governance commitments, milestones, and deliverables for timely closures and resolutions.
  • Served as sole BCP contact for Cloud Infrastructure Engineering Business.

Technical Analyst, Infrastructure Management

CIBC
Toronto, ON
04.2019 - 07.2022
  • Continually identified opportunities to remove manual steps by automating using Ansible Playbooks.
  • Leveraged CI/CD processes to streamline code authoring, testing, setup, and automation implementation directly from GitHub.
  • Contributed in setting up Automation Hub infrastructure.
  • Initiated the project to creating the Ansible Toolkit (Visual Studio, GitHub Desktop, WSL) in order to use as one development package downloadable from Software Center.
  • Implemented Grafana and Prometheus monitoring stack for tracking application, OS, and Tower metrics.

Technology Advisor

Neptun
Tirana, Albania
03.2017 - 05.2018
  • Enhanced customer decision-making and satisfaction through expert product recommendations.
  • Attained highest sales performance in the district for two consecutive quarters
  • Organized in-store tech workshops, resulting in a 10% increase in accessory sales.
  • Drove team to embrace a consultative sales approach, leading to increased customer satisfaction.

Sales Specialist

Vodafone
Tirana, Albania
08.2016 - 02.2017
  • Consistently recognized as top sales specialist for exceeding monthly purchase goals.
  • Provided exceptional customer service by demonstrating professionalism and extensive product knowledge
  • Effectively communicated monthly plan options and provided tailored recommendations to meet client needs.
  • Participated in various company trainings to stay up to date with new technology.
  • Performed various troubleshooting tasks for customer devices.
  • Sold over $5000 in technology products from the best companies in the world.

Education

Post-Graduate Certificate - Information Systems Security

Georgian Brown
Toronto, ON
08.2024

Bachelor - Information and Communication Technology

Tirana University
Tirana, Albania
01.2018

Workshop Certificate - MIXED REALITY : Extended Vision

EESTEC
Istanbul, Turkey
12.2017

Workshop certificate - APP WAR : Java Awakening

EESTEC
Thessaloniki, Greece
04.2017

Skills

  • Communication
  • Product knowledge
  • Sales strategy
  • Approachability
  • Exceptional organizational skills
  • Technological proficiency
  • Time management
  • Ability to work in a team
  • High attention to detail
  • Trustworthiness
  • Product training
  • Market research
  • Team leadership

Volunteer Experience

  • Student Ambassador, 05/01/17, 12/01/18, Deloitte, Tirana, Albania
  • Project Coordinator, 05/01/15, 06/01/18, Electrical Engineering Students European Association, Tirana, Albania
  • Usher, 10/01/16, 10/01/16, TEDx, Tirana, Albania
  • CIBC Run for Cure 2022-2023

Accomplishments

  • Everyday Hero Award ( CIBC)

Certification

  • Business Analytics
  • Ansible automation
  • COBIT 2019
  • Advanced Sales Techniques and Persuasion Training - Udemy

Languages

Albanian
Native/ Bilingual
English
Professional
Spanish
Limited

Timeline

Consultant, Governance and Controls

CIBC
09.2022 - Current

Technical Analyst, Infrastructure Management

CIBC
04.2019 - 07.2022

Technology Advisor

Neptun
03.2017 - 05.2018

Sales Specialist

Vodafone
08.2016 - 02.2017

Post-Graduate Certificate - Information Systems Security

Georgian Brown

Bachelor - Information and Communication Technology

Tirana University

Workshop Certificate - MIXED REALITY : Extended Vision

EESTEC

Workshop certificate - APP WAR : Java Awakening

EESTEC
Ana Ismaili