Melanie K. Westlake
San Francisco, California
melanie@kyuteepy.com
408.218.5838 (cell)

P R O F E S S I O N A L    E X P E R I E N C E :
Yahoo! Tones - Producer 05/05 - Present
Yahoo!, Inc.; Sunnyvale, CA
  • Driving product vision and strategy, providing cross functional leadership coordinating with business development, marketing, legal, engineering, QA and design groups.
  • Content manager; directing global team responsible for content programming, merchandising, and features.
  • Relationship manager; main point of contact for partners, vendors and content providers (major music labels, game providers, etc.).
  • Working closely with QA and engineering to identify and fix bugs and make incremental enhancements between major releases.
  • Spearheading network integration, which is the main source of discovery for Yahoo! Tones, by working closely with other Yahoo! teams.
  • Creating functional specifications, requirements documents, and statements of work for Yahoo! Tones products and promotions.
  • Analyzing reports to identify trends and maximize promotional activities and merchandising.

Customer Care Manager 4/00 - Present
Myplay, Inc.; Redwood City, CA
  • Manage a staff of Customer Care Associates.
  • Responsible for hiring and developing Customer Care Associates.
  • Develop policies and procedures for Customer Care department.
  • Create position plans and performance evaluation for Customer Care staff.
  • Develop email responses to end users and ensure quality of responses with a guaranteed 24 hour response time.
  • Identify consumer concerns and communicate important feedback to the appropriate teams.
  • Publish weekly company wide user feedback newsletter.
  • Participate in cross-functional product development team.
  • Work with QA department reporting bugs, as well as integrating resolutions.
  • Work closely with Engineering team to test, troubleshoot, and integrate new products.

Business Manager 2/97 - 4/00
Pecotec Inc.; San Jose, CA
  • Performed first tier desktop support.
  • Provided phone customer support and desktop troubleshooting.
  • Responsible for maintaining all accounting records, monthly P&L and balance sheet, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll.
  • Generated leads for sales team.
  • Responsible for annual company budget for four districts.
  • Administration of benefits package for employees including 401k and health insurance.
  • Dispatched up to four computer service technicians responsible for on-site computer support and service for approximately 75% of the school districts in the Santa Clara Valley.

Administrative Assistant
6/96 - 2/97
PeopleWeb; San Jose, CA
  • Researched and implemented web-based yellow pages product.
  • Operated phone system and directed calls.
  • Cold calls to generate sales leads.
  • Data entry for yellow pages product.
  • Technical writing.

Administrative Assistant
5/95 - 6/96
Wiztec, Inc.; San Jose, CA
  • Operated phone system and directed calls.
  • Calculated and submitted quarterly sales tax returns.
  • Responsible for payroll for entire company (32 employees).
  • Assisted with overall company accounting.

S K I L L S :

  • ACD/CCMIS/CRM
  • Kana Response Systems
  • Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP
  • Effective, organized and resourceful  
  • Good communications skills
  • Excellent problem solver
  • FTP: client and server
  • PC, MAC, and UNIX literate
  • Music formats: streaming and downloadable
  • Web design & HTML
  • Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
  • Macromedia Fireworks
  • E D U C A T I O N :
    West Valley Community College; Saratoga, CA
    8/95 - 5/97