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Delta State Fighting Okra

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E.P. LaBruyere
Garland, TX
A Louisiana Economic Refugee in Texas

Currently Employed even though I'm a
Product of Louisiana Public Education .
I've Never been Indicted, however this is
probably because I'm Honest and "Integret"
But remember, I am Certifiable and was
Once the Token Conservative at a college radio station

Accenture (Nov., 2003 - to date)
Call Volume Specialist: Recruited cold, based on this silly web resume. Forecast volumes and staffing requirements for an ISP client. Coordinate staffing to curve with onshore and offshore outsourced agents..

Providian  Financial (Jan., 2000 - Nov., 2003)
Forecasting Analyst: Forecasted volumes and handle times for credit card provider customer service and sales call center and email departments. Used forecast and productivity information to maintain capacity plans.

Scheduling Analyst: Migrated from TCS  Series 5 to IEX TotalView.  Improved  database skills. Daily duties includes forecasting and scheduling an e-mail queue and traditional phone queues.  Acted as local Point of Contact for Scheduling Manager and for IEX technical support issues.

Stream  International (Aug., 1995 - Jan., 2000)
Schedule Analyst: Used Pipkins Maxima Advantage work force management software as well as Erlang  formulas to support the process of determining the need for and increasing  the utilization of resources by planning, maintaining and manipulating  call center volume forecasts and agent schedules.  Assumed various site and business segment forecasting roles as needed.

Technical Lead and Client Liaison: Served as  point of contact for Major ISP Client to our outsourced technical support call center.  Made decisions and implemented policies daily affecting our  entire technical support group concerning technical and support boundaries  issues.

As Mentor on Duty (MOD) daily ensured staffing of ASPECT call queue, collected information on active technical and client-impact  issues to disseminate this information to the group though various means,  including updating the content of our Intranet site.

Coordinated and developed procedures for a special team functioning  as a liaison between our Call Center and the client's Data Center in order  to track, report and resolve connectivity and e-mail issues.


Louisiana Public Education:
Earned two degrees from Louisiana Tech University: Master's in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (May, 1995) and Baccalaureate in Technical Writing ( Nov., 1992)

Attempted to major in Physics at Louisiana State University -  Baton Rouge

Society for Human Resource  Management: former Student Member
Society for Technical  Communication: former Student Member
Data Processing  Management Association : former Student Member and Louisiana Tech Student  Chapter President
Radio Tech
: former Executive Staff  member and volunteer Disc-Jockey


Employed by the State of Louisiana but NEVER INDICTED!
Fingerprinted
twice as part of standard security check for Substitute Teachers in Webster and Lincoln Parishes. Taught a diverse mix of classes and students intermittently between 1990 and 1994.

 Acted as Independent Contractor to the State of  Louisiana. Served the Northeast Regional Office of Community Service spanning eleven parishes. Provided end user support and developed uses and training for software packages.

Elected to the Executive Board of KLPI - Radio Tech as the Engineering Director for 1990 Winter Quarter through 1992 Spring Quarter. Participated in the planning of all station operations, oversaw maintenance and proper use of equipment and answered technical inquires from the public and the FCC. Impeached one General Manager (but I'm not sure why; he's a decent guy) and saw one resign during a Payola Scandal.

As Token Conservative at the Louisiana Tech College Radio Station,  was a voice of reason on the Executive Staff. Used authority of Engineering Director position to forbid cigarette and water-pipe smoking in the control and engineering rooms. Produced and hosted the weekly Blues Show. Wore Socks .


    EDWARD P. LaBRUYERE, III PASSES HUMAN RESOURCES  CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE EXAM

Dallas, Texas, 31 May 1996 -- Edward P. LaBruyere recently passed  the Human Resource Certification Institute's Professional in Human Resources  (PHR) exam.

 Mr. LaBruyere is a 1995 graduate of Louisiana Tech University   with a Master's degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

 The HRCI is  the credentialing body for human resource professionals and is affiliated  with the Society for Human Resource  Management (SHRM) , the world's largest organization dedicated exclusively  to the human resource profession. The Institute's purpose is to promote the  establishment of professional standards and to recognize professionals who  meet those standards.

 The Professional in Human Resources (PHR) examination level has an  operational/technical focus. Passing the certification exam shows that an  individual has mastered the human resources body of knowledge. There is an  experience requirement to sit for the exam, but recent graduates may take  the exam within one year of their graduation date. Recent graduates then  have five years from the date of passing the exam to accumulate the exempt-level experience requirements for certification.


Mr. LaBruyere is a recipient  of the Masonic Honesty and Integrity Key. He also  maintains his membership in the Boy Scouts of America,  having earned the Eagle Scout award and reached Vigil  membership in the Order of the Arrow.

 As a hobby, Mr. LaBruyere maintains a personal webpage titled The MultiMedia Okra.