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Work history
Education
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Published Academic Work
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Luis Vieira

Pinhal Novo,Portugal

Summary

Experienced, resourceful and proactive Customer Support Representative, well-versed in strong communication and organizational skills, with a track record of providing consistent high quality service.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work history

Free Lancer Ranting and Ranking Contributor

Outlier AI
2024.06 - Current

An AI data annotator is primarily responsible for preparing and labeling data to train machine learning models and evaluating answers to queries in regards specific parameters and criteria. As a contributor I :

  • Achieved high-quality results with meticulous proofreading and editing tasks.
  • Successfully delivered on tasks within tight deadlines.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.

Customer Support Specialist

Activision Blizzard / Microsoft
Cork
2009.06 - 2024.04

Performed the duties of a Customer Service Representative at exemplary level :
• Account management –Taking care of client's needs and providing assistance with any account aspect, ranging from sales and billing to account ownership disputes and account restoration in an end to end customer experience.
• Resolving customer inquiries and complaints regarding high profile games such as World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch and Call of Duty effectively over multiple contact channels using strong interpersonal skills and conflict resolution techniques while achieving service rating targets.
• Content Moderation and enforcing company policies.
• Internal and External publisher - Creating, updating and publishing internal and external knowledge support articles and defining company policies.
• Quality assurance – Ensuring products are working correctly, bug reporting and troubleshooting any potential issues and problems. often reporting to the appropriate department to ensure appropriate solutions.
• Peer Training and Best practice groups – Coaching current employees on new procedures and policies. Shadowing and assisting peers.
• GDPR compliance – Data protection.

Paramilitary Contractor

Aegis Defense Services
London, Greater London
2006.07 - 2009.05

Initially functions included Route Reconnaissance and Communications but later expanded to other areas, specifically PathFinding, Risk and Threat assessment and Design and execution of appropriate security or mitigation strategies, Armed convoy escort, Upstream/Onshore and Offshore Security and Counter Piracy/Maritime measures, including rapid insertion and extraction.

Deployments in Iraq, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan and Zaire.
Successfully completed the Ronin Close Protection Course in South Africa.

Teacher

Multiple Secondary Schools in the Lisbon Area
Lisbon, Portugal
2001.09 - 2006.07
  • Teaching History and History of Art to 7th to the 12th Grade Students.
  • Managing Project Area and Support Study

Intern Teacher

Escola Secundária D. Luísa de Gusmão
Lisbon, Portugal
1999.01 - 2000.01
  • Teaching History to the 8th and 12th years

Researcher

Instituto Camões
1999.01 - 1999.06
  • Historical , Genealogica, documental and bibliographical research.

Education

Bachelor in Educational Formation in History - Educational Formation in History

Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon
1998.09 - 2000.07

Bachelor in History - History

Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon
1994.10 - 1998.07

Skills

  • Proficiency in communication strategies; interpersonal competencies, specifically emphatic comprehension: flexibility; awareness, motivation; self responsibility and mediation/conflict solving acquired trough training and work
  • Establishing and maintaining Customer relations
  • Product knowledge and problem-solving
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Windows environment , Microsoft Office tools, specially Word and proficiency regarding use of community communication tools
  • Easy adaptability to multi disciplinary and multi cultural/ethnic environments
  • Personnel Security, Close Protection and Escort
  • Military Weapons Handling
  • Asset Protection and Strategic Planning
  • Risk and Threat Assessment
  • Tactical Operations and Close Quarters Combat
  • Organizational skills and competences within domain of leadership, management and organization skills
  • Knowledge of learning strategies, in particular in planning, structuring and development of contents; and definition of knowledge transmission strategies
  • Domain of documental and bibliographic research skills and in essay/report writing, inherent to academic formation in History

Languages

Portuguese
Native
English
Proficient (C2)

Published Academic Work

  • O Mito da Superioridade Naval Inglesa em 1588", Actas do colóquio Vasco da Gama, Os Oceanos e Futuro, Escola Naval, Alfeite, 1999.

Other published works

  • Translation from English to Portuguese of the Raytheon Appliances WE-6 Computer programming manual for SIALI-Sociedade de Importação de Artigos de Lavandaria Industrial.
  • Translation from English to Portuguese of the Raytheon Appliances Serie 5 computer programming manual for SIALI-Sociedade de Importação de Artigos de Lavandaria Industrial.

Affiliations

  • Gaming, Crypto Currency, Free Drawing and Creative writing.

Personal Information

  • Date of birth: 08/08/1974
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Portuguese

Certification

Portuguese Teaching License and Certification from the Portuguese Educational Ministry .

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Free Lancer Ranting and Ranking Contributor

Outlier AI
2024.06 - Current

Customer Support Specialist

Activision Blizzard / Microsoft
2009.06 - 2024.04

Paramilitary Contractor

Aegis Defense Services
2006.07 - 2009.05

Teacher

Multiple Secondary Schools in the Lisbon Area
2001.09 - 2006.07

Intern Teacher

Escola Secundária D. Luísa de Gusmão
1999.01 - 2000.01

Researcher

Instituto Camões
1999.01 - 1999.06

Bachelor in Educational Formation in History - Educational Formation in History

Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
1998.09 - 2000.07

Bachelor in History - History

Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
1994.10 - 1998.07
Luis Vieira