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February 17, 2006
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Alpine Access Inc., a provider of outsourced call center services using home-based agents, has named Brad Krinhop as senior vice president of operations. Krinhop will be responsible for managing the operation of Alpine Access` home-based call center employees, who take customer calls for clients.

Alpine Access’s customers include J. Crew, Office Depot, 1-800 Flowers and the Internal Revenue Service.

Krinhop most recently was U.S. vice president of customer support for eBay, where he managed more than 1,000 employees and 40 million contacts annually. Before eBay, Krinhop was the director of customer care operations for AT&T Broadband in Denver, CO. He was also the director of customer care and director of business development for Primestar/DirecTV.

According to Lloyds TSB's research, customers feel that call handlers who use scripts do not listen to their questions properly. A common-sense approach, combined with training, can counter this: "You will achieve the best results when prospects have the feeling that they have been treated like a human being," said John Price, managing director of Price Direct.

Having to deal with a disinterested, robotic voice on the other end of the phone is frustrating enough. It is even worse when that voice belongs to a human who is sticking rigidly to an inflexible script.

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TAMPA - The operator of a General Motors call center that employs about 400 people said Wednesday that it plans to close the center by the end of this year.

Convergys Corp., a contractor based in Cincinnati that provides human resources, billing and customer services, told workers at the call center site it operates at 5701 E. Hillsborough Ave. on Wednesday that the center will be shuttered by the end of the year, said Lauri Roderick, a Convergys spokeswoman.

Convergys took over call center operations at the site from Sitel Corp. on Jan. 1 after being hired by IBM to take GM customers' calls, Roderick said.

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