You know delivering exceptional customer service is a differentiator for your company, and modernizing your field service team is top of mind. But how do you know which investments have the biggest impact? Join Aly Pinder Jr., leading Field Service Analyst at Aberdeen, and Jeff Wartgow, Director of Product Management at Oracle as they discuss:
- The evolution of field service from reactive to predictive
- The changing face of service execution
- The ways to leverage technology to deliver more service value
You will come away armed with the information you need to modernize your field force and delight your customers!
Biographies:
Aly Pinder Jr., Senior Research Analyst, Service Management, AberdeenGroup
As a senior research analyst in the service management practice, Aly Pinder Jr. researches and explores how service and manufacturing executives utilize technology and implement best practices to improve post-sales service and support processes. Through practitioner benchmarking and analysis of Aberdeen’s research database, he examines how Best-in-Class service organizations are reengineering their service chains for improved performance and increased profitability.
Aly’s coverage areas within the service space primarily cover the following topics on which he has written or co-authored over 60 research reports and benchmarked more than 4,000 service executives in his five plus years with Aberdeen:
- Field Service and Mobility
- Service Parts Logistics
- Warranty and Service Contract Management
- Reverse Logistics
- Repair and Return
Along with these specific areas of coverage, Aly is also responsible for the development and engagement of the Service team’s Research Advisory Council consisting of over 50 senior-level service executives. Aly’s past experience has included responsibilities in both reverse logistics and customer support roles. He holds an MBA in Supply Chain Management from Northeastern University (Massachusetts) and a BS in Business Administration from Pepperdine University (California).
Jeffrey Wartgow, Director, Product Management, Oracle Field Service Cloud
Jeffrey Wartgow leads the Field Service Cloud product management group at Oracle. In this role, Jeffrey works closely
with customers and Oracle’s technology teams to understand use cases for field service management. Using this research, Jeffrey helps align the features and benefits of Oracle’s solutions to various customer challenges. Before joining Oracle, Jeff was with TOA Technologies (acquired by Oracle) where he served as the vice president of product marketing and also spearheaded relationships with all device, integration, service and technology partners as vice president of channels and alliances. Before joining TOA, Jeffrey spent two and a half years as a Director at FTI Consulting in San Francisco, where he was charged with developing the company’s first formal partner program.
Prior to FTI, Jeffrey served seven years with Dell Inc. During this time he managed Dell’s Strategic Alliances for Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as Dell’s New Partner Evaluation program. Jeffrey also led Dell’s Competitive Intelligence team focusing on enterprise products. With more than 15 years of experience in diverse roles across the technology industry, Jeffrey is an expert on mobility, predictive analytics, big data, enterprise cloud computing, technology ecosystems, partnerships and integrations, and the dynamic relationship between hardware, software and services in enterprise IT architecture.