Michael DeMars

IT Asset Management and IT Service Management Professional

Greater Chicago Area

About

Experienced Manager in IT with history of working in the hospitality industry and events and meetings. Skilled in ServiceNow, Excel, Mitel Phone Systems, AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Production Management, Sales, and team management and training. ITIL 4 Foundations Certified, LEAN IT Foundations and Comptia A+ Certified.

Experience

  • Firmwide IT Asset Manager at Kirkland & Ellis
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Service Desk Manager at Grant Thornton LLP (US)
    Feb 2021 - Feb 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Service Desk Supervisor - L1 at Hyatt Hotels Corporation
    Dec 2014 - Feb 2021 · 6 yrs 3 mos

    o Supervising a 24/7/365 team of 21 Level 1 Service Desk Agents ranging from Lead roles or junior-level associates. o Provide escalation support on incidents and requests if Lead is not able to resolve the issue o Ensure team is adhering to ticketing SLA’s in ServiceNow using a quality control check system o Listen to recorded calls by agents to ensure call quality of professionalism and highest level of support is provided o Provide coaching to agents on issues and took escalation calls o Use SMART goals to improve efficiency across the team in support and knowledge o Manage KPI trends to ensure proper support as technology changes o Run call metrics to forecast shift schedules to match the need o Started as Level 1 Technician for 1½ years supporting Windows 7 Environment and Microsoft Office over the phone. Developed knowledge of Hyatt Proprietary applications to better support our colleagues

  • Director of Audio Visual at the KPMG Conference Center at ARAMARK
    Jul 2012 - Jun 2014 · 2 yrs

    Manage and coordinate events and meetings technology and operate state of the art integrated Audio Visual systems.

  • Director of Audio-Visual Services at MCS - Midwest Conference Service
    Feb 2010 - Oct 2012 · 2 yrs 9 mos