Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Accomplishments
Industry Experience
References
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Keith Nel

Keith Nel

Summary

Natural Leader experienced in driving great team successes by coaching and motivating team members to increase team productivity, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. Experienced in IT Service Management with several years overseeing processes in Service Desk, Incident Management, Service Delivery, CSI initiatives and ITIL Best Practices. My expertise also includes Client Service Delivery Management, ensuring services are delivered within agreed service levels and driving Continual Service Improvement. Driving high standards in service reliability and customer satisfaction.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

Client Manager- Service Delivery

Media24
07.2022 - Current
  • To manage, govern and optimize the various sites where Media24 operates and to provide executive client support services. This includes both the site management and client relations and service management.

IT Service Desk Team Leader

Logicalis SA
11.2021 - 06.2022
  • Managing the service desk operations, overseeing daily operations to deliver first-level technical support, Incident Management, and Request Fulfillment for clients in South Africa and the UK.
  • Responsible for ensuring all tickets and requests are managed and resolved within SLAs, maintaining adherence to defined processes and procedures. Managing multiple contact channels—telephony, email, and WhatsApp—to ensure efficient ticket logging and assignment in line with agreed service standards.

Service Desk Team Leader

Computacenter SA
03.2016 - 06.2021

Overseeing the daily operations of the service desk team, ensuring efficient and effective delivery of IT support services. The roles involves managing the teams performance, coordinating tasks, handling escalations, driving continuous improvement and managing all tickets logged, resolved within SLA in accordance with defined processes and procedures. Here are the key responsibilities:

  • Team Performance Management
  • Incident and Request Management
  • Knowledge and Quality Management
  • Continual Service Improvements
  • SLA Management

Education

Advance Diploma in Management - Management

Regent Business School
Durban, South Africa
11.2024 - Current

Management Development Program - Management

Stellenbosch Business School
Bellville, South Africa
02.2024 - 2024.08

Project Management Foundation - Project Management

Torque IT
Bellville, South Africa
01.2023 - 2023.02

ITIL Foundation - ITIL

Torque IT
Cape Town, South Africa
05.2017 - 2017.05

Program in Business Management - Business Management

UNISA
Parow, South Africa
01.2015 - 2015.08

IT Certificate A+ N+ MCDST - Information Technology

IT Business Campus
Bellville, South Africa
01.2009 - 2009.11

Accomplishments

  • Awarded Study Bursary opportunity (2024 and 2025)- Media24
  • Unsung Hero Award received (2019) - Computacenter
  • Gold Award for recognition of outstanding performance (2019) - Computacenter

Industry Experience

IT Service Management (ITSM), ITIL Practices

Client Relationship Management (CRM)

Client Service Delivery Management

Service Desk and Support Management

Incident, Problem and Change Management

Service Level Management

IT Operations Support

Team Performance Management

Continual Service Improvement (CSI)

ITSM Tools,Technology and Processes

Quality and Knowledge Management

Project Management.

References

References on request

Timeline

Advance Diploma in Management - Management

Regent Business School
11.2024 - Current

Management Development Program - Management

Stellenbosch Business School
02.2024 - 2024.08

Project Management Foundation - Project Management

Torque IT
01.2023 - 2023.02

Client Manager- Service Delivery

Media24
07.2022 - Current

IT Service Desk Team Leader

Logicalis SA
11.2021 - 06.2022

ITIL Foundation - ITIL

Torque IT
05.2017 - 2017.05

Service Desk Team Leader

Computacenter SA
03.2016 - 06.2021

Program in Business Management - Business Management

UNISA
01.2015 - 2015.08

IT Certificate A+ N+ MCDST - Information Technology

IT Business Campus
01.2009 - 2009.11
Keith Nel