Rob Andrew Lees

Product Operations Manager

Professional Experience

DemandScience (formerly Terminus)

Delivery Operations Manager, Solutions Support

Remote | August 2021-Present

  • Manage Zendesk and Jira administration with focus on accurate ticket reporting, automation of ticket routing, and developing new workflows to improve specialists’ productivity and improve customer experience
  • Utilized Zendesk API to automate user management, permissions auditing, and custom reporting capabilities, extending functionality beyond the Explore app and admin settings to streamline leadership’s data access, improve compliance, and reduce manual overhead by 4+ hours weekly
  • Automated manual Slack-to-Jira ticket routing via Salesforce/Zapier integration, eliminating 70% of manual submissions and enabling real-time progress tracking for 12-member offshore team
  • Engineered GDPR-compliant email system using SendGrid API, notifying 500K+ users with <10% bounce rate through custom rate-limiting scripts that preserved 95% IP health score
  • Developed a scripted workflow using Monday.com’s GraphQL API to automatically sync data from Convertr to a Monday.com board, eliminating daily manual updates and reducing operational overhead for cross-functional teams
  • Implemented Jira project tracking systems for Data Cloud team (engineering/QA/data services), reducing missed deadlines by 50% and improving cross-functional visibility/li>
  • Redesigned Help Center workflow, driving 37% increase in adoption of preferred submission channels by customers and deflecting 100+ monthly support requests from sales teams

Synergy Associates (@David Zwirner Gallery)

IT Administrator

New York, NY | June 2018-August 2021

  • Delivered white-glove IT support for 30+ VIPs (including CEO, CFO, COO, and senior partners), achieving 99% uptime for critical systems (G Suite, Meraki VPN) across 3 gallery locations
  • Managed Mobile Device Management (Addigy) and cloud services (Egnyte, VOIP) for 180+ employees, resolving 98% of tickets within 4-hour SLA
  • Deployed secure finance and storage servers, reducing data access latency for cross-departmental teams across sites

Primary.com

IT Engineer

New York, NY | November 2016-December 2017

  • Served as administrator for internal SaaS, including G-Suite, Dropbox, ZenDesk and more
  • Maintained 90% uptime for office network systems (security, wireless, patch panels) through proactive monitoring

Education

University of the West of England
Bristol, UK | July 2007
Bachelor's Degree with Honors in Graphic Design

Bournemouth and Poole College
Dorset, UK | July 2004
National Diploma in Graphic Design and Communication

Technical Skills

Zendesk Salesforce Microsoft 365 Google Workspace RESTful APIs Zapier Jira Slack Bash Git Mac OS Windows Meraki VPN MDM