Danny Cresswell

Danny Cresswell

Danny joined Syntec in 2000 after two years working for a telecoms reseller. Many years of experience in the telephony industry has given Danny a vast understanding of integrated network and cloud-based contact centre solutions, along with an ability to present technical solutions in layman's terms. Danny takes a consultative approach to his role as head of sales at Syntec, managing both its direct and indirect sales channels, and he gets great satisfaction from helping clients increase the performance and effectiveness of their contact centres, often under tight budgets and short lead-times.

12 New Year’s resolutions for your contact center

Contact center management
Written by Danny Cresswell January 10, 2016

Tips and ideas for 2016 based on new features and developments of Syntec’s integrated contact center systems   Cloud contact center management innovation Effectively track call outcomes – Using Syntec’s AgentCall contact center management system, your agents can mark the outcome of each telephone call they handle using the call history tab, either during or after […]

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Tips and ideas for 2016 based on new features and developments of Syntec’s integrated contact center systems   Cloud contact center management innovation Effectively track call outcomes – Using Syntec’s AgentCall contact center management system, your agents can mark the outcome of each telephone call they handle using the call history tab, either during or after

How to make IVR payments (and your call center) PCI DSS compliant

Contact center management
Written by Danny Cresswell November 5, 2015

Let me start with an important distinction here first. If you want to take payment over the phone via an automated IVR system without call center agents involved, then it’s correct to talk about this as ‘an IVR payment system’.  But if it’s compliant card payments between customers and call center agents that you are

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Let me start with an important distinction here first. If you want to take payment over the phone via an automated IVR system without call center agents involved, then it’s correct to talk about this as ‘an IVR payment system’.  But if it’s compliant card payments between customers and call center agents that you are

10 simple ways to reduce average call handling time in your contact center

Contact center management
Written by Danny Cresswell June 9, 2015

Average call handling time is one of the most common metrics that call center managers use to measure the performance of their teams. It’s an easy metric to measure and provides a clear indication of how efficiently the call center is operating. Reducing average call handling time can lead to significant gains in productivity but

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Average call handling time is one of the most common metrics that call center managers use to measure the performance of their teams. It’s an easy metric to measure and provides a clear indication of how efficiently the call center is operating. Reducing average call handling time can lead to significant gains in productivity but

Ten of the best ways to efficiently manage inbound calls in your call center

Contact center management, Telecoms
Written by Danny Cresswell November 2, 2014

Call center-based businesses often find themselves investing huge sums of money in technology, especially when it comes to efficient call management, distribution and routing. Either that or they try to cope without the functionality that they require due to the costs involved in deployment. This should no longer be the case due to the rapid

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Call center-based businesses often find themselves investing huge sums of money in technology, especially when it comes to efficient call management, distribution and routing. Either that or they try to cope without the functionality that they require due to the costs involved in deployment. This should no longer be the case due to the rapid