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Shaween Mendis

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Summary

Customer experience-driven professional with 8+ years of cross-functional leadership across healthcare, technology, and hospitality. Proven ability to design, implement, and optimize experiences that enhance satisfaction, reduce friction, and increase value. Expert in aligning cross-team strategies with customer expectations, using insights to drive measurable improvements, and fostering service cultures rooted in empathy, quality, and trust. Actively pursuing CCXP certification to formalize deep experience in customer-centric transformation.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Server

Stockyard Steak House
Brighton
08.2022 - Current
  • Ranked top in guest sales and satisfaction for two consecutive years by delivering personalized, high-touch dining experiences, and mastering customer rapport.
  • Led training and mentorship of new staff to build a service culture focused on consistency, empathy, and guest loyalty.
  • Entrusted with handling the restaurant’s most valued guests, I consistently provide an elevated dining experience to ensure their satisfaction.
  • Partnered with management to identify journey pain points, and implement process adjustments that improved guest flow and satisfaction.

Key CX Impact:

  • Improved customer satisfaction through enhanced interaction quality.
  • Enabled operational cost savings through system optimization.
  • Fostered internal alignment on CX-focused quality standards.

AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION QA ENGINEER

INTERACTIONS LLC
FRANKLIN
05.2019 - Current
  • Led cross-functional QA initiatives to improve voice-based customer interactions by designing high-impact test cases and mock scenarios, ensuring usability, and satisfaction.
  • Served as the primary liaison for client accounts, translating feedback and business goals into experience-driven test strategies aligned with customer expectations.
  • Improved speech recognition system performance, resulting in measurable increases in user success, and significant cost reductions for enterprise clients.
  • Facilitated team training sessions to standardize quality assurance processes, focused on user empathy, and consistent customer experience.

Key CX Impact:

  • Improved customer satisfaction through enhanced interaction quality.
  • Enabled operational cost savings through system optimization.
  • Fostered internal alignment on CX-focused quality standards

Patient Transport Technician

Baystate Medical Center
Springfield
05.2016 - 05.2019
  • Supported patient experience by ensuring timely, safe, and respectful movement to appointments and procedures, while maintaining strict HIPAA compliance.
  • Communicated clearly and empathetically with patients, nurses, and medical teams to ensure service consistency across departments.
  • Demonstrated operational accountability by streamlining logistics and supporting internal departments with needed resources and documentation.

Key CX Impact:

  • Promoted trust and emotional reassurance in vulnerable moments.
  • Reduced service delays through responsive, coordinated communication.
  • Supported hospital-wide service quality through internal collaboration.

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING -

Western New England University
Springfield, MA
05-2019

ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN ENGINEERING -

Holyoke Community College
Holyoke, MA
12-2016

Timeline

Lead Server

Stockyard Steak House
08.2022 - Current

AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION QA ENGINEER

INTERACTIONS LLC
05.2019 - Current

Patient Transport Technician

Baystate Medical Center
05.2016 - 05.2019

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING -

Western New England University

ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN ENGINEERING -

Holyoke Community College
Shaween Mendis