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Description:
Peter F. Theis
Vita
Peter F. Theis is a pioneer in the automated voice processing
industry. He has been awarded twenty-five U.S. patents and numerous
foreign ones. His patents and applications include voice processing,
telephone switching, telephone announcement systems, telephone number
management systems and natural language voice processing. He is the
recognized inventor of interactive voice response (IVR). His patented
inventions form the basis for automated directory assistance,
automated operators, automated call overflow, and voice mail.
He was a member of the FCC Answering Devices and Ancillary Equipment
Subcommittee that led up to FCC Part 68 which enabled Customer
Provided Equipment to be directly connected to the telephone lines,
ending an AT&T monopoly. He has been involved with computers for over
forty years, with automated call processing for over thirty years, and
with automated call centers for over 15 years.
He is a founder and president of Conversational Voice Technologies
Corporation (ConServIT), one of the most advanced automated call
centers in the world. His articles and treatises have been published
in numerous trade publications. He has spoken on numerous occasions to
groups such as the Licensing Executives Society, the Society of
Consumer Affairs Professionals and the Invention Convention. He is
listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in
America, Who's
Who in Science and Engineering, and Who's Who in Finance and
Commerce.
Mr. Theis graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical
Engineering
from Yale University and was awarded an honorary fellowship to the
University of Stockholm, Sweden. He received a Masters degree in
Business Administration from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from
the Illinois Institute of Technology.
His recent publications include:
+ A Better Way to Evaluate and Manage Telemarketing Services -
Marginal Yield as a Management Tool
+ Is Your Automated Voice System Talking at Callers, or
Communicating with Them?
+ Is Your Effort to Reduce Call Center Costs Actually Increasing
Costs?
+ Transforming Your Customer Service into a Profit Center
+ The Executive Level Report for Telemarketing Services
+ Inbound Telemarketing Services: Which Clients Win and Which
Clients Lose
+ Yield: The Executive Level Measurement of Teleservices
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