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Rob Duncan

Alpine Access


Rob Duncan

Personal Motto: "Preserving the present is living in the past."

Rob Duncan is Chief Operating Officer for Alpine Access, Inc., the leading provider of employee-based virtual contact center solutions and services. Recently named the best contact center and CRM outsourcer for client satisfaction by Datamonitor’s Black Book of Outsourcing, Alpine Access’ clients include ten of the Fortune 100 companies in the financial services, communications, technology, healthcare, retail, travel and hospitality sectors.

Prior to Alpine Access, Rob was the VP of customer care for Capgemini, an $8 billion multinational corporation. While there, Rob was responsible for multiple contact centers in the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Philippines. Before that, Rob was a Senior Operations Manager of help desk systems for CompuCom Systems, a Senior Manager for worldwide customer support with Dell Computer Corporation, and President of BPO Resources, a consulting services company for Fortune 500 companies focused on operations and customer support.

Rob holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Texas A&M University. He has also completed Executive Management Training at the Wharton School of Business and Southern Methodist University.


Article | March 13, 2012
Insurance for Economic Success   

By: Rob Duncan

The purpose of this column is to help readers stay on top of current trends and issues affecting the home-based customer care market. To that end, a...more >>


Article | July 14, 2011
The Ins and Outs of Creating and Empowering a Virtual Workforce   

By: Rob Duncan

According to analyst firm Frost & Sullivan, currently 17 percent of all call center positions (in-house and outsourced) are home-based. Furthermore,...more >>


Article | February 2, 2011
Top Five Industry Developments in 2010/2011 Prove Virtual Contact Centers are Becoming the New Normal   

By: Rob Duncan

Recently, Bloomberg BusinessWeek featured an in-depth discussion on what it called the "New Normal." When boiled down, the "New Normal" is the...more >>


Article | December 17, 2010
Breaking the Speed Barrier   

By: Rob Duncan

Virtual call centers have the unique ability to quickly scale without sacrificing any of the economic and service benefits clients demand. While...more >>


Article | September 14, 2010
The Data Speaks for Itself   

By: Rob Duncan

The invention of the virtual model came about by having a problem, spinning it around and looking at it from the sides, the top and the bottom. This...more >>


Article | August 9, 2010
Service with a Smile and a Click   

By: Rob Duncan

Advancements in technology have profoundly changed business processes across the world by eliminating barriers to collaboration and communication....more >>


Article | July 12, 2010
Achieving Business Continuity During Natural Disasters with Virtual Contact Centers   

By: Rob Duncan

As I write this, Hurricane Alex has already made landfall on Mexico’s Gulf Coast with winds of 105 mph. While Alex was the first named storm of the...more >>


Article | June 11, 2010
Locate and Hire Agents in Days, Not Months   

By: Rob Duncan

Staffing is an ongoing, extremely costly problem for most contact centers. The industry has historically had a difficult time attracting a steady...more >>


Article | June 7, 2010
Top Five Ways At-Home Workers Have Changed Over the Past Decade   

By: Rob Duncan

This year, the virtual contact center industry turns 12. Like a child, it has grown and matured at an amazing rate. In fact, the model has been...more >>