Empowering Excellence

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Martin Hobratschk, CEO

As a Certified Knowledge Manager with more than 20 years of experience in technical and customer support contact center operations, I bring a unique blend of expertise to knowledge management (KM).

I began my professional career as a daily newspaper reporter, where I honed honed my research, communication, and storytelling skills, allowing me to create clear, concise, and engaging knowledge content.

From my customer support KM and training experience at IBM, Apple and Google, I have a deep understanding of contact center business needs and pain points, and possess strong problem-solving abilities to bridge the gap between subject matter experts and support agents.

Experience

  • 25 years of experience in customer and technical support contact centers with Google, Apple and IBM.

  • Reduced costs by implementing knowledge programs that drove contact center agent efficiency.

  • Increased customer support agent performance by 29 points through implementing a KM strategies using Salesforce Knowledge, Amazon Q and other tools.

  • Led the development and implementation of KCS programs at Google Cloud Support and SunPower, improving knowledge sharing and content quality.

  • Built and managed high-performing KM teams delivering content to contact centers across the Americas, Europe and APAC regions.

  • Developed and delivered training programs for customer support agents, operational staff and partners at Apple, Google Nest, Google Cloud and SunPower.

  • Developed and implemented customer service contact center policies and strategies at Apple and Google Nest

Skills

  • Certified Knowledge Manager - KM Institute (KMI)

  • KCS Fundamentals v6 Certified - Consortium for Service Innovation

  • Salesforce

  • Microsoft Sharepoint

  • Atlassian Jira and Confluence

  • Content Creation & Editing

  • Curriculum Development

  • Training Delivery

  • Customer Support Management

  • Team Leadership & Training

  • Client Management

As a business leader at Google, I worked closely with Marty at Google on several high profile and strategic customer support projects. He is not only an expert in the field of knowledge management solutions, he is also a talented writer, editor and project manager. No matter the challenge, Marty will identify and deliver solutions to fit the unique needs of any project. In addition, he has incredible people skills, leading and communicating with confidence and delivered with an open, natural and welcoming style . If you are looking for KM business solutions, created for your specific needs and delivered in a clear and engaging manner, I would highly recommend Marty.
— Ann Cuevas