John Heltzer
President, Contact Center Division

John has responsibility for North American Operations in seven Protocol Contact Centers located in the United States and Canada, as well as all off-shore global operations.

John brings over 16 years of experience in the customer service and contact center industries where he has held a number of executive level positions. After earning his BA degree from the University of Colorado, John spent 7 years with Spar Marketing Services, one of the largest providers of integrated marketing and specialized retail services in the country. At Spar he served as Director, National Operations, and helped grow the company from 400 regional employees to over 4,500 employees nationwide during his tenure. John then spent three years at APAC Teleservices as their Director of Operations where he had responsibility for 27 contact centers throughout the United States totaling over $120 million in annual revenues. Prior to joining Protocol in early 2001, John served as Vice President Operations for ShopTalk Networks where he helped build this organization into one of the leaders in the design and deployment of front-end, speech-enabled technology applications including one of the largest consumer-based, mobile-commerce voice platforms in the industry with over 500,000 users.