Results-oriented, goal-driven Sr. Manager with with over 24 years of experience in all aspects of Enterprise Application development and Operations support within a distributed workforce/data center environment. Highly motivated with strong technical, analytical, business and communication skills, able to translate complex business requirements into viable solutions by fostering a pragmatic, nimble, efficient approach to application development to maximize project success and ensure technology leadership and business stakeholder buy-in. Extensive experience with:▪ Strategic Planning and Budgeting▪ Enterprise Scale Implementation/Transition/Migration▪ Innovation/Transformation▪ Cross-functional Leadership▪ Risk management and security▪ Vendor management and contract negotiation▪ Program and Project Management▪ Talent development▪ Knowledge management▪ Social media strategy▪ Reputation management▪ Executive presentations▪ Agile Scrum application delivery▪ Salesforce▪ Mainframe, JCL, CICS▪ Apttus CLM▪ SharePoint 2003, 2007, 2010▪ Archer GRC▪ Team Leadership & Development for onshore/offshore resources▪ Deloitte Technology Inclusion leader
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Business ArchitectDeloitte Feb 2011 - PresentWorldwide, OoBusiness Architect supporting the Deloitte Global Internal Enabling Areas portfolio of solutions with a focus on Global Finance and Global HR/Talent.Engagement responsibilities include:• Develop technology roadmaps to ensure alignment with the overall Business Priorities and Goals• Partner with Business Executives/Leaders and Business Product Owners to define a strategy that aligns with the overall enterprise technology strategy • Coordinate efforts across various supporting business unites and technology teams• Active participation in the Deloitte Innovation network -
Global Quality & Risk StudioDeloitte Feb 2011 - PresentWorldwide, OoAs a Sr. Technical Delivery Manager, I oversaw the Global Quality & Risk, Global Independence, Global Contracting and Global Ethics solutions to support Deloitte engagements and priorities.Engagement responsibilities include:• Worked with Deloitte Global Clients and Industry senior leadership to deploy a global sell side contracting solution leveraging Salesforce and Apttus CLM that simplifies and better manages client contract processing for Deloitte’s premiere Global Crown Jewel Clients• Partnered with the Deloitte Global Ethics team to roll out a global ethics helpline/whistleblower solution leveraging NAVEX Ethics Point which enables practitioners to report perceived ethics violations• Supported Independence and Risk assessment tools used by client services teams -
Global Cyber Security StudioDeloitte Feb 2011 - PresentWorldwide, OoPartnered with Deloitte Global Information Security Office (GISO) leadership team to implement Deloitte Global Security 2020 initiatives.Engagement responsibilities include:• Lead the initial implementation of a custom hybrid Microsoft Azure MFA (multi-factor authentication) solution to meet client requirements• Rolled out a global MFA solution• Implemented and managed the Deloitte Global Archer platform for Vendor Risk Assessment and Global Incident response• Performed vendor evaluations against Deloitte Global's Security 2020 initiatives -
Global Intranet (Deloitte Resources)Deloitte Feb 2011 - PresentWorldwide, OoDeloitte Resources is the Deloitte Global intranet solution used by the majority of the 40+ Deloitte Member Firms.Engagement responsibilities include:• Facilitated meetings with Global Business audience to define, document and refine application requirements/user stories.• Liaised with onshore and offshore development teams and the various supporting organizations• Co-lead monthly product advisory board meeting• Lead the SharePoint 2013 upgrade project -
Global People Profile Application (Deloittepeoplenetwork)Deloitte Feb 2011 - PresentWorldwide, OoDeloittePeopleNetwork is a global profile system hosted in a SharePoint 2013 environment that dynamically pulls data from multiple external sources and displays it in a custom developed decoupled UI.Engagement responsibilities include:• Facilitated meetings with Global Business audience to define, document and refine application requirements/user stories.• Liaised with onshore and offshore development teams and the various supporting organizations• Assisted with Global and Local taxonomy strategy development and implementation• Supported the Global member firm adoption of the product• Integrated with Badgeville -
Global Yammer DeploymentDeloitte Feb 2011 - PresentWorldwide, OoYammer is a vendor SaaS product that Deloitte leverages as a Global service offering as part of our DTTL Social Collaboration portfolio.Engagement responsibilities include:• Worked with Deloitte Global Knowledge Management to coordinate the Yammer features to be included in the Deloitte Global Network• Worked with Deloitte DTTL/OIM resources to define the authentication and Active Directory Synchronization processes needed for go-live• Worked with Deloitte DTTL/OIM resources to create the training materials and Help Desk documentation• Worked with Yammer to define the processes needed to support Deloitte Moderation Reporting requirements• Worked with key stakeholders to document tasks and activities needed to support the Deloitte YamJam on 11/11/11• Coordinated work with Deloitte US ITS resources to develop a custom developed Yammer widget that leverages existing Yammer APIs• Worked with US ITS DeloitteNet resources to test and deploy the Yammer web part in the US SharePoint farm to be used in Communities and TeamSites -
Aers Leader To LeaderDeloitte Feb 2011 - PresentWorldwide, OoAERS Leader to Leader is a custom SharePoint 2010 solution requested by the Deloitte AERS function that is used by AERS leadership to track PCAOB compliance for critical deliverablesEngagement responsibilities include:• Lead the development of the product leveraging two US resources working on a part-time basis• Transitioned the product back to the AERS development team for ongoing support -
Us Knowledge Management Product OwnerDeloitte Feb 2011 - PresentWorldwide, OoProvide application support for US hosted SharePoint 2007 TeamSites and NewsGator Communities.Engagement responsibilities include:• Worked with US Knowledge Management to define the SharePoint Roadmap• Worked with NewsGator to complete the assessment and initial upgrade of US NewsGator communities from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010• Worked with the Deloitte US CTO organization to automate the provisioning of SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 TeamSites via the Opalis orchestrator tool• Assisted with the migration of Microsoft CMS data to the new DTTL SharePoint 2010 Knowledge Asset Management application -
Application Product Manager For Knowledge Exchange And Enterprise SearchAccenture Apr 2000 - Feb 2011Dublin 2, IeThe Knowledge Exchange is a custom application used to store client engagement information built on the Microsoft SharePoint 2007 MOSS platform. It is a global application that averages 200,000 visits per month.Engagement responsibilities include:• Enterprise Search is Accenture’s internal search solution using the Microsoft SharePoint 2007 MOSS platform which crawls both internal and external content. It is a global application that averages 400,000 visits per month• Worked closely with business customers to document/prioritize/conceptualize enhancement requests• Lead offshore development team to review requirements specification documents, designs, test scripts, and beta builds in their local development environments• Collaborated with onshore resources to successfully deploy bug fixes and enhancements to US hosted Production data center -
Application Product Manager For Accenture Groups (Aka, Newsgator Social Sites)Accenture Apr 2000 - Feb 2011Dublin 2, IeAccenture Groups is a customized vendor application (NewsGator Social Sites) built on the Microsoft SharePoint 2007 MOSS platform, used for secure collaboration within an enterprise environment. It is a global application that averages 110,000 visits per month.Engagement responsibilities include:• Lead the roll out of Accenture Groups from Proof of Concept, to Pilot/Beta testing, to Production deployment in six months• Worked closely with the third party vendor on the installation/upgrade/customization of Accenture’s version of NewsGator Social Sites• Worked closely with business owners to capture their requirements, and translated that to deliverables developed by offshore resources• Trained key business customers on new capabilities as they became available -
Operations Lead For The Business Application Service Platform And Enterprise SearchAccenture Apr 2000 - Feb 2011Dublin 2, IeBusiness Application Service (BAS) was Accenture’s internal custom development standard leveraging the Microsoft SharePoint 2007 MOSS.Engagement responsibilities include:• Lead the Global CIO BAS Operations team with servers distributed across all Accenture Delivery centers (USA, Philippines, Spain, India)• Coordinated work with offshore development teams to ensure server availability• Worked closely with application teams to ensure their application passed the stringent standards for memory leaks and performance testing• Worked closely with server administrators and locally assigned Microsoft resources to stabilize and enhance the Accenture Enterprise Search application -
Application Product Manager For Cio Supported Atis ApplicationsAccenture Apr 2000 - Feb 2011Dublin 2, IeManaged 14 internally developed applications and was the single point of contact for business regarding functional and production issues.Engagement responsibilities include:• Lead offshore development team to review designs, test scripts, and beta builds in their local development environments• Collaborated with onshore resources to successfully deploy bug fixes and enhancements to US hosted Production data center• Maintained, managed and reviewed change requests, deployment tasks and help desk tickets• Facilitated weekly team meeting with offshore resources to provide guidance and active management of production issues and change requests• Lead monthly Customer / Stakeholder group meetings to provide status and review/prioritize the product backlog/change requests• Interviewed key business resources to gather business requirements• Created Application Requirements Specifications document• Reviewed Functional and Technical Designs• Performed Product Testing and facilitated User Acceptance Testing with key Business contacts• Assisted in review of content for Work Agreement / Arrangement Letter• Coordinated tactical bridge meetings when application outages occurred -
Senior Developer For Financial ReportingAccenture Apr 2000 - Feb 2011Dublin 2, IeSenior Developer on the Financial Reporting team which leveraged Andersen Consulting's FS90 mainframe solution.Engagement responsibilities include:• Established/Updated team work plans• Interviewed key stakeholders to gather business requirements• Developed/Reviewed Functional and Technical Designs• Created cost/time estimates for system enhancements• Team Software Configuration Manager• Captured processing metrics• Supported production and development environments• Mentored entry-level programmers -
ConsultantSpr May 1998 - Mar 2000Chicago, Il, UsUnited Airlines: Y2K Testing of Accounts Payable System• Team lead for integration/system testing• Managed a team of six programmers during the testing effort• Developed JCL to execute programs for unit, string, and system testing• Coded COBOL programs as requested by the client -
ConsultantSpr May 1998 - Mar 2000Chicago, Il, UsUnited Airlines: Conversion of Accounts Payable System from Legacy to Walker Financial Systems• Trained in Walker Financial Systems- Transaction Development Utilities (Screen Builder, Transaction Generator, Maintainer, Dialogue Object Processor and ReportBuilder)• Modified/Developed financial reports as requested by the customer• Created interface specifications for the conversion of Legacy applications• Assisted with data clean-up/conversion -
Graduate Teaching AssistantNorthern Illinois University Sep 1997 - May 1998Dekalb, Il, Us• Instructed three COMS 100 ‘Intro to Communications’ classes per semester with an average class size of 25 students• Developed lesson plans, including lecture and assessment materials
Aj Manuel Education Details
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Northern Illinois UniversityCommunication Theory -
Northern Illinois UniversityInterpersonal Communication
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Aj Manuel attended Northern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University.
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