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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

• Merge key business stakeholder vision and strategy into an executable and tactical Technology Roadmap while researching ways to give the company a competitive edge through market trends• Innovate the colleague experience through digitalization platforms and tools that feature chatbots, automation, and key channels to promote consistent engagement• Consult internal stakeholders on best technology solutions to promote efficient and effective business practices and to portray technology as an enabler for an increase in productivity and retention/attraction of top talent• Collaborate with technology stakeholders to maintain policy adherence, risk mitigations, and cyber security and data integration across the enterprise, ensuring all operations run smoothly without disruptions that can impact performance• Sought out and recruited 3 top performers who were instrumental in introducing and implementing an Agile environment through Towns, Neighborhoods, and Pods, enhancing team performance, scalability, and efficiency• Championed the program management initiative on rolling out new SaaS applications to replace outdated/legacy applications and Platform as a Service (PaaS) applications• Reduced operating expenses through elimination of multiple servers and reallocation of staff members as necessary to maintain updates and changes, resulting in an annual cost saving of $1.5MM• Facilitated the design, implementation, and management of a Human Resource Data Warehouse to enhance operations• Oversaw and managed multiple business line applications including PeopleSoft ELM, PeopleSoft HCM, Oracle Fusion, Oracle OBIA (Data Warehouse), Tableau, MFT, Ultimate Software Ultipro Payroll, Time, and Attendance• Monitored and verified Service Level Agreements (SLA) among vendors to ensure service levels were being met, including compliance, credits, project deliveries, conflict resolutions, and contract negotiations (for purchases and renewals)

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Facilitated training, communications, and service-level management functions while identifying and creating new business department relations based on needs. Supported platform transitions to PeopleSoft Finance and PeopleSoft Student Administration projects as the designated change leader.• Interfaced with key business partners on a bi-weekly basis at campuses to discuss strategy, align services, and allocate campus resources for projects and initiatives• Implemented business continuity and emergency planning for the division to ensure all plans were in place, all full disaster recovery tests were being executed at off-site businesses, and recovery times/application prioritization were being established• Managed legal file applications that supported general counsel with document and case information• Created redundancies of web servers, databases, and report server components to satisfy the need for high availability access

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Spearheaded major upgrades of various platforms to enhance human resource systems and strengthen infrastructures to boost automated processing of day-to-day tasks as Senior Project Leader.• Orchestrated the upgrade of PeopleSoft Version 7.6 to Version 9.0 while effectively managing a $14MM budget to upgrade human resource payroll, base benefits, and training programs• Transformed the company’s internal infrastructure to efficiently support high availability and web services to customers• Automated a time and labor self-service, manager and employee self-service, and commitment accounting, reducing the amount of printed paper (live pay advice, checks, and W-2 forms) from approximately 25,000 sheets to under 2,000 sheets• Executed Oracle’s identity access management for authorization and authentication, enhancing Single-Sign-On (SSO) and increasing overall security to prevent unauthorized sign-on and information access

Dover, De, Us

Oversaw full lifecycle project management and custom application development. Planned, organized, and completed multi-scale projects on time and within budget. Served as key member of project support office and information technology committee. Managed over five custom-developed applications currently in production. Expertly managed implementation and upgrade of two major ERP Systems: PeopleSoft HCM and Financials. Acted as technical lead for Microsoft Project Server 2003, OnDemand Training, ACL Auditing, Expedite Contract Bidding, HelpStar, and Sharepoint Portal. Directed application support and development teams for PeopleSoft HR and FIN. Achieved recognition for custom-built applications, saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in operational costs. Increased performance in eight-person technical development team. Established dynamic project management methodology adopted by DelDOT. Earned nomination for PeopleSoft Financial upgrade as outstanding project of the year. Upgraded Microsoft Project Server and Sharepoint Portal and Services. Assisted in development of project management office and creation of project templates following PMIs PMBOK guide

Updated all internal and external databases, completing all statutory reporting requirements. Participated in four special recovery projects, working independently and within thriving team environment. Served in design and implementation for fraud-watch recovery software, saving in excess of $1,000,000 annually. Consistently exceeded performance standards, and achieved selection to mentor five-member team. Received step-above award for outstanding commitment and going above and beyond call of duty.

Communications

Project Management Certification, Project Management

Network Engineering