Derek Arase Email & Phone Number

San Francisco

A Project Manager at Slalom Consulting working across multiple disciplines and industries to lead process or system improvements, lead system developments and implementations and vendor selections.

Project manager assisting in the implementation of a medical management software system for a large health insurance company.• Developed project plans and managed a team of consultants to assist the implementation of the medical management software system.• Developed detailed business requirements for the medical management system implementation.• Facilitated cross functional business requirements sessions resulting in detailed business use cases.• Developed test cases for the medical management acceptance testing.

Responsible for the analysis, design and testing of financial management processes and controls for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Provided subject matter expertise on SOX compliance and worked with a variety of clients and external auditors to assess, scope, design and implement financial processes and controls.

- Managed and coordinated all phases of the SAP project from leading the business requirements development and software selection to the go-live planning. Managed the implementation partner to develop the budget, project plan, perform requirements analysis, system design, configuration, testing and production planning. Coordinated the project team and worked with key stake holders and management to manage timelines, scope and deliverables. - Worked with key business process owners to facilitate the analysis and design of business processes for both the ERP system implementation and for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. - Managed the successful enterprise wide Sarbanes-Oxley compliance effort for finance, entity and IT control processes. Managed the design, documentation, testing and remediation of financial management and IT controls for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Managed the transition to a new external auditor for the compliance effort and worked with the auditor on the design of the control environment and the evaluation of control effectiveness.

- Managed the successful delivery of the analysis, design, documentation and testing of financial management processes for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for several public companies. - Worked with the client and the client’s auditors to assess the scope of processes and controls for Sarbanes-Oxley, including the documentation of controls and remediatation of deficiencies.- Managed an ERP software evaluation process, including developing an RFP with functional requirements and analysis of vendor RFP responses and demos.

Responsible for developing and managing QA methodologies, processes and automated testing for ComplianceEase solutions. - Developed QA methodologies and processes- Developed departmental operation plans, budgeting and staffing- Worked with software development and product management teams to coordinate successful product delivery.

Responsible for managing the engineering team, developing operational plans and budget for the engineering department.- Developed and maintained project plans and managed project execution for product development.- Responsible for scope planning and change control for effective project delivery.

San Francisco

Project manager working in web development and professional services delivery methodology.