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PLM Consultant specializing in Oracle Cloud products; Product Development Cloud, Product Hub Cloud, Quality Management Cloud, Innovation Management Cloud• Manage Design Workshops for new multi-tier projects and also post go-live enhancements• Manage delivery of technical work for all project phases (CRP, UAT, SIT, GL)• Enforce Quality standards for testing and verification of custom designs, automations, integrations• Manage technical and functional deliverables for project delivery and archives

Greater Boston Area

• Research prospects’ operations and perform live discovery sessions with prospects to understand current state, executive alignment and KBRs• Align prospective customers’ goals and KBRs with Cloud solutions and perform live demonstrations to prove out the solution set• Strategize messaging and content delivery with sales teams in order to show ‘the art of the possible’• Customize and prepare customer-centric demos with new and/or existing data• Support continuous sales organization growth by developing coworkers and organizing enablement sessions

Greater Boston Area

• Coordinated EDI projects to automate the billing, auditing and cost reporting of vendor data, reducing administrative efforts by over 20 hours/week• Managed a monthly UAT cycle for invoicing screens and approval workflows• Owned and strengthened a technical process that fairly allocates about $1.3M in monthly freight expenses among all shipped assets on all Orders to capitalize expenses on first deployments• Complete A/B analysis of carrier rates by freight lane and service type• Continue as Invoicing Lead for Freight Team

Cambridge Ma, United States

• Audit charges from Akamai’s Network Vendors and Freight Carriers and administer all billing functions.• Recorded over $646,998.00 in savings through credits, along with even further savings by decreasing MRC.• Assigned to lead the freight invoicing team, which included the following: - Continuous improvement and documentation of auditing, taxation, payment and reporting processes - Responsible for accurately processing over $1.2M in monthly freight spend for the global supply chain, including IOR, import taxes and refunds

• Completed audits of Akamai’s vendor accounts to verify colocation services and to dispute unwarranted items. Saved Akamai a minimum of $30,000.00• Audited complex invoices up to $1M against contracts• Resolved colocation issues by interfacing with vendors and coordinating with various Networks teams• Manage updates to Contracts database to support financial projections and commitments• Led the turnover of Network Freight accounts and invoices• Assigned the on-boarding of new employees, including training how to process and audit Akamai’s network invoices

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business And Enterprise Management

Activities and Societies: Sigma Pi, Project Pumpkin Leadership Committee

High School Diploma