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Greater San Diego Area

Gideon Taylor is a PeopleSoft consultancy with a very specific focus — we revolutionize business processes, using automation, workflow, integration and electronic forms technology. We help our clients achieve greater business value from their substantial investments in ERP and other technology platforms.As SOLUTION ARCHITECT, I have managed over 20 implementation projects for higher education, city and state government, public and private sector clients. I lead small, efficient teams to analyze business processes and complete implementation projects within 20 weeks on average. While each client project is unique, I follow a tried-and-true process of collaboration with the customer that has resulted in a 100% success rate exceeding client expectations on time and under budget:⇨ DISCOVERY SESSIONS: I facilitate conversations with client experts to reach a shared understanding of needs and the capability of the Gideon Taylor framework solution. ⇨ PROCESS REDESIGN: I work with both the Gideon Taylor and client teams to re-engineer the business processes to be simple, efficient, and flexible. ⇨ AUTOMATE: My team and I design an electronic solution for the new processes, reducing the number of data fields, restricting values to reduce errors, and routing workflow to the required approvers. ⇨ GO LIVE: We ensure that the delivered solution matches to the original vision and meets or exceeds client requirements, adjusting as needed as the solution evolves.As a team leader, I am passionate about training and mentoring my colleagues to be better consultants. Serving clients requires more than just technical expertise. Our software designers need to know how to create a vision for client projects, present complex information, build consensus, and overcome multiple challenges. I endeavor to be a guide for our less experienced talent so they can deliver the best possible solutions for our clients while developing valuable skills to enhance their own careers.

Greater Denver Area

Project Manager and Functional Leader for PeopleSoft projects including upgrades, implementations, business process redesign, strategic planning and software selection. PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS & RESULTSCOUNTY OF MODESTO: Facilitated restructuring of time and labor charges to GL that reduced manual GL transactions from >2000 to <20 monthly.DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: Eliminated 80% of the customizations to the current system while improving transaction times by 45%.INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Reduced time to process payroll and labor distribution by 40%. ST JOSEPH HEALTH SYSTEM: Led development of a three-year strategic plan to stabilize existing functionality and develop an implementation plan for eApps that enhanced business processes.MARICOPA COUNTY: Facilitated setup of commitment accounting by developing specifications for the interface from HRMS to GL, reducing data entry time, improving reporting data, and reducing interface errors by 90%.THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL: Lead team to redesign business process to incorporate best practices while implementing nine modules of PeopleSoft 8.3 with under 100 hours of modification to the delivered system. CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO: Developed creative business requirements solutions without modifying baseline product, processing first campus to go-live with <.05% payroll errors compared to >11% on the legacy system.BOISE CASCADE: Facilitated implementation with only 119 hours of modifications for four business units. First Go-Live payroll involved over 8,000 employees in 37 states had <.05% reissues.SOFTWARE SELECTION ANALYSIS: Analyzed legacy systems, researched “as is” business processes, facilitated needs analysis discussions, then developed requirements for Requests for Proposals (RFPs). Selected HR, Payroll, Time and Labor, Risk Management and CRM systems and implementation vendors for multiple clients.