Providing subcontract consulting services to a large Dynamics 365 Business Central / NAV firm in the Houston, TX area.

Free lance Microsoft Dynamics NAV / Dynamics 365 Business Central solution architect and project manager. Let me help you with partner staff augmentation or with customer internal subject matter expert assistance. Learn more at www.DynamicsConsultant.net.

Conducting Dynamics 365 Business Central full life cycle implementations for Sparkhound customers

• Manage and conduct full life-cycle implementations of Microsoft Dynamics NAV, a full-featured, mid-market ERP package.Projects entailed gathering configuration specifications, documenting existing business processes, performing GAP analysis, and advising clients on appropriate solutions to bridge the GAPs. Modules implemented: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, Fixed Assets, Job Costing, Inventory & Supply Chain Management, HR and Payroll. Manage implementations for clients with operations in France, the United Kingdom, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, and Canada. Manage resource scheduling and utilization for all of Sikich's Houston-based consultants.

• Internal project manager for global rollout of Microsoft Dynamics – NAV for global recruitment and services firm. Rollout included core Financial systems along with Human Resources, Payroll, and Project Management/Costing.• Conducted process design sessions via workshops (face-to-face meetings and video conference). The outcome of these sessions was to document user requirements and evaluate those requirements against standard application functionality versus efforts to customize the solution via application development or add-on procurement.• Conducted regional rollouts supporting operations in Rotterdam, Paris, Glasgow, Perth, Singapore, Calgary, and Houston with additional rollouts planned for Dubai, Moscow, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines.• Developed Product and Project Governance Models to ensure project executed and product developed in a controlled manner. • Managed vendor deliverables across multiple vendors in multiple regions.• Responsible for all aspects of IT delivery in the Americas region using a variety of local IT services partners in Rio de Janeiro, Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, and Houston.• Rolled out regional MPLS network working with global telecommunications partners based in Europe.• Implemented and migrated end users to an Americas Regional Data Center providing a rapidly scalable, highly secure virtual desktop to all end users.

• Managed and conducted full life-cycle implementations of Microsoft Business Solutions – NAV, a full-featured, mid-market ERP package.Projects entailed gathering configuration specifications, documenting existing business processes, performing GAP analysis, and advising clients on appropriate solutions to bridge the GAPs. Modules implemented: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, Fixed Assets, Job Costing, Inventory & Supply Chain Management, HR and Payroll. Managed implementations for clients with operations in France, the United Kingdom, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, and Canada.• Managed new customer Transitions from existing Microsoft Dynamics - NAV installations.. Transitions included evaluating and documenting client business processes, reviewing and analyzing application customizations.

• Responsible for overall performance of the Information Technology team and the network and applications supported.• Provided strategic technical direction to the senior executive team with the goal of using technology as a differentiator. The technology strategy was geared towards a low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) while providing the flexibility to the operational units to remain entrepreneurial in their business functions.• JoeAuto's innovative approach to automotive repair and our early adoption of Microsoft's BizTalk Server resulted in participation in interviews by Darwin Magazine (CIO's sister publication) and Call Center Magazine along with participating in a BizTalk ServerCase Study produced by Microsoft.

Change Control Manager• Developed, administered, and enforced all IT policies and procedures.• Developed a Block Point release schedule that included 14 ERP and custom applications.• Facilitated weekly meetings to coordinate all proposed and approved changes to the production environments• Prepared weekly reports to senior management detailing all approved changes to the production environment and the success/failure of the implementationApplication Support Manager• Managed a team of 15 engineers in supporting 9 custom-built Pricing and Financials applications (Oracle Financials) for Ryder Truck Rental Systems.• Managed team workload in processing help desk tickets (bug fixes) and service change requests (enhancements) • Prepared standard and ad-hoc reports for the Ryder Truck Rental Systems CIO and his senior management staff detailing work efforts and staff utilization• Developed and monitored external training and internal cross-training schedules for team members.