Independent Oracle Planning Cloud Consultant.Covetrus (Melville, NY)-PBCS Admin and Developer-Brought in to assist with a system in crisis (system was cloned from the parent company during a recent spin off, and was not adequately tested before go-live)-Identified key failure points.-Stabilized the system by rewriting key Business Rules, including eliminations calculations.-Wrote VB scripts to transform data from HFM, saving several hours per week and increasing… Show more Independent Oracle Planning Cloud Consultant.Covetrus (Melville, NY)-PBCS Admin and Developer-Brought in to assist with a system in crisis (system was cloned from the parent company during a recent spin off, and was not adequately tested before go-live)-Identified key failure points.-Stabilized the system by rewriting key Business Rules, including eliminations calculations.-Wrote VB scripts to transform data from HFM, saving several hours per week and increasing accuracy.-Wrote EPM Automate Scripts-Implemented XREF & XWRITE business rules to replace "hi-touch" manual process.-Provided roadmap for mid term and long term enhancements.ECS Federal (Fairfax, VA)-EPBCS Architect and Developer-Gathered requirements and developed overall design-Implemented and customized the Projects module-Oversaw the integration and assisted in the customization of the CapEx, Workforce, and Finance modules.Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)-Replace Hyperion EPBCS developer who unexpectedly left the project-Worked under extremely tight deadline to get the project back on track.-Revamped data forms, business rules, and task lists to fix bugs, improve maintainability, and meet requirements.-Refined requirements for 20 allocation scripts, developed them, and assisted client with testing.-Conducted FR Training for Foundation employees.-Designed FR Reporting Strategy, developed several FR Reports (and supporting alternate hierarchies), mentored/guided Foundation employees on the design and development of additional reports. Show less

Independent Hyperion Planning and Essbase Consultant.Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson County, TN (Feb 2017-Feb 2019)-Hyperion Architect and PSPB Developer.-Implemented multiple applications in Hyperion Planning 11.1.2.4 (Operating Budget, HCP, Revenue, Position Control). -Responsible for requirement gathering, analysis, and recommendations, and advising OMB (Office of Management and Budget) with their business process redesign.-Responsible for functional… Show more Independent Hyperion Planning and Essbase Consultant.Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson County, TN (Feb 2017-Feb 2019)-Hyperion Architect and PSPB Developer.-Implemented multiple applications in Hyperion Planning 11.1.2.4 (Operating Budget, HCP, Revenue, Position Control). -Responsible for requirement gathering, analysis, and recommendations, and advising OMB (Office of Management and Budget) with their business process redesign.-Responsible for functional design, technical design, and the technical implementation.-Trained County personal to administer the system and provide ongoing support.-Led UAT (User Acceptance Testing) script development and testing efforts.King County, WA (Seattle) (Nov 2016)-Performed assessment of the County’s Hyperion Public Sector Planning & Budgeting implementation-Identified key strengths, deficiencies and opportunities (functional and technical) to enable the County to drastically improve their utilization of the system and their ROI.-Developed short, medium, and long-term recommendations, a high level design, and a work plan to implement the recommendations. Sonoma County (Santa Rosa, CA) (Sept 2015-Oct 2016)-Hyperion Architect and Lead. Team was a fluid mix of County and implementer resources, with 4-7 people throughout the project. -Implemented Hyperion Planning 11.1.2.3, FDMEE, and Hyperion Financial Reporting.-Responsible for requirement gathering, analysis, and recommendations, and advised county with their business process redesign.-Responsible for functional design, technical design, and leading the technical implementation.-Trained County personal to help with the technical implementation – writing data forms, task lists, menus, and business rules, and reports.-Trained County personal to administer the system and provide ongoing support.-Led UAT (User Acceptance Testing) script development and testing efforts.-Primary technical resource for training material development and delivery. Show less

Specializing in the Public Sector Planning & Budgeting (PSPB) module of Hyperion Planning.Extensive experience customizing the PSPB Module. Implemented PSPB module at the City of Albuquerque, City of Vancouver (Washington), Ramsey County (St. Paul, Minnesota), the University of Florida, and Southeastern Louisiana University (SELU, Hammond, LA).Responsible for requirements gathering, functional design, technical design, PSPB Customizations (Business Rules, Data Forms, Menus… Show more Specializing in the Public Sector Planning & Budgeting (PSPB) module of Hyperion Planning.Extensive experience customizing the PSPB Module. Implemented PSPB module at the City of Albuquerque, City of Vancouver (Washington), Ramsey County (St. Paul, Minnesota), the University of Florida, and Southeastern Louisiana University (SELU, Hammond, LA).Responsible for requirements gathering, functional design, technical design, PSPB Customizations (Business Rules, Data Forms, Menus, Task Lists, etc.), interfacing with the source ERP system (PeopleSoft HR or Oracle EBS), interfacing with other Hyperion Planning applications, database tuning and optimization, User Acceptance Testing, Training, and Post Go-Live support. Show less

Senior Hyperion Developer on a team designing and building a Hyperion Planning based Budget System as part of an enterprise-wide transformational initiative (Project Symphony). Worked closely with the Technical Architect and Functional Team to design overall system and interfaces. Created technical design documentation for individual build items. Worked with contractor developers to implement the designs. Designed outlines, designed and wrote Business Rules and Calc Scripts, designed and… Show more Senior Hyperion Developer on a team designing and building a Hyperion Planning based Budget System as part of an enterprise-wide transformational initiative (Project Symphony). Worked closely with the Technical Architect and Functional Team to design overall system and interfaces. Created technical design documentation for individual build items. Worked with contractor developers to implement the designs. Designed outlines, designed and wrote Business Rules and Calc Scripts, designed and developed Webforms, Security, Partitions, and Member Formulas. Show less

Client: Sara LeeKey role on a team upgrading from Hyperion Planning 3.5.1 to System 9. Redesigned the security implementation, resulting in increased reliability and easier maintenance. Also worked on Dimension Builds (both HAL and manual), Formulas, Calc Scripts, Report Scripts, Reports, and Business Rules.Wrote a tool set to simplify the development of automation scripts in MAXL and ksh. Enabled Sara Lee to have a uniform and repeatable processes across multiple user… Show more Client: Sara LeeKey role on a team upgrading from Hyperion Planning 3.5.1 to System 9. Redesigned the security implementation, resulting in increased reliability and easier maintenance. Also worked on Dimension Builds (both HAL and manual), Formulas, Calc Scripts, Report Scripts, Reports, and Business Rules.Wrote a tool set to simplify the development of automation scripts in MAXL and ksh. Enabled Sara Lee to have a uniform and repeatable processes across multiple user groups. Implemented a Revision Control System to improve stability and ensure SOX compliance.Oversaw an off-shore team of 4 support personnel in India, providing 24 hour support for the Planning system. Trained and mentored the team, and wrote procedural manuals for the support team to follow. Obtained Hyperion Planning Certification. Show less

Worked with IBM India to transition support of Sara Lee's Hyperion Planning systems from EDS to IBM India. Held Knowledge Transfer/Training sessions with IBM India's onshore and offshore teams, demonstrated our procedures, then observed/monitored their support of Sara Lee's Systems.

Client: Sara Lee/EarthgrainsSupported a legacy Budget application written in C/Unix using an Oracle database and a PowerBuilder front end.Quickly improved the reliability, functionality, and performance of the system.Usually the sole programmer on the project, responsible for the production support, requirements gathering, working with the clients to prioritize enhancements, and all design, building, and testing of enhancements. In 2002, led a team of three on a… Show more Client: Sara Lee/EarthgrainsSupported a legacy Budget application written in C/Unix using an Oracle database and a PowerBuilder front end.Quickly improved the reliability, functionality, and performance of the system.Usually the sole programmer on the project, responsible for the production support, requirements gathering, working with the clients to prioritize enhancements, and all design, building, and testing of enhancements. In 2002, led a team of three on a 6 month project to modify the system to accommodate large scale changes needed to support new accounting methods and reporting requirements when Sara Lee bought Earthgrains. Show less

Client: Eathgrains (now Sara Lee)Enhanced Earthgrains’ Ariba system. Qualified as a Certified Ariba Developer. Responsible for production support, and several Java enhancements.

Management Information Systems AccountSt. Louis, MOProject Librarian for a 10 person team supporting EMPRV, a maintenance system designed for large processing plants. Used PowerBuilder to periodically recompile the entire system, supplying the latest source code to offsite developers, producing the executables and deliverables for each release, maintaining archives of systems backups, and maintaining the various versions in use by different customers.Redesigned and… Show more Management Information Systems AccountSt. Louis, MOProject Librarian for a 10 person team supporting EMPRV, a maintenance system designed for large processing plants. Used PowerBuilder to periodically recompile the entire system, supplying the latest source code to offsite developers, producing the executables and deliverables for each release, maintaining archives of systems backups, and maintaining the various versions in use by different customers.Redesigned and automated most of the procedures using DOS Batch Files and UNIX Scripts, cutting the time needed for a full rebuild from 10 hours to 6, and improving the quality of the releases. Show less

Work Force Management Account, St. LouisApplication Coordinator for Tour Allocation, a 100,000 LOC, multi-platform, GUI application written in C using object oriented techniques. Coordinated all design changes, development, maintenance, and testing for Tour Allocation. Wrote and maintained an internal website hosting design and development documentation.Enhanced a Windows Manager system written in XVT Design (a GUI-portability toolkit) which ran on Motif and Windows… Show more Work Force Management Account, St. LouisApplication Coordinator for Tour Allocation, a 100,000 LOC, multi-platform, GUI application written in C using object oriented techniques. Coordinated all design changes, development, maintenance, and testing for Tour Allocation. Wrote and maintained an internal website hosting design and development documentation.Enhanced a Windows Manager system written in XVT Design (a GUI-portability toolkit) which ran on Motif and Windows NT.Saved the project 6 man-months by writing a code-generator-generator, which took the output of XVT Design for a window, and generated a script which could be executed to generate the skeleton code for the window. Show less

Unigraphics Account, St. Louis, MODesigned, implemented, and maintained a system of nightly builds and automatic testing for a variety of CAD system translators on 6 platforms (4 UNIX and 2 VAX). Integrated the translators with each new build of Unigraphics. Responsible for the configuration management of the builds. Performed bug fixes and miscellaneous UNIX tool development using shell scripts.

Engineering Systems Developer (ESD) Training, Troy, MICompleted EDS's "ESD Technical Training” -- an intense, formal, ten week training course in JCL, TSO/ISPF, PL/1, SQL, DB2, UNIX, and C for engineering and manufacturing applications. Selected as one of two Assistant Instructors for the next session (based on technical ability and personal skills).As an Assistant Instructor, served as a technical resource for participants, a liaison between participants and management, and as… Show more Engineering Systems Developer (ESD) Training, Troy, MICompleted EDS's "ESD Technical Training” -- an intense, formal, ten week training course in JCL, TSO/ISPF, PL/1, SQL, DB2, UNIX, and C for engineering and manufacturing applications. Selected as one of two Assistant Instructors for the next session (based on technical ability and personal skills).As an Assistant Instructor, served as a technical resource for participants, a liaison between participants and management, and as a general assistant to the instructors. Evaluated participants’ progress and group dynamics. Show less

GM Account, Detroit, MIAs an EDS Associate, supported LAD Specialty Vehicles in their day-to-day operations. Maintained an AppleTalk network, provided general PC support, procurement, and administration of mainframe IDs. Supported two Macintosh-based databases for the GM 1995 J Car Systems Engineering Team.