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Overland Park, Ks, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Managing and delivering Microsoft D365 F&O implementations and upgrades in the project portfolio.Principal Project/Program Management leader in the PMO responsible for leading a 50MM Microsoft D365 F&O, CE and Field Service implementation for a major Healthcare industry client managing and delivering a large scale, global ERP transformation and migration from Oracle to Microsoft D365 F&O. Lead and manage a team of 10 consultants and client resources delivering multiple workstreams, both technical and functional. Primary responsibilities include daily project operations management, resource allocations and capacity management, executive status reporting, and ERP advisory and thought leadership. Hold additional PMO-level responsibilities creating content, performing portfolio management monitoring, and leading the ERP delivery portfolio.

Senior Project Management leader responsible for leading a 100MM program for a major Oil and Gas industry client performing a complete and comprehensive migration from SAP to Microsoft D365 F&O. Led a team of over 20 consultants delivering multiple workstreams, both technical and functional. Responsibilities include daily project operations management, resource allocations and capacity management, executive status reporting, and ERP advisory and thought leadership. Hold additional PMO-level responsibilities creating content, performing portfolio management monitoring, and leading the ERP delivery portfolio.

Montreal, Quebec, Ca

Lead program manager of global managed cloud services provider managing multiple ERP implementations, upgrades and project teams in a global capacity. Focused specifically on Microsoft D365 F&O, Oracle JD Edwards, Oracle E-Business Suite, Cloud, AWS and SAP. Responsible for stakeholder management, resource management and allocation, project forecasting, budget management, invoice management, and overall technical delivery of products. Manage global implementations and upgrades in Canada, Mexico, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia, and the United States. Hold responsibilities in portfolio management and continuous methodology improvement utilizing Agile and Scrum principles.

Westlake, Oh, Us

Consulting manager focused on working with short-term project engagements in a variety of sectors including healthcare, telecom, and finance. Act as a senior manager on either project or portfolio-based work defining scope and size to plan and execute multiple concurrent projects and programs. Held recurring meetings with leadership to set and measure objectives, address concerns, and establish foundations for delivery excellence. Leader of continuous portfolio updates, establishment of management techniques and controls, and establishment of high credibility as a contractor. Certified in Hyland OnBase.

Chesterfield, Mo, Us

Managed and delivered Cloud Customer Care/Experience Billing implementation at Sprint/T-Mobile using TAPAS software, MS360, DevOps, SmartOps, Digital One, Catalog One, Data Migration and Big Data Analytics. Responsible for planning, managing and scoping monthly deployments, risk/issue analysis, milestones and deliverables. Work with Sprint/T-Mobile stakeholders, PMO, product owners and domain leads to successfully implement on-time, within budget monthly deployments for AMIL and Order Capture/Handling functional domains.

Overland Park, Ks, Us

Managed remotely multiple client upgrades and implementations utilizing the SalesForce project management tool.

Chicago, Il, Us

Served as Program Manager on a PeopleSoft Production Support, PUM and PS Tools upgrade project for a large Healthcare client.

Analyzed potential client software and operational needsAdvised potential clients in selection of ERP software and Project Management methodologies and toolsetsGuided potential clients in the process of Change Management

Dublin 2, Ie

• Served as Lead on PeopleSoft General Ledger/Commitment Control and Accounts Payable 9.2 upgrade for Public Sector clients• Provided business process solutions and recommendations for upgrading General Ledger, Commitment Control and Accounts Payable 9.2 modules for Public Sector clients• Developed proposals based on client requirements• Managed Proposal Team with analysis, evaluation, generation and delivery of Public Sector Proposals• Responsible for presentation of orals to our clients• Served as oversight and Financials Lead on internal team developing the Oracle Cloud and EBS technology pertaining to the delivered Financials and Supply Chain modules for both Public and Private Sector industries• Served as Project Manager on a Data Conversion project for a private sector education client• Performed extensive review, analysis, validation and completion of PeopleSoft functional test scripts for Public Sector client• Developed, customized and validated business process test scripts specific to Cash Validation for Public Sector client• Conducted and facilitated functional meetings with end users as well as supervised and managed functional module specialists with development and testing effort• Served as Project Manager utilizing Agile methodology responsible for the Plan, Analyze, Design, Build, Test, Deploy phases of a project, account delivery, delivery and communications management, financial management, project planning and identifying/defining project scope, objectives, risks and issues • Developed and executed activities related to end-to-end project management, including project plans and estimates, scoping and requirements through implementation and deployment • Proactively monitored, managed and reported on execution of deliverables and milestones• Served as a liaison with clients at all levels of management, including steering committee and executive sponsors

Sterling, Va, Us

• Conducted multiple new implementation and upgrade assessments along with presenting PeopleSoft 9.2 features for General Ledger, Asset Management and Project Cost modules to prospective clients • Developed proposals based on client requirements; these included scope of project, statement of work, budget/cost, number of resources and project timeline• Led the Proposal Team with analysis, evaluation, generation and delivery of final Proposals• Responsible for presentation of orals to both prospective and current clients• Project Manager/Functional Lead for upgrade project involving General Ledger and Asset Management modules• Conducted design and business requirement sessions, fit gap analysis, configuration, setup, testing, migration and go live for General Ledger and Asset Management modules• Facilitated end user training for General Ledger and Asset Management modules• Instituted project methodology utilizing phase approach of Plan, Analyze, Design, Build, Test and Deploy• Managed project plan, budget, time, scope and risk. Project went live on time and within budget

Seattle, Washington, Us

• Project Manager for creation of Omni-Channel ERP Solution• Developed and delivered successful proposal for Omni-Chanel ERP client• Oversaw the Dynamics AX 2012 ERP implementation of Order to Cash (POS/Order Management), Finance (Bank Reconciliation), Warehouse Management (Inventory Management/Standard Cost) and Procure to Pay (Pick, Pack, Ship) processes• Managed budget, time (resource hours), scope, risk and project plan utilizing Project Server 2010. Managed project team of 12 that was divided into four individual teams of three resources supporting each AX process• Instituted ACM project methodology, conducted the business process walk-thru, facilitated meetings/business requirement gathering sessions and utilized phase approach of Plan, Analyze, Design, Build, Test and Deploy. Project went live on time and within budget

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

• Managing Consultant/ Project Manager on various private industry and Public Sector projects• Managed proposal effort for Public Sector clients• Consulted and managed team for State of New York Financials/SCM 9.1 implementation project• Managed development and support of over 300 delivered and customized reports, scripts and scenarios for testing * Validated and approved functional specs for reports and sign off * Managed User Acceptance/Regression Testing and Report Validation * Worked as liaison for all partners on project• Coordinated and facilitated conference calls and meetings for client team members and end users * Prepared design questions and addressed all issues associated therewith* Developed Business requirements * Performed Fit/ Gap Analysis • Configuration/Setup of Supplier Contracts and eSettlement modules• Created and compiled workshop presentation materials• Utilized Mercury Testing Tool to account for issues and defects and Mercury Quick Test Professional for Regression testing * Worked closely with business analysts, technical team and OCM in the execution of the report testing effort• Created and completed deliverable documentation/templates for System Life- Cycle Testing, Enterprise Life- Cycle Testing and Accounting Validation• Managed Oracle HIGLAS documentation effort utilizing eRoom and ClearCase• Reviewed, developed and validated Oracle documentation to place in central repository

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, In

Consulted and managed new PeopleSoft Supplier Contract Management 9.0 implementation/Ariba conversion for a Financial Services client. As the Project Manager and SRM Functional Lead, responsible for the project kick-off, project plan, scope, meetings, review/walk-thru sessions, obtained Ariba application Table structure documentation and business requirement gathering. Developed agenda and facilitate JAD Session by conducting detail overview of the Supplier Contract Management business processes and module walk-thru. Project went live on time and within budget.* Consulted and managed the PeopleSoft Cash Management 8.9 issue resolution analysis effort for the State of Tennessee * Responsible for leading the assessment and discovery effort to obtain current business process and configuration/set-up documentation for the Cash Management/Banking module and the Reconciliation/Year End business processes * Facilitated meetings and sessions with key stakeholders and department Leads in Finance & Accounting, Department of Treasury and Project Edison team * Gathered and formulated documentation * Developed deliverable template and presented completed deliverable to State of Tennessee Department of Accounts (DOA) * Subject Matter Expert who provided suggestions, recommendations and resolutions to State of Tennessee DOA critical issues involving number of ACH deposits/debits, clearing account, bank setup and inability to turn on and use Auto Reconciliation

Consulted and managed the PeopleSoft Financials/SCM 9.1 upgrade. Primary responsibility was to develop the Change Management/UPK Training effort. This included instituting formal project methodology, creating the Training Plan, Approach and Strategy utilizing UPK 3.6.1. Responsible for the development of the Change Management Communication Plan as well as the UPK development effort for all involved modules. This included the coordination of the Training Curriculum for the PeopleSoft module end-user training. Project went live on time and within budget.

Consulted and managed the upgrade and reimplementation of the PeopleSoft 8.9 FSCM modules for a Public Sector client. The modules included were AP, GL, AR, BI, PC, AM, Contracts, Grants, Cash Management, Purchasing, Inventory, eProcurement, and Strategic Sourcing.Responsible for all functional tasks associated with the life cycle of the project which included functional module walk-thru, business requirement gathering, fit gap analysis, design, business process flow, template development documentation, configuration, set-up, integration/user acceptance testing, training, migration, go-live and production support. As a UPK Training Lead, responsible for managing the Change Management/Training effort associated with the PeopleSoft re-implementation and upgrade of the 8.9 FSCM modules as well as the creation, oversight and management of the training approach, training strategy and training plan for Train-the-Trainer and End-User training utilizing UPK 3.1.6/3.5.1.Accountable for the development of training materials for the afore-mentioned modules. This included the capture of module content, screen shot navigation and documentation. Worked with functional consultants as well as client module functional leads in the knowledge transfer effort. Interfaced with the technical infrastructure team in the creation of the Development, Test, Prototype, Training and Production database environments.Project went live on time and within budget.

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Worked as a Project Manager, Principal PeopleSoft Consultant and UPK Training Lead on various PeopleSoft software implementation and upgrade projects.Significant Achievements:-C&H Distributors PeopleSoft Financials and SCM 8.9 Upgrade and Production Support Project-Penn National Insurance, PeopleSoft 8.8/8.9 Financials and Budgets/EPM User Training ProjectManaged PeopleSoft Financials 8.8 and Budgets/EPM 8.9 functional and technical user training project-Amerisure, PeopleSoft 8.9 Re-implementationWorked as a Project Manager and Principal PeopleSoft Consultant for the Financials and Accounts Payable 8.9 module reimplementation-BlueCross BlueShield, PeopleSoft 8.9 UpgradeManaged the Asset Management 8.9 upgrade-Southern UTE Indian Tribe, PeopleSoft 8.9 Implementation and Upgrade Acted as the Project Manager and UPK Training Lead for Financials and HR upgrade and implementation-State of Indiana - Department of Corrections (DOC), PeopleSoft 8.4 Implementation Managed the implementation of the PS 8.4 Financial and eProcurement, Inventory and Cost Management modules: developed and executed the training strategy, training documentation, fit/gap and business process analysis; created user training guides and manuals; developed training documentation utilizing the State of Indiana's PeopleSoft-delivered User Productivity Kit (UPK) online training tool; and facilitated and conducted training sessions -SpectraLink; PeopleSoft8.8 Upgrade and ImplementationManaged the upgrade and implementation of PeopleSoft Accounts Receivable, Billing, and Order Management modules for the Order-to-Cash process: gathered business requirements and conducted fit/gap analysis, business process reviews

Managed individual accounts along with participating in the establishment, growth, and development of the Enterprise Solutions Group Responsible for the successful sales of $3.5mm in new and follow-up business in first two years Managed the various projects that were all on time, within budget and completed to the clients' satisfaction -Telergy, Inc., a large telecommunications company, PeopleSoft 7.5 Implementation Managed and participated in the implementation of PeopleSoft 7.5 Asset Management, Project Costing, and Budget modules -Tritel Communications, Inc., large telecommunication company, PeopleSoft CustomizationManaged and participated in the customization and upgrade of PeopleSoft Budgets 7.0 to 7.5 -Sager Electronics, a manufacturer and distributor of electronic components - PeopleSoft 7.5 ImplementationManaged and participated in the implementation of the PeopleSoft 7.5 Order Management module -Holy Cross Health Systems - PeopleSoft 7.5 ConfigurationManaged the reconfiguration of the PeopleSoft 7.5 Asset Management module to reflect a change in fiscal year conversion

Managed and participated in the $400mm and 100-person PeopleSoft 6.0 Financials implementation project for a large Midwestern utility. Evaluated and selected PeopleSoft ERP software through the Business Process Reengineering (BPR) effort, worked on the initial design phase, development phase, testing phase, migration phase, final implementation, and production supportPerformed fit-gap analysis; created preliminary system design; worked closely with end-users to determine customization needs; created detailed system design and specifications for configuration and customization of the PeopleSoft Financial modulesCustomized Project Cost, General Ledger, and Budget modules; performed unit testing on modified panels, reports, and code; created full documentation to support customizations; and provided production support for all Financial modules that included modifying, enhancing, and debugging existing Financial programs

B.A., Business Communications

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