Nicholas Liston Email & Phone Number

contact: nliston2000@yahoo.comphone: 678-522-4003Accomplished business and technology professional with extensive system development and implementation experience. Proven track record of successfully leading large technology transformation programs from inception to completion. Strong interpersonal communication skills with the ability to work closely with key executives and project sponsors to provide succinct program updates and prioritized areas of focus. Possesses the ability to quickly understand issues and risks, focus on resolution and provide quality results. KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE:Program/Project ManagementCross - Functional Team Building & LeadershipAgile/Waterfall/HybridData AnalyticsMicrosoft CoPilotData GovernanceTechnology TransformationAtlassian - Jira, JSD, ConfluenceProcess Redesign (Financial/Supply Chain) Supplier Relationships (Contract Management & Negotiation) Cut-over Planning/ExecutionChange Management/TrainingERP, Oracle PeopleSoft, Oracle EBS, Oracle Cloud, Oracle Hyperion, PowerPlanAccomplishments •Program lead for Google Cloud technology transformation focused on account team engagement. •Facilitated engagement between customer account and business transformation teams focus on change management, communications, and detailed milestone planning.•Program manager for $100M portfolio of Data Analytics projects •Established program and project management principles to govern the work and expedite the realization of value.•Drove adoption of JIRA toolset and regular Agile/Scrum cadence to enable a replicable, predictable operating model, designed data intake request process enabled by Jira Service management to process and prioritize to data requests to support analytic projects.• Program manager for large ERP implementation, Responsible for 80+ resources (15 offshore) and overall budget of $10M for system•Architect of integration design across multiple technology platforms and end to end processes (order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, record-to-report) resulting in significant reduction of manual processes and elimination of software customizations.•Program manager for large ERP implementation including financials, supply chain, planning, and asset management.•Responsible for 100+ resources, 4 system integrators, and budget of $36M for a full financial system implementation