Patrick Searcy Email & Phone Number

Frisco, Tx, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Responsible for all salesforce finance releases (includes monthly KLO’s and projects) since 2021. Manage team of RM’s in APAC and AMER in performing all facets of release management. Platforms supported are Salesforce, and Oracle R12 Financials along with numerous other systems. Prior to 2021 I managed all Appstore monthly releases (using Salesforce technologies) which comprises of about two dozen scrum teams. Appstore integrations include MuleSoft, Oracle Financials, Apttus, CPQ, Sabrix, and numerous other systems. Successful projects I managed included RMS Cloud, Procurement Cloud, Oracle and Hyperion upgrades. My duties include drafting release schedules, conduct runlist reviews, sending out communication updates, merging pull requests, drafting cutover plans, presenting change approval requests to CAB, and providing updates and coordinating deployments timings and sequencing.

Responsible for managing all core banking application systems, projects and teams. Duties include performing routine audit reviews, reviewing application changes, working with vendors, designing and architecting solutions,

South San Francisco, California, Us

Primary responsibilities include managing all facets of Salesforce releases and deployments in a multi-tiered worldwide bio-tech validated environment with local and offshore teams, these applications consisted of highly customized applications including Sales and Service applications.

Walnut Creek, Ca, Us

Managed corporate centralized enterprise payment project, with integration to six payments systems (IVR, portal, web, back office) and eight policy applications (multiple platforms) end to end. Project was comprised of over of over a hundred resources, comprised of developers, BA’s and QA teams both onshore (Arizona, and California) and offshore. Managed charter, project plans, resource plans, release plans and schedules, oversaw all deployment activities and planning. Reported to PMO committee’s and steering committees on project health and progress. Responsible for managing budget in excess of five million dollars, project planning, forecast and schedule on all facets of project including coordinating key integration teams and dependencies. Project was successfully deployed on 4/6/2013.

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Projects Managed:Behr Paint - Santa Ana, CA - PM for new Salesforce SFA and Service project, along with new SF China instance with partner portal. Solution included customized 360 account degree screen, customized pages by role, and taylored made mobile solution. Tyco Sinmplex GrinnelI - Dallas, TX. - Assigned as the Project Manager for the Salesforce interfacing project, my duties included interfacing with the client on all project related matters, timelines, deliverables, issues, and project planning. I was also on point for the Indian team, managing the daily tasks and priorities, instituting delivery policies, testing directives and managing issues and deliverables. Received high marks from the corporate CIO and Applications Director for pulling the project together and delivering it as scheduled.

Salesforce consultant: Projects I worked on, DirectTV, Dell, Proofpoint, MuDynamics, Affymetrix, AuctionPoint, and UCSF.

Emeryville, Ca, Us

Responsible for all internal IT Applications and database systems for Gracenote, a Sony owned Corporation. Leading the project planning, architecture, and management of all projects managers, project team members and off-shore contractors– tasked with implementing a wide range of packaged and custom-built multi-tier solutions ranging from Oracle to .Net. Reported to the senior director on weekly progress of all active projects and provided updates. Submitted annual technology plans and budgets for the IT applications area. Implemented Ascentis, Salesforce (Siebel conversion), Sharepoint 2003, Apptus, Deferred Revenue System custom built by Apttus which they now market were all implemented sequentially in 3 months intervals minus the accounting system which required a 3 month planning and RFP process; I met all corporate IT goals and objectives.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Managed all internal IT Applications and database systems, worked closely with the executive team in developing custom made applications using .Net, systems included a resource management system that integrated with our accounting system.

Austin, Tx, Us

Led development team which included off shore team members and efficiently managed internal applications and systems for a 700-person high-end business-to-business software solution company. Assessed department needs and user requirements, and spearheaded life cycle development of precise applications, consistently receiving excellent feedback. Resolved innumerable IT issues, providing prompt, effective support and training for a large, technical employee base. Established complex disaster recovery plans to protect data and intellectual property, and ensured implementation of backup procedures.