Paul Davis Email & Phone Number

Wheaton, Il, Us

Greater Chicago Area

Founding partner and executive with core responsibilities around Operations including Delivery, Accounting, Legal, and HR. Work with our executive team on Strategy definition, planning and execution. I still have the privilege of engaging with clients on projects. And am blessed to still enjoy a degree of personal connection to every employee as we build an exciting new approach to partnering with our clients on their success.

Chicago, Il

As a member of the executive leadership team at VantagePoint, my chief responsibilities involve understanding the trends, capabilities, and roadmap for Financial Analytics, and Performance Management systems, translating those to met the unique needs for our Clients' solution definitions. This involves significant effort in Thought Leadership, business development, marketing, Client Requirements definition, and Practice / Operations administration. In my roles, I marry my efforts to stay on top of technology and functional trends in the EPM and Analytics space, coupling that information with 20 years of EPM best practices, and some 300+ client requirements definition/blueprinting sessions to establish a coherent path to success for our customers. I am a regular speaker at events globally as well as a published expert, and frequent blogger on these topics.

Greater Chicago Area

In my role as Senior Director for SAP Enterprise Performance Management Solutions at NTT DATA Americas, my responsibilities span Solution definition and development, marketing and demand generation, business development, and Solution Architecture engagements. From a business development perspective, I am responsible for requirements definition, pursuit activity including scoping, development of Statement of Work, and presentation. Transitioning to delivery, I operate as the Functional Architect and Engagement Manager: leading the blueprint and architecture sessions, and providing Quality Assurance in delivery oversight. Within the marketing and demand generation aspect of my role, I am involved in numerous global speaking engagements / conferences and seminars. I am responsible for delivering whitepapers and other thought-leadership activities.

Greater Chicago Area

As the Industry Principal for SAP Enterprise Performance Management services at Optimal Solutions, I have responsibility that spans the business development and delivery engagements. From a business development perspective, I am responsible for solution definition, pursuit activity including scoping, development of Statement of Work, and presentation. Transitioning to delivery, I operate as the Functional Architect and Engagement Manager: leading the blueprint and architecture sesssions, and providing Quality Assurance in delivery oversight. I bring 17 years of Enterprise Performance Management and Business Intelligence experience to my team and clients. I have architected and delivered complex solutions to a wide variety of industries, especially Insurance, Manufacturing, Banking, and Retail.

Greater Chicago Area

• Used best practice understanding of functional accounting principles and finance concepts to architect and deliver creative financial system solutions.• Defined and managed to detailed project plans for the implementation of financial system solutions.• Managed projects across a broad sweep of geographies, including several with multi-site, multi-product, multi-phased, and worldwide software deployments.• Project responsibilities included design and implementation of the application as well as coordination of resources.• Designed and implemented Financial Consolidation and Planning / Budgeting / Forecasting solutions. • Managed and mentored a team of 10+ consultants

• Responsible for architecture, engagement & project management, and delivery of key Hyperion software projects at Fortune 1000 organizations.• Responsible for team management duties, including: resource planning, mentoring, career development, annual reviews, and communication.• Responsible for the architectural design and implementation of Hyperion software solutions. • Responsible for project management including project planning, resource allocation and issue resolution. • Successfully lead teams delivering three solutions implementations for Fortune 500 clients that grossed over a million dollars each.

Managed team of consultants delivering Business Intelligence (BI) and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) solutions, typically around the Hyperion suite of products. Involved in all facets of consulting practice: from recruiting, resource management, business development, solution architecture, project management, training, public speaking, and implementation delivery.

Developed Arbor/Hyperion Essbase applications.

Developed custom financial applications for internal reporting and Field Sales force toolkit.

Ma, Historical Theology

Bs, Athletic Administration

Activities and Societies: 4 years Varsity Baseball team, Dean's List (multiple times), Sports Information office Assistant

Diploma, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program

High School

Activities and Societies: Varsity Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country Chorus, Musical Performance: Vocal, Piano, Guitar Student Newspaper

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