Robert Laurens Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Greater Atlanta Area

Architected, managed and developed a migration and upgrade into AWS a new HIPAA compliant system for Creative Enterprises (Lawrenceville, GA) to manage their entire client base and business. This new system is built using the Telerik Kendo UI controls, SQL server, and an automated billing interface to Medicaid via the Georgia MMIS (GAMMIS) system all built within the AWS cloud environment.

Greater Atlanta Area

Voya FinancialResponsible for end to end global project management with Enterprise Finance including architecture, security, SDLC, and budgeting.- Managed a migration & upgrade project from Ariba to PeopleSoft- Design & Implementation for move Ariba (eBuying and On-Demand) to PeopleSoft with the following new modules: eProcurement, Purchasing, Services Procurement (sPro), eSettlements, eSupplier Connection, Supplier Contract Management, Strategic Sourcing- Design & Implementation for upgrade from PeopleSoft Financials 9.1 >9.2 including delivered modules: Asset Manager, General Ledger, Accounts Payable- Liaison between IT and Business management to create requirements & design.- Setup vendor SOW with Oracle and Cognizant.- Worked with external suppliers (Staples, RRDonnelley, Bank of America, etc.) to establish connectivity with OSN and Voya for POs & Punch-outs- Developed training solutions across various financial groups.- Managed project budget of >$3M.- Integrated with OBI for financial and business reporting.Also- Managed BPO project of ~200 staff to Genpact offices in India and Mexico.- Coordination between IT and Finance management to create requirements & design.- Contract setup/adherence.- Security risk management.- Vendor management.- Offshore Helpdesk implementation.- Project planning and coordination across the US, India, and Mexico.Piedmont HospitalSr. IT Consultant for Piedmont Hospital Supply Chain & Distribution,

Greater Atlanta Area

Responsible for IT solutions for corporate clients in need of custom development; integration, consolidation, migration, and upgrades; testing of data, software and hardware; regulatory compliance; and MDM, DW/BI solutions.Design, development and implementation of Time Warner Cable DW/BI for marketing and sales to corporate customers. Tech: SQL Server, Netezza, Tableau, and MicroStrategy.* Improved logic and consolidation of upstream data feeds.* Architecture of new Data Governance framework.* Architecture of new Audit framework based upon dynamically defined business rules.* Managed project plan, budget and scope as well as development and testing efforts.Project lead for domain migration at REC Silicon as part of company restructuring.* Code, server and security changes for ~35 applications on various MS platforms including DBs.* User security changes designed and implemented.* Migration of server monitoring software from SiteScope to Solarwinds. Enhanced monitoring and alerts.

Alpharetta, Georgia And Buenos Aires, Argentina

Designed and directed the creation and integration of ~20 systems to aid in contract setup, maintenance and billing for Fortune 1000 companies and the U.S. Government through which revenue of ~$500 million per month flowed.Designed and developed an application in which the Presale, Implementation and Billing of all the largest customers are housed. It provides a workflow for analysts and a reporting engine for management and contains the details of over 100K contracts and amendments with 1,500 being added monthly.Established an offshore team in Buenos Aires, Argentina for development, testing and production support. This new structure reduced costs by $6 million within the first two years. Added teams in Hyderabad and Chennai, India and directly managed both groups.Established disaster recovery and BCP procedures for systems based upon criticality (mission critical, business critical, non-critical) with appropriate SLAs for staff and vendors. Established vendor relationships (Oracle, Sun, MS, etc.) for software and hardware purchasing and licensing. Created regular upgrade, patching and maintenance processes while keeping systems functioning.Established clean rooms in Argentina and India for proper security and compliance of production supports and DBA needs. This included appropriate firewall, communication (IM and email), and voice access from within the CR. Also established data masking routines for non-prod environments for use offshore. This allowed for 24/7 support of key systems.Coordinated, designed, and developed Sarbanes-Oxley compliance for the organization by ensuring that each of the core financial applications had proper security, audit trails and approvals for changes. Also worked with the global delivery and legal teams to establish audit compliance for offshore work.Numerous additional experiences in the actual resume, but redacted by LinkedIn's character limitation.

Greater Atlanta Area

Directed internet related activities for this $30 million B2B magazine publishing company. Created internet presence for business to business trade magazine company; established processes for transitioning from paper to electronic publishing by placing a dozen magazines online; established advertising online and aided clients in creating their own internet presence which could link them with suppliers.

Greater Atlanta Area

Technical developer of financial applications for the banking arm of Prudential.Created initial intranet & extranet environment specific to each business with this 800 person organization linking internal staff and external customers while supporting hardware & software needs.

London, United Kingdom

Investment management associate hired after internship in London.Created strategic database of investment management competitors in EMEA including financial statistics that provided the framework for growth within that region for the next five years; aided in brokering deals between investors in Japan and a construction company in Mexico.