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St. Louis, MO, US

Minneapolis, MN, US

Basking Ridge, NJ, US

• Lead Integration Architect for Project Aurora which modernized Verizon’s HR platform from an on-premise system to Workday’s cloud system including the Core HCM, Compensation, Recruiting, Talent, Learning, and Absence.
• Partnered with system implementers in the architecture, design, build and test of 180+ integrations to support Verizon’s global Workday HCM system.
• Led the performance testing effort for Workday as well as non-Workday applications ensuring that all processes and integrations ran in an efficient, timely manner.
• Authored coding standards and best practices for Workday integration development at Verizon.
• Designed and developed a custom dashboard for monitoring performance and overall health of integrations running in Verizon’s Workday tenants.
• Designed and developed multiple Python applications to integrate on-premise systems with Workday using an API-based approach (REST and SOAP web services).

Arlington, VA, US

• Technical Lead for Boeing’s Workday Integrations Team responsible for managing the full software development lifecycle of 300+ integrations to both internal and external systems using Workday’s integration technologies.
• Partnered with HR business leaders to build and maintain a prioritized backlog of integration work requests spanning production support, break/fix defects as well as new enhancements.
• Managed team of 3rd party vendor resources (both onsite and offshore) in the design, build, testing and support of integrations using Workday technologies in an Agile (SAFe) format.
• Mentored and provided guidance to less experienced team members.
• Developed, supported, and enhanced integrations and configurations using Workday technologies including Report Writer, Calculated Fields, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB),Core Connectors and Document Transformations.
• Evaluated new Workday features and tools as part of the bi-annual release process.

Memphis, TN, US

• Integration Lead for FedEx’s HR modernization project which transformed HR from multiple, disparate legacy platforms into a single unified Human Capital Management solution in Workday’s HCM product (Compensation.
• Technical product owner for FedEx’s Workday Integrations Agile (SAFe) team responsible enhancements and break/fix support of 100+ integrations.
• Provided subject matter expertise in the area of Workday Integrations for FedEx during both the implementation and post-production support phases of the project.
• Developed, supported, and enhanced integrations and configurations using Workday technologies including Report Writer, Calculated Fields, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Core Connectors and Document.
• Evaluated new Workday features and tools as part of the bi-annual release process.

Memphis, TN, US

Selected by Senior Officer for a leadership development program designed to prepare high-potential individual contributors for management roles at FedEx Services. The program included quarterly rotations across the enterprise, as well as classroom and online development.

Memphis, TN, US

• Payroll Domain Lead responsible for managing all work requests impacting the FedEx payroll system of 240,000+ North American based employees spanning multiple Operating Companies.
• Developed and maintained a rolling 6-month roadmap of payroll projects.
• Collaborated with business partners to prioritize and schedule new work requests.
• Monitored progress of employee and 3rd party vendor resources to ensure project deadlines were met and issues were raised in a timely manner.

Memphis, TN, US

• Technical Lead responsible for the planning, analysis, design, coding, testing and deployment of multiple payroll initiatives which delivered enhanced functionality and streamlined business processes in a consolidated.
• Trained and mentored members of the payroll on-call team on support procedures for the newly consolidated system.
• Proactively identified technical issues, communicated the business impact to key stakeholders and suggested implementable solutions.

Memphis, TN, US

• Technical Lead for the FedEx Ground transition of its Independent Contractor (IC) workforce to a new Independent Service Provider (ISP) model.
• Collaborated effectively with business partners across a broad range of departments as the sole IT representative on a cross-functional team managing the ISP transition.
• Developed/supported numerous custom applications and online pages using PeopleSoft technologies including Application Engine, Component Interface and SQR.

Memphis, TN, US

• Lead Analyst/Developer for numerous initiatives to support and enhance FedEx Ground's unique PeopleSoft platform, the Contractor Driver Administration & Settlement (CDAS) system.
• Developed/supported numerous custom applications and online pages using PeopleSoft technologies including Application Engine, Component Interface and SQR.

New York, New York, US

• Team Lead responsible for leading teams of employee and 3rd party vendor resources through the full software development lifecycle for multiple major payroll initiatives including a PeopleSoft application upgrade to.
• Developed/supported numerous custom applications and online pages using PeopleSoft technologies including Application Engine, Component Interface and SQR.
• Developed/supported numerous custom processes and ad-hoc requests built using tooling including Unix shell scripting (ksh, bash), Perl and Oracle PL/SQL.

New York, New York, US

• Technical Lead responsible for the full software development lifecycle of numerous payroll initiatives including the merger/consolidation of the Pharmacia and Pfizer PeopleSoft HRMS instances.
• Developed/supported numerous custom applications and online pages using PeopleSoft technologies including Application Engine, Component Interface and SQR.
• Developed/supported numerous custom processes and ad-hoc requests built using tooling including Unix shell scripting (ksh, bash), Perl and Oracle PL/SQL.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Analyst/Developer of numerous HR and payroll initiatives to support and enhance Monsanto’s heavily-customized PeopleSoft HRMS platform.
• Developed/supported numerous custom applications and online pages using PeopleSoft technologies including Application Engine, Component Interface and SQR.
• Developed/supported numerous custom processes and ad-hoc requests built using tooling including Unix shell scripting (ksh, bash), Perl, Oracle PL/SQL and Visual Basic.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Participant in a cooperative education experience during collegiate Junior year which included full-time employment at Monsanto as well as remote course work for collegiate credit.
• Developed several Unix shell scripts (ksh) to automate previously manual processes.
• Created SQL queries on an ad-hoc basis to assist in troubleshooting and analysis of production issues.