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San Francisco Bay Area

Pleasanton, Ca

Directed North American Professional Service efforts (Presales engagement, Project Management, Training, Solution Development, Vendor Partnerships and Client Relationships) to ensure delivery of the Netfira B2B supply chain solution. Supported the global business development team by providing the ERP product expertise, product testing and review, client site product demonstrations and by leading simultaneous Supply Chain implementation projects to successful conclusions. Defined and led… Show more Directed North American Professional Service efforts (Presales engagement, Project Management, Training, Solution Development, Vendor Partnerships and Client Relationships) to ensure delivery of the Netfira B2B supply chain solution. Supported the global business development team by providing the ERP product expertise, product testing and review, client site product demonstrations and by leading simultaneous Supply Chain implementation projects to successful conclusions. Defined and led delivery of multiple project engagements requiring integration with SAP, including a large tractor distributor integrating with its’ South Korea based home office. Project was delivered within 6 months, on-time, on-budget and exceeding the customers implicit and explicit expectations. Show less

South San Francisco, Ca

Directed the SAP-ERP program and project activities for a mid-size bio-tech company. Managed day-to-day production support, product upgrades and release activities, change control, quality verification, and security activities. Developed and owned the SAP program budget, prepared and implemented the SAP applications roadmap and maintained interfaces required for supporting applications. Optimized the SAP and SRM landscape using virtualization to convert from a Windows based system to a UNIX… Show more Directed the SAP-ERP program and project activities for a mid-size bio-tech company. Managed day-to-day production support, product upgrades and release activities, change control, quality verification, and security activities. Developed and owned the SAP program budget, prepared and implemented the SAP applications roadmap and maintained interfaces required for supporting applications. Optimized the SAP and SRM landscape using virtualization to convert from a Windows based system to a UNIX environment. Delivered upgraded server system with built in redundancies to reduce failures and ensure 99.9% uptime. Led SAP Improvement projects to upgrade existing systems and technical hardware through patch release and upgrade management. Implemented several new application projects including BI/BW 7.0, Enterprise Portal, Solution Manager, GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance). Also led enhancement projects for upgrading SRM and HRM applications. Show less

Milpitas, Ca

Managed day-to-day operations of existing ERP applications (SAP and MANMAN), interfaces, upgrades and systems enhancements, local systems administration, systems security, training, and helpdesk. Led project to implement SAP 4.6C for Financial (FI/CO), Logistics (MM) and Sales (SD) applications. IT site lead for converting operations applications from ASK/MANMAN legacy system. Demonstrated leadership skills in complex global implementation project while meeting an aggressive 8-month go live… Show more Managed day-to-day operations of existing ERP applications (SAP and MANMAN), interfaces, upgrades and systems enhancements, local systems administration, systems security, training, and helpdesk. Led project to implement SAP 4.6C for Financial (FI/CO), Logistics (MM) and Sales (SD) applications. IT site lead for converting operations applications from ASK/MANMAN legacy system. Demonstrated leadership skills in complex global implementation project while meeting an aggressive 8-month go live schedule while delivering on-time and within budget. Was IT Lead for developing the site Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plan including quality assessment, risk analysis, steering committee reviews, testing, and results reporting. Wrote process for annually updating the plan. Led project teams during the implementation of a variety of new stand-alone business web applications including applications requiring interfaces directly into SAP. Developed functional and technical specifications, managed design and testing processes, SDLC activities and reporting compliance with FDA regulations (21 CFR Part 11) and (SOX). Show less

San Jose, California

Wrote SAP adapter program to interface with web application. Served as interim Director of Professional Services, leading team of web application developers creating web based manufacturing/supply chain applications prior to company shut-down.

South San Francisco

Led Operations team to re-engineer the Order Fulfillment, Purchasing and Inventory Planning, MRP, and Warehouse Management functions to work with SAP modules. Produced functional specifications, process flows, test scripts, end-user documentation and training, reports, forms, and data quality documentation to support sub-process designs and fit-gap analysis. Conducted system configuration (IMG), master data mapping, data conversion, interface, and bolt on development (TIA, LPMS, Dovetree).… Show more Led Operations team to re-engineer the Order Fulfillment, Purchasing and Inventory Planning, MRP, and Warehouse Management functions to work with SAP modules. Produced functional specifications, process flows, test scripts, end-user documentation and training, reports, forms, and data quality documentation to support sub-process designs and fit-gap analysis. Conducted system configuration (IMG), master data mapping, data conversion, interface, and bolt on development (TIA, LPMS, Dovetree). Led team implementing Disaster Recovery/Data Recovery Plan for So. San Francisco facility. Conducted end-user training, and led validation testing efforts for COTS software, SOX and 21CFR Part 11 compliance. Show less

South San Francisco

Managed annual department operating budget of $3.5 million, Capital budgets of $400,000 and inventories in excess of $14 million. Reduced operating costs by 10% and exceeded target reductions each year. Managed staff of 31 employees, including 2 Managers and 3 Supervisors. Project managed and $150,000 R&D building renovation including construction of an in-house machine shop for repairing and cleaning medical instruments.

Led purchasing, production and distribution operations functions for leading HR Training organization. Re-engineered the order entry and fulfillment processes and implemented process improvements and metrics. Led company-wide project team to implement Total Quality Management program. Reduced direct material costs, brought print production in-house, and re-designed packaging and labeling. Relocated warehouse operations to larger facility with no increase in operating costs. Managed… Show more Led purchasing, production and distribution operations functions for leading HR Training organization. Re-engineered the order entry and fulfillment processes and implemented process improvements and metrics. Led company-wide project team to implement Total Quality Management program. Reduced direct material costs, brought print production in-house, and re-designed packaging and labeling. Relocated warehouse operations to larger facility with no increase in operating costs. Managed installation of automated material handling equipment, shipping manifest systems, and bar code technology. Show less