SUMMARY:

• Senior IT Project Manager / Business Analyst with unique combination of business, managerial and technical skills.
• Ability to adapt to client processes and culture while leading, managing, mentoring IT teams successfully.
• Known for emphasizing staff and resource accountability, firm but fair, completing projects on time and within budget, saving costs through consolidation, leveraging existing infrastructure and negotiating contracts.
• Unique competency in translating business issues into IT solutions including opportunity identification.
• Full lifecycle SDLC project management (agile and waterfall) expertise of enterprise scale business applications including requirements definition, scoping, system analysis, design, testing, deploying and support.
• Over 20 years of Confidential, project management, including implementations and upgrades of Confidential World 9.2, EnterpriseOne 9.1. Extensive background in Finance, Distribution, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Order to Cash and managing third party vendors..
• Last year at ( Confidential ) successfully converting 35 year old legacy software to Confidential Enterprise
• One 9.1 including entire network and warehouse infrastructure and efficiencies improving security and disaster recovery managing teams of third party consultants and IT staff. Currently ( Confidential ) project manager - IT lead gathering business requirements, creating functional specifications and cost analysis including resourcing with product backlog and costs.

KEY LEADERSHIP AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT STRENGTHS INCLUDE:

• Project Management
• Resource Management
• Staff Management
• Cost Analysis and Budgeting
• Application Development
• ERP / EDI
• Hardware / Software Consolidation
• Technical Support
• Systems Administration
• Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
• Team Building / Leadership
• Security Administration
• Distribution Requirements Planning
• Business Intelligence
• Systems Planning

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP: Confidential EnterpriseOne 9.1.5 / Confidential World 7.3 / 9.1, Confidential Oneworld Xe / JDA Peoplesoft, SAP, Oracle

Confidential Tools: OMW, ERW, TDA, EDI, DA, FDA, OCM, DD, TC, UDC, BSCW, BSFN,NER,ER, VC ++ Debugger, CNC: Package Builds, Deployment, Object Management, Security, Report Writer, Dream Writer, World Writer, ERP Change Management Aldon, Turnover

Languages: RPG/400, RPG III, ILE, SQL, CL, Query, Client Access, COBOL, C++, MS Visual Basic ®, Java, .NET

Software: ERP: Confidential World, Confidential EnterpriseOne, Peoplesoft, JDA, IBM:Query, Client Access, FTP, DFU, SDA, SQLRPG, Createform, Hyperion, MS Office Suite, MS Project, Vertex, PayPal, Crystal, AMX, EDI: Sterling / Harbinger, Gentran, Innovis, Infor, Future3, dcLINK, SharePoint, OCO, ADP / Concur

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

Confidential

IT Lead / Business Analyst Consultant

Responsibilities:

• IT Lead in major global technical Confidential project building functional specifications with worldwide implications.
• Mentoring IT resources from off shore locations including UAT testing, scripting and training.
• Identifying key deliverables and milestone, ensuring design satisfies the business requirements.
• Created product backlog of entire project items of Confidential modifications including complexity, priority, resources and completion dates.
• Led business requirement meetings with warehouse distribution SME’s to capture business IT requirements.
• Delivered cost analysis for entire project to executive stakeholders.

Confidential, Central, NJ

IT Director / Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed multiple bids from ERP packages and selected Oracle Confidential EnterpriseOne to replace 35 year old legacy RPG software.
• Successfully implemented Confidential Oracle E1 9.1.5 ERP from start to finish replacing 35 year old custom software. Selected a staff including consultants, documented requirements, managed project tasks and resources, engaged core user team, managed software requirement modifications and trained all departments.
• Implemented World Class warehouse data collection software interfacing with Confidential including wireless scan guns and pick, pack and ship automation.
• Outsourced email server to Microsoft Office 365 resulting in increased productivity and lower cost.
• Outsourced entire EDI to an outsourcing company Promethean resulting in better EDI, customer service.
• Eliminating customer EDI penalties, improving customer satisfaction with lower overall cost.
• Replaced entire network infrastructure via virtual servers backing up to the cloud with disaster recovery plan and securing the company’s networks.
• Improved warehouse infrastructure including wireless capabilities, scan gun functionality and access point improvements.
• Implemented warehouse location control within Confidential for inventory integrity and purchasing forecasting.

Confidential, Central, NJ

Information Systems Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed networks for three different plants including one in Mexico. Managed network consultants.
• Created disaster recovery plan including cloud backup and restore.
• Upgraded communications and connectivity with Mexico plant.
• Put in motion a 5 year game plan on upgrading ISeries, Confidential, PC’s Laptops, Servers and software.
• Made improvement to the Engineering infrastructure improving productivity.

Confidential, NJ

JDA Retail IT Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Hands on business analyst of Mexico company acquisition and IT conversion from SAP to JDA ERP and RPG.
• Business analyst of automation of new store IT setup.
• Creation of business requirements documents for executives, business users and developers.

Confidential, Mahwah, NJ

IT Director of Financial Systems

Responsibilities:

• Implemented project upgrade of Confidential ERP world from 7.3 to 9.1 and managed PayPal and credit card web processing into and out of Confidential . 90% in house with substantial cost savings on time and well under budget.
• Implemented Hyperion infrastructure upgrade including backup and disaster recovery procedures. Took over project that was unsuccessful for over a year and completed successfully within three months working with the Finance stakeholders, external consultants, setting deadlines, leading meetings, giving direction, documenting and transitioning to business upon completion.
• Hands-on project manager of up to 8 projects per year. Hired consultants both in house and remote, created and approved SOW and project plans, partnered with business stakeholders to set project costs and was responsible for the entire North American IT budget.
• As lead project manager and director supported multiple instances of ERP across multiple companies, McIntosh, Boston Acoustics, Denon and Marantz within North America, Canada and Mexico.
• Led, mentored and motivated North America IT staff emphasizing accountability, dates and deadlines resulting in improved focus, more work with fewer resources.
• Led a data warehouse project for Finance, Sales and Marketing pulling data among 18 ERP systems globally creating sales visibility.
• Implemented and chose business intelligence solution “OCO” mainly in house with limited budget resulting in an executive dashboard within a three month period. Selected and managed OCO after evaluating Oracle’s and SAP’s BI solution resulting in significant cost savings and expedited go live. The executive dashboard successfully gave a snapshot of 18 different ERP’s globally.
• Led project of Vertex implementation interfacing with Confidential across North America increasing tax accuracy which resulted in reduction of fines and liability.
• Upgraded and consolidating multiple ISeries, resulting in reduced maintenance costs and significant performance improvements. Managed ISeries move to data center.
• Project manager of implementation of New Mexico manufacturing warehouse running Confidential including setup and training. Warehouse implementation was on time, within budget and was a major factor in increased BMW partnership and future sales with GM.
• Led project of the migration of Canada’s ERP into North America ERP both software and hardware mostly in house with limited budget including multi-currency resulting in substantial company cost savings.
• Hands-on project manager updated ERP security throughout all of North America, resulting in compliant role based security.

Confidential, Pitman, NJ / NYC

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Created, designed and implemented Segregation of Duties ( Confidential ) security and user roles across North America.
• Designed, coded, and implemented an Automated User Creation application to create new user profiles, job descriptions, printer out-queues, Confidential profiles, library lists, and actions code security automatically.
• Performed A/R Cash Receipts modifications and A/P Lasertech check printing modifications for Confidential .
• Provided user support, both technical and functional, for Confidential financial systems.
• Successfully transitioned Confidential DBA duties to off shore ( Confidential India).

Confidential, Edison, NJ

Hands on Project Manager / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Led project of migration from Confidential World to Confidential One World Xe / 7.3, including custom design / programming, analyzing and implementing business practices, analyzing and implementing hardware and software, configuring security, environments, and CNC.
• Developed a custom EDI Order Notification and Invoice to multiple trading partners via FTP.
• Managed migration into Confidential Financials, including Fixed Assets, Accounts Payable, and General Ledger.
• Managed IBM and Confidential Consultants and mentored employees.
• Project managed all software and hardware planning and upgrades including resources.
• Managed all aspects of data migration and troubleshot issues.

Confidential, Raritan, NJ

Technical Developer / Project Leader / Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Project lead and technical developer for distribution requirements planning (DRP) development and modifications.
• Interfaces into and out of Confidential DRP applications including future cast interface.
• Project managed Advance Pricing, AR, Proof of Delivery, Ship Confirm, UPS and Confidential Freight setup, conversion and modifications.
• Technical lead of Confidential Invoice imaging and modifications.
• Project managed Data Warehouse system out of AS400 Confidential to Unix Environment via FTP and RPG.
• Implemented EDI of sales order, purchase order, ship confirm and receipts.