SUMMARY:

• A Senior IT Manager and Project Manager withover 11 years of IT experience and over 20 years of total business experience. I is a results - oriented professional with proven success leading multi-site
• IT/MIS teams and delivering multi-disciplinary projects on schedule and within price restrictions. A motivated leader, skilled in business analysis, needs identification, and solutions development, with a strong background in business, programming and system design.
• Led 13 ERP full life cycle implementations (AX2012, AX2009, Axapta 3.0 and PeopleSoft 8.9), plus multiple SAP module implementations (last 9 AX ERP implementations were done with a total budget of over $6.8 million)
• Experience with Department of Defense contracts / programs
• Demonstrated success in complex problem solving,process optimization and relationship development with client management at all levels of authority.
• Extensive internal management consulting experience advising on business improvement and transformation through strategy, technology, and process engineering.
• Strong analytical skills, combined with a proven ability to connect strategy with implementation and businesswith technology, to produce high-valued business solutions.
• Proven experience in working with executive management and diverse stakeholders.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), 2007
• Seven years finance experience including two years financial management
• Two years managing engineering team responding to RFQs

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Methodologies: Waterfall variants CMM PMBOK

Languages/Software: SQL / Visual Basic / HTML/ASP, Visual Basic Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Access

Languages: Fluent in Portuguese; Basic Spanish; Some German

Databases / O/S: MS SQL; MS Access; DB2 Windows XP/VISTA/7/8.1/10

ERPs: Microsoft Dynamics AX, 2012, 2009, 4.0, 3.0 SAP PeopleSoft

Management Tools: PMBOK / GANT charts / PERT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed ERP selection process, narrowed 15 potential candidates down to two
• Managed RFP creation process and was central contact for all inquiries and questions
• Managed ERP Internal SME Team

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Key reason client won a project to salvage a failed Dynamics AX2012R3 implementation by another MS Partner. Project is split between Los Angeles and Tijuana, MX including: Finance, Manufacturing, SCM, Logistiscs
• Contract with Kodak Alaris - PM Dynamics AX2012R3 implementation for 23 countries worldwide (project was cancelled after two months)
• Created timeline and plan for role out
• Work with Microsoft to establish localization requirements and consultants
• American Residential Services (Hitachi Corporation) - AX2012 R3 implementation (Sept to December, 2015)
• Advising a new web startup company and halping develop their business plan

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Microsoft Dynamics AX2012
• 7 plants - Plywood in Oregon, Michigan, and Mississippi
• Modules included Finance, Customer Service, and Trade and Logistics

Confidential

Project Manager/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Microsoft Dynamics AX2009
• Project Size 9 Companies, 8 Countries, $6.8 Million budget
• Created and updated budget by country
• Budget included software licenses, travel, development, and personnel costs
• Managed, evaluated, hired, and allocated 11 Consultants - 7 FTE, 4 Consultants across projects (two - three countries at a time). Headcount didn’t include off shore developers
• Managed off-shore development work - 3-5 developers
• Coordinated server setup and creation of environments with infrastructure team located in Denmark
• Off-shore data migration efforts - 1 FTE
• Early morning and late night calls with China to coordinate implementation schedules and efforts with teh Asia Pacific and Middle East Team
• Negotiated contracts with localization software suppliers and managed their efforts
• Modules included: Finance, Trade and Logistics (Warehouse Management, Shipping, Purchasing, etc), Customer Service, Manufacturing (Process)
• Completed on-time and on budget - Turkey, Croatia, Canada, USA, Mexico, Ecuador, and Chile. Also went live in Argentina which was 10% over budget, but on time

Confidential

Project Manager and Architect

Responsibilities:

• VIA Motors - New Electric Truck company - Orem, UT
• Architected and Implemented AX2012 - Finance, Trade and Logistics
• Architected Purchasing and Manufacturing Processes / Modules

Confidential - Frederick, MD

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for Microsoft Dynamics AX for Columbus’ Manufacturing customers
• Managed 2 AX2012 and 2 AX2009 implementations
• Modules Included in AX2009 - Finance, Trade and Logistics, Customer Service, Discrete Manufacturing
• Modules including in AX2012 - Finance, Customer Service, Trade and Logistics
• Developed timeline and budget estimates then managed projects to completion
• SureStep+ certified
• All development work done by on-shore / off-shore team - 2-6 individuals

Confidential - Grapevine, TX

ERP Implementation Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed RFP used to request bids and to select an implementation partner
• Developed timeline and budget for implementation
• Developed final estimates and negotiated scope and rate with implementation partner
• (Project was killed due to purchase of Confidential by Quikrete which eliminated my position)

Confidential - Kohler, WA

Business Solutions Manager

Responsibilities:

• Program management:
• Project requests and cost estimations
• Prioritization of projects
• Managed $3.5 million development and support budget for Global Purchasing, IT, Traffic and Logistics, Plant Maintenance, Environment/Health/Safety, and Quality
• Managed project managers responsible for execution of approved projects
• SAP Plant Maintenance implementation at 9 North American plants - $1.5 million budget.
• Led evaluation and selection of Sustainability and Safety reporting solution
• Led In-Cab Automation solution selection and implementation of hardware and software to track truck movements and communication to drivers of route changes
• Managed development and implementation of solution to TEMPeffectively monitor worldwide purchases and sales to ensure compliance
• Department requirements of not buying or selling to unauthorized countries, companies, or individuals
• Member PMO council