SUMMARY:

• Senior Business Architect wif over 18 years of experience from global companies Ford, Chrysler, Valspar, Cummins, State Street Bank, EMC, IBM, Whirlpool, etc.
• Expert in Architecture Strategy, Roadmap Creation, Scope Definition, Requirements Definition and Change Management, Functional Design, Testing,, Legacy Systems Migration and Product Evaluations, Governance, Organizational Communication, Six Sigma including Kaizen, Kano model/analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Ishikawa/Fishbone/Cause - and-TEMPEffect diagrams, Process Capability, CAPA, FMEA analysis, Lean Management, Business Process Reengineering including Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Rolled Throughput Yield (TRY), Gemba Walk, SIPOC and other techniques, Frameworks such as TOGAF, Zachman, Object Management Group (OMG) etc. and Business Process Modeling Techniques including Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), Unified Modeling Language (UML) etc. and BPM tools IBM WebSphere Modeler, Visio, IBM Blue Works/Lombardi Software, Pegasystems, Savvion, Resources and Organizational Change Management, Risk Management, Quality Management, KPI Metrics Development, Statistical Analysis, Feasibility Assessment and Budgeting, IT Audit (SOX) Compliance, etc. Proficient in (
• Certified in Six Sigma Green Belt, SEI CMMI, ITIL/ITSM and Project Management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Enterprise Architect

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw teh implementation of Global Vendor Master including defining scope, business process/workflow mapping for new vendor onboarding, business requirements, solution design, detailed functional and technical design specifications (schema/data model, PowerCenter ETL mappings, IDD (user interface) design and integration of Accelerators etc.), coordinated vendor data consolidation from North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, China, Brazil, Mexico, and other countries/disparate data sources, Dun and Bradstreet (D&B) matching (to identify DUNS number, standardize address information and establish hierarchy), development, testing (business preparation of test cases, system testing, integration testing, user acceptance etc.), business signoffs, deployment and rollout.
• Managed teh implementation of Data Quality system for data profiling, data validations and cleansing of transactional (Invoice, Receipt and Payment) data files from various source systems using standardized Data (Currency Codes, Exchange Rates, Unit of Measure, Inco Terms, Payment Terms, Payment Status etc.) for reporting purposes.
• Led solution design to reduce cycle time for Approval (Regulatory, Procurement and Product Development/Technical organizational workflows) for new Raw Material requests (dat enabled SKU rationalization) and for adding new Suppliers to an existing Raw Material.
• Organized and managed Change Management activities by identifying impacts to various stakeholders, establishing Governance and onboarding Data Stewards, communications wif Steering Committee, organizing preparation of user manuals and sessions etc.

Confidential, Quincy, MA

Responsibilities:

• Led scope definition, business process mapping and reengineering, define business/cost benefits, prepared detailed functional and system design specifications, test cases, conducted testing and provided of Settlement Administration system for mutual fund and other types of claims. Teh Java Spring framework based system design involved mutual funds buy/sell transactions data cleansing, daily share balance calculations, validation wif internal and external organizations like Broker/Dealers and Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC), Call Center tracking and actions workflow, campaign management and notifications, check and wire payments and reissues, financial reconciliation and event closure.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Responsibilities:

• Using CMMI Framework and Six Sigma, led Global Process Redesign effort by conducting focus group meetings wif Category Managers, mapping existing “As Is” business processes, identifying new requirements, performing Fit/Gap Analysis to determine new roles required and associated staffing needs, areas where new technology and system integration could improve productivity, and preparing teh “Future State” processes of all Procurement operations - Supplier Qualification including AML and Credit checks, RFP/Reverse Auctions, Contract Management, Requisition-to-Pay Process, Supplier Enablement through eCatalogs and Marketplaces, Vendor Master, Supplier Audits, Contract Compliance including Service Delivery, Spend Analysis, Asset Management etc.. Conducted fit/gap analysis through formal RFP & on site demo by Oracle.
• Developed 2008 and 2009 eProcurement Initiative Roadmap, defined enterprise wide Procurement policies for approval by teh Procurement Leadership Council, which consisted of senior executives CFO, CIO etc.. Introduced concept of Global Vendor Master and provide solution design options wif Oracle Purchasing, including integration wif Dun & Bradstreet etc, for implementation.
• Organized benchmark studies and meetings wif market research firms such as Gartner and Forrester, conducted technology trend analysis and communicated to various Application and Infrastructure teams.
• Defined reports on Spend trends across various categories such as Technology Hardware and Software, Contingent Labor, Print Services, and identified cost savings opportunities, through ROI and TCO analyses. Identified data capture discrepancies across Contract, Purchase Order & Invoice processes. Evaluated Spend Analytics vendors Ariba, Emptoris, Zycus, BravoSolution, etc. offerings by formal RFP process to improve reporting.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led teh implementation of a new enterprise wide Regulatory Management system for Mortgage, Consumer Finance and Banking Licensing and Examinations, Complaints and Investigations etc. Prepared Architecture Roadmap for proposed long term business needs dat included regulatory data security and data privacy requirements. Conducted focus group meetings wif business SMEs to identify business processes, prepare web application design specifications including metadata for Document Imagining/Scanning system and repository, navigation/flow, managed development (.Net based system wif SSRS) including integration wif National Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS), legacy data conversion, and rollout of teh solution.

Confidential, Westborough, MA

Responsibilities:

• Defined CRM process (Leads, Opportunities, Quotes and Orders) improvements and designed Oracle 11i system enhancements (incl. UI changes) for EMC to achieve synergies of acquisitions of Documentum, RSA, VMware etc. through consolidated sales and forecast reporting using application Project, Program and Divisional KPIs Dashboards and Data Warehouse reports. Managed process design and development Scanning/Imaging solution dat utilized Documentum and eRoom.

Confidential, Charleston, SC

Responsibilities:

• Led cross functional effort across Sales, Material Planning, Production Scheduling, Manufacturing Operations, Warehouse, Quality and Service & Repair functions to create holistic “As Is” and “Should Be” process maps from Sales Order to Finished Product Delivery and define functional requirements to meet project objectives. Teh detailed process maps and analysis included Engineering Change (EC) updates to material master and Bills-of-Material (BOM), Coordindation wif Vendors on New Product Introductions (NPI), Procurement updates to Vendor Master, Kanban setup, material pulls from production scheduling and for Prototype builds, goods receipt at plant docks, various movement types (quality related holds, intra-company material move etc.), Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Warehouse floor plan routing based on production floor layout for three assembly lines, impact of floor space constraints on material delivery to teh lines, pick schedule, packaging and bar coding of materials and finished goods based on AIAG standards, subcontracting (kitting), consignment, third party (VMI) and various types of shipments.
• Recommended phased implementation approach to enable teh outsourcing. Compared cost plus vs. piece (production unit) rate based vendor cost models for various demand forecast scenarios dat included various product mixes across teh production lines.
• Oversaw scope, design and offshore (India) development in Oracle 11i eBS and SCADA Manufacturing Execution System (MES) systems, B2B/EDI integrations wif teh 3PL Warehouse Management System and testing, migration to Production environment, piloting and rollout. Managed design of technical specifications of system changes required in Oracle 11i eBS Order Management, Service Contracts, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Production Planning (PP)/Master Production Scheduling (MPS), Inventory Management modules, in Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and Shipping systems. Defined data specifications for B2B interfaces (Material Release DELFOR, Material Pull DELJIT, ASN, Material Master updates etc.) and technologies to transact information wif teh 3PL vendor’s Warehouse Management System (WMS). Participated in quarterly Physical Inventory, daily Cycle Counting reporting.
• Managed Failure Mode and TEMPEffects Analysis (FMEA) (Corrective Action/Preventative Action (CAPA)) Study and SOX reviews.

Global Integration Center Manager

Confidential, Greenville, SC

Responsibilities:

• Led multiple global Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Enterprise Architecture Integration (EAI) projects dat used IBM WebSphere technologies, for Sales incl. Point of Sales (POS) and secure Credit Card transactions, Procurement, Warehouse Management and other business critical systems. Teh projects involved integration across internal applications in many platforms and wif external partners such as Wal-Mart, TNT Logistics etc. and wif subcontract manufacturing vendors in Mexico and Indonesia.
• Managed global EAI and Portal 24x7 Production Support activities, overseeing outsourced Infrastructure vendor (IBM), such as issue communication, coordination, delegation, resolution and Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Service Level Agreement (SLA) compliance, escalation, approval of Maintenance Manuals, Infrastructure (Hardware and Software) Upgrades, Fix Packs, Regression, Failover Testing etc.

EBusiness Process Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Defined business processed and designed system enhancements, including data specifications, to automate and customize Purchase Order, Advanced Ship Notice (ASN), Work in Process, etc., transactions based on RosettaNet, ANSI X12 and EDICFACT standards, wif Motorola, Qualcomm, Cisco, Microsoft, Foxconn/Hon Hai etc. Led meetings wif business users and vendors, implemented process changes through SAP system configurations and enhancements to enable procurement, manufacturing, chip testing and and shipping/warehouse logistics activities wif business partners and subcontract suppliers in US, Canada, China, South Korea, Singapore and other countries.

Project Manager/Senior Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created teh functional (UI) design and managed implementation (including enhancements) of Links, Search, News, Documentum, Business Objects and other custom ASP and Java portlets (applications wifin Portal framework) and teh creation of new communities (web sites, based on Plumtree software ASP/.NET, JavaScript, ISS, SQL Server framework, which replaced static HTML web pages for various business groups).
• Envisioned and lead effort to define technical specifications of web applications Usability Standards, based on benchmarking industry standards dat were practical to use. Introduced new technologies such as RSS (XML standard for news publication) etc.

Director - Professional Services

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for P&L of Professional Services. Managed a team of Project Managers, Architects and Analysts to deliver customizations to Arbortext products dat were required to meet various clients’ (Prudential Financial Inc, Abbott Laboratories, Deere & Co., US Navy etc.) business objectives.

Senior Business Analyst

Confidential, St. Joseph, MI

Responsibilities:

• Created “as is” and defined “to be” business processes, determined Return on Investment (ROI) based on discounted cash flow analysis, built web prototypes and managed teh creation of Quality (Operational Excellence, Score Card, Supplier Quality Rating etc.), Emerging Markets Suppliers & other Global Procurement custom extranet (B2B) applications, dat were built using Java (Websphere) platform and hosted on Whirlpool.com domain.
• Defined Requisition-to-Payment business processes, determined indirect materials buying trends, reviewed supplier contracts, determined cost savings opportunities etc. for SAP Procurement Enterprise Buyer and Requisite eCatalog implementation wif SAP Material Management (MM) module. Evaluated Ariba Buyer, CommerceOne & Aspect eCatalog.