SUMMARY:

• Accomplished Senior Project Manager with various clients with 15 plus years of a consistent track record delivering enterprise resource planning (ERP) Oracle Business suite (EBS 11i/R12) and various IT software development projects, responsible and accountable for budgets range ($500K - $9M). An impassioned team leader committed to professionalism, highly organized mentors with purpose and understands that strong working relationships create great teams and produce exceptional results. Extensive hands on experience in executing projects both in traditional waterfall and agile / scrum methodology.
• Cross-functional team leadership competencies span the entire project delivery lifecycle, from conception through product development and launch. Manage large, complex projects, pulling disparate teams together to focus on execution and delivery. Effectively manage risks and apply mitigation strategies. Astute understanding of key success factors.
• Solid in project management essentialsof initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing as well as processes, methodologies, tools, scope of management, budgeting, financial tracking, scheduling, resource management, solution identification and assessment, vendor selection, procurement, contract negotiations, and business case creation. Proficient in Waterfall, Agile, PMBOK, Test-Driven Design.
• Innovator in launching strategies, products, and projectsto capture new opportunities, maximize profit streams, and drive business growth. Delivered accelerated growth in revenue, new service offerings, and new channels.
• Vendor Management - Work closely with vendors and software providers and manage Purchase Orders and Statement of Works with vendors.
• People Management-Manage, mentor and provide direction to IT staff (PMs, Tech leads, BSAs).
• Change Management Process - Strong ability to identify and develop change strategies, establish cultural change, monitor efficacy of changes
• Customer Relationship Management -Manage relationship with divisional IT groups and corporate business organizations.
• Planning & Budget - Responsible for Capital Planning for the department. Prepare the budget plan and oversee and control the department budget.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Application Domain: Media, Insurance, Manufacturing, Automobile, Financial Services and Dealer Services.

ERP: Oracle eBusiness Suite General Ledger, Payables, Receivables, Order Management, Inventory, Purchasing, Advance Product Catalog, Business Intelligence, HCM, OIM, OAM, PeopleSoft

Database: ORACLE 9i, 10g

Big Data/Data Analytics Tools: Cognition, Qlikview, Verve, Vie, Relate, MRE (Media Research Engine)

Project Management Tools: Clarity, Daptive, MS-Project, Jira, MS-Visio, MS-Office, Excel, Power Point

Testing: Conduct & Execute CRP s, UAT s and Cut-Over plans

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Oak Brook, I L

Sr. Oracle Project Manager (Waterfall / Agile)

Responsibilities:

• Good understanding of oracle ERP process flow and liaise between business and IT
• Managed globally distributed team, weekly and daily stand up team meetings, provide weekly status to stakeholders and leadership team
• Responsible and accountable to submit change requests on scope creep, timelines, budget and review with change control board for approval and executed the change management process to provide the necessary and to business community on new system i.e. oracle HCM, OIM /OAM with power points and documents
• Developed master project plan using MS-Project
• Responsible for planning & executing CRP’s, UAT’s and Cut-over plans.
• Responsible for leading, facilitating and executing the scrum sessions i.e. daily stand up’s, bi weekly sprints, user stories, epics all are designed in Jira tool.
• The complete project execution is via scrum, mentored the client teams and Confidential team on agile methodologies, scrum sessions, backlogs, retrospectives.
• Manage risk / issue register, log the risks/issues and implement the mitigation plan
• Responsible and accountable for Daily stand-up meetings, Detailed project plan - WBS, Risk/Issue registers, Steering committee meetings, Work approval process, project health report, communication plan, change management, change approval process, schedule baseline, budget monitoring

Environment: Oracle eBusiness Suite (R12.2.25), Oracle Financials, Oracle HCM, Oracle Identity Management, Oracle AIM, Jira, SharePoint, Visio, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Access), MS Outlook

Confidential, Sunrise, FL

Sr. Oracle Project Manager(Waterfall)

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to make sure that business sign-off on requirements, solution design reviews.
• Manage re-implementation of oracle R12 i.e. 12.2.5 for Oracle Services module.
• Manage resources, responsible for budget, and deliverables.
• Responsible to provide the weekly executive status on the project.
• Responsible to make sure MD50, MD70 documents are within oracle standards.
• Plan for CRP, UAT sessions and plan for cut-over and go-live.

Environment: Oracle eBusiness Suite (R12.2.25), Oracle Financials, oracle Service, Oracle AIM, Jira, SharePoint, Visio, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Access), MS Outlook

Confidential, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Sr. Oracle Project Manager (Waterfall / Agile)

Responsibilities:

• Manage and deliver full life cycle Oracle implementation for Supply Chain Modules
• Managed and delivered successful implementation of Oracle iProcurement module for EMEA countries
• Responsible and accountable for end-end delivery of the projects with budgets ($500k - $10M)
• Managed the globally located teams by assigning various tasks related to the Oracle Upgrade
• Manage, mentor and motivate direct reports and lead group of project managers to make sure all the PMO guidelines are being followed
• Responsible for agile methodology across the organization
• Developed the scrum guide for the organization and presented the tutorial to different department teams such as product development team and production support team
• Responsible for planning and executing the monthly deployments using agile methodology i.e. as scrum master we pick few enhancements and create user stories and plan in sprints for each deployment
• Responsible and accountable for Daily stand-up meetings, Detailed project plan - WBS, Risk/Issue registers, Steering committee meetings, project health report, communication plan, change management, change approval process, schedule baseline, budget monitoring
• Responsible for setting up the PMO governance process, frame work and implemented the Project Approval Process via Approval committee
• Successful delivery of Oracle Ware House management system globally e.g. Argentina, Peru, Turkey, and Europe
• Responsible for review of Bi-Weekly and Quarterly portfolio meetings for all the projects in organization
• Maintain the overall portfolio and manage specific projects assigned requiring significant overlap of resources across IT global process groups
• Lead monthly Information Solutions project planning committee meeting and bi-weekly sprint planning meetings

Environment: Oracle eBusiness Suite (R12), Oracle AIM, Oracle Primavera, Jira, SharePoint, Visio, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Access), MS Outlook

Confidential

IT Delivery Manager(Agile)

Responsibilities:

• Successful implementation of Oracle R12 for financial modules
• Followed Oracle AIM methodology for all purpose of documentation through out the project
• Ensure the timely, high-quality and cost-effective delivery of client projects
• Own the overall accountability, for the end-to-end delivery of project
• Perform project reviews on a consistent basis to ensure project delivery is on time and on budget, Work with Client Solutions team to drive growth, quality and customer satisfaction
• Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis; Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary. Where required, negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel from within the company.
• Determine and assess need for additional staff and/or consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.
• Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project attribution
• Responsible for planning & executing CRP’s, UAT’s and Cut-over plans.

Environment: Oracle eBusiness Suite (R12), Business Intelligence, Oracle AIM, MS Project, Agile, SharePoint, Visio, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Access), MS Outlook

Confidential, Washington, D.C

Oracle Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Oracle ERP Payables and Receivables modules.
• Managing and execution of the project plan, status, budget, quality assurance and business user sign off.
• Coordinate with external vendors and managing of external consultants and internal employees.
• On time deliverables.

Environment: PeopleSoft, Oracle eBusiness Suite (R12), Oracle AIM, Clarity, MS Project, Visio, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Access), MS Outlook, Jira.

Confidential, Bloomington, IL

IT Project/Program Manager (Waterfall / Agile)

Responsibilities:

• Manage day-to-day business meetings with Oracle EBS implementation team and provided the consultation services on upgrade of 11i to R12
• Manage cross-functional teams and on-shore/off-shore teams for oracle 11i support and on site r12 implementations.
• Developed master project plan using Oracle Primavera, the execution is complete scrum methodology
• Daily stand up’s, user stories, use cases, sprints, backlogs, retrospectives and burn down charts.
• Responsible for planning & executing CRP’s, UAT’s and Cut-over plans.
• Execute kick off meetings; identify stakeholders, Generate monthly dashboards with current information.
• Create and maintain project health reports on weekly and monthly basis and update the information to sponsor and stakeholders and executive’s
• Identify risks and generate risk documents with mitigation plan and contingency plan.
• Prompt attention on following compliance rules and regulations related to State Farm security.
• Motivate team members, set expectations and maintained client loyalty by providing exceptional value.
• Directly involved in vendor negotiations on implementing the vendor products and contracts.
• Managed project changes, scope changes using the change request process.
• Develop lessons learned and make sure all the closing documents are delivered.

Environment: Oracle eBusiness Suite (R12), Oracle AIM, Clarity, MS Project, Visio, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Access), MS Outlook, Jira.

Confidential, Hoffman Estates, IL

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage client relationships and business/financial reporting for technical projects.
• Prepare project performance information to be presented to senior management
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects including issues, action items, risks, and change management
• Monitor and report to management regarding key deliverables within assigned projects
• Evaluate vendor responses and recommend vendor selection
• Plan tasks, develop project plans, monitor progress against planned objectives and securing cooperation from clients and senior management

Environment: Oracle eBusiness Suite (11i/R12), Oracle AIM, MS Project, Agile, Java, SharePoint, Visio, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Access), MS Outlook

Confidential, Milwaukee, W I

Oracle Project Manager (Waterfall / Agile)

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Managing, Planning, Implementing, schedule, Testing, functional review of different projects as a project manager. Managed the On-shore/Off-shore development team in developing Interfaces, Data conversions and production support.
• Extensively used Jira tool for all the issues / tasks / enhancements
• Using Jira tool, I have executed the complete scrum methodology, using epics, stories and backlogs
• Global Implementation, Upgrade, production support and roll out plans for various internal projects.
• Guided and monitored to make sure the team follows the SOX compliance and approval hierarchy for any production migration through change management.
• Managed projects and performed management reporting for various business units.
• Developed financial and operational reports to meet reporting requirements of internal and client purposes
• Ensured that all solution deliverables meet the standards set by quality assurance

Environment: Oracle eBusiness Suite (11i/R12), Oracle Financials, Oracle Supply Chain, Oracle AIM, MS Project, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Access), MS Outlook, Jira.

Confidential, Madison, WI

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the development team in UK assigning the tasks such as development and also documentation.
• Developed and documented related policies and procedures
• Identified issues in current procedures and processes and implemented target condition in a timely manner
• Assisted in interpreting financial and market information in business terms

Environment: Oracle eBusiness Suite (11i/R12), Oracle AIM, MS Project, Java, SharePoint, Visio, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Access), MS Outlook, Jira.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Project Manager/Sr.Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Documented and communicated requirements to the development team and Participated in design and code reviews from a business process perspective.
• Analysis and coordination of Invoice information and other related information in Oracle Applications is interfaced into the legacy Accounts Payables system by an outbound program.
• Lead the developers in customizing market-based market reporting system
• Responsible for planning & executing CRP’s, UAT’s and Cut-over plans.

Environment: Oracle eBusiness Suite(11i), Oracle AIM, MS Project, Java, SharePoint, Visio, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Access), MS Outlook, Jira.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Oracle Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Functional documentation i.e. MD50 for interfaces and, prepare Conversion requirement
• Documents. Review of Set up’s design documents and production support 24/7, on call support.
• Developed standard project management deliverables including statement of work and project plan

Environment: Oracle eBusiness Suite (11i), Oracle AIM, MS Project, Visio, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Access), MS Outlook, Jira.

Confidential, Marksville, Louisiana

Techno-Functional consultant

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business processes, flows and functions of legacy system.
• Worked with Payables Open Invoice Interface to bring various types of Invoices into Oracle Accounts Payables and several other processes after importing Invoices. Design of MD70 documents for interfaces, conversions, reports.

Environment: Oracle eBusiness Suite(11i), Oracle AIM, MS Project, Jira.

Confidential

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in development of interfaces, conversions, customizations, reports, bug fix, data fix.
• Production support
• New Enhancements and Upgrade

ENVIRONMENT: Oracle eBusiness Suite modules (11i).