PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

Technically sophisticated and performance driven Implementations, Solution Design and Pre - Sales Professional with over 19 years of progressive experience in the oversight of teams and software installation. Experienced in all phases of software applications delivery from pre-sales through the software development life-cycle and support. Possesses a proven acumen in functionality which includes a strong knowledge of Oracle ERP and Fusion/Cloud SaaS Finance. A self-motivated leader and entrepreneurial consultant who has demonstrated the ability to develop strategic and innovative solutions, applies effective problem solving skills, manages workload to complete multiple business programs, and uses best practices to ensure the achievement of business objectives. Focused on exceeding client expectations thereby ensuring optimum impact through operational leadership. Recognized ability to deliver high impact presentations to C-level executives. Passionate about business planning and effective execution utilizing industry expertise and innovative collaboration. Possesses excellent leadership, interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills including the ability to develop and maintain beneficial partnerships with vendors and relationships with clients as well as leading teams to fulfil their professional development and successful contribution to a company’s bottom line.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

• Pre-Sales
• Post Sales
• Solution Design
• Solution Demonstration
• Project Full Life-Cycle
• Product Development
• Oracle Products (Release 12+)
• EBS Projects Suite: Project Costing, Project Billing, Project Management
• EBS Grants Accounting (monitors Grants and Endowments)
• Fusion/Cloud Project Costing, Billing and Grants Accounting
• I-Procurement
• Purchasing
• I-Expenses
• Accounts Payables
• Accounts Receivables
• Fixed Assets

KEY SKILLS:

I.T.: All Microsoft Office Products, Oracle 11i, R12, Oracle AIM methodology

Languages: Proficient in English and Spanish

CAREER SUMMARY:

Confidential

Oracle Fusion/Cloud Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Led the analysis and solution mapping between requirements and functionality
• Configured the latest innovative Oracle product solution line which is Fusion/Cloud. Specifically, the Project Costing and Grants Accounting applications for CRP1 and CRP2 (Note: The client decided to only implement Oracle Project Costing)
• Recommended improvements to the current business state
• Developed a strategy to integrate with Hyperion

Confidential

Supervisor, Oracle Business Systems

Responsibilities:

• Lead for the Oracle E-Business Suite system
• Provided functional support maintenance and enhancements on all Oracle E-Business Suite modules (General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, iStore, iProcurement, Purchasing, Grants, and Public Sector Budgeting)
• Maintained effective communications (written and oral) with functional users, development teams and management, while working closely with all parties to resolve problems, answer questions, and provide solutions
• Planned, coordinated and conducted unit testing, quality assurance testing, end-to-end systems testing, production parallel testing and end-user and technical support training for all Oracle E-Business Suite modules
• Coached co-workers and provided them technical assistance and direction on Oracle E-Business Suite production support issues, service requests and projects

Confidential, VA

Pre-Sales

Responsibilities:

• Provided a high level analysis for the client and team on business requirements by utilizing industry expertise to recommend enterprise best practices and solving the clients everyday issues through strategic planning
• Demonstrated ability to persuade key decision makers through written communication, presentation, and demonstration of software solutions for client approval
• Configured and collaborated with the technical team to customize software to be used in presentations
• Communicated with development staff to regarding new product functionality of the new Oracle software product features
• Lead the architecture, configuration, and implementation of the Oracle Project Costing and Grants Accounting applications to integrate with Oracle HCM, I-Procurement, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger and third party systems
• Responsible for tracking progress against project plan
• Facilitated CRP sessions for end user validation
• Presented detailed business requirements along with other team leads implementing other Oracle applications to provide a demonstration of end to end functionality to the client
• Developed functional specifications for custom interfaces and reports
• Served as liaison between the business team and technical resources during development to ensure that requirements and dependencies were well understood.
• Developed step-by-step training manuals for user community and provided training sessions
• Worked with client to perform unit acceptance testing

Confidential, LA

Post-Sales Support

Responsibilities:

• Provided assistance and solutions for internal technical staff on pre-existing issues pertaining to functionality of the Oracle Project Costing and Grants Accounting, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger applications that went live in 1999
• Recommended improvements to the current system setup to meet the clients new business needs
• Expedited the resolution of service request issues by communicating with Oracle Support teams as well as developed and provided product support and step-by-step training instruction to the user community
• Implemented the Oracle Labor Distribution application in a test environment for the user community to evaluate and determine if it should be installed

Confidential, IL

Post-Sales Support

Responsibilities:

• Invited back by client to provide follow-up support and training of new employees using Oracle applications while also developing functional specifications for customizations

Confidential, IL

Post-Sales Support

Responsibilities:

• Provided assistance to the Database Administrator, Report Developers, and MIS Program Management
• Developed test scripts for the latest product upgrade for Grants Accounting, I-Procurement, Purchasing and Accounts Receivables and General Ledger
• Assisted MIS client management to inform and prepare the user community for the latest product release roll-out from R12.04 to R 12.1.2
• Created critical communication relationships with Oracle Support to address any outstanding issues and provided Oracle Financials product support

Confidential

Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configured and implemented the Oracle Grants Accounting application
• Led the analysis and solution mapping between requirements and functionality fundamental to the new system
• Recommended improvements to the current business state
• Developed complex customizations
• Collaborated with Developers and Database Administrators on technical issues
• Developed training manuals and delivered training to user community

Confidential

Senior ERP Product Expert

Responsibilities:

• Tracked progress of solutions and deliverables against the project plan
• Develop to-be process flows interfacing with third party systems
• General Ledger
• Purchasing
• I-Purchasing
• I-Expenses
• Accounts Payable
• Order Management
• Accounts Receivable
• Fixed Assets
• Project Accounting

Confidential

Senior Functional Oracle Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided training and product support to worldwide user community (multi-org environment) for the following Oracle applications:
• General Ledger
• Purchasing
• I-Purchasing
• I-Expenses
• Accounts Payable
• Order Management
• Accounts Receivable
• Collaborated with Database Administrators, Developers, and IT Program Management to implement and rolled out direct deposit (electronic) payments for use with the Oracle I-Expense and Accounts Payable applications

Confidential, IL

Pre-Sales

Responsibilities:

• Performed a review to determine if installing the Oracle Grants Accounting application to integrate with the clients existing Oracle EBS applications would provide benefits such as improved resource productivity and improved financial processes
• Facilitated sessions with senior management and end users
• Developed and delivered a fit and gap analysis document outlining current operations and Oracle EBS enabled improvements.
• Developed proposed implementation time-line schedule
• Configured and implemented the Oracle Project Costing and Oracle Project Management applications to integrate with Oracle General Ledger, Procure to Pay, Inventory, Fixed Assets, and third party energy industry specific applications owned by P2 Energy Solutions such as Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) and Joint Venture Accounting (JVA)
• Facilitated business requirements gathering workshops
• Developed complex customizations required by the end users to perform daily business and comply with industry specific standards
• Developed integrated test scripts to validate that customizations between the Oracle and P2 applications functioned appropriately
• Developed conversion plan from legacy system to Oracle Project Costing and Project Management
• Facilitated Conference Room Pilot for end users to validate and sign off on design
• Created custom responsibilities for end users
• Developed step-by-step training instruction and provided training sessions to end users
• Led a team of four resources responsible for successfully configuring and implementing Oracle Grants Accounting and Grants Proposal applications to integrate with General Ledger, Procure to Pay, and Fixed Assets
• Led planning and facilitation of business requirements gathering workshops
• Facilitated meetings between different functional organization groups to gather additional cross-functional requirements
• Facilitated Conference Room Pilot sessions for end users to validate and sign off on design
• Development test scripts for unit, system and integration testing
• Created custom responsibilities for application end users
• Development training manuals
• Planned, developed and delivered training courses before go-live date
• Designed custom report functional specifications
• Liaison between PeopleSoft payroll functional group and Grants Accounting teams to design an integration plan between applications
• Led development of PeopleSoft Payroll (3rd party application) to Grants Accounting functional specifications to allow interfacing of Grant related payroll costs
• Led development of Maximus (3rd party application) to Grants Accounting functional specifications to allow interfacing of Grant related equipment costs
• Rolled out and deployed production system on 01-July-2005 (project completed on time and on budget)
• Provide post production application support to user community