SUMMARY:

• Progressive Financial/Cost Management and Consulting, along with IT/ERP/SAP knowledge and experience working in a wide range of Industrial/Service organizations, most of which were global business enterprises, including for 3 of the “Big 4” firms with 26 years as an IT Program/Project Manager in 30 successful global ERP/SAP Greenfield implementation 15, enhancement 4, upgrade 8, and assessment 3 projects. I am a creative and positive problem solver; who is an organized and well - prepared professional; and one who possesses a definite bias for action along with successful project outcomes. A subject matter expert in the following:
• Project Management/Leadership Organizational Change Management (OCM) and Business Process Transformation
• SAP FI/CO Functionality and Solution Architecture including Data Migration, Testing, and Training
• Create and respond to Requests for Proposals
• Financial and Cost Management “Best Practices”
• Financial and Cost Management Business Process Re-engineering (BPR)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Overall Industry/Services Experience: Aerospace & Defense; Automotive; Chemicals; Consumer Goods; Financial Services Banking and Insurance ; State Government; High Technology; Manufacturing; Pharmaceutical; Retail; Software; and Utilities

Project Management Skills: SAP Specific Modules - FI, CO, AM; SEM/BPC; BI/BW; MM/PP - SRM; SD; PS; WMS; PM; QM; PLM; and HCM - ECC, R/3, and R/2

Project Management Consulting: Requirements gathering and analysis, Software selection and in-house development, SDLC, and all Software implementation lifecycle activities

Solutions: ERP and GTS Various other Financial/Cost Management and Budgeting Information Systems

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior SAP Program Manager

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Led SAP Program portfolio consisting of 15 Projects involved with Finance, Procurement and Inventory Management, and Human Resources and Payroll - Directed 2 SAP Project Managers. Significant project support provided for planning the migration to SAP S/4 HANA working with Amtrak IT, Accenture and SAP America.

Confidential, Suwanee, GA

Responsibilities:

• Led a SAP Global Trade Solution (GTS) roll out project at a USA site for a Global UK headquartered Aerospace & Engineering business enterprise managing 7 GTS MIS team members while coordinating with Meggitt Global and Site Trade Compliance staff, Key users, and Corporate MIS staff - Employed new middleware (Web Methods) in this project - Led all Data Migration, Testing, and Training effortsIn addition, led a corporate UK and USA SAP ECC 6.0 Finance and Procurement project for several months until a UK MIS Project manager was put in place - Helped determine the switch to the usage of SAP HANA using the Cloud for this project. Interacted with Corporate Financial, Procurement, and MIS executives along with SAP.

Confidential

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led a SAP ECC EHP 7 green field implementation project for a multinational privately held $3 billion dollar French specialty Chemicals manufacturing client - 60+ project team members including many offshore consultants - SAP FI/CO/AM/SD/MM/PP/PS/PM/CS/BI/BW modules in scope - 12 USA sites - Phase 1 went live at 4/1/2015 and Phase 2 went live at 9/1/2015 - Largest single client in the YASH SME SAP Practice in the USA - First hosted SAP implementation project using the Amazon Cloud - Led all Data Migration, Testing, and Training efforts.

Confidential

Senior Implementation Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Led 17 simultaneous ONESOURCE/Sabrix client engagements integrated with SAP/Oracle/etc. ERP projects working directly with SAP Consulting firm partner executives, Client management, and both Consulting and Client project managers/Tax staff. Mentor and Thought Leader of Project Management “Best practice” methods along with navigating the PMP certification process.

Confidential, Sacramento, CA

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• SAP PMO Support Manager - SAP Project Manager of over 115 people at a SAP Public Sector (2nd largest pension fund in the USA) ECC 6.0 implementation project – SAP FI/CO/AM/SD/MM. The business scope included Finance, Procurement, and Human Resources – Led all Data Migration, Testing, and Training efforts.

Confidential, Danville, KY

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led a successful global SAP ECC 6.0 rollout at two USA sites of a UK headquartered client in the Aerospace and Defense industry. The business scope included SAP FI/CO/PS/SD/MM/PP/QM. I managed a SAP technical consultant who was responsible for data migration. In addition, I was responsible for handling all project issues, risks, budget, schedule, and status reporting to the Program Management Office in the UK – Led all Data Migration, Testing, and Training efforts.

Confidential, Eunice, NM

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• SAP Site Readiness Manager – Led a successful 6-month effort to perform an SAP upgrade from R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0 while incorporating USA regulatory, statutory, and legal gaps into a pre-determined European SAP global template. The business scope included SAP FI/CO/PS/PM/MM/HR and Training. This project was with one of the leading global Uranium enrichment companies. This site in the USA was a new facility undergoing major construction during this SAP project engagement. I managed some 75 company personnel and reported directly to the USA CFO – Led all Data Migration, Testing, and Training efforts.

Confidential, Atchison, KS

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• SAP Fast Track deployment – Led a successful twenty-week effort to implement FI/CO/SD/MM/PP/QM functionality for a $275 million food and chemicals manufacturing company managing nine consultants and thirty senior and middle management client staff, including the CFO – Project budget of more than $1 million – Led all Data Migration, Testing, and Training efforts.