SUMMARY:
Eleven years of business and ERP systems (Lawson) experience. Has managed, implemented, and upgraded clients on various versions of Lawson across multiple platforms and industries. Several years of custom system design and systems integration experience from the functional perspective. Certified Lawson consultant and trainer. Accounting background with a CPA and MBA.

APPLICATIONS:

Lawson Insight Suite Applications:

• Lawson 9.x and 8.x Applications
• Portal/ XML/ E-Console
• Financials: General Ledger and Report Writer, Project and Activity Accounting (Activity Management), Accounts Payable, Matching, Asset Management, Accounts Receivable, Strategic Ledger, Enterprise Budgeting, Cash Ledger, Budgeting, and Allocations
• Materials Management: Procurement, Requisitions, Warehousing, Inventory Control, Req Self Service, E-Requisitions
• Process Flow (functional definition)
• Financial Conversions
• Lawson Web Applications—Self Service Centers; Lawson Security (laua)
• Crystal Reports, Essbase, Hyperion Budgeting
• UNIX, Windows, IBM AS 400 (i-Series), MS-DOS, HTML, Visual Basic 5.0
• MS Word, Lotus 1-2-3, MS Excel, MS Access, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio

WORK EXPERIENCE (11 years of Lawson experience)

Independent Consulting

• Implementing Lawson Suites for various clients. Also providing assistance with upgrades and conversions of different Lawson modules.
• Performing current state assessments, business needs analysis, and providing future state recommendations. Perform Fit-gap analysis.
• Providing clients with product expertise and advising them on the Lawson implementation methodology as well as best business practices. My role involves understanding all clients’ objectives and growth to prepare their business plans, create Lawson setup, conduct CRPs, create scripts, manage various rounds of testing, help them with go-live planning, and provide post-live support.
• Assisting with developing and maintaining project plans, project charters, statements of work, and scope. Interact with management and users to recommend best-business scenarios. Lead and conduct management and team meetings.
• Training clients and users on Lawson applications by developing and teaching customized classes and materials. Assisting clients with scripts, training manuals, and procedure manuals.
• Help with the requirements for developing interfaces between Lawson and third-party applications, and customizations. Provide assistance with data uploads/ downloads, and validations.
• Assisting with defining and setting up user security for the different Lawson applications.
• Multi-industry (healthcare, government, K-12, retail, utilities, service, Telco) and full life-cycle experience.

Confidential,Atlanta, GA

• Implemented and upgraded the Lawson Suites for various clients.
• Provided clients with product expertise and advised them on the Lawson implementation methodology. My role involved understanding all clients’ objectives and growth to prepare their business plans, conducting CRPs, creating scripts, helping them with testing and in go-live planning, and providing post-live support. Updated their legacy applications to Lawson modules.
• Created and maintained project plans. Managed project plans against time and budget. Managed team members’ roles against budgeted timelines. Assisted with project charters and statements of work. Interacted with management and users to recommend best-business scenarios.
• Lead and conducted management and team meetings.
• Trained clients and users on Lawson applications by developing and teaching customized classes and materials. Assisted clients with scripts, training manuals, and procedure manuals.
• Performed current state assessments, business needs analysis, and provided future state recommendations.
• Helped with the requirements for developing interfaces between Lawson and third-party applications, and customizations.
• Healthcare, multi-industry and full life-cycle experience.

Confidential,Atlanta, GA

• Implemented the Lawson Financials Suite for a client (Mayo Clinic) of the company.
• Provided product expertise and advised on the Lawson implementation methodology as per Deloitte standards. Understood the client’s objectives and growth to prepare their business plans, assisted with creating and revising future business flows using Visio, created scripts, and helped them with testing and in go-live planning. Made sure the project plan stays on track.
• Trained clients and users on Lawson applications and business processes.
• Helped with the requirements for developing interfaces between Lawson and third-party applications.
• Assisted with setting up reports for different levels of management.

Confidential,Atlanta, GA

• Implemented and upgraded the Lawson Materials Management and Financials suites for clients of the company.
• Implemented E-Requisitions.
• Acted as a project lead on projects to achieve the required objectives; worked with project managers to make sure the costs do not exceed the budget; scheduled resources when necessary; and made sure the project does not exceed the planned timeline.
• Provided clients with product expertise and advised them on the Lawson implementation methodology. Incorporated all clients’ objectives and growth to prepare their business plans, conducted CRPs and other levels of testing, created scripts, helped them in go-live planning, provided post-live support, and provided consulting to them accordingly. Updated their legacy applications to Lawson modules.
• Trained clients and users on Lawson applications by developing and teaching customized classes.
• Performed current state assessments, business needs analysis, and provided future state recommendations.
• Developed interfaces between Lawson and third-party applications. Prepared extensive reports for higher levels of management.
• Performed upgrades of software applications from older to newer versions.
• Healthcare, multi-industry and full life-cycle experience.

Confidential,Atlanta, GA

• Implemented and upgraded the Lawson Suites for clients of the company.
• Acted as a project lead on projects to achieve the required objectives; worked with project managers to make sure the costs do not exceed the budget; scheduled resources when necessary; and made sure the projects did not exceed the planned timeline.
• Provided clients with product expertise and advised them on the Lawson implementation methodology. Understood all clients’ objectives and growth to prepare their business plans, conducted CRPs, created scripts, helped them with go-live planning, provided post-live support, and consult them accordingly. Updated their legacy applications to Lawson modules.
• Involved in training the clients and users on various Lawson applications by teaching on-site custom classes as well as public education classes. Certified Lawson instructor.
• Developed new generic and customized software for clients based on their needs. Downloaded patches, and troubleshooted technical problems.
• Assessed current state and provided recommendations on future state.
• Performed upgrades of software applications from older to newer versions.
• Prepared extensive online and paper reports for higher levels of management using specialized programming tools. Set up Lawson and network security for users at client sites.
• Trained, mentored and set milestones for new consultants. Managed roles of junior consultants on projects.
• Multi-industry (including Healthcare, Retail, E-business, Public Sector, Telecommunications, K-12) and full life-cycle experience.

EDUCATION:

Master of Business Administration (Finance and Computer Information Systems)
Master of Commerce (Accounting)
Chartered Accountants Foundation Examination (equivalent to CPA)