SUMMARY:

• 15 years of focused PeopleSoft HR/HCM technical experience primarily at 3 major companies.
• Specific experience in support of ePerformance and Enterprise Portal, but not limited to such.
• Fully proficient in all aspects of proprietary PeopleSoft development.
• Well versed in supporting architectures of UNIX and Oracle DB’s.
• A recognized quality resource and employee as shown by return trips to 2 of 3 employers.
• Excellent client skills centered on personal direct communications and attentiveness.
• Constantly strive to provide alternative and custom solutions that provide the best user experience.
• Wide range of experience in variety of applications and architectures through my years of experience, from stand - alone PCs to IBM mainframes.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, McLean, VA

PeopleSoft Analyst/Developer

Responsibilities:

• Primarily responsible for support of ePerformance and Portal.
• Developed custom reporting tool for ePerformance utilizing PS Query API and a UI based on Ajax via custom JavaScript, HTML, CSS and iScripts. All code contained within custom App Package.
• Provide technical support for each ePerformance rollout which typically contains new templates, and custom tweaks to the ‘worflow’ of employee and manager interactions/approvals.
• Responsible for migration of all objects configured by functional team, from templates, text catalog items, competency configurations and other custom configurations. Assist production team with final migration which occurs after hours.
• Consolidated custom document print process from over 50 SQR’s into 1 SQR. Reduced testing time and disparate qualities that came from so many different programs.
• Developed custom procedures to handle text justification in same document print process allowing for more text per line and resulting in smaller output.
• Provide a multitude of custom reports for ePerformance using either straight SQL or ad hoc SQRs that I can run locally. Developed own SQR infrastructure on my desktop to easily run an SQR against any DB.
• Recognized as a key troubleshooter for any issue that occurs within the HR application. Excellent at recreating errors in test environments and review traces to pinpoint source of issue.
• Developed own SQR to reformat PeopleSoft traces to provide a more readable format and easily see the progression of which PeopleCode was called (by identifying the source even after multiple func calls).
• Developed custom applications/bolt-ons to HR to handle a complete workflow process initiated by a manager. Process flows went between HR and 1 of 2 Portals, and relied on Integration Broker for all communications between different DB’s.
• For the first time, developed custom code for use on Portal home page to deliver employee specific notifications and tasks as well as a method for them to link to those tasks right from the notification.
• Have developed custom upload processes for use with ePerformance document creation and updates, and then leveraged those same customizations for other apps within HR. Processing includes a complete tracking of uploads by user and full support mechanism to maintain and delete uploaded documents.
• Was primary resource in support of new Onboarding Portal used by new hires as their first point of contact with the firm. Support revolved around integration which utilized Integration Broker for a 2-way process.

Confidential, New Orleans, LA

PeopleSoft Analyst/Developer

Responsibilities:

• Hired as PeopleSoft developer for a sub-contracting company working with Unisys Inc in support of USDA, Federal PeopleSoft HCM
• Provided general PS support for core HRIS under guidance of Unisys and in conjunction with the NFC (National Finance Center) located in New Orleans.
• Quickly won the support of Unisys staff which initially viewed subcontractors as a detriment to the project.
• Participated in the rollout of ePerformance working with one of Unisys’s lead developers and functional experts.
• Participated in impact analysis and review of customizations as part of full implementation of the Person model which had been hamstringed by obsessive customizing over the years.
• Ultimately left to return to Booz Allen due to slow pace of work and uncertain future of contract.

Confidential, McLean, VA

PeopleSoft Analyst/Developer

Responsibilities:

• Hired initially to participate in upgrade of HRIS to version 8.9 (near project end) as part of Booz Allen staff working with consulting company Cedar Crestone.
• Performed share of re-applying customizations to SQRs and PeopleCode based on analysis of compare reports and table alters and other DB updates.
• Provided production support in a time when dedicated resource where unable to do so (before SOX).
• Provided general support to all areas on HRIS including newly implemented self-service modules and Portal.
• Worked closely and gained confidence of consulting company on Portal and new security mechanism for syncing security between HR and Portal (and ELM as well).
• Was designated as Technical Team Lead as recognition for my work quality, timeliness, and customer support.

Confidential, Bethesda, MD

PeopleSoft Analyst/Developer

Responsibilities:

• Returned to Marriott to participate in new implementation of PS HCM 8.8 under the direction of Accenture. Return was based on my prior experience in working with Marriott’s custom payroll and other HR systems.
• Primary implementation effort was design and implementation of a new interface between PS HR and mainframe based payroll system. Which was THE key integration point of PS HR and vital to its success.
• 2 way interfaced written in SQR constructed outbound transactions based on updates in PS HR as identified by audit tables into multi-record formats utilized by the mainframe system.
• Daily inbound SQR process did a compare of every active and recent terminated employee in a flat file received from mainframe against the HR database and a variety of tables.
• Also created conversion programs to do initial population of HR DB for employee and supporting tables such as job codes and departments.
• Developed other custom SQRs and bolt on min applications such as an online tool for performing mass updates to job data.
• Mass update tool provided functionality to create employee lists based on a variety of grouping methods and then preview all updates before applying them.
• Catered to the ad hoc information request for reporting by building a collection of run only PS Queries for a variety of corporate and location users.
• Worked with contractor to develop first self-service application (eProfle).
• Ultimate supported Accenture in their role as an out-source provider in technical support of HR, providing details on finer aspects of interfaces and Marriott payroll processing.
• Left Marriott when HR functions and the PS system were fully out-sourced to Hewitt Inc.

Confidential, Washington, DC

IVR Developer

Responsibilities:

• Briefly joined this non-profit in hopes to diversify tech skills which has become too mainframe focused.
• Provided support and additional scripting of the IVR used by the company, which specialized in Public Sector pensions.
• Enhanced interfaces of data from OTS IVR package to company’s custom mainframe application (and back) which performed management of pensions.
• Quickly outperformed expectations in support of the applications.
• Assisted in Y2K updates for mainframe based application.

Confidential, Bethesda, MD

Programmer for HR and Payroll Systems

Responsibilities:

• Initially hired and relocated to DC area to support custom desktop HR system utilized by properties for collection of pay data and for interfacing to mainframe payroll system.
• This desktop system was written in Turbo Pascal which I had experience with.
• Participated in development of replacement system written in MS DOS based COBOL product which provided an updated user experience and additional functionality over the PASCAL system.
• Transitioned to mainframe payroll team after successful rollout of new system which gave me exposure to the payroll teams and gained their confidence.
• Spent the remaining years in support of COBOL and IMS payroll system which is one of the crown jewels for the company.
• Participated in Y2K conversions and support of Open Enrollment processing.
• Provided day and night production support for certain batch processing.