SUMMARY:

Senior software developer/analyst with over 20 years’ experience in the technical/functional design, implementation, upgrade and integration of PeopleSoft/Oracle Financial, SCM, HRMS/HCM/SA, Manufacturing, and CRM systems.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• PeopleSoft Development/Enhancements
• Application Production Support (FIN/SCM, CRM, Manufacturing, HR, EPM, Campus Solutions)
• PeopleSoft/Oracle Installations, Implementations and Upgrades
• (BI) XML Publisher, XSLT transformations.
• Data Conversions
• SQR
• nVision
• ETL, Interfaces, Integration Broker and Application Messaging
• PeopleSoft Security Administrator
• Related Content
• PIA Administrator
• Upgrades and Application Bundles (Change Assistant/PUM)
• ERP (PeopleSoft/Oracle) Development
• SQL and PL/SQL
• Web Technologies
• Wireless Application Protocol
• Data Base Administration (Tuning)
• System Architecture
• Disaster Recovery
• VM
• LDAP
• Third Party Plug - Ins Resume Mirror
• Volume Testing
• RACI project plans

EXPERTISE AREA:

• Service Procurement
• Accounts Payable
• Purchasing
• eProcurement
• Receiving
• Asset Management
• General Ledger
• Student Financials
• Expenses
• Inventory
• Order Management (eStore/Order Capture)
• Accounts Receivable
• Manufacturing
• CRM
• Human Resources
• Pay Roll NA (Support)
• IT Strategy
• Training and Documentation (Sarbanes/Oxley)
• Teacher/Training

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Independent PeopleSoft Technical/Functional Consultant

Confidential, Norfolk, VA

Responsibilities:

• Lead technical interface and integration resource, utilizing Integration Broker, Component Interfaces, and EXCEL to CI.
• Created numerous custom interfaces to PeopleSoft from third party systems.
• Hands on fit gap, including documentation, design, development, and testing. Involved with all phases of the upgrade.
• XML and XSLT transformation project convert SAP purchase orders to PeopleSoft row based format utilizing SOA.
• Managed, provided guidance and mentored the technical upgrade team.
• All technical development required extensive use of PeopleTools v8.53 and v8.54.05, PeopleCode, Application Engine, SQR, SQL, Component Interface, Integration Broker, and BI Publisher and shell scripts.
• Technical resource for an implementation of PeopleSoft Application Release Financials/SCM 9.20, Tools Release 8.54.05, for a major Massachusetts hospital and university partnership.
• Reports to senior leadership staff.
• Provides training for internal staff members.
• Develops custom XML (BI) publisher reports.
• Technical development lead tasked with developing custom resolutions for functional enhancement requests on release Financials/SCM 8.90.13.001/ Tools Release 8.48.16 running on AIX/DB2, for a very large state transit origination.
• Extensive functional experience with GL, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, eProcurement, eSupplier, Project Coting and Contracts, including commitment control experience with General Ledger and Purchasing.
• Principal hands on technical resource for the PeopleSoft/Oracle upgrade from release Financials/SCM 8.4 Tools Release 8.49.10 to Financials/SCM 9.10.00.000/ Tools Release 8.53.09. Involved in all phases of the project’s life cycle.

Senior PeopleSoft Technical/Functional Consultant

Confidential, Boston, MA

Responsibilities:

• Technical resource for and Implementation of PeopleSoft/Oracle release Financials/SCM 9.10.00.000/ Tools Release 8.51.09.
• Hands on fit gap, documentation, design/coding, implementation and training for the following modules GL, AP, PO and Receiving.
• Assisted in PeopleSoft infrastructure, configuration, refresh and maintenance.
• Applied application bundles (Change Assistant), including 1099 processing.
• Production support - supported Finance’s daily/year end business process.
• XML (BI) Publisher report development.
• Configured Related Content elements to facilitate business continuity.
• Created curriculum and taught advanced PeopleSoft Query classes to the business and SME’s.
• Participated in a PeopleTools 8.52.08 upgrade from Tools Release 8.50.23.
• Worked with IT and the business during the upgrade to Linux operating systems.
• Hands on support of Projects, AM, GL, PO, ePro, sPro and AP PeopleSoft modules.
• Senior PeopleSoft Financial Business Analyst at a well-known laboratory.

Technical Upgrade and Support Specialist

Confidential, Westwood, MA

Responsibilities:

• PeopleSoft HRMS/HCM 9.1 Upgrade.
• Support for PeopleSoft Application Release HRMS Solutions 8.9 Tools Release 8.46.09, which included the weekly payroll process for over 3000 employees.
• PeopleSoft technical lead for the version 9.1 upgrade.
• Installed and configured the 9.1 Tools 8.50.19 Batch Servers.
• Configured Citrix Server enabling Power Users with PeopleTools 2 tier access.
• Installed and configured third party Resume Mirror software with PeopleSoft 9.1.
• Retrofit and reapplied custom application modifications.

Technical/Functional Consultant

Confidential, Waltham, MA

Responsibilities:

• Brought the University’s PeopleSoft SEVIS system compliant with the Patriot Act mandate.
• Retrofit SEVIS 6.6 and 6.7 Oracle modifications.
• Support and Development of the University’s PeopleSoft Application Release HRMS and Campus Solutions 9.00.00.000 Tools Release 8.49.25.
• Technical Support of PeopleSoft Student Administration (Student Financials).
• Resolved critical 1098-T process which was crucial for the year end process.
• Developed Search/Match modifications per the registrar’s requirements.

Independent PeopleSoft/Oracle Technical/Functional Consultant

Confidential, Waltham, MA

Responsibilities:

• Support of PeopleSoft Supply Chain (PeopleSoft FIN/SCM 8.9 Inventory, ePro, Purchasing and Receiving).
• Support of PeopleSoft Financials (Payables, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Billing, Travel and Expenses).
• On Call to monitor and resolve any issues surrounding numerous inbound/outbound interfaces from several data sources (Oracle Financials, PeopleSoft FIN/SCM and PeopleSoft EPM, IBM ETL DataStream/Data Stage) via ESP scheduling software.
• Participated in the Warehouse management project (Manhattan) by creating highly complex Oracle (11.5.7) financial applications integrations via XML and PL/SQL interfaces (PO) to an international B2B vendor.
• Gathered requirements, developed, tested and deployed numerous PeopleSoft Financials 8.90 enhancements requested by the business.
• Support of Oracle Financials Purchasing (11.5.7).
• Created complex PL/SQL XMLDOM procedures for the Manhattan warehouse project.
• Modified ESP jobs to facilitate the close cycles.

Confidential, Canton, MA

Senior Programmer-Analyst/System Architect/Upgrade Lead

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager/Tech Team Lead & Architect for PeopleSoft Financials upgrade from 8.4 (tools 8.45.16) to version 9 tools 8.49.07. The project time line was extremely aggressive, 9 months from fit gap to delivery. The project consisted of an initial pass and 3 MTP (move to production) test passes, and the final MTP.
• Installed, configured and brought on-line the PeopleSoft HR instance. The HR databases were brought back in-house from Navisite the 3rd party ASP provider as a cost savings measure. The PeopleSoft HR Application Release is HRMS and Campus Solutions 8.90.00.000 SP 0, and Tools Release 8.48.17. This was a highly visible and critical project.
• Project Manager, installer and upgrade lead of PeopleSoft Financials 8.80.01.000 PeopleTools 8.45.10 to PeopleSoft Financials 9.00.00.000 PeopleTools 8.49.24.
• Installed and configured PeopleSoft/Oracle software in a complex infrastructure running 64 bit AIX 5.3/DB2 UDB
• Ran functional fit gap sessions, and technical team meetings as well as reporting project status to senior management.
• Developed the required Accounts Payable bank interfaces which replaced the EDI process in version 8.4
• Engineered the cut over strategy which had infrastructure components as well as the PeopleSoft upgrade process via the Change Assistant.
• Created and updated the PeopleSoft upgrade project plans.
• Configured and debugged the Change Assistant and developed custom Change Assistant templates specific to the business.
• Configured, documented and implemented the General Ledger Summary Ledger process to enhance nVision reporting.
• Managed external and internal project personnel.
• Configured, tested and released the General Ledger Excel Journal Loads which utilizes component interfaces.
• Acquisition project, collected business requirements, created technical specifications, and developed vendor and voucher interfaces.
• Applied PeopleSoft bundles and fixes via the Change Assistant.
• Redesigned and implemented the server architecture for the company’s parent holding company. Created a more scalable, fluid and robust sever configuration.
• Mentored junior staff members.

Confidential, Fairhaven, Ma

Senior Programmer-Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported Inventory.
• Documented, configured, developed and implemented the Requisition workflow process which used delivered and customized components. All documentation meets Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Built custom webMethods interface to PeopleSoft which published Purchase Order Receipts in XML from the Global Warehouse Management System to PeopleSoft.
• Created custom Component Interfaces to load Standard Cost data via Excel spreadsheets.

Confidential, MA, OH

Senior Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Technical lead for a PeopleSoft 8.9 CRM implementation.
• Involved in validating the technical viability of functional designs and ensuring the clients understanding of the underlying dependencies of the PeopleSoft architecture/toolset.
• Responsible for the data conversion effort. Converting data from 5 legacy systems to PeopleSoft CRM.
• Developed custom interfaces to and from PeopleSoft.
• Configured many PeopleSoft 8.X EIP (enterprise integration points) to synchronize data between different PeopleSoft databases.
• Created complex SQR/Application Engine programs to populate the BORM (business object relationship model) with company and person data elements.
• Technical lead on a Financial (FINSCM) upgrade from PeopleSoft 8.16 to 8.8.
• Retrofitted all custom modifications using PeopleCode, SQR and Perl.

Confidential, Quincy, MA

Senior Technical Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Technical/Functional AR lead for a PeopleSoft 8.42 Financial upgrade from PeopleSoft 7.01, for a well-known billion dollar publishing company.
• Applied all Account Receivable application bundles
• Retrofitted and created interfaces to third party applications using Perl and SQR.
• Acted as PeopleSoft DBA tuning and adding hints to facilitate all the Account Receivable Application Processes, such as the AR UPDATE and AR PREDICT.
• Trained users for the new functionality and dramatic version change from PeopleSoft 7 AR to version 8.42
• Ran/Debugged Upgrade scripts for Application Engine and Data-Mover.
• Reapplied client specific PeopleSoft application customizations (Menus, Components, Pages, and Records).
• Technical resource for the PeopleSoft 8.4 Financial and Manufacturing Upgrade (from PeopleSoft 7.52) for a major U.S. manufacturer.
• Created and implemented a high visibility program developed in SQR and PeopleCode for the Accounts Payable department.
• Technical system architect for a PeopleSoft HRMS 8.3 implementation. Assessed and installed new PeopleSoft environments, and applied PeopleSoft updates & fixes to bring the client’s installation current.
• Served as a mentor to junior staff.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Technical lead on a PeopleSoft implementation of eStore/Financials version 8. Provided the company with an eCommerce solution for both its B2B and B2C sales channels while simultaneously replacing its core financial systems. The scope of the project encompasses 7 modules from PeopleSoft’s version 8.xx Financials and Portal Solutions product lines.
• Developed/Tested and rolled out to production complex modifications entirely written in PeopleCode.
• Created intricate interfaces to legacy systems using PeopleSoft’s Application Engine & Microsoft’s DTS packages.
• Developed a web based engagement time keeping, issue-tracking tool. Designed using Microsoft’s Visual.
• Lead Developer for a large a statewide PeopleSoft Financials v.7.5 Government/Education implementation, which included complicated Interfaces to legacy systems and modifications written in PeopleCode. Participated in all phases of the implementation. This engagement was a fixed fee project.
• Created custom SQA Robot scripts for performing load testing.
• Sole technical resource responsible for the design and implementation of a wireless application protocol application that interfaced with IMPRESS OIS (online information system) and SAP.

Confidential, Newton, MA

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Technical lead for a major publishing company during the PeopleSoft release 7 purchasing and inventory integration and upgrade.
• Created custom accounts payable travel and expense PeopleSoft application, currently in use by the corporate accounts payable department.
• Developed and implemented a desktop dual-boot strategy for multiple PeopleSoft versions on a single workstation during a large upgrade from PeopleSoft 5.12 to 7.01.

Confidential, Andover, MA

Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in the implementation of PeopleSoft’s accounts payable and inventory modules version 6.10 & 7.01.
• Assessed requirements, designed, created, implemented custom conversion SQR programs for the data conversion effort between the legacy system (MANMAN) to populate PeopleSoft General Ledger, Purchasing and Inventory modules in PeopleSoft releases 6.10 and 7.01.