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 (Such as at Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young and Price Waterhouse Coopers) 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)
• A seasoned and consistently successful long-term SAP Project Manager and Consultant through all project lifecycle phases completing R/2, R/3, and ECC 6.0 projects. Managed from 15 up to 115 project team members (client staff and SAP consultants combined) with project budgets up to $25 million. SAP user group (ASUG) presenter in various national and local professional forums.
• Provided responsible leadership, quality focused management, and hands on participation in prospect proposal responses and presentations in support of sales initiatives, business case development and analysis, project performance indicators and measurements, role-based profiles and configuration, testing and quality control, change management and training, and documentation and support. Significant knowledge transfer efforts expended.
• Successfully sold R/3 FI/CO application packages to major clients while conducting product demonstrations for over 100 SAP America prospects operating in a wide variety of industrial and service business enterprises most of whom went on to become SAP customers.
• A seasoned and successful Financial and Cost Management Controller and Consultant for a variety of manufacturing employers and clients, plus a large commercial bank.
• A seasoned Adjunct University instructor, who has successfully taught Project Management along with Financial and Cost Management classes for 14 years. My articles have been published internally/nationally multiple times, and I have spoken at various professional society events.

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

Key Business Skills: Vendor Management, Project and Change Leadership, Financial/Cost Analysis and Control, and Planning and Budgeting

Other Related Software: Good working knowledge of MS Project/Project Server and MS SharePoint

Countries Worked In: USA, Bermuda, Puerto Rico, England, Switzerland, Austria, Mexico, and Canada

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior SAP Program Manager

Confidential, Washington, DC

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. Projects included Treasury Management, Accounts Receivables, GRC Security, Concur Travel Expense Management, etc. In addition, provided significant project support for planning the migration from SAP ECC 6.0 EHP 7 to SAP S/4 HANA working with Confidential IT, Accenture and SAP America.

Confidential - Suwanee, GA

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 efforts

In 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

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

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

SAP Project Manager

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, CA and Danville, KY

SAP Project Manager - 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

Senior Project Manager

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

SAP Project Manager

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.

Confidential – Jackson, MS

SAP All-in-One Solution for the Manufacturing industry – Led a successful eight-week effort to implement FI/CO/SD/MM functionality for a start-up fiber optics company managing four consultants and three senior client staff, including the COO – Project budget of more than three hundred thousand – Led all Data Migration, Testing, and Training efforts.

Confidential

SAP Project Manager

SAP All-in-One Solution for the Mining Industry – Led a successful effort to acquire SAP’s certification of our demonstration system and support documentation within 6 weeks managing a virtual team of 6 consulting staff.

Confidential

SAP Managing Consultant II

Led a successful global deployment team of 2 consultants from another “Big 4” consulting firm plus 8 company staff – Later led the Reports/Interfaces/Conversions/Enhancements/Forms team of 2 consultants and 10 company staff. This was the largest SAP project in the world at the time.

Confidential – Detroit, MI

Led a successful global ECC 6.0 Upgrade design phase project – Managed 3 consultants from another “Big 4” firm, plus 15 company staff – Led all Data Migration, Testing, and Training efforts.