SUMMARY:

• Strategic Leader and Business Partner with extensive experience engaging with the business to redesign business processes, introduce and integrate technology, and manage change.
• Big picture thinker and delivery manager who develops, analyzes, and selects results focused options for problem solving business issues leveraging innovation in business process and technology. Successfully implemented large projects under pressure situations.
• Committed to excellent communications with senior management and stakeholders to resolve friction and conflicting priorities in solution delivery. Formally educated in project management techniques toward achieving PMP status.
• Demonstrated excellence in leveraging human capital and technology to achieve desired objectives while leading cultural transformations in global corporations across multiple industries including the manufacturing sector. Applies principles of teamwork and motivating resources and counterparts to build partnerships and achieve optimal performance of the team.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership too clients needing experienced project managers to ensure the successful execution of all HR and Technology projects. This includes Business Process Design, Software Selection, Project Implementation, Testing Leadership and strategic thought.
• Provide project management and experienced leadership to clients on various employee data systems and business process projects.
• I am managing the design, development and testing & delivery of all technology development items related to the implementation of both Employee Central and Employee Central Payroll for the Confidential Corporation, encompassing 265,000 employees. I am also responsible for the ensuring that quality control standards are understood and adhered to. I am also responsible for the conversion of 35,000 Rite Aid employees into the Confidential data landscape, retaining any strategic integrations as required.
• I have performed project management activities for several programs in the HR and IT spaces. The first project was leading the global roll - out of the GBS Employee People Portal for North America, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Rim countries. This included review and design of existing policies, application configuration, data integration, testing and documentation development as well as the integrations with the Workday site of products as well as proposing solutions to employee self-service needs between all components in the project. Second was leading the selection and implementation of a new HR Case Management application. This included product and partner selection, project planning and implementation of the new product.
• The third project was acting as the application development (App Dev) manager for the infrastructure track for the Robotic Process Automation project, including ongoing tracking of infrastructure build activities in support of the automation roll-out schedule and the development of an integrated cadence between the infrastructure and development teams and establishing the deployment management schedule.

Confidential

Sr. Manager - Business and Systems Integration

Responsibilities:

• At Astellas, I was tasked to lead the data center migration from Chandler, AZ to Ashburn, VA in order to create a new global HR Environment in the same data center as their new global LMS system, which needs to be in a validated region. Once completed successfully, I assumed the role of the global infrastructure lead for the LMS project, focusing on user sign-on and validation and authentication procedures.
• My role at O-I is as the overall delivery management and program management for a multi-vendor, multi-platform implementation of new Core HR, Payroll, Benefits and Time & Labor for the US and Canada. The HR platform is being built as a globally extensible platform and process in the event that O-I choses to offer this beyond North America.
• At Confidential Associates, I lead the effort to identify and evaluate their strategic roadmap around Core HR Applications. I developed their schedule of implementations and assisted them in evaluating a preselected vendor to match their requirements. The roadmap was developed and I was responsible for closing the sale of professional services for the implementation.
• At Takeda, I lead an HR Software Selection process for their new Global Confidential . My team gathered the requirements for the new application and translated these requirements into Use Cases for vendor demonstrations. I prepared a feasibility studies on several options for the client’s needs and wrote the RFP document sent to bidding vendors and evaluated their responses, determining who would be invited for demonstrations. I managed the vendor demo process from preparation to execution and finally to feedback and scoring. My final task on the project was to compile a recommendation for presentation to their global HR Leadership for selection. This process included participation from SAP, Workday, Oracle and a few smaller products. Interface development lead for HR Regulatory reporting.
• At NBCU, I was responsible for lending expertise to the overall road mapping of the SAP HR project and future state of HR Technology. I also assumed responsibility for the testing program of the project and guided the client resources through the completion of this phase and through to Acceptance of the deliverables. The client tools were not providing them with the necessary information and impetus to ensure the timely completion of this phase.

Confidential, Trenton, NJ

Associate Director

Responsibilities:

• As an Associate Director in the Cloud HCM practice, I am responsible for the full Project Delivery lifecycle management of client relationships and projects. I play a part in the sales support cycle to sell new or follow-on business. Another important part of this role is to work with the consulting team to support and develop skills of the team while ensuring that projects are completed to the satisfaction of the client. As part of the client update process, I provide the appropriate metrics as related to the program or portfolio.
• In this role I am responsible project manage a client project thru all phases of the project including sales support, project initiation and daily management. I also aid in the development of the practice by collaborating with other Project Managers in the development of new and improved tools for the teams to use in preparing or and executing projects. It was important that all quality control standards be held to for all parties involved, vendor, client and software supplier.

Confidential, Warsaw, IN

Global Confidential Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Creation and update of all project plans
• Fiscal control of projects and reporting these details to financial control
• Communication with the Steering Committee, Stakeholder team and HR Community
• Developing country specific work plans & maintaining them within the general project framework.
• SuccessFactors Implementation of Global Recruitment Management and Goals Management
• Ensure the creation and quality of all design specifications.
• Launching the HR Foundations project to implement SAP HR globally
• Supporting the existing PeopleSoft HCM v9.0
• Implementing the appropriate HR related processes as part of the GME Initiative
• Completing the roll-out of Kenexa KRB
• Implementing a Wellness Incentive Management System
• Completing a Payroll Outsource readiness project

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Integration Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Redesign process by which data is fed to the LMS, including ETL steps and data mapping.
• Develop HR and IT user documentation and tier support documentation.
• Communicate with data management teams around the world, both IT and HR.
• Prepare process and technology improvement recommendation for Director and Vice President review and approval.
• Monitor activities of off-shore development resources.
• Participate in the of other tier support staff.

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

Senior Manager, Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed program management methodology for supporting ERP systems used by the company. This methodology and tool set covered all tasks from project scope, implementation, production support and strategy consulting.
• Provided support to in-house clients with regard to process improvement and custom development of technology solutions.
• Identified new techniques and tools for converting data on projects for more reliable and verifiable results.
• Provided consulting support for all related functional areas with regard to business process improvement, reporting, data quality, strategic planning and technology selections where necessary.
• Provided design and implementation services for operational reporting needs to provide managers with time sensitive decision making tools.
• Creating a long-term strategic vision (5-7 years out including preliminary scheduling, resource plan and requirements) for global integration of all functional business processes and technologies including both ERP and custom applications, intended to improve the decision support requirements of senior and line managers.
• Instituted a strategic planning process for the Administrative business unit - developed into and delivered conference presentation at Collaborate ’08 User Conference.
• Provided constant feedback to steering committee, comprised of Executive VP, Senior VP & Senior Director level employees
• Provided corporate cultural changes by leading the efforts to provide employee and manager self service applications that empowered the end user and were simple to use, reducing data costs and improved access to data important for decision making processes.
• Managed multiple-phased implementations and roll-outs ERP applications throughout the company

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Consulting Manager

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw the Implementation Process Analysis including the review of the client’s current business processes and technology solutions in place to determine the opportunities for change in a successful project. This led to the project scope and chartering process for the engagement, per the project management methodology used at this company.
• Prepared project plans and budgets for Steering Committee ( Corporate Directors and VPs) review and approval for a $2.1M engagement to Implement ERP system using a team of 18 functional and technical resources on shore and an additional 4 technical resources in the Manila development center.
• Managed an engagement to Implement ERP system using a team of 21 functional and technical resources.
• Directed the daily progress of team leads to ensure the project remained on time and within the budget allowed.
• Documented and monitored all issues and risks on a project. Ensured that all required mitigation strategies were in place where required.
• Provided feedback to Senior Managers and Partners for purposes of employee performance reviews.

Confidential, Schaumburg, IL

Human Capital Strategy Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Led project to assess current Human Resources functions in the areas of business process, staffing, roles and technology usage for a global retail corporation.
• Developed recommendations for client based on results of the project and provided implementation plan for each stage.
• Guided clients through the stages of project definitions, requirements gathering and designing solutions to meet the client’s business objectives.
• Advised the client on best practices in the industry to fulfill needs.
• Aided in the design of a vision for the future of the organization from a business and technology mixture.

Confidential, Prospect Heights, IL

Manager, Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Tasked with developing a strategic vision for the HR Systems in existence and identifying gaps in present portfolio of systems, working closely with technical counterparts.
• Member of global employee portal advisory team.
• Led the planning and management of all projects related to Human Resources systems.
• Provided guidance in merger and acquisition activities to both internal and external resources to ensure a smooth transition to new systems, including delivery for new system users
• Managed all task and budgetary control aspects of these projects including relationship development and management with outside consulting partners.
• Functions supported include Human Resources, Payroll, Recruiting,, Compensation, and Benefits.
• Managed the and development of 500+ PeopleSoft HRMS users from a general use and reporting standpoint.
• Championed the implementation of web-based for user for system upgrade rollout - reduced costs significantly and provided on-demand materials to the end users. (Case study requested PeopleSoft and presented at PeopleSoft Connect conference in 2003)
• Provided support of the PeopleSoft Payroll system by developing procedures and designing any new functionality needed.

Confidential

Associate, Lead Consultant, Human Resources

Responsibilities:

• Guided client companies through planning, Fit/Gap analysis, and decision-making processes that lead to the implementation of the PeopleSoft HRMS.
• Taught clients how to build the tables in the system.
• Developed conversion strategy for the client’s existing legacy data to be brought into the new PeopleSoft System.
• Designed and monitored system testing and user acceptance testing.
• Advised on modifications/enhancements the client wishes to make to the delivered product.
• Designed, developed, and introduced across the enterprise a rapid implementation and methodology that provided a structured project plan and tools for present and future PeopleSoft HRMS implementation resource teams