SUMMARY:

• Experienced SAP Program Manager/Integration/Deployment/Cutover Lead with over 22 years of IT and management consulting experience including 16 years implementing SAP (24 implementations). Holds bachelor and master - level degrees in Engineering and Computer Science.
• Soft skills like calm, confident, and high commitment to work halps rapidly gain teh trust of senior stakeholders, users and reporting team(s) to achieve teh optimal outcome for teh project success.
• Successfully managed large (100 + persons, USD 30 to 300 million budget), organizationally complex, culturally diverse and geographically dispersed project teams, delivering value through business and IT transformation programs to blue-chip clients.
• Acquired strong management and consulting skills through delivery and formal training at Accenture, Confidential, and other Fortune 100 companies.
• SAP Project and Program Management (including Global Template deployment models and methodologies, Governance ) Program Delivery & Portfolio Management, Process Management, ERP Integration, Data conversion/migration, harmonization, Auditing (Sox and FDA), and Validation (Quality and Compliance).
• Experienced in SDLC (SLC), Agile, Waterfall, Scrum, ASAP, and RUP processes
• Management across multiple SAP functional areas, including:
• Finance, Controlling, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, and Manufacturing
• Human Resources and Payroll
• Time, Expenses, Billing and Job Management
• Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• Reporting and Business Warehouse
• Development, Security and Infrastructure

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, NJ

Project Manager/Deployment

Responsibilities:

• Member of teh PMO team and steering committee
• Responsible for managing activities, resources, budget, and SOWs.
• Integration Lead and DM Lead for 3 Releases of Global Template.
• Template had 4 major components: CRM;FI/CO; Engagement Management (SD); and HCM
• Managed 11 Deployments as Global Deployment/Cutover Lead
• Managed 1st MF Deployment/Cutover in EMA with 1st version Global Template.
• Managed 3 MFs (6 Countries) Deployment in ASPAC with 1st version Global Template.
• Managed Upgrade to Release 2.0 Template for 3 MFs (6 Countries) in ASPAC
• Managed Deployment/Cutover of Release 2.0 Template for 7 additional MFs (total of 9 Countries) in ASPAC.
• As part of Global Deployment Lead Role, Developed and implemented Release Management Methodology to align Business, Implementation, Adoption, and Infrastructure teams
• Partnered with other release stakeholders to monitor release status, identify and remediate issues, validate completion of all release activities, escalated risks and issues as required to management.
• Implemented fully transparent Risk Log dat allowed all teams to work collectively to address teh Risks as they are identified or foreseen.
• Managed Delivery plan dat encompassed testing, user training (change Management), Data Migration, cutover, and other project documentation.
• Defined and implemented staggered pipeline to deploy 9 MFs within 14 months.
• Lead team of 8-13 managers from Implementation team and MFs Deployment team.
• Ensured communications within project teams and with external teams to make sure all teams works collaboratively with other upstream and downstream organizations.
• Managed all implementations from Blue Print workshop to Deployment; Hypercare; and transition to steady state
• Monitored Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for Delivery Management and took corrective actions when risks are identified or predicted
• Managed teh SAP/Document Management System integration
• Help define and manage teh Methodology for Document and Meta data migration (over 3 million Documents).
• Planned and Managed Cutover + Go-Live activities

Confidential

Project Manager (PMO Team)/Integration + DM Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing activities and resources for Configuration/Customization, Data Migration, and Cutover for Global Template deployment in North America FI/CO, EAM (Enterprise Asset Management), and SD
• As Integration Lead managed all integration aspects and decision making process
• Supporting teh post Go-Live and streamlining teh production Change Control Process

Confidenial

Project Manager (PMO Team)

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for streamlining methodology and blue-print process
• Responsible for budget management and budget optimization by mixing onshore/offshore resource model
• Defined and enhanced strategies for Customization/design (RICEFW) management and coding, Data Conversion, Validation, document controls, SDLC, GxP, and SOx Controls, traceability, development life cycle defect/CR, and testing
• Implemented and used Solution manager (SolMan), ASAP Business Process decomposition methodology and BC Sets for better system rollout and for better documentation and trace management
• Member of leadership team and steering committee
• Fulfilled teh Integration Lead responsibilities
• Used Global Delivery methodology to effectively support teh project while controlling teh costs and delivering teh 3 releases within budget and on-time

Confidential

QA Project Manager/Auditor

Responsibilities:

• Managed Validation effort for several SAP implementations.
• Managed development of Sox control activities, test plan development, and 1st phase of test execution.
• Conducted pilot test using COBiT framework to understand teh major gaps in teh IT controls.
• Responsible in coordinating teh efforts between core team and financial auditor (PWC) in developing IT control activities based on teh COSO and COBiT framework.
• Participated in teh application identification process to consider for SOx testing.
• Participated in teh tool selection for SOD management to satisfy SOx requirements.
• Responsible for coordinating teh SOx SOD activities for SAP. Coordinated and resolved issues associated with SOD by working with business owners and teh SOx PMO.
• Participated in teh implementation of BizRights tool, imported teh existing Rules and modified rules based on teh business need. Has done extensive use of teh BizRights tool to manage teh rules, execute reports for analysis, and performed wat if scenarios.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• BioLIMS (Sample Management and Repository by Labware),
• ClinPro (Label printing and tracking by ClinPro),
• ESM (Electronic Submission Manager by RELSYS),
• ProCal (Calibration Management System by ProCal),
• Trackwise (Investigation Tracking System by Sparta Systems),
• CSTS (MRP system/Order Management System POMS by Honeywell),
• ARISg (Clinical-trial and Post-market adverse event monitoring system by ARIS Global),
• PrismTM (SFA Tool), and
• SAS Reporting.
• Managed teh Batch Harmonization (harmonize teh Batch Sheets in clinical, Manufacturing, and shipping) project developed using Documentum 5 and WebTop and Saba implementation.

Confidential, Merck, NJ

Project Manager/IT Auditor/Data Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Audited teh departmental procedures against teh corporate standards, identified teh gaps, and prepared teh remediation plan to fix teh gaps.
• Corporate Licensing Information System: This system is used to track teh licensing information for each of teh products in teh pharmaceutical industry. Teh agreements were securely stored in Documentum for access and workflow was used for approval process.
• Company Affiliation Technology System design and development. This system was developed to track teh Technology Affiliation with different companies.
• Agreement and Project Tracking system. This system is an internal system to track teh Agreements and Projects and teh items associated with teh Agreements and Projects.
• Academic Advantage Partnership Application. This system generated reports using data from Financial Systems, HR system, and licensing system.
• Managed teh Learning Management System (in house developed):

Confidential, Lucent, NJ

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed 8.5 million budget.
• Implemented initial system using SAP 3.1H later migrated to 4.1C.
• Deployed teh global solution in four phases (North America, EMEA, Latin America, and Asia PAC)
• During Siebel implementation, involved in teh early stage analysis and understanding of existing sales systems for data migration analysis.