SUMMARY:

• Leadership & Management executive with more than 17 years of experience in the fields of Finance, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Retail, Telecommunications, Utilities, Food & Beverages and Technology industries.
• Focused IT Visionary & Delivery leader with a track record of success in integrating business and technology strategy to further organization goals and market competitiveness. Direct experience with IT Strategy, ROI & TCO Analysis.
• Some of my recent successes are highlighted with the implementation of Oracle Cloud, R12 and Setting up Project Management Office (PMO) for multi - billion-dollar companies.
• Lead ERP/CRM assignments, EBS, ERP Fusion/Cloud Practice involving Strategy, Implementation, Optimization, Security and Data integrity.
• Managed and lead more than three Oracle Cloud/Fusion implementations projects/programs.
• Extensive experience in architecting and implementing end-to-end Enterprise Integration solutions that resulted in cost savings, business process improvements and competitive advantage.
• Experienced professional with expertise to devisestrategies and roadmapfor theERP & BI solutions/framework.
• Advanced knowledge and experience of PMO tools including project planning, dependency management, issues and risk management, resource / capacity management, financial managementand PMO governance roles & responsibilities.
• Managed multiple programs/projects with proven PM Methodology’s (PMBOK, OUM/AIM, Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, COBIT, ITIL and Six Sigma methodologies) and budgets ranging from $1m to $30m USD.
• Manage vendor relationships with key information systems and applications suppliers and contractors (Onsite & Offshore).
• Advise higher management regarding application trends, opportunities, investments and risks. Assist in defining the IT strategy, gathering requirements including ROI information to evaluate projects.
• Experienced techno functionalprofessional(Fusion/Cloud, EBS, People Soft, JDE, NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft) - Financials, Order Management, Supply Chain, Manufacturing (Process and Discrete), Human Resources, Payroll, Projects and CRM (Oracle & SalesForce.com).
• A proven technical background with multiple global system implementation and business process standardization experience. Experienced hands-on testing with QA/SIT & UAT phases.
• Deep hands-on and Management experience in the Cloud/Fusion solutions, ERP, EBS, OAC, BI/DW technologies.
• Experienced with systems integration between ERP and third party or custom solutions on a variety of platforms.
• Lead the Design, Development and Testing of Conversions, Interfaces, Reports and Production Support.
• Developed and designed several OTBI dashboards and BI Publisher reports for operational reporting requirements.
• Configured several security profiles and data roles as part of access management.
• Automated the conversion process using HDL and Mule soft ETL tool
• Managed/Lead multiple Implementations, Upgrades and Support of OAC, Oracle BI Product Suite (Hyperion, Essbase, Planning, and OBIEE/OBIA).
• Good understanding of various cloud platforms such as Oracle, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and various cloud orchestration platforms.
• Hands on experience in Implementation, Upgrade and Support of Oracle Cloud/Fusion, R12/11i applications, business process analysis, evaluation and integration.
• Experience in implementing, testing, training, live production on various Oracle ERP modules like General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Fixed Assets (FA), Accounts Receivables (AR), Cash Management (CE), Order Management (OM), Inventory (INV), iProcurement, iExpenses and Purchasing (PO)
• Strong Functional knowledge in Business flows like Order-to-Cash (O2C) and Procure-to-Pay (P2P)
• Experienced in Requirement gathering, Gap analysis, As-is Process mapping, Re-Engineering, To-be Process mapping, Solution design and Application Setup/Configuration.
• Strong knowledge on Sub ledger Accounting (SLA) for managing accounting across Sub ledger transactions to generate accounting entries.
• Excellent skills in conducting business meetings for key business process decisions and proposed solutions
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, self-motivated, ability to learn and apply new technologies, highly committed to responsibilities, ability to work independently as well as in teams.
• Excellent Documenting skills, Communication skills and team management skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Program Director/Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Oracle ERP Cloud Implementation (GL, AP, AR, CM, FA)
• Global ERP Implementation (EBS, Oracle Cloud)
• ERP Cloud Implementation & BI Advisory
• Global ERP Implementation - Oracle ERP Cloud, R12.
• Working with higher management in defining the IT strategy to consolidate the application landscape that aligns with the 5-year business strategy. This included ERP cloud capabilities, gaps, challenges to adoption, implementation best practices etc.
• Highly visible, multi-faceted leadership role, responsible for Cloud strategy/roadmap, ERP & BI Implementation, business applications integration, and the PMO including; Business Analysis, Software Development, System Administration, Security, Project Management processes and governance, Vendor Management, and Resource Leadership. Key member of the senior decision-making team, with heavy influence in budgeting, strategic planning.
• Handled large-scale projects and interacted effectively with business and stakeholders to translate business requirements into IT deliverables. Demonstrated and projected strong interpersonal skills leading to effective team building and delivering projects on time and within budget.Extensive experience with Change Management, Risk Management, Scrum releases.
• Participate in daily standup, weekly status update meetings with internal team and Vendors.
• Teamed with Oracle on joint pursuits for the ERP Cloud, OAC & OBIEE/BICS - Strategy, Implementation, Optimization, Security and Data integrity. Developed the go forward enterpriseBIstrategy specifically focused on the integration path to BICS.
• Managing the Agile onshore / offshore hybrid model - Scaled Agile Framework (Agile Project Delivery, Project Sprints, Daily Scrums, Regular sprint review etc.)
• Managed full MDM lifecycles including strategic roadmap development, enterprise architecture design,datagovernance,datastewardship, MDM and web services.
• Lead the business process integration, continuous improvement, and alignment with business technologies.
• OAC, OIC, EPM, Oracle BI Product Suite (Hyperion, Essbase, Planning, and OBIEE/OBIA)

Confidential

IT Director (ERP, BI & PMO)

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for implementing a common product delivery process and project management methodology for the organization.
• Defined overall PM standards, tools and established a project management talent development path. Responsible for creating and implementing Project Intake, Project Planning, Project Execution, Project Testing and Project Closing process.
• Established processes and governance in project intake, prioritization, resources allocation, escalation, communication, risks and issues management, resulted in communication transparency, project management excellence.
• Lead a large portfolio of IT & Operational projects including corporate mergers and acquisitions.Managed all engaged project managers, vendors, contractors - Onsite/Offshore etc. Provided PMO leadership in driving on time, on/under budget delivery, communicating/reporting progress to business sponsors and executive leadership team.

Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Delivered the Consolidation Program on time and within the budget managing a team of 50 plus resources - PM’s, IT/Business resources.
• Plan/Led the strategy sessions, roadmap sessions and c-level executive meetings to maximize Goodman’s ROI from this consolidation.
• Coordinated all aspects of the Project SDLC including product/vendor selection (RFP process/responses, proposals, and Q&A sessions), analysis (discovery, gap, and requirements), functional & technical design workshops, conversions, interfaces, configuration, development, Testing (SIT, UAT) and deployment.
• Involved in building and sustaining effective communications with all stakeholders and cross-functional teams in an effort to maximize the customer experience.
• Responsible for utilizing a formalized project management methodology/lifecycle - Scope, Financials, Charter, Work/Schedule, Organization & Staff/Resource plan, Communications, Issues & Problems, Risk, Quality, Configuration and OCM.
• Meet with various stakeholders across the organization to establish a service strategy, take inventory of all data systems, and design plans for the buildout of a Data Lake. Design plans include full detail on architecting the environment, selecting components, defining engineering/data processes, designing user interfaces as well as executing a proof-of-concept (PoC) to demonstrate the viability of the recommended approach.
• Partnered with IT, business teams, and 3rd party vendors in developing strategies and implement complex data driven solutions related to Data Virtualization, Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence technologies and processes.
• Lead the vendor selection process mainly related to the BI capabilities and cloud offerings.
• Possess a great technical maturity with proven experience working with a variety of existing standards and platforms utilized in the delivery of Data Warehouse and Big Data Analytics services - Cloud, Big data, IOT and Data science technologies.

Program Manager/Solution Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead Confidential ’s Oracle ERP, Fusion/cloud Practice for a variety of clients including process design, package implementation lifecycle support and project reviews.
• Managed, directed and supervised project managers, teams on ERP cloud implementations, R12 Implementations/upgrades projects utilizing OUM/AIM, PMP, COBIT, ITIL and six sigma methodologies/techniques.
• Managed US operations of a team of 40+ highly skilled resources
• Involved in Building and sustaining effective communications with all stakeholders and cross-functional teams in an effort to maximize the customer experience
• Analyzed business needs to ensure Oracle solution (ERP, OBIEE) meets customer objectives. Exercised creativity, judgment and business acumen in selecting methods and techniques to design very complex business solutions utilizing Oracle products and technology to meet customer needs..
• Managed full life-cycle of all projects for Agile and Waterfall methodologies, enhancement and bug remediation concerning design, development, testing and production roll-out of existing and new Oracle EBS, Cloud/Fusion functionality.
• Involved in implementing and utilizing full suite of GRC Applications and designing SOX controls to improve business performance
• Other role based responsibilities:
• Lead and managed multiple end-to-end engagement.
• Developed intellectual capital / white papers around leading Oracle/ERP industry insights and best practices.
• Involved in mentoring, coaching and developing staff (Leadership & technical skills).
• Managed and grew client relationships, worked to achieve the P&L targets.
• Managed and Led the Oracle EBS R12 Implementation (General Ledger, Account Receivables, Service Contracts, Order Management, Field Service, TCA, Advanced Pricing, Tele-sales and Inventory), OBIEE/OBIA Implementation and EBS Production Support with budgets ranging from $1m to $14m USD.
• Delivered a robust revenue management system involving Oracle EBS to facilitate centralized billing for all lines of businesses (on time and under-budget). Project is estimated to gain $3m in unbilled revenue and additional savings of $1m annually.
• Managed PM’s, IT/Business resources (Onsite & Offshore), a team of 20+ resources with a budget of 1.25m USD.
• Lead all aspects of the Project SDLC including product/vendor selection (RFP process/responses, proposals, Q&A sessions), analysis (discovery, gap, requirements), functional & technical design workshops, conversions, interfaces, configuration, development, Testing (SIT, UAT) and deployment.
• Effectively utilized HP PPM tool and the Earned Value Management (EVM) for Project Performance Measurement.
• Worked with higher management in defining the IT strategy to consolidate the application landscape that aligns with the 5-year business strategy.

Environment: EBS R12 (General Ledger, Account Receivables, Service Contracts, Order Management, Field Service, TCA, Advanced Pricing, Tele-sales and Inventory), OBIEE/OBIA, SharePoint and HP Project and Portfolio Management.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed and Led the Oracle EBS R12 Upgrade Program and Production Support.
• Managed 30+ resources and more than $20m USD in budget - PM’s and teams.
• Lead all aspects of the Project SDLC including product/vendor selection (RFP process/responses, proposals, Q&A sessions), analysis (discovery, gap, requirements), functional & technical design workshops, configuration, development, Testing (SIT, UAT) and deployment.
• Provided assistance in enhancing and extending existing Oracle EBS environment with standard out of box functionality and direction in implementing new Oracle EBS modules as required.
• Worked with Business Process Owners and Managed Internal resources, multiple vendors (outsource providers and 3rd parties) on a day-to-day basis.
• Supported Oracle EBS, OBIEE, Hyperion and Fusion applications.

Environment: Oracle EBS 11i/R12 (GL, AP, PO, AR, FA, HR, Payroll, OAB, OTL, iProcurment, iSupplier, iSourcing, PA, iExpense, Oracle GRC, OBIEE/OBIA, SharePoint and HP Project and Portfolio Management.

Confidential

Program Manager/Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead all aspects of the Project SDLC including product/vendor selection (RFP process/responses, proposals, and Q&A sessions), analysis (discovery, gap, and requirements), functional & technical design workshops, conversions, interfaces, configuration, development, Testing (SIT, UAT) and deployment.
• Managed and led multiple Programs/Projects (Oracle EBS, SOA, BI, .NET and Infrastructure) ranging from $1m to $25m USD.
• Demonstrated Project Management Methodologies and projected strong interpersonal skills leading to effective team building and delivering projects on time and within budget.
• Managed and Lead Oracle APPS Production Support, Conversions, Upgrades, Implementation, System Administration, Change Control, Audits, BCP, Disaster Recovery related to Oracle EBS.

Environment: Oracle EBS - GL, AP, AR, FA, PA, OM, INV, PO, BOM & WIP. SAP, JD Edwards, Oracle Workflow, Oracle Developer Suite, Kronos, ADP, OBIEE, Cognos, Business Objects, Kintana, ADI, Oracle XML Publisher, SSIS (ETL Tool), SOA, Oracle Fusion middleware

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead multiple projects performing various technical and functional tasks related to the Oracle e-Business suite.
• Lead a team of six programmers and two Business Analysts.
• Responsible for utilizing a formalized project management lifecycle - Interacting with users, requirement gathering, identifying functional and technical gaps, application design, functional/technical specifications, configuration, module setup, programming, scheduling, documentations, test script generation, training end users and production move.
• Participated in systems integration between Oracle APPS, PeopleSoft Application and third-party Applications.

Confidential

Senior Systems Analyst/Oracle Applications Lead

Responsibilities:

• Actively Involved in Multiple Projects like Multi org, 11i upgrade, patch upgrades and implementation of new modules.
• Lead the Implementation of Oracle 9ias Portal.
• Participated in customizing, testing, debugging, maintenance and support of oracle applications.
• Involved in all stages of project development including requirement analysis, design, code development, enhancement, implementation and documentation.
• Provided technical support for project development. Participated in the technical and business consultation as well as research and analysis of business requirements for ERP Applications. Developed/Modified interfaces and data conversion programs for various applications.