SUMMARY

• Prior to my most recent engagement, I successfully project managed Weatherford, Intl.'s JDE XE to 9.1 upgrade project (single instance), which consisted of 5,000+ custom objects needing to be retrofitted, serving 15,000+ named users dispersed into 110 countries.
• I am actually a software engineer with a keen interest in and extensive expertise with process engineering, including the utilization of pragmatic SDLC methodologies in software design, development, testing, and support processes. Based on my software engineering and process engineering experiences, in addition to the strong ERP System specific project management, technical expertise, and years of IT leadership practice, I believe I can substantially contribute to the success of an organization needing to deploy JDE for their ERP system needs or upgrade their existing JDE system.
• Sr. Program/Project Management for JDE Deployments and Upgrades
• JDE Integrations with Bolt - On Solutions
• JDE Application/Action Security
• JDE Performance Testing (using OATS)
• Process Engineering
• Complex/Large Project Planning, Budgeting, Scheduling, and Tracking
• Negotiations ( internal & external)
• JDE Technical (Development and CNC) Experience
• JDE Functional Knowledge in Sales & Distribution, Procurement, Manufacturing, and Financial Modules
• SDLC in systems & software development
• Workflow Management
• SOX & FDA Compliance
• Hardware & Software Acquisition
• Training & Mentoring

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Oracle JDE EnterpriseOne, Paradox for Windows, Citrix, HTML, PVCS, TimeLine, Borland, Microsoft Windows (server and client), MS-Office Suite, MS -SQL Server, MYSQL, PHP, Apache, Visual Source Safe, MS-Project, and MS-Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Mission Viejo, California

Sr. Program/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provide Program/Project Management leadership for Oracle/JD Edwards ERP System upgrades or new implementation projects for any size organization, particularly within the Lifesciences and oil/gas industries with complex domestic and international operations.
• Provide IT organizations with mature IT leadership, strategic planning services, including organizational realignment, employee retention and recruitment
• Assess enterprise applications, develop by SavingsApp">road maps for system upgrades and replacements
• Execute an approved road map in a CIO or VP of IT Program Management capacity to deliver turn - key solutions
• Advice on most suitable change management processes to be followed in IT infrastructure and by SavingsApp">application support areas
• Select, propose, and deliver emerging technologies to satisfy most demanding reliability, availability, scalability, and performance requirements
• Manage vendor relations to attain best value possible during hardware, software, and service acquisitions while satisfying or exceeding the specific technology, capacity, performance, reliability, and functionality requirements
• Consult on the selection and the implementation of the appropriate automation and procedural IT centric solutions to ensure compliance with any applicable auditing and/or regulatory requirements

Confidential, Houston, Texas

Consultant - Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead a medium size (about 25 functional and technical professionals) team to provide Confidential with standard JDE 9.1 functionality consisting of financials, manufacturing, procurement, inventory, and equipment rental operations.
• This was achieved by migrating the Confidential business from the currently used three instances of MS-Dynamics and one instance of Great Plains systems to a single instance of JDE 9.1.ERP System.
• The new system was originally scheduled to go-live by mid-October 2015 in a single cutover for all Confidential districts and business lines.
• However, the client (a publicly owned company) chose to wait and deploy the new system in mid-January instead in order to avoid any risks associated with SOX and the year-end-close processing.
• After successfully performing 2 mock-cutovers, client opted to retain a smaller team to proceed with the go-live cutover in January 2016.
• A lean SDLC methodology and a set of practical project management processes were applied to effectively and efficiently lead 15 on-site and 10 off-shore technical and functional professionals to deliver a fully functional JDE 9.1 release to the client’s 350+ end-users in a single instance setting.
• Three cycles of CRP testing, as well as a structured user acceptance, and two mock-cutover phases were executed to position the delivery of the system in a single cutover.
• Data conversion: Converting business data from four different legacy systems into JDE, with the use of a 3- level data verification process to ensure full SOX compliance.
• Training: Building/delivering a complete set of online training material with the use of UPK (Oracle’s User Productivity Kit).
• Infrastructure Building: Assisting the client’s CNC/System Administration resources to configure a fully redundant JDE infrastructure.
• Ensuring that 7 distinct external solutions (including an instance of RTMS) currently utilized by Confidential are fully integrated and operational with the JDE 9.1 release.

Confidential, Houston, Texas

Consultant - Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead a large project team to successfully upgrade the JDE ERP system from Xe to 9.1 release.
• The related upgrading and retrofitting work covered eight distinct and heavily customized functional areas (Equipment Maintenance, Finance, Fixed Assets, Inventory, Manufacturing, Procurement, Sales, and Service Rental) spanning through many Key Business Process Streams.
• A lean SDLC methodology and a set of project management processes were applied to bring proven software engineering principals to effectively and efficiently lead 70+ on-site and 40+ off-shore technical and functional professionals to deliver a fully retrofitted version of JDE 9.1 release to the client’s 15,000+ end-users in a single instance setting (Worldwide 7 regions).
• Multiple cycles of CRP testing, as well as a structured user acceptance, and a cutover phase were planned and executed to deliver the upgraded system in a single successful cutover.
• Data conversion: Converting a 6+TB size business database, with the use of a 3- level data verification process to ensure full SOX compliance.
• Training: Building/delivering a complete set of online training material with the use of UPK (Oracle’s User Productivity Kit).
• Load/Performance Testing: Designing and executing a complete set of load testing capabilities using OATS (Oracle Application Test Suite).
• Infrastructure Building: Assisting the client’s CNC/System Administration resources to configure a fully redundant dual/data-center infrastructure.
• Ensuring that 50+ integrated solutions currently used with the JDE Xe release are fully integrated and operational with the JDE 9.1 release.

Confidential, Irvine, California

IT Leader - Senior Director of Information Technology

Responsibilities:

• Lead 20+ technical professionals, technical/functional consultants, and ERP system support personnel to ensure business needs and end-user satisfaction in company’s Oracle Confidential Global ERP system, including over 15 bolt-on solutions, database administration and system integration are met.
• My area of responsibility constitutes approx. $5 million portion of the overall annual IT OPEX budget.
• Improved corporate executives’ perception of IT department by recruiting top-performing team members, increasing performance, and defining practical and repeatable IT processes yielding reliable mission critical computing solutions for the entire organization.
• Wrote/enacted key department policies including IT/ Confidential ERP group member roles/responsibilities.
• Led successful Sarbanes Oxley audits for 8 consecutive years.

Confidential, Carlsbad, California

Director of Information Technology

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded task force to rectify Confidential ERP System deficiencies within 4 months.
• Bolstered IT department staffing with 6 specialists to integrate auxiliary business systems with the Confidential ERP system.
• Facilitated complete automation of online sales by integrating e-commerce site with Confidential ERP System within 45 days ($250K project).
• Improved up-time of hobby store phone line orders within 30 days by redesigning interactive voice recognition system and integrating with the Confidential ERP system ($120K project).
• Enabled IT department to resolve/address 250 work requests monthly by designing and deploying help desk process.
• Empowered remote users to connect to corporate email system worldwide within 4 seconds by deploying web-based and VPN - based email capabilities.