SUMMARY

• Senior Consultant and Project Manager specializing in Oracle Financial and Projects ERP applications for Government (Federal and local) and commercial clients. Takes the leadership role in all projects and consistently exceeds customer expectations. Maximizes recognized methodologies and best practices to ensure successful project delivery. Over 12 years of experience with Oracle EBS applications including 8 years of planning the project, defining the scope, managing the project budget, leadership of project resources, identifying and mitigating risks, and reporting the project status to executive - level project sponsors and stakeholders.
• Led a team of 15 functional, data base administration, and technical specialists Confidential Prince Georges County Public Schools through a $2.3M upgrade of Oracle EBS Rel. 11.5.10 to Rel. 12.1.3 spanning the GL, SLA, AP, AR,iExpense, Cash Management, PSB, Procurement, Supply Chain, and HRMS modules and related interfaces and customizations. Responsibilities included requirements definition and analysis, building and managing the internal team, selection and management of key consulting partners, and collaborating with executive leadership on critical decision-making, and project status reporting. Developed project plans, progress reports, proposals, quality assurance, documentation and presentations which ensured on-time completion of milestones, ensured data integrity, met business requirements, identified and mitigated risks, and built stakeholder confidence.
• Identified and examined best practices and alternatives for successfully moving the US Dept. of Transportation’s Oracle EBS Release 11.5.10 DELPHI Financial Management and Reporting system to Release 12.1.3 and presented the findings to the Secretary and C-level executives. Strategy consisted of a thorough review of the existing system components and all interfaces, both functional and technical, and making recommendations that ensured system integrity.
• Managed a team of 6 to implement Oracle EBS Rel. 12.1.3 Procure to Pay (P2P) modules (iProcurement, PO iSupplier, Sourcing, AP), Project Costing, and OBIEE within a tight timeline Confidential the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. Reviewed all implementation deliverables both functional and technical to minimize errors and ensure requirements were met. Reported project status to the Program Management Office (PMO), stakeholders, and system implementers. Directed post-implementation P2P and Project Costing production support, documented lessons learned and enabled user transition from a legacy system to an ERP environment by developing UPK-based training materials and leading User training sessions.
• Directed a team of 8 consultants to perform the independent verification and validation (IV&V) of the newly-implemented Oracle Federal Financials Release 12 New Core Financial Management System Confidential the United States Department of Labor (DOL). Managed the review and testing of all system components and workflows to ensure system accuracy and compliance with DOL, FISO, and GAAP standards. Reviewed Oracle AIM-based implementation documentation, both functional and technical to ensure compliance with Federal requirements and reported findings to the PMO, CIO, stakeholders, and the system implementer. Deliverables covered all phases of the project lifecycle including requirements, gap-fit analysis, design documents, interface design, data conversion, and setup. Modules implemented: Oracle EBS Federal Administrator, General Ledger (GL), Payables (AP), Receivables (AR), Purchasing (PO), iProcurement, Assets (FA), Project Cost/Billing, Budget Execution, and Grants, plus Compusearch, PRISM, and Informatica.
• Managed a $1.8M Oracle EBS Financials Rel. 12 implementation project Confidential Immersion Medical. Led a team of 7 to successfully deploy the new system across 6 locations within the United States and Canada. Modules implemented were GL, SLA, CM, AP, AR, FA, PO, iProcurement, iSupplier, Sourcing, Application Desktop Integrator (Web ADI), e-Business Tax, Projects Costing and OBIEE. Led a team of 7 to successfully take the client from a Great Plains and legacy platform to Oracle EBS.

Areas of Expertise

• Project Manager/Functional Lead
• Oracle AIM Methodology
• Oracle Unified Methodology (OUM)
• Oracle EBS Release 12 Implementation and Upgrades
• Project Planning and Budgeting
• Business Process Reengineering
• Configuration, Testing, and Deployment
• Managing Client Relationships
• Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)
• End - User Training
• Management of Offshore Resources
• Documentation

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Oracle e-Business Suite (EBS) Product Knowledge: General Ledger (GL), Subledger Accounting (SLA), Cash Management (CM), Federal Administrator, Public Sector Budgeting (PSB), Grants, Payables (AP), Receivables (AR), Assets (FA), Purchasing (PO), iProcurement, iSupplier, Sourcing, Projects, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) User Productivity Kit (UPK), OBIEE

Technologies, Tools, and Methodologies: Primavera, Microsoft SharePoint, MS Project, MS Project Server, IBM Rational Suite, Prism, Informatica, Cognos, Hyperion, Oracle AIM, Oracle Unified Methodology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Reston, VA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Confidential, Successfully guided a team of 11 to implement Oracle EBS Release 12 General Ledger, Cash Management, Accounts Receivable, Projects, Procurement (Purchasing, iProcurement, Sourcing, iSupplier Portal) Accounts Payable (AP), and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) modules. Established precise implementation project plans to ensure all critical-path/project milestones were completed on schedule. Monitored project budget, milestone and earned value and reported status to client executives and Confidential senior management.
• For Confidential & Confidential, delivered a complex statement of work and project plan to support the integration of a new acquisition’s financials and Customer Account Provisioning and Billing with multiple organizations/currency structures under a tight deadline. Delivered functional/technical overviews presentations to the client.
• Confidential Media, overcame user resistance and successfully jump-started a floundering project. Guided Confidential team of 8 to implement General Ledger, Purchasing, iProcurement, Fixed Assets and Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Senior Principal Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated a team of 19 IBM resources Confidential US Department of Health and Human Services CMS HIGLAS to develop, execute and validate test scripts and test data and document test results. Developed project plans to monitor quarterly testing and reported status to client executives. Planned and organized unit/system and integrity testing for all approved system change requests during the quarter.
• Developed and delivered client-specific training in Oracle General Ledger, Financial Statement Generator (FSG) and Purchasing functionality to clients Confidential and Confidential Bank.

Confidential, Vienna, VA

Senior Principal Consulting Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team of 4 to upgrade Oracle General Ledger Release 10.7 to 11.5.9 and implement Release 11.5.9 AR, AP, and CRM Confidential Pension Confidential Corporation (PBGC) throughout the project life cycle.
• Deliverables included the project plan, requirements, gap-fit analysis, business process reengineering, SQL script specifications, design documents, configurations, interface design, data conversion, User training, User Acceptance testing and cutover.

Confidential, Aliso Viejo, CA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Jumpstarted an Oracle Financial Analyzer (OFA) implementation project Confidential Macerich that was behind schedule that had no project plan or an assigned project team.
• Built and led a team of 3 resources to configure, customize, test and deploy on a tight schedule (3 months from inception to go-live).
• Developed and deployed a multi-site end-user training program.