Summary

Applicant is a skilled Oracle consultant with over 12 years of Oracle experience that includes multiple implementations in a variety of commercial industries. His areas of expertise lie primarily in the areas of software selections, program management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERPs) system implementations and process re-engineering. He has 11 years of functional experience in supply chain management, including order management, shipping execution, advanced pricing, field service and inventory management. He possesses strong communication, listening, and organizational skills. Applicant has proven to be a leader by effectively guiding people and projects and to succeed in a marketplace of the future.

Key Technical Skills

Professional Experience

Confidential, Owner/ President, 2012

Confidential, Oracle ERP Implementation/ Assessments, August 2011 – July 2012 
Applicant has worked with SmartDog Services helping them on various assessment and design/ implementation engagements. Clients included different industries such as Toshiba, Weaver Popcorn, Goodman Networks and Kinetic Concept Incorporated (i.e. KCI Inc.). Specifically on the assessment work, Applicant analyzed the client’s current system and business process and offer leading practice recommendations tailored to the clients business. Each client saw Applicant’s expertise and experience as knowledgeable and helpful during their efforts.

Confidential, Oracle ERP Implementation, OM Track Lead, October 2010 – July 2011 
Applicant worked to help design, deliver and support a global Oracle implementation. He worked on rolling out a global solution to multiple site locations specifically support the Supply Chain area - Order Management, Shipping Execution and Pricing. Applicant worked well under conditions where the design was not solidified prior to his arrival but continued to maintain flexible and provide design recommendations and improvements without affecting the current global solution.

Confidential, Principal, May 2007 to 2010

Confidential, Oracle ERP Implementation, CRM Track Lead/ Principal Consultant, May 2008 - December 2009. 
Applicant served as the Order Management/ CRM/ Project Accounting lead for the design, build, and deployment of an Oracle EBS R12 system and business process solution for a client in the oil and gas industry; the client name was NATCO which standing for National Tank Company. This project was roughly 18 months in duration and involved full suite of Oracle R12 applications. The project started with a global proof of concept of system, process evaluation and improvement thru multiple testing cycles, ending with a successful implementation of the company\'s US operations. Functional ownership included order management, shipping execution, advanced pricing, field service, and project accounting Oracle applications and also included integration to other areas of the business. The solution developed for the US is being rolled out to other non-US countries. The goal was to standardize processes and systems across globally. Applicant also lead different testing cycles, various project plans supporting project events and End-to-End business and system process walkthroughs to senior client management.

Confidential, Oracle ERP Implementation, CRM Track Lead/ Principal Consultant, April 2007 – May 2008. 
An automation technologies and data storage for manufacturing client named Brooks Automation Inc. had recently acquired a new division almost doubling the size of its operations. One of the large project goals was to for new and old divisions was to define new operational processes and policies in line with the new Oracle system. Applicant was the CRM track lead, providing direction thru global design strategy, design, and delivery of the ERP implementation solution; business process improvement; system integration and testing; and helping support company standards, business processes, and organizational change as set forth by the leadership. Functional ownership included order management, shipping execution, and advanced pricing Oracle applications and the common data elements of the customer master. One of Applicant’s main focuses was to redesign the company\'s customer master including the new and old divisions of the company that is in production today.

Confidential, Manager, June 2002 to April 2007
Overall, in a team lead capacity, Applicant led clients’ direction thru global design strategy; design and delivery of large Oracle ERP implementations; business process improvement; system integration and testing; and helping support company standards, business processes, and organizational change as set forth by the leadership. Project accounts varied in company size and industry, including pharmaceutical (medical kits and tablet manufacturing), telecommunications, consumer products, basic material manufacturing, and travel services. Specific client names include Otsuka Pharmaceutical, Stryker, USG (US Gypsum), AT&T, TravelPort, and Alcoa. More details have been shared below.

Confidential, Oracle ERP Implementation, OM Team Lead/ Manager, April 2005 – January 2007. Applicant implemented Oracle applications and integrated legacy systems to Oracle for a global consumer manufacturer named US Gypsum. As the global Oracle application footprint was large, the client\'s direction was to implement in phases, first the manufacturing backend and then the CRM front end. The end product of the first phase was to have the manufacturing facilities live on Oracle and have their customer service center perform CRM activities on legacy systems. This integration was complex and required a complete understanding of how their legacy systems operated in order to build a seamless system. Responsibilities included designing, configuration, RICE design and management of tasks related to the integration in the areas of Oracle order management, pricing, and trading community architecture that required an in-depth understanding of their legacy system.

Confidential, Oracle ERP Implementation, OM/ Inventory Track Lead/ Senior Consultant, April 2004 – March 2005. 
Applicant helped implement Oracle applications for a pharmaceutical client, named Otuska Pharmaceutical needing an integrated system. As manufacturing and order entry functions were outsourced, the client relied on many paper-based processes and manual report consolidation from different "home-grown" sources to obtain their financial standing. A critical project goal was the ability to report these financial metric at their discretion by mimicking the outsourced manufacturing and order entry transactions and maintain inventory balance, report costs, etc. in-house. This removed their dependence against their subcontracted partners and provided more company control. By successfully building an integrated Oracle system together, the client was able to maintain their virtual manufacturing environment and financial reporting in one integrated system. Applicant\'s role on the project was the manufacturing and order management lead. Some of his responsibilities included applications configurations, built and tested enhancement to support the virtual manufacturing environment, designing RICE, redefined processes and educated end user resources for ownership of the new system. Functional ownership included order management, shipping execution, inventory, BOM, and pricing.

Confidential, Global Oracle Strategy, Business Strategy Consultant, September 2003 - February 2004. 
In an effort to implement Oracle globally, Applicant helped a travel services client, named TravelPort, design their future state architecture during a proof of concept phase. This phase was to confirm the global application footprint and to initially develop solutions related to client design concerns. At the end of this phase the client was able to better understand how the system would work globally and continue to build upon solutions during the implementation phase.

Confidential, Oracle ERP Implementation, Implementation Consultant, June 2002 - August 2003. 
He implemented Oracle applications for a global steel manufacturer named Confidential. Applicant\'s direct responsibilities were in the areas of order management, shipping, and advanced pricing and included leading activities such as developing system/ business solutions, redefining business processes incorporating best-practice philosophies, defining and maintaining system configurations, and conducting end user training. A few of the specific metal solutions Applicant helped develop were transacting in dual UOMs and its translation of price to lbs ratio throughout the order-to-shipping cycle and a market based pricing solution where the premise was to the storage of future metal indexes used in both sales and purchasing. Applicant supported each of these solutions in a production live environment for multiple facilities. Today the client remains on Oracle as their global technology footprint and currently runs the current version of the application.

Confidential, Experienced Business Consultant, August 1999 to June 2002

Confidential, Oracle ERP Implementation, Implementation Consultant, February 2002 - June 2002. Applicant implemented Oracle applications for a medical device manufacturer to increase efficiencies in current business processes, making them best practice. Responsibilities included multiple system configurations, system tests, and business requirement to functionality mappings of the order management modules. The main goal was for to redesign the client\'s order cycles to run more efficiently. The manufacturer’s name is Maxxim Medical.

Confidential, Oracle ERP Implementation, Implementation Consultant, February 2000 - January 2002. Applicant implemented a best-of-breed software solution. The end product consisted of a Siebel CRM front-end attached to an Oracle manufacturing/ financial back-end. He acted as a functional lead on the Oracle logistics team providing expertise in the areas of inventory, bill of materials, and work in process. He also worked with order management and purchasing to develop best practice sale cycles. His responsibilities included initial business requirement to software functionality mappings, identification of Oracle\'s integration to other software packages, deployment of a product catalogue, and to provide guidance to client team members through the elaboration, construction and operation phases of the implementation. The solution help weld various independent client sites to a homogeneous software solution. The client’s name is Expanets.

Confidential, IT Transition Strategy, Business Analyst, October 1999 – January 2000. 
Applicant developed an IT transition strategy for a heavy equipment vehicle manufacturer spin-off named ArvinMeritor. He supervised the team to analyze system functionality, technical architecture, transition cost, and the company\'s future growth potential of the proposed transition solutions. The final deliverable recommended a solution specific to the client\'s key transition requirements.

Education

B.S. Mechanical Engineering