SUMMARY

• Exceptionally accomplished strategic senior leader in technology team, and ERP management, wif more than 20 years of experience directing large - scale implementation, administration, enhancement, and optimization of ERP solutions - primarily specializing in PeopleSoft, but wif a wide range of experience in core business technologies, infrastructure, and productivity tools.
• Proven ability to partner wif senior leadership to shape technology roadmaps and develop actionable plans for achieving robust, flexible, scalable business systems and platforms tailored to both current and future business IT needs.
• Strong project technical leader coordinating teh full development and upgrade lifecycle for complex internal and third-party software, systems, and applications; proven ability to drive concurrent milestones and priorities while bringing together experts from multiple teams and disciplines to achieve core goals.
• Committed to ongoing infrastructure improvements via technology refreshes, problem solving, best practices, and integration of new industry developments - bringing on-teh-ground experience wif technology to bear in shaping hands-on implementation of next-generation tools.
• Outstanding team leader and mentor coaching personnel in surpassing expectations. Skilled in project lifecycle management; possess extensive expertise in a hands-on role combining technical acumen wif high-level solutions architecture and design.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• PeopleSoft Implementation & Administration ERP Management Technical Project Management IT Governance
• Team Building & Leadership Technical Architecture Strategic Planning Business Process Alignment
• Stakeholder Engagement Performance Management & Optimization Application Development Reporting
• Capacity Planning Problem Solving Industry Best Practices Emerging Technologies Staff Coaching & Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New Jersey

IT Technology Manager

Responsibilities:

• Took a pioneering role in guiding teh team through a complete restructuring and financial systems integration after teh acquisition by Ace; managed all transition planning, staff communications, and concerns.
• Consolidated financial systems into a single integrated solution to facilitate GAAP reporting as a single company.
• Ensured alignment wif financial reporting requirements by coordinating a team of developers in building new integration tools; acted as solutions leader and subject matter expert on teh project.
• Transformed enterprise-wide reporting of financial position by market segment through innovation and deployment of strategic changes.
• Facilitated successful Financial Day 1, Year 1 and Year 2 integration efforts as a key leader in collaboration, legacy systems integration, system strategies, architecture, and design and mapping of key functionality and interfaces.
• Guided career progression for a key team member, supporting her in developing personal leadership competencies to attain a promotion.

Confidential

Senior System Architect

Responsibilities:

• Championed key leadership and technical functions of teh PeopleSoft Financials 9.2 upgrade, including architectural design, governance, and full project lifecycle deployment.
• Strengtaned teh PeopleSoft user experience by introducing new infrastructure and design features, resulting in better content delivery.
• Optimized application availability, redundancy, reliability, stability, and maintainability through launch of new infrastructure solutions such as Update Manager, Oracle Virtual Box, WebLogic, and Oracle Super Cluster.
• Introduced a data archival strategy to reduce transactional data and boost performance for PeopleSoft AR and GL.
• Established best practices for application upgrades and technical / functional evaluation of new features.
• Streamlined PeopleSoft development and customization by defining and improving standards and guidelines.
• Harmonized PeopleSoft and third-party tools wif strategic direction via a clear reporting plan.
• Tapped to build a solid architectural strategy encompassing all Application Lifecycle Management solutions in use; united and led cross-functional teams to create long-term and short-term cost-effective consolidation solutions.
• Spearheaded an international central integration point framework wif common processes and technology for integrating international businesses wif teh U.S. home offices.

Confidential, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

IT Manager / PeopleSoft Application Architect

Responsibilities:

• Gained recognition as a top subject matter expert and resource on PeopleSoft; acted as primary point of contact for teh PeopleSoft Financials 9.1 reimplementation, as well as implementation of security changes.
• Partnered wif IBM to design and size new infrastructure components; coordinated deployment of new components and retirement of obsolete technology.
• Launched a PeopleSoft HR portal in teh development environment to support PeopleSoft HR.

Confidential New Jersey

Lead ERP Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Directed a large-scale PeopleSoft HCM and FSCM upgrades to 9.1; oversaw all design, architecture, sizing, and implementation, enabling high availability, redundancy, and performance.
• Simplified and optimized PeopleSoft by overseeing redevelopment of over 18,500 customizations.
• Improved resume intake 12% in a single month through a new external-facing architecture for teh PeopleSoft Candidate Gateway recruiting solution.
• Spearheaded teh project to deploy PeopleSoft IBM Optim Data for Peoplesoft HCM masking to effectively protect sensitive data elements such as employee information.
• Orchestrated a complex implementation for Quest STAT change management solution for PeopleSoft HCM and FSCM, enabling seamless change management, approval workflow, object versioning, and audit compliance.
• Tapped as SME supporting administrator and developer teams for diverse PeopleSoft HCM upgrades.