SUMMARY:

An innovative process oriented IT leader with an extensive background in IT/IS Roadmap, Strategy, Operations, Project & Program management, Business Processes Redesign, Solution Architecture, Quality Assurance, Information Technology Consulting, Business and Practice Development. Had the unique experience of understanding processes from a consulting practice standpoint and from the end user perspectives. Highly successful in Evaluating, Selecting, Implementing and Upgrading technology and solutions for organizations in financial services, banking, business, technology consulting, retail, manufacturing & distribution industries. Well experienced in strategic planning, architecture design, development and implementation of applications and technology solutions especially in the HCM domain including HR, Benefits, Payroll, Talent Management, Time and Labor, Performance Management, Compensation, Enterprise Performance Management, HCM Analytics and BI Reporting. Successfully managed diverse group of internal, external, on - site, near shore and offshore consulting resources through the entire SDLC cycle and ensured successful project delivery within the triple constraint.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• People Management
• Business Case Development
• Strategic IT/IS Planning
• Risk and Budget Management
• Stake Holder Management
• PMO, Audit and Compliance
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Fit/Gap Analysis
• Scope and Change Management
• Project Planning and Delivery
• Trained in PMI/PMBOK
• Certified HCM Consultant
• Proposal Preparation& Presentation
• Vendor/Partner Management
• Client Relationship Management
• CoE Development
• Resource Planning & Selection
• Offshore Resource Management
• Business and Practice Development
• Best Practices Implementation
• SaaS model implementation
• Solution Delivery
• Global HRIT Roadmap planning
• Service Delivery-BPO
• HR BPR and consolidation
• Global Data & Process Integration
• Application and Data Security
• HCM Analytics
• KPI Data Marts & Reporting
• HRIS/HRIT Transformation
• Organization Hierarchy
• Appl. Hosting & SLA Management
• Change and Version Control
• Business Analysis and Design
• PeopleSoft HCM Upgrade
• Requirement Gathering & Analysis
• HP Quality Center
• Quality Planning, QA and QC
• Use Case/Test Case Development
• Automation and Test Data preparation
• Test Execution & Defect Management
• Version & Release Management
• Quality Matrixes and Dash Boards
• PeopleSoft HR/Benefits
• PeopleSoft Payroll/Interface
• PeopleSoft EPM, ETL and BI
• PeopleSoft ePerformance
• PeopleSoft ESS and MSS
• PeopleSoft Time and Labor and AWE
• PS Career & Succession Planning
• WorkBrain Time & Attendance
• Taleo Recruiting Solutions
• ADP ProBusiness Payroll
• Confidential Financials (AR/AP/GL/AM)
• Orgpublisher Charting & Analytics
• Oracle/SQL Server Databases
• PropleTools and Web Services
• SQR/Crystal/Cognos/Business Objects
• HCM Business Process Architecture
• Data Architecture and security
• Application Solution Architecture
• SDLC/PMLC Methodologies
• TOGAF Architecture
• PeopleSoft PIA & Administration

TECHNICAL ADDENDUM:

Applications: Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise (HR, Payroll & Benefits, TAM, ePerformance, ESS, MSS, AWE and T&L) and FDM (Resource Mgt., AR, AP and G/L) Version 5.x, 6.x, 7.5x, 8.x and 9.x, PeopleSoft EPM, Confidential Financials (AR/AP/GL/AM) and Bankware (Retail banking), WorkBrain (Time and Attendance), ProBusiness (Payroll), PeopleSoft Enterprise1 (limited exposure), MSP (Spherion and Ensemble), eSource, Ariba 9r, Tririga, Prowatch, Hr.net, Taleo and Sabrix.

Software: Autosys, Maestro, SFTP, SMTP, Identity Manager, MQ, Tririga, Cognos Impromptu, Powerplay, OrgPublisher, Org Plus, Tririga, ProWatch and PGP.

Databases: Oracle Version 8.x/9x/10g/11i, MS SQL Server 4.x, Gupta SQLBase, MS Access.

Hardware: IBM-M80/M60/RS6000, HP-9000, DEC Alpha 4000, IBM-Compatibles, DG’s Eclipse MV-4000, MV-8000 and MV-15000.

Operating Systems: Windows (9x, XP, 2003, NT), Citrix, XENIX, SCO, Digital UNIX V4.x, IBM-AIX V4.x/V5.x, Sun Solaris, HP-Unix 10.10, MS-DOS 6.2, DR-DOS 6.x, Novell NDS, Netware4.x, AOS and AOS/VS.

Network Env: Windows (200x, NT), Netware (3.x, 4.x), NFS, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, MS Terminal Server, Citrix and Share Point.

Web Servers/Tools: BEA/Tuxedo Server, BEA/Jolt, BEA Weblogic, IBM WebSphere, HTML, DHTML and XML.

Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, SQLTALK, SQLNTTLK, Quick Basic, MF-COBOL 5.x, Merant COBOL and SQR.

PeopleTools: PeopleTools 4.2 through 8.53, AEW, PIA (PeopleSoft Internet Architecture) Application Designer, Application Engine, Integration Broker, Component Interface, Business Interlinks, Application Messaging, Object PeopleCode, Process Scheduler, Upgrade Assistant, Security Administrator, XML Messaging, DHTML Business Process Designer, Application Upgrader, Import Manager, Data Mover, PS Query, Tree Manager, Work Flow Designer, nVision, SQL/SQR, Crystal Reports and OLAP (Cognos Impromptu and Powerplay).

Version Control: STAT from Quest Software (Object Management and Migration) & Schema Manager for Oracle, Beyond Compare and PVCS

Software QA Tools: HP Quality Center 9.2 (Test Director) including BC module, Mercury and QTP

ETL Tools: IBM Ascential DataStage (Designer, Director, Manager and Administrator)

Project Mgt. Tools: Niku/CA Clarity, HP PPM, Visio, MS Project, MS Office2000 and SharePoint for document control.

Resolution management: SharePoint, Service Now and Remedy

Methodologies: TOGAF, Waterfall, ITIL, PMI, SDLC, PMLC, GoLive and Rapid

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Global HCM Solutions Architect

Confidential, New York, NY

Responsibilities:

• Formulate global HRIT strategy and roadmap, product portfolio management, global HCM solution design, development, implementation, integration of HCM application products with third party vendors.
• The application portfolio includes PeopleSoft HCM, Oracle Taleo recruiting, Benefits Interface, Payroll Interface, ePerformance, Compensation Planning, Single Sign on, ESS and MSS in an Oracle SaaS model.
• Responsible for Process Improvement, HR Transformation, Change Management, Business Process Reengineering. Also responsible for product evaluation, vendor partner selection, managing project resources, represent IT in global HR/IT Leadership including C-level, Project/Program management, On-site/Offshore consulting resources selection and management, Quality Control for PeopleSoft ERP application upgrades, Product (Workday, Success Factors and Ceridian) evaluation, ROI and Total cost of ownership analysis and recommendation.
• Managing a team of 10 - 12 Onsite/Off-shore Developers/Analysts/QA/Partner resources.
• Successfully lead the project to Design the foot print for Global rollout of PeopleSoft 9.1/9.2 with implementation partner resources
• Architected a repeatable process to support divesting and acquisition of companies and business units
• PeopleSoft 9.2 upgrade- In the process planning and executing PeopleSoft 9.2 Application and tools 8.53 upgrade.
• Established global HR technology roadmap for the next 5 years in line with leadership priorities and strategy for HR operations in 60 countries.
• Managing all Technology aspects of Taleo Recruiting & on boarding solution implementation and integration with PeopleSoft, Consolidation of HR application portfolio (Ceridian, ADP HR.net, Totvs and other local applications) and global payroll providers.

Principal/ Sr. Advisor

Confidential, Plano, TX

Responsibilities:

• Client Relationship Management including C-level, Project/Program Management, On-site/Offshore Resource Management, Application Configuration management, Solution Architecture Design and Implementation, BPR, SDLC/PMLC, Change and Version Control, Quality Control for PeopleSoft ERP application upgrades and implementations.
• In addition, I was part of the Oracle Fusion Application Consulting and Strategy development.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing Business Case Development, Planning, Scoping, Architecture Design, Execution and Delivery of multimillion HCM, EPM and Integration projects including Global Data Collection, supporting divestiture, ETL, Global Reporting and HCM Analytics.
• Manage the HCM and EPM project portfolio in-line with PMO standards, audit requirements and compliance.
• Took over added responsibility of Software Quality Assurance functions for application areas including PeopleSoft HCM, EPM, Cornerstone Learning Interface, LAS, Tririga, Ariba & ProWatch.
• Managed all aspects of software QA (including Requirements Analysis, Planning, Test Execution, Change control and Version Control) using HP’s Quality Center, QTP, and STAT and other applications in an on-site off-shore resource model.
• Managed a team of 12 - 15 (Technical Developers, Functional Business Analysts, QA Analysts and System Administrators)
• Successfully Analyzed, Planned and managed the migration of Cyborg payroll into PeopleSoft Payroll 9.0. This initiative retired Cyborg applications and expected to save more than 2 million dollar operating cost per year.
• Successfully managed Installation and certification of PeopleSoft 9.0 EPM/GDW with Ascential ETL, Cognos reporting tools.
• Introduced EPM/ETL capabilities to the enterprise architecture and streamlined data collection from global locations, enrichment and reporting which increased data quality and reduced cost of data collection and streamlined up-to-date Analytics and reporting.
• Established and incorporated global footprint and standards in PeopleSoft 9.x EPM/GDW. Managed the Common data conversion approach Design with European data security compliance for data collection from various data sources; domestic and international there by optimizing time and cost of project delivery.
• Continuously analyzed and improved EPM data marts and BI components for consolidated Head Count, Payroll, Learning, Performance, Trend and other matrixes and reduced the turnaround time.
• Successfully implemented all aspects of QA process for PeopleSoft HCM/EPM and related applications and transitioned Quality functions seamlessly to the QA group with stakeholder buy-in. Streamlined testing process, reduced production errors and system downtime and saved thousands of dollars of code fixing and fire-fighting.
• Managed and implemented best practices for Quality Assurance using HP Quality Center tool with different configurations for various projects as needed. Introduced Business Components concept to Corporate Systems, established functional requirement repository with Traceability, optimized test plans and made testing process transparent to the project community. Created test Automation standards and streamlined SDLC process for all projects in the QA portfolio there by optimizing the cost of quality and hence the project cost.
• Established Offshore PeopleSoft QA CoE and successfully managed and executed Functional, Automation and Performance testing for web enabled and other technology applications for one third of the on-site cost.

Confidential

Principal Partner

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Implementation, Integration and maintenance of HCM 8.9 application modules in a BTO environment
• Architected, Integrated and Implemented OrgPublisher (Organization charting and analytics tool) with PeopleSoft 8.9 for maintaining Organization Hierarchy used in Talent Management, e-performance, security administration for MSS access validation.
• Designed the implementation of Organization hierarchy for all Manager Self Service modules
• Managed Application Security strategy development and implementation for PeopleSoft HCM Global rollout
• Managed and established Data Collection and ETL for data sources from countries to central HCM database and to third party, application modules rollout to countries and transition to steady state production (BTO) operation

Senior IT Specialist (PeopleSoft )

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Build, Transform Own and Manage the PeopleSoft HCM application Architecture, Data architecture, Infrastructure, Product Implementation, Upgrade, Maintenance and Production Support of the entire HCM application and integration portfolio.
• Strategic HRIT planning with steering committee, application portfolio management and execution of projects with priority. Set standards to meet or beat SLA with vendors and internal IT resources. Planned Disaster recovery and external application hosting.
• Managed software, hardware vendor/partner evaluation, selection and contracts management (RFP process)
• Managed IT budgets, resource planning, hiring, development and retention of key internal resources.
• Architected and Rationalized global HRMS (HR, Payroll Interface, ESS, MSS, eProfile, eDevelopment, eRecruit, ePay, Talent Management, Compensation and bolt-on modules and interfaces) Application portfolio
• Installed, Configured, Administered and Fine-tuned PeopleTools components and HCM Application components in a multi-instance environment.
• Managed planning and execution of test scenarios for Quality Assurance for customizations, performance for add-ons.
• Upgraded PeopleSoft HCM Version to 8.x and made the application available worldwide using internet architecture
• Migrated “Talent Management” (Position Management, Career Planning and Succession Planning) to PeopleSoft and retired legacy application, saving 500 thousand dollars operating cost for the company
• Developed version control strategy and implemented STAT for PeopleSoft and Remedy for release management
• Evaluated, recommended, selected and implemented tools and technology solutions around PeopleSoft
• Implemented and integrated WorkBrain (time & attendance) PeopleSoft HR, ProBusiness Payroll and MSP systems to streamline payment process for non-exempt employees
• Managed and implemented Spherion MSP and FieldGlass VM tool for temporary Workforce management. This process change saved the company over a million dollars operating cost per year.
• Managed five to ten direct project team members and up to 10 external resources through the entire SDLC process
• Integrated and Implemented Organization Hierarchy and HCM Analytics (Reporting, Succession and Org. Tree) using OrgPublisher

Manager - PeopleSoft Practice

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for consulting practice development, business development, Pre-Sales presentation, Project management, and product innovation for driving client solution both internal and external.
• Managed and mentored consulting resources
• Successfully lead Human Resources Business Process Re-engineering project using PeopleSoft Version 7.5
• Lead PeopleSoft HRMS Version Upgrade and Implementation analysis for CSK Auto
• Recruited, trained, got practitioners certified to maintain PeopleSoft consulting partner status
• Managed RFP process, pre-sales presentation to clients and project execution
• Championed the establishment of Off-site & Off-shore COEs for cost effective project delivery
• Worked with major consulting companies

Confidential, Edison, NJ

IT Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for PeopleSoft practice development along with managing implementation, upgrade and maintenance of projects.
• Established standards and procedures for PeopleSoft practice.
• Managed 15-20 technical and functional resources through the entire SDLC for PS HRMS implementations.
• Lead a technical team to migrate MSA payroll system to PeopleSoft HRMS for Giant Eagle, Pittsburgh.
• Worked as a Lead consultant for an PeopleSoft upgrade project at Confidential
• Established PeopleSoft Center of Excellence for the company and set up infrastructure for remote project execution
• Installed and configured Application Server, Database Server, Process Scheduler, Report server for DEV/TST /QA/PRD environments
• Evaluated, selected and recruited consulting practitioners for PeopleSoft practice
• Played a pivotal role in growing PeopleSoft consulting business for Confidential