SUMMARY:

• Seasoned professional with extensive experience in Oracle Retail implementations and Customizations with 10 years of overall IT experience. Experienced with Oracle technologies, Oracle Retail/Retek full life cycle implementations (all versions from 8.x up to 14.x).
• Proven hands on experience in full life cycle implementations, stabilization of distressed implementations, optimization of processes and modules to meet SLA's. Instrumental in developing best practices at various clients
• Demonstrated successful leadership of several complete AMS, ERP product/project releases, have expertise in Product Customization and Release/Implementation management and Consulting
• Proven hands on experience in architecting solutions for custom integrations around Oracle retail implementations.
• Experienced in functional consulting in areas of Foundation Data, Org Hierarchy and Merchandise Hierarchy, Purchase Orders, Replenishment, Allocations, logistics, Store Inventory management processes such as Shipping and Receiving, Direct Delivery, Return to Vendors/Warehouse, Sales Audit, MFP and RDF.
• Experience in writing Business Requirement Documents, Solution Designs, Functional Designs and Technical Design documents, Cut - over and upgrade strategies for Retail customization projects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Applications: RETEK/Oracle Retail Application Suite ERP (v8x-v14x), Oracle Retail Merchandising System (ORMS), Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management (ORSIM), Oracle Retail Pricing Management (ORPM), Oracle Retail Integration Bus (ORIB), Oracle Retail Sales Audit (ReSA), Oracle Retek Predictive Application Server (ORPAS), Triversity POS, Qlikview, data visualization and data analytics, SQL, PL/SQL, Pro*C, Unix shell Scripting, Oracle Forms and Reports.

Additional: database and file-level encryptions ( pgp, gpg, ingrain), Data encryption and Tokenization, Mongo DB, XML, SQL server, ETL, Jira, Jenkins, Clarity PPM, MPP, MS suite. 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Sr. Oracle Retail Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Played critical role in the project starting from Confidential to Confidential, Designed and developed Tokenization Project solution, along with multiple customization and service projects in the Oracle Retail Merchandising foot print. Integrating POS to ReSA, and other financial and reporting systems
• Responsible defining Business Requirement documents, As-is and to-be state analysis documents, functional Design and user training documents
• Define baselines process for Store and Forward (SAF), local token scenarios for VeriFone.
• Implemented a onetime data conversion of cards to tokens with VeriFone.
• Functioned as technical/functional architect for client’s business requirements, involved in coordinating activities with End client, development & testing of system and conducted user acceptance testing, deployments roll-out for software products.
• Defined and implemented the phased cutover strategy spanning a wide volume of data, Redefined the system configurations to improve the performances around the RESA UI for RMS v10.

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Sr. Oracle Retail Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Successful in building a sustainable onsite-offshore based Application Support and Maintenance team to support the oracle retail v12 footprint at Confidential, with main focus in RMS and SIM,.
• Applications support and Maintenance of the RPAS applications and reporting, MFP and RDF (v13x)
• Worked closely with the and Confidential IT and business team to built a knowledge base with system run books, system landscape documents, process guidelines, and to define SLA and escalation polices for the application areas.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Sr. Oracle Retail Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Successful in defining and implementing a multi phased Customization and integration Project on Oracle Retail V12 to integrate a home grown Purchase order system.
• Designed and implemented custom integration solution for Item creation and maintenance between legacy and RMS v12 applications that works across the board for EU and Asia implementations.
• Managed a team of 10 consultants from across US, India and UK on a pilot initiative of building oracle retail expertise in the CSC’s retail solutions division. Responsible for planning and executing training sessions, Lead the team in defining a pilot level implementation and upgrade plans by establish a v13.2 retail sand box for fashion merchandise and then upgrading it to v14.0

Confidential, Appleton, WI

Sr. Oracle Retail Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Played Critical Role in stabilizing the RMS, SIM, RPM and RIB modules post implementation (v13),
• Reconfigured various critical modules in the system to meet the SLA’s. Played critical role in reviving the RIB performance and reduced batch window timelines.
• Successfully implemented customizations on clearance events over the RPM process for new stores.

Confidential, Roanoke, VA

Technology Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Was the Integration Lead on the oracle retail V13 application Suite, Developed and implemented a complex RIB based custom integration solution between PIM and RMS
• Implemented custom integrations for Item creation, item and item attribute maintenance and custom Pricing solution and integration with RMS/RPM using RIB.
• Implemented a phased cutover strategy for the custom integrations, and was also responsible for standardizing the application support process

Confidential

Technology Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of Five Oracle retail technical consultants to customize the RMS/RPM UI to include various retailer specific pricing rules and build custom interfaces for consuming nutritional and other grocery related information into RMS and the publish out / interfaced to ticketing/printing systems.