SUMMARY

• Poised to contribute a unique blend of Business Analysis, Project Management and exemplary client - management skills along with adaptability to change in roles and commitment to excellence, to ensure that projects support strategic mission and objectives of the enterprise within scope, budget and schedule.
• Results-driven project-management professional with MBA-level education, Project-Management and Business Analysis certification and proven track record in increasing productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction right from Discovery Phase to post-implementation support.
• Hands-on functional and technical Oracle Applications Project Professional with experience in global implementations and support for clients in Retail, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications industries, expertise in Oracle Financials, Purchasing and CRM.
• Business Analyst with expertise in Requirement analysis, Enterprise Analysis and Solution Assessment and Validation by combining industry best practices and product knowledge.
• Effectively applies Oracle-recommended methodologies like using BPW, adherence to the SOW, and policies while adhering to contractual obligations, thereby minimizing the risk and exposure.
• Exceptional interpersonal communicator who effectively interacts with clients and all levels of management.
• Author of book on Implementing Oracle Using Oracle Applications Framework (OAF) ( Book under Review/Approval)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Oracle Technical Skills
• OAF
• BI Publisher
• Reports 10g
• SOA - BPEL/ESB
• Integration Repository
• SOA Gateway
• Performance Tuning using AWR
• Index Rebuild
• Advanced Compression Techniques
• PLSQL
• JTF
• ADF
• Workflow
• Alert
• Process Flows - Procure to Pay
• Order to Cash
• Request To Resolution
• End User Tasks - PO
• AP
• Procurement
• INV
• OM
• CRM
• GL
• SLA
• Setups - Core Purchasing iProcurement
• AP Vendor Maintenance
• AME Approvals
• CRM INV iSupplier Portal
• AR Customers Master Data Management
• AOL
• Active Directory to FND
• Full lifecycle development
• Project Tracking/Reporting
• Risk Management
• Financial Analysis
• Scope Management
• Schedule Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Project Communications
• Change Management
• Business Analyst Skills
• Requirements Management and Communication
• Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
• Requirements Management and Communication
• Solution Assessment and Validation
• Business Process Re-engineering
• Scope/Requirements Definition
• Internal/External Client Communications

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior IT Developer

Confidential, Florida

Responsibilities:

• Solution Architect for Upgrade of Oracle e-Business Suite Application from Release 12.1.3 to 12.2.5. The modules involved are Purchasing, AP, AR, FA, PA, GL, CM, Treasury, E-Business tax, OM, Inventory, Services, iExpenses, iSupplier, iProcurement.
• Hands on Expertise in doing OAF customizations in iSupplier for Non-Trade Procurement and iProcurement
• Functional and technical AME implementation for PO Requisition Approvals for Position Based Hierarchy, including Workflow Customizations using Oracle Workflow Builder
• Functional and technical implementation of ILM Archive and Purge for PO and AP
• Implementation of FND Concurrent Request Archive and Purge, AOL Security, RBAC
• Implementation of Mobile Expenses and Mobile Procurement in R12.1.3
• Expert in GSCC - Global Standards Compliance Checker, Use of ECAT - eBusiness CEMLI Analysis Tool
• Expertise in Tools like Mercury Quality Center, Kintana, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project Professional, SVN for code version maintenance

Upgrade Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager for Upgrade of Oracle e-Business Suite Application from Release 12.0.3 to 12.2.4.
• Managed a team of 40+ technical and functional consultants.
• Operations Manager for the upgrade project.
• Analysis of Edition-based Views for Online Patching

Client Engagement Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Onsite Functional Consultant for the supply chain and CRM solution of Oracle e-Business Suite R12.0.6/R12.1.3.
• Functional Consultant for resolving High Severity Tickets at client site in a high-stress environment for modules on CRM and Procurement/OM.
• Used critical thinking to implement innovative performance tuning solutions for HVOP - High Volume Order Import and Taxware Integration with Oracle e-business Tax. PLSQL package performance fixes like commit only when required, bulk collect each batch, exception handling before interface tables, Index creation, Index Re-build, Implementing Batch processing in off-business hours
• Worked on a high-priority, high visibility critical issues in Core purchasing utilising interpersonal skills blended with technical knowledge of Oracle EBS, Oracle Product Support teams, Network servers and Oracle Application Server. One such issue involved intermittent loss of emails sent to vendors for Procurement Requests for Direct Procurement Teams. Another related to XML transmission through B2B in Print Services.
• Part of the 45-hour long cutover from 11i to R12.0.6, including data migration, setups, batch process catch-up, scheduling, restart jobs, code migration, server bounce and validation. The database size is of 24TB with 1500 scheduled Oracle Concurrent programs, 10,000 AP invoice processing per day, 32,000 customer records in AR per day, 60,000 Employee records to be interfaced from Peoplesoft to Oracle HRMS and iProcurement/iExpenses, 1000 concurrent users, 900 POs per month.
• Implemented effective project-management methodologies to manage projects through to completion leading to huge cost and time savings. Moved between agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client goals, creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures, KPIs metrics.
• Responsible for creating/managing knowledge management repository

Principal Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Re-architected the product enhancements that helped save 200 man-hour effort/month of the client in Project Accounting Module. Automated all the manual tasks to create projects, update projects in PA. Created Uploads using technology mix of OAF/PLSQL/FND APIs/BI Publisher
• Worked on lockbox performance improvement which reduced the delay in processing from 40% to less than 5% using PLSQL, Performance Tuning techniques.
• Developed several technical components using OAF (Oracle Applications Framework), Oracle Reports, BPEL processes.
• Implemented Purchasing and Payables for 2 clients, Customer Data Hub for another client, Managed Services support for another during the tenure.
• Performed Enterprise Analysis to identify business opportunities and determine gaps in the capabilities to meet business needs. Managed solution and requirements scope like baseline, prioritization, impact, estimation, change management and approval process.

Senior Systems Analyst

Confidential, New York

Responsibilities:

• Led a track in an ERP Project that increased the profit earnings of the project through automation of several programs in the application. Received due recognition for leading the financial savings initiative. This led to % increase in projected cost savings from the accounts. This involved automation and process tuning.
• Led the Centre Of Excellence Group for Oracle Applications Framework technology stack
• Hands-on technical consultant in Oracle Applications Framework (OAF), Reports 10g, BI Publisher, Oracle Alerts, PLSQL, Oracle Workflow, Oracle BPEL Processes, integrations of Oracle Applications to hosted web services using Integrated SOA Gateway.
• Involved in tasks like to gather requirements from business users, translate into technical solutions, create use-case documents, develop design documents, develop reports, supervise team members, co-ordination with the offshore team and represent the technical team in client meetings

Senior System Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Participated in all the phases of Software Development Life cycle as a team member in an Oracle Applications 11i implementation project