Detailed Professional Experience

Confidential

Functional Lead

Initially contracted to develop training material for the implementation partner. After two weeks on the project, Cedars-Sinai leadership recognized Mr. Eves skills and quickly assigned him to a lead role where he was instrumental in not only delivering training, but providing all aspects of implementation support including requirements gathering, integration testing and data validation. Mr. Eves was praised for his ability to understand the clients business needs and provide unprecedented support to ensure those needs were being met.

Confidential

Functional Lead

Lead role in upgrading the Canadian and US payroll systems from 8.3 to 9.1. The successful upgrade for both countries paved the way for the much larger Global population of 130,000 plus employees. Honeywell operates in most countries around the world and all aspects of this project demanded awareness of the global impact of rolling out PeopleSoft to all worldwide employees next year.

Confidential

Functional Lead

Provided post implementation support for both PeopleSoft 9.0 Absence Management and Benefits Administration. Used experience in complex reporting to generate sophisticated Crystal Reports to assist the business in analyzing data and making sense of volumes of information.

Confidential

Functional Lead

Led the implementation of PeopleSoft 8.9 Absence Management in conjunction with the Canadian Payroll. Met the client's complex reporting needs by configuring XML reporting and providing detailed training to create their own XML reports. The Payroll implementation had been struggling for many months as it dealt with complex and diverse labor agreements across multiple provinces. Energized resources to focus on a well planned, well executed implementation.

Energy Northwest, Functional Lead Challenged with upgrading existing PeopleSoft system from SQL Server to Oracle and then upgrading from PeopleSoft 8.3 to 8.9 and then 8.9 to 9.0. Implemented Benefits Administration as well as most eApplications including eRecruit. This project was the first in the history of Energy Northwest to be completed on time and on budget. Resolved complex issues and presented them in a concise meaningful manner.

Confidential

Functional Consultant

Contracted with CedarCrestone Managed Services Center to complete an upgrade from PeopleSoft 8.3 to 8.9. Client terminated most of their HR, benefits and recruiting staff at the same time. Was brought in to support HR, benefits and recruiting as they worked through replacing staff with permanent resources.

Confidential

Functional Lead

Challenged with upgrading existing PeopleSoft system to take advantage of new functionality in addition to moving 65,000 employees from Tesseract to PeopleSoft 8.8. This project was particularly challenging as it involved learning a completely customized time entry system used for meticulously managing minute details of all employees associated with the Kaiser hospitals. Was recognized for the ability to quickly understand new technology and work cohesively with staff to efficiently bring issues to successful conclusion.

Confidential

Functional Lead

Challenged with completing a fit/gap analysis for Nationwide in a very short time frame. Reviewed all functionality in PeopleSoft including several thousand customizations with a goal of de-customizing where possible. Mediated strategy sessions to corroborate efforts of technical and functional staff to detail upgrade steps.

Confidential

Functional Lead and Project Manager

Installed and executed PeopleSoft 7.5 to 8.8 HR, Payroll, and Benefits upgrade of new HRMS. Performed senior level review of existing HRMS setup. Analyzed and redesigned tables required to upgrade existing PeopleSoft 7.5 system to 8.8. Reviewed current business processes and identified gaps in functionality. Designed specifications for custom SQR reports and modifications to PeopleCode. Developed comprehensive client-specific test scripts and queries. Established and maintained professional relationships in a somewhat hostile environment.

Confidential

Functional Lead

Installed and executed PeopleSoft HR, Payroll, and Benefits upgrade. Performed senior level review of existing HRMS setup. Analyzed and redesigned tables required to upgrade existing PeopleSoft 7.5 system to 8.8. Reviewed current business processes and identified gaps in functionality. Designed specifications for custom SQR reports and modifications to PeopleCode. Developed client-specific test scripts and queries. Created solutions to correct data in production. Rectified payroll issues that had been outstanding for two years retro . Implemented self service applications including payroll and benefits.

Confidential

Team Lead and Project Manager

Challenged with completing a fit/gap analysis for Hitchiner inside of two-week period. Reviewed all functionality in HR including modules they were currently not using . Reviewed and documented 400 customizations made by the initial implementation team. Created a 150-page review of current customizations, business practices, gaps in functionality and viable alternatives to address the gaps.

Technical Skills