CAREER SUMMARY:

• An innovative IT professional with over 20 years of experience in designing, selling and delivering enterprise - scale IT and business solutions, primarily for commercial and government/DoD Confidential 500 companies.
• I have been recognized for my ability to think outside the box and to communicate complex concepts across all levels of business and technology, building consensus for a future-state vision.
• My experience has provided me with deep functional and technical knowledge of Oracle E-Business Suite (E-Biz) modules and technologies, Web Services and web application design and development, advanced network and server architecture, performance testing/tuning and technical/operational expertise in information security.
• In addition, my background includes business process transformation and expertise in the optimization of distributed IT systems.
• I have strong project and resource management capabilities including developing new management processes for CMM and ISO-9000 certifications.

EXPERIENCE:

Managing Partner

Confidential, Mooresville, NC

Responsibilities:

• Techno-Functional lead for a global development/deployment of Procurement Contracts for Confidential .
• This was an incremental project in an existing Oracle R12.1.3 EBS system and included Contract Management, Procurement Contracts, Purchasing, iProcurement and iSupplier Portal.
• My responsibilities included proposing the solution design, conducting conference room pilots (CRP’s), fit/gap analysis, creating functional design and configuration documents, working with the offshore development team on the technical design and unit testing, creating functional test scripts, user guides and training videos, conducting training and supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Overall Delivery Manager for a Bid & Proposal / Purchasing solution for Confidential Rail, one of the largest rail car owners in the world. This system is built on Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 and utilizes Projects (Project Management), Project Costing, Purchasing and Payables modules along with custom Workflows, APIs, PL/SQL stored procedures, XML Publisher and Approvals Management (AME) to automate the management of bids, new car build specifications and estimates, budget and financial approvals, purchasing and receiving of rail car assets. Confidential was directly responsible for this project, hiring 3 contractors and performing all development and unit test activities and supporting System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing. I personally developed much of the PL/SQL code, the XML Publisher reports, the AME extensions and some of the Workflows.
• Technical Project Manager responsible for performance testing, root cause analysis and remediation for a global implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.4, Hyperion, Exalytics/BI, Kofax and custom systems for a Confidential Inc., a global engineering/architecture firm with nearly 10,000 employees in over 200 locations world-wide.
• Technical Project Manager/Solution Architect responsible for developing SOAP/XML and other API’s for Confidential , a global provider of Emergency Responder services.
• I led the global (US, UK and Asia) re-implementation of ERP systems across 8 locations of Confidential , a division of EnPro Industries specializing in engineer-to-order manufacturing for the aerospace, nuclear, semi-conductor and other industries.

Partner / Chief Technology Officer

Confidential, Mooresville, NC

Responsibilities:

• Chief Technology Officer responsible for all aspects of information technology at Confidential .
• I led the effort to redesign and develop Confidential 3.0, a tablet-based application (iOS/Android) for emergency responders that communicates via custom web services with an application/database server. We also built a custom user administrator web portal and a custom Windows administration application.
• Confidential 3.0 server is a DevExpress/.Net application with a SQL Server 2014 database.
• We are currently developing additional products and API’s including a smartphone version (StreetWise Responder) and station monitor web dashboard (SmartBoards).
• My role included the build and deployment of the Windows Server 2012 R2/2016 servers, SQL Server 2014, development of much of the C# and T-SQL code, testing, performance tuning, documentation and deployments.
• We also built numerous API’s using HTTPS POST, REST, SOAP and WCF technologies. The clients authenticate via tokens using a custom OAuth solution.

Senior Director, Federal Programs

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the Studies and Analysis phase of the OBIEE project for the Confidential ’s Confidential initiative.
• I led a team of developers and analysts to assess the current state of reporting, with focus on the Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 project hosted in the Oracle Cloud, prepare a recommendations and roadmap document for OBIEE, OBI Apps (Finance, Procurement and Projects) and GoldenGate, and develop a prototype environment to demonstrate the feasibility and relative performance of the proposed solution. The project completed successfully on schedule.

Managing Director

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Program/Project Director and Enterprise Solution Architect, responsible for developing market strategies, leading pursuits and delivering IT consulting services to enterprise clients. I delivered the following projects in partnership
• Proposal/Project Manager for a complex MRO solution supporting over 90,000 rail car assets.
• After successfully developing the solution proposal leading to a contract award, for 2+ years I was the overall project manager responsible for the project plan, staff (both Confidential employees and contractors), financials, risk and issue management and participation in the Steering Committee.
• I was also responsible for the overall solution design, including future state business process transformation, functional and technical application design, and the server/network architecture.
• This solution utilizes Oracle E-Business Suite R12 and includes Enterprise Asset Management, Work in Progress (WIP), Procure to Pay, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Inventory, Project Costing and Billing, Accounts Receivable (with extensive extensions and interfaces to meet complex, industry-specific billing rules and formats), General Ledger and TCA. Clients and suppliers access the system via the Oracle portal (iSupplier, iReceivables).
• Leading the technical team, I engineered a number of extensions leveraging R12 technologies including OA Framework extensions and personalizations, SLA, workflow with Approval Manager .
• I designed and implemented the advanced network topology including multiple load-balanced application servers in a DMZ.
• Finally, I successfully managed the security assessment and two corporate PMO audits. The system went live in June 2012.
• I led the overall system design across three major divisions in several countries for a corporate-wide implementation of Procure to Pay (purchasing logistics) using Oracle E-Business Suite 11i for Confidential . This system includes iProcurement, Purchasing, iSupplier Portal, Accounts Payable and Fixed Assets and is integrated with Kofax Capture and MarkView for image capture and transaction management. My team also designed and managed the implementation of the server and network infrastructure including Internet-facing servers in a DMZ. The system is now live across the US, UK and Canada.

Senior Solutions Director

Confidential, Redwood Shores, CA

Responsibilities:

• I was responsible for developing, selling and delivering technology solutions for the top financial services corporations in the US, utilizing Oracle business applications and technologies.
• My specialties included Source to Pay, ERP upgrades, single sign-on and advanced technical architecture designs for high availability, Internet-facing applications, SSO, integration and Web Services. My experience at Oracle includes, but is not limited to, the following:
• Proposal/Project Manager for the definition phase of a corporate-wide upgrade from 11.5.10 to Release 12 for Confidential . My efforts led to a contract award for Oracle.
• Project Manager/Architect for the definition phase of a corporate-wide upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.10 to Release 12 for Confidential . I also lead a team of professionals from Oracle to perform a corporate-wide assessment of support services for the hundreds of Oracle databases and applications across the corporation. My team made recommendations to the CIO for changes to the support model that would yield significant savings without a reduction in services.
• Program Manager for a detailed technology roadmap engagement with Confidential, where I led an evaluation of the existing corporate-wide 11.5.10 Oracle E-Business Suite environment. Working with the client Program Manager, we built consensus through layers of management across multiple departments for both the short and long-term technology roadmap, including upgrade vs. reimplementation, Confidential disposition, data conversion and integration with legacy systems. I also provided input on industry best practices and change management strategy. The project was cancelled due to the merger with Confidential .
• I led the implementation of Oracle Advanced Procurement modules for Confidential , including Sourcing and Purchasing logistics with custom Supplier Site management workflows and both internal and external Single Sign-on. My team was responsible for designing and implementing the Linux servers and network architecture to provide secure access to suppliers via the Internet. I worked with client leadership to build consensus for the solution across various IT organizations and senior IT management. This resulted in several implementation contracts for Oracle Consulting, with a significant opportunity pipeline for the following fiscal year.
• I assembled and led a team of executive and senior business and functional experts to develop a multi-year solution roadmap for the consolidation and integration of all financial systems for the CFO of Bank of America. This roadmap leveraged both the best practices of the largest financial institutions and the latest in technology direction. The solution footprint included end-to-end financials, from customer source systems in multiple countries to sub-ledgers (AP/FA/PO), a financial services accounting hub, general ledger, consolidation, management planning and a data warehouse. Working with the CIO and CTO, key decision makers and leads from each business/functional area, we created a vision for the roadmap and built consensus for it throughout the organization. This allowed the organization to accelerate their timeline and move forward with a more detailed planning exercise, which we also conducted. The resulting roadmap served as their master plan three to five years.
• Green field implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite 11i.10 for distribution logistics of pharmaceuticals at Confidential , including CRM, Order Management, Financials (AP, AR, Payments with Credit Cards, GL), Purchasing, Inventory/Warehouse Management and TCA/Customer Data Hub. I led a creative team of functional and technical staff to design, develop and implement the entire solution in only 10 months.
• I led the technical architecture design including integration with 8 different external systems, a custom client web interface, XML transaction messaging and integration with FileNet for image capture and transaction management. The complex TCA solution focused on Customers to meet complex HIPAA requirements, leveraging Customer Data Hub technologies and integrated with the corporate Customer database for data validation and transaction adjudication. My strong leadership and sales ability led to the client awarding Oracle Consulting with multiple extensions for upgrades and ongoing maintenance of the system. The project also won an award for one of the ten most innovative projects of the year at Oracle.
• I led the proposal team for a project to upgrade and consolidate 8 instances of EBS 11i across Europe and Asia for Confidential. This proposal included a technical analysis of the upgrades and Confidential ’s, functional process analysis and standardization utilizing industry best practices, development of global planning and purchasing processes, and technical/operational analysis and planning for the migration to a hosting service provider. I managed the overall analysis of the project to size and prioritize the scope, working with client representatives in Spain, France, Greece, Portugal, Russia, Poland, Belgium and the Netherlands. We then proposed strategic implementation options to provide an optimum implementation roadmap and worked with client management to gain consensus. The proposal led to a contract award for Oracle.
• Oracle Applications 11i implementation for Confidential . I created the technical architecture strategy, conceptual architecture, hardware sizing, performance and functional testing strategy, extensions strategy and design standards. All deliverables were compliant with Six-Sigma standards. developed the applications strategy and technical architecture for a Procure to Pay project at Confidential . Working with senior functional and technical leaders, I created an implementation roadmap for Oracle’s purchasing products including PO, Sourcing, Contracts, Services Procurement, Internet Procurement and Internet Expense. The roadmap included migrating from various custom and Ariba-based legacy applications. I led planning sessions to discuss the various options and priorities and create a final recommendation. The proposal led to a contract award for Oracle Consulting.

Vice President, Global Architecture & Emerging Technology

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Responsibilities:

• Lead Global Architect on a team that selected and implemented an enterprise-scale global ERP/B2B system supporting procure-to-pay, purchasing logistics and expense management. I managed a creative team of direct and contract resources to deliver system performance, reliability, security, usability, integration and state-of-the-art functionality. My team was also responsible for the design, implementation and performance of the infrastructure including Sun Solaris servers. This system was (and perhaps still is) reputed to be the largest single instance implementation of Oracle E-Business Suite in the financial services industry.
• It is accessed via Oracle Portal with integration to the corporate single sign-on system.
• We supported the integration of third-party systems/software, including Netegrity’s SiteMinder for authentication security, 170 Systems MarkView for distributed and centralized image capture and transaction management, and Constellar for feeds management.
• In addition, I was the Information Security Officer responsible for compliance with corporate information security policies, both for the department and for the technical design and implementation of the system.
• I initiated and led an effort to review and improve the organization’s full Product/System Development Life Cycle (PDLC/SDLC) processes in compliance with CMM Level 2 & 3. Creating task teams for each area, we delivered new or improved processes for the Change Control Board, system design, system integration testing, system performance testing, and post-production performance and reliability analysis.
• These process improvements allowed the team to deliver higher-quality solutions at a lower cost.
• This was one of the largest single global instance implementation of PeopleSoft in the world, supported HRMS globally for nearly all of Citicorp’s 130,000+ employees.
• My responsibilities included hardware and software design, configuration, testing, performance and implementation.
• We utilized HP servers running the HP-UX operating system, dedicated SAN disk frames and dedicated Cisco switches to provide the performance and scalability needed.

Manager, MIS

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Responsibilities:

• I managed a $14 million annual IT budget, including a $10 million Statement of Work with the Enterprise Information Systems group, an internal IT services organization that provided desktop, server, network and telecom infrastructure, software development services and operational support for over 2,600 employees in 12 locations.

Manager, Planning

Confidential, Daytona Beach, FL

Responsibilities:

• I was responsible for all aspects of program planning for the CASS Mission Area ($100 million+/yr. sales), including MRP, master and detailed schedule generation, integration, tracking, cost and risk analysis. CASS is a computerized electronic test system that performs automated test and calibration of electronic, optical and pneumatic systems used by the US Navy’s NAVAIR. I managed all of the project planners on over 25 programs (development and production), integrating the activities of the Engineering, Procurement, Contracts, Manufacturing and Finance organizations. We successfully managed all program plans in the business area in compliance with government standards.