Career Summary
Over 15 years of enterprise application experience with a focus on PeopleSoft technical architecture and design. Additional focus areas include; project management, implementations & upgrades, technical design & engineering, technical integration and change management. I’m drawn to the most complex aspects of any situation, with a focus on delivering client satisfaction through using efficient and proven methodologies. Comfortable participating at all levels within team environment, drawing upon past experiences and client successes to deliver high quality solutions.

Confidential,Phoenix, AZ

Arizona Power Services (APS) provides energy utilities to homes and businesses in Arizona. It’s the largest subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation.

• Responsibilities included the implementation, upgrade and support activities across the following PeopleSoft ERP applications: HCM 8.9/9.1, FSCM 8.8/9.1, ELM 9.0, EPM 8.9/9.0, Portal 8.9, and Integration Broker 8.49/8.50
• Performed Lean analysis and upgrade activities for PeopleTools 8.49 & 8.50 across all PeopleSoft applications. Completed PeopleTools 8.50 upgrade steps for six PeopleSoft production environments using Change Assistant, re-deployed twenty-six windows servers and completed technical verification testing using less than half of allocated outage window.
• Setup and configured stand alone PeopleTools Integration Broker environment as gateway for 3rd party and PeopleSoft-to-PeopleSoft integration.
• Responsible for analysis and support for upgrading PeopleSoft Architecture from physical to virtual servers to provide substantial cost savings to company.
• Created a change management process for development, refresh and patch maintenance lifecycle to be used to ensure data integrity across the application.
• Executed both initial pass & move to production Change Assistant template models during FSCM & HCM 9.1 upgrade project.
• Implemented Portal as gateway for APS PeopleSoft applications and company access to Manager & Employee Self Service applications. Configured Enterprise Portal externally to support APS recruiting requirements.
• Responsible for the technical analysis and design of the APS PeopleSoft Disaster Recovery procedures and processes defined by executive level sponsors.
• Provided second level support and resolution on incidents escalated using the companies Help Desk.
• Successfully implemented, configured and supported the following products and services to integrate with APS PeopleSoft software portfolio; Ascential, BTRG In-Flight SharePoint connector, Control M, E-DOC, HP OVO monitoring, Integration Broker, Master Tax, Opti-Job, PeopleSoft Security, and PeopleBooks. Resume Mirror, SCORM & AICC, Sabrix, Single Sign-on, Success Factors, TIBCO Integration, Verity Search Indexes, VeriSign SSL & PS Workflow.

Technical Architecture Manager - December 2002 – April 2005

Yum! Brands Inc. is located in Louisville, KY and is the holding company for the following brands; Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, A&W, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Long John Silver’s.

• Performed Technical Architecture and PeopleSoft Administration Lead roles on PeopleSoft 8.4 Financials, HRMS, EPM and Portal Implementation for Yum! Brands Inc.
• Participated on project SWAT teams to address performance and configuration concerns in the following areas; AP 1099 processing, PeopleSoft Time and Labor, e-Recruit, and CRM Help Desk.
• Responsible for integrating Change Management Tool (Quest - STAT) into Yum PeopleSoft project development and patch maintenance lifecycle.
• Organized a PeopleSoft mentoring program for first and second level application support team.
• Responsible for Installation and configuration of all architecture components of PeopleSoft 8.4 Financials, HCM, EPM and Portal demo environments using SQL Server and DB2 MVS.
• Co-chaired PeopleSoft 8 Architecture round table sessions, where each layer of the PeopleSoft Architecture was evaluated based on a set of best practice criteria.
• Provided guidance and expertise in the following areas: PeopleSoft Architecture, Change Control, Patches and Fixes, Security, Tuning, and PeopleSoft Development, Integration & Conversion strategy.

Confidential,California June 2002 – December 2002

Arthur Andersen Technical Lead for EPM software development and functionality testing.

• Responsible for overseeing the involvement of six Arthur Andersen consultants selected to participate in the PeopleSoft development and quality assurance testing for EPM 8.8 Suite.
• Created fit-Gap analysis that showed changes between PeopleSoft EPM releases.
• Performed detailed analysis on PeopleSoft EPM Technical Architecture.
• Installed and configured Informatica ETL tool for loading data into the PeopleSoft Data Warehouse.

Manager – PeopleSoft GM Payroll Implementation April 2000 – May 2002

Manager on the Technical Architecture Team for the General Motors PeopleSoft Payroll Implementation.

• Installation and configured of PeopleSoft 8.18 and PeopleSoft 8.4 Architecture for Financials, Human Resources and Portal.
• Design project migration workflow for migrating PeopleSoft objects through the change migration process.
• Responsible for applying PeopleTools and Application patches to more than twenty PeopleSoft environments.
• Contacted by internal firm resources to share experiences and perform Quality Assurance role on firm Implementations.
• Managed a project team of six team members responsible for installation and configuration of PeopleSoft environments at the EDS host location.
• Part of a Technical Team responsible for determining system hardware and software requirements.
• Responsible for technical integration of Report Distribution software and PeopleSoft payroll system.
• Responsible for PeopleSoft peformance tuning on all aspects of Architecture.