Background

27 years in Information Technology with 15 of those years working with PeopleSoft. Confidential, was part of the PeopleSoft Consulting Technology Practice from 1994 until 1999, and specialized in PeopleSoft Installations, PeopleTools / Application Upgrades, PS Administrator responsibilities and Assessments. Confidential,s’ PeopleSoft experience spans across HRMS/HCM, FSCM, Student Administration and EPM, (Commercial, Public Sector, Education & Government). He has worked with releases (Financials 3.x thru 9.0 / HRMS 3 to 9.0 and Student Admin). His indepth knowledge of upgrade experience has been valuable in the upgrade planning phases for customers who were preparing to start a PeopleSoft upgrade. Confidential, has been involved as a Project Lead, Technical Lead, creating Upgrade Project Plans, and writing Upgrade Proposals for many Application and/or PeopleTools Upgrade Projects. Confidential, has worked on Infrastructure Assessments, and performed Data Migration, worked as a PeopleSoft Administrator installing & configuring the PeopleSoft Internet Architect (Web / Application Servers, Process Scheduler, PeopleBooks, Integration Broker), tuning and some DBA roles.

PeopleSoft:

PeopleSoft Installer
PeopleSoft Administrator
PeopleSoft Certified Level II Upgrade Specialist
Installs / Upgrades / Tax Updates / Bundles / Fixes / Maintenance Packs
Upgrade Assistant / Change Assistant / Integration Broker / Data Mover Tuxedo / WebLogic Web Server / Application Server / Process Scheduler / Application Designer

Databases: Oracle / MS/SQL Server / SQLBase / DB2 / Sybase / Informix

Operating Systems: Sun Solaris 2.x / HP-UX 11.x / AIX 4.x
Windows (95, 98, XP / Windows 2000-3 / NT / Linux

Programming Lang: COBOL / SQL / PeopleCode / Query

Experience:

Confidential,Aug, 2009 Present
Confidential, is responsible for assisting ‘REMOTELY’ with the HCM 8.8 to 9.0 Application Upgrade. Confidential, was onsite for 2 weeks mentoring the company’s employee and also performed the initial upgrade pass. Confidential, had performed 3 test move to production passes and also the final move to production. Final move to production has been successfully completed and client is live on HCM 9.0. The database platform was MSS.

Confidential,June, 2009 Sept, 2009
Confidential, was responsible for assisting and resolving outstanding issues encountered during the HCM8.9 to 9.0 Application Upgrade. Confidential, performed 2 test moves to production and worked with the PS Administrator configuring the Development and Production PIA (Web / Application Servers, Process Scheduler), SMTP, PeopleCode Debugger, Integration Broker configuration and also applied the PTools 8.49.22 upgrade patch. Confidential, also performed an infrastructure assessment on both the development and production environments. The database platform was MSS.

Confidential, May, 2009
Confidential, assisted in resolving Application Server Failover issues as well as other significant issues prior to the implementation go-live. Client had 2 External Web Servers, 2 Internal Web Servers (both using F5 Load Balancer), and 2 internal Application Servers. Failover to each of the Application Servers was not working correctly and this had to be resolved and was, prior to go-live. Other issues resolved were, Verity Search, FTP and attaching of documents. The database platform was Oracle on Windows NT.

Confidential, (January, 2009 thru April, 2009)
Spartan - (PS Administrator Role)
Confidential, was responsible for the installation of a new PeopleSoft HCM9.0 Environment. The installation consisted of installing Tuxedo 9.1, WebLogic 9.2, PSApps HCM9.0, PT8.49 / PT8.49.16, and configuring the PIA (Web / App Servers and Process Scheduler, Change Assistant and PSEMHUB). In addition, Confidential, created and loaded the HCM9.0 Demo database, applied 17 Bundles (Fixes Required at Upgrade Time) and 14 Tax Updates in preparation of the HCM8.8 to 9.0 Application Upgrade. Environment: Oracle database platform.

Comporium (PS Administrator Role)
Confidential, was responsible for the installation of 2 new PeopleSoft Environments (Demo / Development). The Installation consisted of installing Tuxedo 9.1, WebLogic 9.2, PSApps HCM9.0, PT8.48 / PT8.48.18, PIA (Web / App Servers and Process Scheduler, Integration Broker configuration, Change Assistant / PSEMHUB and running DBSETUP to create and load the Demo Database. In addition, also installed NetExpress 5.1 and compiled and tested COBOL successfully. The Database Platform was MicoSoft Server 2008.

City & County of Denver (PS Administrator)
Confidential, was responsible for the installation of 4 new PeopleSoft Environments (HRMS83, HRMS89, HRMS90 and HRMS90 Portal). The Installation consisted of Tuxedo 9.1, WebLogic 9.2, PSApps HCM9.0, PT8.48 / PT8.48.16, PIA (Web / App Servers and Process Scheduler, Change Assistant / HUB). Also, in preparation for the ‘double’ upgrade, applied 17 bundles (fixes required at upgrade time) and 12 tax updates to the HRMS89 Demo Database. The Database Platform was Oracle.

Confidential, Oct, 2008 Dec, 2008
Confidential, was the Upgrade Lead responsible for the successful completion of a Financials (7.5 to 8.8 8.8 to 8.9) double upgrade. He was responsible for resolving issues and getting the client back on track with the upgrade after the client had fallen behind. Confidential, mentored in house client personnel on the upgrade process, tuning scripts, debugging and running acceptance testing scenarios. Confidential, also worked alongside the DBA utilizing the Oracle Enterprise Manager, and took part in Acceptance and Quality Assurance testing with the User Community.

(Note: Working remotely at Sarasota while onsite at Georgia Board of Regents)
Confidential, April, 2008 - Aug, 2008
Confidential, assisted remotely with the HCM Application Upgrade from 8.8 to 9.0 at a major hospital in Sarasota, Florida. Confidential, ran upgrade tasks for the initial pass only. Tuned upgrade scripts and resolved any issues as a result of an ABEND during the upgrade process. The database platform was MSS.