SUMMARY

• Multi - faceted ERP Delivery Lead/Architect leading all phases of ERP Application Implementation, Upgrade & Support projects.
• Experience in designing and implementing/upgrading PeopleSoft 8.x, 9.x. systems with complex integrations.
• Analytical IT professional skilled at providing guidance and translating business strategy into day to day delivery.
• Expert in Managing Oracle/PeopleSoft Applications in Cloud, IT Managed Services, onsite/offshore model.
• Collaborate with Enterprise Architects for strategic planning and long-term vision and develop POC’s.
• Accountability across entire architecture domain including application, middleware, data & infrastructure architecture.
• Extensive hands on experience in Oracle Technologies & understanding of DevOps, Cloud Computing, IaaS, PaaS & SaaS.
• A client advocate and influential communicator through multiple channels, and great at resolving complex situations.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Pre-Sales Solution Architect
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation
• Budget & Resource Management
• Client Relationship Management
• Waterfall / Agile & Scrum Methodologies
• Key Stakeholder Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ERP: PeopleSoft HCM, ELM, Finance, Student Admin, Workday, Hyperion

Databases: SQL Server, Oracle 10g/11g/12c, EDW, Golden Gate, Teradata, Oracle Streams

Operating Systems: HP Unix, AIX, Red Had Linux, Oracle Linux, Windows, Citrix, VMware

Cloud Technologies: TCP/IP, VPN, Layer 7, SAML, SOAP, REST API’s, SAN, NAS, Isilon, Taleo, AWS, TOGAF, PCF, Cloud APIs, Puppet, Chef, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Dynatrace

Software & Environments: Autosys, IBM DataStage, Connect Direct, TFS, IAM, SuccessFactors, ADP, WebLogic, Tuxedo, Quest STAT, Unix Scripting, Cognos, PPM, MS Project, Service Now

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Global Oracle HR/Payroll Delivery Lead/IT Architect

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring alignment of project specific designs with application architecture roadmap and supporting project and/or product teams on functional and technical design activities
• Define interaction between application packages, databases, and middleware systems to optimize product functional coverage; acting as subject matter expert (SME) for products that require integration into the application.
• Collaborate with Service Execution teams on successful implementation of projects and release deployments.
• Mentor and develop junior team members in Cloud Technologies for PCF deployments.
• Insourced PeopleSoft applications from HP to GM premises; led major upgrade from PeopleSoft 9.1 to 9.2.
• Lead process improvements, automation of PeopleSoft and other HR SaaS (Taleo/Workday) technologies.
• Research, analyze, recommend and select technical approaches to address challenging development and integration problems with cloud environments.
• Orchestrated the validating criteria for project selection, identifying success metrics that should be tracked relative to each project, and analyzing the project selections against criteria and success metrics.
• Remediate security vulnerabilities from various security scans for all Applications.
• Maintain Enterprise Architecture standards/practices, define roadmap & support strategic EA initiatives.
• Partner with IT and external auditors (Deloitte, PWC, E&Y) in support of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

Sr. Oracle/PeopleSoft Consultant

Confidential, Southfield, MI

Responsibilities:

• Advise Business/IT management on Oracle Architecture issues and participate in IT Standards, IT Performance and Capacity Management process.
• Collaborated in architecture decisions, ensuring requirements were met and coordinating services and resources with service owners.
• Created design documents for implementation of architecture modifications to software and hardware.
• Participated in business development including the expansion of existing projects, responding to RFP responses, client presentations and executing Statements of Work (SOW).
• Responsible for supporting the sales and design effort.

Sr. PeopleSoft HR Technical Lead/Architect

Confidential, Auburn Hills, MI

Responsibilities:

• Single point of contact from CSC service delivery portfolio for PeopleSoft applications, resolving conflicts involving scheduling, resources, progress reports and technical issues
• Led offshore teams with critical deadlines for multiple functional areas, liaising with internal stakeholders to manage project delivery.
• Assisted in vendor/product selection activities including the development of vendor/product evaluation models.

PeopleSoft HR Technical Lead/Project Manager

Confidential, Muscatine, IA

Responsibilities:

• Developed and delivered progress/status reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations.
• Identify and define customer needs & requirements, identify needed internal resources, create project plans using MS Project, maintaining IT Standards, prioritize workload and achieve SLA’s.

PeopleSoft Upgrade Specialist

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Responsibilities:

• Built, configured, debugged, and supported PeopleSoft applications in multi-instance hosting, IT Managed Services Environment, applying HR/Financials MPs, Bundles, and Tax Updates.
• Led HR 8.9 MP1 application upgrade project from 8.3SP1 to 8.9 MP1 for major client; supported multiple HR 8.9, and FIN88 environments.

Senior PeopleSoft DBA

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities:

• Managed PeopleTools (HRSA 8SP1) upgrade project using Upgrade Assistant 8.21.06; applied PeopleTools patches, tax updates, bundles, and fixes on PeopleSoft environments.
• Full Life PeopleSoft Implementations/Upgrades.

PeopleSoft DBA

Confidential, Mahwah, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Supported the administration of PeopleSoft modules such as HCM, CRM, Financials and Portal on PeopleTools 8.43, Performed PeopleSoft activities like Database Refresh, Database Tuning Application, Applying Patches and Fixes, Configuration of Application server Tuxedo, WebLogic, SSL Certificates, CISCO F5 Load Balancer, Setting up of PeopleSoft security, PeopleSoft Queries, Application Messaging and Integration Broker.

Programmer/Analyst

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Developed custom applications for IT department using Java Scripts, HTML, JSP, and ASP; installed, configured, and administered Microsoft SQL Server 2000. Developed packages, jobs, alerts, and stored procedures.