EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Little Rock, AR - 1999 to Present
Director of PeopleSoft Applications Jan 2008 to Present

• Direct a team of Systems Administrators, DBA's, Developers, and Functional Business Analysts in executing company-wide PeopleSoft ERP transactional application system that includes payroll, time and labor, financials, billing, AR, GL and reporting
• Responsible for Entire PeopleSoft Transaction Processing System in support of hundreds of branch locations throughout United States.
• Oversees the entire PeopleSoft support team for 20K+ weekly pay advices/checks and over $12M in weekly billing
• Provide cross-functional vision and communication between all operational units
• Extensive knowledge of PeopleSoft modules: HR, Financials, and Staffing Front Office
• Manage all application development efforts for customizations and enhancements
• Responsible for setting policies and procedures that ensure effective management and integration of internal and external systems
• Recently led upgrade to PeopleSoft version 9.0 while effectively meeting all budget and time deliverables
• Successfully led corporate effort for Sarbanes Oxley compliance
• History of evaluating, converting and integrating ERP technologies in a growth environment
• Experienced in directing technical staff in resolving internal and external IT issues
• Actively involved with Staffing Industry User Group (Oracle)
• 2008 Oracle OpenWorld worldwide users conference presenter

Confidential, Little Rock, AR
Information Systems Manager 2005 to 2008

Chief IS decision-maker for $700M staffing company

• Planned and budgeted all areas of IS (computing, networking, telecommunications, and PeopleSoft development team)
• Met regularly with CFO, COO & President to review strategies and implement effective methods to enhance corporate business model
• Developed and monitored yearly multi-million dollar budgets
• Wrote, created, and maintained formal company-wide corporate IS policies and procedures
• Analyzed, reviewed, and negotiated all IS related contracts
• Proven strategic cost and efficiency vision that improved the IS department's budget and function
• Created automated processes and interfaces to reduce data-entry into PeopleSoft that resulted in the reduction of 4-8 hours per location per week in uploading payroll data from time and attendance. This allowed employees to focus more on sales and expanding business relationships rather than data entry.
• Initiated and implemented next-generation network connectivity to replace frame-relay network with MPLS network which resulted in large scale cost savings exceeding $1M annually
• Replaced frame circuits at sites that could utilize DSL or cable connections for a 50 - 90% telecommunications cost reduction
• Executed multiple, company-wide, rollouts of thin-client solutions used in the employee application process, employee-testing program, and in-house training. These resulted in a reduction in cost for equipment and maintenance while gaining end-user efficiencies.
• Evaluated billing detail of other telecom services (dial-up/cell-phone pooling/teleconferencing) and implemented changes that successfully reduced costs collectively over $100K/year

Responsible for more than 250 national multi-state branches/on-site locations with field users numbering over 1000

• Managed an internal and remote support staff to develop and implement dynamic IS solutions
• Championed the time and attendance software upgrade that increased branch productivity
• Researched, implemented, and negotiated the corporate electronic recycling process
• Maintained and fostered master vendor relationships
• Regularly visited branch sites and met with customers

PeopleSoft Management

• Lead for all internal and external systems integration projects and all web-development systems and strategies
• Managed external PeopleSoft integrations involving XML outward-facing messages and other collaboration tools for vendor and customer systems
• Provided executive management role for PeopleSoft 9.0 upgrade while continuing to assist with development/upgrade efforts
• PeopleSoft-Staffing SIG board member - actively participated in industry discussions and roundtable meetings with other Staffing IS leaders. Used these forums to interface with the Oracle product manager to relay requests for new functionality, key issue identifications, etc.
• Presented at 2006 Oracle OpenWorld worldwide users conference

Additional

• Active member of HIPAA risk analysis committee that addresses and creates corporate policy and procedures
• Member of Staffmark internal technology task force for reviewing application of technology to fit our users/customer needs (quarterly IS review to fit overall needs of the field users).

PeopleSoft Developer/Team Lead2002 to 2005

• Conversion Team Lead - migrated and consolidated legacy VMS system to PeopleSoft modules Front Office/HRMS/Financials 8.3/8.4
• Wrote custom programs (SQR/App Engine's) to convert from disparate legacy system data and successfully enhanced the speed of conversion to a point where it was feasible to complete on a weekend.
• Interface Lead for projects including GXS/EDI/time and attendance (in-house and client-used), import/export of time processing
• Performance-tuned critical PS Financial Application Engine programs from hours to minutes allowing less stress on transactional system and less waiting for functional staff
• Developed applications, customizations, and enhancements for PeopleSoft modules: Front Office/Financials/HRMS
• Instructed internal SQL class to BA's/new programmers that used SQL

Confidential, Fayetteville, AR
Senior Programmer/Project Manager - Information Systems 1999 to 2002

• Project Leader on company-wide Cognos Data Warehouse (DW) initiative. Project included the combining of multiple disparate systems into one DW. Delivered multi-dimensional analysis, OLAP, and business intelligence (BI) to end-users (management) for better decision support
• Promoted from Senior Programmer to Project Leader in September 2001
• Implemented ETL and end-user BI tools using client and web-based Cognos tools
• Built and maintained DW and data mart using Oracle 8i for storage and repository
• Technical Advisor to the Director of Applications and VP of IS for strategic planning
• Promoted from Programmer/Analyst to Senior Programmer/Analyst in May 2001
• Mentored other programmer/analyst's within the department.
• Technical team lead of SilverStream web applications
• PeopleSoft HRMS System Deployment Team Member - SQR maintenance/changes/updates
• Managed the configuration of the Kronos time and attendance system project from evaluation to implementation (integrated automated timekeeping to our field locations)
• Automated import and export processes involved with external timekeeping systems to reduce manual entry of time and data entry
• Implemented data-gathering techniques to incorporate company-wide reporting standards
• Automated several A/P processes that resulted in $100K+ savings per year
• Coordinated and integrated multiple interface programs that needed to be upgraded
• Involved with all company data conversions

Confidential, Fayetteville, AR
I.S. Manager 1995 to 1999

• Designed, integrated, administered Novell 4.11 network & email
• Integrated Ethernet/fiber-optic LAN/WAN for agency (hubs/switches/routers/bridges)
• Extensive experience with PC and Mac OS/applications
• Administered all internet connections (ISDN and T-1 connections)
• Responsible for all development and upgrades of equipment and software

Accounting 1994 - 1995

• Managed computerized accounting system - A/R, A/P, G/L

Confidential, Waterville, ME
Claims Assistant 1994

• Responsible for integrating and training on new computerized claims estimating software

Master of Information Systems

Bachelor of Science, Finance December 1993
Internships:

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

PeopleSoft/Oracle ERP Products: Staffing Front Office, Financials (Pay Bill Management, Billing, Contracts, Projects, Receivables, GL), HRMS (Base Benefits, Payroll for N.A., Time & Labor)
PeopleSoft Versions: 8.3/8.4/8.9/9.0
PeopleSoft Tools: Application Designer, PS Query, PeopleCode, SQR, Application Engine, Integration Broker, Process Scheduler, Component Interface, Application Messaging
Databases: Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005, Oracle, Microsoft Access, Sybase, RMS
Software: Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, Crystal Reports,
Languages: Transact-SQL, HTML, ASP, XML, Java, JavaScript, COBOL, VisualBasic
Official Training Classes: PeopleTools 8.4 1 & 2 Accelerated, SQR 1 & 2 Accelerated, PeopleCode 8.4, Application Engine 8.4, Cognos - PowerPlay 6.6 Report Building, Cognos - PowerPlay 6.61 OLAP Modeling, Cognos - DecisionStream 6.5, Cognos - Impromptu 6.0 Report Building, Cognos - Impromptu 6.0 Advanced Reporting, Cognos - Impromptu 6.0 Administration, Cognos Finance 5.1 - System Administration, Cognos Finance 5.1 - Input Techniques, Cognos Finance 5.1 - Report Building, SilverStream Web Application Server (Java/Web Concepts & Application Development), Kronos (Basic Operation, System Administration, Value Added Modules)
Operating Systems: Windows XP, 2000, 2003, Unix, VMS, AS/400, Mac OS
Network Tools/Applications: Juniper SecureAccess SSLVPN, SCOM, ActiveDirectory, LDAP
Certifications: Certified Cognos BI Author
Other tools: Cognos: DecisionStream (ETL), PowerPlay (OLAP), Impromptu, Access Manager, Finance, SilverStream 2.5X, Brio, SQL+ (Oracle), Kronos - TK/AS, jBuilder, RationalRose, JavaWebServer, IBM WebSphere, OOA/OOD (UML)