Ganesh Kumar Ponnaian

610-***-****

abwpe8@r.postjobfree.com

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

> An astute professional with more than 10 years of experience in various

functions/modules like Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing in

Enterprise Resource Planning products.

> Comprehensive exposure to Microsoft Dynamics TM AX 4.0, AX 2009, 2012 and

working knowledge in SAP, Sage and Focus ERP suite. Expertise in various

modules like SCM, Project Accounting, HRMS and Professional services

Automation.

> A proven professional with superior communication skills & excellent

troubleshooting skills in financial-oriented, client-satisfying results-

driven global environments and flair in Pre-sales.

> Rich experience in Trade & Logistics and Production.

> Proficient in cementing healthy relationship with the clients for

generating business and leading the team towards accomplishing business

and corporate goals.

> Adept at handling day to day activities in co-ordination with internal /

external departments for smooth business operations.

> Expertise in preparing marketing Collaterals, developing proof of

concepts and involvement in many presales demos to prospective clients.

> Extensive experience in managing a team and delivering quality despite

crunch situations.

> Highly motivated, detail oriented, with ability to work independently as

well as be a part of a team.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Madras University,

Chennai, India.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating System MS DOS 6.2, Windows 98/2000/XP/2007,8,

DOS, Unix Windows Server 2008

Languages HTML, Java Script & 'C'

MS Access, Oracle,Sql

RDBMS

ERP Application Axapta 4,2009 & 2012, Sage, Focus RT

Tools Siebel Tools 7.5.2., Crystal Reports,

SSRS, Share Point

CERTIFICATION

Microsoft certified Technology specialist

> Dynamics Ax 4.0, Trade & Logistics and Project Series.

> Dynamics Ax 2012 Trade & Logistics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Client: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE Inc), USA Duration: Nov

2011 to Present

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Implementation

Role: Project Manager

Environment: AX 2009

WWE Inc. is well known integrated media organization with recognized leader

in global entertainment. It is one of the most popular global brands in

entertainment and reaches a broad and intensely loyal fan base. They are

famous for their worldwide Live & TV paid Wrestling Events performed

globally. The Talents or the Performers either a Male Talent or Diva are

Non-Employees of the company and are paid for their Performance Earning

along with the Royalty generated by selling the items branded with

Talents/Diva's Snap shots.

Job Responsibilities

o Responsible for coordinating and integrating activities across

multiple functional lines, and managing stakeholder communications.

o Prepare the project plan, schedule and KPI for resources.

o Preparing Gap - Fit document based on analysis of client business

processes.

o Configuring, documenting the customizations to be done in DAX.

o Given UAT to the team on all the functionalities of Inventory

management, AP, AR

Client: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

SAP Support and Implementation for a Leading Pharmaceutical Company

Role: Project Manager

Environment: ECC 6

Description:

Lupin is one of the largest pharmaceutical company that delivers high-

quality, branded and generic medications trusted by healthcare

professionals and patients across the world. It is a fully integrated

pharmaceutical company with an unrivaled position in the US, UK, India and

Japan.

The scope of the project was to support the users on their queries and

implement change request. It was also to perform customization for the

request raised by the user, new requirement in FICO, SD and MM modules and

fixing production issues.

Responsibilities:

o Responsible for coordinating and integrating activities across multiple

functional lines, and managing stakeholder communications.

o Prepare the project plan, schedule and KPI for resources.

o Involved in status reporting and client demos of the product.

o Evaluate solution options and make recommendations

o Prepare in-depth, high-level technology product presentations, white

papers and case studies for field distribution and presentation.

Client: Japan Medical Dynamic Marketing, Inc.

Dynamics AX 2009 Support for Leading Medical Device Manufacturing Co Japan.

Role: Project Manager

Environment: AX 2009

Description:

Ortho Development is a majority-owned subsidiary of Japan Medical Dynamic

Marketing, Inc. (Japan MDM). Japan MDM is a publicly traded medical device

distribution company headquartered in Tokyo. With more than 150 direct

sales representatives and eight branch offices, Japan MDM is one of the

largest distributors of orthopedic trauma devices in Japan.

Responsibilities:

o Post implementation support.

o Responsible for managing the support tickets starting from analyzing

the call to close of call.

o Developing the enhancement by means of customization which involves

cost, efficiency and approval from the client management.

o Categorization of Call as Support, Enhancement, New requirement etc.,

o Prioritizing the call during show stoppers and executing them.

All e Technologies Pvt Ltd (Oct 2008 to Nov 2011)

Client: R. K. Marbles, Jaipur, India

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Implementation for a Marble and Cement

Manufacturing Company

Duration: June 2011 to Oct 2011

Role: Lead Consultant - Trade and Logistics, Production.

Environment: AX 2009, EP

Description:

R.K. Marbles is one of the largest Marble Exporter and Cement industry in

India. They were implementing a new ERP for their Marble & Cement

manufacturing division.

Responsibilities:

o Interfaced with client users for requirement specification

o Analysis of requirement and working on the Fit-Gap process.

o Configuring and Documentation of the business requirements in AX

o Perform functional testing for the various business scenarios already

present in AX and also for the customizations done by the Technical

Team.

o Reviewing test designs, user training and Post go-live support.

Client: HAAS Automation Inc., Oxnard, CA

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Implementation and Rollout

Role: Lead Consultant - Trade & Logistics and Projects

Duration: April to July 2011

Environment: AX 2009

Description:

HAAS Automation is a machine tool builder based in Oxnard, California. HAAS

Automation manufactures CNC vertical and horizontal machining centers,

CNC lathes, CNC rotary tables, and CNC indexers. Sales outlets, referred to

as HAAS Factory Outlets (HFO), are located all over the world. HAAS is one

of the larger machine tool builders, and as its own control builder, it is

also one of the major brands of CNC controls.

Job Responsibilities

o Lead Project for implementation of Dynamics AX.

o Gathering requirements from the business team.

o Preparing Gap - Fit document based on analysis of client business

processes.

o Configuring the business requirements in AX

o Documenting the customizations to be done in DAX.

o Given UAT to the team on all the functionalities of Inventory

management, AP, AR and Project modules.

Client: Caravel Shipping Services Pvt. Ltd., Chennai India

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Implementation for a Logistics Company

Duration: Jan 2011 to March 2011

Role: Lead Consultant- Trade & Logistics

Environment: AX 2009

Description:

Caravel is one of the largest logistics service providers in India. Their

Shipping and domestic cargo services was implementing a new ERP solution

Responsibilities:

o Preparing documents for User Requirement Specification

o Analysis of requirement and working on the Fit-Gap process.

o Preparing Enterprise Design Document (EDD)

o Preparing the Different Test cases for the testing

o Involved CRP (Customer review plan) /UAT (user acceptance testing) and

User Training

Client: Qatar Engineering & Construction Company, Qatar

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Implementation for EPC Contractor Qatar

Duration: Feb 2010 to Dec 2010

Role: Lead Consultant - Trade and Logistics, Projects.

Environment: AX 2009,

Description:

This company offers project management, engineering, procurement,

construction and maintenance services for the Oil & Gas, Petrochemical,

Fertilizer, Power and other industrial infrastructure sectors. It also

has dedicated facilities to carry out fabrication of heavy offshore

structures, including topside production facility.

Job Responsibilities:

o Gathering requirements from the business team

o Analysis of requirement and working on the Fit-Gap process.

o Configuring, customizations of the business requirements in AX

o Monitoring and controlling the Technical Team to complete the

customizations in AX, as negotiated with the client.

o Perform functional testing for the various business scenarios already

present in AX and also for the customizations done by the Technical

Team.

o Identifying potential weakness and participate in discussions with the

client's representatives, Development team and Quality Assurance team.

Client: Services & Trade Co. LLC Oman

Dynamics AX Implementation for an Interior Decoration Company

Duration: Sept 2009 to Jan 2010

Role: Consultant -Trade and Logistics, Production

Environment: AX 2009

Description:

This company is one of the fastest growing manufacturers of Interior

Decoration, Construction, Real Estate Development, Furniture

Manufacture and Trading and has successfully executed several renowned and

impressive turnkey projects in the Middle East, Europe and the U.S.A.

Their core competence in the Middle East is delivering complete turnkey

Interior Contracting solutions, with special emphasis on: Specialized

Joinery, Custom-built Furniture & Cabinetry, Decorative Fibrous Plaster

Works, Specialist Decorative Painting, Gilding and Soft Furnishings.

Job Responsibilities

o Involved in gathering the requirements, analyzing those requirements

as per business specifications.

o Validated and offered feasible solutions

o To co-ordinate with Technical team regularly for effective

implementation.

o To write UAT test cases and conduct Functional Testing for validating

the application.

o Developed custom reports as per business requirement.

Client: Megatech Control, Chennai, India.

AX Implementation for Automation & Instrumentation Service Company

Duration: Jan 2009 to Aug 2009

Role: Consultant, Trade and Logistics, Production

Environment: AX 2009

Description:

This company is a solution provider in the field of Control Automation,

Instrumentation and Services specialize in engineering and integrating

systems with leading makers of PLCs, DCS, Drives, SCADA and Instruments.

And have operations in India, USA, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, and Singapore.

Job Responsibilities

o Assisted in the creation and documentation of business processes and

module configurations.

o Provided assistance for all data migration activities.

o Oversaw and mentored all Interface, reporting, modification and

security strategies.

o Developed and documented new course of action related to the

completion of AX.

o Trained users on features and benefits of Dynamics AX solution.

Dynamics 4.0 Support for Leading Partner in Middle East.

Role: Consultant- Trade and Logistics

Environment: AX 2009

Description:

This company offers Enterprise solution software across the companies in

the Middle East. Since 1989, The Company has become a leading solution

implementation company ready to tackle the hardest IT challenges.

Job Responsibilities

o Post Implementation Support.

o Responsible for managing the support tickets starting from analyzing

the call to close of call.

o Developing the enhancement by means of customization which involves

cost and efficiency and approval from the Client management.

o Categorization of Call as Support, Enhancement, New requirement etc.,

o Prioritizing the call during show stoppers and executing the same.

Dynamics AX Service Management - product development- Dynamics Service,

Netherlands, ISV for the vertical on Service Management, Offshore INDIA]

Duration: Oct 2008 to Jan 2009

Role: Consultant - Trade and Logistics, Service

Environment: AX 2009 trade & Logistics & Production

Description:

This company is a MS solution provider and ISV vendor. They are developed a

product, which specific to Particular vertical. Its dealer management

system application which developed on AX.

Job Responsibilities

o Involved in designing testing and delivering part of the Contract

request management product upgrade solution ( DYS-SMA - "Certified for

Microsoft" vertical on service management )

o Interfaced with Technical Architect of Dynamics services, Netherlands

to scope and obtain concurrence on design aspects covering Time $

Material as well as Internal Projects in Axapta.

o Determined functional flow for the Contract Management ( vertical

specific)

o Responsible and Accountable for reaching Milestones.

Focus Softnet (Modern Technology LLC), Muscat, Oman (July 2006 to June

2008)

Role: Software Consultant

Job Responsibilities:

o Gathering User Requirements, Demo Designing, Configuration,

Functional Testing Training &

Support of Sage and Focus RT ERP solutions.

o Analyzing the existing software of the clients. Preparing Functional

Requirement Document

and handing over the same to the development team.

o Conducting Training sessions to the end users on the ERP solutions

provided.

o Handling the support issues reported by clients and getting them

resolved by the

development team and closing the issues.

o Tracking the status of the Issues raised by clients.

o Preparing Quick user guides for the ERP projects that we have

implemented.

o Preparing Change Requirement Specification documents in case if

clients request any

changes.

Tata Consultancy Services (Aug 2003 to Nov May 2008)

(Deputed through Gaia Consultancy)

Client: Cingular Wireless, USA

Siebel Application Enhancement

Duration: May 2004 to May 2006

Role: Siebel Consultant

Environment: Siebel Tools, EIM, Remedy, Citrix, Atlys, Infoflo.

Description:

Our Client is Cingular Telecom USA, is under process of Implementing Siebel

& Vitria as per their business requirements on Live Data, which needs

production support also, for that in TCS we have Offshore Team working on

it, apart of this production support we are also getting Siebel enhancement

related Helpdesk tickets on which our team has to work and resolve the

issue within Service Level Agreement.

Responsibilities:

o Working as a successful Team Member resolving data related issues and

reconfiguring Siebel application on the basis of

requirements.

o This includes Reconfiguring Applets, Views, Screens, Business

Components, Business

Objects, Created Drilldown, Pick list, Toggle, MVG, Link, Join object

definitions according to

the requirements and Conduct unit testing,

o Involved in the status reports with the User team Estimation and

Delivery Coordination with

Onsite people.

Client: AT & T Wireless Service, USA

Siebel Production Support

Duration: Aug 2003 to April 2004

Role: Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Environment: Siebel Tools, Vitria, Remedy, Citrix, Clear Case, Clear Quest

Description:

The objective of the project is to provide production support for the

Siebel / Vitria production applications. It is the responsibility of the

production support team to ensure that the Siebel / Vitria applications are

constantly running and that each order placed is successfully provisioned.

The ESP team works on errors in all the systems. The Atlys errors, which

are not resolved, will be assigned to the NBR Root Cause Analysis. The NBR

RCA team will analyze the root cause for the problem and classify the

errors and talk to Convergys (third party vendor maintaining the Atlys

issues) to resolve the issues. Process flow involves the systems namely

Siebel (front end), Vitria (Middleware), Infoflo, Number management system

and Switch management system

Responsibilities:

Responsible for resolving the problem issues (tickets) generated in Vitria

with the help of Remedy and associated tools. Fully knowledgeable about all

aspects of the applications and the several systems needed to support the

applications including operation, interfaces, architecture, workflow

processes and business functionality to provide the required production

support. Any type of issues (tickets) will be worked and the SLA for the

tickets is 90% of the tickets to be completed within 24 Hours and 100% of

the tickets needs to be completed within 72 Hours.

Vinkarr Technologies P Ltd (April 2002 2003 to Aug 2003)

Help Desk Application

Duration: Jan 2003 to Aug 2003

Role: Testing Engineer

Environment: JAVA, MS ACCESS 7.0

Description:

This project is done as motivation in having help desk for the users. The

users who register with this site enter his/her details. He/she enters the

help required from the site in paying electricity, telephone, credit card,

tax, insurance payments etc. by remaining the administrator to collect the

bills and money. This is done by online. The money is collected and paid

offline. Upon the payment administrator mails to the particular user.

Charges are collected for the job done.

Responsibilities:

o Prepare program specification, test plan and operation documentation

o Involved in deriving the Test Scenarios and designing the manual test

cases.

o Perform testing and test cases execution.

o Conduct unit testing,

Inventory management System

Duration: May 2002 to Dec 2002

Role: Testing Engineer

Environment: Java, HTML, Java Script Developer

Description:

This project is a product developed for a Oil Company in Gulf, targeting

the local oil refining plants in Gulf as its customers, with 80 to 90

percent of work is planned to develop in Chennai. This project was

developed earlier in Visual Basic and MS SQL Server, and a new release in

complete Java was planned. The new enhancements includes a few client side

programming using Java Script to enable web based entry forms to do simple

queries to the database from the browser. The new release includes ability

to generate reports in HTML Format using servlets from the Server, using

JDBC-ODBC.

Responsibilities:

o Prepare program specification, test plan and operation documentation

o Perform testing

o Conduct unit testing

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