Grace Salas

** ** ** ****** *****, FL *****●acfvp4@r.postjobfree.com● 786-***-****

Professional Experience:

Technology Consultant Oct 2012- Present

Technology Ripples, LLC Miami, Florida

• Single point of contact for multiple projects throughout the development life cycle ensuring the observance of Project

Management Standards

• Define project scope, objectives, estimates, resource plans and status reports

• Produce risk analysis and risk mitigation plans

• Responsible for project tracking and analysis using Microsoft Project and MS Visio tools

• Direct and manage project rollout execution

• Monitor project variables against the project management plan and the project performance baseline

Product Manager / Business Analyst Nov 2010–Oct 2012

FAME Inc Ft. Lauderdale, FL

• Define the product vision, strategy and roadmap

• Development Team Lead and Supervisor

• Collect business requirements obtained via interviews with the business and translate them into

technical documents. Communicate technology concepts effectively to both a technical and non-technical audience.

• Lead concurrent technical projects through full software development life cycle by conducting

scoping, planning, and scheduling of projects. Facilitate cross-functional project alignment and ensure projects are

executed on time and deliver the promised results.

• Develop SQL reports to promote data driven decision-making and drive business process re-design.

• Lead and support Data Validation, System Integration Testing, Unit Testing and User Acceptance

Testing

• Implemented visual analytics dashboards, data-mart, self-service reports for KPIs, forecasting and

trend analysis.

• Implemented Microsoft Share Point to manage project communication

Sr. Project Manager/CIO Aug 2009- Nov 2010

Education Partners INC Miami, FL

• Lead the establishment of the technical vision among the various business and technical parties; developers and subject

matter experts; with the purpose of analyzing trade-offs among performance, utilization and return-on-investment.

• Consistently interact and communicate clearly with a diverse group of participants consisting of executives, managers,

subject matter experts, developers and system testers.

• Define the product vision, strategy and roadmap

• Direct and manage project rollout execution

Sr. Project Manager Sep 2005- Aug 2009

Florida International University Miami, FL

• Managed team of 6 developers, 3 functional SME and 6 technology support staff

• Lead the establishment of the technical vision among the various business and technical parties; developers and subject

matter experts; with the purpose of analyzing trade-offs among performance, utilization and return-on-investment.

• Consistently interact and communicate clearly with a diverse group of participants consisting of executives, managers,

subject matter experts, developers and system testers.

• Perform process analysis, quality assurance and created technical guides. Provide post go-live support both during and

after applications / technologies have implementation, while constantly tracking Bus. Requirements and Q/A.

• Using an enterprise wide data analysis approach, identify Key Performance Indicators for the organization and develop

them into interactive dashboard s (SAP Business Objects, Xcelsius,) across departments

• Re-design and improve Oracle PeopleSoft business processes and design ad-hoc and scheduled Oracle(PeopleSoft) and

Microsoft reports while providing high level (managerial) and detailed (subject specific) analysis.

• Implemented Division SharePoint systems which enable the tracking of services and customer support knowledge base

• Implemented PeopleSoft (Oracle) Query Manager, TOAD (SQL), SAP Business Objects

• Implemented Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions V8.9 /9.1, Financials, Oracle, SCT Banner Other: SAP Xcelsius

Dashboard, Data Mart, Trend analysis, SSPS reports

Business Analyst Nov 2001 – Sep 2005

Florida International University Miami, FL

• Conducted business and fit gap analysis working with stakeholders to propose and deliver

solutions

• Manage conversion from legacy to ERP system for all Enrollment Services departments

• Managed and cross-functional project teams and ensure projects are executed on time and

deliverables meet project goals Provided leadership and vision ensuring best practices of project management

methodologies in IT product and process development

• Validate, Maintain and approve change control for in-house customizations.

• SQL Reporting, both ad-hoc and scheduled for end-users and executives.

• Perform issue resolution, quality assurance and testing with Oracle support.

• Support and train functional staff

Consultant- Technology Products Apr 1999- Oct 2001

JP Morgan Chase Tampa, FL

• Prepared software demonstrations and Managed technology projects

• Provided technology evaluations/audits of student loan products nation wide

• Critically assessed institutional software needs and creatively developed appropriate solutions

• Prepare and conduct initial and post implementation assessment of technology implementations

Business Analyst Apr 1995- Apr 1999

Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL

• Lead and support Data Validation, System Integration Testing, Unit Testing and User Acceptance Testing of

various SCT Banner Modules (Admissions, Student Records, Financial Aid, and Student Financials).

• Coordinate / facilitate production support issues and year –end information system processes and provide

production support for various Financial Aid and Student accounts functions.

• Develop, test, maintain and administer a department Microsoft Access database.

• Manage administrative support staff.

EDUCATION:

Master of Science, Florida International University, Miami FL Apr – 2007

Educational Leadership

Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, Ames IA Dec - 1990

Public Administration

TRAININGS AND CERTIFICATIONS

PMP Certification In Progress

FinCapDev Mobile Development Finalist May 2013

Agile Methodology Rajeev Singh April, 2011

Six Sigma, Kaplan College September, 2010

Technical Skills:

SQL, Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP), MS Visio, MS Access MS Word, MS PowerPoint Reporting

Tools: PeopleSoft (Oracle) Query Manager, TOAD (SQL), SAP Business Objects Project Management : MS

Project, Rally ERP: Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, Financials, Oracle, SCT Banner Other: SAP Xcelsius

Dashboard, Data Mart, Trend analysis, SSPS, iRise, Microsoft SharePoint, CRM,Mobile Applications, Agile and

Waterfall methodologies

Languages:

Fully bi-lingual English and Spanish (Speaking and Writing)

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