Tomas Perez, HRIP, PMP®

**** ****** ***** ****://www.linkedin.com/in/pereztomas 919-***-****

Raleigh, North Carolina 27615 acrgig@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Results-driven, highly-motivated and innovative professional, with demonstrated talent in leading HRMS and IT system projects and teams – onshore and offshore. Demonstrated extensive understanding of both technical and functional processes, enabling successful collaboration with management, staff and vendors. A skilled communicator who understands the intricacies of interaction between technical staff, business personnel, vendors and customers. Self-motivated professional who enjoys getting the most out of the technology and people by designing creative and cost-saving solutions while guaranteeing project completion within time and budgetary constraints.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cisco Systems / Experis – Research Park Triangle, North Carolina 03/18/2013–10/24/2014

Consultant

Led the development of the framework, process development, and project management which provided a solution for how Cisco manages historical HR employee data. The culmination of these activities provided a solution which did not exist at the Company. Of significance is that this work brought Cisco into a compliance posture in this area. The initial emphasis was targeted to data from acquisitions but on a global scale. This focus helped answer the how-to questions which brought in-house historical employee HR data from a multitude of platforms, databases and systems.

The scope of contributions was:

My role was to build “it” from scratch and articulated the goals and scope

Initiated, planned, scheduled and executed all stages of the project through implementation

Assessed business implications for each project phase, monitored progress to meet deadlines, standards and project cost targets in range of $1.5M

Requirements definition, gathering, documenting and testing

Developed communications plan, developed and delivered training content globally

Liaison with acquired company, IT, Acquisitions, PMO, 3rd party vendors and the business

Integrated HR data compliance, security, quality, reporting, retention, archival, and purge

Sold solution to the business upon completion for both structured and unstructured data

Value add – Introduced new offering - Acquisition Archival and Decommission as a Service

IT Convergence – Raleigh, North Carolina 06/2012 – 11/2012

Senior Principal Consultant

Provided solution design and configurations for global Oracle ERP R12 implementation focusing on HRMS Core, Manager/Employee Self Service and Advanced Benefits (OAB) modules. Implementation spanned across 24 business groups and 50 countries.

Responsible for or contributed to:

Business Requirements, Analysis and Configuration

Delivered requirements prototypes via use of Conference Room Pilots (CRP)

Translated business needs into technical terms by preparing AN.100 and revising BR.030

Leveraged deliverables via UPK, RICEW, OUM, Agile, Scrum Sprints, ConfigSnapshot

Benefit vendors interfaces including ANSI 834

Excelled at developing customer focused relationship in order to maintain project scope

Dex One (formerly R.H. DONNELLEY CORPORATION) – Cary, North Carolina 04/2007 – 12/2010

Sr. Manager of HRIS

Successfully led and managed a team of professionals which provided the essential and fundamental HRIS services to $2.6 billion organization. Provided direction to Oracle HRMS system enhancements to ensure corporate goals and objectives were met through the management of staff, projects, process and systems to improve ROI. Implemented PMI methodology to drive our deliverables and services.

* Long-established success defining systems strategy, developing requirements, designing, testing, training, defining processes, and implementing practical business solutions

* Extensive project leadership and user interface with all levels of management, in addition to heavy relationship liaison and partnering:

Implemented Oracle’s benefit and compensation modules – OAB and CWB in the time

Managed merger and acquisition system integration activity

Insourcing / Outsourcing of benefits and recruiting administration

* Supported major HR and Payroll initiatives: merit, bonus, OE, union negotiations and year-end

* Maintained SOX and audit posture; developed new process improvements with 25% savings

* Managed data compliance, quality, security, privacy and policy writing

* Managed system enhancement from requirements definition through testing, implementation and support

* Collaborated with IT, Payroll, HR, and HRIS system enhancements, evaluations, upgrades and testing

* Managed to outsource vendors such as Mercer, Fidelity, and Hewlett-Packard

Fidelity Investments – Raleigh, North Carolina 08/2002 – 04/2007

Health and Welfare Associate

Selected by this leading financial services company to provide subject matter expertise in the design, implementation and support of a retirement medical benefit accumulation project. Responsibilities included providing Oracle OAB system enhancement direction, troubleshooting configuration issues, defining business requirements and approving functional specifications for client.

* Prototype led to $3.4 million in new revenue through the transformation of a client legacy system into an in-house development organization

* Designed and implemented a disaster recovery and system security strategy, resulting in the achievement of both SOX compliance and audit posture for the client

* Directed the system-integrated testing, user acceptance testing and implementation of notational medical benefit accumulation project, leading to a highly successful new product roll-out within strict time and budget constraints

* Improved client satisfaction through the support of over 250,000 customers in benefits enrollment by minimizing configuration errors by 5%

IBM – Raleigh, North Carolina 1995 – 2002

Advisory Human Resources Professional (1997-2002)

Promoted within this corporation to oversee vendor system development and support daily internal needs for a system transacting over 130,000 employee records. Duties encompassed developing change control strategies, directing application development projects and building and maintaining vendor relationships.

* Successfully managed over $300,000 in quarterly application development projects, delivering effective technology solutions on-time and under budget

* Saved over $500,000 through the implementation of comprehensive and innovative change control processes with external vendor

* Introduced an automated testing system, improving product quality and greatly reducing overall costs

* Demonstrated strong strategic skills through the establishment of well-aligned project milestones, roles and responsibilities; resulted in improved efficiency and streamlined product costs

* Integral in support of mission critical business systems – HRTS and Ceris

IT Architect/Specialist (1995-1997)

Rhone-Poulenc AG Company – Research Park Triangle, North Carolina 1990 – 1995

Desktop Support Manager (1992-1995)

HRIS Manager (1990-1992)

Drove division implementation project, learned about unions, matrix organization, chemical industry and French culture

Frito-Lay, Inc. – Plano, Texas 1986 – 1990

Programmer Analyst (1988-1990)

Employee Relations Analyst (1986-1988)

Great learning experience and a fun place to work

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Highly experienced in multiple facets of HRMS and IT including:

HRMS: Oracle ERP Suite 11.5.10 and R12.1.3, Software 2000, Ceris and MSA.

Programming Languages: SAS, Focus, COBOL, DB2, Basic, SQL, and C.

Operating Systems: Windows, Novell, MAC OS, OS/4000, OS/MVS/XA.

Hardware: IBM AS/400 and 3090, Macintosh, IBM.

Networking: Token Ring, LocalTalk, Ethernet.

Productivity tools: Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, SharePoint, Lotus Notes.

Quality and Testing tools: Winrunner, HP QuickTest Professional, CA Service Desk.

Oracle methodologies - tools - concepts: AIM, OUM, Agile, CRP, RICEW (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Extensions, and Workflow), and ConfigSnapshot.

Other exposures: Alfresco, Hadoop, CA Clarity and Workday

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA – Tampa, Florida

Bachelor of Arts

Major: Business Administration

MEMBERSHIP

Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM)

North Carolina Chapter – Project Management Institute (NCPMI)

CERTIFICATION

HRIP (Human Resources Information Professional)

PMP® (Project Management Institute) License: 1827112

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