Rajesh Bhojwani

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Information Technology Project Manager & Sr. Systems Analyst

Accomplished and results-oriented senior business process improvement leader with expert proficiency in process mapping and re-designing to streamline operations, minimize costs, optimize productivity, and increase efficiency. Regarded for the ability to develop and motivate high-performance teams, and work well with various stakeholders to manage and meet multiple project deadlines on schedule and under budget.

Skills / Tools Expertise

Agile Project Methodology Waterfall Methodology Jira / Confluence - Atlassian

Salesforce Administrator Xactly Administrator Jobvite / Epicor Administrator

ADP Workforce Now Administrator MS-Report Builder / Smartsheets PeopleSoft Security Administrator

Professional Experience

Sr. Business Systems Analyst / IT Project Manager – HR and Finance

lynda.com, now part of LinkedIn, Carpinteria, CA (Feb 2013 – October 2015)

Leader in online video based learning + Leader in online professional networking

Collaborated jointly with VP of HR, Sr. Director of Finance and VP of Sales Operations in vendor selection process, implementing vendor solutions on-time, on-budget and as per strategic goals, vendor client relationship management in ensuring adequate and timely support for the entire business users community group for various applications.

Major Achievements

As the Project Manager using AGILE methodology, implemented Epicor Manager and Employee Self-Service with 2 business resources resulting in the elimination of paper based process for compensation and non-compensation related changes with a standard workflow approval process for the entire organization.

Lead vendor selection process for Payroll and Recruiting systems, worked with Account Executives and vendor’s sales team to schedule demos for business, defined strategy, rating methodology and final recommendation of solution based on business requirements and ROI analysis.

Implemented ADP Workforce Now as a Project Manager with 2 payroll resources in 6 weeks (on-time and on-budget) with zero P1 defects, provided weekly updates to Sr. Management on the project status, risks and issues.

Implemented Solium - equity management system in < 5 weeks for the Finance team working collaboratively with the Sr. Director of Finance and vendor implementation resource.

Participated in requirements meetings and test phase based on AGILE methodology, for the implementation of Zuora billing system for the Finance and Sales group.

Lead and participated in annual off-site meeting to understand the issues faced by HR business users which was used to define the 2 year HCM roadmap for the company.

Worked with vendor’s Professional Services team to create a custom benefits interface file that would be run on a bi- weekly basis by the business user capturing new hires’ data, as well as, any changes to an employee’s file.

Collaborated with internal and external vendor team to build a custom Active Directory employee data file for use internally to update employee data on the intranet portal site.

Created a custom process using VLOOKUPS in combining two data files to build a benefits summary total cost report reducing manual processing time from 3 days to 3 hours.

Using year-end data from Paychex, created Total Compensation Report for all US employees with 100% accuracy.

Developed Merit Pool Report used by Department Managers to track their $Amount pool, % and $ payouts throughout the fiscal year as raises and promotions were tracked on an anniversary basis.

IT Product Manager

Taproot Foundation / Centro de Legal, Bay Area, CA (October 2012 – March 2013)

Non-profit organization providing grants / services by matching volunteers with local non-profit organizations

Provided Product Manager expertise to non-profit agency in migrating their legacy CRM system to Salesforce CRM system

Major Achievements

Lead the initiative of documenting business requirements from business users into a product roadmap using AGILE methodology and principles.

Documented conversion strategy and plan in conjunction with lead developer to extract, transform and load customer’s data from FilemakerPro system into Salesforce CRM system.

Configured page layouts, workflow approvals and security profiles for business users.

Successfully completed the project as per timeline and exceeded customer expectations on the quality of work done by the team.

IT Project Manager

Pandora Media Inc., Oakland, CA (May 2011 – May 2012)

Leader of internet radio listening/curation services to 100M end users on mobile/PC/tablets & OEM devices

Provided business-consulting services to the HR and Payroll business teams to transition from a startup to a publicly traded company, through a high growth phase and help achieve SOX compliance

Major Achievements

Lead the effort to document existing business process flows using SaaS business process tool, Gliffy for Recruiting, HR, Benefits and Payroll processes with the customer.

Documented business requirements from HR and Payroll teams to solicit RFP responses from HR and Payroll vendors and worked with the business to identify the “must have” feature sets.

Lead the search to identify SaaS vendors in the HR and Payroll solutions space, managed vendor relationship strategically to coordinate various demos for the business teams’, conducted architecture reviews to ensure vendors’ solution met IT’s overall strategic long term needs within business’ financial budget constraints.

Lead vendor negotiations and worked with Legal Counsel to get contract terms’ and conditions finalized, leading to a savings of 20% for the overall implementation of the two solutions.

Worked with both vendors using AGILE methodology to build a successful integration between the two systems, HR and Payroll, leading to an increase in business process efficiencies by 50%.

Lead the successful implementation of 2 different product solutions, HR (SFDC platform) and Payroll in a short span of 4 months with 2 key internal business resources on each team and vendor implementation resources for each solution.

Created an overall architecture flow diagram of the different systems used internally identifying the touch points between Recruiting, HR, Payroll, Finance, Sales, and Retirement Planning systems.

IT Product Manager

Salesforce.com, San Francisco, CA (December 2010 – March 2011)

Leading provider of enterprise cloud computing applications

Lead the Proof of concept for the Jobscience Recruiting application built on Force.com platform

Team Leader / Security Lead / Sr. Systems Analyst

SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (SAIC), San Diego, CA (2005-2010)

Fortune 500 scientific, engineering, and technology applications company servicing defense industry

Project/Team Lead (2005-2010)

Managed six to eight developers, facilitated requirements gathering sessions, built and designed services with workflow processes in support of HR, Finance, and the Procurement Shared Services Center (SSC) organization

Major Achievements

Produced cost savings of $2 million annually by streamlining processes within the Shared Services Center, documenting process flows for the SSC using enterprise business process tool, ARIS and implementing ITIL framework service catalog in less than five months with a team of eight service designers.

Flawlessly led enterprise-wide application upgrade project, Cisco's IT Workplace Portals' RequestCenter 2007.3 to 2008.3 release, impacting 200+ core users; achieved on-time delivery with least disruption to users.

Built integration of five on-boarding services with external vendor, Enwisen, to submit service requests on behalf of the hiring manager automatically, leading to an increase in business process efficiencies by 50%.

Collaborated jointly with the ISP and Java design team to consume web services using SOA architecture in RequestCenter that utilized organizational approval hierarchy maintained in another external system.

Attained IT cost reductions of up to 30% by leading the India offshore program, effectively defining business processes, developing standards, and managing the offshore development team.

Successfully implemented PeopleSoft ELM 8.9 application; created business process flows for the end user community, resulted in reduction in maintenance costs and savings of $500,000 annually for the entire organization.

Defined and architected the IT strategy and 3-5 year Human Capital Management (HCM) application roadmap and led planning discussions to influence the business and development teams on future projects.

Achieved 99% SOX compliance across enterprise Human Resource Information Technology (HRIT) applications on an annual basis and ensured compliant processes were followed as per SOX controls.

Senior Consultant / Project Manager / Project and Product Lead

ORACLE CORPORATION (formerly PEOPLESOFT, INC.), Pleasanton, CA (1998-2005)

World’s leading multinational computer technology corporation providing database and ERP solutions

Senior Consultant

Drove technology solutions, systems implementations, and IT strategies for multiple global clients in the areas of PeopleSoft products and services, human capital, and talent management. Partnered with Oracle (PeopleSoft Enterprise) development, global support center, and account executive team in targeting and securing sales and consulting contracts ranging from $100,000 to $1 million. Captured technical requirements and documented solutions.

Project / Product Lead, ePerformance 8.8, Enterprise Learning Management 8.8, 8.x Recruiting Solutions, Project Manager

Major Achievements

Led successful global implementation project and deployment of a performance management tool; reduced lead time by 90% of internal performance tracking metrics for a Dutch multi-national bank, exceeding expectations.

Successfully deployed PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management at a Fortune 500 consumer goods company for their U.S. and European Learning Management Centers of Excellence.

Reduced future cost of upgrades and maintenance support by working with customer and PeopleSoft product management team to build new functionality in the next release of PeopleSoft ELM module.

Briefed C-level executives / SME's at client sites to provide ROI analysis in leveraging ELM, ePerformance, talent management, & competency management products from an employee relations'/retention perspective.

Improved senior management reporting capabilities by building a custom dashboard with metrics related to recruiting, benefits and compensation, and employee turnover analysis.

Reduced online profile development time by 50% for job applicants via deployment of resume parsing toolset.

Education and Training

Leadership and Management Program (LAMP) Graduate, 2009 University of California, San Diego - San Diego, CA

MBA (Finance), 1996 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

MIS Diploma, 1992 NIIT, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

BS (Physics), 1991 University of Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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