Thomas A Makara, PMP

***** ********* **. *******, **

c-703-***-****

acuub4@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tommakara

Summary

Senior management professional with demonstrated expertise in information technology, project management (PMP), business operations management, systems integration, security administration and production support. Excellent people management skills.

Project Management (PMP)

Business Process Management

Leadership and Mentoring

Staff Development

HP Quality Center

SDLC

SOX (Sarbanes Oxley)

SAP ECC 6.0

Export Compliance

Telecommunications

Experience

Verizon, 9/2006 - 3/2015

Senior Project Manager

Served as a Project Manager for multiple global SAP implementations with a focus on requirements, testing, training and implementation. Responsible for SAP Sales and Distribution and Time Entry modules. Test manager for a corporate Hyperion Planning initiative. Also served as supply chain project leader for corporate marketing’s CPE Rapid Delivery initiatives.

Partnered with multiple IT teams to successfully consolidate 14 ordering systems for 85 countries into a single SAP process

Managed the functional aspects developing a SAP solution for detailed tax information necessary to support the use of a single procurement company

Defined and implemented the security structure and roles SAP Sales and Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM) and Warehouse Management (WM)

Established and managed a HP ALM Quality Center testing environment for a FP&A project, which supported 4,000+ test cases and the associated reporting.

Managed the business continuity planning (Disaster Recovery) for supply chain systems

SharePoint administrator for the Hyperion Planning project

MCI/Verizon, 2/1995 - 9/2006

Senior Manager

Senior Manager Financial Systems Development and Operational support. Managed a diverse group of employees and contractors who were responsible for project management and production support for all aspects of bill receipt, audit, reporting and payment applications.

Managed 55+ employees and contractors

Led the MCI/WorldCom Telco Systems integration effort. Consolidated 40 applications to 34, decommissioning 10 and creating 4 new replacement applications

Managed MCI’s payphone compensation processes

Sponsored effort for vendor selection of Telco Analysis tool

MCI Order and Billing Forum (OBF) industry representative

Co-Chairman of the OBF CABS to EDI standards effort

MCI, 5/1983 - 2/1995

Manager/Supervisor/Senior Staff/Staff

Held multiple staff and management positions, including; billing and revenue systems project management roles. Served as supervisor for Billing, Credit & Collections and Accounts Receivables operational support as well as the integration lead for the Satellite Business Systems (SBS) Credit and Collections integration effort.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Secondary Education, Edinboro University - Edinboro, PA

Accounting, Northern Virginia Community College - Sterling, VA

Computer Science, University of Maryland - College Park, MD

Professional Development, Training and Skills

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

SAP ECC 6.0

Hyperion Planning V.11.1.2.3

Microsoft: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, SharePoint, Project

Contact this candidate