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Senior Peoplesoft Consultant

Location:
United States
Posted:
October 22, 2009

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Ganesh Krishnamurthy

Summary: &Pro

* Extensive experience in leading, managing, architecting, designing, developing, application Systems integrating experience with PeopleSoft within the EPM, HRMS, Financials, HR, Benefits, ECommerce Solutions, CRM and Peoplesoft and Third Party Integration

* Designed, Developed Singled Sign on between HR and FIN apps

* Architected, Designed and Developed Forgotten Password Functionality by providing link on the PeopleSoft Sign on Page.

* Set up Integration Broker services(such as gateways, nodes, services and service Operations etc) for automatic updates between HR and FIN applications

* Setting up of IHS (IBM HTTP Server) as Proxy server to access PeopleSoft

* Installed and configured Peoplesoft UPK(User Productivity Kit) for Online Help functionality and published the UPK help as Help in the Production Environment instead of traditional people books

* Experience includes Implementing and integrating client server applications, ERP applications and eCommerce applications using structured methodologies such as SDLC and/or Prototyping, including leading teams of developers, consultants, systems engineers, project leaders and Functional leaders

* Setup the portal registry with folders and content references for Portal

* Configured and Setup Integration between FIN and HCM to auto update FIN Expenses table with HCM tables

* Setup Integration between Portal and Peoplesoft HCM, Financials and CRM

* Setup and Configured Integration Broker and trusted nodes for Peoplesoft single sign on

* Setup Peoplesoft Single SignOn between Portal and other Peoplesoft Applications

* Experience also includes Pre-sales support, preparing Sow, responding to RFP’s, Application Software Development viz. systems analysis, systems and programming design, Database Design/Data Modeling using ERWIN, programming, testing, user training and customer support

* Installed various Environments for the CRM implementation viz, Web Servers, App Servers, Prcs servers, Performance Monitor(s).

* Designed, Configured and Setup the LDAP to Corp’s domain for authentication services

* Conceptualized, Analyzed designed and developed the architecture for providing data in Peoplesoft CRM from legacy systems.

* Designed and Developed Various customizations based on Integration Broker Class and SOAP and XML Doc

* Configured and Setup Integration Broker for retrieving real time data from the legacy/source systems

* Designed, Configured and Setup the LDAP to Corp’s domain for authentication services

* Configured and Setup Integration Broker for retrieving real time data from the legacy/source systems

Education: &Education

Masters in Management Webster University, US

Masters in MIS Webster University, US

Bachelors in Public Admin and Political Science Osmania University, India

Skills:

ERP: PeopleSoft 6.0 – 8.9, Peopletools 8.47x, 8.x and 7.5, Object Based Peoplecode, Peoplecode ,SQL/SQR for PeopleSoft, Crystal Reports for PeopleSoft, Process Scheduler, PeopleSoft HRMS, PeopleSoft Portals, Application Engine, Application Messaging, HTML ACCESS, WebClient, iClient

Ecommerce: PeopleSoft eProcurement, Strategic Sourcing, PeopleSoft eStore and Commerce One

EPM: Informatica ETL tool, PeopleSoft’s Enterprise warehouse, Information Advantage, Decision Master and PeopleSoft workbenches

CRM: Peoplesoft CRM 8.9, Siebel 7.0 (Working Knowledge)

PORTAL: Peoplesoft Enterprise Portal 8.9, 9.0

Integration:

Technologies: Integration Broker, App Messaging, Component Interface, Business Interlinks, JMAC, WebMethods

Languages: Visual Basic 6.0, PowerBuilder 6.0, C, COBOL, ASP, VBScript, HTML, SQL

Operating Systems: Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 2000, UNIX (Sun Solaris, HP AIX)

Database: Oracle (10g, 9i, 8i, 8, 7), SQL Server, Access, Dbase IV, SQL Anywhere

Tools: Actuate 5.0, e. Reporting Designer, Actuate Administer Desktop, SQL*PLUS, Crystal Reports, Crystal Info, SQA TeamTest, ERWIN, PowerDesigner, MS Project, Microsoft FrontPage Explorer, Netscape Composer, DSS AGENT, Cognos Powerplay and Impromptu

Experience:

Caretech Solutions Inc 09/2008 – 09/2009

Senior Consultant / Peoplesoft Technical Lead

Peoplesoft Project Costing, HR, T&L 9.0 Implementation

Involved in the implementation of PeopleSoft HR, T&L, Project Costing 9.0, and Peopletools 8.49.15 and MS SQL Server 2005 from start to finish.Role includes but not limited to

Responsibilities:

* Preparing and managing Technical Project Plan,

* Architected , Designed and Developed infrastructure Solution strategy, Capacity Planning, Instance strategy, Migration Strategy

* Co-ordinated and designed Security architecture for the implementation such as row level security, Primary/Secondary approver security etc.

* Setting up of Various Environments including the installing DEMO and SYS databases, cloning SYS databases to DEV,TST, STG, CFG and PRD databases, Periodic Database Refreshes and Post refresh revving up script development etc.

* Installed/Setup Tools 8.49.11 and Apps 9.0 MP1 for both HR and FIN

* Upgraded tools to version 8.49.15 from 8.49.11 and applied Application specific maintenance Packs – HR (MP2 –MP4) and FIN (MP2 – MP6)

* Co-ordinated with Business Process owners regarding the solution strategy, Cut-over strategy, Training Strategy

* Applied maintenance packs up to MP4 for HCM and up to MP6 for FSCM

* Troubleshooting issues from both development perspective and the PIA infrastructure, Database Refreshes,

* Production Support through Remedy

* Developed the code for customization including App Engines, peoplecode, Application Packages etc

* Set up Integration Broker services(such as gateways, nodes, services and service Operations etc) for automatic updates between HR and FIN applications

* Setting up of IHS (IBM HTTP Server) as Proxy server to access PeopleSoft

* Installed and configured Peoplesoft UPK(User Productivity Kit) for Online Help functionality and published the UPK help as Help in the Production Environment instead of traditional peoplebooks

* Participated in design and development of UPK documents and published it to UPK server

* Implementing SSL at the Proxy Server Level

* Setting up Integration Services and Monitoring

* Designed, Developed Singled Sign on between HR and FIN apps

* Architected, Designed and Developed Forgotten Password Functionality by providing link on the PeopleSoft Sign on Page.

* Implemented load balancer for the web servers in Production environment using MS NLB

* Developed code for new requirements as well as Customization needs.

Environment: Peopletools 8.49.15, HR/T&L/PC 9.0, MS SQL Server

XL Capital (IBM) 10/2007 – 09/2008

Peoplesoft Tech Lead and Infrastructure Specialist

Peoplesoft FIN, SCM, ESA 8.9, Portal 9.0 Implementation/Upgrade

Involved in the development of Architecting Solution strategy, Capacity Planning, Instance strategy, Migration Strategy, Co-ordinating with Business Process owners regarding the solution strategy, Applying maintenance packs up to MP9, Troubleshooting issues from both development perspective and the PIA infrastructure, Database Refreshes etc..

Responsibilities:

* Install Infrastructure components for Portal, and FIN Instances

* Setup the portal registry with folders and content references for Portal

* Configured and Setup Integration between FIN and HCM to auto update FIN Expenses table with HCM tables

* Setup Integration between Portal and Peoplesoft HCM, Financials and CRM

* Setup and Configured Integration Broker and trusted nodes for Peoplesoft single sign on

* Setup Peoplesoft Single Signon between Portal and other Peoplesoft Applications

* Configured and Installed Secured Certificates for Secured Connection(SSL)

* Merge the Content References between Portal and other Peoplesoft Applications

* Developed Various kinds of Pagelets to meet different needs of the business

* Setting up of Peoplesoft LDAP for the User Authentication

* Used Quest STAT for migration of Peoplesoft objects and for Version Controlling

* Developed Home Page tabs based on the Users Security Privileges

* Design, Develop and implement Navigation Collections

* Cloned and Developed various Branding themes and Stylesheets based on the requirements

* Developed couple of iScript functions to meet the requirements such as displaying the User that has logged in on the top of home page tab

* Designed and configured the clients News publications using Pagelets functionality of portal

* Created couple of sites with in Peoplesoft Enterprise Portal for a demo to the client as proof of concept.

* Configured and setup Verity Search for quick search functionality.

* Utilized various Templates that were delivered for various needs.

* Designed and developed a Discussion group for a demo to the client as how it can be used for a project for internal communication including the calendar controls etc

Michelin North America (IBM) 01/2007 – 10/2007

Peoplesoft Tech Lead and Upgrade Specialist

Peoplesoft HRMS/Payroll 8.3 to 8.9 Upgrade,

Lead the team in Upgrading Michelin HR and Payroll system. Michelin is using Peoplesoft as their HR and Payroll System. The current production of Michelin's HR and Payroll application is on Version 8.3 and Peopletools version 8.18. We are upgrading this to Peoplesoft Application version 8.9 and Peopletools version 8.47.12. We are currently on Maintenance Pack 6 in couple of the Upgraded Peoplesoft Development Instances. The RDBMS used is Oracle.

Responsibilities:

* Upgrade Planning. Performed required Tax Updates

* Creating and Maintaining PS_HOME for all the Peoplesoft Instances in Development

* Troubleshooting any issues pre/during/post upgrade

* Creating/Maintaining the Change Assistant

* Creating and Maintaining Environment Management HUB

* Creating/Maintaining Application Servers/Process Scheduler Servers/Web Servers in Development Instance

* Migrate Various Peoplesoft Objects between Various instances

* Client Facing. (Co-ordinating with Client on various issues, tasks etc)

* Coordinated between Peoplesoft Global Support Center and Michelin on Various cases open and their successful resolution

List of Achievements:

* Completed Initial Upgrade and Move to Production 1

* Applied Tax Updates up to 07A on all Instances

* Applied the latest Tax Update 07B on two Peoplesoft Demo instances. (Currently working on applying this on other instances)

* Created Environment Management HUB for smooth Passage of Various Upgrades

* Added Various Instances as Agents to send information to EM HUB

* Created Various Application/Process Scheduler/Web Servers on All Peoplesoft Instances

* Troubleshooted issues to its Logical resolutions

* Interacted with the Client on Compare Reports. Made the Client Aware of the Importance of Compare Reports and their participation in deciding as to what they wanted in respect to keeping their Customized Objects to Peoplesoft Delivered one.

* Created a Spreadsheet with all the Environment Info (such as port numbers, ID and PSWD, Location of PS_HOME, Report Repositories etc) which was non existent when i started working on this project.

* Troubleshooted the issue that the client was facing with respect to PSDAEMON. The Client uses PSDAEMON for posting reports that were run outside of Peoplesoft Process Scheduler (For example: from Command Line in UNIX)

* Spent numerous hours with the Clients Network/Firewall teams in troubleshooting the Uploading Peoplesoft Environments to Peoplesoft Gateway.

* In the process of working on a process to convert All Peoplesoft Web Servers (Currently on WebLogic) to IBM's Websphere. It is expected to be ready by MTP3 rolls around

* Synchronized various Port Numbers for each PeopleSoft Instance (Previously there was no set order that was followed by the Client. For example, if WSL and JSL port were 7040 and 9040, the Webserver had 8070 for http and 8170 for https). After the synchronization, the same instance would have this, 7060, 9060, 8060 and 8065 respectively.

Keane Inc, US 08/2006 - 01/2007

Peoplesoft Tech Lead

Responsibilities:

* Installed various Environments for the CRM implementation viz, Web Servers, App Servers, Prcs servers, Performance Monitor(s).

* Designed, Configured and Setup the LDAP to Corp’s domain for authentication services

* Conceptualized, Analyzed designed and developed the architecture for providing data in PeopleSoft CRM from legacy systems.

* Configured and Setup Integration Broker for retrieving real time data from the legacy/source systems

* Conceptualized, Architected, Designed and Developed various real time Application Messages dynamically and through extensive usage of Application Packages.

* Created New Toolbar Class and its associated methods and properties to suit the business requirements

* Implemented CRM in a Financial Vertical. Support module for implemented in a call center env in phase I. Sales and Campaign management is scheduled for phase II.

* Conceptualized, designed and developed a batch program to load data into Peoplesoft from legacy system on a nightly basis. The data load follows the BORM and CDM models for Customers(person) and financial accounts(BO)

* Created couple of Configurable search setup for ease of use by end users.

* Configured couple delivered BO searches to suite business needs.

* Conceptualized and designed with input from Business Unit the Branch Scripts.

* Customized and Implemented the PAF (Prescriptive Analytics Framework) to suit the business requirements.

* Designed and developed various PeopleSoft objects.

* Generated and analyzed compare reports

* Used Peoplesoft Change Assistant to migrate objects from one Env to the other.

* Created various Application packages for re-usability of process logic functionality

* Created various new Components, Pages, Records and other objects as per the business requirements.

* Customized various objects to suit the business requirement.

* Created numerous Application Engine Programs for various batch process functionality

Flagstar Bank, US 05/2005 - 08/2006

Peoplesoft Subject Matter Expert

Responsibilities:

PeopleSoft CRM 8.9, Peoplesoft Portal 8.9 People Tools 8.46.09

Responsibilities:

* Installed various Environments for the CRM implementation viz, Web Servers, App Servers, Prcs servers, Performance Monitor(s).

* Installed, Configured and Setup the demo Portal environment

* Designed and Developed Multiple Sites to suite the business needs

* Designed and Developed Multiple Pagelets based on Business requirements

* Conceptualized, Analyzed designed and developed the architecture for providing data in PeopleSoft CRM from legacy systems.

* Designed and Developed Navigation Collections, iScript functionality

* Designed pagelets that displays third party websites and the data

* Designed, Configured and Setup the LDAP to Corp’s domain for authentication services

* Configured and Setup Integration Broker for retrieving real time data from the legacy/source systems

* Conceptualized, Architected, Designed and Developed various real time Application Messages dynamically and through extensive usage of Application Packages.

* Created New Toolbar Class and its associated methods and properties to suit the business requirements

* Implemented CRM support for a Major Hotel Chain Support module for implemented in a call center env in phase I. Sales and Campaign management is scheduled for phase II.

* Conceptualized, designed and developed a batch program to load data into Peoplesoft from legacy system on a nightly basis. The data load follows the BORM and CDM models for Customers(person) and financial accounts(BO)

* Created couple of Configurable search setup for ease of use by end users.

* Configured couple delivered BO searches to suite business needs.

* Conceptualized and designed with input from Business Unit the Branch Scripts.

* Customized and Implemented the PAF (Prescriptive Analytics Framework) to suit the business requirements.

* Designed and developed various PeopleSoft objects.

* Generated and analyzed compare reports. Used Peoplesoft Change Assistant to migrate objects from one Env to the other.

* Created various Application packages for re-usability of process logic functionality

* Created various new Components, Pages, Records and other objects as per the business requirements.

* Customized various objects to suit the business requirement.

* Created numerous Application Engine Programs for various batch process functionality

Arrow Strategies Inc, US 07/2004 - 01/2005

PeopleSoft Consultant

PeopleSoft Financials 8.4 SP1 FixPack2 (PR, AP, PO, GL, IN, KK, Restricted Checks and Deposits), People Tools 8.43.10

PeopleSoft Financials 8.4 SP1 FixPack2 (PR, AP, PO, GL, IN, KK, Restricted Checks and Deposits), PeopleTools 8.43.10

Responsibilities:

* Developed and tested numerous PeopleSoft queries and reports that were challenging in nature, including detailed design specifications.

* Developed and Created SQR reports, Crystal reports for purchasing module.

* Modified SQR reports, pages, records and views for all the System testing report generated by System Testing and migrated to FIN84QAA, FIN84CNV, FIN84TST, FIN84TRN and FIN84PRD instances.

* Worked on customizations and enhancements in eProcurement.

* Troubleshoot extensively with debug tools like People Code Debugger, People Code trace and SQR logs to analyze the business logic for trapping errors in unit testing, system testing and UAT testing.

* Reviewed and tested online customizations, security, people code, SQR reports for incorporating new changes.

* Creating queries, reports as per business requirements, monitoring batch jobs to make sure the jobs are running properly and performing the job.

* Working on user enhancements for Annual Ordering processes for textbook ordering for the new fiscal year, creating purchase order, dispatching them to the direct connect vendor within one day.

Independent Consulting, US 09/2002 - 06/2004

PeopleSoft Consultant

Responsibilities:

* PeopleSoft Benefits Renewal System (PS benefits and Ben Admin)

* Responsible for Integration between PS HRMS and LDAP/Lotus Notes Using WebMethods EAI and PeopleSoft Component Interface, XML, Application Messaging

* Acted as Tech Lead, Developer, Consultant, Technical Team Member, and DBA.

* Performed implementations and upgrades both prior to release 8.0 and from 7.x to 8.x.

* Designed and developed various PeopleSoft objects.

* Generated and analyzed compare reports. Performed upgrade process evaluation.

* Discussing the impact of applying changes based on compare reports with end users and functional people.

* Prepared upgrade project plan.

* Helped functional and end user people in the Fit-Gap analysis.

* Assisted the Project Manager/Lead in managing the project and expectations.

* Troubleshot problems, performed database tuning, backup and recovery, and FTPed database(s) to the client sites.

* Mitigated certain risks to assist the Project Manager/Lead.

* Developed and ran various batch processes and reports

* Modules: Base HR, Payroll, Payroll Interface, Base Benefits, Benefit Administration, Time and Labor, eModules, Self Service

Independent Consultant, US 04/2001 - 09/2002

PeopleSoft Consultant

Responsibilities:

* PeopleSoft Financials Upgrade 7.53 – 8.4

* PeopleSoft HRMS (HR, Payroll, Time & Labor) Implementation

* PeopleSoft HRMS (HR, Benefits, Ben Admin) Upgrade 7.0 – 8.3

* PeopleSoft EPM Implementation with Workforce Analytics

* PeopleSoft eRecruit and eBenefits Implementation

* PeopleSoft Integration with third party tools using PeopleSoft Component Interface, Application Messaging, XML, ASP, Business Interlinks and Message catalog

Peoplesoft Inc, US 04/1999 - 04/2001

Senior PeopleSoft Consultant

Responsibilities:

* Various PeopleSoft Financials, Distribution and Manufacturing Upgrade 7 – 7.53

* PeopleSoft HRMS (HR, Payroll, Payroll Interface, Time & Labor) Implementation

* PeopleSoft HRMS (HR, Benefits, Ben Admin, eRecruit, eBenefits, Time & Labor) Upgrade 6.0 – 7.5

* PeopleSoft EPM – Enterprise warehouse, Cognos, Informatica

* PeopleSoft eProcurement and eStore Implementations using ASP and Java Script

* PeopleSoft Purchasing and eProcurement Integration using JMAC tool

Technology Partners, US 11/1994 - 04/1999

Senior PeopleSoft Consultant

Responsibilities:

* Various PSFT Financials and HRMS implementations and Upgrades from both 6.x to 7.x

* PeopleSoft HRMS (Global HR and Payroll, Base Benefits, Ben Admin) Upgrade 6.0 – 7.x

* Revenue Management Systems

* Smartdata for Windows (a warehousing application) using PowerBuilder and Oracle

Offshore Digital Services/Sonata, India 04/1993 - 11/1994

Senior Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

* Debtors Accounting System

* Payroll Accounting System using Oracle, Oracle HLI(Pro*Cobol)

* Shares Accounting System using Oracle Forms, Menus and Reports.

* Computerized Financial Accounting Systems

* Imparted Various Training Programs

BBCIT, India 12/1990 - 04/1993

Technical Director

Responsibilities:

* Handled all aspects of computer based training and administration

Krishnamurthy,Ganesh Senior PeopleSoft Consultant

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