Project Manager

SUMMARY: Over ** years experience in industry in areas of consulting,

business analysis, application support, purchasing, sales and inventory

control along with a degree in engineering and an MBA. 12 years experience

in implementing, supporting and using the following application modules:

AP, GL, AR, PO, FA, CM, iProcurement, and iReceivables. Clear understanding

of project scope phases and AIM methodology in relation to deployment

phases of projects. Experience in 6 full cycle Oracle implementations and

upgrades. Familiar with Supply Chain Management concepts and Financial

Management Systems. Experience in a Big Accounting firm. Solid

understanding of implementation methodologies and administration,

including contracts, Statements of Work, budgets, economics, performance

management.

SKILLS: Very Strong in Oracle Financials (AP, AR, GL, FA, CM) Strong in

Oracle Purchasing, i Procurement, i Receivables, Incentive Compensation.

Working knowledge of Order Management, Inventory, and Human Resources,

iExpenses, PL/SQL, Discoverer, Visio, Clarify Crystal Reports, RUP and UML,

Test Director, Power Point.

SUMMARY OF MAJOR PROJECTS

Client Name Project Modules Dates Role

Description

Gap Inc. R12 Rollout GL, AP, PO, July 2013 Business

of Financial iExpenses to Present Solution

Applications and Architect

in new orgs iProcuremen

t

Mainstream R12 Support GL, AP, AR. July 2012 Oracle Client

Energy and FA. PO, OM, to Jan 2013 Manager

Maintenance INV

Cummins R12 GL, AP, AR. July 2011 Lead

Reimplementat FA to March Consultant/ PM

ion 2012

General R12 Proof Of AP, PO March 2010 Project Lead

Energy Concept to July

2010

NYSE R11i AP, PO, July 2010 Project

Re iExpenses, to Nov 2010 Manager

implementatio iProcuremen

n t

Sun Release Oracle June 2007 Release

Microsystems Management Financials to July Manager

2008

Cisco Systems R11i Upgrade AR July 2004 Business

to Aug 2006 Analyst/

Project Lead

Gap R11i AP, PO, GL July 2003- Consultant

Implementatio May 2004

n

Bank of R11i Upgrade AR May 2003 to Consultant

America July 2003

Pacer R11i AP, PO July 2002 Consultant

Stacktrain Implementatio to March

n 2003

Marvell R11i Upgrade GL, AP, AR. March 2002 Consultant

FA to June

2002

WORK HISTORY

June 2013 to Present

Gap Inc, Pleasanton CA

Role : Solution Architect Oracle

EBS Financial Systems ( Contract)

. Participate as advisor in architecting and design of future enterprise

solutions as they relate to financial system processing and security

. Develop and execute enterprise wide plans for projects and strategic

initiatives

. Assist with translation of functional designs into technical designs,

and conversely to translate complex information into common terms

. Identify and integrate appropriate products and processes into

business solutions

. Provide direction and support to delivery and production support teams

. Drive new architectural requirements for impacted domains in

collaboration with the domain architects

. Establish and sustain a roadmap to support a cost effective,

repeatable, and rapid deployment framework.

. Drive new projects relating to Oracle R12 Financial Applications

and engage delivery teams in timely completion of projects .

July 2012 to January 2013

Navisite( A Time Warner Cable

Company), San Jose CA

Role : Oracle Client Manager

. Responsible for day to day customer activities and account management,

ensuring high levels of application stability and client satisfaction

. Responsible for client management in the hosting environment and for

ensuring high levels of application stability and client satisfaction

. Primary point of contact for responsibility for SLA management

including response times and escalation process

. Responsible for all aspects of application management including

answering super user questions, addressing configuration issues,

system administration, managing patches, addressing any user requests,

problem management, change management.

. Developed "partner" relationships with customer contacts, users to C-

Level. interfaced with co-workers and business partners to address

customer related issues

. Utilized working knowledge of the functional business processes in

Oracle Financial systems driving the design and development of the

Oracle software packages.

. Played a key role in the planning and implementation of customer

projects related to Oracle R12 projects

June 2011 to June 2012

Infosys Limited, Fremont,

California

Role: Lead Consultant (

Consulting and System Integration Division)

. Analyzed problems faced by the customers, participated in customer

discussions, gathered further data from customers if required, assist

team members, reviewed their work and provided solutions to articulate

problem statement

. Reviewed proposals prepared by consultants, provided assistance and

guidance to deliver the proposals by analyzing the solution defined

with a view to proactively identify risks, identify scope ad estimate

for the engagement, review the solution

. Led a team of consultants in understanding as is business process,

pain areas of customer, performed high level fit-gap analysis, process

changes, benchmarking, assisted consultants in resolving complex

requirements

. Led a team of consultants in coming out with solution alternatives and

take the recommended solution alternatives to the customer, reviewed

solution options suggested by team and suggest improvements

. Guided and led the team in configuring the application in line with

the design documents, plan the activities of configuration and

development with the PM, work with product vendors to res olve product

issues

. Understood customer deployment process, reviewed / developed

deployment plan, in large projects, reviewed test plans, cases and

execution reports

. Identified change management requirements and propose a structured

approach to client for managing the change using multiple

communication mechanisms

. Performed portfolio analysis, analyzed transition needs, analyzed

transition timelines

. Worked with customers to build knowledge repository, resolved

escalated issues, performed project management activities

. Monitored progress as planned, track profitability of engagement,

planned corrective actions when necessary, drive cost optimization the

engagement visa resource mix, automation tools.

. Developed & published leading view points, thought leadership

activities, generated new leads, worked closely with CSG team to

create joint plans for penetration in specific verticals, domains .

. Anchored end-to-end consulting proposals, led proposal building

. Performed research on market movement and proposed new solutions

October 2009 to June 2011

Wipro Technologies, Mountain View,

California

Role: Senior Architect / Manager

( Enterprise Application Services)

. Responsible for effective delivery/implementation of Oracle

Financial modules of Oracle Release 12 E-Business suite (AP, AR,

GL, FA), in order to provide an integrated information system solution

including quoting, order management, billing, cash application and

revenue recognition

. Facilitated and actively participated in all phases of the

Implementation cycle, to include Requirements Gathering & Analysis,

System Design and Development, Testing, and Implementation.

. Assisted clients in mapping and streamlining/re engineering business

practices to implement various Oracle modules, which includes

integrating Oracle Applications with existing client systems, using

standardized implementation methodology including reports

specification development and deployment.

. Assisted, coached, and mentored other engagement team members on

issues they may encounter in the design and implementation of

solutions.

. Responsible for developing and adhering to engagement team project

standards to ensure the delivery of quality client deliverables.

. Interfaced with middle and senior level executives at the client site

to develop client "buy in" and support, developed business

implementation strategies and addressed specific issues arisen during

an Oracle implementation or upgrade.

. Responsible for the coordination and completion of deliverables to

include setting deadlines, assigning responsibilities and

monitoring/summarizing progress of activities.

. Participated in pre sales activities, to assist the sales team in

demonstrating Oracle R12 features

. Conducted Discovery Phase activities at client locations prior to

the scoping phase. The most recent one was with Best Buy based at

Minneapolis and another one for Gap Inc; related to a R12 rollout for

a Hong Kong operating unit.

. Participated in business development activities and work closely with

the pre sales teams to win business for prospective customers

June 2008 to July 2009

CSC ( Computer Science

Corporation), Santa Clara, CA

Role: Release Manager (Oracle

Applications) for Sun Micro Systems

. Provided regular tracking status updates on project

milestones and deliverables

. Managed the stakeholder and project expectations

. Worked with global and cross functional teams and managed a

team of 15 people.

. Interacted with business users to understand all new

content that is being released.

. Coordinated with multiple teams during weekly, emergency,

and major functional release cycles.

. Responsible for Emergency Bug Fix planning, resource

assignment, coordination.

. Presented technical and functional dependencies/risks of

all release requests.

. Created and managed Release Execution Plans for weekly and

monthly releases

. Managed release execution activities using the on- shore and offshore

model and performed RCA analysis on completion of each release.

. Facilitate communication among technical, non technical and

executive staff members.

. Hired and managed team for Release execution activities.

July 2007 to June 2008

Independent Consultant

Role: Project Lead, Agresso

Corporation, Sacramento, CA

. Enhanced Agresso's image in technical and functional areas,

. Supported improvements in the Agresso implementation methodologies,

collateral and practices by recommending changes to business process

templates, systems configuration guides and implementation procedures.

. Developed strong competencies in the use of technology to improve

personal and team productivity.

. Performed work within time and cost targets.

. Managed engagements or projects with strict cost control and deliver

designated engagement profitability targets.

. Supported proposal efforts in preparing SOW's and Cost Estimates.

Client: Delta Dental of

California, San Francisco, CA

Role: Test Lead for Oracle

Applications

. Participated in development of Project Strategic Test Plan

. Created Test Schedules for Testing Events

. Assisted in setting up infrastructure to support to all aspects of

performance testing

. Updated management on risk mitigation to project resulting from

testing delays.

Client: Google Inc, Mountain View, CA

Role: Sr Business Analyst (Oracle Financials)

. Created BRD's to capture enhancement requests from business

( Procure to Pay )

. Assisted in planning activities relating to Oracle Release

12 upgrade activities.

. Prepared training materials for Oracle Release 12.

September 2006 to June 2007

KPMG, Mountain View, CA

Role: Senior Consultant, Advisory

. Managed internal audits and process reviews for major clients in the

following areas: sales, data integrity, product development, risk

management, facilities management, system implementation, distribution,

expenditures, fixed assets, and accounting (including A/P, A/R, and GL)

relating to Oracle Applications.

. Assisted clients in meeting its SOX obligations, which included

documentation of current application and IT General Controls,

identifying gaps in their control framework, and providing guidance

for remediation actions.

. Led engagements in the assessment of the design and effectiveness

of key controls for multiple external audit clients.

. Performed quality review of process documentation, risk and control

identification, and evaluation of control design.

. Supported Practice Development activities in the Business System Services

group relating to Oracle

related projects.

. Assisted Directors and Partners at KPMG, in creating the SOW, Project

Charter.

. Managed projects within budgets and ahead of schedule as per the KPMG

project management methodology.

July 2004 to August

2006

Cisco Systems, San Jose CA (Consultant)

Role: Business Analyst/ Project Lead (Oracle 11i

Upgrade Project)

. Created, modified and updated Detailed Solution Design documents for

Quote to Cash functions to include Cash Application and Revenue

Recognition.

. Reviewed Functional Specifications and Technical Design Documents.

. Assisted in creation of test plans and testing scenarios for

Enterprise Testing relating to upgraded version ( 11.5.9)

. Identified and mitigated risks associated with deliverables.

. Managed and escalated project issues within Cisco management as

appropriate.

. Supported IT & Business partners with change request impact analysis.

. Participated in meetings with cross-functional teams and Subject

Matter Experts.

. Provided solutions to issues relating to clarifications required by

the development team and ensured that changes were incorporated and

documented in a timely manner.

. Presented change requests to change control board for approval and

ensured that changes were incorporated as per corporate methodology.

. Analyzed and evaluated current business methods and procedures for

improvements.

. Provided cost/ benefit analysis for new proposed modifications,

methods and procedures.

. Supported Oracle Applications (AR Finance) and analyzed enhancement

requests for Future Point Releases.

July 2003 to May 2004

Gap Inc, San Bruno, CA (Consultant)

Role: Project Lead / Consultant

. Responsible for performing System Integration Testing (SIT) for

Accounts Payable, Purchasing, iProcurement, and iSupplier modules

(11.5.9 version).

. Worked closely with technical staff in the design and development

stages and with business unit partners in gathering requirements, QA,

and deployment phases of projects.

. Modified/ Updated existing business procedures relating to AP, PO and

GL, modules.

. Participated in status meetings to update senior management on current

issues having an impact on timely completion of project.

. Developed use cases (using UML) and leveraged the use cases in the

development of test scenarios and training materials.

. Coordinated with programmers, DBA's and developers to resolve critical

issues.

. Assisted in creating user-training manuals for the user community.

. Reconfigured existing set ups as and when required for AP, PO, GL, CM

and FA modules.

May 2003 to July 2003

Bank of America, Concord, CA (Consultant)

Role: Project Lead/

Consultant

. Responsible for testing of the upgraded version (11i) from character

mode 10.7.

. Performed system integration testing (SIT) of the Account Analysis

Receivables module in coordination with outside consultants.

. Trained users on the newly installed system on how to process

transactions run reports and perform the month end close process.

. Assisted in preparation of the User Training Manual.

. Responsible for identification of project coordination problems,

suggested solutions and escalated issues to senior management where

appropriate.

. Ensured that project methodology and deliverables aligned with

corporate standards.

July 2001 to March 2003 Senior Project Lead Alphasoft Svs

Corporation, Walnut Creek, CA

Client: Alphasoft Services Corp, Walnut Creek,

CA

Role: Senior Functional Consultant

Period: July 2001 to Feb 2002

Client: Marvell Inc, Fremont, CA

Role: Senior Functional Consultant

Period: March 2002 to June 2002

Client: Pacer Stacktrain, Concord, CA

Role: Senior Functional Consultant, CA

Period: July 2002 to March 2003

. Responsible for managing delivery of Oracle Application engagements on

time, within budget, and a high level of customer service and

satisfaction.

. Implemented AP and PO modules (Version 11.5.7) for a company with

multiorg set up.

. Worked as a Project Lead in the implementation of a new 11.5.5 package

at AlphaSoft Corporation responsible for the implementation of all

financial modules as per the Oracle AIM Methodology.

. Hands on experience in setting up AP, AR, GL, FA, CM, PO,

iProcurement, Incentive Compensation modules starting from business

requirements definition to production stage including gap analysis,

preparing set up documentation, writing test scripts for CRP and UAT

sessions and assisted in creating user-training manuals. The whole

process involved extensive workshop sessions and meetings with senior

management in the Finance group and end users.

. Provided post implementation support and training to end users on all

financial modules and also assisted application developers and

programmers in the design and testing of the Cash Management BAI2

interface and Lockbox Interface.

. Participated in steering committee meetings to update senior

management on deliverables that required attention in making decisions

relating to the completion of the project on time.

. Trained users on running reports on GLDI, Discoverer.

. Supported Practice Development activities including Oracle 11i upgrade

programs.

July, 2000 to June 2001 Principal Consultant Zoreal Inc, Fremont,

CA

Provided consulting services to American Tower, Critical Path,

Verisign and Appshop.

Client: American Tower Corporation, Boston, MA

Role: Oracle Applications Consultant

Period: April 2001, to June 2001

. Responsible for managing and supporting an Oracle Financials Release

11i (GL, AP, PO, AR) implementation with multiple locations.

Documented and maintained setups on AP, PO, GL, AR modules.

Coordinated with the implementation team and users on issues relating

to data conversion and migration from the existing legacy system.

. Responsible for setting up Multiple Organizations within the company

with multiple locations. Created all set up documentation as per the

Oracle AIM Methodology, wrote test scripts for CRP and UAT sessions

for GL, AP, PO, AR modules.

. Participated in meetings with Oracle Consulting Team to discuss user

requirements, performed gap analysis and documented meeting notes,

maintained a high level issue log for operating committee meetings and

maintained a progress report of all critical activities that affected

deliverables for the timely completion of the project.

. Managed and actively participated in the troubleshooting phase once

the Applications went "live".

. Coordinated meetings and led efforts in outlining and documenting

future business processes in GL, AP, AR, PO modules.

. Conducted End User Training on Financial modules and worked with

application developers in customizing reports.

. Suggested improvements in current procedures and processes in order to

improve productivity in the existing set up of multiple locations.

Client: Critical Path, San Francisco, CA

Role: Consultant

Period: February 2001 to April 2001

. Worked with users, application developers on resolving issues related

to GL, AP, AR, PO, FA, and CM Modules.

. Provided training and support on application issues relating to all

modules.

. Assigned tasks to technical team, managed timelines tested modified

setups on Oracle Financial applications before being moved to the

production instance.

. Coordinated the client's business capabilities, functions, and

features with configuration and customization of Oracle Modules to

support various business processes.

. Worked with outside Consultants in coordination with users in setting

up Multiple Organizations and Multiple Reporting Currencies.

. Documented procedures for running Consolidation between multiple

locations for reporting financial data in a Corporate Set of Books

with an ability to view transactions in other functional currencies

from different locations.

. Trained users on how to record financial data in multiple sets of

books and run FSG reports for different set of books.

Client: Verisign, Mountain View, CA

Role: ERP Business Analyst

Period: December 2000 to February 2001

. Provided application consulting and coordinated application training

for Oracle Financial users.

. Collected query and reporting requirements from the end user community

in support of Oracle programmers.

. Supported changes to financial systems, which included set-up, testing

and end user support as required in support of Financial Systems.

. Supported the mapping, and conversion of data from non-Oracle systems

into the Oracle Financial environment. Supported the integration of

non-Oracle applications with the Oracle application environment.

. Analyzed current procedures and processes to suggest improvements and

implemented changes to improve the productivity of Oracle Financial

users.

Client: Oracle Corporation. Redwood Shores, CA

Role: Training in 11i modules (AP, AR, GL, PO)

Period: November 2000 to November 2000

Client: Appshop, Fremont, CA

Role: Application Consultant

Period: July 2000 to October 2000

. Provided user support for client customers. Investigated and resolved

user problems in the area of Oracle Financials.

. Maintained communications between users and support staff to reach

satisfactory resolution of problems.

. Responsible for implementation of GL, AP and AR modules and took

ownership on all related functional issues starting from the planning

stage to the go-live stage.

. Coordinated with DBA's and Application Developers to ensure that all

target completion dates were met as per the planned schedule. Ensured

that all latest patches were applied in a timely manner, both on the

test instances and production instances.

. Provided support in the implementation of Financial Modules (GL, AP,

and AR) and trained users in running the monthly operational steps.

Modified set ups as and when required depending on user needs.

. Interacted with other functional and technical departments to ensure

that all business and financial system requirements were satisfied

before the implementation process. Ensured that all the processes

were properly documented for any customizations that may have been

required after implementation of the modules.

February 2000 to July 2000 Oracle Application Support Analyst,

AllAdvantage.com, Hayward, CA

. Responsible for managing Oracle Financials (GL, AP, AR), Purchasing,

Fixed Assets, troubleshooting system, user support and report writing.

. Created and documented set-ups for GL, AP, AR, FA and PO modules.

. Participated in meetings to update progress of project and recommended

changes to senior management on business processes.

. Ensured that users achieved maximum productivity in the use of the

system; determining root cause of issues and applying corrective

action.

. Worked/ communicated with various internal and external teams to

resolve user issues.

. Managed and controlled security, responsibilities for users, set up of

new users and user profile.

. Created and administered concurrent managers and concurrent

processing.

. Coordinated with Oracle Technical Support on matters relating to TAR's

and worked with DBA's on application of patches.

. Worked with outside consultants and application developers on

customization and modifications to the existing system.

. Assisted in the Implementation of International Accounting set up for

23 different countries, classifying them as Tier 1 and Tier 2

countries. The process involved defining Primary and Secondary SOB's,

conversion options, assigning Reporting SOB's to Primary SOB's,

creating responsibilities for modules, system profile set up.

Completed set-ups in the Primary SOB's for each defined country in the

GL, AP and AR modules.

. Created appropriate FSG reports and trained users in running the

monthly operational steps in all the three modules (AP, AR and GL).

April 1999 to December 1999 Senior Buyer, Fine

Pitch Technology, San Jose, CA

. Responsible for execution of purchase orders and on time delivery of

pilot-build projects.

. Implemented modifications and customization to the existing purchasing

module.

. Generated requirement reports for items with major shortages and

expedited delivery in order to meet customer deadlines

June 1998 to March 1999 Senior Buyer, Scientific

Technologies Inc., Fremont CA

. Conducted supplier capability analysis, created vendor performance

reports.

. Responsible for development of alternate sources of supply for

electronic parts.

. Responsible for procurement of electronic components as per the MRP

report.

June 1995 to April 1998 Buyer, Elma Electronics,

Fremont, CA

. Supervised purchasing of engineering items, negotiated component cost

with vendors.

. Responsible for scheduling of vendors as per the reorder report

generated by MRP.

. Responsible for selection and scoring of vendors

April 1992 to April 1995 Store Sales Manager, Tandy

Corporation, San Ramon, CA

. Supervised and trained employees in order to maximize sales and

profits.

. Increased sales by 15% over a period of 6 months.

. Managed a staff of four people.

. Optimized staffing schedules for increased productivity.

. Improved customer satisfaction by strengthening after sales support.

January 1988 to March 1992 Oracle Business

Analyst, HR International, London, UK

. Implemented a Financial Management System for a company that handled

bank transactions, invoices for purchase of material and services,

billing of customers and dealers, value added tax, product costing,

fixed assets accounting and depreciation adjustments.

. Assisted in the installation of an inventory control distribution

processing system in 13 field distribution centers substantially

reducing phone costs.

. Implemented an Operations Reporting System (ORS) for reviewing

financial performance of a particular business line for different

regions.

. Provided support on various projects to users during implementation

and future enhancement and customization of reports.

. Worked on various customization projects to meet user requirements not

supported by Standard application packages.

EDUCATION:

MBA (Finance) University of North London, London, England

BS (Mechanical Engineering), India

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