Project Manager Management

CHRIS PEROZEK

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Versatile HR Systems Professional with experience in IT and HR. Successful as a Project Manager and as a Business

Relationship Manager for multiple business areas. Experienced Team Manager, staff has included IT personnel,

HRIS personnel and both onshore and offshore consultants. History of building successful working relationships with

senior level management. Proven ability to use business acumen & technical background throughout the project

management process to ensure project success.

EXPERIENCE

CAREER EDUCATION CORPORATION, Hoffman Estates, IL 2006 –2011

Lead HRIS Business Analyst / Project Manager (2009 –2011)

Transferred to HR to assume leadership role within the HRIS team, focusing on project management and providing

analysis for core HR and custom functions in PeopleSoft.

• Streamlined processes, eliminated thousands of data entry transactions for HR, reduced paperwork, and

empowered managers across the company by leading team of 6 to implement 2 nd phase of PeopleSoft HCM

(version 9.0) Manager Self Service.

• Increased the effectiveness and usability of location codes within PeopleSoft by leading project to convert to a

new location code format across PeopleSoft and external systems.

• Responsible for all aspects of custom company Policy Notification and Tracking System in PeopleSoft.

Partnered with business managers to design, setup, and test customized policies.

• Primary support for emergency notification and business continuity vendors.

Project Manager (March 2009 – October 2009)

Chosen by senior IT management to be loaned to HR on special assignment. Worked directly with the SVP of HR to

successfully manage critical HR transformation project.

• Enabled staff reduction and annual savings of $1.4 million by leading implementation of PeopleSoft HCM

Manager Self Service, establishing an HR Call Center, and improving the usability of the HR Portal.

• Partnered with IT to select and implement case management and telephony systems for HR Call Center.

• Participated in business process improvement exercise utilizing input from a selection of HR Business Partners.

• Completed three pronged change management plan to address HR personnel, company managers and all

employees.

Sr. PeopleSoft Developer (2006 –2009)

IT Developer with project management responsibility.

• Held lead role for PeopleSoft HCM upgrade to version 9.0 including oversight and direction of consulting team.

• Full system life cycle responsibility, analysis through implementation, for numerous enhancement projects

utilizing the standard PeopleSoft technologies.

GNC CONSULTING, INC., Frankfort, IL 2005- 2006

Certified PeopleSoft HRMS Consultant

Technical consultant performing variety of roles, including development and technical documentation functions.

• PeopleSoft projects completed at Jones Lang LaSalle, Columbia College, Laidlaw Education Services, RR

Donnelley & Sons, Inc, and The Manitowoc Company.

• Technical toolset: Application Designer, Application Engine, Component Interface, SQR, SQL, PeopleCode.

MORGAN STANLEY / VAN KAMPEN FUNDS, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 1996 – 2005

IT Team Manager / Business Relationship Manager / Project Manager (2001-2005)

Management role in IT leading several teams in support of multiple business areas. Developed successful working

relationships with senior managers in the various business areas as their Business Relationship Manager.

• Led team of internal developers and consultants (onshore and offshore) to support Unit Investment Trusts

Group, Senior Loans Group, Human Resources and Office Services.

• Liaison with Morgan Stanley HRIS coordinating the move of the Van Kampen PeopleSoft HR system to the

Morgan Stanley PeopleSoft HR platform in New York.

• Realized $50,000 in annual savings, increased functionality, effectiveness, and utilization of the company’s

document scanning and management system by selecting new vendor and replacing existing system.

HRIS Manager (1997 – 2001)

Recruited by HR to lead the HRIS department. Managed staff of 10, a diverse team of IT Developers, HRIS Analysts

and Consultants. HRIS team handled PeopleSoft upgrades, system enhancements, HR reporting, and data entry.

• Project Manager - completed PeopleSoft HR installation leading HR & IT staff to a successful implementation.

• Significantly reduced time and effort for HR and managers by designing and implementing a sub system to

gather annual salary increase and bonus data from managers across the company. This was a custom PeopleSoft

module utilizing enhanced web features of version 7 that allowed managers to access PeopleSoft over the

company intranet for the first time.

• Worked directly with Chief Operating Officer to define and deliver both regularly scheduled and ad hoc HR

reports from PeopleSoft.

• Improved efficiency of HR reporting through the innovative design of custom reporting tables.

• Led PeopleSoft upgrade from version 6 to version 7.

• Managed vendor relationships and contract negotiation with PeopleSoft and consulting firms.

IT PeopleSoft Developer (1996 – 1997)

Lead developer on PeopleSoft HR installation.

HEWITT ASSOCIATES, Lincolnshire, IL 1989 – 1996

Project Lead & Programmer Analyst

• Supported Payroll, Benefits, Salary Administration and Personnel systems as Developer and Project Manager.

• Full life cycle development of Benefits sub-system for handling employee purchased vacation days.

• Full life cycle development for redesign, coding and testing of the online portion of the personnel system.

KRAFT, Glenview, IL 1988 – 1989

Programmer Analyst supporting inventory control systems.

EDUCATION

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

Bachelor of Arts, May 1988 - First Major in American Studies, Second Major in Computer Applications

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• IHRIM – International Human Resource Information Management

• PMI – Project Management Institute, preparing for PMP exam

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

• PeopleSoft Development Tools: Application Designer, PeopleCode, Application Engine, SQR, PS Query,

Component Interface, SQL

• Other Technical Skills: COBOL, JCL, Access, IDEAL

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