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Project Manager Management

Location:
Littleton, CO, 80126
Posted:
January 08, 2011

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Mitchell Kaplan

***** ******** ***, ********* ***** CO. 80126

abhyfi@r.postjobfree.com

303-***-****

Professional Profile

Seasoned professional; experienced in Project Management, Business

Intelligence / reporting, financial and process improvement

analysis, consultation, and large scale project implementation within

multiple industries and environments. Skilled in

interfacing

with all levels of management, external vendors as well as individual

contributors. Extremely proficient in utilizing technology

and MBA competencies to solve dynamic business challenges.

Experience Highlights

F+W Media, Inc.

Remote Position (Denver, CO) - Cincinnati, OH. 5/2009 to 1/2011

Hyperion / Oracle Systems Analyst - BI Program Administrator

Finance / Accounting - IT responsibilities, supporting entire

organization with Business Intelligence / Hyperion system

functionality as well as overall technical administration of the

program. Managed and utilized multiple Hyperion System 11 products

including Planning, WorkSpace, Financial Reporting, SmartView, Web

Analysis, Essbase Console, Shared Services, and Calc Manager.

. Redeveloped organizational forecast/budget process,

streamlining Planning forms and calc process for

enhanced analysis and quicker daily turnaround

. Internal project lead for Hyperion System upgrade

project - System 9 to System 11

. Implemented fluid business solutions including F+W

International month end data automation, creation of

Balance Sheet reporting structure, and other dashboard

initiatives (statistical reporting)

. Maintained all metadata hierarchies to meet continuing

business requirements including GL account structure,

alternate hierarchies, and cost center segments.

. Developed batch reporting functionality to assist

Finance team with enhanced analysis capabilities for

quarterly forecast and annual budget procedures

. Other responsibilities include overseeing user security,

data validation / data integrity, financial reporting

requirements, and training program

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Fort Lauderdale, FL. 10/2006 to 2/2009

Business Intelligence Specialist - Business Operations

Responsible for developing and supporting enterprise focused

initiatives as part of the Business Operations team, whose mission is

to develop and improve the effectiveness of enterprise business

performance management at Citrix. Primary responsibility is to

develop and maintain the Citrix Business Intelligence (BI) Program

which includes enhancing and supporting existing data sets, training

and assisting business users, and report development within the

Hyperion 9 BI platform.

. Managed a worldwide Business Intelligence Competency

Center, overseeing and influencing BI product

development, user support, training, process change and

knowledge sharing initiatives.

. Business Project Manager for several application

development and maintenance programs including data

reconciliation development, application UAT, financial

planning roll-out, and user security and audit

compliance.

. Implemented data steward program infrastructure ensuring

system wide data integrity / validation on a daily,

weekly, and monthly basis.

. Created and maintained a catalog of standard enterprise

operational and financial reports leveraging Hyperion

System 9 product applications, used across the

organization for weekly, quarterly, and annual executive

presentations as well as dynamic ad-hoc analysis.

. Initiated vendor relations with Oracle to assist in

development and implementation of an e-learning training

portal

. Utilizing MS SharePoint, developed central

communications portal focusing on notifying users of

data issues, repository of training and support

documents, and other community resources (success

stories, newsletters, program updates, recorded training

sessions).

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Pediatrix Medical Group

Sunrise, FL. 3/2001 to 10/2006

Project Manager / Senior Financial Analyst

Responsible for operational and financial analysis, report

development, and special projects for multiple business segments

within the organization, which includes Neonatology, Maternal Fetal

Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology, and Newborn Hearing Screens

. Project managed corporate coding project for education

and development of the Decision Tree product to ensure

appropriate coding. This project involved extensive

planning and communication with multiple (clinical and

business) cross-functional groups (Coding, Billing, MIS,

Legal, Clinical Services, Information Management,

Administrative Systems, and Executive Management) within

the organization.

. Developed relationships with our hospital and office

based doctors groups to review and solicit feedback with

regards to financial reviews, reporting requirements,

Neonatology CPT (coding) analysis, and other business

related issues and challenges.

. Facilitated corporate budgeting process, coordinating

with multiple regions and the Newborn Hearing Screen

program. Total gross revenues for these business

segments exceeded $429M.

. Continuous development and process improvement of

operational reporting structure to align with the

organizational performance reports. Newly developed

reports include reserve rate analysis, salary detail by

program, and pediatric cardiology operational summary.

Reports were created utilizing Cognos, Brio, and Lawson

applications.

Additional Experience

CBS SportsLine.com, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Project Manager - Website development (PGATOUR.com), Co-branding E-Commerce

projects (Amazon, Intel)

IMC Ltd., Great Falls, VA

IBM Management Consultant; Support Center / Process Focus (Raleigh, NC,

Portsmouth UK, Rochester, MN)

Florida Atlantic University - Boca Raton, FL

Men's Basketball Graduate Assistant Coach - NCAA Division 1

Education

Nova Southeastern University, Davie, FL

Masters of Business Administration, 6/03

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

Bachelor of Business Administration (Major: Accounting), 5/92



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