Kronos Technical Consultant, delivering of successful cost-effective
labor management solutions.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
"Hands on Key Player" orchestrated smoothest ERP migration in San Diego
County history.
100 installations of large and medium scale Kronos Human Capital systems.
15 years success developing and deploying cost reducing emerging
technology.
4 years experience applying standard project management process and
metrics.
3 years implementing health care informatics.
SKILLS and CERTIFICATIONS
Certifications: Kronos Workforce Central v4.3-v6.X, Oracle
Certified Professional 8i DBA, PMI PMP 2011.
Functional: Human Capital, CRM, Earned
Value Management/CPI, ERP, Business Intelligence.
Domains: Health Care, Financial, Government,
Education, Hospitality, Manufacturing.
Methodologies: SDLC, PMI, XP, Agile, SCRUM,
Waterfall, General Motors SDP-21.
Key Architecture: Oracle9i/10g,
Solaris, Windows, LAMP, COTS, SQL, Sharepoint 3,
VMware ESX/Workstation,, Intra/Internet, Linux/Unix. MS Office.
Education: BSCS Business, Devry Institute Technology, Columbus, Ohio Feb
1984.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sr. PA Kronos Architect to E&J Gallo Winery, Modesto, CA
Jan 2010 - Present
1. Assist technical and business PM leads managing issues, risks, and
change requests, updating Sharepoint site.
2. Maintain overall master program schedule to implement
infrastructure requirements.
3. Advise implementation team for Kronos WFC upgrade from 5.0 to
production 6.0 and initial testing of 6.1.
4. Installed, configured Workforce, Analytics, Attendance, Leave on
Oracle 10Gr2, 64bit, Windows Servers, VMware ESX.
5. Managed team of 5 through delivery of infrastructure,
implementation plans, integration services.
6. Provided optimization monitoring, problem triage, root cause
analysis and issue resolution.
7. Authored IT processes, system diagrams, logical data models and
test documents.
Sr. Kronos Consultant to Rehau Inc. Leesburg, VA
April 2009 - Present
8. Performed Systems technical performance review.
9. Authored Database Optimization Process Definition Report and
detailed execution plan.
10. SQL Server 2003, 2005, IIS, Kronos WFC 5.0/6.1
Sr. Web Consultant to ArtscapesbyRenee.com, West Bloomfield, MI
March 2009 - Present
11. Web Design, Interactive Marketing, SEO, Web Analytics, Content
Management, Email Marketing, and Paid Search Campaigns.
12. Upgrading website for inclusion into hosted CRM SalesForce.com
IBM Global Service Project Manager / Artech Information Systems, NJ
July 2008 - Oct 2008
Health Net Data Center AIX Unix Linux Transformation
13. Determined budgets, resources, requirements of Health Net cost
case for activity task baseline plan.
14. Gathered requirements, critical success factors, project
deliverables, to develop business project cases.
15. Authored Project Definition Report, obtained capital approvals,
organized timing of resources, prioritized/validated
project/tasks/dependencies, determined risks, assumptions,
milestones, WBS, critical path tasks to build project baseline
plan.
16. Developed schedules, completion criteria and financial controls
and relocation schedules.
17. Lead project assessments, presented management plans, intervene as
required.
18. Communicated variances and compliance to standard project
processes and scheduled changes.
Kronos Architect PM / Bearingpoint Inc, San Diego, CA
Jan 2007 - July 2007
Project budget $9 Million, 6 months.
19. Drove C-level business decisions and system requirements to
migrate county Data Center ERP systems.
20. Effectively managed multiple Kronos transformation projects and
work packages.
21. Led functional requirements, defined plans, financials, technical
construction, QA and transition for Timekeeper, biometric
terminals, Record Manager, Teletime, Analytics, Workforce
Scheduler with Optimization (WFSO), Connect, Crystal Reports.
22. Authored Core Kronos business process, work flow diagrams and
operational procedures.
23. Pro actively resolved project team, technical and business process
conflicts.
Sr. Kronos Consultant to US Gypsum, Chicago, IL
Sept
2006 - Jan 2007
Project budget $75,000, 3 months.
24. Led functional and infrastructure requirements for implementation
of USG custom build of Kronos WFC 5.1 and WFC 5.2
25. Installed, configured WFC 5.1 Oracle 9i and WFC 5.2 10g Oracle
RAC, HP Unix, Windows Servers, Vmachines.
26. Delivered functional design, executed implementation plans,
integration services and updated disaster recovery plan.
27. Validated business use cases for dependent deliverables
coordination with USG PMO.
28. Provided optimization monitoring, problem triage, root cause
analysis and issue resolution.
29. Authored "repeatable processes", system diagrams, logical data
models and test documents.
Technical Consultant IV, Kronos Incorporated, Chicago, IL
May 2003 - April 2006
Project budgets; $300 thousand to $3 million, median implemented in 3 to 9
months.
Key Accounts Led enterprise
implementations, upgrade:: Kronos, Oracle, SQL server, WFC 4.3 through
6.0
City of Cleveland: Implemented in Oracle 9i and
ran all City Kronos Oracle as DBA.
KeyBank of Cleveland: Infrastructure upgrade.
Pfizer Kalamazoo Michigan: Multiple infrastructure implementation.
LaZboy Monroe Michigan: Installed Kronos suite,10 integrated
products.
Tower Automotive Michigan: Kronos Oracle install, training,
migration to EDS.
Bayer Healthcare: Development, test and production
install.
Third Judicial Court Detroit: Upgrade Oracle WFC 3.4 to 4.3 to 5.0
Dupage Hospital Illinois: Upgrade Sql server WFC 4.3 to 5.2
Role - Project Manager
30. Created and led project plans for "best practices integration"
during implementation, integration and support.
31. Defined Statement of Work, functional requirements by
facilitating meetings with management, users, vendors
32. Developed cost/benefit/risk analysis assessments for competing
projects and fluctuating priorities.
33. Defined key integration process work flow issues, risks,
milestone expectations and deadlines with all stakeholders.
34. Led cross functional teams in software application installation,
configuration, deployment and resolution of issues.
35. Developed financial metrics, scope, WBS; activity risks; time,
cost, quality, satisfaction and business recovery plans.
36. Managed all phases: initiation, implementation planning,
execution, monitoring/controlling, variance, reporting/closing
37. Devised and implemented Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery
plans.
Role Technical Oracle DBA, MS SQL DBA: software installation,
configuration
38. Pro-actively mentored, implementing, upgrades, migrations,
architecture, security, trouble-shooting, and disaster recovery.
39. Efficiently delivered in-depth consulting services: Install,
configure, routine patching for Timekeeper implementations.
40. Attended classroom training for Workforce Advanced Scheduler,
Reporting, Connect.
41. WFC 4.3-6.x DCM, Connect, Oracle 9i/10g and SQL server, VMware
ESX 2.5.3, Windows Server, Solaris 5.9, AIX 5.2, HP-UX 11i, Jboss,
Tomcat, IIS 5/6, Apache 1.3/2.0, Sun JVM, LDAP, WAS, J2EE,
JDBC,ODBC, Lawson, AIX 5.1
Internet Consultant, KS & Associates; Chicago, Illinois
July 1998 - May 2003
Project budget's ranged from $20 to $500 thousand, mean implementation 3 to
9 months.
Project Manager
1. Conducted SDLC meetings with decision makers, IT groups and
users.
2. Analyzed business cost, ROI, risks and technical implications of
proposed upgrades.
3. Created Statement of Work, Business System requirements, Risk Log
and Controls
4. Implemented systems using MSOffice, Project, Windows 2000 AS,
Oracle 8i, MS SQL 2000.
1. Government faxing contract communication system for Chicago
MBDC
2. Brokerage e-learning, contact management
3. Chicago Police Mug shot system.
Sr. Consultant, Ford Operations Dearborn, Michigan
1995 - 1998
Led 5 FOCUS developers; Recouped $45M for Ford. Optimized defective parts
tracking system.
New Account Sales, Evcore Inc, Plymouth, Michigan
1994 - 1995
Defined market strategies, Built solid customer relations for
logistical software firm.
Contract Programmer to Chrysler Corporation, Centerline, Michigan
1989 - 1994
Role - INFOSYS Database systems
Lead purchasing systems upgrade. Created marketing data warehouse and
search engine.
Contract Programmer to Electronic Data Systems, Southfield, Michigan
1985 - 1989
Role - DEC VAX Systems Support
Eliminated $2.4 million of GM telephone bills; Supervised 5 network
Technicians.
Contract Programmer to General Dynamics Corporation, San Diego, CA
1984 - 1985
Programmed a Project cost and work flow monitoring system.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
PMP Exam Training, Lantana, FL
April 2008
42. Validate business objectives, processes, assumptions, constraints
as requirements
43. Refine WFC requirements definition, training, and change
management plans.
44. Rebalanced Scope, WBS; activity lists; risks; time, cost, quality
to customer satisfaction.
45. Detail work plans, estimates, schedules, budgets, resource plans
and status reports.
46. Led case study meetings applying corrective actions to vendors
and internal resources.
47. Updated improvement metrics and lessons learned into project
templates.