Manager Project

GARY L. SCREETON

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DYNAMICS GP MANAGER

High-integrity, results-oriented leader known for ability manage business

objectives, increase profitability and revenue, develop and lead teams.

Diverse industry and functional expertise with a passion to solve business

and technology problems for clients.

HIGHLIGHTS

. Leading Project Teams - Have managed and implemented more than 100

Dynamics GP projects including gathering business requirements, managing

staff and contractors, project budgets, developing solutions for client

needs, training client staff, and managing the Go-Live phase and post

project resolutions. Developed "best practices" for clients to improve

their effectiveness.

. Project Management - Worked with stakeholders to develop budgets based

upon business requirements. Conducted regular status meetings to keep

projects on track and identify potential issues and solutions,

collaborated with other teams and contractors to facilitate project goals,

monitor scope creep, milestones, ongoing costs vs. budgets, identify risks

and mitigate their effects on project success. Most importantly,

maintained constant communication among team members and sponsors to

minimize or eliminate potential stumbling blocks to project goals.

. Redesigned Business Processes - Work with stakeholders and senior

management to review and redesign business and accounting processes to

enhance efficiency and profitability.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

AUTHOR SOLUTIONS, Bloomington, IN 2008 -

Present

ERP Administrator

Manage IT infrastructure for the Dynamics GP business platform for the

world's largest self-publishing company comprised of 18 firms, 4 of them

international. Responsible for core financials, purchasing and supply

chain management, budgeting, consolidated financial reporting

requirements, website integration, and 3rd party MICR, intercompany

processing, SharePoint, revenue/expense deferrals, royalties and

commissions, dashboard reports, and SQL Reporting Services reports.

Part of management team tasked with gathering corporate and departmental

needs in order to review their business processes, determine their

information needs and provide them with timely reporting tools to meet

those requirements. Responsible for reviewing current business processes,

redesigning and streamlining them, and making the firm more operationally

efficient and effective.

BKD TECHNOLOGIES, Indianapolis, IN 2007-

2008

Microsoft Practice Manager

Directed a team of regional staff resources and Microsoft Dynamics

projects throughout the U.S. for a $350 million consulting firm in

developing strategy and planning market opportunity within the region

Worked with prospects and clients gathering business requirements during

pre-sale phases and designing and delivering C-level presentations

outlining recommendations, RFI's, and RFP's solutions, and project

strategies.

Created SOW's guiding implementation staff on time schedules,

expectations, project budgets and managing ERP projects for

manufacturing, distribution, hospital, and service organizations.

CROWE CHIZEK, Indianapolis, IN 2004-

2006

Manager, Dynamics GP

Directed local team of consultants for a Top Ten Tier consulting firm

managing business development and implementation, as well as, develop

business plan for revenue unit covering a diverse industry including

manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, service, and non-profit

organizations

Conferred with C-level executives to determine their business

requirements and to fulfill their business needs through technology

solutions. Also developed "best practices" for business and financial

processes and procedures for project plans and clients.

SEQUEL SYSTEMS CONSULTING, Dallas, TX 2003-

2004

Dynamics Project Manager

Managed and implemented Dynamics GP projects from pre-sales presentations

to project completion meeting with C-Level executives to discover their

business needs to manage their areas more effectively. Further developed

my Client Care program to be more responsive to client support issues.

BADEN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, Ft. Wayne, IN 2000-

2003

Technical Manager

Managed and implemented Microsoft Dynamics GP projects for clients with

responsibility for hardware infrastructure as well as the software

implementations and configurations.

. Initiated Client Care program to be more responsive to client support

issues. Resulted in a nomination for a Microsoft Global Excellence award

for Customer Service to Existing Customers.

FORT WAYNE COMPUTERS, Ft. Wayne, IN 1990-

2000

CFO, VP Operations

Oversaw computer manufacturing firm with multiple retail stores where I

managed the complete financial operations infrastructure including

financial reporting, cost accounting, budgets, analysis, warehousing and

distribution processes, MRP/Inventory control, forecasting, tax

reporting, HR/payroll using Great Plains software (now Dynamics GP)

. Developed "best practices" procedures for accounting workflows to

maintain high efficiency and to minimize overhead.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

INDIANA UNIVERSITY, Kelley School of Business, BS, Accounting

CPA, MCSE, MCTS

Microsoft Dynamics GP, Master Certified

MS CRM Certified

Trained in Microsoft AX and NAV

Certifications include GP 10.0 Installation/Configuration, Applications,

and SQL Server 2008

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