David A. Paul
Training Manager &Change Management ERP
Consultant/Project Manager, Instructional Designer, Business Analyst
Joliet, Illinois 60435
815-***-**** Office
815-***-**** Mobile
abic2d@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Mr. Paul is an ERP/CRM Project Manager, Instructional Designer,
Business Analyst/Training Management, Development and Delivery Consultant
with over 15 years experience in ERP consulting/change management and
training management for the legal, manufacturing, insurance and government
industries. In addition, Mr. Paul is a Microsoft Office Master Trainer,
PMI and ProSci certified and possesses training certifications in a wide
array of software and hardware packages. Finally, Mr. Paul has training
management, development and delivery methodology training and certification
from world-class professional services organizations such as
PricewaterhouseCoopers, IBM, Microsoft and SAP. For the last 8 years and 2
years prior to IBM consulting, Mr. Paul has been contracting Training,
Courseware Development and Project Management, Six Sigma Consulting,
Business Analysis and Professional Services Management, for premier legal
firms, manufacturers and government industries. He is a learned
instructional designer and possesses a wealth of adult learning theory
knowledge and business process engineering. Mr. Paul has developed
courseware for legal, manufacturing, government and other business entities
and has a wealth of Instructional Design and courseware development
experience. In addition Mr. Paul is a certified Administrator
(installation, setup and support) and Author of RwD uPerform. Mr. Paul is
CEO and Principle Consultant of Paul Graham Consulting, Inc.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Paul Graham Consulting, inc. 11/01-Present
Project Manager, Instructional Designer, Training Manager/Business
Analyst/Lead Trainer/Courseware Developer / MS Office Certified Master
Trainer, legal applications training certification; SAP R/3 Project
Management, change management and training SAP R/3 BW, CRM, POS, BOS and
ERP consulting and training management, development and delivery of SAP
FI/CO, SD, MM, PP, QM, PM, HR, WM, RFID, LE Procure to Pay and OM.
Consulted in management of training and business process teams.
Development tools include: RWD InfoPak,, uPerform (Installation,
Administration, training and support), On-Demand, MS Office, MS Project,
Visio, Lectora, Captivate, WebSphere business modeler. GUI-pro, Document
Management Software and Legal, Insurance, Manufacturing and Government-
specific courseware development completed. Addie, ADKAR, SCORM and other
instructional design methodologies were used in instructional
development. Clients include:
. Hospira: (9/10-Present) SAP CRM, WM, FI/CO, Logistics, Master Data
Training Development, Instructional Design and Delivery. Facilitation
of Pharmaceutical industry specific ERP/ECC (SAP) business processes
for Accounting, Inventory Management and Warehouse Management.
. BP ABSC - Americas: (6/10-8/10) SAP MM, WM, IM, FI/CO Training
Development and Delivery. LeaderGuide Pro SAP Training development
for ILT; Facilitation of Petroleum industry specific ERP (SAP)
business processes for Accounting, Inventory Management and
Transaction Control.
. Altra Industrial Motion: (3/10-4/10)RwD uPerform Administrative and
Author training configuration, training development and delivery.
. Cintas Corporation: (2/10-3/10) SAP Change Management needs analysis
and executive steering recommendations for SAP FI/CO, MM, PP, QM, SD
and WM
. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Revenue: (11/09-2/10) Training
Project Manager, developer and facilitator, customized SAP CRM & GRC
Netweaver courseware development (needs analysis, project planning and
implementation, ILT training development, Train the Trainer).
uPerform Installation and Administration (document libraries, template
development, user setup/role establishment, child/parent config and
workflow setup).
. Learn2Perform: (7/09-11/09) Project Manager: SAP HR/CRM/HCM
Configuration, Change Management and Training development and delivery
on HR Time Management, Travel Management and Personnel Events, FICO
General Ledger, A/P, A/R. IMG and Configuration training development
and delivery concerning time and travel management were implemented.
Trained authoring and administration of RwD uPerform.
. GSI Group, Inc.(9/08-7/09) Project Manager: SAP Manufacturing, CRM,
MM, FI/CO, SD, BW Change Management(Prosci - ADKAR)/HCM, Training
Management, uPerform server Installation and Administration (document
libraries, template development, user setup/role establishment,
child/parent config and workflow setup), Training Development and
Delivery Manager. SAP ECC 6.0. Created change management plan,
company newsletter and marketing campaign for company-wide SAP
rollout. Training and Instructional Design Manager. ADKAR Change
Management modeling and training needs analysis. Created Change
Management and Training Plan for all US-based personnel and
subsidiaries. Managed training on SAP and Vistex bolt-ons. Tools used
in development: Visio, MS Office, Lectora, Captivate, WebSphere
business modeler
. US Army, US Department of Defense/CSC: (7/08 - 10/08) SAP 4.6/6.0
CRM, FI/CO, HR, BI: GL/Time Management and Inventory analysis, GRC and
manufacturing processes training development, business analysis and
training delivery for US DoD personnel. Business process analysis of
GL processing HR time management and inventory for personnel depots
and arsenals. Secret clearance. Development and analysis tools include
uPerform server Installation and Administration (document libraries,
template development, user setup/role establishment, child/parent
config and workflow setup)- RwD certified author/admin, MS Office and
ARIS business modeler. Tools used in development: Visio, MS Office,
Lectora, Captivate, uPerform, IBM WebSphere business modeler. Also
developed and trained Vistex FICO interfaces.
. Ball Horticulture: (3/08-8/08) Project Manager: SAP 4.6,
Manufacturing, CRM Quoting, Order Entry and Pricing for SAP, FI/CO,
LE, QM, PP, MM, SD, NetWeaver Web portals. Customer Relations portal
training management, development and delivery for instructor-led and
web-based training components. CRM, MDM training management,
development and delivery completed for SAP 4.6, ECC 6.0. SAP
NetWeaver/Vistex bolt on training management development and delivery.
Tools used in development: Visio, MS Office, Lectora, Captivate,
uPerform Installation and Administration (document libraries, template
development, user setup/role establishment, child/parent config and
workflow setup).
. Health Care Service Corporation/Blue Cross Blue Shield: (11/07-2/08):
Project Manager: IBM WebSphere Business Modeler training management,
development and delivery; Six Sigma business modeler training for
claims processing (SAP) and other business entities. Tools used in
development: Visio, MS Office, Lectora, Captivate, WebSphere business
modeler.
. Purdue University: (2/07-8/07): Project Manager: SAP R/3 Training
Management, Development and Delivery of SAP HR transactions of Time
Management, Travel, System Inquiry and Cost Distribution, HCM/FI/CO.
On-site training classroom facilitation and courseware development.
Tools used in development: Visio, MS Office, Lectora, Captivate,
WebSphere business modeler. Vistex bolt-on preliminary training
development and delivery
. Wilson Sporting Goods: (11/06-2/07): Project Manager: SAP R/3
Manufacturing, Training Management, Development and Delivery of SD,
MM/forecasting, PP, WM/LE, PM, QM and FI/CO. uPerform Installation
and Administration (document libraries, template development, user
setup/role establishment, child/parent config and workflow setup).
Training team lead/management of training deliverables using MS
Office, Visio and screen capturing software in addition to On-Demand.
WM with RFID in warehouse management, Production Planning and Bin to
Bin movement. On-Site, remote and Web-based training development and
delivery. Management of Training implementation, scheduling, updates
and logistics. IBM WebSphere business modeling development for SAP
business processes. Tools used in development: Visio, MS Office,
Lectora, Captivate, WebSphere business modeler.
. City of Baltimore, MD: (9/06-10/06): Project Manager: SAP R/3
Training Management, Development and Delivery of GRC,APO, CRM, PLM,
EBP, PM, BW/BI and Logistics. Training team lead/management of
training deliverables using RwD InfoPak (Simulator, Converter,
Recorder, GUIpro etc MS Office, Visio, Lectora, Project,
Dreamweaver and Captivate.
. Johns Hopkins University & Health Systems: (5/06 - 9/06): SAP Training
management lead, development and delivery of SAP R/3 v.4.7 HR/PA, CRM,
SRM, SEM, AP/AR, Payroll,BW, OM. Development and delivery
technologies include: Lectora Publishing Suite, Visio 2003, Captivate,
MS Office and RwD Infopak (converter, simulator, publisher and GUI-
pro). Business and needs analysis conducted for enterprise wide
functional team and end-user training management, development and
delivery. IBM WebSphere Business modeling development for SAP business
processes in human resources.
. Abreon Group/Dryer's: (4/06): Manufacturing training analysis and
development. Production floor (PM)needs analysis for training and
creation of new courseware for production line operations. Tools used
in development: Visio, MS Office, Lectora, Captivate, WebSphere
business modeler.
. BP, Warrenville, Il. (7/05) Project Manager: Siebel Manufacturing CRM
Training lead/management of POS (Point of Sale) and BOS (Back office
Systems) Change Management, Training management, development and
delivery of SAP R/3, Siebel 7.5, On-Demand, MS Office and Customized
POS support training, courseware development and delivery. Support
Rep training management, development and delivery of Radiant, Nucleus,
Omni, DataCard, Pumps, Gilbarco and other various Point of Sale
devices. IBM WebSphere business modeler training development and
facilitation.
. Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, Chicago, Il. (4/05; 2/06) Microsoft Office
Suite, iManage, Legal Applications, Templates and specialized change
management training project management, development and delivery.
Training development in MS, Interwoven and varied other courses.
. RWD Technologies, Cincinnati, OH. (10/04) Project Manager:
Siebel/SAP CRM end-user training management, development and delivery.
RwD InfoPak Training development, courseware creation.
. Cox Newspapers, Dayton, OH.: (11/04-1/05): Cox Newspaper SAP R/3
FI/CO, SD, PM, CRM Training development and delivery. Development
tools include: MS Office, RwD Infopak, Visio, Captivate
. Piper Rudnick LLP: (3/04-10/04) Lead Trainer/Project Manager, MS
Office Training Development, DOCSOpen training development, Training
Delivery, Win NT to Win XP, Office 2000 to Office 2003 migration
technician. Performed Crystal Reports analysis and training for
paralegals.
. Absolut Design: (11/03-3/04) Project Manager: SAP CRM FI/CO, BW v.4.7
training management, development and delivery. SAP EPSS system design
for intranet knowledge resources. Needs analysis, training design,
management, development and delivery.
. Greenlee/Textron (9/03-11/03) SAP ERP/CRM of BW, FI/CO, SD, MM, PP,
PM, QM, HR train the trainer, courseware development and training
project management. Training document advisor/coach. Needs analysis,
training design, management, development and delivery.
. Duane Morris: (7/03-9/03) MS Outlook, iManage, Genifax, InterAction
v.5, PS/Ship training delivery and support
. Schiff Hardin & Waite (3/03-7/03) DocsOpen to iManage migration,
DeltaView, Windows XP, LegalMacPac, Quality control
. Kirkland & Ellis: (3/02-10/02) WP to Word migration, DocsOpen,
iCreate, DeltaView, Quality control
IBM, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois; Norfolk, Virginia; Bloomington, Il.
4/01-11/01
Learning Services Project Manager: Training Management and business
process consultant Consultant/Developer/Trainer/Project Lead/IBM.
Certified Consultant, Customer relationship management, POS Sales
Training consultant. SAP R/3 ERP/CRM MM, SD, QM, PP, FI/CO, BW
consultant/project manager. IBM WebSphere (WBI), net-meeting/Webex and
other IBM applications were utilized for project deliverables and
technologies. Development of Siebel CRM end-user training
documentation development and conversion and E-learning development of
CBT and web-based end-user training documents. Clients include:
. The United States Navy (4/01) Software Migration, SAP
Training/Project Management BW, QM, FI/CO, MM, PP. Needs analysis,
training design, management, development and delivery. Development
tools include: RWD InfoPak, MS Office, MS Project, GUI-pro
. State Farm Insurance Companies (7/01) CRM Software migration, needs
analysis and training development SAP SD, HR, Payroll. Needs analysis,
training design, management, development and delivery. Development
tools include: RWD InfoPak, MS Office, MS Project, GUI-pro
Paul Graham Consulting 4/00-
4/01
Project Manager: Training Manager/Business Analyst/Lead
Trainer/Courseware Developer; Contract training and development for
network applications, protocols and UNIX. Training Project Management
consisted of change management, training development and delivery of
hardware and operating systems. Lead management of training/business
process teams. Clients include:
. ACS Technologies/3COM (4/00) Chicago, Illinois. Training needs
analysis, development and delivery for CopperMountain DSL
Concentrators. Training designed for field reps, administrators,
technical support/CRM reps and end-users. Training development of
user manuals, quick reference guides and MS PowerPoint presentations.
. Software Architects/Comdisco (10/00) Chicago, Illinois; Secaucus, New
Jersey. Training needs analysis, courseware development and delivery
of UNIX shell programming and other network communications protocols
including: frame relay, VPN, WINS, DNS, DHCP and TCP/IP.
Perfect Access, Inc. Chicago, Illinois
8/99-3/00
Developer/Training site management/team lead business analyst and
Instructional Designer, trade show organizer and public speaking
engagements. Microsoft Office Master Trainer/MOUS Certified (Office
'97). iManage Training Ceritification, PCDOCS/DOCSOpen Training
Certification. Consulted client training management of 10 or more
personnel in development and delivery. ERP/CRM consulting of client
software conversions and business content management. Clients include:
. Altheimer & Gray: (1/00) Document Analysis for Macro creation
. Winston & Strawn: (11/99) WP to Word migration, Softwise, MS Outlook,
MS Office, DocsOpen, Quality control (1/2000)
. Fullbright & Jaworski (12/99) Document analysis, Softwise Macro
creation, iManage, DeltaView, Quality control (2/2000)
PricewaterhouseCoopers Arlington, Virginia
4/97 - 7/99
Project Manager/Team Lead SAP ERP Implementations/Change Management
Consulting,
Presentation delivery, HR training and delivery & Customer
Relationship Management (CRM). Siebel CRM training document conversion
to Solectron end-user documents. Managed a team of 30 client trainers
for the AMP, Zurich America and GoodYear corporations. E-learning, CBT
and Web-based training documentation development. Development tools
included RWD InfoPak Prototype, MS Office, MS Project, DreamWeaver,
FrontPage and GUI-pro. Clients include:
. AMP, Inc. (3/98-12/98) Change Management & SAP R/3 SD, QM, Master
Data, MM, PP, HR, LE, RFID, WM and FI/CO Training management,
development and delivery. Needs analysis, training design, management,
development and delivery.
. GoodYear Engineered Products (2/99) Change Management & SAP R/3 MM,
SD, QM Training management, development and delivery. Needs analysis,
training design, management, development and delivery.
. Allied Signal (4/98), AMP, Inc. (5/98), Big 4 Motorcycle companies
(Suzuki, Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha) Automotive Business Process
Development/Production Planning, project management SAP R/3 MM, PP,
SD, QM, Master Data, FI/CO. Needs analysis, training design,
management, development and delivery.
SPSS, Inc. Chicago, Illinois
3/96 - 3/98
Technical Support/Internal and Client Software Trainer on SPSS Statistical
Software products. Aided in product development.
Joliet Township High Schools District 204 Joliet, Illinois
8/94-2/96
Mathematics & Introduction to the Microcomputer Instructor
EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, Illinois
1993 - 2000
Master of Education and Instructional Design
Lewis University Romeoville, Illinois
1990-1993
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Minor in Philosophy