Management Project

rakesh shah, pmp

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Locust Grove, GA 30248 *********@*****.***

EXECUTIVE PROFILE

Expertise encompasses ERP/Integration/Middleware, Portfolio/Project

Management and Governance, Business Analysis, Vendor Relationship

Management, Cost and Resource Estimates, Conflict Resolution, Problem-

solving, Building IT Roadmap, Budgeting and Planning, Practice Development

and Managing Cross-Functional Teams.

ENGAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

. Big 4 experience which amplified my ability to build motivated and

cooperative teams through conflict resolution and talent management.

Also it furnished an opportunity for me to gain an experience in

managing crisis before Go live and an ability to work under pressure

and aggressive dead lines.

. Aligned Business/IT capabilities, architected, engineered, and

deployed large, complex full life cycle, multi-year RICE engagements

for budget ranging from $1million to $25million in the areas of EAI,

B2B, EDI, Web Methods, CRM, Main Frames, Oracle BI (OBIEE and RBIA),

Oracle Fusion/BPEL/ebusiness suite and Major ERP Systems such as

JDEdwards/Enterprise One for Fortune 500 clients spanning multiple

industries which in turn earned a substantial savings to the clients

and increase their ROI.

. 13 years of experience in developing and implementing global IT

initiatives that maximize organizational efficiency and productivity.

. Major Account :- Harper Collins, Take Two, Avon, Acco brands, 7-

Eleven,Cardinal Health, Ho Medics, Alticor-Amway, Spirent

Communications, General Electric, web Methods Inc., PLCB

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Deloitte Consulting, Atlanta, Georgia

Nov 2002 to Nov 2009

Sr. Manager, Business Integration & Optimization

Accountable for developing, maintaining and growing senior client

relationships for a both fixed price & T&M project and leading consultant

and client project team from project planning through closing, providing

solutions on complex global Offshore/Onshore ERP/Middleware integration

projects and helping client on their IT strategies/transformation and

preparing IT roadmap.

Led and delivered on risk management, resource management and governance

for client engagements:

. From initiation to "go-live", managed a whole technical thread of the

global ERP transformation specifically focused in JD Edwards

8.12/Oracle Fusion/SOA, collaborated side-by-side with the CTO of

Harper Collins, a $1.5B global Book publishing and distribution arm of

News Corporation.

o The functional design was accepted early 2006 with

implementation process go-live in 2008, developed a solution to

address their antiquated Order-To-Cash processes and

infrastructure. Their legacy model was comprised of

disparate/autonomous global operating divisions running highly

customized mainframe systems. The project had four go-lives in

2006-2008 (for U.S., Canada, UK, and Zondervan) with a global

scoping, planning and modeling phase that set the standards to

the regional rollouts.

o Due to project size and complexity, the project scope also

includes developing organizational change management strategies

(Change leadership, Organizational design/role mapping,

communication plan, Training & Knowledge Transfer etc). Change

management and knowledge management phases were defined and

approved by client management sponsors in early 2009.

o The solution provided to the client brought single global

operating model, provided operational efficiencies in the area

of IT, data management, transaction processing, and also greatly

enhances clients' ability to analyze its performance across

multiple divisions and locations thus increased in ROI and

substantial savings.

. "Point-of-Contact" for the technical quality control of multiple

projects including integration approach to and from procurement

system, fulfillment, billing and third party vendors and ware house

systems, OneWorld Xe to JDEdwards 8.0 upgrade, webMethod

implementation, End User Training and Knowledge management for Take

Two Interactive a multimillion dollar global developer, marketer,

distributor and publisher of interactive entertainment software games

who has unconventional business process primarily in the areas of

Order-to-Cash and was initiated organizational wide ERP

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Deloitte Consulting (continued)

transformation Initiative to accommodate their Customer needs both in

US & Canada region. The value delivered to client had reduced the time

for fulfillment and provided much needed infrastructure to handle peak

volume transactions in the busy season.

. Led an entire integration thread of an ERP project which includes

complex interfaces (300+) and massive EDI Development (200+) effort

for Homedics Inc, a major distributor and manufacturer of Home Health

care, wellness and relaxation products who wanted to upgrade existing

JD Edward System to a newer version 8.9 and implement new webMethod

middleware real time solution to support their warehouse and

Transportation Management Systems. Additional project accountability

included aligning technical thread progress with overall project plan,

collaborating technical team activities with functional, change

control and other project teams, defining and enforcing technical team

processes and standards. With the new upgraded ERP system together

with middleware implementation, clients' ability to understand the

profitability on a given sale on an item and to a customer level

improved, thus allowing them to make better decisions on product

offering and pricing programs offered to a customer.

. Shepherded technical team through design, build and implementation of

complex integrations to WMS, weigh and dispense systems,

Transportation systems and financial systems for a Cardinal Health a

$91B. Was hired to lead upgrade [11/2002 - 2003] to a JDE middleware

solution XPI (a SOA solution now called "Business Services") to enable

the introduction of the global Implementation of a Single Instance JD

Edwards OneWorld Xe, focused on design of a global model and then

subsequent rollout to 36 sites in four waves. Identified Risk

Management/Mitigation issues and engaged with business stakeholders

and VP management sponsors to shape functional deliverables for Change

Management for Modules implemented included Finance, Procure to Pay,

OTC, Manufacturing, Distribution. First wave sites included four in

US, two in UK, one each in Germany, France and Canada. FDA validation

requirements were integrated into our approach throughout the

lifecycle of the project.

. Technical Environment: JD Edwards 8.0, 8.9, 8.11, 8.12, SAP, Siebel,

Oracle Fusion SOA 10g and ebusiness suite, web Methods 3.0 to 7.0 &

More, Oracle OBIEE (EIMS,BI,ETL)

. Major Client: Harper Collins, Take Two, Avon, Acco brands, 7-Eleven,

Cardinal Health, Ho Medics, Alticor-Amway and Spirent Communications.

GE Power Systems, Atlanta, Georgia

Oct 2001 to Nov 2002

Senior Architect

The position focused on leading and coordinating the design, development,

implementation and support of specialized business and technical

information technology solutions using web Methods middleware product

suite.

. Carried a group effort with functional and business users to scope out

interface and EDI requirements and then aligned IT requirements with

Business thus providing improved business process flow.

. Contributed an initial format of technical design specification,

canonical specification, java code standards to all web Methods

developers bringing common data model in and centralization of

specifications across GE's business unit which fostered the

development activities and provided better documentation to support

development effort.

. Acted as a mediator between PMO and other application/business leads

in a day to day integration project management related activities

providing business a better control in tracking of all the integration

projects across GE.

. Managed a team of 30+ direct and indirect resources.

. Technical Environment: web Methods, Sybase, eMatrix, SQL Server, Main

Frames and Home grown apps.

Web Methods, Inc (acquired by Software AG), Sunnyvale, California

Apr 2000 to Oct 2001

Sr. Technical Consultant, Professional Service Division.

Work directly with web Methods customers and partners to create and

implement successful integration solutions.

. Leveraged local and international system integrators to provide

diverse, flexible services to clients as well as Mentors their

customers on the development and deployment of an integration

solution. Helped client in implementing integration solutions using

web Method product which includes oversight of both technical,

functional, strategy, and Architectural components. Report software

bugs to product development group allowing them to release better

product version in future resulted in increased customer base over

time.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued)

. Major Accounts: Longs Drug, HP, Corio, Southwestern Bell(SBC),

First Union National Bank (acquired by Wachovia Corporation), Redding,

Pennsylvania Dec 1999 to Apr 2000

Sr. Java Developer, Information Technology Division.

Hired to implement security over FUNB's intranet portal so only authorize

user can access the portal and view bank contract, external and internal

licensing information as well as other confidential information. Additional

responsibility was to mentor junior developers throughout the

implementation effort.

Rajdeep Corporation, Gujarat, India

1998 to 1999

Oracle Programmer, IT Department.

Lavingia Enterprise, Gujarat, India

1995 to 1998

Programmer Analyst, Construction Management.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering & Information Technology

Management, 1998

Gujarat University, Gujarat, India

Certified in Project Management - PMP, Jan 2007

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