Sales Project

Summary

SEASONED TECHNOLOGY LEADER WITH **+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN IT STRATEGY

CONSULTING, ALIGNING SYSTEMS WITH CORPORATE GOALS, MANAGING IT TEAMS,

DEPLOYMENT OF ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS (ERP, CRM AND BI) AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

EXPERT IN ADVISING C-LEVEL EXECUTIVES ON ACHIEVING SUPERIOR VALUE FROM IT

INVESTMENTS. ADEPT AT DEVELOPING ENTERPRISE-WIDE SYSTEMS POLICIES/PROCESSES

AND IN DEFINING SYSTEMS CONTROLS/ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATORY

GUIDELINES (E.G., SARBANES OXLEY).

. IT Strategy . IT Budgeting & Planning

. Enterprise Systems Deployments . Rapid Deployments

. Project Management . Management of Cross-

Functional Teams

. Change Management . Business Process Analysis &

Redesign

. Systems Architecture . Structured Methodologies

. Systems Policies & Procedures . SOX Compliance

professional experience

DASSAULT SYST MES CONCORD, MA

Manager, Financial Systems 4/06 - PRESENT

Led a systems group responsible for Enterprise Systems i.e., ERP/CRM

(Peoplesoft, Siebel and Epicor) and Business Intelligence/ Analytics

(OBIEE/Siebel Analytics). Assisted C-level executives in determining

business value/ROI of IT investments using financial modeling techniques.

Managed projects involving development of corporate systems, implementation

of enterprise applications and maintenance of corporate data integrity

using SDLC methodologies such as Waterfall, RAD and Agile. Managed external

vendor relationships. Led cross functional teams in analyzing business

requirements, creating functional specifications and developing systems

prototypes. Managed relationships with business line executives/managers to

ensure systems were in alignment with corporate strategy and business

needs. Managed group budget and personnel. Ensured SOX compliance of

corporate systems. Made recommendations to senior management regarding IT

related issues.

E1 Entertainment Port Washington, NY

Manager, Business Applications 5/2002 - 4/2006

Managed Finance, Sales, Marketing, Analytical/Decision Support and Digital

Content Management (i.e., Digital Asset Management, Distribution and

Royalties) systems. Responsibilities included global, company-wide rollout

of enterprise systems (ERP/CRM) initiatives, working with business unit

executives to formulate technology-based solutions to address business

needs and website development and support. Led cross functional teams in

conducting business analysis of financial, supply-chain and customer

facing/sales processes, gathering user requirements/specifications, setting

up system parameters and procedures, developing customizations and

enhancements and integrating the system with 3rd party/legacy systems.

Worked with department heads to define and scope projects. Managed projects

through various stages of the systems development lifecycle (SDLC).

Conducted end-user training.

Synthesis Technology Group Waltham, MA

Principal 3/2001-5/2002

Entreprenueral e-business services start-up to provide clients with

enterprise (ERP/CRM/HRIS/BI) solutions. Responsibilities included strategic

planning, business development and management of day-to-day operations.

Epicor Software Corporation Newton, MA; Toronto, CANADA & Irvine, CA

Consulting Manager 7/1998-3/2001

Managed teams of technical and business strategy consultants involved in

implementing Epicor's e-Business (ERP and CRM) software suite. Inducted

into the Epicor President's Club for exceeding revenue targets and for

being one of the top performing managers in the company. Areas of

responsibilities included developing and presenting project proposals to

prospective clients (pre-sales), developing project plans, managing project

budget & P/L and maintaining client relationships. Additional areas of

responsibility included business development and continuous improvement of

the consulting practice by incorporating best practices and improving our

implementation methodology.

Senior Consultant 10/1995-7/1998

Implemented Epicor's e-Business (ERP and CRM) software suite at client

sites. ERP modules included General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payables (AP),

Accounts Receivables (AR), Purchase Order (PO), Cash Management (CM), Sales

Order (SO), Inventory (IV) and financial reporting. CRM modules included

Sales Force Automation (SFA), Customer Service, eMarketing and Sales

Analytics. Platforms used were Windows NT and UNIX, with Microsoft

SQL*Server and ORACLE as back-end databases. Specific tasks included

performing systems/business analysis of client requirements, customizing

the software to meet client needs, performing data migration and

conversions, administering MS Access, ORACLE and SQL Server databases, and

building applications and interfaces to legacy sytems using Visual Basic,

ASP/JSP, Java, HTML and XML. Additional tasks included writing functional

and technical specification documentation, performing end-user/technical

training as well as post-implementation transition to the client team.

Sapient Corporation Cambridge, MA

Software Developer/Consultant 1/1994-10/1995

Assisted Fortune 500 clients with strategic technology initiatives. Tasks

included facilitating workshops with client teams and performing

systems/business analysis to identify business process where technology

could provide competitive advantages. Developed business case for

investment in new systems using ROI, Cost-Benefit analysis and other

quantitative techniques. Facilitated RAD sessions with cross-functional

client teams to define system specifications. Desgned databases and

developed high end systems using PowerBuilder, SQL*Windows, Visual Basic

and MS Access. Back-end databases were primarily ORACLE and SQL SERVER.

Other tools used included DBArtisan, Visual Source Safe, ErWin and Crystal

Reports. Additional tasks included writing functional and technical

specification documentation, end-user training and post-implementation

support.

Synetics Corporation Wakefield, MA

MIS Specialist 5/1993-1/1994

Provided I/T expertise to a team of Bechtel consultants on the Central

Artery Tunnel Project in Boston, MA. The Central Artery Tunnel Project, a

multi-billion dollar undertaking, is the largest public works project in

the U.S. history. Tasks included evaluating business processes within the

project and designing and developing information systems to support these

processes using ORACLE, ORACLE Forms and PL SQL. Managed project teams in

the design and development of systems. Participated in discussions with

project executives to determine I/T needs of the project and developed

proposals for building systems.

EDUCATION

BENTLEY COLLEGE WALTHAM, MA M.S. COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS 5/1993

University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA M.B.A. Finance 5/1991

University of Delhi Delhi, INDIA B.S. Management/Commerce 6/1989

ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK

MICROSOFT CORPORATION MICROSOFT CERTIFIED

PROFESSIONAL (MCP)

Commerce Server

and .Net 4/2001

Windows NT Administration 7/1996

SQL Server Database Design,

Implementation & Administration 7/1996

ORACLE Corporation ORACLE Database Administration 7/1993

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