AKSEL ZARSHAT

**** ******** **, ***** *****, FL, 33139, USA

Tel: 1 – 703-***-****

E-mail: abni1l@r.postjobfree.com

Highly skilled and top performing resource with over 10 years of proven abilities in Management

Consulting, in-depth Business Analysis and Project Management of ERP/SCP/BI/BPM implementation

and IT Strategy. Solid track record as lead resource on multiple projects across Canada, USA, Europe

and Latin America. Subject matter expert on business performance improvement from Production to

Marketing, Sales and Finance to increase profitability. Fully bilingual.

LANGUAGES

Fluent in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Albanian and Turkish. knowledge of Arabic

BUSINESS COMPETENCES TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

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ERP Distribution/Manufacturing ERP (JDE Distribution/Manufacturing)

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Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Planning (Oracle/JDE DM, SNO, PDP)

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Functional Consulting ETL (Oracle APAg, DataStage)

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Project management Business intelligence (Cognos Powerplay, Report Net)

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Business process analysis Job scheduling (Appworx)

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• Organizational change Application development (Sybase Power Builder, Oracle

• Budgeting PL/SQL, Lotus Notes)

• Staff training

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sep 01 – Jan 09 Lafarge NA, Corporate/Cement IT

World leader in manufacturing and distribution of building materials

Select Assignments

Business Analyst Washington DC/Toronto, ON

JDE ERP Distribution/Manufacturing

130M USD project to implement the JDE Enterprise One ERP suite

Consulted in all project phases including Project Design and Scope formulation,

AS-IS, TO-BE, Quality Assurance Testing (QAT), Training and Rollout/Go-Live

Gathered business and functional requirements for the ERP Web Application

Wrote business and functional requirement documents (BRD and FRD)

Developed solutions consistent with project scope and stated business goals

Interviewed SMEs, Business executives and End users to understand the requirements

Prepared AS-IS, TO-BE documentation diagrams and QAT scripts

Supported interfaces between legacy system and new ERP during coexistence

Conducted analysis of legacy and new system data and prepared variance analysis reports

Developed integration diagrams between legacy and new system to track data flow

Consulted on reporting needs and scheduling

Developed job scheduling plans

Developed training plan for business processes

Trained SME users

AKSEL ZARSHAT

Solution Consultant Washington DC/Montreal QC

PeopleSoft Supply Chain Planning

9M USD project to implement the PeopleSoft suite of Supply Chain Planning (APS)

applications in conjunction with an ERP implementation

Consulted in all project phases including Project Design and Scope formulation,

AS-IS, TO-BE, Quality Assurance Testing (QAT), Training and Rollout/Go-Live

Designed 5 DM models, 3 SNO models for weekly, monthly, strategic planning, whatif

analysis and budgeting

Designed the profitability model and the BI reporting requirements for the Profitability

Cognos cubes and reports

Presented the project and applications in a Global Conference in Mexico as an innovation

and new trend in Supply Chain Planning

Performed project justification analysis, quantifying 3.5M USD per year operation cost

savings from improved forecast accuracy and distribution planning to increase profitability

Provided the improvement solution to reduce the model building time by half and process

more input data

Responsible for weekly reporting project status and open issues to Project Managers

Developed the integration to build the new models and new jobs to interface with ERP and

other models

Prepared AS-IS, TO-BE documentation diagrams and QAT scripts

Conducted analysis of legacy and new system data, integration, forecasting and planning

business aspects and situations and prepared variance analysis reports

Designed all reporting specifications for Business Intelligence team

Consulted on reporting needs and Appworx scheduling

Developed job scheduling plans

Trained IT and business analysts

Project Manager Washington, DC

Strategic Network Optimization

1 M USD project to implement PeopleSoft strategic planning Supply Chain applications to

empower Central Distribution and Import Planning users to perform analysis for a Plant

Enlargement project (5B USD) and to support a product’s 200% yearly growth in the USA

Developed IT/business work plans

Managed business and technical consultants

Tracked project delivery to milestones

Set performance expectations of the project team with Project Owner

Reported project status to Project Management Centre (PMC)

Prepared budgets and documented issues

Provided timely feedback and status updates to PMC

Coordinated data collection and readiness from all systems and business sources

Developed IT solutions consistent with project scope and stated business goals

Planned the project close, ramp down of resources and capture of key project management

practices from the PMC

Responsible for transition planning with the Project Owner and the key line managers in the

business

Developed training plan for both software and business processes with Core Project Team

Designed all reporting specifications for Business Intelligence team

Presented the project and application model in Brazil, Europe (France, UK) and South Africa

Business Analyst Montreal, QC

Supply Chain Management & Planning

Analyzed supply chain, demand forecast, CRM and profitability processes

Designed and developed new reports and windows in Power Builder and PL/SQL Packages

Designed new views for Change Management application in Lotus Notes Designer

Trained users and 1st level support on regular basis on application functionality and usage

AKSEL ZARSHAT

Sep 99 – May 01 Information Systems Manager

Catholic Relief Services (American Humanitarian NGO) Baltimore, MD

Managed the CRS central office and designed 5 sub-office LANs (Windows 2000/NT/9x,

Linux, 150 computers), Mail server (MS Exchange), routers and Internet connections

Recruited, supervised and trained IT staff

Sub-contracted the computer repair service to local computer companies and advised in

computer equipment and software purchasing.

Trained staff on network and software usage (Windows 9x, Windows 2000, MS Office 2000,

Sun System, MS Project, AutoCAD, Page Maker)

Designed and developed in Microsoft Access (VB, SQL) HR Application (used at the

European Regional Office, all CRS Europe offices, Haiti, India, Nigeria and Guatemala)

featuring company, personal, housing, financial, leave data, Purchasing Database for CRS

Albania Administration and Purchasing Department and CRS Albania Food for Peace project

survey database

Promoted the CRS Human Resources Application to CRS Europe Regional and local offices

Prepared HR application training course and materials trained HR staff throughout Europe

Designed disaster prevention, recovery and virus protection strategies, set up back up plans

May 00 – Jul 00 IT Consultant

International Rescue Committee (American Humanitarian NGO) New York, NY

Architectured the IRC Albania Network (server-client, Windows NT/9x, 40 computers,

3COM equipment) and information organization: public drives, private drives, security rights,

E-mail server and client services, storage and back up systems (Veritas Backup)

Trained network administrator and drafted a staff training program on network usage and

services (file sharing, network printing, Internet, E-mail, storage, disaster recovery and

back-up, antivirus updating)

EDUCATION

Oct 94 - Feb 98 Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Electrical Engineering

BOSPHORUS UNIVERSITY Istanbul, Turkey

Major: Telecommunications

Main Disciplines: Network Design, Computer Network Protocols, TCP/IP, ISDN, ATM,

HTML, WWW, Mobile Communications, Fiber Optics, Image Processing, Neural Networks,

Artificial Intelligence, Microprocessors

Projects: Design of Computer Communication Networks using Intelligent Systems.

Image Compression using Neural Networks, Document Processing,

Image Compression using Lattice Filters.

Selective Courses: Management, Economics, Environmental Science, Sociology, Humanity

ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

Mar 05 Certified in Organization Change Management: Communication plan, Risk Assessment,

Management sponsorship and involvement, Stakeholder commitment

Aug 03 Certified in JDE Enterprise One – Distribution modules Chantilly, VA

Certified in PeopleSoft Advanced Planning and Scheduling

Sep 00 Certified in Staff Management: Time Management, Staff Supervision, Conflict Resolution,

Coaching, Leadership, Team Management

Mar 93 - Sep 94 Managed the Youth Non-governmental Organization SOPSE, Albanian Youth Organization

promoting Health Education and financed by the United Nations Population Fund

Dec 93 Certified in Management of Non-profit Organizations, focused on fund-raising and

budgeting, formulation of project proposals and project work flow and execution

Oct 95 - Jan 96 3,000 km bicycle tour in Zimbabwe and South Africa

Jan 99 Bicycle tour in India

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