Marc A. Nester

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COMPUTER SKILLS

Software Packages PeopleSoft HRMS/HCM 6.02/7.01/7.5/8.0/8.3/8.8,9.1, PeopleSoft Financials 9.1, Softscape Apex

CASE Tools & Languages: SQR, PeopleCode, SQL, Visio, Visual Basic, Java, JavaScript

Databases Oracle 8i/9i,10g,11g,12g, MS Access, DB2/MVS, MS SQL Server

Operating Systems Windows 10, Windows Server 2012, UNIX

3rd Party Tools Kintana, Vista Plus, Mercury TestDirector, TOAD, Rational ClearQuest, Rational ClearCase, STAT!, Rational TestManager, Phire, JIRA, HP Quality Center

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nester Consulting Inc

January 2007 – Current

CLIENT: The Department of State – Bureau of Administation, Rosslyn, VA (8/2014– Current)

PeopleSoft Financials 9.1

Managed development project activities, such as updating the integrated master schedule, developing performance metrics for program success, monitoring of progress of all deliverables, developing functional and technical requirements.

Lead the design and development of enhancements and fixes for the Diplomatic Pouch and Mail (DPM) system to seamlessly integrate with the Transportation and Billing modules of the PeopleSoft Financial system using PeopleTools.

Lead the development of the new Diplomatic Post Office module for the Department of State’s embassies and outposts for Prograde and Retrograde functions using PeopleTools.

CLIENT: The Department of State – Bureau of Human Resources, Washington, DC (12/2007 – 8/2014)

PeopleSoft HCM 9.1

Managed all development project activities, such as updating the integrated master schedule, developing performance metrics for program success, monitoring of progress of all deliverables, developing functional and technical requirements and assigning out work to the various team members utilizing HP’s Quality Center.

Designed and developed the Department of State’s new ePerformance system that is used by all Foreign and Civil service employees.

Developed fixes for issues because of a helpdesk ticket or a change request

CLIENT: The Internal Revenue Service, Lanham, MD (1/2007 –12/2007)

PeopleSoft CRM 8.8

Managed daily project activities for the PeopleSoft 8.8 CRM application, such as updating the integrated master schedule, developing performance metrics for program success, monitoring of progress of all deliverables, assigning out defect assignments using ClearQuest.

Designed and developed the Reporting Agent Misapplied Payment/Credit Transfer functionality of the Electronic Account Resolution system.

Completed Project Impact Assessments (PIAs) to determine a level of effort needed by the development team to develop and unit test the Change Request

Northrop Grumman

August 2003 – January 2007

CLIENT: The Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC (6/2005 –1/2007)

Softscape Apex Implementation

Managed daily project activities for the ePerformance application implementation such as updating the integrated master schedule, performance metrics for program success, and monitoring of progress of all deliverables.

Developed functional and technical requirements for the implementation of Softscape’s ePerformance system.

Developed a prototype of the ePerformance system utilizing HTML and JavaScript.

Developed a website for the ePerformance interim tool and performance standards utilizing HTML and JavaScript.

Served as the project liaison between Northrop Grumman and Softscape so that communications were streamlined, and issues were dealt with in a timely fashion.

CLIENT: United States Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC (8/2003 –6/2005)

PeopleSoft HCM 8.3/8.8 Hybrid

Supported the Program Manager (PM) by serving as technical manager for design/development teams within the Research and Development (R&D) Office of the Treasury’s Office of Workforce Technology in support of the Treasury’s implementation of HR Connect, the Department’s modern human resources system.

Performed program management activities including scheduling, project resources management, status reporting, organizational out-briefings, and quality assurance oversight. Directed and managed 20 program staff including Northrop Grumman Information Technology (NGIT) and subcontractor personnel.

Responsible for developing a custom online security search process to improve the overall online search efficiency.

Developed the 2004 Retro Pay Adjustment Process utilizing SQR to process retro pay adjustments for over 100,000 employees.

Assisted with the upgrade of PeopleSoft 7.5 to 8.3 by analyzing compare reports, re-applying patches and fixes, and re-applying custom code in the upgraded environment.

Led development of complex system modifications identified as critical for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) conversion to HR Connect, Treasury’s department-wide modern human resources management system supporting over 135,000 employees in 13 bureaus. The phased IRS deployment, which completed on May 26, 2004, added approximately 115,000 employee records to the system and resulted in all IRS personnel transactions being completed in HR Connect.

Reviewed all technical designs for accuracy and effectiveness.

Assisted with the customizations utilizing PeopleTools 8.4 for the Treasury Phase I rollout of PeopleSoft’s ePerformance module.

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

October 2002 – August 2003

CLIENT: Nextel, Reston, VA. (3/2003 – 8/2003)

PeopleSoft HCM 8.8 Implementation

Lead a HR team of 3 members for configuration, design, build, and testing during this PeopleSoft 8.8 HCM implementation.

Worked with Subject Matter Experts to develop detailed test scripts for customizations, reports, interfaces, and queries.

Served as the liaison between the design and technical teams to accurately log report issues to upper management utilizing Mercury TestDirector.

Wrote conversion scripts utilizing SQR to convert core configuration data for HR, Benefits Administration, Payroll, and eBenefits.

Reviewed functional and technical designs to validate business processes and requirements.

CLIENT: Longaberger, Columbus, Ohio. (11/2002 - 3/2003)

PeopleSoft HRMS 8.3 Implementation

Co-Led a team of 10 developers and 8 functional users to complete a PeopleSoft 8.3 implementation of HR, Base Benefits, Payroll, and Time & Labor.

Developed function design documents for customizations, interfaces, and reports.

Worked with the client Subject Matter Experts to ensure all design documents are accurate and concise in detail.

Completed technical reviews of enhancements, interfaces, and reports to validate completeness, code efficiency, and overall requirements.

Reviewed HR, Benefit, and Payroll conversions with client and developers to validate that the data from the legacy system is being converted properly into PeopleSoft.

BearingPoint

(Formally with Arthur Andersen's Business Consulting)

September 1997 - October 2002

CLIENT: Sunoco, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (4/2002 - 10/2002)

PeopleSoft HRMS Upgrade from 7.01 to 8.0

Managed two consultants to complete a PeopleSoft HRMS upgrade from 7.02 to 8.0 SP1 on DB2/OS 390.

Developed a strategy and process to upgrade Production Queries from 7.02 to 8.0 after the first upgrade pass.

Worked with client to develop a strategy for developing permission lists and roles for PeopleSoft Security.

Worked with client to troubleshoot and fix Upgrade issues that arise.

Worked with client and KPMG Consulting team members to develop an approach to convert Crystal Reports from an Oracle Reporting Database to PeopleSoft Query and SQRs.

Developed Workflow applications to integrate with ePay and eProfile modules.

Assisted in applying on-going patches to the client's new Version 8 application of PeopleSoft on DB2/OS 390.

Assisted with the training to client team members of the new features of Version 8 PeopleSoft HRMS.

CLIENT: General Motors, Phoenix, Arizona. (4/2001 - 3/2002)

PeopleSoft 8 HRMS Implementation

Managed four Andersen and two client developers to build, design, and test over 60 custom HR, Benefit and Payroll enhancements for this PeopleSoft 8 implementation.

Worked with client Subject Matter Experts to ensure all technical design documents were concise and accurate.

Developed the Benefit team's project plan to efficiently manage team members to meet strict deadlines and objectives.

Executed code reviews and provided technical assistance to client and Andersen development team members.

Worked with upper management to determine the implications of scope changes and how to effectively incorporate them into the work-plan.

Completed 8 major Benefit processes utilizing SQR and PeopleTools.

Built a custom Disability module to be used by MetLife to administrate the Disability process for General Motors. The customization included building custom pages, custom SQR processes, and 1700 lines of PeopleCode.

Completed 4 major payroll enhancements utilizing PeopleTools and SQR to ensure General Motors was capable of developing a Shared Service Center to run payroll for over 300,000 employees.

CLIENT: Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, Alabama (5/2000 - 4/2001)

PeopleSoft 7.5 HRMS Implementation

Served as the technical lead for this Education and Government PeopleSoft HR implementation with fees in excess of $2.5 million.

Trained client team members in the areas of PeopleTools, SQR, PeopleCode and PeopleSoft client setup.

Managed all technical aspects (Designing, Developing, Testing, and Documenting) of the implementation, including the installation of the PeopleSoft software. Specific areas of responsibility included the development of the project plan, monitoring the progress of the Development, Reporting, and Conversion teams, application troubleshooting, completing client workstation installations, addressing deployment concerns and strategy, developing data migration strategies and programs, and NEON ODBC client setup.

Developed all major interfaces to external systems and extensively assisted in all system customizations

Worked with the client to review all documentation for concise details and design applicability.

CLIENT: LEND LEASE, Sydney, Australia. (1/2000 - 5/2000)

PeopleSoft 7.5 HRMS Implementation

Served as the technical lead for this Global PeopleSoft HR implementation for all customizations, reports, interfaces, system configuration, and the Employee Self Service development.

Provided technical and managerial assistance for all major system customizations to client and Andersen team members.

Worked with client team members to ascertain that the all requirements were met in our customizations.

Constructed and developed interfaces to all major external systems including a Lotus Notes database, an external benefits system and a payroll system.

Designed and developed core Employee Self Service functionality utilizing PeopleSoft's HTML Access.

Worked with the client Subject Matter Experts to develop the unit and system testing plans for all modifications, interfaces, reports, and the Employee Self Service application.

Aided in the decommission strategy of a Lotus Notes database that served as a core reporting database to 16 external systems.

CLIENT: AMERICAN OPERATIONS CENTER, Sarasota, Florida. (8/1999 - 1/2000)

PeopleSoft 7.5 HRMS Implementation

Led the integration-testing phase of a new PeopleSoft payroll system implementation for this professional services client.

Tested the international functionality of the payroll system for 40,000 employees for this organization that hoped to drive towards a Shared Service Center model.

Responsibilities included development of project plans and timelines, coordination of resources and testing activities, development of testing scripts, detailed analysis and understanding of custom interfaces, conversion support, and end user training.

Additional responsibilities also included troubleshooting for the batch program team, assistance with the functional and parallel testing, review of the existing payroll configuration, design and planning of one-day payroll training class and overall payroll guidance.

CLIENT: DYNCORP, Reston, Virginia. (7/1998 - 8/1999)

PeopleSoft 7.5 HRMS Implementation

Designed and developed more than 15 major system customizations to the HR and Payroll modules.

Provided technical and managerial assistance to client team members for an additional 10 system customizations.

Created 27 custom reports utilizing SQR, Query, and Crystal through user development sessions.

Developed the conversion routines using both SQR's and import manager to convert data from a legacy system.

Constructed multiple interfaces with benefit carriers, external accounting systems, and several other small miscellaneous systems.

Configured the Human Resource, Benefits and Payroll module's base tables.

CLIENT: PEOPLESOFT, Pleasanton, California. (5/1998 - 7/1998)

Release Testing Program for the PeopleSoft 6.02/7.01 HRMS Application Update Release

Tested the Payroll module through its entire lifecycle to record any incidents that occurred.

Worked directly with PeopleSoft developers to help solve any discrepancies that were exposed while validating the expected results against the system results.

Executed and verified SQR and COBOL programs to determine if the Payroll system performed various payroll tasks correctly.

Performed functional tests on the Payroll system on the following platforms: MS SQL Server, Oracle, and DB2/MVS.

Developed, recorded, and executed Automated Test Scripts using the SQA Testing Tool.

EDUCATION

George Washington University, Washington, DC

M.S. Management Information Systems

Executive Masters Program, December 2006

CIO Certification

Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, VA

B.S. Management Science and Information Technology

Concentration: Decision Support Systems, August 1997

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