Highly Experienced Project Manager with PMP since 2001

Ron Evans, MBA, PMP

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Professional Profile

Highly versatile business focused project and program manager, able to manage many different types of projects, and equally comfortable engaging with C-level to Individual Contributors. Extensive experience in consulting and industry.

Primary areas of expertise:

Project Management, Program Management, and Portfolio Management

Software selection and ERP Implementation, including all phases of implementation

Supply Chain evaluation and process improvement

Professional Experience

Cargill

Senior Project Manager, April 2016 – Present (Contract)

Managed complex ~$100mm divestiture project with 18 sites, many collocated with ongoing business

Managed custom development project for outbound shipping for North America

Managed Plan Phase of non-IT Transformation project

Managed smaller divestitures

Qumu Corporation (formerly Rimage) Edina, MN September 2012 – January 2016

Vice President of IT (Employee) January 2013 – January 2016

Led implementation of NetSuite Cloud Software as a Service (SaaS) ERP.

Managed WW (US, UK, Germany, India) IT, including Infrastructure, SAP Business Applications, and NetSuite.

Managed and developed full time staff, plus external consultants and outsourced 24 x 7 Help Desk.

Led Software Selection project to ERP platform for newly separated Software division.

Managed project budgets and departmental budget for capital and expense.

Migrated business critical systems to offsite colocation with 100% virtualized hardware.

Migrated from 3 on premise Exchange Servers to one Office 365 instance.

Led cross-functional project to plan and execute sale of hardware division.

Project Manager (Contract) Sept 2012- January 2013

Re-started and completed in flight SAP implementation project.

Saint Jude Medical, Minnetonka, MN October 2011 – September 2012

Operations Team Project Manager (Contract)

Re-organized in process project plan to hit project deliverables and timelines.

Performed detailed planning and tracking for SAP Projects for Operations Team based in three geographies.

Coordinated Operations data conversion for large Medical Device manufacturing division.

Led analysis of data alignment issues for Material Master between Japan Sales and U.S. Manufacturing.

Boston Scientific Corporation, Arden Hills, MN, April 2006 - October 2011

Director of Program Management (Employee) August 2007- October 2011

Project Manager for Integration Testing

Coordinated testing of over 1,000 applications, including many tied to Quality Systems, for compatibility with Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8, and Office 2010.

Program Manager for HR and Learning Management systems and Processes

Managed integration of multiple global PeopleSoft HR systems with over 25,000 active employees.

Defined overall implementation strategy and phasing for integration of HR (PeopleSoft), Payroll (ADP) and Learning Management Systems (Plateau) and processes between two merging companies.

Developed phased implementation strategy to significantly reduce both risk and cost.

Project Manager for integrated ADP payroll systems for two separate corporate divisions.

Integrated all HR systems and functions, including vendor and internal systems interfaces.

Defined process to feed PeopleSoft HR records to multiple Learning Management Systems.

Member of Quality Systems Working Group (QSWG) for Corrective Action/Preventative Action (CAPA) remediation and implementation plans.

Led integration testing for interfaces.

Project Manager for initiative to select company-wide LMS tied into Quality System.

Performed detailed software selection for enterprise LMS, with WW team of 30+ business and systems SMEs.

Project Manager, April 2006 – August 2007 (Contract)

Project Manager for separating global Plateau Learning Management Systems between two rival companies.

Led business separation testing for LMS system with interfaces to FDA regulated manufacturing Quality Systems.

Project Manager separating global integrated PeopleSoft HR system between two rival companies.

Separated Human Resources, Payroll, benefits, and historical data between companies while in production.

Planned and managed integration testing with 30 direct interfaces and over 100 downstream systems.

Ecolab, Saint Paul, MN, February 2005 - April 2006 (Contract)

Project Manager for Sales Analytics to consolidate data from several systems into single SAP business warehouse.

Created Project Charter, project budget, detailed WBS for project lifecycle.

Planned and facilitated “Requirements Workshops” with business teams from eight company divisions.

Nonin Medical, Plymouth, MN, September 2004- January 2005 (Consultant)

Project Manager for Business and systems evaluation

Ergotron, Eagan, MN August 2003- October 2003 (Consultant)

Subject Matter Expert on Software Selection project.

Developed As Is Process Flows and disconnects and created vendor demonstration scripts

Guidant Corporation, Arden Hills, MN, August 2003 - September 2004 (Consultant)

Project Manager for global implementation of Siebel Clinical integrated with Documentum document management.

Performed assessment of troubled project, re-established project scope, and re-baselined project deliverables.

Led project team consisting of 20 members spread across four time zones in three countries.

Entegris, Chaska, MN May 2003 – June 2003 (Consultant)

Subject Matter Expert for Supply Chain Project utilizing Supply Chain Operations Reference Model (SCOR)

Colder Products, Saint Paul, MN, March 2003- May 2003 (Consultant)

Project Manager for SAP upgrade. Managed technical upgrade, integration testing, and re-training employees.

BROWN Printing, Waseca, MN, January 2003 – February 2003 (Consultant)

Facilitator & SME for “business process workshops” to define “to-be” processes and systems for sourcing department.

G&K Services, Minnetonka, MN, December 2000 – July 2002 (Consultant)

Project Manager for SAP implementation utilizing ASAP methodology. Managed cross-functional consulting and client team with over 20 people engaged.

Project Manager for Supply Chain Project utilizing SCOR. Facilitated “As Is” and “To Be” Work and Information Flow.

Doboy, Richmond Hills, WI, April 2000 – December 2000 (Consultant)

Project Management Advisor and Materials Management SME for SAP implementation using ASAP methodology.

Toro, Bloomington, MN September-October 2000 (Consultant)

Subject Matter Expert on Supply Chain project. Performed SCOR Work and Information Flow analysis.

Colder Products, Saint Paul, MN, August 1999 – March 2000 (Consultant)

Project Manager for project to recover from an unsuccessful cutover to SAP.

Pillsbury, Minneapolis, MN, October 1997 - February 1999 (Consultant)

PricewaterhouseCoopers Principal Consultant. Team Lead for Manufacturing on SAP project.

Education

George Mason University, B.S. Degree, Business

Regis University, MBA, Finance and Accounting

Professional Affiliations

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification #22989, Project Management Institute (PMI). Continuously since 2000

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