SNIGDHA MEHTA

PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Architect

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Profile Summary

• 14 years of professional experience as Solution Architect and Delivery Manager for Oracle PeopleSoft Applications

• Expertise in leading teams, handling clients, consulting, analysis, design, development, implementation, testing and support.

• Working as PeopleSoft Campus Solution SME (Subject-Matter Expert) and Delivery Manager for last 8 years.

• Expertise in PeopleSoft Campus Solution Functionalities and configuration for Student Recruiting & Admissions, Student Records, Student Financials, Campus Community and Campus Self-service modules.

• Experienced in Application Designer, PeopleCode, Application Engine, Component Interface, Integration Broker, Application messaging and reporting tools. Expertise in Data conversions, Interfaces and customizations. Experience Summary

• Managed implementation of Peoplesoft Campus Solution 9.0 application for multiple Global and domestic clienteles

• Managed, Architected solution for around 4 PeopleSoft Campus Solution 9.0 implementation projects. Subject Matter Expert(SME) for Student Admissions, Student records, Student Financials, Campus Community and Self-Service modules of PeopleSoft Campus Solution 9.0.

• Worked as Solution Architect for PeopleSoft Campus solution implementation for an Ethiopian University. End-to-end automation done with no legacy system in place. Modules implemented: Admissions, Student financials, Student Records, Campus Community, Self-Service, Online applications

• Worked as a Project Lead/Solution Architect for Peoplesoft Campus Solutions 9.0 implementation project for a South African University. Modules implemented: Admissions, Student financials, Financial Aid and Student Records

• Maintenance and enhancement of PeopleSoft Campus Solution 9.0 for a leading Indian University. Some major enhancements include configuration of Student Financials- GL interface setup between PeopleSoft Campus Solution 9.0 and PeopleSoft Financials 9.2 for accounting

reconciliation. Configured PeopleSoft Campus Solution system for dual fee payment structure with minimum customization.

• Implemented Higher Education interface between CRM 9.1 and PeopleSoft Campus Solution 9.0 Application for leading university in New Zealand

• Maintenance and Enhancement of PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 for leading retail stores in UK.

• Designed and Developed various Project Accelerators and reusable components to reduce effort and cost by

increasing productivity

Work Experience

Company Name Location Start Date End Date Designation Oracle(SSI) India Pvt Ltd Bangalore, India 03-May-2018 Current Senior Principle Consultant Wipro Technologies Bangalore, India 27-Sep-2017 13-May-2018 Lead Consultant KPMG Bangalore, India 3-June-2013 12-Aug-2017 Manager Tata Consultancy Services Lucknow, India 07-Sep-2011 07-May-2013 Assistant Consultant Oracle(SSI) India Pvt Ltd Bangalore, India 28-May-2007 19-Aug-2011 Senior Consultant Tata Consultancy Services Bangalore, India 27-May-2004 23-May-2007 System Engineer Skill Sets

• Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions 9.0

• Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools 8.5x

• Oracle 11g

• Expertise in Managing PeopleSoft campus Solution implementations

• Possess a thorough understanding of Business processes in Education sector and mapping business requirement with Application processes

• Mentoring technical and functional team

Project Details

Project Name: UNSW (PeopleSoft Campus Solution 9.2 – AMS project) Client/Country: University of New South Wales, Sydney Role: Solution architect and Functional SME

Location: offshore

Type: Billable

UNSW is a leading Australian University who has implemented PeopleSoft Campus Solutions as their ERP system. UNSW’s complete ERP system comprises of PeopleSoft Campus Solution 9.2 and several other third party and downstream applications. Starting this year there were several changes proposed to the business processes including a 3 Term model and student enrolment in course as well as class level. Since their existing PeopleSoft CS system is tightly integrated with other downstream systems, there was a huge impact. Configuration changes were to be identified and corrected so as to minimize these impacts. Responsibilities:

• Role- Functional Consultant and PeopleSoft CS Solution Architect

• Conduct Requirement Gathering sessions with Clients

• Create As-is business process document

• Fit/Gap analysis and create To-Be solution design

• Analyze the impact on all the business processes under Admissions, Enrolment and Student Financials, as part of introduction of 3 Term Model

• Create functional requirement documents for new configuration and customizations

• Configure Campus Solution system based on To-Be design

• Conduct User training of PeopleSoft Campus Solution system

• Conduct Conference Room Pilot (CRP) sessions for the clients

• Test the customized components and facilitate go-live of components

• Responsible for coordinating and mentoring technical and functional team activities and deliverables Project Name: University of Gondar (PeopleSoft CS 9.0, tools 8.52 Implementation) Client/Country: University of Gondar, Ethiopia

Role: Project Lead and Solution architect

Location: Onsite/offshore

Type: Implementation

This was the first ever big scale implementation that happened in Ethiopia, where the University was moving from manual administration process to automation using PeopleSoft Campus Solution as the ERP system. Responsibilities:

• Role- Solution Architect and Project Lead

• Conduct Requirement Gathering sessions with Clients

• Create As-is business process document

• Fit/Gap analysis and create To-Be solution design

• Configure Campus Solution system based on To-Be design for Admission, Enrolment and Student Financial modules

• Create functional requirement document for customizations

• Conduct User training of PeopleSoft Campus Solution system

• Conduct Conference Room Pilot (CRP) sessions for the clients

• Responsible for coordinating and mentoring technical and functional team activities and deliverables

• Was also involved in the Pre-Sales, proposal and bidding activities for this project. Project Name: Sharda University (PeopleSoft CS 9.0, tools 8.51 Implementation) Client/Country: Sharda University, Greater Noida, India Role: Campus Solution SME and Solution architect

Location: Onsite/offshore

Type: Support & Maintenance

Sharda University implemented PeopleSoft Campus Solution 9.0. This was an enhancement project and the modules implemented were Admissions, Student Records, Student Financials and Self-Service. Responsibilities:

• Role- Solution Architect and Project Lead

• Conducted Requirement Gathering sessions with Clients

• Reconfigured student Fee structure for the client

• Created functional requirement document for customizations

• Requirement gathering and solution designing of new bolt-on modules like Hostel, Mess and Transport Management

• Lead the accounting interface and reconciliation process between PeopleSoft CS and FSCM systems

• Responsible for coordinating and mentoring technical and functional team activities and deliverables

• Was also involved in the Pre-Sales, proposal and bidding activities for this Support project. Project Name: University of Witwatersrand (PeopleSoft CS 9.0, tools 8.51 Implementation) Client/Country: University of Witwatersrand, South Africa Role: Solution Architect and Offshore Project Lead Location: Offshore/Onsite

Type: Implementation

University of Witwatersrand (WITS) had a reputation built on research and academic excellence. WITS is one of only two universities in Africa ranked in two separate international rankings as a leading institution in the world. They were moving from their legacy system (Oracle Student System) to PeopleSoft Campus Solution 9.0. This was an implementation project and the modules implemented were Admissions, Enrollment, Student Financials and Financial Aid. Responsibilities:

• Role- Solution Architect and Project Lead

• Planning, Estimating and preparing development plans

• Conduct Requirement Gathering sessions with Clients

• Created As-is business process document

• Fit/Gap analysis and created To-Be solution design

• Configured Campus Solution system based on To-Be design

• Created functional requirement document for customizations

• Designed Data Conversion strategy

• Conduct User training of PeopleSoft Campus Solution system

• Conduct Conference Room Pilot (CRP) sessions for the clients

• Responsible for coordinating and mentoring technical and functional team activities and deliverables Project Name: Unitec Institute of Technology (PeopleSoft CRM 9.1 Implementation) Client/Country: Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand

Role: Onsite Technical Lead

Location: onsite

Type: Implementation

Unitec Institute of Technology in New Zealand is a member of the International Association of Universities. They were in process of upgrading their existing PeopleSoft Campus Solution, HRMS and Financial systems. They implemented CRM 9.1 for modules - Case Management, 360 degree, self-service and Higher Education (integration with Campus Solutions). Responsibilities:

• Role- Onsite Technical Lead

• Conduct Requirement Gathering sessions with Clients

• Created Technical Design Documents

• Configure and design the integration for Higher Education between PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and PeopleSoft CRM systems

• Developed custom application using PeopleCode, Application Engines and Component Interfaces

• Responsible for coordinating and mentoring technical team activities and deliverables Project Name: DEECD (PeopleSoft HCM Upgrade and maintenance) Client/Country: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD), Australia Role: Technical Consultant

Location: offshore

Type: Upgrade and maintenance

This was a support and Maintenance project in PeopleSoft HCM with lot of customizations Responsibilities:

• Role- Technical Consultant

• Created Technical Design Documents

• Support the application by analyzing and fixing issues and defects

• Developed custom applications using PeopleCode, Application Engines and Component Interfaces Project Name: Wilkinson (PeopleSoft HCM 9.0, tools 8.5 Implementation) Client/Country: Wilkinson, UK

Role: Technical Lead

Location: offshore

Type: Implementation

Wilkinson is a renowned Hardware Stores company based in UK. The HR system of Wilkinson was on AS400 and they were moving to PeopleSoft. This project was a PeopleSoft HCM and Payroll (UK Extension) Implementation. It was on HCM 9.0 with PeopleTools 8.50. The Project involved Data conversion, customizations/interfaces including Web Services and ODI. Responsibilities:

• Role- Technical Lead

• Designed Data Conversion Strategy

• Created Technical Design Documents

• Developed complex conversion programs

• Developed custom application using PeopleCode, Application Engines and Component Interfaces.

• Responsible for coordinating and mentoring technical team activities and deliverables Project Name: Tesco (PeopleSoft HCM 8.9 Support)

Client/Country: Bangalore-India

Role: Technical Consultant

Location: offshore

Type: Support

This project was a HCM 8.9 support project; where-in I was part of the Advance customer support team for Tesco. The support was for Tesco US implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Role- Technical Consultant

• Created Technical Design Documents

• Support the application by analyzing and fixing issues and defects

• Developed custom applications using PeopleCode, Application Engines and Component Interfaces Project Name: DPSMS– Department of Policing and Security management system Client/Country: Department of Defense, Canberra Australia Role: Technical Consultant

Location: Onsite

Type: Implementation

DPSMS (Department of Policing and Security management system) was a CRM implementation project wherein the business logic of Australian Policing department was implemented, using the CRM helpdesk and BORM model. Responsibilities:

• Role- Technical Consultant

• Created Technical Design Documents

• Developed custom applications using PeopleCode, Application Engines and Component Interfaces

• Testing the customizations and preparing test scripts Project Name: NATIXIS – Factoring Solutions

Client/Country: Natixis, Paris, France

Role: Technical Consultant

Location: Onsite/offshore

Type: Implementation

Natixis was implementing a custom Factoring solution using PeopleSoft Financials AP, AR and GL as the base. It was a custom bolt-on implementation for Factoring solution.

Responsibilities:

• Role- Technical Consultant

• Created Technical Design Documents

• Developed custom applications using PeopleCode, Application Engines, Application Packages and Component Interfaces

• Testing the customizations and preparing test scripts Project Name: Apple Inc

Client/Country: Apple Inc, Cupertino

Role: Technical Consultant

Location: Offshore

Type: Enhancement

Apple Inc had implemented PeopleSoft CRM 8.8 as their ERP system for Sales and Order Management. This was a maintenance and enhancement project, involving customizations and integrations with several Third Party systems like SalesForce.Com, SAP financials etc.

Responsibilities:

• Role- Technical Consultant

• Created Technical Design Documents

• Developed custom applications using PeopleCode, Application Engines, Component Interfaces and Integration Broker

• Testing the customizations and preparing test scripts

• Created Interface with SalesForce.com and SAP Financials systems

• Production support of CRM Sales module

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