PAUL K. CORCORAN

*** ******* ****

Assonet MA ***02

508-***-**** or 508-***-**** (cell)

acdv5v@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Mr. Corcoran has over 15 years of PeopleSoft Technical upgrade experience. He has completed

numerous HRMS and Financials’ 8.x and 9.x upgrades. He has hands-on

experience as a PeopleSoft Upgrade Specialist, Technical Lead, PeopleSoft

Administrator and Project Manager. He has been trained in the use of

PeopleTools, Server Administration, Application Messaging, Business Interlink,

Component and Portal processing. Additionally, he has trained in the use of Data

Management, Database Upgrade using the Change Assistant, Application Engine,

Security and specialized training to handle version 9 through 11x upgrades for

Oracle/UNIX and SQL Server environments. This technical experience includes

the application of hundreds of updates and fixes, tax updates for various years as

well as installation and administration for various platforms and server

environments. He has had previous experience as an Oracle and SQL Server

DBA. With over 15 years of System and Business experience, Mr. Corcoran has

had exposure to both technical and business issues, leaving him with a keen

understanding of the PeopleSoft business environment. Mr. Corcoran also

possesses excellent verbal and written communication skills.

TECHNICAL

SKILLS:

Hardware: IBM, HP, AIX, SQL Server

Software: PeopleSoft’s PeopleCode, ORACLE 7x, through 11g, Visual

Basic, MS Access

OS: MS-DOS, MS-Windows, MS Windows NT Workstation, HP-

UX, IBM AIX, and DB2/UNIX & HP TRU64

EXPERIENCE:

Boeing Corporation, Saint Louis MO

May 2011 to present

• Technical Lead and PeopleSoft Administrator - Remote

and On-Site

Production and Development Support

4 Production Databases

20+ Development Databases

Multiple PeopleTools Versions

15 SQL Server 2008 R2 virtual servers

Boeing Corporation, Saint Louis MO

June 2013 to May 2014

•

Technical Lead and Upgrade Specialist for the PeopleSoft

Financials 9.0 and 9.1 to 9.2 Application Upgrades as well as

PeopleTools 8.53.01 to 8.53.08 upgrade

Boeing Corporation, Saint Louis MO

February 2013 to May 2013

• Technical Lead and Upgrade Specialist for the

PeopleTools 8.53.01 Upgrade

Boeing Corporation, Saint Louis MO

July 2011 to May 2012

• Technical Lead and Upgrade Specialist

o PeopleTools 8.50.11 to 8.52.05

Boeing Corporation, Saint Louis MO

July 2010 to May 2011

•

Technical Lead and Upgrade Specialist - Remote and On-Site

o

PeopleSoft Financials 8.8 to 9.1 Application Upgrade

Barnes & Noble College Bookstores Basking Ridge, NJ

July 2010 to June 2011

• Upgrade Specialist – Remote and On Site Test Move and Go-Live Support

o PeopleSoft Financials 8.8 to 9.1 and PeopleTools 8.49.11 to 8.50.11

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston MA

January 2009 to July 2010

• Technical Lead & Upgrade Specialist (2000+ users / 80,000+ employees)

• Installed, Built and then performed the upgrade for the Demo and Upgrade

Environments:

o HRMS 8.0 SP1 to 8.9 MP1 to 9.0 MP7 (Double Upgrade)

o PeopleTools 8.19 to 8.49.24

• Modules Upgraded / Implemented:

o HRMS, Payroll for North America, Benefits Administration,

Candidate Gateway, Absence Management, Enterprise

Components, Portal Pack, Recruit Workforce / TAM, Resume

Processing, Shared Components, Talent Acquisition Manager, Time

& Labor, eBenefits, eCompensation, eCompensation Manager

Desktop, eDevelopment, ePay, ePerformance, eProfile & eProfile

Manager Desktop

Hachette Filipachhi Media, New York NY

August 2008 to January 2009

• Project Manager & Technical Lead

o Project Manager for the following project deliverables:

SQL Server to Linux OS conversion

PeopleTools Upgrade to 8.52.03

OneBeacon Insurance Company, Canton, MA

January 2008 to August 2008

• Upgrade Specialist for the following upgrade:

o DB2/UDB 8.2 AIX 5.3 FixPack 16

o Financials’ 8.4 SP2 / PeopleTools 8.45.16 to Financials’ 9.0 /

PeopleTools 8.49.07

National Grid, Westborough, MA

November 2006 to November,2007

• Upgrade Specialist for the following upgrades:

o Financials 8.4 to 9.0 – PeopleTools 8.47.03 to 8.48.10 (All

modules)

o EPM 8.8 to 9.0 – PeopleTools 8.47.03 to 8.48.10 (All modules)

o Portal 8.4 to 9.0- PeopleTools 8.47.03 to 8.48.10

o Demand Planning to Supply Chain Conversion 8.4 to 8.9

PeopleTools 8.47.03 to 8.48.10

Federal Reserve Bank, Washington DC

July 2007 to August 2007

• Upgrade Specialist / Performance Tuning for the following upgrade path:

o HRMS 8SP1/PTools 8.18.15, on Oracle 8.1.7.3, to HRMS 9.0

MP1/PTools 8.48.07, on Oracle 10g HP/UNIX

Provided remote performance tuning support for end user

o

acceptance testing - online and batch processing.

Cushman & Wakefield Inc. New York City, NY

November 2005 to November 2006

• Tech Lead and Upgrade Specialist for the Financials’ 8.4 SP2 to 8.9

upgrade and Unicode conversion.

• PeopleTools 8.45.07 to 8.47.03

Genzyme Corporation Framingham, MA

February 2005 to November 2005

• Technical Lead and Upgrade specialist for the HRMS 8.3 to 8.9

upgrade.

• HRMS 8.3 SP1 to HCM 8.9 MP1 – Tools 8.46.05

• HRMS, Benefits Administration, Payroll Interface, eBenefits, eProfile,

eProfile Manager Desktop, eCompensation Manager Desktop

VirtuoGroup

January 2005 to March 2005

• Supported HP PeopleSoft eCenter via MS Remote Access.

Hachette Filipacchi Media Greenwich, CT & New York City, NY

March 2004 to February 2005

• PeopleSoft Technical Lead & Project Upgrade consultant for the

PeopleSoft v7.52/7.61 to v8.8/8.44.07 Financials upgrade.

Russell Reynolds & Associates New York City, NY

June 2004 to July 2004

• PeopleSoft Upgrade Consultant for a PeopleSoft Financials’ v7.52/7.56

to v8.4 SP1 upgrade.

MRO Software Bedford, MA

July 2003 to April 2004

• PeopleSoft Technical Lead & Project Upgrade consultant & SQL Server

DBA

• Financials’ v7.52 – Tools 7.56 to v8.4 - Tools 8.42.10

MCS Inc. Orlando, FL

April 2003 to July 2003

• PeopleSoft Technical Upgrade consultant for off-site upgrade support.

• PeopleSoft Financials’ double upgrade

o Financials’ v7.02 – Tools 7.051 to v8.0 SP2 - Tools 8.19

o Financials’ 8.42 SP1 – Tools 8.42

Genzyme Corporation Framingham, MA

July 2002 to April 2003

• Upgrade specialist for the HRMS 7.53 to 8.3 and Tools 7.59 to 8.18.09

upgrade in a Compaq Tru64 UNIX environment.

State of Delaware Dover, DE

November 2000 to July 2002

• Technical Architect Manager for System’s Operations Architecture

• Upgraded the HRMS 7.51 software to version 8.3 & Tools 7.57 to 8.17.

• Statewide deployment for 80+ remote agencies supporting 40,000 state

employees and 900 PeopleSoft users.

• Performed production support for all modules and infrastructure issues

following the implementation and upgrade.

Mitre Corporation Bedford, MA

July 2000 to November 2000

• Technical consultant for the client’s PeopleSoft 7.00 to 7.51 HRMS

software upgrade.

Russell Reynolds & Associates Inc. New York, NY

June 2000 to July 2000

• Technical Lead for the client’s PeopleSoft 7.50 to 7.53 upgrade

CCCI Inc. Orlando, FL

August 1999 to May 2000

• Technical Lead for the reimplementation and upgrade for the client’s

PeopleSoft’s 5.12 software to 7.52 General Ledger, Account’s Payable

and Purchasing modules.

Banyan Systems, Inc. Westboro, MA

May 1999 to July 1999

• Technical lead for the following upgrade areas:

• HRMS 5.1 to 5.11 application update

• HRMS 5.11 to 5.12 application update

• HRMS 5.12 to 7.01 software upgrade on an HP/UNIX 10.20 and Oracle

7.2.3 platform.

Beacon Application Services Framingham, MA

July 1998 to May 1999

Forrester Research Inc. Cambridge, MA

February 1999 to May 1999

• Technical lead for the Financials 6.0 to 7.51 PeopleSoft Upgrade.

Homeside Lending Inc. Jacksonville, FL

November 1998 to February 1999

• Provided technical assistance during the PeopleSoft Financials’ 5.12

to 7.5-software upgrade on an Oracle 8.04 HP UNIX 11.20 platform.

Data Transmission Network Omaha, NE

August to October 1998

• Applied PeopleSoft Tools 7.53 rollup patch to client’s SQL Server

6.5 databases.

Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Connecticut North Haven, CT

July to August 1998

Conducted an on-site review of the client’s environment in order to

evaluate whether Anthem should proceed with a PeopleSoft Financials’ 6

to 7.5-software upgrade prior to their 1998-year end process.

Avon Products Rye, NY

March 1998 to July 1998

• Upgraded the client’s PeopleSoft HRMS 4.0 database to HRMS 6.01.

W. L. Gore & Associates Newark, DE

December 1997 to March 1998

• Upgraded the client’s (4) HRMS production databases from Tools’ version

6.00 to 6.10.10.

Ford Motor Company N. A., Detroit MI

November 1997

• Implemented PeopleSoft’s chartfield customization methodology on an

Oracle 8/Unix operating system to meet Ford’s North American Account

Receivables business requirements.

FRANKLIN MINT, Lima PA

November 1997

• Upgraded the client’s 6.00 Tools software to version 6.10.

• Upgraded the client from PeopleSoft HRMS 6.00 to HRMS 6.01 via

PeopleSoft’s application update methodology on an Oracle 7.3.3/Unix

operating system.

VISIONTEK, Gurnee, IL

September 1997 to October 1997

• Upgraded the client to the PeopleSoft 6.1 Manufacturing and Enterprise

Planning on an Oracle 7.3.3 /UNIX platform.

• Upgraded the client from PeopleSoft Financials Distribution 5.1 to

PeopleSoft 6.0.

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