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Woodbridge Township, NJ
Posted:
June 22, 2014

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[A] Summary

Atul is a Senior Manager in L&T InfoTech's Oracle JD Edwards Practice.

He has over 24 years of industry experience and over 13 years of JD

Edwards experience that includes requirements gathering & analysis,

system design and development, procedures development, system testing,

end-user training, and project management. Atul has managed several

engagements that involved green field implementation, rollouts and

production support in a global delivery model setting. He is well

aware of the SDLC and PMLC processes. Atul is a techno-functional with

knowledge in Financials and Distribution area of JD Edwards package.

Atul has played a role of solution architect and lead in designing

complex solution involving 3rd part integration, custom module

development, country specific localization, EDI to name a few in JD

Edwards projects resulting in automating solution and saving to our

clients. He is having hands on experience on the projects.

He has experience of interviewing candidates and screening them for

recruitment. He is responsible for performance review of his team

members. He works with client on getting new projects, understanding

requirements, and creating statement of work. Depending on agreement

with client, he manages invoicing and tracks receivables. To keep the

project on track and on radar, he publishes status report on weekly

basis highlighting risk and mitigation plan.

[B] Education Qualifications and Certifications

. MBA from University of Phoenix.

. Project Management Professional (PMP) (Credentials expired in

January 2013).

. Bachelor of Commerce (B.com) - Mumbai University.

. Oracle Championship Assessment In EnterpriseOne Technical.

[C] Awards and Recognitions

. Team Was Awarded "Best Team Performance" in 2007 Atul acting as

Project Manager.

. Awarded 'Excellence Award' In The Year 2005.

. Was nominated for a "Best Project Team" in 2003, as Project Manager

of Localization Department.

. Awarded Best Technical Consultant In The Year 2001.

[D] Skill Sets

. ERP Systems : JDEdwards World & EnterpriseOne

. Technical Skills : AS/400 - RPG, CL, DB2/400, OS/400, SQL/400, SDA,

SEU, RLU, DFU

Clipper, FoxPro 2

[E] Project Experience

The following section includes role and responsibilities handled in

various projects.

. Project Management including all phases of the project from Project

Initiation till Closure.

. Requirement Gathering, system analysis & design, Effort Estimation,

Write Specs, Coding, Unit Test, Functional Test and Code Review.

. Create Project Management Plan covering project scope, team

information, risk and mitigation plan, status reporting plan,

communication plan, Change management plan, sign off/approval

process, and development methodology/process etc.

. Create and track schedule (Project Plan).

. Set and manage client expectations.

. Providing Expert advice to client on various subjects relating to

EnterpriseOne.

. Help and manage System Integration Test & User Acceptance Test.

. Creating templates of various documents considering client's

quality process and needs.

. Co-ordination among IT Team at client site, Business Leads,

Offshore team and Management.

. Co-ordinate with Third party vendors/internal vendors and client

project team to implement interfaces.

. Creating Statement of Work, manage invoice and track receivables.

. Managing Conference calls with the client/onsite team to discuss

and resolve issues.

. Status reporting.

. Monitoring team performance and tracking development activities.

. Ensuring smooth project execution.

Larsen & Toubro InfoTech Ltd (Since August 2005)

Lutron Inc. - EnterpriseOne Rollout and Development Projects

Duration : May 2013 - Present

Technology : EnterpriseOne 9.0

Role : Program Manager

Team Size : Onsite 1 - Offshore 3 to 10

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Client implemented EnterpriseOne and currently rolling out EnterpriseOne

in different locations. Development (customization) was done in offshore.

Responsibility involved acting as a single point of contact to serve all

their needs. This project also involved managing other development

projects using onsite/offshore model in addition to managing key

responsibilities in Rollouts.

Viacom - MTV Networks - Power Of One SAP Implementation Project

(Document Management System

Implementation)

. Project Details

Duration : November 2012 - April 2013

Technology : SharePoint / SAP / iNet.DM

Role : Project Manager

Team Size : Onsite 7

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Client decided to implement third party DMS product iNet.DM to manage

documentation within the SAP. Purpose of this tool is to enable storage

of the documents on SharePoint Server instead of SAP database and

retrieval of the same attachments from there. Followings were the

responsibilities on the project.

. Understand the process from vendor and discuss the implementation

approach.

. Review SOW received from the vendor, evaluate the same and discuss the

same with client and vendor to make it more meaningful.

. Analyze resource requirement & identify suitable consultants for the

project and form the team.

. Manage the project through various phases of the project.

. Coordinate with vendor team and client team to initiate and execute

the project.

. Status reporting.

. Manage the project to ensure smooth project execution.

Viacom - MTV Networks - Power Of One SAP Implementation Project

Product Enhancement

. Project Details

Duration : January 2013 - April 2013

Technology : SharePoint / SAP

Role : Project Manager

Team Size : Offshore 3

Project Scope & Responsibilities

During SAP implementation, custom tool was created to provide workflow

based system for project request creation. Using this tool, users can

submit the request for new project as well as change request.

. Understand the process, discuss new requirements, and make suggestions

for the best approach.

. Project management.

. Analyze resource requirement & identify suitable consultants for the

project and form the team.

. Change Management.

. Coordinate with business team and offshore team to ensure smooth

communication and project execution.

. Coordinate with vendor team and client team to initiate and execute

the project.

. Status reporting.

. Manage the project to ensure smooth project execution.

Viacom - MTV Networks - Power Of One - SAP Implementation Project

. Project Details

Duration : April 2011 - April 2013

Technology : Interface Development

Role : Track Lead

Team Size : Onsite 4

Offshore 5

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Client implemented SAP in USA and planned to roll out the same in Europe,

Latin America, and Asia. Project involved developing around 45

interfaces. These interfaces were integrated with internal systems such

as PeopleSoft and various sales systems as well as external third party

vendors for payment disbursement, Invoice Imaging, Payroll for freelance

consultants, interfaces with banks I was responsible in managing team,

development and delivery of interfaces, coordinate with implementation

team as well as with third party vendors. The project was completed

within the given budget and timeline. Following were key

responsibilities.

. Define Interface Strategy.

. Identify resource requirement, interview candidates and form team.

. Work with third party vendors and internal vendors to implement

interfaces.

. Define standards and setup technical templates to be used in all

interfaces.

. Create Project Plan.

. Co-ordinate with Third party vendor/internal vendor and SAP team to

finalize the process flow including frequency, schedule, file format,

transmission method etc.

. Work with business team and functional team in finalizing the

requirement, design and approach to accomplish the objective.

. Review functional specification and explain the process to technical

team.

. Review technical specification.

. Design Test cases and test scenarios.

. Conduct meetings with internal team as well as third party vendors to

monitor the progress and address issues/concerns in timely manner.

. Coordinate with internal team as well as third party vendor to

complete testing.

. Monitor development process to ensure timely completion, process

compliance and guide the team.

. Status reporting.

. Notify management in case of high risk and work with them to get

resolution.

Viacom - MTV Networks (EnterpriseOne Support)

. Project Details

Duration : October 2005 - April 2014

Technology : EnterpriseOne 8.10

Role : Project Manager/Onsite Consultant

Team Size : 2 Onsite, 5 Offshore (Regular Maintenance)

Onsite 7, Offshore 2 (During SAP Implementation)

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Included in section E.

This project involved providing support to client on EnterpriseOne

and also developing and implementing interfaces and enhancements. Various

interfaces such as payment disbursement, Outsourcing invoice creation

process, payroll process, travel interfaces, credit card interface, and

Account Receivable Invoice Creation process were developed and implemented.

My role involved identifying different options to implement those

interfaces into E1, provide pros & Cons and choosing the best one after

discussing with the client team.

SYSTIME Computers Ltd. (1st February 1999 Till Aug 2005)

HIG - USA (Offshore Development &Support Project)

. Project Details

Duration : January 2005 - Aug 2005

Technology : JDEdwards EnterpriseOne

Role : Project Manager

Team Size : Onsite 1

Offshore 1

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Included in section E.

Henry Schein - USA (Offshore Development & Support Project)

. Project Details

Duration : April 2004- Aug 2005

Technology : JDEdwards World

Role : Project Manager & Techno Functional

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Included in section E.

Michelin Asia Pacific - Japan (EnterpriseOne Implementation)

. Project Details

Duration : February 2004 - July 2004

Technology : JDEdwards EnterpriseOne

Role : Development Manager & Techno Functional

(Distribution & Finance Module)

Team size : Onsite 3

Offshore 10

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Included in section E.

CII - Louisville (Offshore Development Project)

. Project Details

Duration : January 2004

Technology : JDedwards EnterpriseOne

Role : Project Manager

Team size : Onsite 1

Offshore 3

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Initiate the project, form team, setup various processes to ensure smooth

execution of the project and handover to lead.

JohnsonDiversey Inc. - Racine, WI (Offshore Development Project)

. Project Details

Duration : December 2003

Technology : JDEdwards EnterpriseOne

Role : Project Manager

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Initiate the project, form team, setup various processes to ensure smooth

execution of the project and handover to lead.

Hills Industries Ltd. - Australia (Offshore Development Project)

. Project Details

Duration : October 2003 - November 2003

Technology : JDEdwards EnterpriseOne

Role : Project Manager & Techno Functional Consultant

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Included in section E.

JDE & EnterpriseOne Localization (Product Development & Support)

. Project Details

Duration : August 2002 - October 2003

Technology : JDEdwards World and EnterpriseOne

Role : Project Manager & Techno Functional Consultant

Team Size : 15

Project Scope & Responsibilities

* This project aimed at providing localized modules for the following

products:

. TDS

. Sales Tax & Purchase Tax

. Customs Import & Export

. Excise

* The objective of this project was to develop above modules based to

meet statutory requirements of Indian Act. Moreover these modules were

integrated with JDEdwards World and EnterpriseOne. All the products

were to be certified by PeopleSoft (JDE Owner at that time). The

following activities were involved:

. Managing project & team

. Controlling and supervision of product development

. Ensuring the functionality coverage as per the rules and regulation

of Indian Act

. Compliance with local statutory requirements

. Upgrade and changes from time to time with changes in the law

. Conducting meetings & demos with customers to explain the products

and get their approval. In case of need of changes by clients,

understand the requirement and prepare related plans

. Analysis work and preparing designs for product development

. Provide service & support during and after implementation to all

clients like HPCL, Technova, JB Chemicals, and Millipore, etc.

Support includes onsite support, telephonic and mail support

. Conducting internal meetings with subject matter experts in

different areas, such as sales tax, excise, distribution and

finance, to understand and include the practical needs of customers

as per their business process as well as prevailing law.

AL Rashid - Saudi Arabia (Training)

. Project Details

Duration : November 2002

Technology : EnterpriseOne

Role : Trainer

Project Scope & Responsibilities

Train client team of ERW & Form Designing

Nihon Hallmark K.K. - Japan (Onsite Support)

. Project Details

Duration : January 2002 - July 2002

Technology : JDEdwards World (Distribution & Finance Module)

Role : Project Manager, Techno Functional Consultant

Project Scope & Responsibilities

This project covered multiple functions, such as technical development,

functional support and requirement analysis and project management. The

main goal of this project was to regain users' confidence in the system

and ensure its effective use and smooth running. The client was pleased

with the results, and provided an appreciation letter.

Elf Lubricants Ltd. (JDE Implementation)

. Project Details

Duration : August 2001- December 2001

Technology : JDEdwards World- Implementation of

Manufacturing Module

Role : Technical Consultant

Project Scope & Responsibilities

* Write Technical specs, coding & unit testing.

Electrolux India Ltd. (JDE Implementation)

. Project Details

Duration : April 2001 - June 2001

Technology : Mite Project - Distribution Module JDEdwards

World

Role : Techno Functional Consultant

Project Scope & Responsibilities

This project involved development of new custom programs and modification

in existing programs.

Philips India Ltd. (Upgrade)

. Project Details

Duration : March, 2001

Technology : Analyzing problems arising out of environment

merger

Role : Technical Consultant

Project Scope & Responsibilities

This project involved analysis work of identifying the problems

occurring after merging of 2 different environments having different

data dictionary & setups. During this period, programs in Sales Order

Process modules were analyzed and necessary changes were done.

Castrol India Ltd. (Customization)

. Project Details

Duration : February 2001

Technology : JDEdwards World (S & D)

Role : Technical Consultant

Project Scope & Responsibilities

This project involved development of new customized programs and

modification in existing programs as per client requirements.

Wyeth Lederle Ltd (Support)

. Project Details

Duration : December 2000-January 2001

Technology : JDEdwards World (S & D)

Role : Technical Consultant

Project Scope & Responsibilities

This project involved development of new customized programs and

modifications in existing programs as per client's requirement.

Philips India Ltd. (Upgrade)

. Project Details

Duration : October - December 2000

Technology : JDEdwards World

Role : Technical Consultant

Project Scope & Responsibilities

In this project, different types of programs were developed to compare

the 2 files of different environments and find out matching, missing

and duplicate data from both environments.

Castrol India Ltd. (Implementation)

. Project Details

Duration : July, 2000 - September 2000

Technology : JDEdwards World - (S & D)

Role : Technical Consultant

Project Scope & Responsibilities

This project involved development of new interface programs.

RSMS: Retail Stores Management System (Product Development)

. Project Details

Duration : January 2000 - June 2000

Technology : Java/DB2 400

Role : Project Leader (Project Management), System

Analyst,

Programmer

Project Scope & Responsibilities

This project aimed at developing a web-based system which can keep

track of inventory and orders.

CMS Securitas (Implementation)

. Project Details

Duration : January 2000 - March 2000

Technology : AS/400

Role : Project Leader (Project Management), System

Analyst,

Programmer

Project Scope & Responsibilities

. Customize & implement the IFMS Product Including AR, AP, GL and

Inventory

IFMS Financial & Accounting Software (Product Development)

. Project Details

Duration : April 1999 - September 2000

Technology : AS/400

Role : Project Leader (Project Management), System

Analyst,

Programmer

Team Size : 15

Project Scope & Responsibilities

. Develop comprehensive & flexible mini-ERP covering the AR, AP & GL

modules providing subsidiary books, ledgers, final A/C, income tax

& sales tax reports, audit reports and also MIS reports

. This software also includes Trading and Manufacturing inventory

modules

SmithKline Beecham Healthcare (Implementation)

. Project Details

Duration : February 1999 - March 1999

Technology : JDEdwards World

Role : Technical Consultant

Project Scope & Responsibilities

This project involved development of new customized programs and

modifications in existing programs as per client's requirement.

1989-1999 Self Employed (Product Development, Project Management,

Customization and Implementation)

. Worked In multifold capacity in various areas, such as Project

Management, Product Development, and Customization &

Implementation.

. Developed various types of financial & accounting software using

Clipper & FoxPro 2.0 for single users, as well as multi-user

environment under LANs. During this period, I did system study,

system analysis, writing functional & technical specifications,

coding, unit & functional testing and implementation of various

types of software

Developed various types of financial & accounting software including

finance, distribution and manufacturing modules for following

industries:

. Traders (with & without Excise)

. Manufacturers (With & Without Excise)

. Hotels

. Jewelers

. Tailor & Textile Shop

. Transporters

. Warehouse Companies

Other Customized Packages:

. STD/ISD Communication Centre

. Estate Agents

. Pathology Lab

References: Can be made available if required.



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