Paul J. Thompson

Consulting Project Manager

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Paul is a highly motivated and quality driven computer professional with over 20 years of pre-sales / project management experience. Proven success utilizing PMI project management skills in selling and providing superior customer / product satisfaction. IT experience from both public and private sector and implementation of custom and packaged (COTS) application software. Quick learner, enthusiastic, detail oriented with excellent communication and presentation skills. Ability to build strong relationships with internal as well as external customers. Received Unisys Customer Satisfaction Award for unwavering dedication to resolving customer problems in 2003, 2004, and 2005. Was recognized in Summer of 2016 by Oracle GBU as successfully managing a J&J Healthcare program (multiple projects) for Johnson and Johnson with margins significantly above bid margin. He also has experience as PM implementing solutions on several portfolio and project management (P6 and Instantis), utility (CC&B, MDM, NMS) and public sector tax related engagements (Revenue management and image- based remittance processing).

Project Management experience in the public and commercial sectors with Oracle was for over 8 years. Worked in the Primavera Global Business Unit (PGBU) for over 3 years and have been involved as PM on Oracle T&E and FP engagements for P6 technical and functional assessment/Upgrade services and full life cycle Instantis Enterprise Track (ET) deployments (SaaS based) in US and internationally. Previously Paul served as Project Manager for several Canadian and US based projects based on Managed Services, T&E and FP contracts for the Oracle Utilities Global Business Unit

(UGBU) for 5 years. The projects included the deployment of the Billing and Collection

(CC&B), Meter Data Management (MDM), Mobile Workforce Management (MWM), and Network Management Systems (NMS) products.

Also, Paul has extensive project management experience with state and federal tax and revenue implementations – KY DOR, AL DOR, KS DOR, OH DOR, GA DOL, City of Baltimore Treasury Department, Jefferson County Revenue Department, and US Department of Treasury, IRS.

PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Oracle Corp. - 2008 - 2016 UGBU (Utilities Global Business Unit) and PGBU

(Primavera Global Business Unit)

Molina Healthcare

Healthcare

P6: Managed an Oracle team during Phase 1 which successfully completed a review and implementation of several improvements to Molinaʼs existing P6 instance. Team Identified old processes that could be replaced with new functionality and pointed out business process changes. 2nd Phase was to create interface between P6 and OPPM

(Project Portfolio Management tool).

Managed team which configured and deployed OPPM for management of Ideas, Proposals and Projects for Molina. Team led several configuration workshops to define and clarify requirements for OPPM implementation.

Level 3 (Argentina)

Telecommunications

Instantis ET: Managed implementation team that designed and configured ET for an International company in Argentina, South America. Primary goals were to manage resource capacity, track ideas/initiatives in order to align with corporate business priorities

Premera Blue Cross

Healthcare

Successfully managed implementation team that designed and configured Instantis ET for Premera Health (SaaS). Business goal to sunset another PPM product, obtain one centralized view of EPMO best practices and reporting, provide for standard single in- take process, create a foundation for future growth and sophistication and reduce complexity and variability in project management and project reporting across the enterprise.

Johnson and Johnson

Healthcare

Managed implementation team that designed and configured Instantis ET for Johnson and Johnson IT (SaaS). Included deployment of inbound and outbound interfaces as well as assisting with data migration. Goal was to sunset another PPM product and reduce complexity and variability in project management and project reporting across the enterprise. Also, supported the Upgrade to 8.7 and 15.2 for the Johnson and Johnson Supply Chain and IT divisions already in production with Instantis. Recently finished the implementation of a 6th initiative (business unit) for HECOR, a division of JnJ IT. Continue to support Johnson and Johnson as they upgrade to latest ET version, 16.1. JnJ has the largest user base among Oracle Instantis ET customers (approx. 9000).

Southern Company

Utility

Managed a multi-pronged engagement to provide Advanced P6 training and to perform a Functional Assessment of the current use of P6 for Southern. The end result was a Functional Assessment Report with recommendations for improving the use of P6 specific to Southern Companyʼs deployment which lead to greater P6 efficiency and a P6 upgrade.

Flint Hills Resources

Utility

Served as the PM for the Tech Assessment of a P6 instance which was experiencing performance issues which GCS was having difficulty trouble shooting. Tech Assessment report created with recommendations highlighted. This lead to extending the project to implement certain P6 recommendations, including but not limited to data integrity, confirming Citrix settings, and changes to database settings. PDIT (Oracle)

Software Development

Managed an Internal project to deploy ET in three initiatives – one for Internal Services and one for Cloud Services (SaaS). The addition of third initiative in PDIT – Oracle Managed Cloud Services (OMCS) was completed in spring of 2016. Goal was to easily report across portfolios and programs, maintain and status projects from a single instance, and reduce number of project tools to one. Currently, managing tPRIMAVERA Lixil Corporation (Japan)

Building Component Manufacturing

Successfully managed the implementation of v15.2 Instantis ET (SaaS) for Lixil Corporation. Goal is to have all of projects follow standard methodology such as DMAIC or Six Sigma. All requirement deliverables (tools) should be submitted and stored at the exit of each phase. Also, there was a need to reduce resource time it takes to create project reports. Implementation required international travel for the team. Currently, Lixil is exploring adding additional business units to expand the user base to 2000. Tronox Corporation

Mining and Chemicals

Managed the successful deployment of v15.1 ET (SaaS) Multiple locations around the globe with HQ in Connecticut. Greatest challenge was training due to lack of budget. Tronox could not afford to fly in participants from South Africa, Europe and Australia. Therefore, we worked closely with the Tronox team to devise the Training plan which accounted for multiple sessions across several time zones utilizing Web and Tele conferencing capabilities. Client was very pleased with the training. PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

ACS, Inc. (now Xerox) - 2006 -2008

As Solution Specialist provided Pre-Sales support in the US and Canada for a local property tax solution sold primarily to counties and provinces responsible for levying and collecting ad valorem property taxes.

Unisys Corp. - 1995 - 2006

Project Manager for 12 years on multiple implementations (Revenue range $500K to

$15M) with various government (local, state and federal) clients utilizing Unisys and third party revenue products. Details on engagements available upon request. SKILL SUMMARY

Primavera EPPM (P6) Modules

Project Management, Resource Management and Scheduling Instantis Enterprise Track Modules

Idea, Proposal, Project Planning, Resource Capacity, and Portfolio Dashboard MS Office Suite

Excel, Word, Visio, Powerpoint, Project, and Outlook Engagement Techniques

• Application Development/Configuration

• Data Conversion

• OUM (Oracle Unified Methodology) - including Cloud

• Fit/Gap Analysis

• Requirements Discovery

• Resource Management

• Project Planning

• Resource Capacity Planning

• End User Training

• Testing

• Project Management - Utilized Project Management Plan as project guideline

(contains Communication, Issues/Risk, Financial, Work, Change Control, Quality Management plans, etc.)

• SDLC Project Management

• Agile and waterfall deployments

• Interface planning and deployment

• Release Management (SaaS and on-Premise)

• Preparation of RFP/RFI responses

OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Education

MPA – Master of Public Administration, University of Alabama BA -- Political Science, University of Alabama

Training

Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (P6) Instantis Enterprise Track

Oracle Unified Methodology (Manage and Cloud)

Project Life Cycle Management

Certifications and Associations

Oracle Certified Project Manager – Level 3

Oracle Bid Manager – Level 1

Leadership 2000 – Auburn University

Presentations and Publications

Presenter at various conferences, i.e., – SEATA (Southeast Association Publications of Tax Administrators), NACO (National Association of Counties), etc. Recognition and Awards

Customer Satisfaction Award, 2003, 2004, and 2005. Oracle Global Business Unit – EVP recognition for Johnson and Johnson high margin program - 2016

Languages

Spanish, speak and read – casual proficiency

German, speak and read – casual proficiency

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