Director, Manager ERP and Enterprise Systems

Michael Pomerantz

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Washington Township NJ, 07676

Cell 201-***-****

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Summary: Highly competent results oriented IT Director\Manager with a proven track record of working with business and technical teams to deliver projects on time and budget. Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills as well as a strong and diverse technical background. Demonstrated ability to deliver quality results through use of best practices, process improvement and defined SLA’s.

Technologies: Workday, JD Edwards Enterprise One, Oracle EBS, Chesapeake T-Recs, MicroStrategy, SAP\OutlookSoft BPC, PeopleSoft HCM, PeopleSoft Finance, Reflexis WorkForce Scheduler, Reflexis Task Manager, MS Project, WebSphere 5.0, WebSphere Collaborative Portal 5.0, Windows, OS/400Spotlight, WhatsUp, Radview WebLoad, SAW, OMW, SYNON, Access, Crystal Reports 5.0, SQL Enterprise Manager\Query Analyzer,

Experience: Development Manager – Global Apparel Company August 2015 - Present

Manage global implementation of Workday; modules including HCM, Payroll, Recruiting, Talent Management, Compensation and Benefits. Manage team of internal and external resources responsible for the integrations and conversion of global legacy data. Manage team of resources supporting legacy Lawson HR system. Responsible for vendor and staff management.

Financial Systems Manager –Toys R Us December 2013 – August 2015

Manage team of on and offshore resources supporting financial applications including multiple Oracle EBS instances worldwide (AP, GL, FA, PO, OM, INV), Merchandising AP, Invoice Matching System, Vendor Deal and AP Portals. Responsibilities include budgeting, vendor management, business liaison, development and technical support. Managed Oracle EBS migration\consolidation to European Shared Service Center. Led effort to upgrade the Reflexis Task Management System and Workforce Scheduler on schedule and within budget. Upgrade included migration from in-house to a SaaS solution including Cognos Analytics impacting 700 stores.

Financial Systems Manager –Scholastic Inc. February 2010 – September 2013

Financial Systems Manager for a global leader in children’s book publishing. Manage all aspects of supported financial systems including budgets, technology selection, vendor management, development and technical support. Support several divisions including Finance, Supply Chain and various direct lines of business to coordinate and prioritize work efforts as well evaluate, implement and support technology needs. Led effort to evaluate current financial landscape and next generation of financial systems. Solutions include internal, hosted and SaaS; vendors\solutions include JD Edwards, Oracle Fusion, SAP, NetSuite and Workday. Implemented Chesapeake T-Recs reconciliation for multiple business units reconciling, bank, GL, processor and POS data reducing hours\day and error prone manual reconciliation processes. Implemented intercompany reconciliations.

Managing Director Enterprise Applications –Cushman and Wakefield March 2009 – Jan 2010

Member of Senior Leadership Team reporting directly to global CIO, managing multiple enterprise application teams for global commercial real estate company. Responsible for technology budgets, vendor selection and management as well as coordination of on and offshore resources. Responsible for all systems design, implementation, maintenance adherence to SOX and ITIL standards including security and change management in a multinational and multicurrency environment. Work closely with business resources from Finance and HR. Work closely with Finance department to support global consolidation management reporting and Business Planning using SAP BPC (formerly OutlookSoft). Systems supported include SAP\OutlookSoft 4.2, PeopleSoft Financials 8.8, PeopleSoft HCM 8.9, AS/400 custom Revenue Management system.

Director Enterprise Applications –CommonHealth a WPP company January 2004 – March 2009

Manage all technical aspects of company enterprise systems including architecture, design, implementations, upgrades, timelines, project management, project and technology budgets, vendor management, client relationships, SLA’s, SOX compliancy and support. Systems managed include, Oracle (JD Edwards Enterprise One 8.9), Business Intelligence using Ascential and MicroStrategy, PeopleSoft HRMS 8.3, WebSphere, WebSphere Collaborative Portal, multi node SQL server clusters, Symantec Antivirus and XPI utilizing WebMethods.

Responsibilities:

Business Intelligence – Responsible for the design, development (reporting, dashboards, ETL), maintenance, support and daily warehouse loads of business intelligence system utilizing Ascential DataStage and MicroStrategy.

oTransformed a three year failed implementation into a stable and productive Business Intelligence solution. This was accomplished through project management, modified resources, partnering with qualified vendors and process reengineering. The system now produces key monthly financial reports for revenue, utilization; ETL loads are performed timely and accurately; KPI and Revenue Dashboards have been developed to provide prompt, concise, user friendly interfaces with drill down detail capabilities.

Enterprise One 8.9 Financials – Responsible for the installation, configuration, updates and support of Enterprise One 8.9 financials. The environment, supporting over 600 users is comprised of SQL Server 2000 SP4 multi-node clustered database, multiple Windows 2003 enterprise servers, multiple physical and logical WebSphere\JAS application servers, and WebSphere Collaborative Portal servers.

Company Intranet - Responsible for the design, installation, configuration, implementation and support of intranet using WebSphere Collaborative Portal.

PeopleSoft HRMS - Manage PeopleSoft HRMS system including server upgrades, benefit open enrollment process, security and end-user support.

SQL Server – Manage all production and test databases using SQL Server 2000 SP4 and SQL2005 SP1. Responsibilities include support, security, database maintenance, database performance and database restorations.

Symantec Antivirus- Manage the installation, maintenance, monitoring and upgrades of Symantec Antivirus within the network.

XPI WebMethods- Manage integrations between Enterprise One financials, PeopleSoft HRMS and financial institutions.

Technical Services Consultant (CNC) -JD Edwards May 2002 – January 2004

Provide technology consulting and project management services to J.D. Edwards customers. Responsible for managing all aspects of the technology components in a client implementation. Provide leadership, management and implementation of the CNC Technology segment of client projects. Install OneWorld®, ERP, Service Packs, ESU’s, and Updates. Configure and tune OneWorld® and ERP CNC components per customer's business needs. Build and deploy packages. Generate serialized web objects. Troubleshoot technology issues. Install and upgrade OneWorld® and ERP software. Install and configure OneWorld® JAS server, IBM WebSphere and all associated WebSphere fixpacks.

Responsibilities:

CNC Consultant - Installed and configured ERP 8.0 in a multi-server environment. Platform NT/SQL/Web/HTML. Configured Product Packaging for updates to High Availability site. Upgraded to Service Pack 22. Applied ESU’s, configured security, OMW moves, package builds and customer training. Managed technology budget.

CNC Consultant - Web server installation on HP UNIX®/Oracle environment using WebSphere 4.0. Upgraded to SP 20. Applied Update 7. Applied ESU’s; OMW moves; package builds.

CNC Consultant - Performed install of ERP 8.0 in Windows 2000 environment using SQL 2000. Applied Service Pack 20. Installed Web server using WebSphere 3.5 utilizing instant DB. Knowledge transfer.

CNC Consultant - Applied Update 6. Configured OneWorld® JAS server in an AS/400 environment.

Technical Specialist -Broadview International Aug 2000 – Dec 01

Member of the Systems Planning and New Technology group responsible for the research and implementation of new technologies for the New York, Silicon Valley, Boston and London offices.

Responsibilities:

Project Leader - Managed the restructuring of IP scheme across all sites. The project included the migration of all Notes servers, database servers, application servers, domain controllers,WINS and DNS servers as well as WAN equipment. Responsibilities included individual server migrations, timelines, scheduling, and reporting.

Project Leader - Research and implementation of Knowledge Management systems. Systems considered include Viador, Eppicentric, Plumtree, Corechange and Autonomy. Program consisted of identifying systems/vendors for testing, vendor coordination, installation and configurations, user training, evaluations and formal proposals.

Systems Analyst - EDS/ Western Union Financial Services Mar 93 –Aug 00

Work with Western Union and their vendors to design, build, enhance and maintain an international money transfer system made up of COBOL, SYNON and Visual Basic programs in AS/400 and Windows 98/NT environments interfacing with JD Edwards One World A/R and A/P.

Responsibilities:

JDE CNC System Administrator & Team Leader - Implemented JD Edwards OneWorld Financials B732 in a multi-server environment consisting of multiple AS/400 Enterprise servers using DB2/400, Windows NT Deployment server, and Windows 98/NT clients. Responsible for all timelines, interface design/coding and implementations, vendor and team scheduling.

Responsible for all project work including: the verification of all CNC requirements on the deployment server, enterprise servers and workstations, installing the initial software load on the deployment server, creating datasources, environments, initial enterprise server loads as well

as package builds, in preparation for CRP testing and final production implementation.

The environment, a virtual three-tier approach, used an NT deployment server running SQL 7.0 (Upgraded from 6.0 during upgrade to B7332). The enterprise server was an AS/400 used for logic, data and security server.

Continued to support JD Edwards from a CNC capacity. Upgraded the system to B7332, applied SARS, applied ESU's and performed package builds. Created Western Unions aging reports using JDE RDA. Established and administered backup practices on the deployment server as well as enterprise servers. Responsible for all front-line JDE support across three international sites.

Systems Analyst - Designed, constructed and implemented an international A/R system (AS/400). The system creates Invoices, Credit Memos, Monthly Statements, Dunning Letters, Wire Transfer notifications and other various A/R related reports and screens. Inquiry was developed in Visual Basic using ODBC to connect to the AS400. Responsibilities included, database design, technical design, project deadlines and resource management.

Systems Analyst - Enhanced a series of PC based aging reports in Visual Basic and Crystal Reports with the AS/400 serving as the server for the data warehouse.

Systems Analyst - Responsible for the ongoing support of an international settlement system. The system averages 100,000 transactions per day reconciling hundreds of international customers in multiple currencies. Heavy user interface, including technical support for the Lawson A/R package.

Systems Analyst - Participated with a management team in researching Enterprise Resource Providers to identify a corporate wide A/R solution. Criteria included year 2000 compliance, multi-currency capabilities, workflow, and management reporting tools as well as overall user functionality. Vendors included JD Edwards, People Soft, Infinium, and Lawson.

Field Engineer - System One Corp. November 1989 – March 1993

Supported an expansive telecommunications complex that serviced a major airline operating hub.

Responsibilities:

Maintenance and installation of an Airline Link Control System comprised of Telex controllers using IBM 1006 and 3270 protocols, Racal Milgo DSU’s/modems/muxes, Codex sharing devices, all cabling and associated peripherals. Installed and configured proprietary Local Area Networks at remote sites. Performed System 85 and System 75 hardware and software installations, reconfigurations and maintenance across multiple sites. Prepared cost estimates site surveys, documentation and customer training.

Education: DeVry Technical Institute,

Digital electronics Program

AIRCO Computer Learning Center,

Computer Programming (COBOL, RPG II, Assembler)

Bergen Community College,

Business Administration

References: Available upon request

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