Oracle Consultant

PROFILE

-Proven competencies and leadership capabilities in architecting and implementing SOA, ERP and web apps

-Deep technical, functional implementation experience in Oracle SOA Suite, PeopleSoft

-Proficient in IT Strategy, IT and Business Transformation Initiatives, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Process Re-engineering and Operations Management

-Skilled, dynamic IT specialist with a track of record of successful management of a variety of critical

projects

-Self-motivated team player with excellent interpersonal, technical skills and a flair for delivering value

and excellence

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Solid experience in leading/architecting PeopleSoft, SOA projects with deep work experience in several end-to-end

deployments of SOA, ERP and application integrations. Deep, progressive work experience in full software

development lifecycle, project management and IT consulting in several industry sectors including retail,

government, financial, consumer products/services, construction and healthcare with demonstrable expertise in

the following areas:

Business Needs Analysis Project Management

SOA/ERP Advisory Strategic/Operational Technology Planning

SOA (BPEL, ESB, OWSM, BAM, Registry) Business Strategy

SOA Design Patterns Team Leadership, Mentoring

Verbal and Written Presentations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

BEA CORP.

PeopleSoft Senior Consultant – July 11-Now

As the sole consultant representing BEA:

Fixed Weblogic issues that were adversely affecting production

Cleaned up application server configuration for optimal performance

Recommended database configuration changes, maintenance steps, etc. as sub-optimal performance

impacted PIA throughput

Examined Change Assistant issues, made recommendations for more streamlined upgrades/updates

TSUNAMI CONSULTING

PeopleSoft Senior Consultant – Feb 11-Jun 11

Participated in the PeopleSoft 9.1 Financials implementation:

Drew up PIA design plan, hardware sizing and configuration

Mapped legacy data to PeopleSoft tables, wrote ETL scripts

Fixed issues with nVision and Integration Broker

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CABELAS

PeopleSoft Senior Consultant – Oct 10-Jan 11

Worked alongside consultants from Oracle to manage the ongoing PeopleSoft CRM-Financials integration:

Diagnosed problems with Integration Broker, identified issues and proposed solutions

Implemented AE programs to perform data conversion from legacy apps

Managed production PIA (CRM and Financials), fixed issues with schedulers, app servers

Resolved application issues with deep dives into code (App Designer, App Engine, SQR, PeopleCode)

SOLEC, INC., San Diego, CA

Oracle Projects Lead – Apr 06-Oct 10

Led several Oracle SOA, PeopleSoft implementations/upgrades

Hands-on experience in complete SOA configuration and support

Led off-shore teams in India in development efforts as well as off-shore support

Recommended hardware/software architectures for several clients based on their budget, business objectives

Evangelized SOA to several clients to generate new Integrations business

Participated in several sales initiatives that included Oracle technologies

Projects Highlights:

Lahey Clinic

Led the technical upgrade of PeopleSoft HCM, Financials to 9.0, managed PIA/Oracle databases

Installed new release, Change Assistant, PeopleTools patches

Performed the entire upgrade process – initial pass, test move to production and final move to

production – reduced the original upgrade downtime by more than half

Los Angeles County

Defined SOA strategy and Enterprise Business Models, Service Technology Architecture and

Service Inventory Blueprints

Architected the Service architecture and implemented Oracle SOA 11g in a highly-available clustered environment (Weblogic)

Orchestrated services with BPEL, managed transformations and transactions in BPEL

Undertook Powerpoint presentations to senior IT management to get their buy-in on the SOA effort

L.A. Metro

As Project lead, conducted feasibility study for SOA implementation, performed product evaluation

and recommended SOA environment strategy

Coordinated hardware/software and other infrastructure elements provisioning from various sources

Architected and installed Oracle SOA Suite 11g in a clustered environment

Deloitte Consulting

Team Lead for the PeopleSoft Financials upgrade from 8.x to 9.0 and the deployment of Oracle 10g

Grid Control

Installed and configured OEM Grid Control for PeopleSoft targets

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Configured the PeopleSoft Environment Management framework and Change Assistant

Optimized the delivered upgrade scripts to cut upgrade time by half

Ran the upgrade process end-to-end: initial pass, test move to production and final move to production

Corporate Express

Led a team in the post-upgrade performance audit of PeopleSoft Financials

Implemented optimization techniques on both application and database to enable regular processing

BearingPoint

Led the PeopleSoft DBA team in the integration of Financials and CRM and the administration of the Financials, CRM environments

Managed application issues, patches, etc.

Resolved issues with Integration Broker

Sysco/Guest Supply

Led the PeopleSoft FSCM upgrade to 8.4

Integrated PeopleSoft with Highjump Warehouse Mgmt. systems at warehouses

THOMSON FINANCIAL – Nov 05-Mar 06

Oracle/PeopleSoft Lead

Provided overall technical leadership for the PeopleSoft implementations (Financials, CRM), supporting users in

US, Canada, UK, Japan, Australia and developers in India:

Screened, approved change requests from users before allowing technical development

Managed off-shore developers in India, outsourcing services provider personnel on-site

Resolved application issues with deep dives into application code

Applied application patches and 1099 tax updates

AGILITY CORPORATION – May 05-Oct 05

Oracle/PeopleSoft Lead

Provided technical leadership for the implementation of PeopleSoft Financials (GL, AP, AR, Contracts, Asset

Mgmt, Inventory, Billing) and HCM (Workforce Admin., Base Benefits Admin., Time & Labor, Payroll):

Managed the PeopleSoft infrastructure end-to-end – app/web/batch servers, Oracle databases

Fixed application errors, performance issues, HR-Financial interfaces, weekly HR processes

SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT

SIRIUS, INC. – 2000-2005 Oracle/PeopleSoft Technical Consultant

Project: Solar Turbines

Participated in the implementation of PeopleSoft HCM and the integration with other ERP apps and the overall

PeopleSoft infrastructure support

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Projects: Alltel, 3Com, MCI, JonesKnowledge

Managed Oracle databases and in-house applications

EDUCATION

B.S. (Computer Science)

FORMAL TRAINING

Oracle SOA Architectural Concepts & Design Principles

Oracle SOA Essentials

Oracle SOA Administration

Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF)

PeopleSoft General Ledger

PeopleSoft Administration

PeopleTools I/II

Oracle Database Administration

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

Oracle SOA: SOA Suite(10g,11g), BPEL, SOA Design Patterns, JDeveloper, SOA Governance Infrastructure & Repository, Ant

Oracle Apps: PeopleSoft (Financials, HCM, CRM, EPM)

Oracle Database: 11g, 10g, 9i, RAC, DataGuard, Replication, Automatic Storage Mgmt., ASM, ADDM, RMAN, SQL/SQL*Plus, PL/SQL, Utilities (SQL*Loader, imp/exp, Datapump, etc.)

Oracle Tools: OEM, OEM Grid Control, Fusion toolset

Middleware: Weblogic, OEM Packs, OHS (HTTP Server), OAM (Access Mgr), OIM (Id Mgr.), OID (Internet Dir.), OVD (Virtual Dir.)

Operating Systems: Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Windows Server

XML, XMS, XPath, XQuery, Unix shells ksh, csh, Perl, Quest Stat ACM, TOAD, J2EE, Java EE5,

JDBC, ODBC, VMware

MS-Office, MS-Visio, MS-Project

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