Manager Program

Location:

Keller, TX

Posted:

April 05, 2017

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Ashley Casey

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Keller, Texas 76244

Phone: 817-***-****

E-mail: *******@*****.***

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleycasey1/

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Ashley is a versatile business and technology executive offering 20 years of proven success planning and executing large-scale business transformations, implementations, technology upgrades, and change initiatives that enhance operational efficiencies, revenue generation and successful business outcomes. Experience includes managing cross functional teams, programs, projects, technical, general management and change management of assignments for clients across multiple industries. Achieved a great track record of success while working in high pace environments both as an individual contributor, team member and leader.

Ashley has the skills and experience to handle multiple tasks and projects with the proven ability to meet tight deadlines. He possesses excellent communications and motivation skills, and has experience working within corporate and consulting companies delivering lasting performance improvement. Ashley is a creative and innovative thinker with excellent organizational and analytical skills who brings energy, enthusiasm, and leadership to innovative and complex projects.

Project Management – 20 years (PMP and MSP certified)

Organizational Change Management – 20 years (Kotter, PROSCI, BARD, DRUID)

Program Management – 18 years (MSP)

Business Analysis – 20 years

Global Delivery Management – 15 years

Strategy Development, Execution and Optimization – 12 years

Client Management and business development – 15 years

System Integration experience – 18 years

Analysis/Design – 15 years

System Cutover Management-15 years

SAP (various modules – see functional and technical skills) – 18 years

Agile Development and Business Requirement – 15 years

Six Sigma-Lean Manufacturing (Green/Black Belt) – 15 years

Casey & Associates 1/05 – Present

Independent Consultant

Provides technical and business solutions to enterprises across diverse industries.

Works with senior business and IT executives as Business Transformation executive to define business objectives and strategies for company capital projects; researches and provides recommendations on delivery methods, process, and solutions.

A team building expert across multiple disciplines and organizations, a builder of teams that drive alignment, collaboration and execution which meet the challenges faced by clients.

Provides guidance on and help raising capital for small to medium business

Help small to medium business owners develop a long-term business plans

Oxford International (Mack Defense) 02/16 – 3/16

Project Management (Contract Delivery and SharePoint Build Out)

Led the evaluation of MSVS Contract-External Portal and implementation of contracted structured deliverables for external SharePoint Site for contract documentation delivery.

Established framework for clients documentation delivery structure and built out SharePoint site to match.

Expedited the move of all content from current document holding area to properly filed and delivered location.

Oxford International (Mallinckrodt) 08/15 – 10/15

Program Manager (SAP Transformation)

Led the evaluation of Supply Chain transition from JD Edwards to SAP. Developed a plan from concept to execution with associated financial cost and risk mitigation. Prepared the final plan package for board decision.

Established framework for clients new SAP PPM implementation and integration.

Established framework for clients SAP GTS implementation and integration.

Peloton (Municipality of Anchorage) 01/15 – 7/15

Sr. Program Manager (SAP Synergy Transformation)

Part of the leadership team responsible for the redesign, delivery and conversion of 10-year-old PeopleSoft system to New SAP system covering the areas of Finance, Logistic, Procurement, and HR for the Municipality of Anchorage. Additional responsibility for the redesign and optimization of the Program Management Office.

Supervised 15+ team members with a total team of 120+ team members on MOA Synergy Program

Budget responsibility for $ 13.5 million in program budget

Managed planning, implementation, testing, and delivery of ECC 6.0, PI 7.3, BW, BI, and BOBJ, S4 HANA

Led the blueprinting of many legacy and standalone systems defining their “AS IS and To Be” states.

Reengaged internal and external functional and technical teams to complete the redesign.

Led and coordinated all change and communications initiatives for the program ensuring an aligned approach to driving change. Motivated the whole team in overcoming numerous functional and team dynamic challenges focusing on delivering required results.

Leading and motivating a team of 35 system integration staff where I was the Senior on the ground resource responsibility for the delivery of the full scope of work to the client (MOA) while interfacing with SAP to successfully deliver the final solution.

Oxford International (Dyno Noble) 01/14 – 6/15

Program Manager (IBIS Program)

Responsible for leading the technical design and delivery of all system related to the build out of a new $850 million Ammonia plant. While also managing the conversion of Workday to Success Factors and SAP Payroll.

Managed a 4.8 Million Dollar Budget under the portfolio of projects.

Supervised 10+ team members with a total responsibility of 35+ team members on Dyno Nobel/IPL IBIS Program, overseeing planning, implementation, testing, and delivery of a large scale multiyear Ammonia Plant build and implementation.

Managed internal, partner (Arkel, Kippers, Cornerstone Chemical, & KBR) resources, and 3rd party resources consulting (Perficient). Provided and implemented a unique integration of two plant maintenance system between two different companies while allowing both companies to continue to use current and standard business process without interruption.

Managed the implementation of Plant Infrastructure and Instrument Systems (PI, Exaquantum, Yokogowa DCS), Engineering Application (RCM Turbo, RMS, System 1), Health & Safety Application (Dakota & Shaers) Document Management System(Documentum & eDOC), Production Reporting System (Uptime and PRS), Sales and CRM tool integration with SAP (Sales Force.com) Extension of SAP FI, SD, and Procurement.

Led business transformation away from a production centric and managed environment to a business process driven centric and managed environment with the new plant and infrastructure being the model.

Led the design, planning, implementation, testing, and delivery of a highly complex integration between Maximo 7.5 and SAP Plant Maintenance with Informatica Middleware trans versing both a DMZ and IP Sec Tunnel providing both Dyno and Partner company connective without causing changes to security policy or security audit concerns.

Oxford International (NTT DATA) 09/13 – 12/13

Sr. Program Manager, Test Manager (SAP Transformation)

Managed the end of realization and Final Preparation phase together with the testing, cutover prep and go live checklist the last phase of their Wave 1 rollout of FI

Acted as a Technical Liaison on FI performance testing and infrastructure build out.

Supervised 15+ team members with a total team of 100+ team members on NTT DATA SAP Program

Oversaw planning, implementation, testing, and delivery of ECC 6.0, PI 7.3, Success Factors, BW, BI, and BOBJ for a business line, led the testing and cutover of many legacy and standalone systems for their “To Be” integrated landscape and architecture. Plans included an integration test plan, detailed cutover/migration plan, roll back plan, communication plan, a disaster recovery plan.

Red River Systems (Aviall) 06/13 – 9/13

Program Manager (SAP Transformation)

Managed the technical execution of their SAP implementation including Batch jobs Scheduling, Performance Testing, Infrastructure set up and roll out and acting as Technical liaison to both PMO and Sr. Leadership on the Program.

Supervised 5+ team members with a total responsibility of 15+ team members on Availl’s SAP Program, consulting on planning, implementation, testing, and delivery of SAP ECC 6.O, Success Factors, EWM, PI 7.3, BW, BI, BOBJ, MRO and Solman 7.1;

Led Performance testing, acted as a technical liaison between the program management staff and technical resources

Led the testing and cutover of many legacy and standalone systems for their “To Be” integrated landscape and architecture. Plans included an integration test plan, detailed cutover/migration plan, roll back plan, communication plan, a disaster recovery plan.

Expert Global Resources (EGS Formerly NCO and APC Financial) 2/13 – 6/13

IT Director

Oversaw all business process transformation activity, change management, planning, implementation, testing and delivery of the multi-year $500 million program. The major incentive of the project was to effect a business transformation by merging 3 separate and diverse companies into one process centric organization and company.

Work directly with Senior Business Executives(s) to define overall initiative, objectives and timeline for strategic and Business Transformation capital projects;

Provide input to project plans in areas of high level requirements, approach to testing and release/ implementation planning.

Researched, quantified, provided delivery methodology and solutions in support of the initiatives mostly in the HR and Service Delivery area (i.e. cost, scope, resources, functionality, and draft business process).

Managed a 30-person team that supported and implemented business application including SAP, SharePoint, Taleo, Concur, LRS and other various custom and 3rd party applications.

Had Budget control of $150 Million.

Led the gathering of requirements and the building of business cases for HR, Procurement, Finance, and Service Delivery areas.

ALKU Technologies (Kiewit) 1/13– 2/13

Sr. Program Manager (SAP Transformation)

Conducted Gap Analysis of delivery framework for SAP which led to the development of SAP Best Practices policies and procedures for SUP performance testing and use of Mobile Sybase Platform

Improved Mobility Stack and Custom Application through the redesign of processes and procedures for PMO and Release Management.

Led transition from 7.0 to 7.1 Solman ensuring seamless integration with SAP.

Led the module definition and development work with P2P, Sybase/SUP, ECC 6.0, BW, BOBJ, CRM

Casey & Associates (Dr. Pepper/Snapple) 3/12– 1/13

Sr. Program Manager (SAP Transformation)

Managed complete program to include design, SOW creation, forecasting, budget definition, resource planning, and project deliverables definition.

Implemented Duet Enterprise implementation to include mobility (IOS, Blackberry, Android) and web application, custom development, integrated SAP GDS, and upgraded PI/XI from 7.11 to 7.3.

Integrated both stream deliverables within existing architecture and PMO organization

Led the testing and cutover of many legacy and standalone systems for their “To Be” integrated landscape and architecture. Plans included a integration test plan, detailed cutover/migration plan, roll back plan, communication plan, a disaster recovery plan.

Casey & Associates (Medigent Health) 1/11–12/13

Program Manager- Innovation and Design (Partner)

Partner in a start-up Healthcare business, working with Primary Health Clinics to optimize clinical and business operations by applying integrated clinical and health management technologies and business processes and delivering improved quality and services to underperforming clinics. The main market focus has been to address the critical needs of rural primary care providers.

Collaborated with company stakeholders in the establishment of plan designs for over 250 clinics through the development of detailed budgets, resource plans, work plans, and timelines.

Guided the design of flexible technical requirements and buildings allowing for changing needs to include the design of a green, energy efficient and technologically advanced state-of-the-art facility.

Created a communal EMR/EDR solution through the implementation of the ERP, CRM Business Oracle Suite as well as a custom designed CRM.

Insource Group (BNSF Railway) 1/10– 3/12

Technical Program Manager (SAP Transformation)

Supervised a team comprised of a 23-person basis team, 2 business analysts, 5 functional experts, and a third-party testing group providing test, integration services, and deliverables within SSC SAP PMO organization. Oversaw the planning, implementation, test and delivery of Solution Manager 7.0 ALM roadmap and upgrade to 7.1.

Spearheaded the shift to SharePoint and held responsibility for building business process repository using both SharePoint and Solution Manager 7.0.

Led the design and development effort for ECC 6.0, P2P, CLM, EAM, CRM, BW, BOBJ

Led BNSF Railway’s consolidation of the SAP Eco system from more than 300 physical servers to a scalable, integrated, and robust virtual architecture of 200 virtual servicers; lowered data refresh time from 96 to 24 hours.

Lockheed Martin Corp. 1/08– 1/10

SAP Program Director/Technical Program Manager

Led the development of the Business case for the Aerospace division’s business transformation and process improvement project.

Led the Aerospace divisions strategy, development and improvement of transforming from a production based environment to business process based environment while laying the ground work for a companywide transformation and implementation.

Managed $350M budget and directly supervised the performance of internal development teams, including costing, scheduling, quality assurance, and deliverables.

Forecasted and managed technical resource needs for EBS and guided completion of major programmatic functions while negotiating project priorities with business stakeholders.

Integrated deliverables within the EIS SAP development organization by leveraging ASAP and Agile methodologies.

Ensured proper resource loading and on-time delivery by implementing a tracking system for modifications/defects.

Drove implementations of SAP modules, including ERP (FI & HR), EWM, EAM, MRO and production floor.

Led 13 direct reports and supervised a total team of 350 + Lockheed Martin staff consisting of a mix of Program Manager, Project Managers, and Architects responsible for implementing SAP modules.

Casey & Associates (City of Garland) 6/07–1/08

Telecommunication Assistant Director/Sr. Program Manager

Managed financial aspects for project plans and implementation to include writing SOWs, establishing and monitoring adherence to plans and schedules, managing subcontractor contract requirements, and evaluating performance.

Transitioned City to IP transport network system, analyzed, designed, implemented network architecture for WAN, Wireless, LMR, CCTV, Civil Defense warning systems, PBX, etc.

Chaired city’s Technology Board as well as the Source Selection Board with responsibility for authoring and releasing RFIs, RFPs, and SOWs, negotiating contracts, and writing federal and state grant packages.

Served as Senior Program Manager for City of Garland’s telecom service, leading implementation of IP transport network system and network architecture for WAN, wireless, LMR, CCTV, PBX, and civil defense warning systems; chaired technology/source selection boards, leading contract negotiations and attainment of federal/state grants.

Led 30+ technicians, project managers, and shop managers as well as integrators/vendors for the City of Garland’s telecom service; managed relationships with three additional cities for a shared services model.

led the testing and cutover of many legacy and standalone systems for their “To Be” integrated landscape and architecture. Plans included a integration test plan, detailed cutover/migration plan, roll back plan, communication plan, a disaster recovery plan.

L-3 Communications Link Simulation Training 2/06–5/07

Proposal Manager/SAP Program Manager

Directed staff in proposal development and scheduling, including compilation of technical and logistical elements; ensured on-time proposal delivery by leading staff meetings and training to review and expedite completion.

Designed and administered requirements matrix to capture and assess proposal responsiveness to customers.

Assisted clients in their transition to IP transport network system, providing guidance and support during migration.

Analyzed and developed network architecture for LANs/SANs/WANs and led integration of data into SAP.

Led development and review of proposal strategies and customer proposal management plans to identify competitor strengths and weaknesses.

DynCorp International 7/05–1/06

Program Manager/Business Analyst/Proposal Manager

Wrote proposals totaling $1B+ in potential award with a win of $750M in contracts; provided technical analysis for subcontractor bids and negotiations and managed financials, resource allocation, and project planning/execution.

Led network architecture development for LANs/WANs and drove implementation of custom applications and COTS Enterprise software; developed remote base and corporate infrastructure and technology architecture with the ability to rapidly deploy and be operational within 72 hours.

Created cost reductions through onsite evaluations of upgrades to drive continuous improvement efforts.

Ensured project success by maintaining excellent relationships with corporate and field agencies.

Implemented People Soft HR to help reduce the manual over head of pay employees internationally reduced head count and provided a 15 million a year ROI.

Helped implement a new software solution for the world class MRO program

Casey & Associates (Bell Helicopter) 5/05–7/05

Engineering Data Administrator

Analyzed and delivered all data between government and contractors on V-22 program.

Help several team members achieve the their greenbelt certification

Casey & Associates ( FedEx Kinko’s) 3/05–5/05

Project Manager

Developed and oversaw implementation of new Order-to-Pay POS system, ensuring SOX compliance and completing within budget guidelines of $20 million.

United States Air Force 1/00–3/05

Program Manager/SAP Project Manager

Led 50+ multimillion-dollar projects with 600+ contracts for IT, military construction, aerospace, and security.

Contributed to design and implementation of WANs stretching 80 miles of rural and rugged terrain and served as a liaison between engineering and senior military leadership.

Drove a $250K upgrade for active directory software and system management server software on classified and unclassified LANs; also, managed a $500K upgrade of the central information transfer node.

Increased user network throughput 45% by implementing a new technologically advanced modern bank.

Supervised 30 staff members in supporting 20 agencies on desktop and network equipment.

Managed USAF first implementation of SAP

FUNCTIONAL AND TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Druid ABC (IT Change) Methodology

Kotter Business Change Leadership Framework

PRINCE2 Project Management Methodology

PROSCI Organizational Change Management

MSP (Managing Successful Programs)

Clarity, Changepoint, and Planview Project Portfolio Management Tools

ITIL,. COBIT

BARD (Business Architecture Rapid Deployment) Methodology

ABCD Operational Excellence (Oliver Wight)

Sales & Operations Planning (Oliver Wight)

SAP Project Systems (PS), SAP Basis, SAP various versions

Solution Manager 7.0 and 7.1

SAP Functional Experience: SCM, OTC, PTP, CRM, TPM, PLM, HRM, SuccessFactors, WM. FICO, WM, MM, SD, Hybris, Vistex

SAP CoE and ACoE assessment and recertification experience

Oracle Functional Experience: CRM, TPM, HCM, OTC, HER

IT Revitalization- Including transition to virtual and cloud technologies

Managed Services Platforms and outsourced IT Leadership

Business Change and Enablement Leadership

PMI Project Management Methodology

Organizational Change Management

Business Transformation Leadership

ITIL, COBIT

Business Architecture Rapid Deployment Methodology

Sales & Operations Planning

SAP ERP, SAP Basis, SAP Portal, SAP PI, SAP Hana, SAP BI

Solution Manager 7.0 and 7.1

SAP Experience: FICO, SCM, OTC, PTP, CRM, TPM, PLM, HRM, SuccessFactors, WM, EAM, EWM, MM, SD, APO, MRO, SAP Manufacturing, SAP Plant Maintenance, PPM, GTS, Shop Floor, GDS, Hybris, Vistex

SAP CoE and ACoE assessment and recertification experience

System Integration and Architect

Industry Experience:

Aerospace/Aviation/Defense

Chemical/Mining/Explosives

Construction

Financial

System Integrator

Municipal/State/Federal Government

Transportation

Construction

Healthcare

Life Science

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION:

B. S. Aerospace Engineering – Texas A&M University

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

Certified Contract Negotiator (DOD)

Six Sigma Green/Black Belt/Certified ( Air Force/Lockheed Martin)

Army Corp Engineers PM/Certified Program Manager (Army Corp)

Pi Kappa Alpha-Alumni

Disabled Veteran/United States Air Force

Leadership, management, manager, consultant management, consultant, program manager, project manager, PMO director, director, Vice President, CEO, COO, trainer, facilitator, engagement manager, entrepreneur, Start-up, business development, process improvement, process transformation, business process outsourcing, vendor management, client management, portfolio management, program management, project management, Software lifecycle development, SDLC, business analysis, business intelligence, outsourcing, enterprise software, ERP, change management, SAP, Oracle, Encompix, Maximo, SuccessFactors, Microsoft, ED, Supply Chain, Sales and Operational Planning, Innovator, visionary, leader, Bottom line focused, business development, contract negations, corporate accountability, corporate strategy, customer relations, financial management, financial strategies, fiscal accountability, fiscal forecasting, budgeting, goal setting, business planning, growth and expansion, human resource management, industry/domain expertise, judgement/decision making/leadership, motivation, market positioning, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, operations management, organizational development, profit and loss management, regulatory compliance/reporting, revenue forecasting, risk management/mitigation, strategic alliance, quality assurance, venture funding Analytical, Assertiveness, Assessing progress/outcomes, Attention to details, Budgeting, Data analysis, Due diligence, Estimating costs, Evaluation, Executing plans, Execution metric, Program Financial analysis, Achieving team alignment and collaboration, Great verbal communication, Great written communication, Leading meetings, Managing client expectations. Managing conflicts, resolving conflicts, Manage meetings, facilitating design workshops, facilitating workshops, Managing relationships with key partners, Meeting deadlines, Microsoft Office, MS Project, Multitasking, hands on, Organize project teams, Prioritizing, Problem solving, Project coordination, Project implementation, project blueprinting, Project initialization, Project management, Project planning, Project reporting, Reporting on status of project, Resolve project conflicts, SharePoint, Strategic, Strategic planning, Transformation, Business restructuring, Program coordination, Program implementation, program blueprinting, Program initialization, Program management, Program planning, Program reporting, program office, program start up, program recovery, program stabilization, 20 years functional experience, 15 years managerial experience, EPPM experience, SharePoint experience, cutover management

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