Project Manager Management

Consultant’s Profile

Brian M. Fragoso

Program/Project Manager,

Profile

Program / Project Manager with more than 30 years of technology experience, SAP ECC & EHP Upgrades, business project / program management, re-engineering and process improvement project experience; which includes more than 16 years experience implementing SAP with management roles for 16 full-life cycle implementations and 3 recent ECC Upgrade projects and Global S4 Hana. Senior advisor to Client Management on program planning and scheduling, program risk assessment and mitigation strategies to insure quality and on-time program delivery.

Strong experience in developing and training project teams on project management methodologies, deliverables, tools and Sales of SAP Products/Projects.

Experienced leader with a record of building, developing, pursuit and managing medium to large, cross-functional teams for the implementation, enhancement, support and upgrade of complex global system applications.

Expertise in strategic planning with extensive qualifications managing design, development and delivery of cost-effective, business solutions to meet challenging business demands.

Strong ability to translate business concepts and processes into functional and technical requirements that improves understanding at all levels of the organization.

Key Skills

Experienced in S/4 Hana, IOT, ASAP, Solution Manager, with various project management methodologies and standards

Experienced in designing and setting up internal SAP support organizations and integrating with outsourced organizations

Experienced implementing and integrating remote Hosted System providers, and integrating remote Application Management Support organizations

Expert in project costing, analysis, scoping, planning, scheduling, testing, change management, risk management, resource management, and financial management

Experienced in SAP ECC 6.0, S4HANA, EHP7 (3 Upgrade Projects A&D Sector)

Experienced Project/Project Manager for SAP FI/CO, SD, MM, PP, SD, PM, IFRS, CRM and BI/BW, MAXDB to Oracle DB, HANA, Panaya, Sales & Use Tax solutions and integration

Industries:

Industry Experience

Oil and Gas

Consumer Products and Services

Government (Department of Defense)

A&D

Manufacturing

Professional Services

Service Industries

Utilities

Finalcial Service

Accounting and Finance

Monthly, Quarterly and Year End Reporting

Annual Budgets and Forecasting

o Management of Accounting departments and operations o Board Reporting of Financial results

o Manufacturing and Product Costing

oSolutions:

o SAP MDG

SAP IBP

o SAP FICO, PM, SD, PM, MM

o SAP Supply Chain Integration

o SAP Architecture and Design

o SAP Global Support and Support Operations

MySAP/ValueSAP/SolMan, ASAP, Waterfall, Agile Methodologies

Program Manager / Partner

Project Management / Partner

Project Planning and Estimation

Project Execution and Tracking

Client Proposal Responses and Sales Support

Executive Leadership and Support

Change Management

Staff Development, Mentoring and Training

Consultant’s Profile

Experience/Project Work OUT

Industry: A&D

SAP ECC, EHPx & S4 Hana, IOT

Completed several A&D Technical EHP Upgrades, S4Hanna projects and supported clients with IOT Manufacturing technology. Managed and reported on 5 A&D projects with direct insite to client management technical challanges. Projects included design, development, data governance, Risk and OCM management.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

Deliver robust technical solutions to achieve client completive edge in A&D technical sector

To build a strong partnership with the customer to include strong solution integration partner for a successful project and solution delivery.

Complete info structure phase of 5-year technical growth plan

Industry: Oil & Gas

SAP Version: ECC 6.0

Role: Project Manager

As Project Manager for SAP ECC upgrade project for a midstream Oil and Gas pipeline company, managed an SAP Upgrade, database change and instance consolidation project that accomplished a number of key objectives – Consolidation of two separate instances onto a single server with two separate clients, Migration from MAXDB to Oracle database, Migration to new HP hardware, and Upgrade from SAP R/3 4.7 to ECC 6.0 for the FI, CO and AM modules. Reviewed and approved all business process design, configuration, and functional specification documentation; and defined resource budget requirements and staffed resources for the on-shore technical team. He also supported external SOX system audits.

During the course of the oil and gas upgrade project, Mr. Fragoso won an engagement to manage the implementation of the SAP MM and IM modules and Sabrix Taxware solution. He was responsible for realigning current MM business/functional processes and the global rollout of the solution. He managed a team of 12 consultants that successfully designed, developed and implemented the SAP AP, MM, and IM modules, connecting two SAP R/3 systems and supporting over 450 end users. Mr. Fragoso also managed and identified potential gap areas within the SAP solution that required building custom Z-table objects to interface Sabrix and SAP. He delivered the project on time and under budget.

Mr. Fragoso also served as Project Manager for three utility projects that implemented CCS 4.7 and SAP ECC 6.0, that supported the FI, CO, GIS, MM, PP, SD, and BW modules. He was responsible for the utilities back office transformation that integrated mobile devices to field personnel that utilized portal applications. He utilized SAP’s ASAP development methodology, Microsoft Project, and SAP global templates. All utility projects were managed independently using common templates and methods, and the three utility projects were delivered on time and on budget with approximately thirteen consultants and six off-shore consultants.

Industry: Professional Services

SAP Version: ECC 6.0

Role: Project Manager

For a major computer leasing company, Mr. Fragoso was the Project Manager on an SAP Leasing (LAE) implementation. He was responsible for the analysis of three global computer leasing environments and the design, development and implementation of a global computer leasing solution. As Project manager with a team of 15 consultants, he created an industry focused SAP LAE (computer leasing) solution that interfaced with the FI/CO, MM, PP, BA and SD modules utilizing ASAP methodology and various project tool sets. He was also responsible for moving the client from an SAP Hosting environment to the Client Hosting environment. He managed a $7 million project budget for the initial rollout.

Industry: Automotive

SAP Version: 6.0

Role: Transition Program Manager

Mr. Fragoso was Project Manager at a global automotive supplier, for a project where the key objective was to centralize three SAP FI/CO environments to a single global chart of accounts and one global environment. During the project, he was asked to change the scope of the project to centralize SAP FI/CO processing from five countries to two and move to a single global chart of accounts. He managed eight SAP consultants and 13 clients Subject Matter Experts (SME); utilized SAP’s ASAP methodology and conducted global design/requirements work sessions to create a single global template. He was also responsible for creating the project plan and scope, timelines, and a budget totaling over $3 million.

Industry: Life Sciences

SAP Version: ECC 5.0

Role: Program Manager

For a global Life Sciences company, Mr. Fragoso was the Project Manager responsible for the successful implementation of a solution developed by another system integrator. The task was to take over and assume primary responsibility for FI/CO, MM, PP, SD development. Mr. Fragoso led the effort to evaluate the actual progress to-date of the project, re-define the scope based on the actual progress of the project, update budget and timeline assumptions, integrate the project team with key consulting resources asked to remain on the project under account management, integrate the ‘new’ consulting team with the customer project team, design and drive a knowledge transfer strategy to bring the ‘new’ team up to-date with the custom solution, and kick-off the remaining effort to continue the project. Once the transition was completed, Mr. Fragoso supervised the consulting team through the completion of development in support of scenario testing to complete the transition.

Industry: Government (Department of Defense) / A&D

SAP Version: ECC 5.0

Role: Project Manager

Mr. Fragoso managed the successful implementation of 3 ECC Upgrade projects, also managed FI/CO, MM, SD, PP, and migration of several warehouse/global suppliers to single location for this specific competition in support of joint strike fighter competition for the US Dept of Defense. He was responsible for managing detailed project plans and integrating status reporting, remote hosting coordination and integrating overall project requirements for FI/CO, SD, MM, PP. He coordinated DOD validation documentation requirements, coordinated project efforts with the GAO team to ensure Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and directed the efforts of the Functional, Training, Change Management sub-project managers. In addition, he provided direct management over the Development, Security, Basis and Validation teams, and was the project liaison with the Integration Partner remote Hosting and Production Support teams. Mr. Fragoso advised customer project managers on day-to-day project issues, and he successfully managed the on-time go-live of the Wave 1 financial and procurement project and transition to remote hosting and application support. He provided guidance around the re-evaluation of the project strategy to adapt a global template to a North American Strick Fighter solution to be used in future North American competitions, and assisted global IT management in re-defining fast track implementations. He led project efforts during reconstituted Project Preparation and Business Blueprint Phases, led project Realization Phase activities through Round 1 Integration Testing and managed remote hosting transition issues.

Other Experience

Industry: Banking & Saving & Loan

OS/MVS, Star Network, WAN TCP/IP

Role: Supervisor

As a technical manager for two California financial institutions, Mr. Fragoso was responsible for the installation and delivery of POS and STAR network systems and the delivery of the first state wide online network technology for those institutions. He also managed the development and installation of a 4700 terminal automated online teller system. In addition, Mr. Fragoso managed the first roll out of a consumer and mortgage loan system throughout the branch network of a major banking institution in California.

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Education & Certifications:

San Diego State University; Computer Science

Certifications: CPMA

Citizenship:

United States

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