Human Resources Project Management

Stephen Roche

Knoxville, TN ***** 610-***-****

***********@*****.***

Consultant

A valued and trusted ERP expert with 20+ years of Global Human Resources & Financial system transformations, helping organizations with $5MM+ budgets. Proven track record for planning, defining budgets, resource allocation, and execution. He works with multiple groups within the ecosystem to make sure a successful project occurs. Currently seeking contract work.

Areas of Expertise

Project Management

System Migrations/Conversions

Best Practices

Technical Architecture

ERP Implementations

Budgeting & Cost Control

Vendor Selection

Cross-Functional Teamwork

Defect Tracking & Testing

Resource Planning

Issue Resolution

Knowledge Transfer

Professional Experience

Cloud Services Solutions 2011 - Present

Works on a net new & existing Workday customer as a program advisor/client advocate that encompasses. creating RFP process, budgets, vendor selection, project plans, managing resources, fit gap sessions, security matrix, technical architecture, and UAT. Acts as a liaison to the Workday partner helping with the conversion.

Industries I worked for:

Bio/Agriculture

Energy

Financial Services

Hospitality

Logistics

Manufacturing

Media

Pharmaceutical

Public Sector

Telcom

Rochester Institute of Technology 2010 - 2011

Directed the PeopleSoft Student Financials & Financial Aid implementation. Supported the successful outcomes through fit gap analysis, configuration, knowledge transfer, best practices, test scripts creation, security and testing.

Gartner Consulting 2009 - 2010

Campus Solutions Quality Assurance Director

Guided the PeopleSoft 9.1 Campus Solutions implementation. Rolled out the first phase to the 25-school system.

SunGard Higher Education 2006 - 2009

General Manager - Application Services Division

Led the PeopleSoft practice, successfully upgrading several colleges on HCM, Financials and campus solutions. Communicated to groups at each site from end user support to client relations.

Spoke at several PeopleSoft events such as HEUG, OHUG, and RUGS on upgrading.

SMR Consulting, Inc. 2002 - 2006

PeopleSoft Consultant

Consulted and managed on upgrades and performance tuning of the PeopleSoft Enterprise systems. Controlled multimillion dollar budgets and rollouts to international sites for Fortune 500 companies.

Quest Diagnostics - Performed an Infrastructure Assessment, performance tuning and upgrade and to PeopleSoft Financials 8.8. Human Resources 8.8. Reviewed infrastructure configuration for the client. Upgraded client from Financials 7.5 to 8.8. AP, GL, AM AR, PO. Setup and configure the PeopleSoft Security for 750+ concurrent users nationwide on financial and 35k on Human Resources system.

Sylvan Learning Center - Performed tuning on PeopleSoft Financials 8.4. Reviewed infrastructure configuration for the client. Client has Financials 8.4. AP, GL, AM AR, PO.

State of New York - Installed PeopleSoft Financials 8.8 on PeopleTools 8.44 in Sybase Database. Downloaded and applied all patches and fixes using the change assistant tool. Reconfigured new IBM AIX servers for better performance using PeopleSoft Internet Architecture. Ran compare reports and advised on reapplying customizations. Upgraded client from 7.02 to 8.8 thru a two-step upgrade process. Moved client from being non supported by PeopleSoft to latest PeopleSoft financials release. GL/Commitment Control, PO, AP, AM. AR

Education

MBA, California Lutheran University

Certifications

Workday & PeopleSoft : Project Management HCM & Financial

Veteran

United States Navy

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