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Abimelex “Brad” Veleña

Marikina City, National Capital Region, Philippines linkedin.com/in/abimelexbrad

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Summary

Brad has 15 years’ experience in the field of Technology. He has worked on application development, network administration, infrastructure support, analytics and reporting, end-user management, team management, and successful delivery of key organizational projects. His personality radiates a positive working atmosphere which he strongly believes is key to successful end-user experiences. Experience

Head of Global Collaboration Applications

Coats

Apr 2018 - Mar 2020 (2 years)

• Sets the organization’s direction and develops key strategies to support requirements on collaboration.

• Supports the business by enabling users to make informed decisions relating to the collaboration technology and the company strategy.

• Liaises with teams within Technology Operations, other functions in the organization, and external users and vendors to answer to business demands demonstrating thought leadership and global perspective. Key Projects:

• Collaboration 2.0

Lead the project which revolutionized 6,500+ Coats end-users' way of working; Conducted training sessions organization-wide focused on maximizing cloud-enabled applications already available for them to use. The project realized the following benefits: cost reduction by the termination of redundant applications, data centralization and increased security by shutting down 100+ local file servers, and alignment with EU law - General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

• Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM Implementation

Managed a team of senior application developers in transitioning from Salesforce.com to Microsoft Dynamics 365. The role was instrumental in providing technical advice on the new tool's capabilities, monitoring and feedback through automated reporting, and training to different sets of stakeholders. Collaboration Development Lead

Coats

Feb 2017 - Apr 2018 (1 year 3 months)

• Manages implementations from the planning stage to handover of the finished application to the owner Abimelex Brad Veleña - page 2

• Analyses user requests, provides efficient recommendations maximizing organizational resources, and identifies areas for value adds

• Organizes and conducts workshops/trainings for SharePoint site admins

• Liaises with vendors related to team processes to support business

• Assists with troubleshooting problems, both independently, and in consultation with the team, along with generation of documentation

Collaboration Developer

Coats

May 2013 - Feb 2017 (3 years 10 months)

•Develops and supports SharePoint-based tools for the organization

•Migrates Lotus Notes applications to SharePoint

Key Project

• Migration of Lotus Notes databases to SharePoint Online Migrated at least 350 Lotus Notes databases to SharePoint Online using AvePoint when the organization transitioned from IBM Domino to Microsoft Office 365-based applications. The project needed that I train a local application developer in China on SharePoint and InfoPath development. Project Team Lead

Maersk Global Service Centres

Nov 2012 - May 2013 (7 months)

•Delegates tasks, strategizes with members, and ensures the on time and accurate delivery of tasks of a 10-man project team

•Facilitates brainstorming sessions to resolve issues

•Motivates the members by providing a positive working atmosphere and sharing technical expertise in various software

•Identifies and realizes areas of improvements in the activities of the project maximizing available resources

Key Project

• Swift Action Team (SWAT)

Lead a team of the 10-people project team tasked to assist SAP Business Object users in converting reports to prompts and develop corporate reports. The team members were a mix of both Junior and Senior Business Analysts. The project actualized savings of 7M EUR. Analytics Senior Specialist

Maersk Global Service Centres

Aug 2011 - May 2013 (1 year 10 months)

•Develops, analyses, and improves existing reports following customer requirements mining data from various platforms using macro-enabled MS Excel files as output

•Conceptualizes and realizes value adding projects / process improvements with high impact to the organization

•Facilitates team meetings and board discussions, coaches, and provides support to team members of lower rank, performs tasks as assigned in the absence of the supervisor Abimelex Brad Veleña - page 3

•Maintains good relation and communication with stakeholders globally by organizing regular one-on-one meetings or group conference calls.

•Co-created of a Visual Management System (data gathering part), a macro-enabled MS Excel file showing graphical representations of high-level information used by key positions in the organization

•Lead a project creating a tool to effectively manage staff utilization and KPI tracking

•Developed a SharePoint tool for 1800 Business Objects users for a requisition process Key Project

• One-Stop-Shop

My successful contribution to the project as an assistant to the Project Manager of One-Stop-Shop was a first in Maersk Analytics department. It was remotely done from Manila while the rest of the team were in Maersk Centre in Copenhagen. The project was a rollout of a workflow tool in SharePoint that eliminated 600 emails weekly. It was used by 5,000 end-users globally.

Manager

Excore Inc

Aug 2010 - Mar 2011 (8 months)

•Manages the Local Area Network of the organization and its internet connectivity

•Creates/Maintains the organization’s nine (9) official websites

•Supervises two (2) Computer Technicians

•Attends vendor presentations, thereby suggesting and implementing I.T. solutions to ensure all equipment and software comply with industry standards

•Rehabilitated the existing LAN setup located in three different sites

•Implemented IT company policies to provide data security and integrity Programmer

Colegio San Agustin (CSA)

Feb 2006 - Aug 2010 (4 years 7 months)

•Manages the Local Area Network of the organization and its internet connectivity

•Leads four (4) Computer Technicians and a systems development team of three (3)

•Attends vendor presentations, thereby suggesting and implementing I.T. solutions to ensure all equipment and software comply with industry standards

•Developed a centralized system that can easily be updated by the different programmers; includes essential programs such as the Grading System, Registrar System, Attendance Monitoring System, Personnel System, Confirmation System, Media and Library System, Guidance Center System, and Inventory Systems.

•Successfully created and implemented network security policies thereby increasing the efficiency of the Center’s service delivery and cutting down annual maintenance cost Key Project

• CSASYS (CSA Systems)

Designed and developed a central hub for the different systems used by the employees. Onboarding was made easy for new teachers and staff by giving them a single application to work with. Access to each sub- system was defined by the user login. Since applications and approvals were done in the system, it promoted paper-less transactions. The design allows seamless collaboration between the programmers working on each sub-system without having to impact other non-related systems. Abimelex Brad Veleña - page 4

Programmer, Information Technology Services - Corporate Human Resources Information Systems Division

SM Mart, Inc.

Aug 2005 - Feb 2006 (7 months)

•Creates programs for the HR Departments of the SM group of companies

•Supports end users in the main office and branches nationwide thru email, telephone support and on-site visits

•Modifies existing programs to cater clientele’s requirements

•Maintains existing programs such as Personnel System, Payroll System, ID System

•Migrates FoxPro for DOS applications into Visual FoxPro Education

Philippine School of Business Administration

Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration, Management Information Science 1999 - 2004

University of the Philippines

Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering

1997 - 1998

Jose Panganiban National High School

Skills

Project Management • Stakeholder Management • Network Administration • Website Development • Application Development • Team Management • Training • Reporting

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