Kristen Avila

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IT Executive – Enabling Business through Technology

A Director of Information Technology with over 20 years of experience and expertise with Oracle ERP platforms, related 3rd party software, business intelligence reporting, and custom .net applications. Focused on directing and managing teams, improving processes, and aligning IT strategy with business goals and delivering results-oriented solutions to meet the needs of diverse corporate environments.

COMPETENCIES

Enterprise Applications * Application Lifecycle Management * SDLC-Agile * Software Quality Policy Compliance * IT Support * Technology Best Practices

Strategic Planning * Budget Development * Project Management * Team Development Internal/External Client Relationships * Process Improvement * Vendor Management

Lean Six Sigma

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

June 2013 to Present– Enterprise Business Solutions and Process Improvements

Consulting Manager – Oracle ERP Systems

ITCross – International JDEdwards Oracle Business Partner - JDEdwards Enterprise One. Expert planning advisor focusing on international implementations and special projects. Specialization on project and budget planning, control, resource management, testing and training cycles, and ensuring global statutory requirements, legal and regulatory compliance, and cloud migrations. Strategic planning aimed at target opportunities for growth of US business.

NOI Strategies, Division of CohnReznich Oracle Business Partner – Consulting Manager for JDEdwards Enterprise One working with real estate clients to include end users, stake holders, and C Level executives from initial assessment through implementations to identify and define opportunities for systemic business solutions. Supporting, implementing, training, and maintaining JDEdwards Financial, Distribution and Property Management Modules, 3rd Party software, and Hyperion analytical reporting.

Tax Analysts, Falls Church, VA – Oracle NetSuite – Consulting Manager for financial legacy and sales systems to Oracle NetSuite Financial, Procurement, Human Resource and Sales Modules. Review and recommendation for software procurement, vendor relations, contract negotiations, implementation. The project consisted of data conversions, reconciliation, audit control, and implementation to a single software solution. Redundancy of data between various systems was eliminated and streamlined into the NetSuite ERP cloud platform. The implementation and go-live phase included all aspects of end user testing and training, configuring dash boards and reports.

PBS, Arlington, VA – Oracle EBusiness - Internal Audit and Financial Assessment of their business operations of the media industry for best practices and processes. Reviewing all facets of the internal processes to support the distribution of media related sales focusing on ecommerce, producers, distributors, digital, business to business, business to consumers, royalty management and global retailers. Objective for improving efficiency, redundancy of data, streamlining multiple databases and 3rd party software solutions on a premier ERP consolidated platform with Oracle and Microsoft solutions.

November 1999 – May 2013: MicroStrategy Inc., Tysons Corner, VA

Senior Director, Financial Information Systems

Delivered management, implementation and support of Financial Systems

Director of the Corporate Global ERP JDEdwards Enterprise One Financial System for 26 US and international implementations with statutory requirements to include US GAAP consolidation and audit regulations. Requirements incorporated international currency, multiple ledgers, intercompany accounting, and custom localizations with migration from country specific financial legacy systems. Applied expert knowledge of Oracle JDEdwards and provided strategic guidance for insights of all ERP processes. Implemented modules of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Ledger, Purchasing, Sales Order, and Fixed Assets.

Responsible for application Lifecycle Management of all financial systems and process improvements (e.g. Procurement, Accounts Payable Workflow, Revenue Recognition, Vendor Management, Subscription and Credit Card Billing, Zuora, ChangePoint, ADP and other payroll systems, Global EFT Banking, Direct Deposit for Expense Reimbursement, LockBox Cash Receipts). Internal .net applications and third party solutions represented the collection of the financial systems with integration to JDEdwards. Formed and managed the cross functional agile teams for these solutions.

Performed and accountable for overall project management from initial executive planning, implementation, on-going support, and user training for all financial systems. This was done across different countries and time zones utilizing business stake holders, IT team members and consultants in worldwide locations.

Implemented standards for best practices with Lean Six Sigma methodology. Responsible for audit compliance following Sarbanes Oxley compliance policies and procedures for all aspects of requirements, development, testing, and production implementation. Increased transparency and visibility of development process to business users.

Responsible for improving processes and aligning IT strategy with business goals. Additionally, responsible for strategic planning, budgeting, executive steering committee presentations, hiring, partner and vendor management, vendor contract and RFP reviews, internal client relationships, and employee performance reviews. Implemented polices, procedures and Service Level Agreements. Supported personal development of team members and mentored career paths.

April 1988- November 1999: Charles E. Smith Companies, Crystal City, VA

Manager, Financial Systems

Project Management and Analysis for JDEwards World and Property Management

Responsible for supervision of four financial system analysts, and liaised with developers, and business owners. Assigned project resources, tasks and scheduling for all operational and financial systems software development corporate wide. Participated on all projects as a team leader and also as a senior system analyst. Created custom financial reports and reconciled program files to the general ledger to ensure data integrity. Audited and documented internal workflows for recommendations to enhance the overall efficiency with the migration to JDEdwards. Responsible for system data integrity report review and resolution of issues.

Worked directly with the controller in establishing policies and procedures with the SEC public offering and formation of the REIT.

Implementation for legacy system conversion to JDEdwards World (e.g. Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Purchasing, General Ledger, Contract and Service Billing, Fixed Assets)

Analyzed current residential property management with the implementation of AMSI for 50 locations for Residential Property Management and interfaces to JDEdwards.

Responsible for all AMSI, JDEwards, and related software for testing, technical documentation, end user documentation, training, and on-going support.

EDUCATION

Master of Arts - Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) – George Mason University, VA

Bachelor of Science – Education – Kansas University, KS

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