Principal Consultant Accounts Payable
Resume:
KEY STRENGTHS
Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP),
Oracle/PeopleSoft
Project/Program
Management (PM)
Business Process Re-
engineering and
improvement (BPR)
IT implementations
ERP upgrades
IT testing and training
Organization Change
Management
Independent Verification &
Validation Assessment
IT Risk Mitigation
EDUCATION
Master of Science, Finance,
American University
Master of Science,
International Relations,
American University
Bachelor of Science,
International Relations, Royal
Dutch Academy
Bachelor of Science, Political
Science, Royal Dutch
Academy
Dwayne C. Thomason, MSF
2460 Peachtree Road - Atlanta, GA 30305
*************@*****.***
UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION
Mr. Dwayne Thomason is a senior Enterprise Resource Project (ERP) consultant and Program/Project Manager (PM) with ongoing years of experience in the areas of Oracle/PeopleSoft Financials, Human Capital Management and Supply Chain Management implementations and upgrades.
Mr. Thomason specializes in project/program management, Oracle/PeopleSoft implementations and upgrades (versions beta-9.2), system design and production support.
His industry experience includes 9 years of Big 4 ERP Consulting with federal, state, and local governments, with Higher Education and Healthcare entities. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Implemented PeopleSoft Time and Labor, Grants Management, Project Costing, and Contract Administration at a major higher education institution within the State of Florida. Interfaced General Ledger, Payroll, Time and Labor, Resource Management, and Student Financial modules between the Department of Education (DOE) and university financial entities.
Conducted pre-sales presentations, project charter, project scope and Scope of Work (SOW), for Financial Supply Chain and Management Systems (FSCM) to Chief Level Executives.
Conduct Project/Program Management incorporating concurrent implementations of PeopleSoft 9.2 Financials, Human Capital Management and Student Financials.
Interfaced Time and Labor Actuals, Budget, and Contractor (HCM) functions to Project Costing for capital projects and direct cost billing.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Cerner, Senior Solutions Architect, 2020-Present
Navigator Consulting, LLC., Principal Consultant, Oracle/PeopleSoft Financials, Organization Change Management 2018
Highstreet Consulting, Inc. Director, Application Management Services Oracle/PeopleSoft Financials, 2017
Regents Consulting, Inc., Principal Consultant, Program Management, Proposal Management, Resource Management, Conversion Management 2016 – 2017
Ciber Consulting, Inc., Principal Consultant, Program Management, Proposal Management, Change Management, Conversion Management 2014 – 2016
Drivestream, Inc., Manager, Project Management 2013 – 2014
Deloitte Consulting, Manager, Program and Project Management 2009 – 2013
BearingPoint, Inc., (Acquired by Deloitte Consulting), Manager 2006 – 2009 CERTIFICATIONS
Oracle/PeopleSoft ESA Finance Consultant
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
Urban Bankers Coalition of New York, Treasurer
United States Air Force Reserve
Dwayne Christopher Thomason - Work Experience Detail Cerner
Senior Solution Architect, 3/20 – 9/22
Senior Solution Architect Organization Change Manager for Children’s National Hospital, Washington, DC (CNH)
Implemented Grants, Project Costing, Contract Administration architecture for hospital finance, commitment accounting, Human Resource solutions.
Navigator Management Consulting
Principal Consultant, 3/18 – 9/18
Organization Change Management and Project Management of Oracle/PeopleSoft 9.2 implementation and upgrade of university finance systems and Human Capital Management Systems (HRMS). Highstreet Consulting, Inc.
Director, Application Management Services Oracle/PeopleSoft Financials 06-17 – 11/17
Project/Program Management of Oracle/PeopleSoft to include Service Desk, Optimization and Tuning, Performance Monitoring, data protection, event management, and patches and upgrades. Regents Consulting, Inc.
Principal Consultant, Program Management, Proposal Management, Resource Management, Conversion Management 08-16 – 04/17
Implemented PeopleSoft Proposal Management, Program Management, Resource Management of PeopleSoft Financials 9.2 from 08/16 to 04/17:
Implemented PeopleSoft Proposal, Program, Resource Management at a leading resource management service staffing firm.
Performed conversion project management from legacy staffing systems to PeopleSoft target Project Costing from Inventory, Accounts Payable, Billing, Grants, Contract Administration, and Asset Management cost accounting to financial (PROJ_RESOURCE) table(s).
Ciber, Inc.
Principal Consultant, Program Management, Project Management, and Change Management 04/14 – 07/16 PeopleSoft Grants Management, Project Costing and Contract Administration, re-implementation of PeopleSoft Financials 9.2 for the University of Florida, Jacksonville:
Implemented PeopleSoft Grants Management, Project Costing, Contract Administration, Time, and Expense and Accounts Payable at a major higher education institution within the State of Florida. Interfaced General Ledger, Payroll, Time and Labor, Resource Management, and Student Financial modules between the Department of Education (DOE) and university financial entities.
Conducted implementation of new functionality to include Grant, Project and Contract work centers interfacing with student financial department managers.
Implemented pre-proposal, post-proposal, award, project costing, and contract administration integration with PeopleSoft Resource Management, Program Management, Billing, Accounts Receivable and General Ledger sub-systems.
Conducted Project/Program Management incorporating concurrent implementation PeopleSoft 9.2 Human Resource, Financials and Student Financials.
Principal Consultant, Program Management, Project Management and Change Management 04/14 – 07/16 Lead ERP financial consultant for the implementation of PeopleSoft Asset Management, Inventory, Project Costing, Contract Administration, Travel and Expense, Accounts Payable and EDI interface to the federal Department of Health and Education at the University of Texas, Denton.
Conducted assessment, fit/gap, configuration, unit, integration, acceptance and EDI interface processing to the federal Department of Education and Health.
Dwayne Christopher Thomason - Work Experience Detail Drivestream, Inc.
Manager, Project Management 03/13 – 03/14
While engaged as a Contract Administration Lead on PeopleSoft Grants Management and Project Costing from 03/13 to 3/14:
Implemented PeopleSoft 9.2 Grants Management, Resource Management, Program Management, Contract Administration, Accounts Payable, Inventory, EDI, and Project Costing for a major west coast Not-For-Profit, specializing in research and medical programs throughout North America, the Middle East and Africa.
Conducted project charter, project scope and Scope of Work (SOW), for Financial Supply Chain and Management Systems
(FSCM) to Chief Level Executives.
Managed sales revenue up to $2M exceeding corporate expectation of $500K in domestic sales.
Conducted project management for Grants Management, Contract Administration, Project Costing and Expense module silos. While engaged at a Telecommunications Company on PeopleSoft Project Costing from 03/13 to 11/13:
Implemented Project Costing interfacing Project Costing to and from Lawson Financials and manufacturing services.
Increased operational efficiencies by 27% reducing operational redundancies between PeopleSoft Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS) and FSCM requiring telephone and cable installations and inventory tracking. Deloitte Consulting
Manager, Program and Project Management 05/09 – 03/13 While engaged at Kaiser Permanente as a PeopleSoft Travel and Expense Accounts Payable Lead:
Implemented PeopleSoft 8.9 Travel and Expense and Accounts Payable for Kaiser Permanente, a national healthcare entity.
Interfaced PeopleSoft HRMS to PeopleSoft Expense module to include personal data elements for transition to national travel and expense processes.
While engaged at Care International on PeopleSoft Project Costing and Contract Administration as a Grants Management Lead:
Implemented PeopleSoft 9.1 Grants and Project Costing Contract Administration for Care International, a global humanitarian organization fighting global hunger and poverty.
Implemented sub-processes to include Grant/Project Budgeting, Facilities and Administration (indirect costs), Funds Distribution, Inter-Unit Contracts, Value Added Tax Accounting (VAT), and Global Allocations.
Conducted global training, testing and conference room pilot coordination.
Developed custom pages and panels for reporting of CARE, international programs (e.g., early childhood development, HIV/AIDS remediation in Sub-Saharan Africa, and childhood obesity). While engaged for the State of Texas/University of Texas ERP systems on PeopleSoft Project Costing and Contract Administration, Grants Management, Travel and Expense, and Accounts Payable Lead:
Implemented Grants Management, Project Costing and Grants Management for a state government implementing PeopleSoft for the Department of Transportation and the Department of Information Management.
Conducted requirement gathering and process development sessions for the project management of state road, construction, utility, and Right of Way (ROW) projects.
Conducted assessment of grant proposal, award, and sub-recipient payment disbursements and reporting of Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) and Texas University public and private contracts. ADDITIONAL TRAINING:
• PMI, currently pursing PMP certification
INTERESTS AND HOBBIES:
• American Kidney Foundation, Southeast
• Veterans Administration Oversight, Southeast
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