Guri Burmi

US Citizen • Morrisville, NC • 919-***-**** • adukq7@r.postjobfree.com • https://www.linkedin.com/in/guri-burmi/

IT LEADERSHIP, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION, STRATEGIC TECH EXECUTIVE

Extensive, progressive digital experience. Adds substantial value to an organization by leveraging strong interpersonal and technical skills in achieving business goals by helping companies modernize and innovate. Business Partner working with the business leaders to meet company targets and accelerate growth by leveraging technology for Finance, HR, Resource Management, Sales Operations, Legal and Global Communications.

Core competencies include:

Leadership • mentoring • Communication • Team Building • Vendor Management • Budget management • ERP, Digital & Mobile Transformation • Data Analytics • Reporting • Program, Project, People & Product Management • Cloud First Strategy • M&A • Dev/Ops - Agile Practices • KPIs & Analytics • Startup experience • Ability to influence cross-functional teams & working closely with SVP, VP, executives of the company • Oracle Cloud Certified • Project Management and ITIL Certified

SKILLS

Oracle Cloud ERP/EPM, SAP, PeopleSoft, SalesForce, WorkDay, Great Plains, Netsuite, MediData CTMS, Veeva, Hyperion, Crystal Reports, Tableau, Microsoft PowerBI, PaaS, Qlik, EDI, HIPAA, SOX, Sunshine Act, GDPR/GxP compliance, Oracle, SQL Server, Postgres, MY SQL, MongoDB, C#, Java, Ruby on Rails, R, R-shiny, Modules – AP, AR, GL, SCM, PO, FA, HR, T&L, WMS.

EXPERIENCE

SYNEOS HEALTH (CRO/Healthcare/Pharma) 3/2019 to PRESENT

SENIOR DIRECTOR – ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS

Business Partner for Finance/HR/Sales Operations working on digital transformation and mobile strategy. Developed a robust technology strategy and road map to support short term and long-term strategic initiatives. Conducted vendor selection and negotiation for new MSP setup. M&A experience. Managed ERP (Oracle EBS, Cloud, PeopleSoft) teams & led global implementations.

Strong project management leadership skills with the ability to coordinate and balance multiple projects in a time-sensitive environment, under pressure and meeting deadlines

Optimized head count for effective delivery of solutions to business. Helped reduce OPEX spend by $1 million per year.

Setup offshore teams for service delivery to achieve $3 million annual cost savings. Established new org structures and developed IT talent on a global scale.

Head key initiatives such as Analytics platforms, reporting metrics.

Established global policies and processes to ensure Business Continuity as well as meet SOX Audit guidelines for GDPR and GxP validated systems.

Work with the Service desk to set up new streamlined and more efficient delivery processes.

Strong organizational agility, drive for results, cultural awareness and expertise in networking and building effective relationships internally and externally.

Improve operational efficiencies by 50% by introducing better processes and removing deficiencies. Improved CSAT scores by 30% in a calendar year to create high performance delivery teams.

Project Lead for data center migration to Oracle cloud from On-Prem Data Center for ERP systems to help consolidate and reduce infra cost while upgrading to more modern hardware. Led numerous database, application, and OS upgrades.

Managed DR program for key corporate systems.

Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills with the ability to apply basic principles to solve conceptual issues.

Manage $25M annual budget including dealing with vendors and licensing etc. Managing team of 75 personnel.

Worked with several vendors in negotiating and renegotiating deals to get optimal benefit for the company.

Led team to develop custom software solutions to meet unique business demands with Product Development and startup mindset leveraging Agile, Scrum and Waterfall techniques based on project needs.

SCOUTR LLC. - CO-FOUNDER/PRODUCT OWNER 8/2016 - 3/2019

Scoutr is a startup that is focused on building an AI platform used by companies to help make the right hiring decisions based on bias-free matching algorithms, full picture skills and culture-fit assessments.

Led product development using outsourced developments partners both on-shore and off-shore.

Working on MVP and Product completion to ensure success of venture using Agile and Scrum SDLC approach.

Attended user conferences to boost acceptance and market presence.

Conducted sales demos.

Managed and set up Infrastructure/Operational needs of the business.

Prepared pre-sales and Marketing decks.

REYNOLDS LEVERAGED SERVICES - GLOBAL MANUFACTURING 6/2008 to 3/2019

IT MANAGER/LEAD EBS ARCHITECT

Managed business-critical IT projects such as R12 upgrade, DB 11g upgrades, Data Center migrations, DR planning and testing. Oversaw Global Data Warehouse and reporting solutions for BI. Experienced in SOA suite and Weblogic application tiers.

Led a $20 Million Global upgrade, implementation, and reimplementation program over a span of 4 years to complete Oracle EBS ERP and process transformation.

Led Oracle EBS upgrades and M&A projects.

Project Lead for Data Center migration to consolidate costs and setup new DR plan using Sungard.

Helped reduce IT spending by 40% by leveraging license consolidation, using commodity servers and better vendor management while managing service SLA levels.

Helped implement ITIL best practices and industry standards related to Change Control, problem management etc.

Played key role in divestiture of systems from parent company and establishment of data center and led creation of team.

EDTECH SYSTEMS - SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS – VP of ENGINEERING 7/2005 to 6/2008

Product Owner responsible for development of the software, software sales and delivery of EzDesk and buildmytest software for school districts across North Carolina.

Software developed on C#, .net platform with SQL Server at the backend with annual budgets exceeding $2 million.

Responsible for creation of MVP to Product completion for Buildmytest platform which is a software as a service (SaaS platform) used by School Districts for assessing student competency in core curriculum areas.

Creating and presenting at major trade shows.

Customer facing program success leader.

Responsible for setting up server farms, virtualization and managing SQL server databases.

Working closely with the customer base to ensure that product matched their needs.

NETCOMLOGIC CONSULTING SERVICES - DIRECTOR OF SALES & OPERATIONS 5/2001 to 6/2005

Building and managing relationships with existing and potential customers.

Project Lead responsible for initial implementation of Oracle and conversion from legacy systems at over 100 sites with the school district.

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery planning.

Managing annual budget to $1.5 million for Infra services.

TATA INFOTECH – SENIOR ORACLE DBA/DEVELOPER 7/1994 to 5/2001

EDUCATION

Masters Certificate: IT Service Management (PMP, ITIL) - Villanova University

Bachelor of Science: Engineering – Bangalore University, Bangalore, India

CONFERENCE AND PAPERS

Delivered paper and presented at OAUG conference in Raleigh NC on Single Sign-on, UPK and Mobile app development - 2016

Presenter at Educon conference in Atlanta - 2007

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