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Project Manager Independent Consultant

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Allentown, PA
Posted:
April 09, 2023

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ANINDYA ANDREW SARKAR (ANDY)

CELL : 513-***-**** EMAIL: adwgae@r.postjobfree.com Online: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andysarkar/ STATUS : US CITIZEN, HELD LEVEL-6 SECURITY CLEARANCE AT US FDA (FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION) Mission:

Helping Organizations achieve their Business Process Transformation through Technology Implementation and Adoption Summary:

Senior IT Leader with 24+ years overall Business Technology Transformation experience, out of which 14+ years in Senior Management role; responsible for managing mission critical Process and Technology Transformation initiatives. Andy reports to C-Suite and chairs Steering Committee for high investment and high-risk Technology Implementation projects. He leads a team of Function Heads, directs Multiple Project Team of size around 25-50 people. He is highly experienced in managing project team with Remote, Multi- Site/Offsite/Onshore model across many geographic time zones. Profile – Senior IT Leader:

- Seasoned Business Technology Consulting Leader, proficient in Enterprise Transformation Program and Project Management Methodologies like PMI PMP/Agile, Deloitte EVD, PwC Transform, Oracle Unified Method (OUM), Infor Deployment Method (IDM)

- Manage End-to-End IT Programs – Manage enterprise program of full life cycle projects covering Assessment, Software-Hardware- SI Selection, Planning, Execution, Delivery, Hyper Care and Production Support and Upgrades

- Strong PMO Skills with Microsoft Project, develop Roadmap and drive Planning and Budgeting as per Business defined KPIs

- Executive Presentation Skill and creating Deliverables using Office, Visio, SharePoint, and Collaboration Tools

- Manage Project Life Cycle (PLC), Schedule, Cost, Quality, Risk, Resource and Communication with Stakeholders/Vendors

- Manage Project Resource Planning, Utilization, Delivery and Status Presentation with Organization Sponsors

- Manage Risk and Issue (RAID Logs) and provide Advance Risk Management Planning and periodical Status Report to Stakeholders Specialization:

- Experience in Leading RFP Process and Managing ERP Software Selection. System Integrator (Vendor) Selection, Bids, Proposals, Negotiations, and PMO Deliverables like Charter, PMP, Plan, Budget, Tracker, Issue-Risk Logs, Project Status, Steering Committee

- Domain Expertise – Oracle Cloud ERP & E-Business Suite (EBS R12), Infor CloudSuite Industrial (v10) with Factory Track (v7)

- Process Expertise – Order-to-Cash, Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, Supply Chain and Project Management

- Functional Expertise – Project and Resource Management, Financial and Accounting, Procurement, Sales, Discrete Manufacturing, Master Data Management, Multi-BU and Multi-Legal Entity Structure and Reporting

- Agile/Scrum Experience – Hybrid “SDLC Predictive or Waterfall” & “SAFe/Agile/Scrum/Sprint” Iterative developments

- Test Management – Using tools like HP Quality Center, JIRA and manage Production Support using Spiceworks, ServiceNow Industry Sectors:

Andy has experience to work in sectors like Banking and Financial Services, Government, Nonprofit, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Industrial Manufacturing, Professional Services, and Media-Entertainment-Publishing Sectors. Prior to becoming Independent Consultant, Andy worked with several Large Global Consulting firms and served many Fortune-500 Clients & Shared Services. Experience Summary and Critical Accomplishment

Weyhill Consulting Professional Program Director from Aug’16 to CURRENT Summary of Representative Projects Location: NYC, NJ, PA Project: Oracle Cloud ERP/EPM Assessment/Implementation for Real Estate Investment Trust Co. NYC – 33 Months Accomplishment: Drove $2.5 million Multi-Phase Projects as Program Director for a Multi-Site Oracle Cloud ERP Implementation with 50+ resources for a large Real Estate Investment Trust Company in Hospitality Industry. End to End Program Management, starting from Software and SI Selection, Requirement Baselining, Implementation Planning and Execution, Migration and Cutover, including Oracle Integration for major Divestiture and M&A Initiative; Andy created a repeatable program framework based on which individual projects were being implemented efficiently. Description: The Program was mission critical for a newly carved out company in Real Estate. Involved Complex Integration, Journal Upload, Hyperion Consolidation, Ownership Calculation Enhancements, Tax processing, Asset Management and Project Management as part of overall scope of implementation. Program went Live On-Time and On-Budget. Subsequently, a major acquisition led to next phase of the Program to acquire large number of assets and bring them all under one platform – covering additional business process transformation, Migration, Set of Books and BU Addition. The program has now gone live within budget and in record time accomplishing a huge challenge. AASSRITL Resume 20230331.docx Page 2 of 4

Project: Infor CloudSuite Industrial v10 ERP Implementation for Manufacturing Company in NJ, Ph-I – 10 Months Accomplishment: Drove $2 million Project as Project Director for a Single Site Supply Chain ERP Implementation with 25+ resources for a Multi-National Manufacturing Company in Aerospace Industry, to migrate from JD Edwards to Infor CloudSuite Description: Transformation Initiative using Infor CloudSuite Industrial v10 and Factory Track v7 Shop Floor Automation and Mobility Supply Chain Planning Solution along with complex Regulatory Compliance Integrations using Integration Point, Cloud Infrastructure, Multi-Location, Warehouse Mobility Installation, Bartender etc. Involved major migration effort and managing multi-party vendors. Project: Infor CloudSuite Industrial v9 ERP Implementation for a large Metal Fabrication Company in PA – 30 Months Accomplishment: Managed a $3 million Multi-Site Cloud Hosted Supply Chain ERP Implementation, delivered through strategic SI Selection based on offshore-onsite model with 25+ resources, accomplished major milestones and deliverables Description: Led this Transformation initiative using Infor CloudSuite Industrial v9 and Factory Track v6 Shopfloor, Mobility, Time Track and Supply Chain Planning Solution along with large number of complex custom integrations with Sales EDI and Nesting Applications, WAN-Wireless Infrastructure Upgrade, VPN Tunnel with terminals, scanners, tablets and Bartender Barcode Generator, involved major migration effort and managing integrations vendors. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Advisory Project Manager from Feb’14 to Aug’16 (2.5 yrs) Summary of Representative Projects Location: Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Washington DC Project: Financial Accounting Chart Change Program, Zions Bank, Salt Lake City – 14 Months Accomplishment: Integration and Cutover Lead for the Oracle EBS R12.2.X GL COA Change Program (Record-to-Report - RTR) Description: Program was meant to upgrade Bank’s Financial Code Block (GL Chart of Account) from 3 to 8 segments on the live system using “ePrentise” Tool. Andy led the Integration thread for this $7 million project reporting directly to the Partner and Managing Director of PwC, modules impacted were primarily Oracle Financials (GL-AP-AR-Advanced Collections-FA), involving major reconciliation effort at each Pilot, Integration and Cutover/Go Live Phase Project: Hyperion Budgeting and Planning Solution at US FDA, Washington DC – 12 Months Accomplishment: Operations and Maintenance Team Leader, Level-6 Security Clearance at US Federal Government Description: Andy managed the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Team for “IBAPS”, a Hyperion Budgeting and Planning Solution deployed at Federal Food and Drug Administration with integration to Oracle EBS R12.2.2 ERP. Andy’s deliverable includes Release Strategy, O&M Strategy, Support Process Development. Andy delivered $1.5 million revenue on O&M contract.

Project: Oracle Cloud ERP Implementation at Cox Communication Inc. Atlanta – 6 Months Accomplishment: Oracle Cloud ERP Lead for Phase-I Testing Execution Description: Andy led project team of 15+ resources through the Pilot Testing Phase of Solution Validation for each work stream covering Financials, Procurement, Sales, Receivables, Advanced Collections, Operations and Projects and Project Resource Management, delivered the Pilot Phase for this $5 million project. Independent Consultant Program Manager from Feb’12 to Feb’14 (2 yrs) Summary of Representative Projects Location: New York City, Houston, Orlando Project: Oracle EBS R12.2.X Upgrade at Madison Square Garden (NYC) – 6 Months Accomplishment: Project Manager – PMO, Planning, Financial Applications Description: Project Lead for R12 Upgrade Project: Led a team of consultants and IT resources for functional, technical and system administration activities to go through entire R12 Upgrade Process, planning to execution, on time and within budget.

Project: Strategic Case Management at American Arbitration Association (Nonprofit), NYC – 8 Months Accomplishment: Program Manager and Client Relationship Manager Description: Managing large Implementation Project in offshore-onsite model with 25+ resources working together for a very complex case management system on Oracle Fusion Platform with integrations to Oracle Cloud ERP and 3rd party applications. Responsible to lead the project to finish line. Areas covered – Financials, Projects incl. Project Resource Management and Project Management, Purchasing, Sales etc.) Project: Oracle Cloud ERP Upgrade Methodology Development at AT&T H&AS – 6 Months Accomplishment: Methodology Development Manager

Description: End-to-End Oracle Cloud ERP Upgrade Methodology Development for AT&T Hosting and Applications Services. The project involved developing an end-to-end implementation methodology using a team of experts, from requirement to model; documentation, templating and creating manuals and training a large audience through series of Webinar. AASSRITL Resume 20230331.docx Page 3 of 4

Deloitte Consulting LLP Technology Project Manager from Mar’08 to Feb’12 (4 yrs) Summary of Representative Projects Location: New York City, Atlanta, Dallas, Tulsa, Denver, Detroit Project: Enterprise Cost Reduction / Enterprise Apps. Integrator at Pfizer (NYC) – 12 Months Accomplishment: Global Financials Functional Lead (Record-to-Report - RTR) Description: Enterprise Architecture, Selection, and Implementation of EAI Middleware Tool like Oracle Fusion for global applications integration to improve process efficiency, reduce operating cost for Oracle GL Close-Consolidation- Reporting Process and to support M&A activity with Wyeth Integration using Oracle Intercompany tools to map multiple ERP platforms viz. SAP, Oracle, Computron and Sun. Project: Oracle EBS ERP Upgrade Assessment for Oracle Financial and Procurement at Dell (Austin) – 6 Months

Accomplishment: Functional Projects and Finance Lead – R12 Assessment (Record-to-Report – RTR, SLA) Description: Lead workshops, reviewed current state business process on Financials (GL-AP-AR-FA-SLA), Oracle Projects and Procurement areas and provided objective assessment for upgrade with respect to latest Oracle R12 functionalities and M&A impact for Perot Systems integration

Project: Oracle EBS ERP Upgrade for Oracle R12.2.X (AR/CM/EB Tax) at TeleTech (Denver) – 5 Months Accomplishment: Track Lead for Credit-to-Cash Process (Order-to-Cash Collections - OTC) Description: Led requirement workshops, conducted fit-gap sessions, detailed testing and bug fixing in upgraded instance. Lead the multi-location global teams covering AMER/EMEA/LATAM/APAC regions for CTC track (Oracle OM, AR, Advanced Collections, Cash Management and GL), led POC Workshops, Testing and Development, responsible for Deliverables e.g., configurations, gap analysis, localization, and custom objects etc. Project: Customer MDM Solution and Integration at Masco Builder Cabinet Group (Detroit) – 6 Months Accomplishment: Project Lead and Solution Architect for Custom MDM for Customer Master Data Description: Vision-Plan-Design-Deployment of a custom MDM solution and integration with multiple ERP platforms based on several M&A activities and with new Salesforce.com using Agile development methodologies and rapid rollout to operating units in stages

Project: Emergence from Bankruptcy using Oracle EBS ERP at SemGroup Energy (Tulsa) – 6 Months Accomplishment: Functional Financials and Projects Lead Description: Assessment/Execution of IT Applications to support “Emergence from Bankruptcy / Fresh Start” procedure to ensure systems and processes are reconfigured to handle the legal reporting requirement and ready for future upgradability for next release while maintaining business continuity, covered Oracle GL, AP, AR, FA, PA, PO, OM etc. Project: Oracle EBS ERP R121.3 AP / Payment at Merial (Boehringer Ingelheim) (Atlanta) – 8 Months Accomplishment: Functional Process Lead – (Procure-to-Pay – PTP) Description: Implement Oracle R12 AP and Oracle Payment modules for Multi Location Multi-SBU Life Sciences company utilizing offshore-onsite model. Coordination/Compliance with complex regulatory requirement using detailed process- oriented testing and implementation cycle especially around Check/ACH/Electronic Payment processes. CDC Global Services Lead, ERP Center of Excellence from Sep’03 to Mar’08 (4.5 yrs) Summary of Representative Projects Location: New York City, New Jersey, San Francisco, Cincinnati Project: Oracle EBS ERP Financials Implementation at JP Morgan Chase/BankOne (NY/NJ) – 16 Months Accomplishment: Functional Lead and Onsite Coordinator (Team Size: 10+) (Expense-to-Pay – ETP) Description: Complete Life Cycle Implementation for Oracle 11i iExpense along with Oracle GL-AP-FA and custom interfaces on existing IT platforms. The project transformed through JPMC M&A with BankOne, led an offshore team. Managed the entire “Expense Policy and Approval Process and Audit Workflow” at JPMC and Combined BankOne Entity Project: Financials and Multi-Currency Forecasting at United Media (NYC) – 6 Months Accomplishment: Co-Project Lead and Onsite Functional Lead (Team Size: 15+) (Record-to-Report - R2R) Description: Design, Integrate and Implement Oracle R12 GL Financials with Royalty Management Applications and custom multi- currency forecasting module

Project: Oracle EBS ERP Finance / Projects / OM / Inv at O’Reilly Media (San Francisco) – 10 Months Accomplishment: Project Lead (Team Size: 20+) (R2R, PTB, PTP, OTC) AASSRITL Resume 20230331.docx Page 4 of 4

Description: End-to-End Oracle R11i Implementation for publishing business with a unique blend of solutions involving integration of Oracle Projects and Order Management along with GL-AP-AR-FA-PO-CM Project: Project Management / Project Resource Management at Cegedim (NJ) – 12 Months Accomplishment: Project Lead (Team Size: 4+) (Projects-to-Bill - PTB) Description: Oracle Projects PPM Suite Implementation for technology team in Cegedim Dendrite using workflow-based resource staffing, administering and improving skills reporting, with Oracle Projects, Project Contracts, Financials, Purchasing Project: Oracle EBS ERP Custom Upgrade Fin/Projects/HR at WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff (NYC) – 6 Months Accomplishment: Onsite Coordinator (Team Size: 10+) Description: Upgrading 1000+ Customization using Oracle EasiPath Migration Method (EMM) and utilizing resources from offshore development centers – used Oracle Developer/Designer to manage the work through Offshore GE Power Controls Senior Systems Analyst at ERP COE from Aug’02 to Aug’03 (1 yr) Summary of Representative Projects Location: Hyderabad, Bangalore (INDIA) Project: Oracle EBS ERP FIN/Projects/MFG/OM solution for GE Industrial (India) – 12 Months Accomplishment: Project Lead and Functional Lead (Team Size: 10+) (R2R, PTB, PTP, OTC) Description: Implement Oracle R11i Project Accounting, Financial (GL-AP-AR-FA-CM), Discrete Manufacturing and Order Management functionalities in Multi Location Multi-SBU company requiring wide range of complex solution with services, manufacturing, and Sales components in an India Localized Tax environment KPMG Advisory Senior Consultant ERP COE from Aug’01 to Aug’02 (1 yr) Summary of Representative Projects Location: Mumbai (INDIA) Project: Oracle EBS ERP Financials/Projects/HR solution at KPMG Regd. (India) – 12 Months Accomplishment: Functional Process and Team Lead (Team Size: 5+) (Projects-to-Bill, Procure-to-Pay) Description: Implement Oracle R11i Project Accounting for Practice Management Solution for entire KPMG Group of Companies in India using Project Accounting, iTime, iExpense and core Financials (GL-AP-AR-FA) and Purchasing solution Tata Consultancy Services IT Analyst ERP COE from Jun’98 to Jul’01 (3+ yrs) Summary of Representative Projects Location: Atlanta, Orlando, Lisbon, Kolkata (INDIA) Project: Oracle EBS ERP Projects and Financial Suite at GE Power Systems (USA) – 18 Months Accomplishment: Functional Lead and Site Lead (Team Size: 5+) (Projects-to-Bill, Records-to-Report, Order-to-Cash) Description: Complete Life Cycle Implementation for Oracle R11i Projects and Financials (GL-AP-AR-FA-CM) for Three GE Power System Companies in USA, delivered several custom enhancements and reports Project: Oracle EBS ERP Interface (Finance/Sales) at Michelin Tires (Europe) – 8 Months Accomplishment: Functional Lead and Site Lead (Team Size: 5+) Description: CASE Tool based Interface Development and data migration for Oracle Apps Financials and Sales Modules in European Countries

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

ICFAI Business School, Kolkata, INDIA, Major in Finance and Systems Diploma in Business Finance (CFA Level-1)

ICFAI (Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India), Hyderabad, INDIA Bachelor of Electrical Engineering

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, INDIA, Honors Graduate Training and Certification

• PMI-ACP/PMP Certification – Certified Disciplined Agile from PMI / PMP Certification Boot Camp Completed

• Oracle Cloud ERP Financials and Cloud Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Training, Oracle HQ at SFO

• Consulting New Leaders Program, Deloitte Consulting, Las Vegas

• Certified Oracle EBS E-Business Implementation Champion

• Six Sigma Trained at GE Industrial

• International Consulting Skills Workshop, KPMG



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