Senior Program and Portfolio Management Professional

Kenneth M. Culpepper

Atlanta, GA, 404-***-**** – ************@****.***

Professional Summary:

Twenty-five years of Senior Program / Portfolio Management, Project Management, Business and Technical Solutions Delivery consulting experience. Highly experienced in business information solutions, business and technical process evolution, program and project management deliveries of technical business solutions and management of program migrations and team resources of C-Suite initiatives for Fortune 500 companies. Reputation for high level of client focus, executing across various technical cultures, cultivating business process and data disciplines, managing data complexities of client programs and projects, managing systems and program transformations and migrations, infrastructure, creating customer data foundation trust, igniting through acquisition and retention sales, distribution, marketing, business development and support strategies.

Professional Experience:

IMS, Inc. Atlanta, GA 1996 – Current

Senior Program / Portfolio / Project Management, Scrum Master, Business Solutions and Analysis Consultant, Data Governance, Business Development and Sales

IMS is a consulting firm focusing in development, management, implementation, integration and deployment of business systems solutions within SAP, Oracle, Teradata, Microsoft, Cloud Solution, AWS, Azure DevOps, ERP, Salesforce, Workday, Kinaxis, Vistex, IBM Maximo, Cirtuo, AI / ML, Fiori, 1SQL and EDW environments. Responsible for management, delivery / deployment of business and technical requirements, program execution and migration, project planning, business and technical process change and resource management, QA, functional, integration, regression and UAT testing, cutover, support transition and business development.

Agile / SCRUM, SDLC, PLM, Waterfall, Kanban, PMBOK / PMI methodologies implementing sprint delivery stages with within client organizations consisting of the management and execution of enterprise data management and delivery and cross-functional data models. KPI, Velocity, EVM, Burndown and Variance metrics.

Testing project management leadership for QA, functional, integration, regression and UAT testing, cutover activities and support transition within AzureDevOps, AWS, TOSCA and JIRA.

Scrum Master of agile methodology (SAFE) incorporating through Azure DEV Ops for implementation of Sprint Planning / Review, Retrospectives, Story Pointing, Backlog Grooming, Burndown / Velocity (Kanban, Burndown, KPI’s and EVM), and Capacity Planning.

Stakeholder management and communication dialogue.

Program and Project Management experience of 24 years, Executive / Portfolio 12 years.

Greenfield project initiations and deliveries with SAP and Oracle clients

Created and implemented Project Delivery, Business Process, Systematic Integration and BI Blueprints for retail, supply chain, financial, manufacturing, procurement, pharmaceutical, eCommerce, grocery, plant maintenance, government, banking and distribution.

Managed and consulted the development, implementation, migration and integration of client systems solutions, business processes and reporting / dashboards stables using data lake, Informatica, Data Services, EWM, S4 HANA Cloud, PPM, IBP, TPM, Ariba, LE, FI, OTC, P2P, CRM, Supply Chain GTS, TMS, ISR, SD/CS, APO, AWS, BI/BW/4, Plant Maintenance, BOBJ, MDM, Service Now, BPO, ERP, Oracle OBEII Cloud, EBS ERP, EBS Accounting, Jira, Salesforce, Spotfire, Teradata, Microsoft AX, Azure DevOps, Cloud MTE Solutions.

SAP migrations, integrations and implementations working within Security, Testing, Support and Infrastructure Teams using Tosca, Vera, NeoLoad, Testim, Emigall, Transformation Toolkit and CBX and SaaS involvement and implementations.

Managed development and implementation of EDW and Data Lake and incorporated data migrations, IDOC, SharePoint, ADO, JIRA, EDI and business systems integration solutions.

Program / Project Management Work

Cintas – Reported to the PMO Director – Senior Project Manager, SAP program transformation and migration projects 1) Two EWM E2E implementations, 2) distribution centers with analytics and route optimizing, 3) data governance, 4) garments / supply markets with load planning and 5) service agreement automations. Managed End-of Service migrations within SAP ECC and SAP S4 HANA included SAP workstreams of EWM, OTC, FICO, APO, P2P, S2P, CRM, OTC, IBP, Fiori, AI / ML, ABAP, SCM TMS, GTS, SAP RISE, Vistex, PRC, Salesforce, MDM, Basis, JIRA, WBS, BI/BW. Managed reporting, Smartsheet and SAP dashboards, infrastructure, data migrations and testing with business and technical process evolution strategies within ECC and S/4 HANA. Cirtuo business requirements and supply markets framework and metrics. Agile PLM methodology implementation of sprint deliveries and Planning / Review, Retrospectives, Story Pointing, Backlog Grooming, Burndown / Velocity, Capacity Planning, AzureDevOps. [430% ROI: Reduced Risk, Supplier Confidence, Reduced Resource Labor Cost]

Cox Enterprises – Reported to Senior Director, Senior Program Manager for 1) Workday implementation from PeopleSoft, 2) implementation of ERP Salesforce CRM, 3) Oracle BI Apps cloud solution migration and 4) Oracle Accounting / Billing implementation. Agile delivery managing requirements, development, integration, End-of-Service and program implementations and migrations, implementation, validations and testing, business and technical process evolution strategies, change management of financial, ERP analytics and Project Portfolio Management Smartsheet dashboards and reporting within OBEII Business Suites. Agile PLM methodology implementation of sprint deliveries and Planning / Review, Retrospectives, Story Pointing, Backlog Grooming, Burndown / Velocity, Capacity Planning, SCRUM Master, SAFe Guidelines, JIRA, AzureDevOps. Implemented, updated and migrated Oracle 10.1 – 11.1191 incorporating Finance, Accounting, AI / ML, ServiceNow, HR / HCM. Oracle B2B Marketing, Salesforce CRM, S2P, P2P, OTC, Global Trade, Sales & Distribution. [435% ROI: Risk / Cost]

Tractor Supply Company – Reported to Director of IT Merchandising Systems, Senior Project Manager and Business Lead for all requirements, development, integration, migrations, business and technical process evolution strategies, infrastructure / change management, validations and testing with implementation of pricing analytics, dashboards and reporting within SAP ECC and SAP S4 HANA incorporating SAP IBP, BI/BW, DI / Talend, Ariba, Salesforce, SCM TMS, JIRA, POS / MPOS and WCS / ECOM data. Agile methodology implementation of sprint deliveries incorporating through JIRA for implementation of Sprint Planning / Review, Retrospectives, Story Pointing, Backlog Grooming, Burndown / Velocity (Kanban, Burndown, KPI’s and EVM), and Capacity Planning. Pricing Analytics dashboards provided pricing visibility and awareness, data analytics, conflict visibility, coupon stacking, volume reporting, accuracy analytics, regular price changes and margin visibility analytics. Supply Chain analytics with routing and distribution automation, inventory and supply business requirements with market framework and metrics. Managed reporting price change data movement analytics for Regular Retail Price, Clearance / Markdown, Bonus Buys, Promotions and Coupons. SAP SD, Procurement, Salesforce, EWM, S2P, P2P, OTC, GTS, SAP RISE, ServiceNow, AI / ML, Smartsheet and Microsoft CRM. POS Retail and e-Commerce. [335% ROI: Merchandising / Pricing Analytics / Confidence, Reduced Risk, Reduce Cost]

LTI Mindtree – Reported to the Senior Director Information Technology, Senior Program / Project Manager for development implementation, program migration and business and technical process evolution strategies, validations and testing for SAP ECC to S4 HANA of SAP Pricing Performance and Cost Shelters & Adders. Integrated and migrated Enterprise Asset Management (Maximo) pertaining to return on investment for every asset. Agile Scrum and Waterfall methodologies for development / implementation of sprint deliveries within HDS Pricing Condition Tables, Access Sequence, Condition Types, ServiceNow, Pricing Procedures and Price Relevant Master Data Fields. SAP Sales and Distribution, Procurement, Business-to-Business, Salesforce, EWM, Ariba, SCM TMS, GTS, SAP RISE, S2P, P2P, OTC, JIRA, Smartsheet, CRM Marketing, Infrastructure and Support Transition. [375% ROI: Performance Increase, Reduce Risk / Cost]

La-Z-Boy – Reported to the CMO – Senior Program Management, program migration, business and technical process evolution strategies, development, management and implementation (Agile Scrum and SDLC) for Cloud solution of Oracle r12 manufacturing and inventory control system, ERP dashboard, integration from Data Warehouse for Supply Chain analytics / BI reporting, route optimizing, and JIRA fed dashboards for manufacturer of upholstery furniture. Agile methodology (SAFE) incorporating through Azure DEV Ops for implementation of Sprint Planning / Review, Retrospectives, Story Pointing, Backlog Grooming, Burndown / Velocity (Kanban, Burndown, KPI’s and EVM), and Capacity Planning. Oracle E-Business Suite, Salesforce and Microsoft CRM, ServiceNow, Validations and Testing, Retail Sales and Distribution, Trade Management, Consumer Marketing, Customer Retention and Acquisition, Vendor / Supplier Pricing. [390% ROI: Increased Profitability, Supplier Confidence, Reduced Cost]

Deloitte – Reported to Senior Finance Director – Senior Program Manager for transformation from SAP ECC to S4 HANA implementation, program migrations, business and technical process evolution strategies, management, infrastructure, automation / test (Agile) of Cloud solution (SAP RISE) for Treasury Management, Tax Compliance and Processing, and Global Financial System within SAP HANA S4I Implementation rollout in US, Canada, UK, Australia, Europe to 91 different nations. Integration, automation and migration of IBM Maximo asset management (EAM) with AI, sustainability and operational efficiencies. Agile PLM methodology implementation of sprint deliveries and Planning / Review, Retrospectives, Story Pointing, Backlog Grooming, Burndown / Velocity, Capacity Planning. ServiceNow Change Management, Managed Automation, Implementation and Testing teams through ADO and JIRA dashboards and data. [180% ROI: Reduced Risk, Supplier Confidence, Reduced Cost]

The Coca-Cola Company – Reported to Director Finance Intelligence – Senior Program and Project Delivery Management, development, integration, program migration, validations and testing, business and technical process evolution strategies and implementation (SDLC) for reporting and JIRA fed dashboards for all Coca-Cola products delivered and sold in North America. Migration and integration of IBM Maximo for enterprise asset management (EAM) and manufacturing automation. Implemented (Agile) testing for Finance and Customer Transaction systems within SAP ECC, DIH, Hybris, CRM, Informatica, Salesforce, ERP and MDG. Managed Supply Chain Transformation through end-to-end processes with SAP Ariba, Supply Chain and BI/BW (Agile / SCRUM) for procurement, inventory, sourcing, life-cycle management. SAP SD, SAP RISE, GTS, ServiceNow, Channel Sales, CRM Marketing.

[360% ROI: Supplier Assessment / Analytics / Confidence, Reduced Risk, Reduced Cost]

American Eagle Outfitters – Reported to Director BI – Senior Program Management, creation, program migration, business and technical process evolution, validations and testing, implementation and integration (Agile) for Cloud solution within Oracle EBS for customer loyalty program with 950 retail stores, Supply Chain, AE Credit Card and e-Commerce through digital mobile technology. Oracle Sales, Trade Management, Microsoft CRM, Marketing and Distribution. [315% ROI: Increase Profitability, Decreased Risk]

Toronto Dominion Bank – Reported to CDO – Senior Project Manager for integration, development and management of Cloud solution (Agile) for DFAST CCAR stress testing reporting, dashboards, business and technical process evolution, governance and ERP solutions fulfilling federal financial banking regulations within Oracle EBS, Microsoft and Salesforce CRM, Retail Sales / Distribution, Consumer Marketing, Customer Retention / Acquisition. [280% ROI: Reduced Risk and Cost]

South Carolina Department of Revenue – Reported to CFO / COO – Program Management (Scrum and PMBOK), integration, development, implementation and End-of-Service program migrations, business and technical process evolution, reporting and dashboard stables within FICO and SAP BI /BW for tax agency units Corporate / Sales / Use Taxes, Infrastructure, Revenue Processing, Microsoft CRM, Finance, BI/BW, ECC, ERP, Operations, Procurement, Mergers & Acquisitions, Human Capital Management, Audit and Collections. [295% ROI: Reduced Risk / Manual Error, Reduced Cost]

Schnitzer Steel – Reported to CIO – Project Management for integration (SDLC) of migrations from DW to SQL Rapid Marts, SAP Business Objects to Oracle 11i and r12 within Oracle EBS. Oracle E-Business Suite, Retail Sales and Distribution, Consumer Marketing, Customer Retention and Acquisition.

[270% ROI: Decreased Risk, Supplier Assessment / Analytics, Reduced Cost]

Bridgestone – Reported to CIO – Project Management, Design / DEV, integration and implementation (SDLC) of ERP and Retail (2100 stores, Supply Chain, OEM), SAP Sales and Distribution, CRM reporting and dashboards and process transformations with Procurement and Supply Chain from DW to Teradata CRM TPM system. [335% ROI: Increase Profitability, Supplier Analytics / Confidence, Decrease Risk]

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Novartis Pharmaceutical – Reported to CMO - Creation, research, management and implementation for new product outlay strategy with pharmaceutical division Visudyne. Modeling and test markets produced a 449% ROI from a 6 million B2C customer acquisition CRM strategy.

Barnes & Noble – Reported to CIO, Management and implementation of future year Sales, Distribution and Marketing strategies and data modeling for 650 B&N Stores of the Future producing 390% ROI in initial rollout year.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE Knoxville Master of Science in Marketing Communications

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE Knoxville Bachelor of Science in Communications

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