VP / Director / Project / Manager

Ramesh Purohit US Citizen

Carlsbad (San Diego), CA, USA / +1-760-***-**** / ********@*******.*** / LinkedIn: PurohitRamesh

Project Management | Solution Architect | IT Strategy/Operation/Compliance | Security | ERP/Database

Experienced IT professional / Project Manager / Architect leading cross functional teams of 45 members. Responsible for managing projects with budget of over $5M. Capable of providing business solution presentation to C-level executives. Over 15 years of diversified management and technical experience in IT operation, IT infrastructure, and global team management for upkeep of Database, ERP/PeopleSoft & Security pillars. Successful in leading onshore/offshore teams for full system development life cycle (SDLC), global ERP implementation, upgrades, security, compliance, cloud/app integration, process improvement, and production support.

aapt Solutions - Director & Solution Architect Since Jan 2012

Consulting (Self-Employed)

• Leading projects and helping clients with technical solution architecting/implementation knowhow to solve business problems.

• Focus on Project Management, PeopleSoft, App./Cloud Infrastructure, Integration, and Security; with an aim to help align IT better with business strategy/goals.

Gemological Institute of America (GIA) - Manager, Database/ERP & Security Dec 2002 - Jan 2012

Manager - PeopleSoft (FSCM, HCM, Benefits, Payroll, Campus Solution, SA, SR, CRM, EPM, Portal)

• Responsible for upkeep of database, PeopleSoft, portal, and security pillars for GIA, a non-profit organization.

• Supported services globally to over 1700 employees, 12000 student/alumni, and 7000 customers.

• Reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) for PeopleSoft solution by over $7M in 10 years by transitioning and leading the implementation/upgrades projects in-house.

• Developed proposal and led internal teams to design, architect, and build PeopleSoft Portal Solution, a service platform for self-service to global clientele, saving $1.5M over 2 years.

• Implemented EPM budgeting module with Ascential/ETL and FSCM integration to improve organization’s budget creation and cost tracking processes.

Manager - IT Operation / Infrastructure / Governance / Compliance (GRC, Oracle IdM, Service Now etc)

• Partnered with internal business owners to develop and lead technology initiatives up to $5M to help achieve 300% business growth over 10 years.

• Involved in developing and maintaining IT security/process/compliance pillar to help fulfill company’s compliance, ISO, and LEAN objectives.

• Led team to develop roadmap and build $2M IdM security solution phased over 3 years complementing company’s growth, global expansion, and new services objectives.

• Supported company’s cost-cutting (during economic downturn) efforts, by delivering saving of $3M over 3 years, by strategically moving PeopleSoft support to 3rd party vendor.

• Involved in developing and executing $10M rollout of global IT infrastructure and DR strategy for 24/7 mission critical application and services increasing international business by 150%.

Project Manager - COTS / BI / SaaS / Cloud / Integration (TEAMS, OBIEE, Salesforce, Blackboard etc)

• Managed over 15 projects (involved vendors and stakeholders) with budgets of up to $5M for ERP, Portal, security, BI, and COTS application implementation/upgrade.

• Successfully led product/solution evaluation, selection, implementation, and upgrade projects.

• Managed teams to implemented Digital Asset/Content Management solution, Artesia (now OpenText), TEAMS product to support business development and new revenue stream.

• Helped to evaluate product, develop KPIs, and implement BI solution, with an aim to better financial analysis and achieve 40% business efficiency by BI driven realignment of global service queues based on customer demand.

• Led team to build technology roadmap with hosting and integration infrastructure with cloud services (Sales force, Blackboard, Service Now, Experian QAS, Cybersource, etc.) and Rackspace to complement Employee/Student/Customer self-services with aim to reduce cost and increase business by 25%.

Rapidigm Consulting (now Fujitsu) - Project Lead Jan 2000 - Dec 2002

Consulting for Client: GIA, CA (FSCM, HCM, Benefits, Payroll, SA, SR, and FA)

• Responsible for managing teams at GIA for upkeep application and security pillars.

• Managed ERP implementation lifecycle from pre-sales to project transition.

• As project manager, led and deliver Database, ERP, and Security solution projects for GIA.

Consulting Practice Sales & Implementation Process Improvement (Internal)

• Involved in developing platform for intra-consulting practice knowledge sharing and mentoring resulting in improved quality of service. Also established/fine-tuned implementation approach, best-practice standards and guidelines to reduce cost of implementation.

• Realized 10%-15% reduction on presales estimation activities by developing customized PeopleSoft implementation guidelines.

Gemological Institute of America (GIA) - PeopleSoft Lead Aug 1998 - Jan 2000

PeopleSoft Lead – Implementation Projects (FSCM, HCM, Benefits, Payroll, SA, SR, and FA)

• Responsible for leading team and vendor to successfully implement PeopleSoft and complete data migration for Finance, HRMS, Payroll, Benefits, and Campus from AS400 to PeopleSoft.

• As per department and stakeholder requirement, designed and build security for PeopleSoft applications from scratch.

Quality Information Systems - Technical Consultant Mar 1998 - Aug 1998

Consulting for Client: GIA, CA (FSCM, HCM, Payroll, Benefits, Payroll, SA, SR, and FA)

• Involved in ERP product evaluation/selection, implementation partner selection, and implementation roadmap planning.

• Developed and build infrastructure components for PeopleSoft development/implementation. Worked with teams to deliver database and security upkeep service as per SLA requirement.

Compunnel Software Group - Technical Lead Oct 1997 - Mar 1998

Consulting for Client: Thompson Interactive Media, CT (Oracle, HP-UX, VERITAS)

• Completed on-time, migration of Oracle from AIX to HP-UX. Implemented VERITAS Volume Manager for client, improving performance by 40%.

Consulting for Client: Turret Technologies, NY (Oracle, HP-UX, Sagent, Consteller)

• Led teams to study, build use case, and test various data warehousing products for a Wall Street client for financial analysis.

Choudhary International - Technical Lead Jan 1995 - Aug 1997

Consulting for Client: Dena Bank, India (Oracle, Forms, Reports, C, Solaris)

• Leading technical teams to study, design, and implement critical banking applications at Dena Bank, India. Responsible for upkeep and maintenance of Application and database infrastructure.

Cimcon Softwares - Technical Consultant Aug 1992 - Oct 1994

Consulting for Client: ISRO, India (Custom SCADA Package, C, Assembly)

• Led teams to implement SCADA system at ISRO to test satellite parts in controlled environment.

Consulting for Client: Ahmedabad Electricity Company (Custom SCADA Package, C, Assembly)

• Led teams to implement SCADA system at Ahmedabad Electricity Company to help improve production based on feedback.

Programming – Device Interface Driver (C, Assembly)

• Involved in developing device drivers to interface PIDs and other SCADA gauges.

Education and Certification

Academic: MBA (Technology Management), BS/BE (Computer Science)

Certified: PMP, CISSP, ITIL V2 Foundation

Skills Profile

Management IT Strategy, Project Management, MS Project, SDLC, Contracts, Budgets, Data Center Management, Change Management, Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs), ITIL Practice (Service Now), IT Processes, and KPIs

Infrastructure HW, Telco, Application Integration (SOA), Security Architecture, Identity, PeopleSoft Applications, Databases, Business Continuity, SaaS, and Cloud

Implementation Upgrades

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Integration Oracle ASM / RAC / Grid Control/ Data guard/RMAN, Oracle Replication, Oracle Fusion Technology, Oracle IDM, BEA Weblogic, BEA Tuxedo, MS SQL Server.

PeopleSoft Portal 8.9 / HRMS 8.9 (Global/NA Payroll, HRMS, Benefits, Student Admin, Contributor Relations) / CRM 9.0 / Finance 8.9 / EPM 8.8, Ascential ETL OpenText/Artesia TEAMS DAM, Service Now, Blackboard LMS, Sales force, Cyber Source, Google Analytics, First Logic/QAS, SSO, Identity Management/IdM.

OS Red Hat Linux, UNIX (Tru64, HP/UX, Solaris), Windows 2003/2008 Servers

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