Christian Xavier

Education

December **** Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

Bachelor of Science in Information Technology,

Certification

November 2004 PeopleSoft Certified Professional

• PeopleSoft Certified Developer

(Certified to develop applications in any PeopleSoft module using the PeopleTools 8.4x toolset)

Military Awards • Army Achievement Medal

• Good Conduct Medal

• National Defense Service Medal

Civilian Awards • Accenture: Above and Beyond Award

• Caterpillar: Above and Beyond Award

PeopleSoft Training • PeopleSoft PeopleTools I

• PeopleSoft PeopleTools II

• PeopleSoft PeopleCode

• PeopleSoft Application Engine

• PeopleSoft Human Resources (HRMS)

• PeopleSoft Base Benefits

• PeopleSoft Workflow

• PeopleSoft Mobile Technology

• PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management (ELM)

• PeopleSoft Time & Labor

• PeopleSoft User Productivity Kit (UPK)

• Oracle XML Publisher

Additional Training • C/C++, Reston, VA 2003

• Java/J2EE, Reston, VA 2003 (This was a training course that focused on

developing web-applications using EJB, Applets, Servlets, JDBC, and JSP)

• Chrysalis System, Schofield Barracks, HI 1998

• Russian, Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA 1996

• U.S. Army Communications Course, Fort Huachuca, AZ 1996

General Programming Skills • C, C++, Visual C++ Programming

• Visual Basic Programming

• Java Beans, JavaScript, Java, J2EE, Visual J++

• Unix Pinsetter

• Web Programming (HTML, JavaScript, Director, Flash

PeopleSoft Programming • PeopleCode (AppPackages/AppClasses)

• Application Engine

• Integration Broker

Operating Systems • Installation of Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows XP

• Installation of RedHat Linux

Database Skills • Oracle 10g

• Oracle 11g

• SQL Server

• DB2

PeopleSoft Products • ELM 8.81, ELM 9.0, EL 9.1, HCM 9.1, HCM 9.0, HCM 8.9, HCM 8.8, Workflow, Mobile Technology

Work Experience

February 2010 - Present

Principal Consultant, Xavier Christian Consulting

• Enterprise Learning Management 9.1: Currently working remotely with client to implement ELM. Created the Project Plan and performed Fit/Gap Analysis.

• Enterprise Learning Management 9.1: Performed PeopleSoft Installation on a Multi-Server Domain.

April 2008 – February 2010

Senior Consultant, Synch-Solutions, Chicago, IL

• Enterprise Learning Management 9.1: Responsible for testing ELM 9.1 to verify that the product met current client needs; also responsible for pointing out key differences between versions 9.1 and 9.0; some delivered aspects of 9.1 replaced the need for client customizations to version 9.0 while other changes removed the needs for customizations currently in place.

• Enterprise Learning Management 9.0: Full life-cycle implementation of ELM 9.0. Performed Fit/Gap Analysis of ELM 9.0 to current client needs. Led the testing efforts for 9.0 including selecting the teams for testing and dividing the responsibilities of testing areas amongst the team members; provided guidance on creating testing scripts and formatting; advised on the web-based training aspects for the end-users (including modifying and editing the training products). Created customization specs, advised on customizations, their design and approaches, and demonstrated AppPackage modification approaches to the technical team. Performed both client and end-user training on the product (training efforts covered both basic product knowledge and problem solving skills). Developed end-user trainer plan. Performed advanced end-user training (including the creation of exercises specifically written to develop proficiency with placing training into ELM 9.0 and to demonstrate the flow of data through the system i.e. how various data in the product related to each other at different stages). Developed a Policy and Procedures document to regulate use of ELM 9.0 for the end-users. Performed Business Process Analysis that resulted in Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) that incorporated streamlined practices across departments and school. Examined issues with the Question Mark/ELM configuration to allow for proper access and information passback. Tested Question Mark setup and worked with the Security Team to limit access to the survey setup pages to advanced users.

Nov 2004 – April 2008 Senior Consultant, Oracle/PeopleSoft, USA

• A key member of the development team, gathering business requirements through a Fit/Gap analysis of the client’s current business processes while proposing solutions for their future PeopleSoft environment. Primary responsibilities included the following:

• Designing and implementing custom modifications and system processes

• Designing and building custom PeopleSoft Records, Pages, PeopleCode, and Components using PeopleTools 8.44

• Developing and utilizing PeopleSoft Application Engine programs that included SQL and PeopleCode to construct custom batch programs

• Preparing and delivering presentations to senior level management as well as federal clients

• Conducted Fit/Gap Analysis and Requirements Gathering sessions with customer’s subject matter experts

• Performed Fit/Gap analysis

• Participated in a ‘pilot program’ which was used to train experienced ELM consultants.

• Participated in various training activities and events .

• Created custom AppEngine Programs

• Customized existing PeopleCode, fields, and Pages to meet client needs.

• Tested customizations to ensure they met specifications.

• Enterprise Learning Management 9.0: Performed a fit/gap analysis for a major automaker in Michigan. Gave international presentations of the product, demonstrating its strength of the product and how its utilization would move the client forward in their educational endeavors. Documented product capabilities, identified customizations, interfaces, and configurations, and worked with the client to plan a smooth transition from the legacy training system to ELM 9.0.

• HR 8.9 and Enterprise Learning Management 9.0: Responsible for EIP setup between ELM 9.0 and HR 8.9 on the DIMHRS Project. Responsibilities include activating EIPs by ensuring that all nodes, services, service operations and queues are active and properly configured. Ancillary work included helping the client with conversion strategy and providing basic knowledge of ELM functionality and the establishment of two new EIPs

• Enterprise Learning Management 9.0: Functional Lead responsible for Requirements Gathering and Fit/Gap Analysis. Provided the client with options to meet their requirements in ELM 9.0, where possible delivered or creative workarounds were introduced, along with the options for customization.

• Enterprise Learning Management 9.0: Performed a fit/gap analysis for a major automaker in Michigan. Gave international presentations of the product, demonstrating the strength of the product and showing how its utilization would move the client forward in their educational endeavors. Documented product capabilities, identified customizations, interfaces, and configurations, created Detailed Design Documents and worked with the client to plan a smooth transition from the legacy training system to ELM 9.0. Also helped client realize the value of utilizing existing technologies (i.e. JavaScript) with their implementation (e.g., modification of client’s custom web-courses to allow them to work within the framework of ELM, utilization of this script to capture a user’s language and display an appropriate {language specific} message to the user (and to grant or deny access to the user based upon certain criteria).

• Enterprise Learning Management 8.81: Technical Lead for a project requiring innovating strategies for its utilization of ELM. Customized ELM so that the system could assign different credits to learners depending on their Job Titles (e.g. a doctor participating in training could receive six credits while a nurse taking the same course would only get two credits). An administration page and a corresponding role were created to facilitate the easy addition of more available credit types. Christian created integrations between a 3rd party system and ELM using Web Services so that course information could be brought over via XML and inserted into a learner’s history. Worked on the External Learner Project, helping to make the search work in a manner that did not require the learner to logon in order to search or browse the catalog; also helped to make it so that a learner could self-register, thereby removing the need to have an administrator add an external learner manually.

• Recruiting Solutions 8.9: Created Integration Bridge between Recruiting Solutions 8.9 and HRMS 8.8 using PeopleTools v8.47. Developed a custom Hire Process capable of importing data from Recruiting Solutions 8.9 into HRMS 8.8 and vice versa. This information updated the relevant Job Records and Recruiting Tables and kept information in sync between the two modules.

• Recruiting Solutions 8.9, HCM, and Payroll: Developed programs to modify the Hire Process using PeopleTools v8.46, utilized Application Engjne and File Layouts to process user information into PeopleSoft Payroll; created functional and technical design documents.

• Recruiting Solutions 8.9 and HCM: Created test scripts and test cases for a client upgrading from PeopleSoft version 8.3 to 8.9. Analyzed customizations made to the previous products and determined which were obsolete due to new functionality incorporated into v8.9.

• Human Resources, Enterprise Performance Management, Enterprise Learning Management: Gathered business requirements through a Fit/Gap analysis of the client’s current business processes while proposing solutions for the future PeopleSoft environment. Primary responsibilities were to design and implement custom modifications and system processes, design and build custom PeopleSoft Records, Pages, PeopleCode, and components using PeopleTools 8.44. Developed PeopleSoft Application Engine programs that included SQL and PeopleCode to construct custom batch programs. Prepared and delivered presentations to senior level management as well as federal clients. Conducted Fit/Gap Analysis and Requirements gathering sessions with customer’s subject matter experts.

• Human Resources 8.8, Enterprise Learning Management 8.81: Participated in the setup and implementation of an HR/ELM system. The technical member of a team of two, and also helped with the functional work. Conducted the running of full and incremental syncs, created the learning infrastructure, utilized the delivered PeopleSoft Workflow for optimal performance and modified delivered PeopleCode to meet business needs.

• Enterprise Learning Management 8.81: Participated in the customization of several delivered pages for a client. These customizations included coding and testing a custom AppEngine process that creates new learner groups based on criteria determined by the end-user. Modified the Manager’s Home Page (in ELM) to display a learner’s Employee Status (as brought over from HR) and modified delivered records and existing Application Classes to meet business needs. Also responsible for customizing the Activities’ Attachment page to allow an administrator to add a URL link.

• Enterprise Learning Management 8.81: A key developer that customized several pages for the client. Coded an AppEngine to read in (and reformat) data files needed by the client for conversion. Created an AppEngine to allow the client to create custom Learner Groups based on data stored on their custom tables.

• Enterprise Learning Management 8.81: Examined client’s implementation of the ELM product and offered advice on how the setup could be improved upon for more efficient processing. Customized pages for the client and provided code that allowed additional features and functionality to the product. Created a custom batch process to automatically select certain options for users (yet retain any options that a user might want to change), altered the formatting of the catalog structure, and provided a solution to organize the catalog alphabetically (this solution also allowed for ‘priority’ classes to forgo the alphabetization and appear first in the catalog).

• Human Resource (eRecruit/WorkForce Administration) 8.9: Created Testing Documentation and Technical Design Documentation for the client’s upgrade project. Examined the client’s previous implementation of PeopleSoft HR to determine which customizations would need to be reapplied to the new system, re-designed, or were already handled by the new capabilities in HR 8.9.

Aug. 2003-Nov. 2004 Senior Programmer/Developer – Accenture, Reston, VA

A key member of team of competent and enthusiastic programmers that gathered requirements for and performed fit/gap analysis of the U.S. Army’s business process for the Army Training Requirements and Resources System (ATTRS) on the DIMHRS (Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System) Project while instituting solutions for the Army’s future environment. Worked to institute the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Framework by determining business drivers for the current fragmented military training systems. Worked to understand and plot out the current training architecture in order to relay this information the senior management. Created plans to transition from the current state to the desired future state of training by instituting a single Learning Management System (LMS) that would be rolled out across the various branches of the military. Employing a single LMS was to save federal dollars by consolidating training records into one LMS, thereby reducing the number training systems that needed to be maintained individually and increase the ease with which training information could be shared across branches. Responsibilities included:

• Designing and implementing custom modifications and system processes for the new environment, PeopleSoft Enterprise Learning Management v. 8.81.

• Designing and building custom PeopleSoft fields, records, pages, PeopleCode and components using PeopleTools 8.44.

• Installing PeopleSoft 8 Standalone versions.

• Utilizing the Application Engine, (including SQL and PeopleCode) to

construct custom batch programs.

• Manipulating data through the back-end using SQL.

• Devising and delivering presentations to senior level management as

Well as federal clients.

• Performing Fit/Gap Analysis and Requirements Gathering for the

Army Training Requirements and Resources System (ATTRS) on the

DIMHRS (Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System)

Project.

• Developing Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) options for the future systems after performing detailed business process analysis of the current system.

• Ensuring 100% client satisfaction in deliverables.

Recipient of the Above and Beyond Award for the quality and extensive level of work performed.

May – Aug. 2002 Systems Analyst, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Detroit, MI

Assisted in the implementation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

• Reviewed system requirements, team plans and goals, and business and design documents as required.

• Developed core technical knowledge in various software --relational database DB2, flat files, -- COBOL, system testing software and methodology, mainframe infrastructure, and healthcare claims business procedures.

• Learned key aspects of developing technical solutions for strategic business needs and full software life cycle process.

• Gained strong team skills by working in cross-functional technical and business groups.

• Delivered quality work with limited time, instruction, and supervision.

• Performed technical writing and developed General and Detailed Design documents.

• Prepared Pilot Program presentation for senior management.

June 95- June 99 Signals Intelligence Interceptor/Russian Linguist, U.S. Army, HI

A member of a team of four personnel focusing on collection of voice and Morse intercept, ensured continued analysis and evaluation of intelligence holdings to determine changes in enemy capabilities, vulnerabilities, probable courses of action including the preparation of consolidated reports and other special types of intelligence information.

• Maintained 100% accountability of $3.5 million intelligence collection equipment.

• Hand-selected to provide weekly classified briefings to upper level management.

• Successfully supported major field exercises and deployments.

• Performed programming as assigned using Unix Pinsetter.

• Trained team-members, platoon leaders, and other shifts on job-expectations, job details, and gave specialized individual training on the utilization of specialized software.

• Performed 40% of the work for the team.

Clearances • Secret (Inactive)

• TS/SCI (Inactive)

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