Payroll Professional

FRED ASHLEY, CPP

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Washington, DC 20002

(301) 974 - 2588

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EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Certified Payroll Professional 2010 – Washington, DC

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering - Howard University – 2001– Washington, DC

Oracle PeopleSoft Certifications – 2010

* Human Resources & Benefits Administration 9.0

* Payroll 9.0

* Time & Labor 8.8

* Query & Crystal Reporting 9.0

Real Estate Broker

* California 2003 – License #01408076

* District of Columbia 2004 – License #IB98361225

* Maryland 2005 – License #617831

PAYROLL EXPERIENCE

PAYROLL PROJECT MANAGER January 2009 – June 2011

DC Government, OCFO, Office of Pay & Retirement Services

* Responsible for conducting complex management projects and assignments related to the planning, administration and execution of the Office of Pay and Retirement Services (OPRS). OPRS’s $150M monthly payroll included the processing of over 35K employees using six separate bi-weekly and semi-monthly payrolls covering 100 District of Columbia Agencies

* Worked daily with the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) PeopleSoft Support Team to make system configuration and data changes related to Payroll and/or Time & Labor.

* Worked directly with OCTO, professional contractors and consultants in the transition and conversion of DC Public School’s 8,000 employees from its legacy system to the PeopleSoft Time and Labor and Payroll Systems.

* Served as Payroll Project Manager in the PeopleSoft version 8.8 to 9.0 upgrade of the Payroll and Time & Labor Modules. Coordinated development and testing efforts between functional, technical and user groups. Managed issue tracking and creating project documentation. Performed functional, parallel and user acceptance testing and managed in-house and agency level training.

* Successfully coordinated the retro-active payment of over 4,000 Washington Teacher’s Union members for pay covering 3 years, originally paid using the legacy payroll systems.

* Developed an extensive list of ad-hoc and scheduled PeopleSoft Queries for each Agency’s Quality Assurance Liaison, providing each agency the ability to extract the information needed for management decisions and internal auditing measures.

* Managed OPRS’s Website used for communicating payroll related issues, adding/updating pay schedules/timelines, business processes and training materials.

* Responsible for adhering to data request related to employees, their job information, earnings, deductions, taxes and/or benefits. The corresponding requests where from internal agency management personnel, district agencies, 3rd party vendors, auditors and public requests submitted under the Freedom of Information Act.

PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE

ACQUISITIONS MANAGER - Grady Properties, LLC – Bethesda, MD (2006-2008)

* Developing, executing, and managing a comprehensive real estate investing strategy, while integrating business development initiatives designed to penetrate and expand targeted markets.

* Negotiated contract terms and financing structure for over 40 creative residential real estate acquisitions including Subject-To, Hard Money, Seller Held Notes, Free & Clear Owner Financing and Short Sales.

* Researched and analyzed regional housing market data in order to identify trends and the current needs of homeowners in the D.C. Metropolitan Area for the purpose of developing responsible and efficient marketing campaigns.

* Designed unconventional real estate programs such as H.O.M.E. (Home Ownership Made Easy), a rent-to-own program as incentive for investors, buyers and sellers, consequently increasing repeat business.

* Authored and distributed the “We C.A.R.E. (Covering All Relevant Essentials) Package” that included over 1,000 pages of resources, tools, workbooks and articles designed to help homeowners make decisions about whether to sell their home and how to manage various financial and housing-related aspects of their lives.

* Created and implemented a 2-week training program for new employees with workbooks, scripts, employee guidelines and presentations in order to teach customer-centered sales strategies.

REAL ESTATE BROKER

Nexus Realty, Inc. - Bethesda, MD (2007-2009)

PropLocate Realty, Inc. - Adelphi, MD (2005-2006)

Covenant Realty Group, LLC - Oakland, CA/Washington, DC (2003-2005)

* Provided traditional real estate services to buyers and sellers in the DC area and California, including open houses, home buying seminars, comparative market analyses, property management and managing agents.

* Developed and monitored internal/external company policies, including customer grievance procedures, forms, templates and corresponding task lists to ensure customer satisfaction, efficiency, and compliance with applicable regulatory agencies.

* Supervised all sales and business development functions, including key affiliate management, customer relationship development, contract negotiations and over 75 separate settlement proceedings.

* Established and maintained a working relationship with home inspectors, agents, settlement companies, lenders, and appraisers to enhance client settlement proceedings.

* Created a full range of marketing tools, including promotional materials, direct-mail pieces, website content and search engine optimization which increased prospective client conversion ratios by 30%.

* Facilitated quarterly cross-functional team training, coaching and mentoring programs for 5-18 agents and their administrative personnel.

MORTGAGE BROKER/LOAN OFFICER

Accredited Home Lenders – Bethesda, MD (2006-2007)

Apex Mortgage Company – Adelphi, MD (2005-2006)

Covenant Funding Financial, Inc. - Oakland, CA/Washington, DC (2003-2005)

* Managed a team environment to carry out a full range of mortgage origination functions. Established product selection, pricing, and ever-changing available banking programs.

* Recruited, hired, trained and managed over 30 loan officers and processors on company software, business processes and individual development of customer pipeline

* Advised customers on suitable loan programs, providing price quotes, performing thorough pre-approvals

* Streamlined repeated analysis of customer’s credit worthiness, capacity to repay mortgage and property appraisals by developing a systematic approach to retain customers called “Mortgage Patrol”. While combating unscrupulous mortgage practices by our competitors, we increased company credibility and productivity by embracing the regulations of the governing entities.

* Facilitated over 70 loan approval & settlement proceedings involving a closing attorney, loan processor, underwriter and title company

* Completed purchase loans, refinances, home equity lines of credit using a wide variety of products available through over 100 different lending institutions

ENGINEERING EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Graduate Research Assistant - Howard University - Washington, DC

* Translated Automatic Target Recognition algorithms using Digital Image Processing Software

Radio and Television Systems Engineer - Advanced Television Technology Center Alexandria, VA (2001-2002)

* Created and improved automation software in Labview for digital audio/video broadcasting test plans

* Wrote C code to simulate digital TV transmission in order to characterize RF Field Captures

* Developed and implemented HDTV subjective video test plans for new client systems

* Presented state-of-the-art television broadcasting and consumer products, as well as transmission system solutions to U.S. television industry stakeholders

Undergraduate Research Assistant - NASA Research Grant Washington, DC (1999-2000)

* Wrote C code to correlate and characterize data collected from satellites over approximately 20 years

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OTHER ORGANIZATIONS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Inc. – A social action/service organization

* Howard University Wrestling Team Captain

* St. Andrews/Gonzaga High School Wrestling Coach

* Wrestling AAU Iron Man World Champion ‘05

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