Robert E. Siegmann

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Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

yy7wva@r.postjobfree.com

615-***-****

SUMMARY

Over 20 years of IT experience including IT strategy, project management, business analysis, process re-engineering, vendor management, testing, quality assurance and development

Over 20 years of software selection, development, implementation, and consulting experience which includes client management, technical and functional leadership roles

Expert in process re-design, large-scale Operational, Enterprise Resource Planning and Data Warehouse system selection, design, implementations and support

Project Management Professional with over 19 years of managing implementations of packaged and custom software solutions.

Expert in IT Auditing, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance (SOX) and reporting

Industry experience includes: Consulting, Financial Services, Hospitality, Insurance, Retail, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Public Utilities, Advertising, Publishing, and Higher Education

EXPERIENCE

KERZNER INTERNATIONAL, PLANTATION, FL 2010-PRESENT

VICE-PRESIDENT, ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS

Provided executive leadership as the head of global administrative systems (ERP, HR, CRM) for an international hospitality owner/operator. Responsible for developing and implementing short and long term strategies and objectives to meet the business’ plans and initiatives. Manage and deliver large-scale, global projects on time and within budget. Additional responsibilities include: determine/manage operating budget, create/manage CAPEX budget and recommendations, recruit and maintain global resources, manage off-shore development teams, software evaluation and development, user training and vendor management.

• Direct software evaluation, selection, implementation, support, development and operations for all resort financial, human resource and operational systems. Improve business process performance, IT service levels and increase systems integration. Establish rapport and credibility with all resort management teams.

• Hire, train and manage a 40+ member global, multilingual team from diverse cultures and backgrounds. Developed in-house training to build ERP resources in remote areas where experienced resources could not be found.

• Developed and maintained a $40+ million operating and CAPEX budgets that included an allocation model to distribute corporate IT costs across all resorts based on various metrics.

SIGSOFT CONSULTING, BRENTWOOD, TN 2000-2010

PRESIDENT/OWNER

Provide strategic guidance and project management for clients to better align their applications and IT operations to support business initiatives and growth strategies across various industries. Manage and deliver multiple, large-scale ERP projects on time and within budget. Sample projects included:

INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING FIRM.; FOXBOROUGH, MA

Project: ERP and Corporate Reporting Systems Role: Consultant PM / SME

• Led the performance and system support teams that allowed the client to get current with SEC reporting requirements

• Directed performance tuning initiatives for all batch processing and reporting for company’s ETL scripts, ERP and EPM solutions.

• Re-defined and re-designing month-end processing to reduce the overall timing for monthly and quarter-end closings.

• Performed audits, balancing, validations and clean-up of all sub-ledger applications (AP, AR, AM, Billing & PO)

• Subject Matter Expert for FSCM (GL, AP, AR, AM, BI, PO, ePro, T&L, PC & CA), EPM filters and interfaces and Data Warehouse ETL interface scripts architecture, design and reporting

• Designed and developed OBIEE interfaces, setup, and reporting

• Designed and developed Hyperion loads, metadata, and reporting

CREDIT CARD PROCESSOR; SOUTH PORTLAND, ME

Project: Corporate Financial System Implementation Role: Project Manager / SME

• Spearheaded the overall implementation effort, which included managing both on-shore and off-shore development teams

• Performed fit-gap analysis and developed design and customization recommendations

• Designed and developed all system interfaces, parameter setup, and conversion programs

• Subject Matter Expert for both functional and technical sides of Purchasing & eProcurement implementation

• Streamlined procurement business processes to better align with and use the implemented product’s functionality

STEAKHOUSE CHAIN MANAGEMENT COMPANY, WICHITA, KS

Project: POS Evaluation and Selection Role: Project Manager / SME

• Piloted the technical evaluations and integration for a Point-of-Sale (POS) software replacement effort

• Led the implementation of the company’s ERP solution

• Directed and developed GL, AP, and Asset Management system designs, interfaces and process re-engineering efforts

• Subject Matter Expert for Financial systems and Data Warehouse architecture, design and reporting

• Performed fit-gap analysis and developed design and customization recommendations

• Managed and performed HRMS (Payroll and Benefits) production support for 315+ locations

PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS AUDITOR; ATLANTA, GA

Project: Re-design of Data Acquisition Methodology Role: Project Manager / SME

• Re-engineered data acquisition approach, staffing profile, and processes for extracting data from financial systems for both packaged (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Lawson) and custom built ERP solutions

• Spearheaded the develop a standardized and improved process resulting in improved accuracy and reliability of the data collected while reducing the costs associated with the data collection

• Subject Matter Expert for Data Warehouse architecture, design and reporting

• Directed and participated in multiple “proof-of-concept” test deployments

OTHER EXPERIENCE

DIGITAL FUSION, INC.; JACKSONVILLE, FL 1996-2000

Regional Vice-President

• Provided leadership, strategic direction, and hands-on management for ERP system implementations and staff development

• Supervised a staff of 40-50 consultants and 10 sales and office staff, while managing multiple client IT project initiatives

• Responsible for generating project leads and client relationship management

• Built a consulting services company from a start-up to annual revenue of $8+ million in under two years.

• Project Manager for a Public Utilities ERP system implementation

• Project Manager for a large insurance provider’s Y2K ERP initiative

• Project Manager for a temporary staffing company’s Financial and Human Resource systems initiatives

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP; NEW YORK, NY 1994-1996

Principle Consultant (Manager)

• Provided project management, process re-engineering, software selection, system design and development consulting services for PriceWaterhouseCoopers and its clients

• Developed sales presentations and project workplans for ERP implementation projects

• Managed, directed and trained consultant and client staff on implementation methodology, approach and technology

• Led the development of a stream-lined, packaged system implementation approach and methodology

ACCENTURE; SAN FRANCISCO, CA & NEW YORK, NY 1992-1994

Senior Consultant (Senior Business Systems Analyst)

• Provided system design and development consulting services for Accenture and its clients

• Managed small design and development teams in coordination with large-scale implementation efforts

• Provided implementation methodology and development training for consulting and client staff

• Participated in staff recruitment and retention efforts

EDUCATION & TECHNICAL SKILLS

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science, Agricultural and Resource Economics

The University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley CA, 1992

METHODOLOGY EXPERIENCE/TRAINING:

• Project Management Professional Certification (PMP)

• ITIL – IT Infrastructure Library

• Agile Development Methodology

• Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 IT Auditing

• Method/1 – Custom system development life cycle (SDLC) methodology (Accenture)

• SMM – System Management Methodology (SDLC) (PriceWaterhouseCoopers)

ERP AND PACKAGE SOLUTION EXPERIENCE:

• PeopleSoft – General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), Purchasing (PO), eProcurement, Accounts Receivable (AR), Billing (BI), Cash Management (CM), Projects (PC), Budgets, Time & Labor (T&L) Treasury, Contracts, Asset Management (AM), EPM, Inventory (INV), Order Management (OM), CRM, Payroll, Global Payroll, Benefits, PeopleCode, nVision , Application Engine, EDI

• Oracle – Financials (GL, AP, AR), Hyperion/Essbase Reporting, Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE)

• CRM – Salesforce.com, Siebel

• ETL – Informatica

• Imaging Software – Bluebird Imaging, Vignette/OpenText Imaging, Rfile Imaging

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