Experience

Kadmon Holdings, Inc.

• Senior Manager, Business Architecture & Project Management

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  • Managing Oracle Cloud Implementation which include Financials, Order Management, Procurement, Supply Chain Management. • Managing Office 365 upgrade. • Managing ServiceNow Implementation. • Managed security upgrades and companywide training. • Managing Oracle Cloud Implementation which include Financials, Order Management, Procurement, Supply Chain Management. • Managing Office 365 upgrade. • Managing ServiceNow Implementation. • Managed security upgrades and companywide training.



Allegheny Valley Transfer Company

• IT Project Manager

  • Feb 2018 - Sep 2018

  • Successfully managed upgrade of networks, PCs, and iPads for 2 locations using the Waterfall mythology. Assessed current hardware to make recommendations for new hardware. • Provided training to all office personnel. • Improved process for billing and receivables. • Successfully managed upgrade of networks, PCs, and iPads for 2 locations using the Waterfall mythology. Assessed current hardware to make recommendations for new hardware. • Provided training to all office personnel. • Improved process for billing and receivables.



EDMC

• United States
• Education Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager IV

  • Feb 2015 - Jun 2017

  • Promoted to Project Manager IV after successfully managing 5 of the EDMC’s Top 10 projects. • Requested by the business to manage the marketing project of Double Positive to Neustar that created a cost saving of $1.5 million. This was a project dealing with master data management and data governance starting with the leads and following to the student.• AG Program Manager – handpicked by the CIO to manage all Attorney General’s projects and project managers. Projects totaled over $40 million.• Handpicked by the CIO to manage the CARS to CampusVue Conversion for 18 Art Institute Campus with a budget over $4 million. Show less

• BI Program Manager/Project Manager III

  • Feb 2014 - Feb 2015

  •Successful lead an Enterprise Data Warehouse SQL Server 2012 Upgrade. This was a large project that was $3.5 million. This upgrade included 3 existing environments and building out 2 new environments. After go-live, only 8 small issues occurred.•Given the IMM (Integrated Marketing Management) project after a history of problems with the project. Quickly accessed the issues and resolved them. This project engaged 3 different vendors for Marketing and Campaign Management.•Managed BI Road Map which was a rewrite of the Enterprise Data Warehouse. This was a large project that had many minor projects associated and implementation of many different types of software.•Responsible for coordinating all Business Intelligence projects and reporting to executive management for all these projects. Show less



HJ Heinz

• France
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IS Project Manager

  • 2011 - 2013

  • Lead Project Manager of SAP CRM implantation for Food Service Division for use by over 400 people. Reconfigured and saved Heinz over $200K in consulting fees. Implemented Campaign Management and drove the project to completion within the planned timeframe. • Given the Accolade Upgrade project after problems occurred with the upgrade. Quickly accessed the underlying issues and resolved to complete the upgrade. • Managed the Heinz Canadian BI implementation after the SAP ERP implementation utilizing 3 different sources of data (Legacy SAP, forecasting and global SAP) to provide monthly, quarterly and yearly reports. • Managed Global Revaluation of Assets after the sale of Heinz for new set of books. Organized global team meetings and group coordination and handoff. Provided status reports to upper management and escalated any issues to complete on time. • Received Kelly award for outstanding contribution and completing projects on time and within budget. • Received many Power of You awards for results by helping the business fulfill goals. Show less

• Consultant/Project Manager

  • 2011 - 2011

  • Providing technical leadership for the Data Warehouse’s BI solution for Gainful Employment. This included business requirements, technical requirements, design and modeling in a SQL Server environment. • Providing technical leadership for the Data Warehouse’s BI solution for Gainful Employment. This included business requirements, technical requirements, design and modeling in a SQL Server environment.



Gateway Health Plan

• United States
• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manager of Application Development and Database Administration

  • 2008 - 2010

  • Managed Internal and external resources in the design; development; documentation; deployment and maintenance of; o Custom software applications utilizing .net o Packaged software applications (e.g. OnBase Imaging, Cactus) o Business Intelligence solutions (e.g. Cognos) o Business Process Analysis that supports both internal developed and acquired applications. o Database Administration (e.g. Oracle, MS SQL) o Web Content administration and coordination (e.g. GatewayHealthPlan.com, Intranet) – Project Manager role o Technical Documentation • Provide technical leadership during the identification, selection and implementation of new application development topologies and development methodologies. • Managed the design, creation and implementation of a new data warehouse utilizing many sources from multiply platforms. (Project Manager) This included many upgrades and new installations of Oracle Databases and Cognos. • Provide day to day leadership of operational activities including the processing of Information Systems Requirements; Help Desk Tickets; Change Control Requests; Project Management Tasks. • Participate as a lead member of the Information Systems Environment Change Control Board. • Perform performance appraisal of assigned staff annually. • Responsible for budget for software development and data warehouse. Show less



Level 3 Communications

• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Operations Development Manager

  • 2006 - 2008

  Managed a high level development team which included 10 to 25 people on-shore and 3 to 15 people off-shore. Highlights include: • Responsible for developing, trouble shooting and correcting three integrated Oracle DB Systems that were used for ordering, provisioning and billing of the telecommunications business. Some of the Systems are Oracle Applications, custom PowerBuilder Applications, Remedy and Kenan. This involved coordination across many departments and the analysis to correct business issues across systems. In addition, processes and procedures for SOX compliancy were standardized. • Acted as Project Manager for many projects. • Communicated on a regular basis with senior management and business stakeholders. • Responsible for budget of department. • Received recognition for contributions to national data warehousing project. • Received the first IT award for outstanding achievement, contribution and effort. Show less



Telcove Communications

• Senior Systems Analyst/Consultant

  • 2005 - 2006

  Responsible for trouble shooting and correcting three Oracle DB Systems that were used for the ordering, provisioning and billing of the telecommunications business. This involved coordination across many departments. Also responsible for developing new productions in the Order Management System while advising business stakeholders. Implemented Oracle’s Sales Force Automation and created and administered the EUL and reports in Oracle Discoverer for the Data Warehouse. Responsible for trouble shooting and correcting three Oracle DB Systems that were used for the ordering, provisioning and billing of the telecommunications business. This involved coordination across many departments. Also responsible for developing new productions in the Order Management System while advising business stakeholders. Implemented Oracle’s Sales Force Automation and created and administered the EUL and reports in Oracle Discoverer for the Data Warehouse.



Union Electric Steel Corporation

• Project Manager

  • 2005 - 2005

  As Project Manager, was responsible for the Oracle Applications Upgrade from version 11.5.8 to 11.5.10. This was successfully accomplished within 4 months. Managed the testing, TAR tracking, patch installment, devised Purchasing Training and conducted training over 4 plants. Discovered major flaw in Oracle’s purchasing approval structure. Worked closely with Oracle Corporation to ensure timely resolutions to major problems so the Union Electric deadlines were met. Communicated and advised senior level management as well as business stakeholders. Coordinator and creator of SOX documentation arranged for PA State funding and organized computer training classes given to more than 50 Union Electric Steel Employees. Show less



Telec

• Belgium
• Wholesale
• 1 - 100 Employee

• TelCove Communications

  • 2005 - 2005

  Lead responsibility for trouble shooting three Oracle Database Systems that were used for the ordering, provisioning and billing of the telecommunications business. This involved coordination across many departments. Built a process for documentation and a repository to assist with and house the database correction process. Lead responsibility for trouble shooting three Oracle Database Systems that were used for the ordering, provisioning and billing of the telecommunications business. This involved coordination across many departments. Built a process for documentation and a repository to assist with and house the database correction process.



Draeger Safety, Inc.

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Applications Manager for North America

  • 1998 - 2004

  Managed software development team and strategy. This included all projects, budgeting and acquisition of staff augmentation services. Highlights include:• Project Manager of the Oracle Applications upgrade from 9.4.2 to 10.7. This was a complete reimplementation with the mapping of six years of history. Approximately 20,000 tables were mapped from the 9.4.2 structure to the 10.7 structure. It was the first project in Oracle history successfully upgraded with this method. This method minimized the amount of down time and saved over 2 million dollars. Personally mapped the majority of the tables utilizing my data analysis skills. Communicated and advised board of directors, global senior management, middle management and business stakeholders.• Project Manager and Designer of a Customized Oracle Applications 10.7 Data Warehouse using Cognos’s Impromptu reporting Tool. The information was taken from Oracle’s Manufacturing Suite, Order Entry Module and Oracle’s Financial Suite using Oracle8i and stored procedures. The warehouse now has nine years of data and 3,000 customized reports. The warehouse supported all reporting needs of the company. Was also the administrator of Cognos’s Impromptu and PowerPlay and wrote most of the 3,000 customized reports.• Designed and Implemented an Oracle Archive Data Warehouse from Praxa software. Gathered business requirements, defining functional specifications, analyzing business processes and evaluated data integrity. This was the company’s ERP system from 1989 to 1994. • Oracle Reference Account. Have advised potential Oracle Customers on how Oracle can operate within their businesses and minimize many problems. Most of these companies chose Oracle Applications and Databases. Oracle only chooses the most knowledgeable people to be their Reference Accounts.• Project Leader of SAP 4.6C Implementation. The ASAP methodology was utilized to have a successful implementation in 9 months. Show less

• Senior Systems Analyst

  • 1996 - 1998

  Was responsible for the technical and functional upgrade to Oracle Application 10.7. Set up applications, organized the company’s training plan, resolved all application problems, managed the Oracle TARs, assisted with the technical issues with the migration, and managed the company’s Oracle Module Owners, which included 26 people.

• Programmer/Analyst

  • 1994 - 1996

  Responsible for the full suite of Oracle Applications. This included: resolving all application problems, creating Oracle Alerts to notify users of critical process problems, handling all mass loading of data, creating many company flow processes using Oracle, making the test database operational, creating customizations to screens, creating custom reports and managing Oracle TARs.