Experience

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  Oracle

  • Austin, TX

  • Director of PeopleSoft ALM Product Strategy

    • Aug 2022 - Present
    • Austin, TX

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  Bridge ERP Consulting

  • Greater Houston, 77356

  • Managing Partner

    • Feb 2022 - Jul 2022
    • Greater Houston, 77356

    Transforming organizations by implementing integrated technology solutions to support financial and operational efficiencies

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  Apex Systems

  • Remote

  • Senior Enterprise Resources Planning Consultant

    • Nov 2021 - Feb 2022
    • Remote

    • Advised state government on strategy for standing up a Program Management Office (PMO)• Pioneered a Financial Systems Governance Strategy to expedite decisions related to a statewide rollout of an ERP financial solution to 168 agencies• Advised on the standardization of state and agency business requirements to fast-track the rollout of a single ERP financial application

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  Neos Consulting Group

  • Austin, Texas

  • Senior PeopleSoft Functional Consultant

    • Jul 2018 - Jan 2022
    • Austin, Texas

    Project: PeopleSoft FSCM 9.2 Implementation & PUM Upgrade• Steered the successful reimplementation of PeopleSoft 9.2 for this energy transmission and water stewardship authority allowing them to transform their financial reporting structure and eliminated 40% of customizations• Streamlined business processes to reduce the monthly close cycle from 15 days to 5 days• Strategized with the ERP post-production support team to quickly assess and troubleshoot production issues and increase SLA resolutions by 20%• Transformed the application user interface to allow users to work smarter by providing process driven homepages with actionable analytics and the ability to access the application from mobile devices

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  Beacon Application Services

  • Senior PeopleSoft Financials Consultant

    • Oct 2006 - Jul 2018

    Senior consultant with various leading roles in 15 implementations and eight upgrade projects. Always a team player and frequently requested to return to clients for future upgrades or other business initiatives. Industries include: Banks, Financial Service Firms, Insurance, and Healthcare.Project Skillsets:* Skillfully guide each client through business requirements and current process overviews then deliver comprehensive Fit/Gap, Business Process Improvement, and High-Level Strategy documentation that precisely outlines the overall product solution.* Produce detailed functional specification for customizations and reports to resolve gaps, along with potential work arounds to save the client money. With a techno/functional skillset I possess the unique ability to close the gap between what the client expects, and what a technical resource needs to develop precise solutions. * Adeptly maneuver the client through system configuration offering potential values and demonstrating the use of each value and the potential system impacts. The result is both a narrative document and value driven spreadsheet that becomes the core of their system setup.* Examine current data, then design a conversion approach appropriate for the complexity and volume of source data. Frequently build and execute the conversion and reconcile data.* Produce easy to follow end-user test scripts and lead the client through successful application, system, and user acceptance testing cycles. * Create training guides and comprehensive desktop reference guides to successfully train end-users in the system, leaving them with the confidence to navigate the new solution. Project Roles:* Project Manager* Applications Lead* Security Administrator* Testing Manager* Change Management

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  Greenbrier & Russel

  • Chicago, Illinois

  • PeopleSoft Financials Functional Consultant

    • Jan 2005 - Oct 2006
    • Chicago, Illinois

    Successfully implemented Asset Management and Project Costing for two communication companies including conversion of complex data from numerous sources. Engineered data analytics that allows this company to successfully report the full capital lifecycle for the entire organization.

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  Waste Management

  • Houston, Texas

  • PeopleSoft Financials Team Lead

    • Jan 2000 - Jan 2005
    • Houston, Texas

    Skillfully led the Asset Management team as part of the largest implementation of PeopleSoft Financials as of 2000. As a team, we successfully converted over 3,800 business units and 1.2 million assets allowing Waste Management, for the first time, to easily produce consolidated financial statements in a timely manner. I personally traveled to 38 states over 6 months to train end users on the new system and champion their support for an effortless transition. Subsequently led the successful Asset Management upgrade and Project Costing implementation.

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  Coral Energy

  • Houston, Texas

  • Procurement Reporting Consultant

    • Feb 1999 - Dec 1999
    • Houston, Texas

    Created a comprehensive procurement reporting database in MS Access using a direct database connection to the Lawson ERP application. Accessing this information was key in driving vendor consolidations, increasing buying power, and negotiating favorable payment terms.

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  Browning Ferris Industries

  • Houston, Texas

  • Internal Reporting

    • 1997 - 1999
    • Houston, Texas

    Asset lead for the conversion of over 20,000 assets from two legacy systems and one Access database into the newly implemented SAP. Quickly promoted to the executive internal reporting team when I became the go-to person for accessing data from the new SAP application.