Summary
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-An individual with outstanding performance delivery and proven track record
combined with 15+ years of IT experience in providing directions, management and
leadership of IT departments and/or technology groups for organizations from wide
array of industries.
-Possess razor sharp goal orientation, visionary leadership and exceptional
managerial abilities.
-On schedule and within budget delivery of large scale IT projects having
budget ranging from USD 800k to USD 3 Million.
-A leader with common-sense, and yet pioneered, enforced and implemented
operational excellence through constant quality assurance programs.
-Established long term strategic relationships between organization and
external vendors.
-Worked on complex projects execution environments for projects spanning across
continents, language and culture barriers and multiple time zones.
-Demonstrated outstanding ability of deriving golden mean for building IT
department 's in-house core competencies v/s creating external partnership
through outsourcing for productive delivery of strategic initiatives, operations
management, production support infrastructure and delivery of projects.
-Exceptional team building skills. Delivering business solutions through right
mixture of appropriate design, functionality and operational efficiency elements.
Managed multiple project teams from diverse geographies and with team size as
large as 85.
-Acquired hands on ability of setting up best practices, constant improvements,
Six Sigma and operational standards for support infrastructure and IT management
procedures.
-PMO “ Project management office management. Conceptualized and pioneered
organizational culture change, providing directions, management of projects,
mentoring project managers and transforming organizational process assets into
fitness for growth for the organization.
-Define vision for future growth of the department and strategy to realize the
vision into tangible deliverables.
-Expert level understanding and knowledge of contemporary technologies on ERP
packages, relational databases, rich internet applications and Web 2.0. network
infrastructure and data center management
Major Achievements
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-On schedule and within budget delivery of large scale IT projects having
budget ranging from USD 800k to USD 3 Million
-Saved operating expenses of around $240k a year for supporting Oracle and it
's ancillary systems by the way of Outsourcing as well as transitioning part of
operations from isolated consulting partners to in-house employees located
offshore
-Trimmed total cost of ownership on Oracle E-business suite by 30%.
-Successful delivery of critically valued and acclaimed projects having
organization wide impact. Such as Oracle E Business 1103 Implementation and
Upgrades (1) Oracle EBS 11.5.x upgrade to r12 2) Oracle EBS 110.3 upgrade to
11.5x 3) Implementation of Oracle EBS 11.03. 4) Complete transformation of 15+
B2C Commerce websites to ATG Commerce framework
-Established long term strategic relationships between organization and
external vendors.
-SLA Management, 100% SLA Compliance and Pivotal SOW auditor for large scale
initiatives.
-Secured Zero penalty negotiations, managed complex contracts and assured long
term lucrative vendor relationship for the Organization
-Key member of corporate executive steering committee and active participant in
the execution of organization wide goals to support leadership 's strategic
directions and vision.
-Materializing innovative ideas through devoted leadership style resulting into
thick bottom-line and green numbers on financial reporting.
-Played active role and pioneered cross departmental vigilance in
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, developing policies, technical control, security
frameworks and audit procedures for environment management.
-PMP Certified #1197018(active)
Management Skills
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Portfolio/Program/Project Management
IT Logistics Management
Executive Management
Production Support Infrastructure Management
Technology & Resource procurement planning, acquisition & management
Operational Efficiency and cost driven restructuring.
Streamlining Operations and Productivity Improvement
Long term(5+ years) Strategic Planning and Execution
Team building and Development
Aligning changing technologies with business.
Operations management
Stakeholders management
Contracts design & Administration
SOX Compliance.
Risk management & Quality Control
ROI & TCO Analysis
Technological Skills
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Enterprise Applications
Oracle E-Business r12, 11.5.x,
11.03,10.7sc
SAP FI/CO
Oracle Fusion Middleware
Oracle SOA Architecture
ATG E-Commerce Applications
Sales force Cloud Computing
GAP Analysis & Process Mapping Techniques.
Variance Analysis & Productivity Audits
SOX Compliance
Software Investment Guide and License audits.
E-Commerce /Web Technologies
Oracle SOA Framework 10g
BEA Web logic, Fusion Middleware 10g
Adobe Flex, Flash applications
Java, J2EE advance Java, Eclipse Frameworks
Oracle Application Express 3.2
Operating Environments & Others
Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and other major flavor of Unix OS
Red Hat Linux
Windows Server 2003, XP, Vista
MS Office Suite 2003 +
MS Project 2003+
PMI OPM3
Industries Worked
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Manufacturing & Heavy Engineering
Specialty Manufacturing
Textiles & Chemicals
Retailing
Software Development
IT Enabled Services
IT Consulting
Consumer Electronics
Semiconductor Manufacturing.
Financial Research & Investment Banking
Retail Banking & Financial Services
Visa Status
Authorized to work for any employer in the United States.
Experience
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From: Jan 2005
To: Present.National Pen Corporate Group Companies, San Diego, California, USA
Enterprise Applications Director
National Pen Corporation is one of the largest direct selling companies in the
world. The company is the specialty office stationary manufacturer and is market
leader in its Industry segment. Key IT infrastructure and system portfolio
include 15+ b2c websites, Oracle E-Business suite r12 and 11i and custom/home
grown shipping and manufacturing plant management systems.
Major Highlights:
Provided directions to IT operations, effective implementation of Project
Management Methodology, Production support infrastructure to sustain and support
$215 million revenue growth for the company.
Saved operating expenses of around $240k a year for supporting Oracle and it 's
ancillary systems by the way of Outsourcing as well as transitioning part of
operations from isolated consulting partners to in-house employees located
offshore
Successful delivery of critically valued and acclaimed projects having
organization wide impact. Such as Oracle E Business 1103 Implementation and
Upgrades (1) Oracle EBS 11.5.x upgrade to r12 2) Oracle EBS 110.3 upgrade to
11.5x 3) Implementation of Oracle EBS 11.03. 4) Complete transformation of 15+
B2C Commerce websites to ATG Commerce framework
Successfully Delivered Large Scale integration of ATG Web platform (www.atg.com)
with Oracle E-Business Suite r12.
Managed Acquisition process by the Berwind Corporation in 2004 by integrating
National pen 's system and financial reporting to that of parent company.
Responsible for Enterprise applications group which includes: 1) Oracle E
business r12 & 11i infrastructure 2) E-commerce platform and 3) Shipping
sub-systems.
Spearheaded management of corporate wide data warehousing migration project
(valued at $912k) from ancillary traditional desktop databases into Service
Oriented architecture.
Managed migration of 340 users from traditional desktop applications to SOA
framework.
Managed and develop team of 35 from ground zero. Acquisition of various teams
for company 's projects.
Schedule and manage offsite support, communication, trade shows, customer events
and vendor road show and internal meetings. Interface regularly with colleagues
and stake holders for various business issues.
Responsible for the production support base of 800+ users using systems
mentioned above.
Initiate, Plan, Execute and enforce operational management procedures,
development standards, project management methodologies and production support
infrastructure.
Program management: Managed and spearheaded design and delivery of three
strategically critical projects under one program: These three projects were 1)
Acquisition and addition of an operating unit into one legal entity 2)
re-engineering of e-commerce infrastructure and 3)re-engineering shipping
operations
Administering and negotiating IT specific Contracts and managing procurement
with vendors
PMO management. Executing projects, mentoring project managers, establishing
solution delivery process that is compatible with company's business needs and
stakeholders ' expectations.
Stakeholder management: Coordinating and communicating stakeholders of projects
located across geographies.
Budgetary control for the Enterprise applications group.
Communications Management: Providing progress reports, operational research and
recommendations to sr. management and corporate steering committee on various
business issues.
Key team player on IT steering committee
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From: Apr 2003
To: Jan 2005
National Pen Corporate Group Companies, San Diego, California, USA
Oracle Applications Projects Manager
Major Highlights
Responsible for Oracle E business 11i infrastructure and its extensions and
managing production system support for the same.
Managed and develop team of 18. Acquisition of various roles in a team for
company 's Oracle applications 11i upgrade project.
Managed project for Implementation and development of |
