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Eric Topelian 

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Canton, MI  48188
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Resume Headline: Eric Topelian - Development / Project Manager

Resume Value: csrguvwecpdg8jek   

  

 


·   Managing Multiple Teams

& Budgets

·   Agile Techniques

·   Software Selection

·   Applications Support              

·   Program & Project Management

·   Architecture Planning

·   Systems Integration

·   Policy & Governance

·   Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence

·   Systems Analysis

·   IT Security and Audit

·               Web and Portal


 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

CONSULTING 01/08-Present

Freelance Engagements; Professional Development/Training Courses (02/14-Present)

Multiple engagements for solutions assessment, QA testing, and technical support.

W3r CONSULTING, Technical Lead – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (07/13-02/14)

Led solutions design, development, and production support for Master Data Management (MDM) platform  (IBM Initiate). Developed requirements and technical specifications, performed SQL tuning, managed development staff.  MDM subject matter expert for corporate integration testing involving other application QA teams.  Worked with data center team on issues of performance and compliance.

·               Enabled service integration with member portal bridging customer systems with Information Management analytic systems.

·               Established maintenance processes and checklists that streamlined support effort.

·               Optimized SQL code runtimes to run in minutes instead of hours

HALO GROUP, Project Management Consultant – Michigan Health Information Network (05/12-03/13)

Managed operations, software development and program planning for clinical messaging, statewide public health reporting, SOA, IHE model provider directory services, and Direct secure messaging for startup health information exchange (HIE).   Coordinated source identification and data quality investigations for provider directory service ETL from multiple vendors to a Salesforce.com cloud environment.

·               Built key metrics reporting processes used for weekly stakeholder updates, state HIT commission and ONC.

·               Collaborated with Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR) to develop an onboarding process for automated HL7 immunization reporting via HIE (Mule ESB, WSO2, Mirth).

·               Managed service operations and readiness for client/stakeholder implementations using Agile techniques

·               Established a first-of-kind immunization reporting solution that crosses state boundaries

HALO GROUP, Project Management Consultant – Trinity Health PMO (02/11-05/12)

Managing projects at Trinity Health for ambulatory care program focused on implementation of NextGen enterprise practice management (EPM) and electronic health records (EHR) software for ambulatory care. Performed project reporting, budgeting, SOW development, project control, solution testing, and closures.

·               Delivered nationwide platform upgrade across five regions

·               Scoped and delivered detailed statements of work (SOW) for EPM implementation

·               Led integration project planning and feasibility studies for multiple (HL7) interface projects between ambulatory and hospital applications.

FREELANCE, Information Technology Consultant  (11/2007-01/2011)

Freelance and volunteer consulting that involves assisting not-for-profit organizations in project planning and information systems advice, trading stocks and options, and providing business and IT insight to Wall Street publications and blog writers.   Assisted novice users in technical platform configuration for “work-at-home” positions and identifying toolsets for web presence (content management systems like Joomla! or Drupal, WordPress for blogging, PayPal or PCI compliant platforms).

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GMAC LLC, Detroit, Michigan   11/06-10/07

Program and Project Delivery Manager - Treasury, Audit, and Tax Systems

Managed the company's third party system integrators and software vendors in an outsourced, multi-vendor environment.  Responsibilities included PMO coordination and management reporting of status and quality metrics, planning and forecasting budgets, business requirements gathering, systems analysis and validation of architecture plans against corporate frameworks.

·               Created new IT project programs, roadmaps, budgets, and forecasts for Tax and Audit Staffs

·               Delivered four required funding, risk, and derivatives systems projects that included hardware and software migration upgrades (adding BEA platform) as well as new functionality

·               Maintained budgets/forecasts in excess of $5 million for new development and operations

·               Expedited negotiation of multiple software and service contracts enabling newly formed corporate staffs to quickly begin independent functions following acquisition.

·               Led RFP, software selection, SAAS contracting/procurement, implementation and training for the Paisley GRC audit management system used globally by the Audit Staff

·               Developed new contracting standards for IT vendors

·               Piloted the Clarity portfolio management tool for PMO project tracking and reporting standards.

 

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Michigan   08/06-10/06

Web Solutions Manager - Michigan Administrative Information Systems

Directed the development, maintenance and production support efforts for website development, portals, imaging systems, PeopleSoft/Oracle Fusion migration architecture, and other internal tools Managed staffing.

·               Expanded and organized a team of web developers, graphic designers and web technicians.

·               Mentored development team and provided organizational vision for architecture and agile methods

 

CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, Southfield, Michigan   03/04-06/06

Systems Development Manager - Transactional Systems

Led development, architecture planning, support, and delivery for all company transactional applications including: HR, Oracle financials, loan servicing, and e-business systems including credit approval commercial software as a service (SAAS) product. Direct responsibility for two groups totaling 20 people including offshore development.  With company’s top-level executives, set strategy, software product direction, technology architecture roadmaps for portals and applications, development methodology, & BI/DW integration.

·               Improved business volumes by 20% with Agile methods and decreased time-to-market for software features

·               Implemented new source code management and software releasing processes delivering new functionality on aggressive monthly timelines with increased satisfaction rates for over 1200 dealers using our product

·               Rescued outsourced J2EE conversion outsourced project with blended delivery model (Oracle case study)

·               Introduced SOA and implemented web services with STAR standardized XML as a solution platform and framework for the company’s e-business projects including the mycreditacceptance.com dealer portal

·               Delivered 20 development projects, product releases, and upgrades in 2005 by adopting Agile approach.

·               Engaged offshore developers to add value and save 20% on resource costs.

·               Lowest staff turnover and highest productivity metrics within the organization and PRs always on-time

 

FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Dearborn, Michigan   01/96-03/04

North American Process & Technology Lead - Ford Purchasing Strategy Systems 

Project delivery, systems development, support, budgets and I.T. strategy for the strategic sourcing portfolio of applications used by a global cross-functional user base.  Managed and mentored team of systems analysts and developers. Worked with senior business management on future plans, “build vs. buy” replacement decisions, and business process reengineering.  Led requirements gathering and data design sessions for projects. Architected portal interfaces, single sign-on security, workflow, OBIEE DW, and J2EE platforms.

·               Launched new commodity strategy package into the Ford Purchasing architecture introducing J2EE 

·               Improved product development cycle time and lowered costs by delivering data warehouse project for more robust analytics on vehicle program purchasing data involving over $100 million in commodity purchasing

·               Contributed budgeting process changes that improved departmental estimates by 10%.

 

Project Lead - Accelerated Solutions Center, Corporate Portal Implementation    

Led pilot project, software selection, and development for the global Ford Enterprise Portal, the world’s largest corporate intranet portal, handling 10,000 users per minute.  Led vendor selection, infrastructure and content planning.  Managed development “hands-on”, coding portlets for XML feeds.  Rigorous performance testing and capacity planning led to the portal’s capability of handling 10,000 users per minute at initial project launch. Integrated portal content search engine collections, internal and external data feeds, and targeted interfaces to internal corporate applications.  Interviewed by Gartner Group as a case study success story.

·               Key projects for Ford winning back-to-back CIO Magazine Web Awards

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·               Completed global pilot implementation in 6 weeks using Agile techniques

·               Led the effort for usability testing that led to creation of Corporate usability group

·               Established a corporate governance structure for enterprise portal development, integration, and operation

·               Defined Software Configuration Management and other processes to create a reusable framework for web support leading to $75,000 net savings in the project budget plus ongoing operational savings of one FTE.

 

Program Manager - Ford Profit Systems                 

Program delivery for new Ford Credit profit/cost analysis systems and financial reporting system used for SEC reporting by ensuring communication and complete requirements gathering, user acceptance testing, and training workshops.  Supported Ford profit systems and integration of new Ford Credit systems.

·               Managed implementation teams for a new profit reporting application platform using Essbase OLAP data marts with web integration-.projects completed within budget and met objectives for all affected departments

·               Brought accounting and finance together to create consistent data marts for all global subsidiaries.

·               Developed service levels and agreements for transition of support to a service provider.

·               Introduced new Development Life Cycle processes for developing analytical systems.

 

Project Manager - Treasury Systems / Supervisor - Governmental Affairs       

Acted in a dual-role by leading project delivery, architecture, and support for corporate treasury systems while supervising the Governmental Affairs IT team.  Managed support and new systems delivery for treasury cash management, foreign exchange payment processing, custodial, and other SWIFT transactions.

·               Implemented and managed high-availability system architecture for global treasury management software with three geographically dispersed data center sites on the global Ford IP network.

·               Managed the treasury systems support team achieving “zero down-time” for these systems and networks.

·               Spearheaded the integration of the Wall Street Systems treasury management packaged solution.

·               Conducted strategy sessions to integrate banking interfaces for trading, cash management, and accounting.

·               Led global project for messaging/external bank payment interfaces saved the company $10 million annually

·               Managed development team through multiple releases of custom VB based Government Affairs applications

 

FORD CREDIT, Dearborn, Michigan   05/87-12/95

Systems Manager - Technical Services                                                     

Systems Analyst/Programmer - Treasury Systems                                                  

·               Developed electronic software distribution solution for Ford Credit branches nationwide

·               Managed systems administration, architecture planning, and operations for office automation, commercial leasing, and Treasury infrastructure platforms and telecommunications. 

·               Designed and developed a pioneering electronic funds transfer system (EFT).

·               Managed the development and implementation of the first client-server architecture

·               Provided business analysis for treasury commercial paper, debt, swaps, and securitization.

·               Established project integration processes and standards while leading Technical Architecture Committee.

 

UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   04/02-07/05

Part-time Information Systems Instructor

·               Taught Internet Concepts and Information Systems classes for the undergraduate and MBA programs. Course discussions included topics on technologies, processes, and SDLC methodologies.

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS SUMMARY

 

Operating Systems/Environments: Unix/Linux/LAMP, HTTP/SSL, Windows, Clustering/Load Balancing

Development Technologies:  Java/JEE, XML/XSL, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, AngularJS, PHP, Perl, Python, Visual Basic, VBA, Microsoft COM/COM+/. NET, COBOL, ASP Classic, C, R, SQL/T-SQL/PL-SQL

Database Technology:  Oracle, MySQL, SQL-Server, Mongo, Essbase, Access and DB2

Messaging and Other Software:  MQ Series, Plumtree Portal, FTP, EDI, SWIFT, Git, PVCS, VSS, SVN,

Oracle ERP, SOA/ESB (Oracle Fusion, Mule, WSO2), JMS, Oracle Reports/Discoverer, and Oracle Designer, Salesforce.com/Force.com

Project Management/Methodologies:  MS Project, Clarity, Planview, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, SharePoint, PMBOK, JIRA, CMMI, Classic and Agile SDLC, Oracle AIM/JCDM (Unified), SDP-21, Six-Sigma (Greenbelt)

 

EDUCATION

 

Master of Science in Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Michigan, Dearborn 1990

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor   1987

 

ERIC P. TOPELIAN

 

2125 Stonebridge Way   Canton, MI 48188

Home: 734-495-1877 / Cell: 734-276-8199 / e-mail: erictop@outlook.com

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADER

 

Accomplished IT leader with solid track record of leadership and execution. Implemented critical multi-billion dollar funding systems, the world’s 2nd largest intranet portal, and an n-tier cloud product with web services supporting financing for over 1200 auto dealerships.  Ability to understand and apply innovative new technologies and processes delivering solutions on multiple generations of major technologies including health information exchange and winning back-to-back CIO Magazine web business awards.  Managed budgets and roadmaps for applications.  Team-oriented, delivering high-impact business results for projects and operations by orchestrating teams of top-level corporate executives, vendors, partners, and staff to gather requirements, develop SOW's and issue RFPs. Taught SDLC methodologies and delivered talks on blended onshore/offshore delivery. Experienced in:

 



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Information Technology Consultant

W3r

- Present

 

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Current Career Level:

Manager (Manager/Supervisor of Staff)

Years of relevant work experience:

More than 15 Years

Work Status:

US - I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

Active Security Clearance:

None

US Military Service:

Citizenship:

None

 

 

Target Job:

Target Job Title:

Applications Development Manager

 

Target Company:

Company Size:

 

Target Locations:

Selected Locations:

US-MI-Ann Arbor

Relocate:

Yes

Willingness to travel:

Up to 25% travel