Product

Version

Configurator, Field Service

11.5.10, R12

Order Management

11.5.10, R12

Inventory

11.5.10, R12

Advanced Supply Chain Planning

11.5.10, R12

BoM, QP,

11.5.10, R12

Demantra DM, RTS&OP, AFDM, PTP

7.3.0

AR, PIM, AP

11.5.10, R12

SAP SD

ECC6.x

WIP, Routing, BoM

11.5.10, R12

Hardware

Software Products

Tools

Methods

Window 3.xx/95/98/NT/XP, Unix (AIX, HP-UX)

Solaris 10, OAS, Oracle Infra, OID

Toad, PL/SQL developer

AIM (Oracle Method)

IndustryPrint (Deloitte)

Accenture Development Method (Accenture)

Degree and Date

Institute

Major and Specialization

Ph D                       June-79

University of Exeter, Exeter

ENGLAND

Mechanical Engineering

B Tech                    June-75

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, INDIA

Mechanical Engineering

Professional Society / Certification

Member Since / Date Certified

Lean Six Sigma

Mar-08

Professional Engineer, Ontario, CANADA

June-96

Dates

Organization

Role

May-09 - present

GetLive Consulting

Manufacturing Solution and Enterprise Architect

May-08 -  May 09

Tescra

Sr ERP Practice Director

May-05  to May08

Deloitte Consulting

Manager of Enterprise Applications

June-02 to May-05

GetLive Consulting

Manufacturing Consultant

Aug-92 to June 02

Oracle Consulting

Technical Manager

Organisation

Recognition

Oracle Deutschland  GmbH

Manager of Stature

Oracle Consulting Services

Consultant of the Year

Deloitte Consulting

Applause Award

Title

:

ERP Project Manager,  Greatbatch Medical

Period

:

September 2013 -

Position

:

Project Manager, Swiss Currency Project {reporting to CIO}

Responsibilities

:

·   Recruit implementation consultants

·   Develop project plan

·   Define resource requirements and budgets

·   Determine project scope

·   Meet with senior executives and communicate project lifecycle

·   Gather requirements

·   Conduct CRP I workshop

·   Create test scripts

·   Provide project leadership

·   Train and mentor IDC (India Development Centre) team

·   Manage team of 6 FTEs on shore and an offshore team

·   Transfer knowledge to client support team.

Highlights

:

The charter for this project was to roll up the Maquiladors unit to a new legal entity and change the reporting currency from CHF to USD as part of a tax inversion strategy.

The Project

:

Swiss Currency Project

Modules

:

R12 footprint: Financials, iProcurement, Adv Pricing, BoM, WIP, OM, Inv etc

Work location

:

Buffalo (US), Tijuana (MX) and Orvin (CH)

Title

:

Interim Project Manager,  CIBC Project Directorate, Toronto.

Period

:

May 2012 – September 2013

Position

:

Acting Project Manager and Lead: Supply Chain Optimisation

Responsibilities

:

·   Maintain issue log

·   Set up instance plan

·   Define resource requirements and budgets

·   Determine bottlenecks to technical deliverables

·   Meet with senior executives and communicate project lifecycle

·   Facilitate problem solving with business partners to propose a solution to issues and oversee the implementation of the solution

·   Invoke Item definition via PIM

·   Liaise with master data team to define PIM attributes

·   Create test scripts

·   Provide leadership in OM and SCM

·   Train and mentor IDC (India Development Centre) team

·   Manage team of 16 FTEs on shore and an offshore team

·   Transfer knowledge to client support team.

Highlights

:

This chartered bank has a need for optimising its supply chains for various products with special focus on rationalising supply chain. A best practice was to be identified and proposed to the business.  Client agrees that the business is very demanding owing to a ‘cultural road-block’ since the reporting structure is split between Toronto and Hong Kong. Responsible for managing current project.

The Project

:

PMO Directorate for SCM

Modules

:

R12 footprint: Financials, Procurement, Adv Pricing, BoM, WIP, OM, Inv etc

Work location

:

Toronto and Hong Kong

Title

:

OM, Mfg., and Plan 2 Build  PM , Accenture,  Dallas, U S A

Period

:

September 2011 –  May 2012

Position

:

PM, Solution Lead and OM Specialist

Responsibilities

:

·   Order to Cash Project Manager and Plan to Build Lead

·   Document current, heavily customised, 11i iStore and Configurator functionality;

·   Work with senior leadership on risk mitigation

·   Manage 6 on-shore and 15 off-shore practitioners

·   Meet scheduled milestones, maintain project documents and assist QA teams

·   Facilitate problem solving with business partners to propose a solution to issues and oversee the implementation of the solution

·   Design and program BOM and non-BOM for Configuration requirements into the Oracle system that meet or exceed business requirements

·   Deploy best practice rule-writing and optimise structure

·   Segregate all custom .jsps

·   Develop Configurator model for Proof of Concept

·   Create FDDs (AP.354) for custom objects

·   Assist Offshore Team to generate TDDs for R12 functionality

·   Document FDD for enabling transaction history retrieval for 2 years from 11i in R12

·   Create test scripts

·   Provide leadership in OM and SCM

·   Train and mentor IDC (India Development Centre) team

·   Transfer knowledge to client support team.

Highlights

:

This metal industry leader has a customised 11i iStore and CZ fed from Quoting which is required to be upgraded to R12.  Current functionality is for the sale of Depot Products (on-hand and Kanban). The client staff and offshore teams lack functional and technical knowledge in P2B, QTC, Configure to Order and SCM areas.  Fully responsible for OM and in addition to functional consulting, knowledge transfer to IDC and on-site crews is necessary.

The Project

:

Project Apollo

Modules

:

11.5.10 footprint: Financials, Procurement, Adv Pricing, BoM, WIP, OM, iStore, Quoting, Configurator

Work location

:

Aleris, US and Germany

Title

:

Order  Orchestration (OM) Lead, US Steel, Pittsburgh, USA

Period

:

January 2010 – July 2011

Position

:

SCM Solutioneer and Configure to Order Project Manager with responsibility for Order Management

Responsibilities

:

·   Responsible for Configure to Order project execution

·   Manage 2 Oracle staff members and 4 US Steel employees in addition to 4 Accenture staff

·   Develop solution for Plan to Build and Procurement.

·   Create and validate processes for Sales and CTO

·   Design and develop models for Configure to Order, both PTO and ATO

·   Backfilled APC user-defined attributes for use in Configurator

·   Set-up and use PIM for item intake

·   Develop OM, BoM and Advance Pricing strategies, conduct and lead set-ups.

·   Define manufacturing solution (hybrid)

·   Created new item attributes and item catalog categories

·   Develop roadmap for and implement iStore through Quoting

·   Established workflow-based product lifecycle

·   Set up product data workbench

·   Demonstration of solution through CRP cycles

·   Set-up and troubleshoot

·   Train end-user community

·   Project delivered on-schedule

Highlights

:

The objective of this project is to create an offering for end to end Quote to Cash solution, leveraging multi-stage, multi-org configurator architecture with substantial extensions and customisations.  The proposed solution offers streamlined ordering with large legacy systems still in play. Responsible for SCM, OM, BoM, Advance Pricing, Configurator, Quoting , PLM and web ordering system, a customised iStore.

The Project

:

Accenture’s largest R12 Implementation

Modules

:

R12 footprint: Financials, CTO, ASCP, OM etc

Work location

:

US Steel Tower, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U S A

Title

:

Supply Chain Implementation, TruEconomy NETHERLANDS

Period

:

June 2009 – December 2009

Position

:

Project Manager and Solution Architect

Responsibilities

:

·   Document entire project implementation methodology

·   Directed teams in the areas of resource scheduling, business direction, future planning and standard practices for applications

·   Participate in budgeting and capital project processes and quality improvement activities

·   Co-ordinate staffing plan—internal, implementation partner’s and 3^rd  party.

·   Responsible for 4 on-site and 16 off-site practitioners.

·   Create processes for Quoting and Configuring offerings

·   Design and develop models for Configure to Order, both PTO and ATO

·   Provide Install Base for Service coverage

·   Determine Depot requirements

·   Liaise with hosting provider

·   Document interface from SmarTeam (PDM) to Oracle

·   Demonstration of solution to CxOs and internal team

·   Set-up and troubleshoot

·   Train end-user community

Highlights

:

The objective of this project is to create an offering for end to end Quote to Cash solution, leveraging multi-stage, multi-org configurator architecture with no extensions or customisations in an environment where service contracts, too, are configurable. The proposed solution offers streamlined ordering and heightened customer satisfaction and retention.   Full responsibility for SCM implementation with all-encompassing footprint:

Customer Master, Maintain Material Master, Manage Customer Credit Exposure, Process Receipts, Manage Collections, Manage Deductions, Capture Orders, Process Orders, Manage Product Launch Orders, Product Allocation-Prioritization, Manage and Track Orders, Rescheduling, Manage Returns, Perfect Order, Manage Order Performance, Evaluate Performance, Calculate Order Price, Manage Rebates, Bill Revenue, Process Transactions and Inquiries, Process Complaints, Suggest Products and Service (Up-sell/Cross-sell), Manage Returns and Exchanges - Call Center, Pick Orders, Pack Orders, Ship-Deliver Orders, Schedule Material Receipt, Put-Away Materials, Receive Materials and Services, Receive Material (Returns), Pick Production Orders within a Plant, Move Materials, manage inventory, storage and movements 


The Project

:

R12 Implementation

Modules

:

R12 footprint: Financials, CTO, ASCP, WMS, Procurement, etc

Work location

:

Near Leylestad,  Holland

Title

:

Oracle Implementation for a global office interiors manufacturer

Period

:

May-08 – June 09

Position

:

Solution Architect & Project Manager

Responsibilities

:

·   Solution design for PoC

·   Configuration of iStore, Configurator, OTM, Adv Pricing

·   Design integration of Configurator  legacy ordering system

·   Design integration of Oracle with legacy systems to support trading business scenario

·   Develop implementation roadmap and technical architecture

·   Demonstration to end users & project Sponsors

·   Assessment of ROI

·   Recruit, mentor and train IBM and contract staff

·   Manage team resources and schedules (5 on-shore and 5 off-shore)

·   Demonstrate to end users and project sponsors

·   Assess ROI

Highlights

:

The client’s pre-implementation processes manual and disintegrated steps, driven using Microsoft excel and paper work was the norm This project is envisaged as an efficient order-entry and fulfilment engine fully capable of integration to the client’s JDE and other applications so as to allow a full demand planning, provisioning and order execution environment.

The Project

:

IBM - TekConnect

Oracle modules

:

11.5.10.22 footprint: iStore, Configurator, OTM, QP, AR etc

Work location

:

Toronto, CANADA

Title

:

Oracle R12 implementation for a division of MACSO Corporation

Period

:

November 06–May-08

Position

:

Supply Chain Solution Architect and CTO PM

Responsibilities

:

·   Package solution selection advisor

·   Solution design for Implementation

·   Workshop with Business users

·   Led implementation team

·   SCM and Configurator-related configuration

·   Designing integration architecture

·   Leveraging Oracle alliance for fast resolution for TAR

·   Team Building and Competency Building

·   Providing end user training for Configurator

·   Configuration of data model, worksheets, workflow, user security etc.

·   Analytical Engine tuning

·   Hardware Sizing for CZ application

·   Transition to Support team

·   First R12 go-live for Deloitte

Highlights

:

This is a pre-cursor for R12 uptake for the entire corporation thus keen scrutiny by corporate executives.  Full Order Management implementation with full supply chain underpinnings delivered on time and on budget.

The Project

:

BCG’s Building Tomorrow Together (BT squared)

EBS Version

EBS R12

Oracle DB

10.2.0.2, 9.2.0.8 and 8i

Oracle Modules

Inventory, OM, GL, ASCP, CZ, QP etc

Work location

:

Adrian, MI, USA

Title

:

Oracle implementation for a division of MASCO Corporation

Period

:

May 05 –November 06

Position

:

Schedule-to-Dispatch Project Leader

Responsibilities

:

·   Solution design for PoC

·   Liasing with Oracle Software Services (India) for customisations

·   Configuring for a pilot site

·   Demonstration of end to end cycle to business users

·   Develop full customised dashboard for Schedule-to-Dispatch engine

·   Develop implementation roadmap

·   Assess of ROI

Highlights

:

Project was well executed and on time and  as a result of the development of the custom Schedule to Dispatch engine, a possible application will be jointly developed for clients worldwide.

The Project

:

Vision to Reality (V2R)

Oracle modules

:

Configurator, OM, Inv, QP, BoM, AR

Work location

:

Daytona, FL  USA

Title

:

South Korea Telecom

Period

:

January 2004 – May 2005

Position

:

Project Manager and Configurator SME

Responsibilities

:

·   Drive Configurator related activities

·   Solution/offering designing for Configurator

·   Developing Alliances for Configurator in S Korea

·   Develop domain competency at SKT

·   Team and Competency Build

·   Be amng the first to use MACD in Configurator in APAC

·   Manage a team of 14 on-site practitioners

·   Develop risk log, milestones and budget analysis

·   Drive health-checks

·   Hand-off project

Highlights

:

First eBS in telco/telecom in SKorea

Special mention

:

Established Centre of Excellence(CoE) for Configurator

Work location

:

Seoul, South Korea

Title

:

Telia Sonera

Period

:

May 2003 – November 2003

Position

:

Order to Cash SME

Responsibilities

:

·   Order Business process re-engineer

·   Assist business requirement gathering 

·   Validate 14 custom objects’ MD050s and MD070s

·   Assist off-shore team with customisations and testing

·   Developing road map/methodology for CTO Implementation

·   Providing Assistance/Guidance for Ongoing Project

·   Team Building and Competency Building

Highlights

:

Custom objects streamlined for optimal performance and some replaces with Functional Companions

The Project

:

Oracle eBS implementation

Work location

:

Stockholm, SWEDEN

Title

:

Canon Business Solutions Europe

Period

:

May 2002 – May 2003

Position

:

Interface Technical Lead

Responsibilities

:

·   Write custom code for multiple custom objects based on authored MD070s

·   Assist off-shore team with customisations and testing

Highlights

:

CBS project was Oracle’s largest EMEA implementation.

The Project

:

Oracle eBS implementation

Work location

:

Amstelveen, Netherlands

Title

:

IKON Office Solutions

Position

:

Functional Lead Quote-to-Cash

Location

:

Malvern, PA U S A

Title

:

POSCO

Position

:

Senior Architect

Location

:

Seoul, South Korea

Title

:

AT&T

Position

:

Functional Lead: Core and Service Contracts

Location

:

Bridgewater, N J  U S A

Title

:

MultiChoice

Position

:

Project Manager

Location

:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Title

:

Covisint

Position

:

Senior Architect

Location

:

Detroit, MI U S A

Title

:

AT&T

Position

:

Functional Lead: Core and Service Contracts

Location

:

Bridgewater, N J  U S A

Title

:

O2 (formerly VIAG-Interkom GmbH)

Position

:

Oracle Implementation Project Manager

Location

:

Munich, Germany