Management Project

SUMMARY:

Progressive management and consulting experience in leading large-scale

information management initiatives for Fortune 500 companies including

Amgen, Pfizer, Pharmacia, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Wyeth, Johnson & Johnson,

Rhone-Poulenc Rorer (Sanofi-Aventis), Goldman Sachs, and Hercules. Proven

ability to quickly understand complex business issues, define integrated

solution strategies for improvement, mobilize team, and lead programs.

Areas of Experience:

Business Intelligence and Data Knowledge Management and Text Mining

Warehousing

Financial Systems and Processes Records and Information Management

Program & Project Management (including Enterprise Search &

eDiscovery)

Outsourcing / Off-shoring Collaboration (SharePoint)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Information Management Independent Consultant

2010-Present 200

Currently providing information management and project management

consulting services for large Hyperion product suite implementation for

corporate finance group of Fortune 100 company.

Amgen, Inc - Information Systems Program Management Office

2006 - 2009

Program Manager (Sr. Project Manager)

Program manager responsible for delivering the management and services to

make enterprise level IS programs and initiatives successful. Responsible

for management of each and all of the individual projects comprising

programs with consistent best practices and iterative project delivery

methodologies.

. Project managed Enterprise Records & Information Management Program

strategy definition and program ramp up for eDiscovery, Enterprise

Search, Taxonomy Management, Records Management, Records & Information

Governance, and Information Protection.

Result - Aligned cross-functional executive stakeholders in Legal,

Compliance, Business Areas, and Information Systems to define a business

case and common solution for eDiscovery and Enterprise Records &

Information Management.

. Program managed multi-million dollar implementation of Knowledge

Management solution in support of strategic goals in Amgen Research &

Development (R&D). Worked with R&D Informatics sponsors to align the

program strategy to tactical execution and successfully delivered

intelligence networks and decision support capabilities for the

preclinical safety area. The integrated solution consisted of multiple

software platforms, namely Biowisdom's Sofia Suite, Schemalogic,

Linguamatics, and Spotfire.

Result - Empowered R&D thought leaders via a sophisticated analytical and

knowledge management platform that to date has yielded two new

investigative leads and answered critical pre-clinical safety questions

in support of corporate goals.

. Under an aggressive timeline, successfully aligned key stakeholders,

steering committee, and project managed SharePoint for collaboration

infrastructure and service delivery model implementation (including on-

going governance, and on-shore / off-shore model).

Result - Solution provided some 200+ Amgen business groups and project

teams with collaboration sites that improved knowledge sharing, process

efficiencies, and management of information assets.

. Project managed study metrics business intelligence solution for the

Clinical Data Management (CDM) Group. The solution integrated clinical

study information from multiple sources (Oracle Clinical, Medidata EDC,

etc.) and was built on Oracle (DB), Informatica, and Cognos ReportNet.

Result - Enabled CDM Group to analyze key study metrics and take actions

for performance improvements and effective study execution.

. Ramped up Multisourcing (outsourcing) Program for Amgen stakeholders and

Vendor Management. Aligned program with other outsourcing efforts

through Shared Services Council and Service Level Management Teams.

Project managed the outsourcing of services portfolio for the SAP Center

of Excellence.

. Led off-shoring business case definition for Enterprise Business

Intelligence to include identifying offshore candidate areas, steps to

execute the plan, and cost saving opportunities of $1.5M.

. Advised Amgen Medical Affairs Team on strategies in support of an

Electronic Medical Records Data Warehouse.

. Advisor for overarching Knowledge Management Search solution vision and

business case for Amgen R&D.

BearingPoint, Inc. (formerly KPMG Consulting) - Business Intelligence /

Data Warehousing 1997- 2006

Ten years of experience in management consulting, project management, and

design & implementation of business intelligence, data warehousing, and

financial decision support solutions. Responsible for managing and

mentoring project staff into high performing teams, leading proposals for

business development, delivering contracts on budget with full financial

responsibility, and managing account relationships.

Senior Manager

. Project managed Healthcare Law Compliance (HLC) strategy and blueprint

solution definition for Pfizer. Project entailed working with executive

management from Legal, Finance, Sales Operations, Marketing, and Business

Technology to assess the organizations current state challenges

pertaining to Federal and State Anti-kickback Laws and PhRMA Code on

interactions with healthcare professionals.

Result - Defined a strategy for the HLC solution to include a program

management approach, implementation plan, and budgetary costs to align

the organizations HLC information and process needs going forward.

. Project managed international team of five business and technology

consultants / managers for Novartis marketing data warehouse strategy

initiative in Basel, Switzerland.

Result - The strategy was presented to senior executives and outlined a

three-year program that addressed governance, initiative alignment, data

quality & integration, technical architecture, budgetary costs, staffing,

and an implementation plan.

. Project managed consulting team consisting of managers and consultants

for implementation of Pfizer's financial data warehouse. The three-year,

multi-million dollar program spanned the full software development

lifecycle, across five finance functions, and twelve financial systems.

The technologies employed were Ascential's DataStage, Oracle, and

Business Objects and the solution encompassed the integration of metadata

standards defined by the finance functions. Following company

acquisition, project managed integration of Pharmacia's financial systems

with the financial data warehouse.

Result - Fundamental business transformation of the company's finance

function by addressing decision support needs around management

reporting, financial reporting and planning, global reporting, medical &

capital projects, honoraria, travel & expenses, and vendor management.

Manager / Senior Consultant

. Project managed financial budgeting & planning and management reporting

solution for AstraZeneca. Worked directly with executives on a Financial

Planning Steering Committee and key representatives in the Corporate

Finance Group to complete the planning process definition and functional

requirements. The enabling technologies implemented for the solution

were Hyperion Essbase / Analyzer for management reporting and Hyperion's

budgeting and planning software.

Result - Enabled streamlined financial planning processes for over fifty

planners across the finance function.

. Led project design and development for implementation and rollout of

global corporate procurement decision support system based on SAP

Business Warehouse (BW) solution for leading chemical company. Developed

solutions and supported implementation efforts for Financial

(Profitability Analysis) and Sales & Distribution reporting in the SAP

BW.

. Project led decision support financial reporting requirements definition

and software selection for financial data warehouse project at Goldman

Sachs.

. Project team member, analyst, and developer for two separate financial

consolidation system implementations using Hyperion's Enterprise

Software.

Occidental Corporation, Project Engineer

1992-1995

United States Army Commissioned Officer

1987-1991

EDUCATION:

Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Master in Business Administration, Finance and Marketing, Cumulative GPA:

3.75/4.0, Dean's List

United States Military Academy, West Point, NY

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

PROJECT MANAGEMENT & SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE:

. Formal training in best practices in management consulting and project

management methodology to include Iterative Delivery Project Management,

Rapid Application Development, etc.

. Formal training and implementation experience with most of the major

Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing software platforms including,

Business Objects, Cognos, Hyperion's Essbase, Pillar, & Enterprise, SAP

Business Warehouse, Spotfire, and Oracle.

. Formal training and implementation experience of Intelligence Network and

Text Mining platforms to include Biowisdom, Schemalogic, and

Linguamatics.

. Formal training in SharePoint (Power User), Lombardi Business Process

Management (BPM) Software, Sybase's Avaki Enterprise Information

Integration (EII) Software, and Google Search Appliance.

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