Accomplishments

Led the implementation of Oracle Financial Applications and the subsequent upgrade to R11i for a $300 million international publicly-traded corporation with offices in 6 countries. Reduced financial consolidation time from 3 weeks to 3 days and completed the project well within budget and earlier than scheduled.

Analysis, planning and implementation of the complete suite of Oracle Financial Applications and data warehouse facilities in addition to upgrade to R11i/database version 8. Project scope included:

  • Implementation of: G/L; A/P; A/R; PO; OE; INV; Project Accounting; Sales Analyzer; Financial Analyzer; FA; EDI and custom applications and reports.

  • As Is Analysis, Gap Analysis, BPR, Configuration, Testing, Training and Roll out.

  • Development of peripheral applications to enhance the functionality of the standard applications.

  • Development of the systems and network environment to support these databases and applications. The technical environment is a two tier client/server model consisting of IBM RS6000 servers and PCs . The network infrastructure is made up of interconnected LANs using Frame relay, dedicated T1/E1 circuits and VPN technologies.


Successfully managed IT department through time of corporate consolidation and downsizing. Maintained system uptime of 99.5% despite a 45% decrease in departmental budget, including staffing reductions.

  • Maintained high level of employee morale and did not lose an employee even when corporate turnover was at 60% annually.

  • Saved $1.3 million annually by negotiating and consolidating voice and data contracts with WorldCom.

  • Saved $365,000 annually in operating costs by reorganizing and consolidating global IT/IS functions.


Designed and implemented corporate Intranet, extranet and VPN to enable outside consultants, sales reps and contractors to access sensitive company databases securely. The extranet:

  • increased the organization’s collaborative efficiencies, resulted in shorter bug fix turn arounds, a better prepared sales force and enabled virtual development groups to work in concert without regard to physical location.

  • The virtual office environment also increased individual productivity by enabling anyplace, anytime access to all corporate information systems.