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Dharmender Chaudhary

Technical Solution Architect
Plymouth,MN

Summary

IT professional with over 30 years of experience in designing, developing, customizing, and delivering comprehensive software solutions across various industries.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Solutions Architect

Trane Technologies (Formerly Ingersoll Rand until 2020)
6 2014 - Current
  • Responsible for managing custom code related to the upgrade of a global Oracle Applications instance (90 TB) from 12.1.3 to 12.2.12 (Oct 2022 – Current)
  • Upgrade Track (Phase 2): Code assessment and modification for retrofitting 700+ CEMLIs
  • Performance management, testing, and quality management for R12.2 upgrade
  • Cutover planning and execution of mock cutovers
  • Hygiene Track (Phase 1): Successfully delivered by end of 2023
  • Vendor partner selection, custom code assessment, and modification for R12.2 upgrade compatibility
  • Testing, quality, and performance management
  • Additional Achievements: Established a new process for retiring unused code
  • Improved Scribe (custom database) for linking database objects to solutions
  • Enhanced DevOps branching strategy for code maintenance

SMART Business Transformation Program

Trane Technologies
01.2015 - 01.2021
  • Led a multi-year program to upgrade 12-15 global manufacturing plants and distribution centers in the HVAC sectors
  • The initiative included enhancements in demand planning, supply chain functions, order management, finance, project management, manufacturing, service and warranty, MES systems, inventory management, and logistics functions Responsibilities: Technical Solution Management & Delivery: Oversee end-to-end technical solutions
  • Systems Understanding: Grasp existing systems, solutions, and API architecture
  • Design Workshops: Create technical solutions and Integrations architecture Design Validation: Confirm designs with various stakeholders including Functional Solution Architects, Enterprise Architecture, Project Managers, Business SMEs, Tech Leads, Functional Analysts, and System Owners
  • Development Coordination: Manage development with internal and external teams
  • Testing Management: Oversee quality, risk management and volume testing of integrations/APIs
  • Cut-over Planning: Plan code migration, stabilization, and understand data conversions for cut-over activity
  • Special Projects: Design integrations/APIs for WMS and shipping with partners like Dematic, FedEx, UPS, and Oracle OTM for parts planning, picking, packing, and shipping
  • Project Scale: All projects were multi-million-dollar projects with 20-70+ team members.

Salesforce & CPQ Project

05.2019 - 02.2020
  • Delivered a project to enhance the customer experience by integrating Oracle CPQ, Oracle EBS, Salesforce, Siebel, PIM (Product Catalog), and Adobe Sign for streamlined pricing and quoting for the sales team
  • The project was complex and completed on time.

On-Prem to OCI Migration

04.2019 - 10.2019
  • Technical Lead for migrating the global instance of Oracle Applications ecosystem to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

RFID Enablement

04.2018 - 01.2019
  • Implemented RFID for PO receiving and inventory movement across multiple manufacturing plants.

Conversion Tech Lead

06.2014 - 01.2015
  • Led a team of 24 developers to create data loader/conversion programs using a closed-loop design methodology for enhanced user experience and data conversion cycle
  • Completed the project 4 months ahead of schedule
  • Developed around 90 data loaders in 5 months, which have been used for multiple plants, deployments, and global sites over the past 10 years.

Manager – Technical Systems Development

Calrson Inc.
04.2010 - 06.2014
  • Managed application development and support, maintaining a strong relationship with Oracle Managed Cloud Services
  • Ensured Oracle EBS availability exceeded acceptable levels for IT and business teams
  • Conducted regular meetings with Oracle to manage issues, deliver projects, and handle upgrades and patches
  • Project Delivery and Support: Canada Set of Books: Led the technical team to implement a new set of books for a Canadian business unit for building Oracle default Tax Adapters, Bank Payments and Reconciliations Integrations
  • Batch Scheduling Tool Replacement: Led the selection and implementation of a new batch scheduling tool, achieving over $100K in cost savings and successfully running over 1200 scripts 24/7
  • P-Card Expense Management: Enabled better controls, audit trails, and approval processes for P-Card expenses, allowing for self-service entry and online receipt support
  • Data Center Migration: Played a key role in migrating the Data Center for Oracle EBS and related financial software, overcoming additional challenges such as upgrading databases and rewriting scripts, and completing the project on time.

Team Lead

IBM Corporation, MN
03.2007 - 03.2010
  • Markview Implementation: Played a key role in implementing Markview, an integrated AP imaging software, saving Carlson $100K monthly in ongoing support costs
  • Batch Schedule Stabilization: Contributed to stabilizing the nightly batch schedule, reducing support tickets and support time
  • I-Expense Integration: Led the implementation of i-Expense and its integration with Markview, managing other integration projects with third-party vendor software
  • Bank Interfaces: Collaborated with banks to design inbound credit card interfaces and outbound payment interfaces.

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007
  • Joined Shared Services division of Carlson, a global leader in the marketing, travel, and hospitality industries, to enhance functionality and maintain Oracle Financials and integrated applications as a developer and then transitioned into a Team Lead role
  • Oracle ERP Transformation Project: (Jan 2005 – March 2007) Tech Lead responsible for Data Conversions and Enhancements Conversion Lead: Played a key role in conversion planning, management, solution design, defining dependencies, and performance tuning of conversion programs
  • Managed a team of over 10 people
  • Extension Lead: Led the design of critical value-added extensions (customizations) to meet Carlson's business needs: Developed an extension to convert Chart of Accounts from various systems to Oracle 11i, essential for most conversions, interfaces, and extensions
  • Led Tax Integrations of Oracle Applications 11i with Taxware, including custom tax calculation components for Oracle Projects and Oracle AR, and designed the overall Oracle AP adapter with Tax integration
  • Designed extensions for Project Costing and Billing, including billing cycle, allocation, labor costing and Fixed Assets to support joint venture franchises

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007
  • Joined Shared Services division of Carlson, a global leader in the marketing, travel, and hospitality industries, to enhance functionality and maintain Oracle Financials and integrated applications as a developer and then transitioned into a Team Lead role
  • Oracle ERP Transformation Project: (Jan 2005 – March 2007) Tech Lead responsible for Data Conversions and Enhancements Conversion Lead: Played a key role in conversion planning, management, solution design, defining dependencies, and performance tuning of conversion programs
  • Managed a team of over 10 people
  • Extension Lead: Led the design of critical value-added extensions (customizations) to meet Carlson's business needs: Developed an extension to convert Chart of Accounts from various systems to Oracle 11i, essential for most conversions, interfaces, and extensions
  • Led Tax Integrations of Oracle Applications 11i with Taxware, including custom tax calculation components for Oracle Projects and Oracle AR, and designed the overall Oracle AP adapter with Tax integration
  • Designed extensions for Project Costing and Billing, including billing cycle, allocation, labor costing and Fixed Assets to support joint venture franchises

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007
  • Joined Shared Services division of Carlson, a global leader in the marketing, travel, and hospitality industries, to enhance functionality and maintain Oracle Financials and integrated applications as a developer and then transitioned into a Team Lead role
  • Oracle ERP Transformation Project: (Jan 2005 – March 2007) Tech Lead responsible for Data Conversions and Enhancements Conversion Lead: Played a key role in conversion planning, management, solution design, defining dependencies, and performance tuning of conversion programs
  • Managed a team of over 10 people
  • Extension Lead: Led the design of critical value-added extensions (customizations) to meet Carlson's business needs: Developed an extension to convert Chart of Accounts from various systems to Oracle 11i, essential for most conversions, interfaces, and extensions
  • Led Tax Integrations of Oracle Applications 11i with Taxware, including custom tax calculation components for Oracle Projects and Oracle AR, and designed the overall Oracle AP adapter with Tax integration
  • Designed extensions for Project Costing and Billing, including billing cycle, allocation, labor costing and Fixed Assets to support joint venture franchises

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007
  • Joined Shared Services division of Carlson, a global leader in the marketing, travel, and hospitality industries, to enhance functionality and maintain Oracle Financials and integrated applications as a developer and then transitioned into a Team Lead role
  • Oracle ERP Transformation Project: (Jan 2005 – March 2007) Tech Lead responsible for Data Conversions and Enhancements Conversion Lead: Played a key role in conversion planning, management, solution design, defining dependencies, and performance tuning of conversion programs
  • Managed a team of over 10 people
  • Extension Lead: Led the design of critical value-added extensions (customizations) to meet Carlson's business needs: Developed an extension to convert Chart of Accounts from various systems to Oracle 11i, essential for most conversions, interfaces, and extensions
  • Led Tax Integrations of Oracle Applications 11i with Taxware, including custom tax calculation components for Oracle Projects and Oracle AR, and designed the overall Oracle AP adapter with Tax integration
  • Designed extensions for Project Costing and Billing, including billing cycle, allocation, labor costing and Fixed Assets to support joint venture franchises

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007
  • Joined Shared Services division of Carlson, a global leader in the marketing, travel, and hospitality industries, to enhance functionality and maintain Oracle Financials and integrated applications as a developer and then transitioned into a Team Lead role
  • Oracle ERP Transformation Project: (Jan 2005 – March 2007) Tech Lead responsible for Data Conversions and Enhancements Conversion Lead: Played a key role in conversion planning, management, solution design, defining dependencies, and performance tuning of conversion programs
  • Managed a team of over 10 people
  • Extension Lead: Led the design of critical value-added extensions (customizations) to meet Carlson's business needs: Developed an extension to convert Chart of Accounts from various systems to Oracle 11i, essential for most conversions, interfaces, and extensions
  • Led Tax Integrations of Oracle Applications 11i with Taxware, including custom tax calculation components for Oracle Projects and Oracle AR, and designed the overall Oracle AP adapter with Tax integration
  • Designed extensions for Project Costing and Billing, including billing cycle, allocation, labor costing and Fixed Assets to support joint venture franchises

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007
  • Joined Shared Services division of Carlson, a global leader in the marketing, travel, and hospitality industries, to enhance functionality and maintain Oracle Financials and integrated applications as a developer and then transitioned into a Team Lead role
  • Oracle ERP Transformation Project: (Jan 2005 – March 2007) Tech Lead responsible for Data Conversions and Enhancements Conversion Lead: Played a key role in conversion planning, management, solution design, defining dependencies, and performance tuning of conversion programs
  • Managed a team of over 10 people
  • Extension Lead: Led the design of critical value-added extensions (customizations) to meet Carlson's business needs: Developed an extension to convert Chart of Accounts from various systems to Oracle 11i, essential for most conversions, interfaces, and extensions
  • Led Tax Integrations of Oracle Applications 11i with Taxware, including custom tax calculation components for Oracle Projects and Oracle AR, and designed the overall Oracle AP adapter with Tax integration
  • Designed extensions for Project Costing and Billing, including billing cycle, allocation, labor costing and Fixed Assets to support joint venture franchises

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007
  • Joined Shared Services division of Carlson, a global leader in the marketing, travel, and hospitality industries, to enhance functionality and maintain Oracle Financials and integrated applications as a developer and then transitioned into a Team Lead role
  • Oracle ERP Transformation Project: (Jan 2005 – March 2007) Tech Lead responsible for Data Conversions and Enhancements Conversion Lead: Played a key role in conversion planning, management, solution design, defining dependencies, and performance tuning of conversion programs
  • Managed a team of over 10 people
  • Extension Lead: Led the design of critical value-added extensions (customizations) to meet Carlson's business needs: Developed an extension to convert Chart of Accounts from various systems to Oracle 11i, essential for most conversions, interfaces, and extensions
  • Led Tax Integrations of Oracle Applications 11i with Taxware, including custom tax calculation components for Oracle Projects and Oracle AR, and designed the overall Oracle AP adapter with Tax integration
  • Designed extensions for Project Costing and Billing, including billing cycle, allocation, labor costing and Fixed Assets to support joint venture franchises

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007
  • Joined Shared Services division of Carlson, a global leader in the marketing, travel, and hospitality industries, to enhance functionality and maintain Oracle Financials and integrated applications as a developer and then transitioned into a Team Lead role
  • Oracle ERP Transformation Project: (Jan 2005 – March 2007) Tech Lead responsible for Data Conversions and Enhancements Conversion Lead: Played a key role in conversion planning, management, solution design, defining dependencies, and performance tuning of conversion programs
  • Managed a team of over 10 people
  • Extension Lead: Led the design of critical value-added extensions (customizations) to meet Carlson's business needs: Developed an extension to convert Chart of Accounts from various systems to Oracle 11i, essential for most conversions, interfaces, and extensions
  • Led Tax Integrations of Oracle Applications 11i with Taxware, including custom tax calculation components for Oracle Projects and Oracle AR, and designed the overall Oracle AP adapter with Tax integration
  • Designed extensions for Project Costing and Billing, including billing cycle, allocation, labor costing and Fixed Assets to support joint venture franchises

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007
  • Joined Shared Services division of Carlson, a global leader in the marketing, travel, and hospitality industries, to enhance functionality and maintain Oracle Financials and integrated applications as a developer and then transitioned into a Team Lead role
  • Oracle ERP Transformation Project: (Jan 2005 – March 2007) Tech Lead responsible for Data Conversions and Enhancements Conversion Lead: Played a key role in conversion planning, management, solution design, defining dependencies, and performance tuning of conversion programs
  • Managed a team of over 10 people
  • Extension Lead: Led the design of critical value-added extensions (customizations) to meet Carlson's business needs: Developed an extension to convert Chart of Accounts from various systems to Oracle 11i, essential for most conversions, interfaces, and extensions
  • Led Tax Integrations of Oracle Applications 11i with Taxware, including custom tax calculation components for Oracle Projects and Oracle AR, and designed the overall Oracle AP adapter with Tax integration
  • Designed extensions for Project Costing and Billing, including billing cycle, allocation, labor costing and Fixed Assets to support joint venture franchises

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007
  • Joined Shared Services division of Carlson, a global leader in the marketing, travel, and hospitality industries, to enhance functionality and maintain Oracle Financials and integrated applications as a developer and then transitioned into a Team Lead role
  • Oracle ERP Transformation Project: (Jan 2005 – March 2007) Tech Lead responsible for Data Conversions and Enhancements Conversion Lead: Played a key role in conversion planning, management, solution design, defining dependencies, and performance tuning of conversion programs
  • Managed a team of over 10 people
  • Extension Lead: Led the design of critical value-added extensions (customizations) to meet Carlson's business needs: Developed an extension to convert Chart of Accounts from various systems to Oracle 11i, essential for most conversions, interfaces, and extensions
  • Led Tax Integrations of Oracle Applications 11i with Taxware, including custom tax calculation components for Oracle Projects and Oracle AR, and designed the overall Oracle AP adapter with Tax integration
  • Designed extensions for Project Costing and Billing, including billing cycle, allocation, labor costing and Fixed Assets to support joint venture franchises

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007

Education

Bachelor of Science -

Delhi University

Skills

    Technical Leadership

    Integration/API Design & Architecture

    REST/SOAP APIs

    Oracle Fusion MW

    Oracle Applications R122 (EBS, ASCP, ACZ)

    DevOps GitHub

    Performance Management

    Risk Management

Volunteer Experience

  • Chance Foundation, Board Director, 2016 – 2021
  • Chance Foundation, Trustee, 2016 – current
  • Hindu American Temple School (HATS), Hindi Teacher, 2008 - current

References

Available upon request

Training

  • PMP Boot Camp
  • Oracle Apps
  • Oracle Workflow
  • Java
  • Peoplesoft
  • Franklin Covey 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
  • Oracle Enterprise DBA Architecture & Admin
  • Oracle SQL Statement Tuning Workshop
  • Mainframe - Network Operating System-Virtual Environment (NOS-VE) of Cyber 180 based Mainframe OS

Timeline

Salesforce & CPQ Project

05.2019 - 02.2020

On-Prem to OCI Migration

04.2019 - 10.2019

RFID Enablement

04.2018 - 01.2019

SMART Business Transformation Program

Trane Technologies
01.2015 - 01.2021

Conversion Tech Lead

06.2014 - 01.2015

Manager – Technical Systems Development

Calrson Inc.
04.2010 - 06.2014

Team Lead

IBM Corporation, MN
03.2007 - 03.2010

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007

Team Lead

Carlson Inc.
07.1999 - 03.2007

Technical Solutions Architect

Trane Technologies (Formerly Ingersoll Rand until 2020)
6 2014 - Current

Bachelor of Science -

Delhi University
Dharmender ChaudharyTechnical Solution Architect