John Gabriel
Houston
Summary
Dynamic, self-driven, results-oriented executive who is an effective strategic leader with over 20 years of experience. Reputation for the highest ethical standards and professionalism. Proven experience completing complex initiatives that were previously stalled or in disarray. Accomplished managing multi-million dollar budgets and large IT organizations. Visionary strategic problem solver who embraces and effectively implements new ideas and innovative cost-effective technology approaches to improve organizational effectiveness. Persuasive oral and written communication skills. Likable leader open to feedback and able to mold a department into an organized and cohesive team focused on meeting strategic objectives. Bridge between Information Technology and the business with ability to communicate with both and be understood.
Overview
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Certification
Work History
Project Manager
Nassau County
NY
- This project will upgrade PeopleSoft HCM from version 9.1 to 9.2 and retrofit over 450 custom objects to work with the new version
- The project follows a 14-month timeline covering planning, customization analysis, system and user acceptance testing, final cutover and migrations, as well as hyper care support.
Project Manager
Solano County
CA
- The project was to upgrade existing PeopleSoft HCM tools, migrates infrastructure from on-prem datacentres into Oracle Cloud tenancy, retains historical data integrity post cloud transition while building future capabilities
- Requirements finalized in collaborative design workshop, solution leverages conversion programs for customizations and data migration and follows a phased test-learn-fix approach
- Fortnightly governance reviews and monthly communications update executive sponsors and county staff on milestone progress tied to business outcomes.
Project Manager
National Oil Well Varco
Houston, TX
- This application is web based mapping application for wells system
- The application collects the information of the oil wells and the information of shape files and renders/plots the wells on the map
- It is a generic control and allows users to navigate, selection, print, report etc
- On the control.
- Created team objectives and roles with specific goals outlined for each individual.
- Provided guidance to team members regarding tasks assigned to them.
- Developed solutions to project risks and issues, meeting quality and timeline goals and objectives.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers based on company objectives and budget constraints.
- Created project status presentations for delivery to customers or project personnel.
- Produced thorough, accurate and timely reports of project activities.
Project Manager
GE Appliances
Hartford, CT
- Implementation of Oracle HRMS, Global Roll Out
- Partner for a successful four month 13 country Global Rollout
- Develop and deliver a successful worldwide HRMS Super User class.
- Provided guidance to team members regarding tasks assigned to them.
- Developed solutions to project risks and issues, meeting quality and timeline goals and objectives.
- Coordinated resources across multiple departments and teams as needed for successful completion of projects.
- Drafted project construction schedule and updated as job progressed.
- Identified project needs by reviewing project objectives and schedules.
- Generated and tracked change orders and other contractual modifications affecting budget and schedule.
- Created project status presentations for delivery to customers or project personnel.
- Managed contracts with vendors and suppliers by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables.
- Furnished project updates to various stakeholders, informing on strategy, adjustments and progress.
- Prepared cost estimates for projects of varying sizes.
Project Manager
AT&T
- OVALS -NSP (One View Address and Location System - Network Serving Plan)
- The OVALS-NSP system is a repository for AT&T DSL services
- The system holds performance information of phone/fibre lines of individual households located in AT&T service providing area
- This information along with the business logic determines if a given physical address is qualified for DSL services
- Any potential customer has to get qualified through OVALS system before subscribing for a DSL service.
Project Manager
Arm & Hammer
- Implementation of Sales Rapid Marts and migrating Data from various data source to ECC 6.0, retire few old systems existing for Logistics (Nestevo) and Demand and Supply Planning (VIManugistics), this project was executed in partnership with Accenture.
Project Manager
Mattress Firm
- Generation of Reports using Microsoft BI Stack (SSRS, SSIS) and populating them on SharePoint 2012, working in Conjunction with Microsoft Technical Team.
Project Manager
Francesca’s
- Implementation of BI Suite to track Sales, Liabilities, Revenue, and Incentives, related Financial Dynamics of 350 boutiques located in 45 states.
Project Manager
Herbalife
- Implementation of Oracle AR/AP Modules.
Education
Skills
- PMP – Project Management Professional
Six Sigma Green Belt
- Agile
- CSM – Certified Scrum Master
- Scrum
- SDLC
- Waterfall Project Management
- Initialization
- Planning
- Execution
- Monitoring
- Controlling
- Closing
- Business Analysis
- Change Management and Control
- Issue and Risk Management
- PMO
- Business Continuity Planning
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- PMBOK Project Management Principles
- Vendor Management
- Stakeholder Relations
- Executive Communications
- Microsoft Office Suite – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project
- SharePoint
- Project Server
- Great organizational, communication, interpersonal, analytical & conflict resolution skills
- Managed Projects using PMP Methodologies
- Proficient in Business Finance & Procurement: Quotes, Tenders, Bids, RFQ’s & Contracts
- Managed as many as 60 Resources which include Developers, Analysts and QA
- Managed Projects in excess of $10M using PM tools such as MS Project, TFS
- In depth technical consulting experience including Business Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Business Process Engineering, Database Design, Data Warehousing, Technical Specification Development, Product Design, Data Migration, Systems Integration, Quality Assurance, Implementation and Systems Sustainment
- Business expertise in Oil and Gas, Retail, life science, medical, financial, manufacturing, telecommunications and Supply Chain Management (SCM)
- Fluent in ERP development including SAP BODS, SAP BI, Oracle Financials, Oracle HCM, Peoplesoft HCM
- In depth records management validation experience including document versioning, classification schemes and retention schedules
- Fluent in relational and object oriented database design and development using SQL Server 2005/2008/2013
- Fluent in knowledge management and intelligent search technology including Case Based Reasoning (CBR) applications
- Resource Allocation
- Work Flow Planning
- Project Management
- Vendor Sourcing
- Schedule Management
- Data Analysis
- Cost Control
- Project Planning
- Contract Management
- Systems Implementation
- Risk Management
- Inventory Control
- Procedure Development
- Workforce Training
- Project Tracking
- Logistics Management
- Project Development
Certification
Project Management Professional – PMI
Oracle B2C Service 2021 Solution Engineers Specialist
Oracle Policy Automation Cloud Service 2019 Solution Engineer Specialist
Timeline
Project Manager
Nassau County
Project Manager
Solano County
Project Manager
National Oil Well Varco
Project Manager
GE Appliances
Project Manager
AT&T
Project Manager
Arm & Hammer
Project Manager
Mattress Firm
Project Manager
Francesca’s
Project Manager
Herbalife