Nenad Kolonich
Salt Lake City,UT
Summary
Highly accomplished Director with over 20 years of experience in strategic technical leadership and project management. Proven track record of spearheading strategic initiatives. Achieved a significant organizational overhaul and realized a net cost savings of $7.25M through efficiency enhancements. Responsible for ongoing management of HR systems, serving as project manager and supporting the global conglomerate of 14 business units. Built and managed a team of 15 Consultants while successfully handling Fortune 50 customer projects and escalations. Expertise in architecting solutions that meet complex business requirements.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director Human Resources Information System
Structure Tone Group
07.2022 - Current
- Served as an integral executive leader, responsible for establishing optimization among HR products and processes.
- Led company's largest software investment project, overseeing a diverse team of 100+ members from HR, Technology, and Executive departments to facilitate groundbreaking organizational transformation.
- Built a team responsible for supporting all HR-related systems, including benefits system, HCM, payroll and compensation, and learning and talent systems, overseeing all maintenance, administration, escalation, and security-related issues
- Led the initiative to modernize the 16-year-old existing system, including a bidding process with multiple vendors, ultimately launching a transformative Oracle Cloud HCM migration to enhance the HR system capabilities
- Enhance cross-functional collaboration by maintaining consistent communication between HR Technology team and various departments
- Established a solid foundation for maintaining Oracle systems post-merger, ensuring seamless transfer of human data into the system and effective planning for patches and upgrades.
- Collaboratively met analytical needs of leaders across multiple regions such as the US, Canada, and the UK
Senior Product Manager
Workday
08.2019 - 07.2022
- Recognized for continuous top performance and promoted up through the organization, ultimately becoming the Senior Product Manager, serving as the critical liaison between customers and developers, focusing on feedback and issue resolution
- Responsible for developing Workday tools to be used in exploring new service possibilities, focusing on providing industry-specific analytic solutions
- Integral in collaborating with existing customers who have purchased analytic solutions but are not in use, listening to how the business functions, and producing use cases to build prototypes of how the solution could be advantageous to the organization
- Directly responsible for managing program timelines for multiple solutions, continuously monitoring performance to maintain on-time delivery with the highest-quality results
- Improved user experience by collaborating closely with design and development teams on UI/UX enhancements.
- Managed product roadmaps, aligning with company goals and ensuring timely delivery of key features.
Data Conversion Manager
Workday
08.2017 - 01.2019
- Promoted to Data Conversion Manager and grew the team from 3 to 14, training, developing, and mentoring to build a top-performing team
- Responsible for the architecture of complex business solutions for top fortune 50 customers, respond to sensitive escalations
- Collaborated with Sales to scope contracts, identifying time needed for implementation to determine charges based on scope
- Directly led projects with high accounts, including the world’s largest retailer and world’s 2nd largest communications company
- Responsible for analyzing and monitoring partner performance, personally stepping in when there was a failure, and bringing the project back on track to support a live launch
- Established methodology that continues to be used at Workday concerning large enterprise data conversion and creating data conversion tools that are still used for conversion and implementation.
Senior Data Conversion Consultant
Workday
12.2014 - 08.2017
- Personally led over 80 projects with 200+ builds supporting international clients, focusing on the implementation of the largest bank in Canada
- Leveraged expertise and best practices to troubleshoot complex data conversion issues, performing as a trusted guide for customers throughout data extraction and ensuring understanding of data requirements and conversion intricacies.
Senior Consultant
Deltek
01.2010 - 12.2014
- Promoted to Senior Maconomy Consultant responsible for providing tailored solutions for client challenges, overseeing a diverse suite of integrated enterprise solutions for professional services firms, focusing on providing tailored solutions to address specific client needs, and collaborating with Engineering teams to ensure complex problem resolution
- Facilitated in-depth systems analysis and needs assessments through client interaction and data gathering and utilized data to support proactive and reactive engagement.
Costpoint, Senior Analyst
Deltek
01.2006 - 01.2010
- Hired as Costpoint Senior Analyst responsible for resolving complex technical customer issues concerning the Costpoint software.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Systems and Services
University of Pheonix
Associate Degrees - Network and System Administration/AdministrationComputer Technology/Computer Systems Technology
Heald College
Skills
- Project Management
- People Management
- Outstanding Verbal and written communication
- Strategic Planning
- Performance Management
- Change Initiatives
- Data Governance
- Product Management
- Team Building & Leadership
- Executive Collaboration
- Continuous Process Optimization
- Training & Development
Websites
Accomplishments
- Core HR
- Benefits
- Recruiting
- Reporting
- Prism
- Extend
- Core HCM
- Core Reporting
Workday Certifications
Oracle Certifications
Certification
- CCNA – Cisco
- Oracle Certified Associated A+
- Human Capital Management, Workday
- Recruiting Certification, Workday
Languages
Croatian
Native or Bilingual
German
Professional Working
Macedonian
Native or Bilingual
Serbian
Native or Bilingual
Bulgarian
Professional Working
Timeline
Director Human Resources Information System
Structure Tone Group
07.2022 - Current
Senior Product Manager
Workday
08.2019 - 07.2022
Data Conversion Manager
Workday
08.2017 - 01.2019
Senior Data Conversion Consultant
Workday
12.2014 - 08.2017
Senior Consultant
Deltek
01.2010 - 12.2014
Costpoint, Senior Analyst
Deltek
01.2006 - 01.2010
Bachelor of Science - Information Systems and Services
University of Pheonix
Associate Degrees - Network and System Administration/AdministrationComputer Technology/Computer Systems Technology
Heald College
- CCNA – Cisco
- Oracle Certified Associated A+
- Human Capital Management, Workday
- Recruiting Certification, Workday
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