John O'Halloran - Project Manager and IT Consultant

<body bgcolor="#ffffff"> <p>A well educated, highly motivated Senior Project Manager / Applications Manager / IT Consultant, with business experience in both Supply Chain Management and Financial Services. Experience includes: - <br /> <br /> * Multi Discipline, Certified, Project Manager, 14 Years.<br /> * “Hybrid” IT Professional, operating at several levels within the project team, Business and Technical.<br /> * ERP Implementation including one full lifecycle SAP-FI project.<br /> * Global Vendor & Blue Chip Client Experience, 17 Years.<br /> * Financial Services & Supply Chain Management Projects.<br /> * Stakeholder Management, Vendor Management & Off shore Development.<br /> * Diverse teams over 100 people, Implementation & Developments in Excess of 12,000 days, Budgets to €10 Million.<br /> * Implementations include Financial Accounting, Vehicle Importation, Logistics, Warranty, Automotive CRM, Sales and Distribution, Financial Services Front Office and Back Office Applications, Vehicle / Asset Leasing, Data Warehousing, Infrastructure Projects & Web Enabling of Applications in both .NET and J2EE.<br /> <br /> Considered to be a self-starter who leads by example both individually and as part of a team. A hard working individual whom actively employs a ‘Hands on’ approach, maintains a business and delivery focus, is methodical, flexible, adaptable, communicative, energetic, a quick learner and can readily apply a common sense approach to a given situation. A person who possesses a wealth of client facing experience attained both internationally and within the UK. Finally, a ‘Complete Finisher’ who takes great pride and enthusiasm in their work and who strives for the highest levels of quality attainable without compromise.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Nationality:<br /> <br /> * British<br /> <br /> Current Location:<br /> <br /> * Bangkok / Tokyo<br /> <br /> Roles:<br /> <br /> * Senior Project Manager<br /> * Applications Management<br /> * Vendor Management<br /> * IT Consultant<br /> * Business Intelligence<br /> * Strategic Alignment<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Qualifications:<br /> <br /> * MSc Information Technology and Management incorporating SAP.<br /> * B/Tec National Diploma in Computer Science.<br /> * Prince 2 Certified, Foundation and Practitioner. Association of Project Managers Reg No. P2R/01521<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Business expertise:<br /> <br /> * Automotive - 20 years<br /> * Supply Chain Management - 20 years<br /> * Financial Services - 3 years <br /> <br /> Packages Implemented:<br /> <br /> * SAP FI<br /> * IDSe42 / IBS e42 / IBS Auto (IBS Automotive)<br /> * Kerridge Automotive<br /> - Importer (IMS)<br /> - Fleet (Kestrel)<br /> * DCS Importer/400e Automotive ERP System.<br /> <br /> Business Intelligence:<br /> <br /> * Cognos 7.4<br /> * SAP BW<br /> * Business Objects<br /> * InfoManager <br /> <br /> Platform expertise:<br /> <br /> * IBM ISeries - 20 years<br /> * Unix - 4 Years<br /> * IBM Mainframe - 1 Year<br /> * Microsoft Windows - 15 years <br /> <br /> Development Skills:<br /> <br /> * Advantage 2E (Cool:2E, Synon/2) - 15 years<br /> * RPG and CL - 16 years <br /> <br /> Countries worked in:<br /> <br /> * UK<br /> * Japan<br /> * Russia<br /> * USA<br /> * Netherlands<br /> * Puerto Rico<br /> * Portugal<br /> * Thailand<br /> * Hong Kong<br /> * Ireland<br /> * Germany<br /> * Finland<br /> * France<br /> * Chile<br /> * Australia<br /> * Malaysia<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Summary of Engagements:<br /> <br /> Client: ERP Vendor & IBM Premier Partner, July 2005 ~ Present Day<br /> Position: Senior Project Manager<br /> "ERP Vendor and Services provider listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, 2006 Turnover 250m Euros with approximately 3,000 employees worldwide."<br /> <br /> * Japanese Automotive OEM, Global Account Management - ERP and DMS Implementations, Bangkok / Tokyo, October 2008 ~ Present Day<br /> Implement operational standards globally for wholesale distribution and rollout Dealer Management System (DMS) across 35 sites. Business Partner Management.<br /> <br /> * Major Russian Automotive Parts Distributor - ERP Implementation, Moscow, June 2008 ~ October 2008<br /> Exponentially growing parts distribution business based in Moscow importing Japanese OEM parts and accessories from both local and international suppliers for distribution across Russia to both a captive and independent retail network. The project is to replace existing in-house systems with a more scalable ERP solution with advanced forecasting.<br /> <br /> * Major European Automotive Importer / Distributor (Quality Brands) ERP Implementation Programme, Netherlands, March 2005 ~ November 2008<br /> The largest independent automotive importer and distributor in Europe importing quality and premium European brands, approx 200k units p.a. Turnover €5bn. The programme is to replace the existing mainframe application with the IDSe42 ERP application across all areas of the automotive business together with Business Intelligence functionality. The team has consisted of over 100 people of all disciplines over 12,000 man days, the project was challenging in terms of both complexity and transactional volume; the third phase of the programme was delivered successfully in June 2007.<br /> <br /> <br /> Client: Major European Automotive Manufacturer Financial Services. March 2005 ~ July 2005<br /> Position: Programme Launch Planning Manager (Interim Contract)<br /> <br /> <br /> * UK Dealer Showroom Launch Programme, March 2005 ~ July 2005 Develop a web front end within the J2EE framework to process finance quotes for 900 users across 300 locations, submitting them to a back office application to perform underwriting, credit scoring and decision support using workflow processes for 200 users across eight branch locations. The solution also includes document imaging technologies and business intelligence to be provided by Business Objects. It is anticipated that the solution will handle the processing of in excess over 100k quotes and 90k agreements per annum. Interim contract to facilitate rollout scope and produce plan using 50 resources in approximately 4,000 man day’s effort.<br /> <br /> <br /> Client: Major European Automotive Manufacturer Financial Services. October 2002 ~ March 2005<br /> Position: Senior Project Manager / Corporate & Fleet Applications Management / Vendor Management<br /> <br /> * Duties - Project Management and the line management of a team consisting of Project Leaders, Business Analysts and Developers supporting SAP-FI & BW, Kerridge and VB applications that administer four financial related products. Other duties include supplier management of SAP Partners, Kerridge and GEDAS.<br /> <br /> * SAP FI Implementation & Integration Project, November 2003 ~ January 2005 Replace Kerridge Finance module with SAP-FI, migrate data and build bespoke interface into SAP-FI using ABAP/4 from Fleet Application. Led a team of forty one people to implement this project over 1,500 man days.<br /> <br /> * Dealer Funding Rationalisation Project, July 2004 ~ March 2005 Replace a CICS mainframe TOTAL database with DB2 and replace MANTIS code with APS and integrate the application with SAP BW for Bank of England compliance reporting.<br /> <br /> * Unix Server Migration to Germany Project, October 2003 ~ May 2004 Migrate Kerridge application from UK into a secure high availability environment at their banking facilities in Germany.<br /> <br /> * Client Service Letters Project, October 2004 ~ March 2005 To develop a bespoke letters module to automate the production of client letters during the contract life cycle.<br /> <br /> * Fleet Transformation Programme, December 2002 ~ March 2005 Re-engineer business processes to eliminate inefficiencies and duplication of systems and data.<br /> <br /> * BACS Adherence Project, November 2002 ~ November 2003 Ensure BACS regulation compliancy by developing letter functionality within Fleet application and Papyrus.<br /> <br /> * Web Enablement Proof of Concept Project, November 2002 ~ April 2003 Web enable fleet application using the Microsoft .NET framework and XML messaging.<br /> <br /> * Kerridge Kestrel 8.2 Upgrade Project, October 2002 ~ December 2002 Upgrade and complete regression testing of the existing Kestrel Fleet system to version 8.2<br /> <br /> <br /> Client: Automotive ERP Vendor (Ireland). June 2002 ~ October 2002<br /> Position: Consultant<br /> <br /> "A supplier of services and ERP systems based on Windows, UNIX and NT platforms pre-dominantly to the retail motor industry."<br /> <br /> * Independent Japanese Automotive Importer, Puerto Rico, June 2002 ~ October 2002 Worked as a consultant supporting this recent installation of Kerridge’s Automotive Importer Software.<br /> <br /> <br /> Client: Automotive ERP Vendor (UK). October 1989 ~ April 2002<br /> Position: Senior Project Manager / Country Manager<br /> <br /> "An IBM Business Associate, Value Added Reseller and SAP Partner that was listed in the FTSE 350. It supplies ERP software, and services to the automotive industry across the entire supply chain."<br /> <br /> * Independent Multi Brand Automotive Importer, Hong Kong. December 2001 ~ February 2002 Managed a business process review and gap analysis with the view to implementing DCS’ ERP Solution.<br /> <br /> * Major Japanese Manufacturer - Importer / National Sales Company. ERP Programme, Puerto Rico. April 2001 ~ February 2002 Managed a team of 20 people including project managers, business analysts and developers to implement an ERP solution. Modules included; Vehicle Importation, Financial Accounting, Inventory Management, Sales & Distribution, Automotive CRM, Warranty and a Web Enabled dealer facility.<br /> <br /> * Internal Product Development Project. October 1999 ~ March 2000 Managed development to web enable an iSeries based ERP software to allow dealers to place orders and warranty claims.<br /> <br /> * Japanese Manufacturer - Importer / National Sales Company. ERP Programme, Portugal. February 1999 ~ October 1999 Managed the implementation of an ERP Solution to reduce operating costs including a Data Warehousing solution.<br /> <br /> * Y2K Project, Tokyo, Japan. December 1998 ~ February 1999 Managed a Year 2000 project for the Japanese version of the Automotive ERP package and upgraded all clients in Japan.<br /> <br /> * European Manufacturer - Importer / National Sales Company. ERP Programme, Tokyo. April 1998 ~ December 1998 Implement automotive ERP application. <br /> * Regional Support Facility, Tokyo, Japan. April 1997 Tasked with opening and managing a regional support facility in Tokyo in April 1997 to support the major blue chip client base.<br /> <br /> * Major US Manufacturer - Importer / National Sales Company. ERP Project, Tokyo. May 1996 ~ April 1998 Design and implement a sales order processing and Inventory management system using the early automotive ERP inventory module with a great deal of modifications to handle more advanced warehousing functionality and automated dealer ordering via PC windows based applications (1,000+ days work).<br /> <br /> * Major US Manufacturer - Importer / National Sales Company. ERP Project, Tokyo. January 1995 ~ April 1996 Led a team of six people, designed and developed a specific Vehicle Importation management system for Chrysler Corporation. This system was subsequently rolled out to five countries.<br /> <br /> * Various Project Work. October 1989 ~ January 1995 Managed smaller projects (£100k) in Japan and worked as an Implementation Consultant and Analyst Programmer for many Automotive clients worldwide.<br /> <br /> <br /> Client: Supply Chain Vendor. May 1988 ~ October 1989<br /> Position: Programmer/Analyst<br /> <br /> "Small vendor employing approximately twenty people and supplies Sales Order Processing and Inventory Control systems to the general distribution industry."<br /> <br /> * IBM AS/400 Launch Client Projects Migrated System/36 applications onto AS/400, performed enhancements and general support.</p> </body>