Accomplished professional with 19+ years of experience in IT & Consulting. Large, complex, innovative, risky & mission critical projects delivery in different countries. Equally adept at people and business management. Setting up and incubation of the Project Teams, Consulting Practices and Project Management Offices. Solid experience in Business Analysis, Business Development, Project and Program Management, Business Transformation, Change Management, Risk Management, Project Assurance. Integration of SAP and/or non-SAP applications. Custom Development, including the off-shore one. Massive Data Cleansing & Migration. Industries: e-Commerce, Retail, Consulting, Utilities, Manufacturing, Mining, Oil & Gas, Public Sector Finance. Apps: SAP ERP (FI, FM, CO, MM, SD, PM), SAP BI, SAP Merchandise & Assortment Planning, SAP CRM, SAP PI/XI & Data Services, SAP HANA. Also: Oracle EBS, MS Project Server, MS SharePoint, JIRA. Citizenship: Russia, Canada. SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS • Experience in IT/Consulting since 1995. Since 1998 worked for Oracle, SAP and their partners and customers. • Roles in Consultancy: Project/Program Manager/Director, Bid Manager, Practice/PMO Manager. • Roles at the Customer’s side: IT Manager\CIO\Accounting Manager\SAP Manager. • Industries: Consulting, Utilities, Manufacturing, Mining, Oil & Gas, Retail, e-Commerce, Public Sector/Finance. • Broad knowledge of and practical experience with products & functionality, tools & technologies from different vendors. • Delivered nationwide Projects funded by the World Bank & USAID and sponsored by IMF & UN in 1999-2006 • Strong experience in Team Building, Project Managers and Consultants supervising, training and coaching. • Relationships Management. Conflict Management. • Set up & incubated three successful Consulting Practices and have contributed a lot into development of two more. • Reorganized 3 IT Departments. Also – the Accounting, Finance and HR departments. • Solid Business Development skills. Sales & pre-sales. Directly sold some large projects. • Bid Management – led and participated in over 30 Bids. Both RFPs & Proposals Development. • Contracting: legal, technical, organizational, financial aspects. Contracts preparation, negotiations, deals closure. • Strong experience in Vendors management: assessment, selection, negotiations, engagement. • Strong negotiator and communicator. Steering Committees facilitation. Stakeholders engagement. • P&L, Budget, Scope, Resources Planning and Management. Quality & Risks: Planning, Identification and Management. • Plans, Schedules and WBS development & management. • Various types of Projects & Programs. Fixed Price and T&M. • COTS implementation as well as major custom development (including the off-shore ones & bespoken support). • Classic implementations an agile approaches. Industrial Solutions. Scoping Studies and Prototyping. • Business Analysis. Functional & Technical requirements & specifications development. • Business Transformations/Re-organizations/Re-engineering/Change Management. • Localization\translation of packaged and custom developed applications. • Systems Integration & Split; major Data Cleansing, Data Migrations & Split. SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS e-Commerce • SAP Manager in the Russia and CIS leader of Fashion e-Commerce • Full e-Commerce cycle: Analysis, Planning, Procurement, Logistics, Sales, Marketing, Collections, Reporting. • SAP: ERP, DWH &BI/BO on HANA, MAP (Merchandising & Assortment Planning), CRM. • Corporate Architecture, SAP Landscape and integration with front-end and legacy systems, Data Migration. Large scale, innovative and complex Projects and Programs • Specialized on innovative, technically and\or politically complex, highly risky, mission critical, visible projects • Delivered large & complex projects\programs in Public Sector, sponsored\funded by the World Bank/IMF/UN/USAID. • Developed Solutions, Approaches and Methodologies for the whole countries and/or industries Architecture and Solutions • All major projects required significant contribution in Architect role in the course of Solutions development • Architect role requires broad knowledge of products & functionality, tools & technologies from different vendors • Led the successful Solution elaboration and implementation in course of the Kazakh Treasury Modernization Project. • This Solution was recognized as the standard for the emerging countries at the Annual Session of the World Bank in 2000. • Led development of the similar Solution with wider functionality for Russian Federal Treasury IS (2003-2005, SAP based). • The similar Solution was implemented in Azerbaijan Finance Ministry • In 2007 developed Solution and successfully delivered a very specific Project – SAP Systems & Data Split and cleansing up • Implemented the innovative approach for the Selection\Evaluation and Implementation of the new CIS for SaskEnergy. Business Transformation & Change Management • Development and implementation of the Changes Strategies and Programs, both organizational and process • Implemented major Changes in course of projects delivered - up to the governmental level in Public Sector • Major Changes in Budget and Banking legislation of the whole countries and regions (Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Russia) • Also implemented major changes at corporate level in the commercial sector while working at Client’s side • Major Learning and Training programs were delivered in course of the Changes implemented Business Development • Managed\participated in over 30 tenders, including those sponsored\funded by the World Bank/IMF/ USAID • Won several of them - Russian nationwide companies, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan Finance Ministries Information Systems. • Strong experience in Vendors & Partners selection, contracting and management. • Both Prime-contractors and Sub-contractors roles. • Directly sold some large projects. • Broad experience in complex RFPs and Proposals development in different industries and countries.. • Successful experience in both Fixed Price and T&M Projects sales and delivery. Team Building • Successfully built and managed big international cross-functional Teams (over 50 Consultants directly subordinated). • Strong experience from both – Customer’s and Consultant’s sides. • Successfully coached and mentored junior Project Managers, Consultants and Customer’s staff. • Strongly skilled in building the single Project Teams consisting of Clients’ and Consultants’ staff. Practice Management and Development • Established SAP Practice in Avicomp Services (2003), built the AppsPracticw in RADOM (1995-96) • Became the very first consultant in Oracle CIS Apps Practice (1998-2002), have contributed a lot into its development • Consultants from RADOM became the core team in Oracle Apps Practice • Re-organized IT Department in X5 (1997) and IT, Finance, Accounting, HR Departments in OilPump (2006). Integration tasks • Major integration tasks in almost all projects are been delivered • Integration of SAP & Oracle EBS with the third party applications – both packaged and custom made • Integration of ERP and BI applications with front-office, banking and other applications. • Have unique experience in SAP Systems and Data disintegration (OrenburgEnergoSbyt, 2007) without SAP participation Data Migration\ETL • Major Data Migrations in the course of all projects delivered: Data Extraction, Transformation and Load • Data Migration from the legacy systems, from and to the external systems. • Data audit and cleansing • Data Migration strategy development and realization • Both hands-on and hands-off experience in SAP, Oracle EBS and other systems Custom Development • In the course of projects delivered, managed the major Custom Development initiatives (in both SAP and Oracle). • Scope: functional extensions, reports, separate solutions for the specific tasks, interfaces and other. • Part of these solutions was developed in off-shores, which required additional localization efforts and bespoken support. PMO • PMO experience – since 1998 (Oracle Russia). Worked for SAP Russia PMO. • Worked for the CPO (Central Project Management Office, Oracle EMEA) – i.e. ran the local PMO duties for Oracle Russia. • Implemented PMO in Avicomp Services (2003). • Developed, adapted and implemented standards, procedures and best practices • Established and managed the PMO for one of projects in BP (2006, Supply Chain Re-engineering project). Methodology & PMP Certification • Have better record than the PMP Certification: contributed into PMBOK Guide 2004 translation into Russian • PMI Member. Member of the PMBOK Guide Translation Verification Committee. • Adapted methodologies from PMI, Oracle and SAP to Russian National Standards. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY GSK (GlaxoSmithKline). Moscow. Nov 2015 . CERPS (Commercial ERP Systems)Project Manager for Russia and Ukraine. • Worldwide leader in Pharmacy and Customer Healthcare. • Global Template Roll-out: Russia & Ukraine. • Massive Data Migration. • Change Management. • Cutover Plan. • Risks & Issues Management. Wildberries. Moscow, Russia. SAP Manager. Jun 2013 – Present. • Leading Russian e-Commerce company (Fashion). • Strategy & Architecture development. • Vendor & Product selection: bidding, contracting. • Internal SAP Department has been established: experts selection, hiring, coaching. Team building, business engagement, stakeholders & expectation management. • External Consultants selection: bidding, contracting and management . • Solutions elaboration for SAP ERP, SAP Merchandising & Assortment Planning, SAP BI, SAP CRM. • Integration with the existing IT landscape. Massive data migration. • Multiple SAP implementation projects management. PILOT Group. Moscow, Russia. Project Manager. Jul 2011 – Aug 2012. • SAP based Solutions for Retail & Wholesale. • I mplementation of the Packaged Solution for Wholesale & Distribution for one of the major Russian distributors MICS. • Second in Russia implementation of the innovative SAP All-In-One Solution. • All aspects of Project Management: Planning, Delivery, Resource Management, Risk Management, Vendor Management, Methodology. Vista Group. (IES Holding, Utilities) Moscow, Russia. Project Manager. Feb 2011 – May 2011. • Led the Budget project implementation across the holding. • Project reorganized, re-planned and re-scheduled. Priorities are re-considered. • Relationships with the Customer and Sub-contractor improved drastically. • Deliverables, costs, debts reconciled. • SAP BW, SAP ERP. Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Fort McMurray, AB. Supervisor, ERP Resource Management. June 2010 – Sep 2010. • Led the Technical Team in SAP implementation project in the Municipality. • Interfaces to the legacy and coexisting systems, custom development. • Data Migration Strategy development and realization. • Data Extraction, Transformation and Load: FI\CO, HR and other modules. EDS. Regina, SK. Project Manager in SaskEnergy CIS replacement Program. July 2008 – April 2009. • SaskEnergy. Saskatchewan's natural gas distribution company, a provincial Crown corporation. • Project & Program Management, Customer Information Management System (CIS) replacement Program. • All components of the CIS, including the Call-Center, are in scope. • Performed Business Analysis, Change Management, CIS Selection, Evaluation & Implementation. • Bid and Program Strategy development and implementation. • Project & Program planning and execution. 3rd party Vendor Management. • Major Changes implemented in Strategy, Procedures and Organization • The Continued Improvements approach developed • Initial Project was transformed into the Program. • The fully functioning Prototype requested to be developed by Vendors before the implementation started. • The Program was deployed. Needs Assessment project (first one within the Program) was delivered. • Data Migration Strategy developed. • PMO duties: QM, Budget, Scope, Team Management. Business Analysis. Coordination of the CIS program across all Bus. • MS Project Server and SharePoint setup, implementation and administering for the Program & Project Management needs. Procase Consulting. Toronto, Consultant. May 2008 – June 2008. • Consultant in Oracle Financials upgrade project (from 11.5.8 to 11.5.10.2) in Serco DES, Toronto. • Project planning and execution. • Change Management as required taking into account the upgrade planned. • Documentation development: Business Processes model development, Test Scenarios development and running. • Oracle Financials: Cash Management, GL. OXS Services. Project Manager. Mar 2007 – Sep 2007. • Project Manager\Functional & Test Lead in OrenburgEnergo (Utilities, Orenburg, Russia). • SAP re-implementation project in frame of the general reform of the national Utilities industry. • Modules: FI, FM, CO, MM, SD, PM. • Task: to split the single R/3 system and data due to the split of the single company into few independent ones. • Major Data Migration efforts: data extraction, transformation and load. • SAP itself could not provide these services due to the legal constraints (revenue recognition policy). • Personally found the best Solution. Major Changes were implemented. • The methodology and technique have been developed in course of the project for the whole class of tasks. • Performed the hands-on data migration and cleaning up, trained and coached the team. • Provided the integral approach. Developed the integral test scenarios and performed test. • Planned and realized the necessary Change Management Chaucer Consulting (UK). Project Assurance Consultant - PMO Lead. May 2006 – Sep 2006. • PMO Lead in Supply Chain Reengineering Project in TNK-BP (Oil&Gas, JV with the British Petroleum). • Significant Business Transformation\Change Management component – the whole project was a huge single Change • Led all the PMO related activities. Deputized the Project Director in the Pilot region. • Provided the smooth transition from the Org and Process Change Consultant to the R/3 Implementation Consultant. • Org and Process Change Consultant –Accenture. Implementation Consultant - BearingPoint. • Performed Risk\Scope\Change Management. Performed the whole Project delivery planning and coordination. • Facilitated the Regional Steering Committee meetings. Implemented project standards, procedures, reports. SAP. Program Manager\Public Sector in PMO. Mar 2005 – Mar 2006. • Practice Management. Program management in Public Sector. Bid & Project Management. • Contributed into Practice\PMO building and development. Methodology, policies, templates, QA, Change Management. • Major Business Transformations caused by the scale of the Projects\Programs and by the Public Sector specifics • Partners\Vendors Management. Both local and worldwide. Selection, contracting, coordination. Deliverables acceptance. • Directed the Russian Federal Treasury Automated System – continued efforts from year 2003. Over 50 consultants & SMEs. • Scope: Prototype re-work, Proposal re-write. Vendors\sub-contractors selection and management. Over 10 partners. • Managed the Government Finance Management Information System Bid, Uzbekistan. • Managed the Russian Federal Post ERP Implementation Project Bid. • Supervised the Treasury Information Management System (TIMS) project in Azerbaijan (Project funded by USAID). • Modules: FI, CO, MM, BW. • Data Migration: Strategy and ETL. PMI. PMI Translation Verification Committee for PMBOK Guide. Jul 2004 – Nov 2004. • Verification of the Russian translation of Project Management Body Of Knowledge Guide (Project Management Institute). • PMI Member, PMI Translation Verification Committee Member. Avicomp Services. Deputy Director, Dept. of Fin\Treasury Technology. SAP Practice. Jan – Dec 2003. • Joint Venture, Russia and Switzerland. • Practice Management. Have established SAP Practice, implemented the best practices, hired and coached the Team. • Performed the necessary Change Management within the Consultancy and for the Clients • Major Business Transformations were performed because of the partnership with SAP and the scale of the Project. • Establishment partnership with SAP. Negotiated and signed off the necessary long-term Agreements. • Other Partners selection, contracting and management. • Bid Management: Mongolian Ministry of Finance IS. • Bid Management: Uzbekistan Ministry of Finance IS (won). • Bid Management: Azerbaijan Treasury Information Management System (in alliance with SAP, won). • Project Management: Moscow City Treasury IS Project (Docflow development and SAP BW implementation). Data ETL. • Project Management: Proposal and Prototype for Federal Treasury Information System of Russian Federation development • Established the PMO consisting of the Practices and Departments Directors & Managers. • Trained and coached the Project Managers, Consultants and SMEs. • Reviewed multiple Bids & Projects documentation in frame of the PMO duties. • Performed the Business Analysis for multiple projects and Bids. • Solution Management: managed delivery of the customizations to address specific requirements in Public Sector for SAP. • Also: Business Analysis\Functional Consulting for different engagements. Quality Assurance. • Modules: FI, CO, MM, BW. Oracle Russia. Project Manager. Jan 1998 – Nov 2002. • Practice Management. Became the very first consultant in the Applications Practice. • Provided the critical contribution into Strategy development and execution. • Major Business Transformations were cased due to deployment of the Applications Practice. • Deputized the Consulting Manager as the Resource Manager. Hired and coached consultants and Project Managers. • Staffed Projects delivered by Oracle Consulting. Selected and hired contractors. • Sales and pre-sales support. Managed and participated in over 20 Bids in different industries & different countries. • Directly sold VINAP (1998, beverages) and URALKALI (2001-2002 mining) Oracle ERP implementation Projects. • Worked for the CPO (Central Project Management Office, Oracle EMEA) – ran the local PMO duties. • Prepared and reviewed Projects and Prospects documentation, obtaining CPO approvals. Performed the Projects audit. • Selected and contracted Partners. Managed Vendors, accepted deliverables. • Project Management: Kazakh Treasury Modernization Project (1999-2001, funded\sponsored by the World Bank & IMF). • Project Management: VINAP (1998-1999, beverages). Sold, established the Project and handed over to junior PM. • Project Management: URALKALI (2001-2002, potash, mining). Sold, set up the Project and handed over to junior PM. • Performed the Business Analysis\Functional Consulting for different engagements. Quality Assurance. • Delivered major complex customizations: interfaces to the National Bank systems. • Also: security & data separation in Applications, functional extensions\reports and other specific Modules & Applications. • Organized the off-shore development, localizations\translations and bespoken support. • Financials, SCM, Manufacturing, BI. • Data Migration Strategy and ETL. X5. IT Manager in the largest Russian Retailer. Jan 1997 – Nov 1997. • Developed the new of IT strategy: minimum of the home-made software, the COTS ERP in the core. • Major Business Transformations performed • Re-organized the IT Dept: separated development group from the implementation and support. • Implemented the PMO elements in IT. Aligned and integrated processes and procedures in IT with the rest corporation. • Organized the support group. Established the procedures required. Best practices implemented. • BI: Reporting, Analysis & Forecasting strategy developed. The Analytical Dept. was established. People hired and trained. • Staff hiring, training, coaching – both from IT and from the other Departments. • Vendors selection and management. • HW\ SW purchase, installation and maintenance. • Continued improvements practice implemented: Business Processes, Organization Changes, SW development & integration. OilPump. Accounting Manager in Oil&Gas Services company, Mar 1996 – Nov 1996 • Join Venture. Russia and USA. • Planning/budgeting, collections, cash management, Tax reporting. • Major Changes: reorganized the Accounting, Finance, IT and HR Depts. • Platinum Software ERP was implemented. BOM module was developed. • Data Migration was performed. RDTEX. Expert. Nov 1995 – Mar 1996 • Part time. Translation of Oracle Applications into Russian. Glossary was completed. RADOM. Project Manager and IT Manager. Wholesale & Retail. Jun 1995 – Mar 1996 • Accounting and IT Depts. re-organization. • Development and implementation processes and procedures in the course of ERP implementation. • SW, HW and procedures maintenance. • Consulting Practice establishment and development. • Sales and pre-sales support. • Staff hiring and coaching. • The team built here participated in later projects and was hired by Oracle. Became a core of Oracle Consulting for years. • Platinum Software ERP implementation. Dana. Director. Jun 1993 – Jun 1995 • Provided consulting services for small business: IT, accounting, and finance. EDUCATION • Moscow State University, Physical Dept. Master's Degree in Physics. Graduated in 1989 • Moscow Academy of National Economy. Banking. Some College Coursework Completed 1994 • Moscow Economic & Industrial College. Accounting. College Diploma 1996 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • Project Management. SAP training. Walldorf, Germany. • SAP FI and PSCD. SAP training. • Interpersonal Managing Skills (by AchieveGlobal). • Project Management Masterclass (Program Management). UK, Birmingham (by Oracle and Project Management Professional Services Limited). • Oracle Treasury Module, R11i. UK, Manchester. • Project Management. Oracle internal training. • Sale Strategy for Major Accounts. Training from RHR company. • Developer/2000 Reports. • Proposal Development. UK, Reading • FastForward Implementation Method. Hungary, Budapest • Oracle Bootcamp. UK, Reading. Oracle Financials, Purchasing. 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