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Director, Information Technology Enterprise Applications

Apps Associates is a product development and applications services provider with onsite and offshore capabilities. Founded in 2002, the company offers shipconsole, a software that integrates oracle application and freight carriers. Its software is used for online shipment processing, tracking, instant proof of delivery documentation, freight charge reconciliation and accurate customer profitability reports. Located in Westford, Mass, Apps Associates also offers an expense management system that manages vendor invoices.

Senior IT Business Applications Leader with extensive experience driving major projects and leading applications teams. Solid understanding of the balance between continual IT innovation and improvement to achieve corporate objectives. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Highly skilled in building and leading strong teams, strengthening cross-department communication, and developing productive cross-functional relationships. Extensive Oracle EBS and ERP Cloud experience at both technical and functional levels. Key recent Projects include: Biogen Inc, Cambridge, MA and Bioverativ Inc, Waltham, MA. Project Manager for Oracle R12 EBS to Oracle SCM and ERP Cloud Migration project. Biogen spun off their Hemophilia Business and created Bioverativ Inc, which required a new SCM and ERP system for their Global Business Units in US, Canada and Japan. Applied Rapid Implementation Approach to complete the migration in 20 weeks. Implemented Oracle SCM Cloud Modules Inventory Management, Manufacturing, OM and Planning. Implemented Oracle ERP Cloud Modules GL, AP, Expenses, AR, FA, CM, Procurement and Self-Service Purchasing and Expenses. Designed and Developed Order Creation, Order Fulfillment and Employee Integrations between Bioverativ wholesalers, 3PLs and ADP using tools including MuleSoft middleware and MySQL Cloud Database. Led Project Team of nine local and nine offshore resources to successful rollout of standard functionality as well as custom solutions including nine bank integration templates, five workflows and over twenty custom BI Reports.