John Oakes Email Address

Global Core Information Technology Lead

Kinder Morgan is an energy infrastructure company that transports natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, carbon dioxide etc.

I am a results oriented Information Technology (IT) leader and professional with a 20 plus year proven track record in applying technology and process improvement to advance business performance. I have expertise in delivering innovative, cost effective strategies and enterprise wide solutions that add value and increase operational efficiency. I have a unique ability to build and foster relationships at all levels of an organization with an emphasis of leading at a senior leadership level. I have expertise in the follow functional and technical areas. Information Technology: Business Relationships – IT Account Management – Vendor Management – Strategic Planning and Execution – Enterprise Systems Strategy – Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems (Accounting, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Maintenance Operations, Planning) – Corporate and Business Systems – Human Resources (HR) Systems-HCM Suite (Recruiting, Onboarding, Workforce Administration, Payroll, Compensation, Talent Management, Integration, Analytics, Reporting) – Total Workforce Management (TWM) – Systems Integration Architecture and Design – Identity and Access Management (IAM) – Enterprise Architecture – Application Portfolio Management – Cloud Architecture and Computing (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) – Business Process Improvement – Organization Change Management – Program Management – Project Management – Scrum – SDLC – Cybersecurity – Lean Methodology – ITIL – IT Service Management – Contract Negotiations Managed Systems and Technologies: SAP ERP (FI, CO, PS, AS, IM, MM, RLM, IS-Oil, PRA, JV, PSA, PM, SD, CLM), SAP GRC, SAP Solution Manager – SuccessFactors HCM Suite, SAP HCM (OM, PA, CATS, Payroll), Fieldglass, Ariba, Concur, SAP HANA Cloud Integration (HCI), SAP BI (HANA, BW, Data Services, Business Objects), , ServiceNow (ITSM, HR), ADP Payroll, Multiple Business Systems (ADP Open Invoice, Hyperion Financial Management, Hyperion Planning, Quorum, Taxware, others), Microsoft Portfolio Server, Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft .NET (TFS, Visual Studio, C#, VB), Microsoft SQL Server Industries: Upstream Oil & Gas – Midstream Oil & Gas – Oil Field Services – Retail – Food Service – Financial Services – Manufacturing – Commercial Software – Consulting – Insurance – Aerospace – Entertainment