James
J. McCollum, PMP
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SAP
Global Program Manager for multiple full life cycle projects Full
budgetary and resource management responsibilities |
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PMP
(Project Management Professional) certified by PMI |
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SAP
certified PMM (Project Management Methodology) and ABAP |
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International
experience throughout |
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12+ years
SAP experience and 20+ years of IT |
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Over 25
domestic and international multi-site implementations |
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SAP
Modules: SD, MM, FI/CO, IS-OIL, PP, PI, AP, FA, AR, PDM, QM, BW, SEM, TPM,
Portal, CRM, Kanban, WebConsole |
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Manage
user role development for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance |
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MBA in
Finance, BBA Information Systems |
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Management/ Leadership |
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Global
Program Manager for multiple integration projects Program
Manager for SAP ECC 6.0, SRM, HR global implementation Program
Manager for SAP ECC 5.0 R/3, RF, and Portal implementation |
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Global
Program Manager for multi-site SAP 4.7 implementation |
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Project
Manager for SAP 4.7 to 5.0 upgrade |
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Technical
Manager for major SAP upgrade |
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Team Lead
on multiple projects including Business Process Re-Engineering |
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SAP
Clients |
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Global
Technology Services – Full Life Cycle – ECC, SRM, Portal, HR Global
High Tech - Blueprint |
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Heavy
Equipment/Dealership Integration – Full Life Cycle CRM/Portal/BW |
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High Tech
/ Media – Integrating 2 SAP systems after company merger |
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High Tech
/ Medical Devices – Full Life Cycle – FI, CO, SD, MM, PP, QM, Kanban, Portal, SAP WebConsole |
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SAP
Premier Consulting Partner – All in One Solution, Upgrade R/3 4.7 to ECC 5.0 |
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Avanex – Global Blueprint / |
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ConAgra
Foods – SD, MM, FI, CO, BW, SEM, TPM |
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ExxonMobil
International – Worldwide rollout – SD, MM, FI, CO, PP, PI |
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Tyco
(Raychem) – |
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ITT
Automotive – Post implementation consulting – AR |
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Amerada
Hess Corporation – US Implementation – FI/CO, AR, FA, MM |
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Aventis
(Rhone-Poulenc Rorer) – US and France – MM, FI/CO |
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Technical Environments |
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Linux/Oracle,
MVS/DB2, NT/SQL Server, Unix/Informix, AIX/Oracle SAP ABAP,
COBOL II, DB2, MVS, ISPF, Unix, Oracle, Informix, Excel VBA, PowerBuilder,
SQL Server, CQS, Windows, PL1, CICS, VSAM, DEC VAX, Micro VAX, MUMPS, VMS |
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MS Office
Suite, MS Project |
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Industries |
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Professional
Services Heavy
Equipment Mfg |
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Media |
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Medical
Devices |
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High Tech |
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Telecommunications |
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Food |
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Petroleum |
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Utilities |
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Banking |
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Healthcare |
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Pharmaceutical |
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Electronics |
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Employment
History |
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1995 – present McTrout
Consulting, Inc. |
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SAP Program Manager Technology
Services - 30 people Jun 2008
– Apr 2009 Responsible
for leading full life-cycle SAP R/3, HR, SRM, and Portal implementation for a
global services company. Replaced legacy systems and integrated offices on
common platforms and processes. Led ECC, FI, PS, SD, MM, and HR implementations
including e-Recruitment module to facilitate recruitment of hundreds of
vendors per week and SRM to maintain thousands of vendor relations. SAP Program Manager Global
Software / Hardware Manufacturing – 60 people Feb 2008
– May 2008 Acted as
client manager overseeing the partner “Blueprint” for SAP re-implementation.
Managed internal and external resources and project budget and expenses.
Worked with implementation partner to set schedule and deliverables. SAP Program Manager Heavy
Equipment Manufacturer – 15 people Jun 2007
– Dec 2007 Responsible
for leading full life-cycle CRM and Portal integration into existing R/3 and
APO environment, creating and maintaining project plan, providing standards
and defining deliverables. Managed CRM and Portals team, coordinated client
testing, planned cutover activities. SAP Program Manager High Tech
/ Media – 40 people Jun 2006
– Apr 2007 Responsible
for building and maintaining project schedule, milestones, and deliverables.
Managed domestic and international employees and contract personnel. Reported
(with Client Application Manager) directly to Executive Steering Committee
led by the CFO. Achieved on time below budget delivery of project. Integrated
two legacy SAP systems (parent company and a recent acquisition) and
coordinated Design, Build, Data Conversions, Testing, and Cutover activities. SAP Program Manager High Tech
/ Medical Devices – 25 people Aug 2005
– May 2006 Full life
cycle project - responsible for building and maintaining project budget,
schedule, milestones, and deliverables. Managed client and contract teams.
Responsible for full resource management of contract employees. Reported to
Director of Information Services. Replaced legacy ERP system with SAP and
interfaced with several legacy systems. Achieved on time on budget delivery
of project. SAP Project Manager SAP Premier
Consulting Partner – 7 people Nov 2004
– Jul 2005 Developed
an SAP All-in-One Solution for the
High Tech Industry and created an accelerated methodology for delivering a
pre-configured product in significantly less time and for a lower cost than a
standard implementation. Created project documentation at 80% – 90%
completion level to use as project starting point and developed a project
plan to follow this accelerated methodology. Reported directly to COO. SAP Global Program Manager Avanex Corporation – 30 people Feb 2004
– Oct 2004 Full life
cycle project - responsible for building and maintaining project budget,
schedule, milestones, and deliverables. Managed employee and contract
personnel. Responsible for full resource management of contract employees.
Reported to Director of Information Services. Replaced multiple ERP systems
and interfaced multiple systems to SAP. Achieved on time, on budget delivery
of accelerated multi-site Implementation. Blueprint phase included four
sites: two SAP Project Manager ConAgra
Foods – 100+
people May 2003
– Dec 2003 Responsible
for guiding multiple teams through creation and execution of an integrated
project plan for ConAgra’s Refrigerated and Dairy businesses through
Blueprint Validation and Realization Build. Reported to PMO. R/3 Team Lead ExxonMobil
– 5 people Jul 2001
– Sep 2002 Managed
technical SD/MM team, conducted design workshops, and built interfaces and
conversions to/from SAP systems and external systems. R/3 Team Lead Esso (ExxonMobil) – 25+
people Dec 1997
– Jul 2001 Developed
technical guidelines and standards for reusable interfaces and data
conversions for a worldwide roll-out. Led several teams through the European
phase of design and implementation for multiple R/3 modules. Managed SAP
technical team responsible for upgrading V3.1h to V4.0b. Senior Technical Consultant Raychem
(Tyco) – Sep 1997
– Dec 1997 Designed,
coded, and implemented several MM, SD, and FI interfaces, conversions, user
exits, and reports. Senior Technical Consultant ITT
Automotive – Jul 1997 Post
Implementation Support to correct performance issues in A/R and write
additional reports. Technical Consultant Amerada
Hess Corporation – Aug 1996
– Jun 1997 Full implementation cycle including build and support of MM, Technical Consultant Rhone-Poulenc
Rorer (Aventis) – Feb 1996
– Aug 1996 Full
Implementation cycle including build and support of MM and FI. Responsible
for building several data conversions and reports. |
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1992 – 1995 CSC
Consulting & Systems Integration |
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Senior Analyst Led team
of 16 through a cross-functional business process re-engineering (BPR)
project. Designed workshops and presentations for the group, facilitated
group input. Managed team through retail order processing and customer
tracking system data conversion. Created Budget Performance Analysis
Application in client server environment. Scheduled, tracked, designed, and
coded conversion programs. Clients:
PECO (Philadelphia Electric Co.), PP&L ( |
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1990 – 1992 RCG
International |
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Technical Consultant Designed,
coded, and implemented a major re-write of a nuclear power plant equipment
tracking system to use DB2. Client:
PP&L ( |
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1986 – 1990 Shared
Medical Systems |
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Analyst Led team
in analyzing, designing, coding, and implementing enhancements to inventory
management system. Led team in converting client’s batch processing system
from in-house system to remote processing system. Primary support for six
hospital systems. |
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Education |
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1993 |
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Master of Business Administration
– Finance (MBA) |
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PMP (Project Management
Professional) Project
Management Institute |
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2003 |
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SAP PMM (Project Management
Methodology) SAP |
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1996 |
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SAP ABAP/4 Certified SAP |
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1986 |
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Bachelor of Business
Administration – Information Systems |
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Updated February 2009 |
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