Customer success champion known for leading Oracle Cloud ERP innovation (SaaS, PaaS) for high-growth organizations. Adept at transforming company goals and objectives into successful outcomes through IT initiatives. Skillful at maximizing personnel potential through coaching, empowerment and accountability. Known for building long-term relationships with business and delivering above expectation for stakeholders.
ORACLE CORPORATION
Feb 2005 - Jun 2008
Technical Manager
Directed the planning, design, and delivery of Oracle EBS Application version 11i for global clients including Alcoa, Verifone, Spectrum Chemicals, Biogen, and Dearborn Financials. Successfully completed 4 implementations of Oracle EBS Application.
Managed projects with teams of 4-14 direct report Developers and 10-30 off-shore resources. Planned resources, deliverable, managed risks, overcome bottlenecks for all phases of the project including timeline shifts for deliverable and risk. Provided hands-on leadership and overcame project challenges with tight schedules and demanding client expectations. Implemented Oracle with hundreds of customization and reporting functions.
ALCOA SAPA DIVESTMENT 11I IMPLEMENTATION
February 2008 - June 2008
Jumped in as technical manager on the Alcoa-Sapa project when the project went off track and fell behind schedule; returned the project to on-time status within two months delivering over 300 customization in five months. Worked with teams in India and Europe.
Directly responsible for total North American Technical project scope deliverable, reporting into Global Technical Lead.
VERIFONE 11I IMPLEMENTATION
December 2006 - November 2007
Successfully implemented Oracle EBS 11i with hundreds of customization and reports, in an onsite/offshore model.
Leveraged team management skills to overcome project challenges with tight schedule and demanding client expectations. Complete CEMLI planning, issue resolution and risk management for the entire project.
SPECTRUM CHEMICAL MFG. CORP.
March 2006 - November 2006
Successfully delivered Oracle EBS 11i implementation for Spectrum Chemical within 7-months with full financial, manufacturing suite of applications, supporting 3 US locations. Mitigated risk through thoughtful strategy and customer relationship management.
Architect conversion, integration solution across different systems.
DEARBORN FINANCIALS IMPLEMENTATION
February 2005 - September 2005
Successfully led team of 4 developers at Dearborn Financials, a Kaplan company, for $1.2MM project with rigorous schedule and complex system implementation. Exceeded client expectations through project extension, earning additional revenue for the company.
Planned design and development of over 40 CEMLI.
Work Appreciation:
"Ashwin is the most capable, focused and through technical lead and manager that I have worked with. He plans carefully, communications clearly and consistently delivers high quality results on schedule."
"I worked with Ashwin on a Supply Chain implementation project at SAPA Alcoa project, Pittsburgh. On this critical project, Ashwin demonstrated his great ability to manage team of more than 25 consultant. He has excellent indepth knowledge of oracle applications. He is very proactive, very cooperative and always maintained a great attitude towards others.He was one of key person contributed to Success of this project. It was a pleasure to work with Ashwin and I highly recommend Ashwin as a valuable addition to any project/organization."
"I had the pleasure to work with Ashwin on two major projects at Oracle Corporation where he played a key role as a Technical Lead managing both on shore and off shore development efforts. I found Ashwin to be disciplined, hard working and focused individual with a pleasant personality. He proved himself to have the technical knowledge as well as full understanding of the business needs. I would highly recommend Ashwin for any high complex projects."
"I worked with Ashwin as Conversion Manager when Ashwin was the Technical Manager on the Verifone project. Ashwin is an awesome person to work with. Cool, calm, composed. Ashwin managed the team very efficiently. Ashwin demonstrated candid caliber, team spirit, and was always available when the team needed."
