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Don
dondbaker@yahoo.com
205-266-7261
2221 Vesthaven Way East
Birmingham, AL 35216
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36 years experience W2
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Summary

  • 15+ years experience managing Azure, Cloud, Data Warehouse projects
  • Extensive experience with managing complex supply chain projects
  • Consulting and CIO level experience
  • Scrum Master – Scrum Alliance certification
  • PMP PMI certification

Qualifications

  • Summary: Fifteen years of experience managing successful SAP and integration projects. Extensive experience coordinating projects from start through production. Extensive “hands-on” experience with successful management, staffing, scheduling, costing, and budgeting of complex SAP projects.
  • Project Management: Extensive experience with complex Software Development and Business projects. Expert with project and system management methodologies, workload management, budgeting, tools, processes, workflows, resource management, estimating, and project control techniques such as Earned Value Management.
  • Functional: Experienced with SAP, McKesson Horizon, Oracle, Baan, and PeopleSoft ERP suites. Successful experience with SAP PLM, SD, PP, MM, PI, HANA modules. Functional experience with Supply Chain, LEPS Manufacturing Execution Systems, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Fixed Assets, Billing, Purchasing, Inventory Management, Materials Management, Work Force Management, Process Controls, and Logistics. Managed complete systems for corporate mergers and acquisitions.
  • Project Management Tools: “Hands-on” expert with project management and portfolio management software including Microsoft Project, Microsoft Enterprise Project Management Server, CA Clarity (Workbench, Project Bridge Modeler, Niku Time), Primavera (P3e Enterprise, P3, Expedition, TeamPlay, SureTrak), Artemis (ProjectView, CostView, TrackView, ViewPoint), Kintana, Visio (Process Modeling) and Microsoft Project Central. Experienced with process software such as PeopleSoft EPM, Oracle Alerts and Oracle Workflow Manager. Successful in diverse Project Management Organizations (PMO).
  • Management: Experienced gathering and managing requirements, supervising project teams, managing technical and business staff, motivating technical teams, leading effective meetings, and reporting project status to upper management. Prepared detailed proposals, business plans and cost estimates. Developed successful long-term consulting relationships with many clients.
  • Methodologies: Experienced with Scrum and Agile methodologies, SAP ASAP, Project Management Institute’s PMBOK, ARIS, Software Engineering Institute, Rational Unified Process RUP, Bellsouth SAM, Accenture’s Method/1, ISO 9000, Six Sigma, ANSI-748a, Oracle AIM.
  • Technical: Experienced with complex technology and business operations. Strong skills in SAP system architecture, Object-Oriented design, and Relational Database design. Specific skills in Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Documentum, PowerPoint, Lotus Notes, Windows NT, DOS, Visual Basic, Internet Portals, SAP R/3, SAP XRPM, SAP PLM, Oracle Financials 10i/11i, PeopleSoft, Baan, Lucent, Telcordia, BellCore, Java, HTML, Citrix, LAN/WAN’s, PLC’s, Microsoft SMS (Systems Management Server), Novell, GIS, ArcInfo, AS/400, RS/6000, HP 9000 servers, HP Service Guard, IBM MVS.

Professional development courses completed in Project Management, Project Controls, Finance, and general business management. Advanced software courses completed for Project Workbench, Primavera, Microsoft Project, Novell NetWare, Local Area Networks, Excel, Access, Windows, and Lotus.

Academic courses completed in Project Management, Business, Law, Real Estate, Spanish, and Korean.

Professional

  • Project Management Institute – PMI PMP Certification
  • Scrum Alliance - CSM - Certified Scrum Master
  • American Association of Cost Engineers - Member
  • Security Clearances from companies and government agencies

Experience
Education
Bachelor's in Engineering
Georgia Tech
Certifications
Scrum Master - Scrum Alliance certification
PMP PMI certification
Project Management Institute - PMI PMP Certification
CSM - Certified Scrum Master - American Association of Cost Engineers - Member
Skills
Project Management
2007
17
SAP
2007
17
Budget Management
2005
15
CIO
2005
15
Construction
2005
15
ERP
2005
15
Primavera
2005
15
Program Management
2005
15
Program Management
2005
15
Project Planning
2005
15
Telecommunications
2005
15
Vendor Management
2005
15
CRM
2010
1
Data Warehousing
2020
1