Name

Email: sah@sonic.net    Phone: (xxx) xxxxxxx

Desire to leverage my strong leadership ability, cross-functional experience with all groups in an organization, excellent customer-facing skills and knowledge of the software Product Development Process. Demonstrable fast learner.

 

Experienced in SQL (Oracle, MSSQL), source control and release tracking applications, and defect/enhancement-tracking systems. Background in UNIX (Solaris), Windows OS and MacOS. Proficient in MS Office Suite and other applications.

Some Java programming experience.

 

Work Experience

Extensity, Inc., Emeryville, California, 1/99–11/03

Best Practices Manager 4/01–11/03, Senior Consultant 12/99–4/01, Consultant 1/99–12/99
Extensity, an Enterprise Software company, created a multi-tiered Java-based Application Suite for Enterprise Expense and Business Performance Management. Acquired 2003 by Geac Computers, Inc.

 

Joined pre-IPO (less than 15 employees in Professional Services, less than 90 employees total)

and helped grow the Professional Services Organization to over 50 employees.

 

As Best Practices Manager, I was heavily involved in Extensity’s Product Development Process, working with cross-functional teams (Services, Engineering, QA, Product Marketing, Sales, Business Development, Support, Hosted Operations) and flagship customers to: develop external and internal design specifications for Extensity products/releases; address and resolve product defects and enhancements; led groups (Sales Engineering, Training, Documentation, Implementation Practices) to streamline internal practices and processes; and train/mentor new employees and implementation partners.

 

Worked with Professional Services, Development and Product Marketing in various capacities, including Client/Project Management, Product Development, and Operations. Worked in Professional Services for four years, completing over 15 Extensity software implementations while enhancing the methodology used. Managed multiple client engagements leading a small team of consultants through the entire implementation cycle.

 

Served in a combination of roles (Project Leader/Project Manager, Functional Lead, and Technical Lead) to provide consulting services, assisted current and prospective customers in streamlining and enhancing internal business processes and workflow using Extensity applications and integrated solutions. Responsible for consultant and customer training, scheduling/managing resources, defining statements of work, project planning and scoping, systems configuration, ERP systems interfaces, quality assurance, application deployment and support, and maintained client and upper management communication to ensure high customer satisfaction.

 

Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 11/97–12/98

IS Developer/System Administrator

Reported to IS Manager and CFO. Assisted in management of financial databases and application development for UCSF’s largest department. Analyzed/developed/supported integration of databases with client/server and intranet Web applications in a cross-platform, multi-protocol environment (Win95/NT, MacOS, UNIX). System/Network/Database/Web Administrator for LAN.


Internet Business Solutions, Mountain View, California, 6/9712/97

IS Manager/System Administrator

Managed all IS/IT functions for small Internet startup that focused on Web Development/Hosting Operations solutions for small to medium-sized companies. Setup/administered UNIX production and development servers for over 500 domains and 300 Web sites. Worked with several ISPs regarding WAN, data center, and Web hosting issues. Provided technical support for in-house programmers, developers, sales staff, as well as over 200 customers.

Researched new software and hardware for Web content and development.

 

Education

University of California, Berkeley, B.A. Philosophy and B.S. Business Administration, 12/98

During college, worked as Computer Consultant for Haas School of Business, 8/9611/97

 

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