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WALTER G. COHEN
423 2nd
Street NE, Hopkins, Mn. 55343 (612) 275-2023 waltgcohen@gmail.com
ROLES:
● Project Manager
● Change Manager
● TrainingSystems
● Financial Leadership
● Sr. Business Analyst
● Process Analyst
● Supply Chain Specialist
●
TOOLS/METHODS:
General
● MS Project,Visio,SharePoint,OracleUPK,
Step-Wise, EA, Smart Draw, Access,
Mindjet Manager, MS Office
ERP packages
J.D. Edwards(3), Oracle,Lawson,People
Soft, Hagen, Great Plains,Dynamics,Cost
Point
Business and Accounting
HRIS, Payroll,DAS Design Studio, SAP Micro
Strategies & Cognos Business Intelligence
Tools.Data Warehousing,SAS Supply Chain
Modeling, OracleTMS, Hyperion, Sales
Force.Com
INDUSTRY APPLICATION:
HealthCare Technology
● Medical DeviceManufacturing
● Process and MTO Manufacturing
Supply Chain & Distribution
● Real Estate, Systems & Outsourcing
Commercial Printing,DirectMailing
●
● EDUCATION:
● M.B.A. studies Niagara University Niagara
Falls,NY
● Bachelor of Science, Accounting
● Bachelor of Science, Marketing
● Susquehanna University
● Selinsgrove,Pa.
●
ADDITIONAL TRAINING:
● Executive Development Program.
● - KelloggSchool, Northwestern U.
● American Management Association
Certifications - activity based costing,
competitive intelligencepricing,process
reengineering,
Project Management Institute
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Seasoned, results oriented Project and Change Manager with extensive
business and technology experience providing“hands on” project
leadership on cross functional projects.Waltexcels athelping
organizations blend Technology,Organization and Process to fix business
problems.
Walthas 12 years+ Business System, Process Optimization,Projectand
Change Management experience. Clients include;United Health Group,
Agriliance,Pentair,Jostens and Lawson. This serves him well in bridging
between Technology and Business.
An experienced change agent and communicator,he is comfortablein
primary contributor or leadership roles,whether in the boardroom, JAD
sessions,Scrums or on the shop floor.
A savvy ex CFO with 12+ (6 International) years of financial,
manufacturing, technology and cross functional leadership experience,
Waltapproaches technology centric projects from a business perspective
first,to ensure valueis added and in a hurry.
A strategic thinker and organized planner,he is an experienced business
Integrator .Has led several ERP projects (including3 JD Edwards) through
all SDLC phases,typically with budgets up to $10MM and staff and
contractors of 5 to 20 members. Waltenjoys mentoring staff and
developing high functioningteams while transferringknowledge.
SKILLS INVENTORY
Project Management:
Waterfall,Agile,PMI, Hybrid techniques
Data Warehouse Design, Training,Implementation
Business IntelligenceDesign and Implementation
Road mappingand SDLC Management
ERP, Business System Design, Implementation
Warehouse, Distribution and FulfillmentSystems
Sales Force Automation Programs
Change Management:
Communications
Program Design
TrainingMaterial Creation
Train the Trainer and Roll Out
Business Analysis and Design:
Performance Measurement and Management
Business UseCasepreparation,Activity Based Costing
Business Intelligence,Benchmarking, Data Warehousing
Requirements Gathering, Documentation, Analysis
Business Process Documentation and Analysis:
Process Mapping,Documentation, Sarbanes Oxley
Cross Functional Group and JAD Facilitation
Process Optimization,ChangeImplementation
Design, Implementation, Training
Shared Financial Services Implementation
Supply Chain Modeling,Reengineering
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
CONTRACT EMPLOYMENT
Business Consultant – Hawkins Chemicals 2014 - Present
JDE Training System Development and Roll Out
● Reportingtothe CFO, Directorof TechnologyandHR Director, of this$400 Millionmanufacturer,
Responsible forthe design,development,contentcreation,testing,androll outof a JDE Training
SystemusingSharePointandOracle UPKtools.Full SDLC activitiesincluding,governance,support
and data management. Responsible forChange Managementactivitiesandstakeholder
communications.
Business Consultant – Atrium Innovations 2014
JDE Post Go Live SWAT Team Member
● Part of an Emergencyresponse teamresponsible tominimize andremedybusinessdisruptionfora
$1 Billion,processmanufacturer’schallengedJDERoll Out.Responsible forInventoryProcesses,
ReportingandCycle Counting.Reducederrorrate from15% to lessthan2% overa 6 weekperiod.
Reduced“stockouts” byover30%.
Business Consultant – Amano McGann 2013 - 2014
System and Process Optimization
● Reportingtothe CFO performedvariousdutiestoassistinthe stabilizationandoptimizationof a
troubledJDEdwardsERP implementationorthismanufacturerof ParkingIndustry Systems,services
and aftermarketsupport.Initial role includedcurrentstate processdocumentationandmapping,
data contentand integritytesting.The auditfindingsandremediationoptionswere presentedto
the clientwhichledtothe decisionfora partial rationalizedreimplementation
Interim Controller – Vision Ease Lens 2013
System and Process Optimization
● Responsible forall ManufacturingAccounting activitiesforthis$100 Millionmultinational lens
manufacturer. Responsible forPayroll,BenefitAccountingandotherAdministrative duties.
● Ledprocessanalysis,skill assessments, andmappinganddocumentationinitiativestocut costs,
increase bandwidthof staff,andintroduce currenttechnologytoolsintothisJDEdwards
environment.
● Responsible for dataconversion,testingandtrainingroll out of a global (4 countries)
implementationof JDEdwards FixedAssetModules
Director of Business Processes and Systems – United Health Group 2009 - 2012
System and Process Development
● ImplementedBusinessIntelligence DataWarehouse foruse acrossthe variousbusinesses.Created
and deployedexecutive reportingsuite tofinancial analysts.
● Change ManagementOfficer(Communications,TrainingandOrganizational transition) supportinga
companywide multimillionPeople SoftERPimplementation.
● AssistedCFOwiththe businesssystemintegrationof severalrecentacquisitions.Duties included
projectplanning,systemroadmapping,processandroll outstandardization,Reduced
implementationcycle time by25%.Reportingtothe GovernmentCFO,ledthe implementationof
the Cost PointERPSuite.
