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Alvaro Felipe Rivera Ramirez

walnut california, US

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  • Looking For: Senior Project Manager, Program Manager

  • Occupation: Management

  • Degree: Bachelor's Degree

  • Career Level: Fully Competent

  • Languages: English, Spanish, Protuguese

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Highlights:I'm a Senior Project Manager, with 19 years of working experience in enterprise project management focused on high quality and customer value, consulting and business solutions delivery. Problem-solving oriented professional with a strong background in software development and support, version control, production implementation and training. Program Strategy and Execution lead for managing complete development lifecycle ensuring delivery of business requests. Management of multiple and large project teams in analysis, design, developments and implementations of large-scale IT Projects. Excellent leader, motivator, stimulate thinking outside the box and team growth, takes an active role in the coaching and development of staff. Integration of cross-segment/cross-organization international projects and deployment of IT solutions in Telecom, and IT industry. Anticipation of client's needs and make alternative proposals for business solutions. Efficient Management and leadership of project teams in a matrix environment. Specialties: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified, SAP Activate certified, Engineering Process Analysis, Risk Management,Project Management, Implementation/PMO Manager, Lead Project Management Office, Business Analysis.

Skills:Project Management, IT project Management, SAP, SAP Project Manager, Agile Methodology, PMP, Project Management Pofessional

Goal:Become a C-Level in a company where I feel I can be my best

Membership:Project Management Institute

Certification:• Project Management Professional PMP® from the Project Management Institute (PMI®). • Project management in Colombian School of Engineering Julio Garavito, aligned with the Project Management Institute (PMI). • ITIL V3 Foundation. • Oracle training in core banking platform FLEXCUBE for 3 months in Bangalore (INDIA). • Six Sigma White Belt Certified • SAP Activate Project Manager • SAP Model company Delivery • SAP Model Company Exam - Delivery Training - Passed • SAP Model Company program - Using SAP Model Company with SAP Solution Manager 7.2 • SAP Model Company Program - Deploy to SAP Hana Enterprise Cloud • SAP Model Company Program - Deploy to cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP) • SAP Model Company Program - Deploy to On-Premise • SAP Model Company program - How to leverage SAP Model Company in projects • SAP Model Company, custom edition Role Based Training: A2O Project Lead • SAP Model Company, custom edition - Assemble-to-order-process: Project Lead • SAP Model Company, custom edition - Assemble-to-order-process: Solution Manager Expert • SAP Model Company program - Using SAP Model Company with SAP Value Assurance in partner-led projects • SAP Customer Experience - SAP Marketing Cloud • YPM075 SAP Activate – SAP’s Standard Implementation Framework • YPM070 - PM Fundamentals • YPM306 SAP Activate – SAP’s Standard Implementation Framework • SAP Advanced Deployment – Essentials • E257 Customer Experience Boot Camp in NSQ (C4/HANA) • SOLMAN YPM082 Course • Mindfulness at Work: Self-Awareness for Improved Performance and Well-Being


Experiences:

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER 08/2017 - 02/2020
SAP, Medellin, Antioquia Colombia
Industry: IT
Senior Project Manager in SAP for different industries
Colombia – Crystal (Fashion Retail) – Project Manager (Oct. 2019 – Jan2020) Model Company for S4/HANA Fashion Retail, FI Best Practices, CAR. Colombia – Terpel (Oil Company) – Project Manager (Apr. 2019 - Current) Migration from AS400 to HANA. Colombia – Promigas (Public Services) – Project Manager (Dec. 2018 - Current) Success Factors Colombia - AVIANCA Airlines (Airline Transportation) – Project Manager (Sept 2018 – Nov 2018) Hybris POC for e-Commerce Curacao – AQUAELECTRA (Public Services) – Project Manager (Sept. 2018 – Nov 2018) Change Request for WM , GEO Guatemala - Cementos Progreso (Building) – Project Manager (Jul 2018 - Abr 2019) LSO Currency Conversion Colombia - Grupo SURA (Insurance) – Project Manager (Dec 2018 - Sept 2018) SAP SAC - SCP Implementation Colombia - Grupo Exito (Retail) – Project Manager - (Sept 2017 - Dec 2017) SAP ERP (FI,CO) - SAP ARIBA Module SIPM Integration - (Dec 2017 - Aug 2018) SAP ERP Migration to HEC - (Aug 2018 - Sept 2018) SAP Hibrys C4C PQR for VIVA Stores Colombia - Alcaldia de Cali (Government) – Project Manager (Feb 2018 - May 2018) NICSP Implementation Colombia - Gobernación de Antioquia (Government) – Project Manager (Nov 2017 - May 2018) NICSP Implementation Colombia - Botero Soto (Ground Transportation) – Project Manager (Feb 2018 ) - TM Assessment--
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER 04/2015 - 08/2017
CHOICE HOLDING TECHNOLOGIES, Medellin, Antioquia Colombia
Industry: IT
Senior project manager implemmenting Revenue intelligence in SAP HANA
Project RIHANA(+15M USD Project) (+ 50 People) (2 Countries) (SAP HANA Systems) -– Project Manager Responsibilities: • Project Coordination activities: Lead a team of 10 consultants. Lead work package activities by detail planning, executing and reporting. Manage the delivery of the supporting functions necessary to ensure the successful delivery of the project as required i.e.: prototype structure for new features; purchasing; R&D; quality plans. Using PMI Best practices, during all project lifecycle. • Project documents delivery: Review and ensure quality on all the project documents. • Project Activities: Performing as consulting expert to asses non-technical losses issues. Provide feedback to enhance company methodology guide. Establish work plan as software business user. Interact with clients and document requirements. Support to establish test plan and execute tests. • On-going consulting services: Lead work package activities by detail planning, executing and reporting. Interact with the customer to develop best strategies to mitigate losses with deployed software. Interact with the customer to discover process problems and propose solutions. Create and identify fraud patterns by the use of AI/Data Mining techniques. Manipulate database to enable the use of analytics. • Pre-sales activities: Supporting the Business Development Manager in selling the software with technological capabilities to prospective customers; supporting the Business Development Manager in the Production of Request for Quote submissions; supporting the creation of presentations for customer; supporting the definition for product demonstration. • Have end-to-end responsibility for the project from conception through to production. • Provide technical support to Customers and Business Development Managers. The Objective of the project is the implementation throughout the EPM Group electricity distribution in Colombia of RI, including EPM Matrix (Antioquia), ESSA, CENS, EDEQ, CHEC, ENSA PANAMA and EPM Gas and Water.--
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER 06/2013 - 11/2014
SABMILLER, Bogota, Colombia
Industry: Brewery
Project BI - Flash (+ 15M USD program) (+ 500 People) (7 Countries) (SAP Systems):
Project BI - Flash (+ 15M USD program) (+ 500 People) (7 Countries) (SAP Systems): Responsibilities: • Manage the activities defined in the project schedule within the quality standards defined by the PMO. • Coordinate activities to ensure compliance with the project objectives within the defined time and costs by contract. • Lead and monitor compliance of the deliverables defined in the project. • Generate status reports for the Steering committee. • Manage relationships and communications with the country representative for the project, ensuring excellent relations and compliance activities on their side. • Management and control of risks, issues and dependencies between suppliers and the onsite team. Management and control of risks, issues and dependencies between suppliers and the onsite team. Project for the countries of the region (Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama, Honduras and Colombia). The main objective of the project is to generate competitive by facilitating better decision making more accurate advantage, timely and relevant, the construction of a regional EDW, for functional dashboards and reports used by the Executive Directors for decision making.--
PROJECT MANAGER 09/2011 - 03/2013
AMDOCS, Bogota, Colombia
Industry: IT
Senior PMO
Responsibilities: • Ensure efficient and effective communication and management between remote development teams onsite team and client. • Manage the activities defined in the project schedule within the quality standards defined by the customer. • Coordinate activities to ensure compliance with the project objectives within the defined time and costs by contract. • Lead and monitor compliance of the deliverables defined in the project. • Generate status reports for the Steering committee. • Manage relationships and communications with the country representative for the project, ensuring excellent relations and compliance activities on their side. • Management and control of risks, issues and dependencies between suppliers and the onsite team. The Objective of this Program was to implement Amdocs products in Claro Colombia and Claro Chile in order to consolidate the business processes in to the QUAD experience offered to the customer. Senior Consultant in Amdocs Consulting Division (ACD), Member of the Prime System Integrator for the ONE AMX Project, Project Management Officer, Customer facing.--
PROJECT MANAGER 08/2007 - 08/2011
Sophos Banking Solutions, bogota, Colombia
Industry: IT
Senior technical consultant, Senior software developer, Senior Systems Consultant
• Ensure efficient and effective communication and management between remote development teams onsite team and client. • Manage the activities defined in the project schedule within the quality standards defined by the customer. • Coordinate activities to ensure compliance with the project objectives within the defined time and costs by contract. • Lead and monitor compliance of the deliverables defined in the project. • Analysis, survey and documentation requirements • Document Analysis and realization of technical and functional impact. • Design specifications. • Implementation manual. • Technical design of high level • Test Paper • Management and control of risks, issues and dependencies between suppliers and the onsite team The Objective of this Project is to implement the FLEXCUBE Core Banking Software modules of liabilities in BANCO DE OCCIDENTE--
Junior developer 11/2004 - 07/2007
COBIS CORPORATION, Bogota, Colombia
Industry: IT
Junior software deveoper in visual basic, Oracle stored procedures, SYBASE
BANCO AGRARIO: Project I.R.I.S (+ 5M USD program) (+ 80 People) (1 Country) (UNIX/Visual Basic/SyBase/COBIS Systems): Responsibilities: • Responsible for analysis and implementation of new requirements to support and errors found in production. • Work with the Quality Assurance department. • Give effect to critical problems in the production process and batch ONLINE solutions. • provide solutions to questions posed by the development team of the bank. • The project involved the implementation of the platform COBIS (Credit, Portfolio, Clients, Current Accounts, Savings Accounts, Loans, and Guarantees) This project consisted in the implementation of the C.O.B.I.S platform (CREDIT, ACCOUNTING, CLIENTS, HUMAN RESOURCES, CURRENT/SAVING ACCOUNTS, LENDING, SERVICE FEES.) BBVA –GRANAHORRAR: Project MIGRATION OF ACCOUNTING BALANCES - (+ 1M USD project) (+ 50 People) (1 Country) (UNIX/Visual Basic/SyBase/COBIS Systems): This project consisted in migration of accounting balances from COBIS system to BBVA System ALTAMIRA. • Responsible for analysis, design, development, and testing of Migration of accounting balances from C.O.B.I.S platform to BBVA Platform by using flat files. • Worked closely with the end user for their suggestions. FNA: Project GENESIS (+ 10M USD program) (+ 100 People) (1 Country) (UNIX/Visual Basic/SyBase/COBIS Systems): This project consisted in the implementation of the C.O.B.I.S platform (CREDIT, ACCOUNTING, CLIENTS, HUMAN RESOURCES, CURRENT/SAVING ACCOUNTS, LENDING, SERVICE FEES.) • Responsible of analysis and implementing solutions for production issues in C.O.B.I.S HUMAN RESOURCES, C.O.B.I.S CLIENT, C.O.B.I.S ACOOUNTING • Attended Bank’s Development team questions and concerns. • Worked closely with Quality Assurance. • Worked closely with the end user for their suggestions.--

Education:

Universidad Militar Nueva Granada 02/1998 - 12/2002
Bogota, , Colombia
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Mechatronics Engineer
Mechanical, Systems, electronics and computer engineer


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