Candidates About

 

Jean A. Hogan

ORACLE APPLICATION EXPERIENCE

Naturally gifted consultant, with multiple Briggs aptitude, and team player with extensive hands-on Oracle Applications exposure.  Previously developed customized training programs for various end user level groups, from key management to general office training, including live computer lab sessions and documentation. Start-up operations administration and contract negotiations.  Recent exposure to Oracle 12 with emphasis on the upgrade changes between 11i and 12.  Exposure and experience with several Oracle Suite modules, including Order Management, General Ledger, Supply Chain, Receivables, and Inventory. Oracle AIM methodology including AS-IS and TO-BE Analysis and documentation protocol utilized.

• Over 6 years of technical writing experience
• Over 4 years of technical training
• Over 10 years of technical operations management including contract negotiation skills
• Over 20 years of real estate and secondary market loan auditing
• Oracle Release 12 MOAC, AGIS, Ledger & Ledger Sets Exposure with hands-on training
• Customer Relationship Management & Point-of-Sale Business User Experience
• Oracle EBS 11i/R12 OM, AR, AP, GL, PO
• Procure to Pay (P2P) and Order to Cash (OTC) business user and functional understanding
• Oracle E-Business Suite release 12, 11i.5.10, 11i.5.9, 10.4/l0.5/10.6/10SC

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Involvement in several short term assignments and start-up environments requiring diversified skillsets. Summary of exposure and experience:

• Oracle EBS Functional:  Full technical / functional orientation of the Oracle Application suite, including programming training, with appropriate technical jargon exposure, which created an overall understand of the application suite. Recent & ongoing hands-on training and exposure to Oracle 12 with emphasis on the upgrade changes between 11i and 12.  Exposure and experience with several Oracle Suite modules, including Order Management, General Ledger, Supply Chain, Accounts Receivable, and Inventory.  Utilization of online recruitment tools to locate appropriate positioning for senior level consultants.  Normal Pre-screening and rate negations process involved.
• Oracle EBS Trainer: Technical training class instructor, intimately involved with the development and presentation of Oracle Applications onsite training classes for end users.
• Bank Auditor: Secondary market bank auditor with packaging for government Fannie Mae guideline requirements.  Successfully co-packaged and sold over $300,000 in loans qualified to government funding leg. Conducted bank auditing of real estate loans to ensure compliance with regulatory and legal requirements.
• Start-up XML: Worked in a start-up environment handling back office HR operations requirements, including setting up and implementing employee benefits. Site leasing negotiations and future site expansion needs.
• Operations/Start-up: Operations Manager for start-up including technical writing, contract drafting and follow up and in-house training development. Worked with Accounts Payable to obtain and deliver P.O. requirements and billing issues handling back office issues related to billing and P.O. requirements. Successfully drafted and delivered contract proposal to multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical company for approval of blanket P.O.
• Site Management: Staff manager, with full site responsibilities, including staff scheduling, inventory, safety stock issues, government health requirements and stocking issues.  Also responsible for accounts payable and receivable with weekly and  monthly status reporting to corporate.  Directly responsible for a staff of 40 on a daily basis tied to a Point of Sales environment.  Utilized automated cash register system to track customer purchases which involved daily, weekly and monthly poling and reporting to corporate offices.
• CA Broker/Sales: California Real Estate sales, marketing and escrow follow through, including multi-million dollars sales level obtained.

 EXPERIENCE

Technical Writer/Trainer/Office Manager/Legal Document Review/ Operations                   4/05 – Present

Sysiphus Corp

San Jose, CA

Start-up operations support including setting up base back office infrastructure, invoicing AR/AP monitoring; Annual financial coordination with C.P.A.; Bank account set up and monitoring; staff coordinator

Team member involved in offsite documentation of R12 implementation, which involved Gap Analysis and bug tracking reporting issues.    Analysis of R12 functionality, including Multi-Organization Access Control (MOAC), Ledger Set and Trade Community Architecture (TCA).  Access to both 11i and 12 to keep current on Oracle application changes and issues.   Hands-on training continuing between 11i and R12 to reinforce full understanding and broaden skill set.

Exposure to  R12 functionality, such as Multi-Organization Access Control (MOAC), Ledger Set and Trade Community Architecture (TCA). Access to both 11i and 12 for comparison in and mapping  in preparation of migration path with proposed  upgrade analysis and documentation

Beta Start-up support team: Tech company Start-up including formation of corporation; initializing banking procedures and protocols and training initial team in handling AR/AP account handling.  Beta software carousel tied to Social Media. Initiated technical and instructional manual drafting and development  in conjunction with development staff for proposed delivery to end user community.

Operations Manager/ Administrator / Inhouse trainer: Cloud based “Gravitas” development company pointed at company Start-up including formation of corporation; initializing banking procedures and protocols and training initial team in handling AR/AP account handling.  Creating operations Manuel and invoicing protocols;  Interfaced with prospective client (s) and sign-off requirements with clients and their legal department(s).  Review, drafting and final sign-off follow-up on critical documentation.  Training development  and documentations of initial start-up staff . Operational support of senior executive and consultants.  Contract draft, review and legal follow up as needed. Responsibilities included marketing, public relations, human resources and contract drafting and follow up; internal managing and distributing information within the office and directing bookkeeping / file updates. Organize office procedures, deal with orders and invoices, coordinate with accounting for compiling factual and numerical data, check cash flow and maintain accounts.

Drafted and established terms involving business  relationships, resolving differences, and future dispute prevention.  Contract specialists / dispute-resolution department.  Drawing on knowledge of company policy and economic date, prepared and negotiated new  contracts, reviewed and renegotiated existing contracts as acting prime company’s liaison and worked with executives on new organizational strategies. Responsible for setting work schedule and priorities independently.  Technical writing skills utilized in general communications to vendors; contract drafting and clarification manuals.

• Oracle E-Business Suite R12,
• Oracle OM, AR, PO, AP, INV, Vertex

Oracle Consultant / AR Lead Support     3/05 – 4/05

Tetra Tech

Pasadena, CA

 

Successful experience supporting AR Lead in evaluation and testing of  Oracle E-Business Suite and training development for end user groups. Support staff for AR Lead involved in the conversion of 5 companies into Oracle AR, as it interfaces into Oracle Projects and is impacted by Vertex.  Responsibilities included data clean-up for import into AR from Projects and report running to detect rejection issues. 

·         Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.9/10

·         Oracle OM, AR, PO, AP, INV, Vertex

Oracle Consultant        9/02 -  3/05

Sino Technologies

San Jose, CA

Applied Oracle functional knowledge in the co-developed training materials for prospective end user clients and sales presentation materials for solicitation of potential clients.  Business plan development and editing. Exposure to technical staff to obtain language and skills utilized to screen and place potential prospects regarding Oracle, Linux and mobile applications as it applies to developing technologies.

·         Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.9/10

·         Oracle OM, AR, PO, AP, INV, Vertex

Oracle Consultant        06/01 – 09/02

SplashPond

Austin, TX

Start-up, with staff focused on developing wireless business prototype applications. Utilized calling, sales, marketing and contracting negotiation skills to locate potential prospect companies and potential contracting positions for high-level resources.  Obtained Oracle applications exposure, which built up language and skill, sets to screen and place resources.   Prototype being developed for ease of utilization the Internet by buyer/sellers to identify and transact commerce over the Internet by creating block purchasing on the fly. Co-developed training material for initial sales staff in preparation for marketing campaign. Economic weakness in the global economy restarted the development of this effort.

·         Oracle E-Business Suite 11.5.9

·         Oracle OM, AR, PO, AP, INV, Vertex

Colorado Real Estate Broker Training / Exam Prep/Pass   03/01 – 6/01

Financial status change and move to Texas precluded use of license.  License never pursued.

 

Oracle Consultant/ Trainer       11/00 – 3/01

Rhythms NetConnection (Consulting )

Denver, CO

Developed the training program for key personnel of the Oracle Purchasing  program.  Hands-on  creation and delivery, for key personnel, of visual presentation materials, class room documentation, live hands-on class lab training set up and co-trainer coordination of class user support.  Interviewed end users to customize training to fit.  Multi-level training classes developed dependent on audience being trained, including key management training.  Technical communicator, prepare instruction manuals, journal articles, and other supporting documents to communicate complex and technical information more easily.  Develop, gather, and disseminate technical information among customers, designers, and manufacturers.

·         Oracle 10SC Applications (OE, INV, PO, GL, AR, AP)

Oracle Consultant        07/99 – 11/00

Janus (TalentTree onsite/ Interim Personnel)

Denver CO

Audited inbound Asset Transfer Documents. Worked with department head to train additional staffing as workload escalated during critical tax windows.  Responsible for training newly hired additional staffing from hiring to follow-thru of processing of critical, time sensitive tax documents.

·         Accutrax

·         Oracle Database

Director, Sales & Marketing      10/98 –  7/99

Netfish Technologies (Start-up)

San Jose, CA

Working owner and "jackie of all trades" for Internet software start-up with XML based product line.   Worked on all aspects of business that related to administrative, sales and marketing issues.  Day to day operations of the software start-up company with a staff of 40 and increasing.  Responsibilities included coordination with CPA, to prepare financial books for audit and finalizing financial statements to secure physical location and negotiated location lease(s), 401K administration, and new employee orientation issues, office procedure implementation and any other internal set-up requirements.  A publicly traded company acquired Netfish Technologies for $311 million in May of 2001.

·         Oracle 10SC Applications (OE, INV, PO, GL, AR, AP)

·         J2EE, XML, EDI, Oracle Financials and Manufacturing Applications

Oracle Order Entry Trainer       10/98 – 12/98

Dayton Power & Light

Dayton, OH

Co-trainer of hands-on, customized General Ledger (GL) training with focus on report generation and GLDI / FSG functionality.

·         Oracle Financials (GL. GLDI, FSG) release 10.7 SC

·         GLDI/NT Network: SmartClient/WANG

 

Secondary Loan Auditor        10/96 -2/97

Sanwa Bank

Rosemead, CA

 Secondary market bank auditor with packaging for government Fannie Mae guideline requirements.  Handling of “live” notes and deeds.  Successfully co-packaged and sold over $300,000 in loans qualified to government funding leg.  Conducted bank auditing, of real estate loans, to ensure compliance with regulatory and legal requirements. Successful audit identified duplicate fraudulent files.

In house technical funding/post funding tracking system utilized

Oracle Consultant        5/96 -7/96

Pyramid Technologies

San Jose, CA

 

Brought in to assist with the 10.5 install of Oracle AR and OE Modules.

Located and recruited the Project Lead for the Manufacturing upgrade  install to 10.5.

Negotiated billable rate and availability of current Manufacturing lead.

Assist with the upgrade of Oracle AR and OE Modules from 9.4 to 10.5 with focus on integrating the Vertex Tax Package after researching client needs.

·         Oracle Financials (OE, AR, GL, AP) release 10.5 

Oracle Consultant        1/96 - 7/96

Sun Microsystems/Sun Services

Milpitas, CA      

 

 Assisted with the installation of Oracle Financials and Manufacturing modules release 10.6.  Created required Oracle table spaces to store application tables and indexes.

·         Oracle EBS 10.6

·         Oracle Financiers OE, AR, GL

·         Oracle Discrete Manufacturing, INV, and BOM

Technical Training (Education)     

EDUCATION / FORMAL TRAINING – Colleges & Universities

o    Mission College           1997

§  C++ Programming

o    Citrus College        1987

§  Intro to Business Law

§  Intro to Marketing & Sales

o    California Polytechnical University/Pomona     1983

§  BA Art with minor in  Business & Marketing (in progress)

 TECHNICAL TRAINING / APPLICATIONS: 

Oracle Corporation Training (1995 – 1998) including:   Oracle V7, Order Entry Training (FINAPPS), Oracle PL/SQL Training, BAP Oracle Engineering & Planning, BAP Oracle Inventory, BAP Oracle W.I.P. & Cost Mgmt , Install Oracle Apps 10.6 w/ Auto Install, BAP Oracle General Ledger (SC), Financial Stmt Generator Reporting II (SC), BAP Oracle Assets (SC), BAP Oracle Payables (SC), Oracle PL/SQL Training on 8.X, Oracle GL Training on 8i / v 11.0, Oracle OE/ with shipping Training on 8i / v 11.0.

LICENSE / REAL ESTATE

Colorado Broker's  License  Training / Broker Pass     2001

California Broker's License        1987 

California Real Estate Sales License       1983

ADDITONAL SKILLS, TRAINING & EXPERIENCES

Contract Law

Agency

Ethics

Trust Fund Handling

Fair Housing Guidelines

Risk Management

Property Management & Supervision

California Foreclosure Training

Secondary Bank Auditor / Freddie Mac / Fannie Mae

Real Estate Marketing, Sales  and Contract Negotiation

Restaurant Management / Roving Management / Month End Financials

Briggs Aptitude Scoring / multiple aptitudes 

Other languages spoken/read:  German