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Bails and Associates, LLC
5/2017 – current
Project Manager
This is a client-facing role in which I managed a
team of consultants to implement new systems and
process improvement initiatives. The primary
platform is cloud-based (AWS). I had complete
responsibility for managing the budget, scope and
timeline of my projects.
Ciber, Inc
12/2014 – 12/2016
Senior Project Manager
I managed high visibility, complex projects to
improve business processes, upgrade/implement new
systems and create efficiencies for clients within
Ciber’s Consulting practice. As a PM, I created the
project plans, managed the project resources,
budgets and schedule for my projects.
The exciting part of this position was that I had
the opportunity to partner with a broad team that
included, technical resources, business team
members, consultants, vendors and executive
stakeholders to identify opportunities for
improvement within the organization and actually
execute on those opportunities.
Indian
Hills Water District
5/2014 - Present
Board of Directors
This is a volunteer elected position for the water
district that serves the community of Indian Hills,
Colorado.
The primary responsibility of the Board is the
oversight of the operations of the water district.
My role as treasurer of the board is to ensure the
accuracy of the financials of the District and to
oversee the annual budgeting process.
Panorama Consulting Solutions
12/2013 – 9/2014
ERP Project Manager
I managed (often simultaneous) selection and
implementation projects for Panorama’s clients. This
included facilitating planning sessions,
requirements gathering, coordinating demos, contract
negotiations, maintaining the relationship with the
client and setting proper project expectations with
stakeholders. My services also included Enterprise
Project Management–related blog contributions,
business development and recruiting project
resources. My most recent project involved managing
an Accounting/Financials implementation for a large
financial services client in the Midwest. I was
responsible for managing scope, budget,
deliverables, the project timeline and the
implementation resources to ensure a successful
go-live.
Catholic
Health Initiatives
11/2009 – 12/2013
Project Manager
My focus with CHI was managing the
implementation/upgrade of the corporate financial
system rollout for some of the more than 80
hospitals system-wide in the CHI network. This
included centralizing AP and Asset Management
systems to conform to corporate criteria. My most
recent project was implementing the corporate
financial system at a large health care system
acquisition in Nebraska. Among my past projects with
CHI was the rollout of the corporate ERP system to
one of CHI’s largest health care systems, located in
the Northeast and implementing financial/accounting
systems to 11 CHI hospitals in Minnesota/North
Dakota
Nelson Goodreau
& Associates, LLC
2009 - 08/2012
Project Manager
As a Management Consultant, I assisted organizations
in evaluating their business systems and processes.
I made recommendations for how those systems and
processes could best be utilized in support of the
organization’s goals based on best practices. My
focus was on financial/accounting and HR/Payroll
systems, however, I had engagements analyzing
technical infrastructure including networking,
storage, security, servers and desktop systems. Once
solutions were identified, I advised on and managed
the implementation of those solutions.
Metro
Development Group
09/2006 - 12/2008
Director of Information Technology
I was responsible for all technology implementations
for this Florida-based land development firm. I
formulated and executed the strategic IT plan,
analyzed & implemented process improvements, managed
vendor relationships & technical contractors in
order to support users in three statewide offices as
well as selected and implemented various
technologies and custom programming to support the
land acquisition, accounting and development
functions within the organization.
Centex Homes
07/2005 - 09/2006
Program Manager
I managed the community opening process for this
national homebuilder for over 50 projects. This
meant working with stakeholders to develop,
implement and manage a more efficient way to open
communities from land acquisition to home sales. To
accomplish this, I analyzed and documented existing
processes; reviewed the “human” interactions,
documented and prototyped various hand-offs and
created a scheduling template, complete with
appropriate dependencies. I facilitated workshops to
document process flows and coordinated with
programmers in the creation of a community tracking
database for the collection of all required data
points. The end result was streamlined process and
reduced cycle times from land identification through
the community opening.
Independent
Consultant
06/2004 - 07/2005
Owner
As an independent Contract Consultant, I offered IT,
Project Management and Business Process Analysis
services. My clients included Golden West Commuter
and The University of Colorado, Boulder
Seminole Tribe
of Florida
03/2003 - 04/2004
Project Manager
I led the selection/implementation of an Enterprise
Software system for this large Native-American
government organization. My scope of work included
end-to-end project management, conducting scoping
sessions, requirements definition, formulating
RFP/evaluating responses, analyzing business
processes, organizing project team, vendor
selection, facilitating software demos, contract
negotiations, change management and implementation
of Enterprise system to include HR, Payroll,
Financials, Procurement and document imaging
solution. I met regularly with the executive
steering committee to update project status and
interfaced with the software and services vendors to
keep the implementation on track.
San
Joaquin County, California
05/2002 - 01/2003
Project Manager
I led this $900 million County through Discovery,
Fit/Gap analysis, data conversion, interface
development, change management, testing, training
and implementation of PeopleSoft Financials,
HR/Payroll and portal. I oversaw the development of
conversions, interfaces and reports as well as
managed the implementation activities of the
consultants on site I interfaced with the client
management team to manage scope changes and provide
status updates as well as conducted regular meetings
with the project team to flesh out obstacles.
Jefferson County,
Colorado
03/2000 - 03/2002
Project Manager
I managed the selection and implementation of an
Enterprise System (ERP) for one of the largest
counties in Colorado. My scope of work included
managing the selection process, requirements
gathering and deploying full JD Edwards financial
suite as well as HR/Payroll over web-based system. I
recruited, assembled and managed a full time project
team from process analysis, requirements definition,
creating/issuing RFP and selection through
implementation. I interfaced with management,
consultants and vendors, evaluated proposals,
contract negotiations, scope of work and made
periodic presentations to elected officials.
PeopleSoft
11/1997 - 01/2000
Senior Consultant
I implemented, configured, designed and trained
clients on enterprise-wide Financial Applications.
As a key member of the implementation team, I
conducted requirements & scope definition sessions,
testing, Fit/GAP analysis and developed reporting
requirements. I participated in several full life
cycle Financial System implementations and upgrades
as well as provided production support and
interfacing with client contacts, sales reps and
partners. For a short time, I provided customer
support in PeopleSoft’s Global Support Center.
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