Mark A. Hohlbein
Management Consulting Professional
mhohlbein@strategicinnov.com
As a management consulting professional, I have accumulated extensive experience leading design,
development, configuration, implementation, and support of Financials, Human Resources, and Supply Chain
Management enterprise applications. My skills range from road mapping the overall solution, to delivering on
schedule/budget, resulting in meeting or exceeding client expectations. My leadership experience includes
leading consulting services sales teams closing up to $10 Million in services in a quarter, management of
delivery teams ranging in size from 5 to 65, and managing engagement budgets from $250K to $15MM.
Professional Experience
TITAN Technology Partners – Jan 2011 to Present
PeopleSoft Practice
Leader HCM Upgrade
Assessment
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Developed and delivered a PeopleSoft HRMS 8.8 to 9.1 Compass upgrade
assessment for Delaware North Companies, a global hospital company.
Delivery included the analysis of the current state footprint, potential new
modules (Recruiting Solutions, ePerformance, eCompensation), and
resourcing requirements. My responsibilities included delivering the analysis,
documentation, and go-forward recommendations for Recruiting Solutions,
Customizations Reduction, Queries, Reports, the Upgrade Project Plan, and
a roadmap of recommendations on the scope, approach, timing, and staffing
required to meet the desired delivery date. Additionally, I managed the
project team to complete the demonstration of the current module new
features and new module overviews to business users.
PeopleSoft Practice
Leader HCM Upgrade
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Project leader for the testing/corrective action phase of a PeopleSoft 9.1
HCM upgrade for Darden Restaurants.
Modules included Human
Resources, Base Benefits, Benefit Administration, Recruiting Solutions, and
North American Payroll for 180,000 employees. On a daily basis, I delivered
client relationship management, project team leadership, and the functional
issue resolution for Recruiting Solutions issues logged as a result of testing.
The upgrade was completed on time under budget.
PeopleSoft Practice
Leader HCM Upgrade
Assessment
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Developed and delivered a PeopleSoft HRMS 8.9 to 9.1 upgrade
assessment for Moog Inc, a global manufacturing company. The delivery
analyzed current state, potential new modules, and current Moog resources.
My responsibilities included build out of a roadmap of recommendations on
the scope, approach, timing, and staffing required to meet the desired
delivery date and demonstration of new modules/features to business users.
My deliverables included categorization of customizations, query analysis,
report analysis, new feature analysis/demonstration, and a detailed project
plan.
Oracle Consulting Services – Oct 2007 to January 2011
Project Director
PeopleSoft
CRM/FMS
Implementation
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Project Director for the implementation of Cablea’s Phase 4B of PeopleSoft
FMS/CRM version 9.0 (General Ledger, Billing, Accounts Receivable, RMA,
Inventory, Correspondence, and Order Management). Managed the client
relationship and the three Project Managers responsible for the
Cabela’s/Oracle teams to deliver the configuration, customization, security,
testing, conversion, and technical infrastructure tuning (code, hardware,
database, and network). Through visual, written, and oral communication, I
ensured the Executives, and team managers were aware of issues and risks,
timeline, and budgetary progress. The delivery team consisted of 3 Project
Managers, 38 fulltime Cabela’s/Oracle Consulting, 4 fulltime Oracle
Near-Shore, and 18 fulltime Oracle Offshore resources.
Mark A. Hohlbein
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Project Director
PeopleSoft FMS
Upgrade
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Project Director for the upgrade of Waste Management’s (WM) PeopleSoft
Financials System from version 8.4 to 9.0 (General Ledger, Accounts
Payable, Project Costing, Asset Management, Purchasing, eProcurement,
Commitment Control). Coordinated and facilitated the WM/Oracle team
through the process of delivering fit/gap analysis, configuration,
customization elimination, security enhancements, system tuning, testing,
and technical infrastructure (hardware, operating system, database, and
network). Through effective resource management of the 45 fulltime Waste
Management/Oracle Consulting, 2 fulltime Oracle Near-Shore, 13 fulltime
Oracle Offshore, and 3 fulltime Oracle Lab resources, I delivered the 41 week
project on the contracted go-live date, and under the $3.2 Million budget.
Project Director
PeopleSoft Portal
Upgrade & FMS
Upgrade RFP
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Managed 20 Waste Management/Oracle Consulting resources to deliver the
PeopleSoft Portal 9.0 upgrade on time and within budget utilizing the Oracle
Compass methodology. Day-to-day delivery included directing the fit/gap
analysis, content migration, branding updates, and upgrade of the hardware,
operating system, database, and network infrastructure. I delivered the
solution within the 10-week timeline and $300K budget and lead the
successful RFP pursuit process to win the FMS Upgrade project.
Project Manager
PeopleSoft FMS,
HCM, SCM Upgrade
Value Assessment
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Managed a team of six consulting resources and provided subject matter
expertise for the Upgrade Value Assessment of the; WM Financial
Management System (General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Project Costing,
Purchasing, Asset Management, Commitment Control); HCM (HR, Benefit
Administration, Payroll); and SCM (General Ledger, Contracts, Accounts
Receivable, Manufacturing, Order Management, Inventory, Purchasing,
Billing). My delivery included high-level fit/gaps, business needs & impacts,
upgrade timelines, associated business value, project staffing models, and a
technical assessment of hardware, operating systems, databases, network
infrastructure refresh plans.
Project Manager
PeopleSoft Enterprise
FSCM International
Regional Service
Center
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Provided leadership and workshop facilitation to guide a team of four Oracle
Consulting, and 30 Boeing Commercial Aircraft resources through the design
and build of a proof of concept for a network of International Regional
Finance Centers. My tasks included resource management, process
designs, fit/gap resolution, issue/risk mitigation, quality control/assurance,
infrastructure integration mapping project dashboard management and work
session facilitation.
Sterling Commerce Inc. – May 2005 to Oct 2007
Manager PeopleSoft
Services Team
PeopleSoft Enterprise
FSCM 8.4 to 8.8
Upgrade
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Directed a team of 10 resources to provide technical subject matter expertise
for the upgrade of PeopleSoft Financial Supply Chain Management from
version 8.4 to 8.8 (General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable,
Billing, and Asset Management), and implementation of the Contracts
module.
Manager PeopleSoft
Services Team
Enterprise FSCM 8.8
eProcurement
Implementation
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Led the global implementation of the PeopleSoft eProcurement module and
associated workflow for all capital and expense purchases. Facilitated the
design and rollout of the solution to the US, Canada, and 7 European
countries. I planned and facilitated all of the Conference Room Pilot
sessions, identification and prioritization of functional requirements,
configuration, testing, and training for the overall global solution.
Emerging Solutions – Jan 2004 to May 2005
Program Manager
PeopleSoft Enterprise
FS 8.8
Implementation
Mark A. Hohlbein
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Directed 14 fulltime consultants and 19 part-time Core Solutions health care
resources to deliver the implementation of version 8.8 PeopleSoft Financial
Supply Chain Management (General Ledger, Accounts Receivables, Project
Costing, Contracts, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, Payment Predictor,
Lockbox, Payroll Interface, Human Resources, Base Benefits, and Benefits
Administration). My leadership delivered the project on budget ($2.1M), and
on time (32 weeks).
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Project Manager
PeopleSoft Enterprise
FS 8.4
Implementation
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Project Manager responsible for creation and delivery of a facilitated Project
Assessment Workshop for Ideal Industries that identified opportunities and
built the infrastructure for a PeopleSoft Version 8.4 Order Management,
Inventory, and Manufacturing implementation.
Longaberger - Feb 2000 to Jan 2004
Project Director
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Directed the $3.2M re-launch of the Longaberger.com website including
design, build, test, and deploy, resulting in first year $2 Million incremental
revenue.
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Program Director responsible for the development/presentation of the Direct
Ship strategic plan used to retool fulfillment services from consolidated
distribution of product to end customer distribution.
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Solution Architect that developed and presented RFP/Vendor Selection for
the Integrated Software Solution for the Senior Executive Leadership team
resulting in awarding of the full-suite (32 modules) PeopleSoft project with a
$28M dollar budget and a 3-year $60 Million return on investment.
Ernst & Young, LLP - Feb 1998 to Feb 2000
Manager,
Management
Consulting
CompuServe Inc.
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Project Manager responsible for leading 6 consultant and 10 Williams
Scotsman resources for delivery of a JD Edwards CRM enterprise solution
(Sales, Service, and Lease/Lend Management). Managed the team to deliver
the gap analysis, design, implementation and deployment
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Project Manager responsible for the Financials and Supply Chain software
RFI/RFP/Selection between PeopleSoft, Oracle, and Lawson for the
FinishLine retail athletic stores.
Feb 1981 to Feb 1998
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Program Manager responsible for management of 10 CompuServe and 35
consulting resources to deliver a $15M Corporate Wide Year 2000 remediation
program. The program included remediation of all legacy mainframe, and
client/server solution software and back-up solutions.
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Program Manager that led the creation of the space utilization/business
continuity plan, for the $50M start-up, and day-to-day operation of the Hilliard
Data Center.
PeopleSoft FSCM
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Asset Management
EProcurement
PeopleSoft HCM
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Recruiting Solutions
Human Resources
Engagement
Experience & Tools
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PeopleSoft Solution Architect
Program/Project Management
Off Shore Development Team
Management
Manager,
Engineering
Skills Summary
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Process Engineering
Fit/Gap Resolution
Revenue/Margin Management
Other Accomplishments
Education
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BS Engineering/Computer Science, The Ohio State University – Columbus, OH
Technical Diploma, Devry – Columbus, OH
Certifications &
Associations
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Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
Member of the Columbus Children’s Hospital Development Board
Presentations
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Presented Lessons Learned from an Actual 9.1 Upgrade, NY/NJ HRUG 2011
Partnering PeopleSoft & OutlookSoft Presentation, DMUG Conference, 2004
Mark A. Hohlbein
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