Edgar Sierra

This multimillion-dollar SaaS (cloud) project was related to ASC842 compliance. I spearheaded and managed the project from end-to-end, including the vendor selection process (for two different vendors), as well as managed IT, CREWS, and finance teams. This project was part of the leasing program.

I automated the WW payment of leases. The automation process included EDI810 and EDI824, SAP interfaces. Besides implementing the project’s full scope, we were able to cover 10% more of the total leases. This project was part of the leasing program.

The project was related to implementing an extraction/feed process for 15 different BI/data analytics reports. The data had to be extracted without affecting the performance of the company’s main finance data warehouse.

The project involved adding a company code for a South African Trust to the SAP finance system. There was an urgency to add the company code, so the effort started without any project management or established framework. I set up processes to ensure we completed the project on time, on budget, and within the required scope.

The project was completed approximately 40% faster than the average time to create a company code. The project was handed over to me in Red status, and I completed it in green status.

The project was related to the divestiture between HPE and DXC, which included an update on three major systems (SAP, Guardian, and BW). As the primary project manager, I managed 79 team members, including two project managers. The project was successfully completed on time and on budget.

The project was related to the set up of the S/4HANA finance MDM space. When the project was completed, it was a part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s number one initiative. It was successfully completed on time and on budget.

The program related to the implementation of a system to allow HP and non-HP manufacturing sites to have the client computers and laptops registered under the asset system. I implemented the system in manufacturing sites around the world.

I implemented all the required modules for a retail company on time and within budget. The modules included costs, inventory, procurement, security, central administration, prices, institutional sales, and POS. We also completed the integration of 16 external service providers and two financial interfaces with SAP.

I implemented a retail management system with the modules: central administration, inventory, prices, security, CEDI (distribution center), and POS. The implementation included one integration with the financial system and was successfully completed on time and within budget.

I developed and implemented a BI system from scratch. I developed the end-to-end ETL process to extract information from the transactional database. I set up the necessary SQL jobs to deliver the data to a central database where other sets of jobs take the information and further send it to the target database. Finally, I created 16 BI reports and delivered them to the client.

The project consisted of developing and implementing a chatbot that could solve basic and nested (two levels) HR-related queries. For instance, users could ask the chatbot, “How can I know how many days of vacation I still have?” the chatbot would provide a link and step-by-step instructions on getting the requested info. This project earned the 2018 “Leading the Way” HP award.

I implemented an automated process for an external entity to pull (FTP) HP finance audit data without impacting the biggest HP finance data warehouse, even though GBs of information had to be extracted monthly.

This project aimed to upgrade the biggest and more important finance data warehouse at HP, Inc. (SAP BW). Due to the importance of the data, a very particular and accurate data validation plan was put in place. After the upgrade was completed, no high or critical issues were reported.

Completed the implementation of a commercial system (LD) with several modules such as POS, inventory, distribution centers (CEDI), security, central administration, procurement, and institutional sales. Completed several integrations between LD and payment service providers (PSP) to allow clients to pay for services such as gas, electricity, water, phone service, etc., through LD.

I completed the interfaces between LD and different data analytics companies such as CloseUp and Nielsen. I also acted as an account manager to review, prioritize, solve, and implement issues and new requirements.

Completed all Agile projects assigned, including the company’s biggest IT project in 2021. This last project was to update the complete payment system that allows clients to pay through credit/debit cards in the SimpleTire web portal.

A multimillion and multiyear project to modernize legacy systems in a British Columbia Public entity. Managed and updated the Statement Of Work (SOW).

I also led Steering Committee Presentations. I managed project finances (Budget, revenue, billing, ETC, cost, margin, and AR) and estimated effort, cost (cost model), revenue, and resource allocation for new phases and requirements. I also managed scope and timelines.