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Sap
- SAP S4/Hana Test Manager
Paris
2018 - 2018
End to End - Test Management UAT & Integration Test of the following SAP modules:
- S4/Hana (SD, MM, FI, CO, PP, QM, CS)
- GTS (Global Trade Services)
- EWM (Extended Warehouse Management, Automatisches Kleinteilelager (AKL) Viastore
- HCM (Human Capital Management)
- BDE (Betriebsdatenerfassung, Plant Information Management System)
- ME (Manufacturing Execution)
During the UAT of the VACUUBRAND (VAC) implementation, I lead 30 Testers in the End-to-End Testing of the business processes and SAP S4/Hana
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Abb
- Test Manager S4/Hana Salesforce Apttus Navetti ConfigIT
Cergy
2016 - 2017
As a Test Manager within the ABB Testing Team, I managed several projects:
1) SAP S4/Hana Order Management and SAP R3 Order Capture (Italy, Spain) plus Fiori Apps
2) Salesforce Regression testing and new functionality
3) Multiple Configurators to configure the ABB Global products Apttus shopping cart (Sweden)
4) Apttus Order 2 Cash shopping cart calculation and Order to SAP (Switzerland, Poland)
5) Navetti PricePoint to manage prices of products and update price changes in SAP (Finland)
6) Apttus CLM, Contract Lifecycle Management with X-Author in Ms-Word and DocuSign
7) Organising EP and CLM and STS Regression testing Salesforce and Apttus Cart &CLM Activities I performed for each project:
a) Create Test Plan referring to the ABB Global Test Strategy
b) Supervising the creation of the test cases, train the testers, setup of ALM, reporting
c) Running daily morning stand-up and assign Test Cases / Defects to retest to Testers
d) Running daily defect triage meetings during SIT and UAT with testers and PM’s
e) Gathering signoff from IT (SIT) Gate 4 and Business (UAT) to pass Gate 5
f) Running and organising Test Entry - and Test Exit gateway’s (report & advice to Ste-co)
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Pro Assurances - Gen Re
- SAP Test Manager
2015 - 2016
As the RAS 1B Test Lead I was directly responsible for managing 7 Test Execution Leads (TEL) from all work streams, regarding the test -preparation, - planning, gateway’s, - kick off and - execution (progress and defects).
I was managing 75-100 testers located in 5 rooms in Cologne, being the first point of contact regarding testing (training, system access, support) of FS-RI functional customisations (requirements / MDL’s), configurations and Change Requests:
1) Managing Scenario Test SCT2 & SCT3, Data Migration (Load Cycle Test LC2, LC3 & LC4) and Legacy Test (LG1 & LG2) phases
a) Running and organising Test Entry - and Exit gateway’s
b) Test execution mainly took place in Cologne (GER), Stamford (USA) and Sydney (AUS)
c) Running daily defect meetings with TEL and PM’s
2) I was responsible and accountable for the Testing room facilities (Hardware/Network), room allocation to testers and accepting an entire new floor for testing in Cologne.
3) Replacing the Gen Re International Test Manager
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BMW
- Test Manager VFC
Munich
2014 - 2014
Applikationsspezifisches Test Management für das Projekt / Release VFC Werke 7 (Leipzig) und Werke 1 (München)
Local Test Manager (Acceptance Testing) in Munich and Leipzig for all Defects, Problems, Issues and appropriate Rework activities of all BMW models, during production, maintenance (at dealers) or after sales of vehicles in 8 worldwide plants in German, English and Chinese language. Common Defect description of all BMW models for dealers, customers, production and suppliers (parts) to eliminate all Defects, zero error policy.
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Griesser AG / Weinor
- End-to-End UAT Test Manager MS Dynamics AX 2012
2014 - 2014
Test Manager System Test and System Integration Test for an Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 ERP implementation in 5 languages (FR, EN, DE, IT, SP). During the End-To-End Business Process Testing (Abnahme / UAT), I organised the testing of all the business processes of this sun protection company.
1) Creation of a Test strategy, finding existing Requirements, Defects and Manuals
2) Selection of a Test Tool and managing HP Switzerland vendor (HP/QC ALM 12 as SaaS)
3) Configuring and importing existing defects and requirements, setup Releases and Cycles
4) Optimizing the Release Strategy from 1 month cycle to 2 months Cycle and include Testing
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BMW
- Test Manager, Startup Manager SOP
Munich
2013 - 2013
1) Testmanager TEK (External Components), Testing of the end-to-end process “Injection Molding” of plastic/CFK body parts (Body Panels i03, Bumpers, M-Sport) via Paint Street, Pre-assembly, warehouse, supermarket, Logistics, SAP, JIS/JIT, to vehicle assembly hall.
2) Testmanager End to end Emulation Test and Go-live / Startup Manager (Inbetriebnahme) “Body in White” (SPS / PLC’s, IPS-L PPE / IPS-T / IPS-Q / PPZ) – new Hall with robots delivered for the 1-series GT (LU45 Active Tourer).
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BMW
- Test Manager FMS_NG & New Model Mini
Munich
2012 - 2012
1) Testmanager of a new next generation system for Bodywork, Paint and Assembly Defects and Rework Activities found during production of all BMW models for 8 worldwide plants in German and English. (America,South Africa, China, Germany and UK). Managing the preparation and execution of the Integration test in Leipzig by testers from 8 worldwide BMW plants and actively participating in Go-Live and cutover.
2) Giving independent test advice, creating teststrategy / testconcept and testing best practices (demonstrations) for multiple systems like Logistics (SAP STARD, IPS-L), Assembly (LIS/GPI, NAS, Andon), Quality (FMS, IPS-Q) and HR (SAP R3, eHR and SBP, Support packs) for BMW/Mini/Rolls Royce plants at Goodwood, Hams Hall, Oxford & Swindon.
3) Test Manager making sure all IT systems (mentioned above) and end-to-end business processes like new “Body in White (PLC’s PPE/PPZ)”, “Paintshop”, “Logistics” and “Assembly” are ready for production of a new model of "Mini".
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Swisscom
- Project Manager FTTH Data Exchange
2011 - 2011
1) Project Manager of an ETL / Business Intelligence implementation (using Talend, Commercially Open Source JAVA based) connecting to OSS (GIS, FTTH) and BSS (BRM) systems.
2) Single Point of Contact (SPOC) leading the Data Exchange and reporting between Swisscom and multiple Partners (roll-out of the FTTH network). Development done offsite by Consultancy. Management of Releases (CVS) and Versioning (subversion) within Agile / SCRUM environment
3) Signoff and delivery of 3 Milestones and 4 Deliverables (Delivery objects): Project order, Project planning, Detail concept, Business Requirements (Business Rules workshops).
4) Responsible for Test strategy, Test plan and Test execution (test scripts ETL, reporting).
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Telenet
- Lead BA and Project Manager
2010 - 2011
1) Lead BA for the Clarify Quick Wins and SLA manager projects
2) Project Manager of 4 streams:
a. Quick Wins
i. Amdocs Archiving --> selection and implementing of solution (IBM Optim)
ii. Top 5 prio issues
b. SLA manager functionality
c. Decomissioning of Clarify at other cable company
d. Amdocs Clarify CRM6.0.1 upgrade to Amdocs Clarify CRM8.1
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Digicel
- UAT Test Manager
Ducos
2010 - 2010
I was responsible for the preparation and execution of the User Acceptance Testing of the new NSI Billing system. The current Mobi Master Billing module is replaced with the Singl.eView billing system:
1) Approval of the Intec Test Strategy
2) Creation of the Digicel Test Plan (including test strategy, resources, milestones)
3) Selection of a Open Source Test Management tool
4) Implementation of the System Requirements Specification (Management) SRS documents
5) Implementation of the Open Source Test Management Tool (including training of testers)
6) Implementation of the Open Source Bug Defect Management tool (including training)
7) Management of the Creation of Test Cases by 4 Testers from Haiti and 6 testers from the Finance Department
8) Management of the Execution of the Test Cases by the 4 testers from Haiti and 6 testers from the Finance Department
9) Coordination of the SIT (System Integration Test) of the 14 external systems connecting to Singl.eView via SOAP or batch interfaces
10) Coordination of the configuration of the Singl.eView DA and reference Tables (service provider data)
11) Management of defects to INTEC and management of the daily defect meetings with Finance, IT, Intec and project managers
12) Release Management, Versions, Hot-Fixes and upgrades of SIT and UAT environments
13) INTEC Release management, twice weekly delivery of bug fixes and releases into UAT
14) Progress reporting of the UAT phases test case creation and test case execution
15) Preparation of conditional Sign Off UAT
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Astro
- Program Test Manager / Migration Manager / Solution Designer
2008 - 2009
Transformation project from Amdocs 5.5 to Amdocs CES 7.5 suite (JAVA SMART client) which includes Billing, CRM, AMSS, Partner Management, Inventory and Ordering. I was performing 3 roles:
1) Program Test Manager responsible for managing directly all Astro Acceptance testing: UAT, BART (billing and revenue assurance testing; bill2bill comparison), PT phase 2 & 3 (Performance testing) and ORT (incl go/no-go decision cutover). Controling, overseeing all Amdocs system and integration testing: SST, ST, SIT and PT phase 1. Responsible for UAT Testing Preparation based on Requirements, business processes and AS-IS functionality together with HLS, HLD, TDD and OOB 7.5 screen prints/dumps using Quality Center 9.2
2) Migration Manager, responsible for migration strategy (Flash cut vs. Phased migration), migration plan (Timeline), dumps, rehearsals, source and target data migration mapping, migration testing, data cleanup, data massaging, data purging, data archiving and data conversion strategy (temp tables, table space, AF).
3) Solution Designer responsible for reviewing and advising Astro in signoff of the High Level Solution (HLS), Detailed Design (HLD. TDD), Business Requirements tracability matrix (RTM) and Interface detailed design (IDD). The RTM and Business requirements are tracked using Rational REQ PRo Tool linked to Quality Center using the QC plugin. Versions of software and code drops are tracked using Rational’s ClearCase and Risks, Issues, Actions and Defects are tracked using customized Rational ClearQuest (RAID)
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Togo Telcom
- IT Auditor
2008 - 2008
I was both onsite in Lomé as working offsite in Sophia Antipolis for the preparation and execution of an information system (IS) audit for the biggest operator in Togo.
The recommendation report described the current situation, a summary of the interviews, the work in progress and the proposed solutions to adopt.
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Orascom Telecom
- Test Manager / Subject Matter Expert Testing
PARIS
2007 - 2008
Lebanon's biggest telecom operator (Alfa / Fal Dete Telecom) was changing its current billing system to Singl.eView.
I was both onsite in Beirut as well as working offsite from home to create the testing strategy and the high level testing plan for the implementation of Intec's Singl.eView.
I was responsible to define, design, develop, implement, lead and transfer expertise for the end-to-end Test Process.
I came into a project and company where there was no existing structured formal testing capability and I created such a capability from scratch.
I was the only subject matter expert in this field onsite. I installed, trained and configured Test Director.
I trained the testers and test manager in how to use Test Director and how to create test cases from the business processes and the SoW (Statement of Work) documents where the detailed functional- and business requirements are described.
I trained the test manager in reporting progress, results and statistics.
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T-mobile
- Test Stream Leader / Senior Test Manager Disaster Recovery
2006 - 2007
I was working for Amdocs at T-Mobile in Hatfield as a Test Stream Leader. I was responsible for testing the complete DR (Disaster Recovery), High Volume project.
I have successfully leaded according to plan, the capability test. Signoff is received from the business by IS Quality, two weeks before the deadline. This was an important Amdocs project (payment) milestone.
After this milestone I finished on time and according to plan the sanity test, regression test (both manual and automated using WinRunner) and the new functionality test.
In parallel I managed the interface testing and I coordinated the development of the test scripts. Before the 3 end-to-end cycles to prove the final KPI,
I have lead the performance testing (Performance Center) to show that Amdocs meets the KPI's agreed with the client (T-Mobile). The “non production” testing, “business as usual” testing I organized as well.
I was permanently leading 5 / 6 testers plus 2 automation testers and 2 / 3 performance load stress testers, making a total of 10 testers maximum. In total I managed > 100 man months total
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Wanadoo / Orange
- Portal/Infranet Application Specialist / Implementation – Release Manager
2005 - 2006
Environment: Wanadoo was changing its brand and name to Orange and had to restructure products and systems to accommodate this. Livebox is promoted, customer base is growing quite rapidly, but the competition in Adsl is strong and can change quickly.
Tasks and responsibilities:
1. Manage the Monthly Bill Run;
2. Manage the Infranet application; Upgrade/Install TEST, INT and PROD environments via (Python, Perl) test Scripting. Release Management of Releases, sub-Versions and Hot-fixes
3. Monitor and tune the Infranet application;
4. Communication and administrative duties
Result: 1 new Infranet upgrade installed successfully and 1 planned for end of January. Start rebranding (freeze) and major Infranet upgrade in March
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Orange
- Project / Test Manager - End to end system tester
Paris
2005 - 2005
Environment: hectic, Orange is trying to catch up with Swisscom (UMTS, CRBT, etc.)
Tasks and responsibilities: regression, new functionality test of Amdocs releases (big UMTS), test management and execution of tests.
Project management of several smaller projects like Smartphone / Embedded devices testing (UMTS) both devices "in house" and "in test house", Caller Ring Back Tone (CRBT), JAVA PC Application to send Text messages (SMS mailer), IVR upgrade, Selective Home Routing (SHR, CAMEL) implementation, which all have been put in production.
Result: 2 Amdocs releases went to production, SMS mailer live, UMTS is live, new IVR tree went live after fixes. CRBT planned mid 2006 for production.
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Swisscom
- End to end test Manager ‘mobile unlimited’ UMTS
2004 - 2004
Environment: The new 4-in-1 PC Card accommodates 4 technologies: UMTS, WLAN (WiFi), Bluetooth and GPRS. The costs of the data communication (per MB) are independent of the used technology.
Tasks and responsibilities: I was the billing (BSCS/Infranet) and testing expert in a team of 4, which was part of the global End-to-End test (25 people). I was responsible for detailed end to end planning and describing of the activities in all test phases (Functional, non Functional, Performance test, Stress test) with expected results. Test execution, drive tests, connection tests (Wifi certification and security (encrypted, non-encrypted), BT, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA), Mediation and Rating through Billing to the Invoice. Bugs analysis and reporting - Bugs reproduction and debugging.
Result: UMTS/HSDPA went live as scheduled; Portal Infranet is the Swisscom billing system. BSCS was replaced by Portal in the BEPPI project in 2006.
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Cable Wireless
- Key role in testing, support and analyzing Billing System
Paris La Defense
2003 - 2004
Environment: This implementation of Ensemble consists of 12 different Caribbean countries (e.g. CAY, JAM and BAR). In order to know all local reference data, people from the islands came to Barbados to support preparation and executing of the tests.
Tasks and responsibilities: I was the LAT (Local Acceptance Test) expert in a team of 3 persons, which was responsible for testing ALL modules of the Amdocs billing system. Creating test plans with detailed test cases for SIM, NM, MAF and MPS modules. During migration to production, I assisted Cable & Wireless in loading the production SIM cards and connecting the TallySoft POS application (www.tallysoft.com) to Ensemble
Result: Amdocs went live with (network) problems beyond our control. After one year C&W migrated back to the old billing system, which they use for their fixed net. Testing was a success for all islands.
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Deutsche Telekom
- Functional expert, operational experience MAF/MPS
2002 - 2003
Environment: These modules are calculating the fixed net usage for major customers. These major customers have offices in several countries and have leased lines from DT. Therefore they can call for special rates. Also volume discounts and other discounts are calculated.
Tasks and responsibilities: Describing the business and system processes. Preparing test cases based on specifications and planned tests. Management of test cases, bugs, errors, failures, version and (hot) fixes. Participating and giving support in system-, regression-, acceptance- and parallel testing of Amdocs Ensemble system with files, machines and interfaces which are going to be used in production
Result: calculation is with the new rating system faster and more accurate.
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Vimpelcom
- Ongoing support, Statistics
2002 - 2002
Tasks and responsibilities:
I was a member of the OGS (On-Going Support) expert team of 4, which was responsible for ALL daily operations of Vimpelcom in Moscow. This production support includes CSM/POS, RM, AR, Switch, MAF, MPS, Billing, In-collect, Out-collect and EOD. The job also includes nightshifts and training of the operators. I performed support for the following Amdocs modules: POS, MAF, MPS, CSM and Finance (Receivables, Payables and Collection). I was involved in all operational issues and supporting the Helpdesk. During the migration and initial live stage of the Ensemble billing system, we handled all operations.
Result: customer database went from 0 to 500.000 subscribers in 6 months and Vimpelcom is together with MTS market leader with 40%. Megafon and others take 10% market share.
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Vodafone
- Friendly Customer Test Manager and UAT tester
Newbury
2001 - 2001
Environment: The main focus was on Production Readiness of the MMO (Mannesmann Mobile Organization), the hardware and the Amdocs billing system
Tasks and responsibilities:
(1) Managing the Friendly Customer Test (FCT) in the pre-production test-team Amdocs Ensemble implementation. The FCT is an Operational Readiness Test (ORT) in a production-like environment. The participants are real subscribers with existing mobile and fixed net connections, who are either activated in Ensemble or in the legacy system (migrated). All tests are performed by the organization as a final check before production.
(2) Participating in the UAT (User Acceptance Test) Amdocs Accounts Receivable, with main focus on Collection. The pre-defined tests are performed according to the MMO methods and standards.
Result: Vodafone is live with Amdocs ensemble and still uses it.
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Freelance
- End To End Test Management
2001 - maintenant
As a Dutch national, he holds a Bachelor’s degree of Science (Bsc.) in Information Science (Informatiekunde); his official titles are “Information Analyst” and “Systems Designer”.
Alex speaks fluent Dutch, English, French and German. He speaks basic Russian because he is married to a Russian.
He has working experience in 4 languages.
His general specialization is End to End Test Management of all types of systems like Manufacturing, Pricing, Finance, Assembly, Logistics, Andon and Quality. Recent experience in known “Best of Breed, Configurable” systems: SAP (S4/HANA plus Fiori) connected to Salesforce SFDC with Apttus shopping cart (Order to Cash), ConfigIT configurators and Navetti (Price Point) are “Best of Breed” systems that Alex has managed the onsite UAT and SIT testing for.
During several contracts, he has travelled 6 countries in the last 6 months for the end client. Alex also gives advice and presents Testing Best Practices and Test Process Improvements to all team members and the client in e.g. a Test strategy document.
He has worked with several methodologies like Waterfall, V-Model, SCRUM, Agile, Sprints and has managed requirements from gathering, design to implementation, covering them with Test Cases and managed the Testing phases until handover to BAU, using tracking tools like MS Test Manager, IBM Rational DOORS, Tricentis Tosca Test suite and HP Quality Center, ALM and ALM Octane. His Bug tracking tool experience is vast and exquisite.
Alex worked Freelance since 2001 on worldwide contracts and has lots of international experience working different sectors like Engineering, (Re)Insurance, Manufacturing, Automotive, Telecom (Operational Support and Billing Support), Banking, Finance and Accounting.
He has worked for all 3 parties involved: the Vendor, the End Client and the System Integrator
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Talkline
- Subject Matter Expert Billing and AR / Collection
1999 - 2000
Amdocs Ensemble was implemented for both Talkline Netherlands and Talkline Germany. Only one billing system is implemented that includes both the Dutch and German markets.
I managed the configuration (setup) and testing of the A/R and collection modules by performing the following activities:
1. Give Workshops to Finance department to explain Amdocs functionality. In two trips to Amdocs site in Israel, I learned the Amdocs functionality and reference tables (A/R) set-up.
2. Participating and reviewing the system tests, performed by Amdocs before first delivery to Talkline.
3. Setup and maintenance of the Amdocs Ensemble reference tables, in close corporation with the Financial Department. Customizing the Accounts Receivable (A/R) and Collection functions (e.g. reason codes) according to the organisational needs.
4. System testing of the incoming and outgoing Financial Interfaces: Payments Posting (SWIFT), Direct Debit, Oracle Financials (GL), Credit Card and Collection (agencies).
5. Creating test conditions, test scripts, test cases and a test scenario to design test-requirements.
6. Plan the A/R User Acceptance-, cluster- and scenario test and manage the test results. The cluster test is an extensive functional test of clusters, where a cluster is defined as functionality logically belonging together. The functional scenario test is a test that verifies if the connection of clusters operates according to the specifications (like a mini End to End test).
7. Participate in the execution of user acceptance test (UAT) to verify the delivered Amdocs Ensemble billing system, according to the specifications.
8. Create SERF’s (bug reports) and maintaining the status of AR, Collection and interface errors.
9. Knowledge management (KM) of the functional area Accounts Receivable and Financial interfaces. Maintain and make accessible the build-up knowledge concerning customer care and billing functionality in general and specifically Accounts Receivable and Financial interfaces. KM includes the review of functionality related documents, Approval of Amdocs specifications, impact analyses of change requests and functionality document management.
10. Maintain and manage a test environment as an environmental owner. (Batch test processing)
11. Coordinate with the German project (NABS) concerning scope and approach.
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KPN
- Consultant
1999 - 1999
Create and deliver documents according to the KPN standards to the management organization.
Below documents were needed to let the internal implementation organisation maintain and implement the application SBS, a fixed net Telephone Project Management System. The 3 documents I created were accepted and formally handed over to KPN.
1. Functional Design for the application SBS.
2. End User Manual (GEHA) for the application SBS.
3. Application Production Manual (APH) for installation
4. management Manual of the application SBS.
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Swisscom
- Consultant
1999 - 1999
I created and delivered a new version of the Command Handler, which is part of a point of sale system, also known as MTDS (Mobile Telephone Dealer System).
This Management Information Application gives an overview of the status in the F.O.R.M.S. (Fast Ordering and Registration Management System) system. This system will expand to a Customer Care and Billing platform in the near future.
The main activities were:
1. Testing of the Web-server, MCC Client, Command Handler and the Oracle Database.
2. Delivery of the new Command Handler documentation to the project team F.O.R.M.S.
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UPC / UTH Telekabel
- Consultant
1999 - 1999
I described the Finance (Billing and Collection) Processes at Enertel Rotterdam. The carrier select service was bought by UTH and the Finance processes of the new services needed to be imbedded in the current organisational structure of UTH. In order to achieve this I performed the following activities:
1. Interviewing employees to involve them in process design and work-procedure description.
2. Main and sub-process design UTH and Enertel organisation.
3. Preparing and supporting project members during new optimised process implementation.
4. Implementing the new processes in the existing UTH organisation.
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CMG / Logica
- Consultant
Courbevoie
1999 - 2000
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ABN AMRO
- Project Manager / Coordinator SWIFT implementation
Levallois-Perret
1998 - 1998
In order to standardise the distribution of SWIFT messages within the ABN AMRO Bank, I coordinated the worldwide implementation of a new SWIFT gateway (SWIFT Alliance Access) by performing the following activities:
1. Describing the processes and procedures of a project office and implementing a new project office to support the project.
2. Planning of the global implementation, revise planning when needed and review the progress.
3. Report progress to the ABN AMRO implementation organisation project manager.
4. Communicating with the global ABN AMRO banks in the project regarding upgrading hardware, training and installation by SWIFT and set-up of Alliance Access to distribute the SWIFT messages according to the organisational structure and the new standards.
5. Reporting problems and troubleshooting in close cooperation with the SWIFT organisation.
Overall activities were managing hardware purchase, installation (by SWIFT), customization (routing of messages), testing and go-live.
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RAET IT Services
- Consultant
1996 - 1998
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USZO
- Configuration and Test Social Security / Salary Calculation
1996 - 1998
Design and maintain rules for relevant social security law (unemployment / pension benefits). These rules are used as input for generating a new salary and social security calculation system. The generations of application code by flexible generators (which generate code by inputting new rules) improve the speed of creating new applications (AS400 systems/ RPG).
I designed and maintained rules for relevant social security law (unemployment / pension benefits). These rules are used as input for generating a new social security calculation system. The generation of application code by flexible generators (which generate code by inputting new rules) improve the speed of creating new applications (systems).
I performed the following activities:
1. Create a test plan and test execution of new or changed functionality to learn the flexible generators and to apply (changed) rules.
2. Managing, maintaining and defining functional specifications (new benefit rules by changed laws)Analyse, design and implement new functionality on social security law computations.
3. Instruct and support junior project members.
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Deloitte
- GRADUATION EXPERIENCE
Puteaux
1995 - 1996
100 working days
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VWS / Rijkswaterstaat
- INTERNSHIP PROJECTS
1994 - 1994
100 working days
