Ashish Soni

PM Aspire Gold certified, birlasoft (Project management)

PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

Having 19+ years of working experience in Oracle ERP and Fusion Cloud technologies including
Project management, Release management, Upgrade, Support and maintenance projects,
Customization (SCM and Financial Modules), Oracle Database technologies and database archiving.

4+ years of Oracle ERP Project management experience.

2+ years of Oracle Fusion Patch Release Management experience.

The overall Project management and Release management experience includes defining Oracle
ERP project objectives, deliverables, timelines, resource requirements, collaboration with key
stakeholders to ensure alignment with business goals and define project success criteria mainly
in Oracle SCM and Financial modules (GL, FA, AR, INV, OM, AP, CM and Projects). Evaluating
new Oracle Fusion patch and updates released by Oracle. Review release notes, bug fixes,
security advisories, and other relevant information to determine the impact and benefits of the
patch for the organization's Oracle ERP software. Have also worked on SaaS technical
components on the modules like Oracle Fusion Financial, SCM, Procurement and Project
Portfolio Management. (GL, FA, AR, AP, OM, INV, PPM)

Project management Experience -

• Experience in leading the Oracle ERP projects including functional and technical resources.
Assigning tasks, provide guidance, and ensure effective communication and collaboration
within the team. Managing workload and fostering a positive team environment.

• Collaborating with business stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements for the Oracle
Fusion Implementation. Ensuring that the project scope is well-understood, and the team is
aligned with business needs.

• Experience in monitoring progress against the plan and ensuring that milestones and
deliverables are met. Identifying and mitigate risks, resolve issues, and manage changes
effectively.

Oracle fusion Patch Release management experience -

• Oversees the testing process for Oracle patches to ensure they do not introduce any
compatibility issues or regressions in the Oracle Fusion environment. This includes coordinating
with testing teams, developing test plans, and executing testing activities.
• Oversees the testing process for patches to ensure they do not introduce any compatibility
issues or regressions in the Oracle fusion functionality. This includes coordinating with testing
teams, developing test plans, and executing testing activities.
• Patch Verification: After applying the patches, verifying the successful installation and
functioning of the patch. Conducting post-patch testing and validation activities to ensure that
the patch has not introduced new problem.

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Oracle Fusion Cloud/ERP SaaS technical experience -

• Experience in data migration strategies/data extraction/data validation to ensure seamless

transition from legacy systems to Oracle ERP/Fusion.
• Oracle Fusion OTBI and BI Report.
• Oracle Fusion Dashboards and Infolet.
• Oracle Fusion OIC, REST/SOAP API – Oracle Fusion Transactions interface and integrations.
• Oracle Fusion Cloud – SaaS security, user roles/Access management.
• Excellent working experience on Trading Community architecture (TCA) related deliverables.
• Incident management, Change management and Problem management.
• Change management life cycle - Impact Analysis, Stakeholders approval process, Implement
change process, Deployment planning and execution.

Technologies Certifications

• AWS Solution Architect Associate.

• OCI Foundations Associate.
• Data Analytics from Google.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

ITIL Process Change, Incident and Problem Management

SQL, BI Report, Dashboards, Infolet, OTBI, Data Migration FBDI, ESS Jobs, User Roles and access
Oracle Fusion SaaS setup, OIC

Oracle ERP R12 Data Conversion, XML Publisher reports. AOL setups, Concurrent programs

Oracle ERP SQL, PLSQL, SQL Performance Tuning, Database Archiving

Tools WinSCP, sqldeveloper, Postman, ServiceNow, Jira.

PROJECTS EXECUTED

Client: One of the largest manufacturers of Power generators and Engines, Oracle fusion Cloud Support
Module – SCM, WMS and Finance
Role: Project Manager and Change/release management
Duration: July 2023 – Aug 2024

Synopsis
The power generators and Engine Mfg. business transactions are managed using Oracle Fusion and
Oracle EBS technologies. Their different BUs and business are implemented with Oracle EBS and Oracle Fusion
SaaS technology. Oracle Fusion cloud integrated with Oracle WMS application. There are other third party
applications also integrated with Oracle Fusion cloud to interface the business data.

Oracle Technology used –

Oracle Fusion cloud SaaS Technology
(SCM/Finance Functional, BI Report, OTBI, Sandbox) - Production deployments

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 Oracle EBS R12 (Inbound/Outbound Interface, Reports/Forms/AOL) – Support and
Enhancements

Responsibilities –

• Strategy making for smooth delivery/Transition/Effort Estimation/Resource utilization/Stakeholder

management/.

• Managed the Project and team responsible for the delivery on Oracle Fusion cloud SaaS enhancements
(SCM, WMS and Finance), Oracle cloud fusion quarterly patch regression testing.

• Updating the business leadership with the progress reports periodically (MSR, WSR)

• Responsible for creating monthly Effort Usage report ($300K appx monthly) with the entire work done
for almost 60-70 resources. Get it reviewed by business and get approval as per the work done.

• Worked as a Transition manager to handover some part of the business back to the client as they had
formed their internal GCC team. Carried out the entire transition plan with on time handovers/Resource
ramp down/effort minimization. Managed the BSL work and team for the smooth Oracle EBS work
transition to take place.

• Client’s LDAP technology retirement strategy building aligned with BSL tools upgradation with their new
Azure services in place of LDAP.

• Proactive measures to avoid business escalations, delivery back up plan. Making sure that the quality of
work with on time delivery.

Client: Largest hardware/machinery provider for Oil Industry

Module - Oracle fusion Cloud Support - Financial
Role: Project Manager and Change/release management SPOC
Duration: July 2021 – Jun 2023

Synopsis
The Client’ does the business of Oil processing hardware manufacturing. All the Financial, SCM,
procurement and Projects transactions are managed by Oracle fusion cloud. Mainly we supported SaaS technical
work including the BI and OTBI report customization and development work. Supporting the best practices
Oracle Fusion Security features implementation. Extensively provide support on Oracle fusion Patch release
testing and related work.

Responsibilities –

Oracle Fusion Patch Release management–

• Ensuring that Oracle Fusion ERP systems are up-to-date, secure, and functioning
optimally through effective patch release management.

• Managing the Oracle patch testing on the modules like GL, AP, PO, FA, MDM and
Projects. Making sure all business objects created for the modules are well sync with
the business processes and there are no exceptions occurred.

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 • Present the report to management ensuring the patch has not broken anything, if any
issues, are taken care by showing the technical or functional details.

• P1 SR may be logged in case if any functionality gets broken with Oracle Support.

Project management tasks -

• Working with stakeholders, providing regular project updates, addressing concerns,

and managing expectations. Preparing and present project reports, status updates, and
executive summaries to project sponsors and leadership.

• Solution Design and Configuration: Closely working with functional and technical teams
to design the Oracle ERP solution. Providing guidance on configuration options,
customization requirement.

• BI Report or standard report customization - collaborated with cross-functional teams,

including development and business stakeholders, to define the change scope,
objectives, and timelines.

• Managed release deployments, including scheduling, coordination of resources, and

communication with stakeholders, ensuring minimal downtime and adherence to
change management processes.

Client: Leader in Transport Toll business, Oracle Fusion Implementation

Role: Project manager
Duration: Jan – 19 to May - 21

Synopsis
Oracle Fusion implementation was one of the pieces of the entire project where the Business Toll
transaction got interfaced to Oracle fusion through OIC. The Finance modules were majorly configured and
implemented by BSL team.
Responsibilities
• Managing the technical and functional team on the business BI Report development and Toll
transactions testing through OIC development.
• Managing POC development for any new features in the business process to be introduced and
developed in order to automate the process.
• Addressing any challenges in developing team facing or any resource requirement is in place.
• Communicating the progress/outcomes/challenges on the deliverables with the stakeholders.
• Communicating to the stakeholders about the delay or any timeline changes for the deliverables.
Setting real expectation on the timelines and on the quality measures parameters.
• Collaboration across the Oracle Fusion technical/functional/DBA teams in order to sync and all should
be on the same page. Making sure all the challenges and issues are getting fixed on the specified
timelines.
• Communicating the client if any out-of-scope deliverables are to be developed, estimating its cost and
present it to the client. The change request gets logged once it is approved to be delivered within the
timeframe agreed.

Client: Oracle ERP client tale

Role: Tech Lead and Oracle Apps Techno Functional Consultant - Oracle ERP projects
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Duration: Aug 05 – Dec – 18

I had worked on various Oracle ERP projects of Implementation and Support as Techno Functional lead/
Technical lead/ Customer Support consultant/ mainly in the Oracle ERP modules like Financial and SCM.

Responsibilities
Techno functional Lead –

• Oracle ERP Production deployment of the deliverables in the specified

window by taking all the business measures. Making sure no
escalation as far as any technical or functional outcomes are expected.
• Mentor the team if any technical or functional assistance is needed in
developing the deliverables.
• Extensively used ServiceNow to log the support tickets using the
process of Incident and change management process.
• Customer Support projects – Incident log/Change log/Problem log
activities mentorship for the team.
• Training on ERP technologies – XML publisher, PLSQL, Oracle ERP
modules
• SPOC for data conversion, communicating with all the stakeholders
about the challenges and progress made.
• Understanding the data conversion criteria (cutoff date)
Oracle ERP Technical Consultant -
• XML publisher report development, SQL Tuning, Database Archiving.
• Extensively developed Oracle database objects like Packages, Views, Index,
Triggers.
• Provided ongoing support and maintenance for Oracle Applications projects,
addressing user issues and system enhancements.
• Collaborated with functional consultants to gather requirements for
developing the technical deliverables like the report and interfaces.
• Conducted training sessions for end users to familiarize them with the new
system and its functionalities.

EDUCATION

• MCA, Master in Computer Applications, 2004.

• C-DAC diploma, 2001.
• B.Sc. Computer Science, 1998.

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