Mario Castaneda, PMP 925-518-7200 | mcastaneda@projectsmc.com

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SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER/ IT AND BUSINESS LEADER

A Certified Project Management Professional and Expert in All Aspects of Implementation Delivery

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Proven leader as a Senior Project/Program Manager/Director with 23 years of professional

experience in Business and IT.

• ERP Project Manager with hand-on experience with Oracle Cloud, PeopleSoft, Salesforce, JD

Edwards, Oracle EBS.

• Effective communicator with C-level executives, Steering Committees, Business Leaders, Functional

Subject Matter Experts and IT staff with the ability to work with the entire enterprise.

• Full-life-cycle implementations using both waterfall and agile methodologies to keep projects on

time, on budget, with effective governance and change management.

• Skilled in risk management, risk aversion, risk analysis, risk opportunity and risk mitigation.

• Executive Leadership experience in both IT (Director of IT) and Business (VP of Strategic Alliances)

building onshore and offshore teams with a single purpose of successful implementations.

• Excellent negotiator with problem solving skills, and a proven understanding of corporate account

business needs and the ability to facilitate the architecting of solutions.

• National and Global, small to large customers 50M to 1B, project experience 500K to 20M.

TOP SYSTEMS/ INDUSTRIES/ KEY SKILLS

� Oracle Cloud

� Salesforce

� NetSuite

� PeopleSoft Financials

� PeopleSoft Supply Chain

� PeopleSoft HCM

� JD Edwards

� Public Sector

� Commercial

� Health Care

� Higher-Education

� Non-Profit

� Retail

� Insurance

� Project Management

� ERP Implementations

� IT Program Management

� SOW/ RFP Response/ Bids

� Security and Risk Assessment

� Governance and PMO

� Leading Teams

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PROJECTS BY MC, Folsom, CA.

Senior Project Manager/ Principle (September 2016 – Current)

Independent Senior Project Manager and Business Owner. First customers include New Resources and Oracle

Consulting (Oracle HCM Cloud Project), Ataway Consulting (PeopleSoft Business Development).

NEW RESOURCES CONSULTING, Milwaukee, WI.

Vice President, Strategic Alliances (June 2015 – September 2016)

A senior strategic leader, building relationships with customers, vendors and project teams for mutual success.

Deep knowledge of Oracle systems and processes, built and maintained the platinum partnership which

resulted in coordinated project delivery. Led the effort on several RFP/ Bid Customer responses, pulling

together resources, and information from various sources.

Mario Castaneda, PMP 925-518-7200 | mcastaneda@projectsmc.com

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Senior Director, Delivery Services (May 2014 – June 2015)

Senior Delivery Director with responsibility over several projects with the top customers. Project Manager for

PeopleSoft and Oracle implementations. Mentored and led consultants within the Enterprise Solution Group.

Key Achievements:

� Spearheaded major projects including PeopleSoft and Oracle Implementations and integrated various

new technologies into existing data center environments.

� Developed business, future projects, managed services with anchor customers negotiating contracts,

creating SOWs, garnering approvals and road-mapping future projects.

� Senior Practice Leader in the organization leading, mentoring, developing, and recruiting functional

and technical consultants.

� Helped to build the NRC brand and business from staff augmentations to project based work, creating

processes, relationships, and a PMO library for consistent project delivery.

WESTVIEW SOLUTIONS, Pleasanton, CA.

Senior Project Manager/ Managing Partner (October 2013 – May 2014)

Independent Consultant helped customers build and implement PMO. As a Senior PM, worked with offshore

development teams to create customizations for the Saleslogix CRM mission critical support system. Managed

the integration of Saleslogix to NetSuite ERP Implemented Salesforce BMC Remedyforce as an IT ticketing

helpdesk system.

SOL REPUBLIC, San Francisco, CA.

Director, Training & Program Management (January 2013 – September 2013)

Senior Leader and Program Manager responsible for all sales training initiatives globally. Worked with the Sales

teams to increase sales and sell-thru at all major retail customers. Project Managed a Salesforce

implementation from initiation through go-live and training. Created a mobile application to increase exposure

to brand, train field sales reps, and connect with end users.

ORACLE CORPORATION, Pleasanton, CA.

Consulting Practice Director/ Senior Project Manager (August 2004 – January 2013)

Consulting leader managing both projects and a team of consultants. Build Anchor customers who became

references for Oracle Consulting and me personally. These anchor customers signed up for multiple projects

spanning several years. Specialized in rescuing errant projects and turning them into successes.

Key Achievements:

� Managed, mentored, recruited and built a successful consulting practice with quarter over quarter

growth. Successfully increased pipeline revenue from $1M/ qtr. to nearly $3M/ qtr.

� Built long-lasting relationships with C-level executives, Practice Directors, Functional and Technical

managers, and consultants that are still being utilized in current opportunities

� Worked as a solution architect creating deals from RFP/Bid response to SOW and contract to Project

Management and delivery that satisfied both Oracle and Customer requirements.

� Successfully managed over 19 projects, many full-life-cycle, globally, nationally, with small and large

customers, from 2 to 25 consultants, with P&L margin responsibilities.

Mario Castaneda, PMP 925-518-7200 | mcastaneda@projectsmc.com

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VALLEY OAK SYSTEMS, San Ramon, CA

Engagement Project Manager (September 2003 – August 2004)

NETGEAR PRODUCTS, Santa Clara, CA

Manager, IT Corporate Applications/ Project Manager (January 2002 – August 2003

NBC INTERNET, San Francisco, CA

Director, IT Applications/ Project Manager (October 1999 – January 2002)

M PEOPLE CONSULTING, Pleasanton, CA

Director, Consulting and Training (October 1998 – Oct 1999)

MONSTER CABLE PRODUCTS, South San Francisco, CA

Manager, M TEAM (September 1993 – October 1998)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

� Global Projects

� Global PeopleSoft Financials/ EMEA/ Non-Profit

� Global JD Edwards Financials & Supply Chain/APCA/ Commercial

� Global JD Edwards Financials & Supply Chain/APAC, EMEA/ High-tech

Manufacturing

� Fluent Languages:

� English, Spanish

� Education:

� Information Technology, University of Phoenix

� Certifications & Associations

� PMI Certified Project Manager, PMP, Current

� Oracle Unified Methods Sales Specialist

� Oracle HCM Cloud 2016 Sales Specialist

� Oracle HCM Cloud 2016 Presales Specialist

� Certified Oracle / PeopleSoft Project Manager, Level 4

� Businesses Started and Owned

� Implementation Consultancy (2016 – Current)

� Project Management Consultancy (2013-2014)

� Retail Scrapbook Store (2007 – 2009)

� Computer Consulting Company (1998 -2002)

� Mobile DJ Business (1986 – 1996)