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Name: Lawrence Michaels Also Known As: Larry Michaels Gender: Male Current/Latest School: California Lutheran University Current/Latest Employer: The Minotaur Group

School Name: California Lutheran University School Type: Graduate School School Location: Thousand Oaks, CA  USA Attended: 1985- 1988 Degree: MBA School Name: University of Northern Colorado School Type: University / College School Location: Greeley, CO  USA Attended: 1977- 1980 Degree: BS Concentration(s): Business Management & Finance

Employer Name: The Minotaur Group Position: Project & Program Management Consultant Dates: 2002 Description: Project & Program Management services for global ERP systems specializing in Financial, Manufact...(Show More)Project & Program Management services for global ERP systems specializing in Financial, Manufacturing & Supply Chain applications....(Show Less) Employer Name: AllAdvantage Position: Director, Information Systems Dates: 2000 - 2001 Description: Responsible for planning, implementation and production operations of corporate business systems. Th...(Show More)Responsible for planning, implementation and production operations of corporate business systems. The technology stack included Oracle’s Financial Applications Suite Release 11/11i & CRM/SFA designed and configured for scalable international operations. Successful management of a department staffed by information systems project managers, business systems analysts and applications developers. Active management of strategic software vendors, licensing agreements and Application Service Providers. Achievements included a comprehensive service level and support agreement policy corporate wide. Managed a comprehensive pre-sales analysis and selection of Enterprise Business Applications from Oracle, Siebel Systems and Peoplesoft...(Show Less) Employer Name: Oracle Corporation Position: Technical Industry Manager (Project Director) Dates: 1994 - 2000 Description: Project Management with P&L responsibilities for projects up to $20MM centered on Oracle Financi...(Show More)Project Management with P&L responsibilities for projects up to $20MM centered on Oracle Financials, HRMS & supply-chain application suite implementations, system interfaces & data conversions. On-going activities included analysis of business requirements, business process re-engineering, systems architectural design, review and validation of enterprise systems, issue resolution, business development, pre-sales SME support, leader & member of several project steering committees. Supervision of implementation teams of 35+ project software engineers, network engineers, database administrators, systems architects and business functional consultants. Occasionally served as an Oracle University class instructor for the Oracle procurement module & implementation methodology workshops...(Show Less) Employer Name: Synopsys, Inc. Position: Financial Systems Project Manager (Consultant) Dates: 1993 - 1994 Description: Responsibilities included administration for Oracle Financial Applications, enterprise systems integ...(Show More)Responsibilities included administration for Oracle Financial Applications, enterprise systems integration and support of corporate acquisitions, regional sales/support offices nation-wide....(Show Less) Employer Name: Whittaker Electronics Position: Production Control Manager Dates: 1983 - 1988 Description: Supervised the radar systems planning group. Responsible for the planning and control of a major USA...(Show More)Supervised the radar systems planning group. Responsible for the planning and control of a major USAF $80 Million dollar, multi-year electronic systems contract. Performed master scheduling, MIS/MRP systems structuring. Publication of project performance, Line-of-Balance (LOB), C/SCS reporting and management status to customer and government representatives....(Show Less)