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WaveWorks Team

Executive Sponsors

  • Patrick Norton, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  • Robin Forman, Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost
  • Jacob Thomas, Executive Vice President and Managing Partner, Drivestream
  • Pam Snyder, Group Vice President Oracle Higher Education
  • Laura-Elizabeth Ware, Senior Vice President HCM OracleCloud North America

 

Steering Committee

  • Judy Vitrano, General Manager, WaveWorks Project
  • Mary Barron, Assistant Vice President Enterprise Systems
  • Heather Hargrave, Associate Vice President Institutional Budget and Planning
  • Kady Lamb, Assistant Provost for Finance and Operations and Chief of Staff
  • Tanya O’Rourke, Associate Vice President Business Transformation & Optimization
  • John Patrick, Director of Organizational Change, Project Management and Strategic Consulting
  • Sridhar Ramakrishnan, Program Manager for WaveWorks
  • Jai Shankar, Assistant Vice President, Project Management and Strategic Consulting
  • Jonathan Small, Vice President of Human Resources
  • Christina Wallace, Assistant Vice President, Office of Human Resources
  • Ethan Bickford, Director of Internal Audit
  • Jim Wandling, Vice President of Finance & University Controller
  • Noel Wong, Vice President and Chief Information & Digital Officer
  • Ellen Edwards, Applications Sales Manager, Oracle Higher Education
  • Mark Garvella, Regional Sales Manager, Oracle Higher Education
  • Malathi Garbham, Program Manager/Delivery Partner, Drivestream
  • Mike Patriarca, Vice President and Chief Business Officer, School of Medicine
  • Rajeev Ponnusamy, Senior Vice President & Partner, Drivestream

 

Project Workstreams

The project will be structured by workstream. These workstreams will focus on design and development, testing, and then implementation from a functional perspective. These teams will be organized by core processes within HR, Finance, and Budget & Planning function. Each will have a workstream lead and team members who are subject matter experts in these areas in order to tap into their deep knowledge. The names of workstream leads can be found below.

 

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning, e.g. Finance)

OracleCloud ModuleNameTitle
ERP LeadJim WandlingVice President of Finance & University Controller
Accounts Payable/ExpenseLisa LeBlancAccounts Payable Manager
Capital ProjectsMorgan CooleyDirector of Finance and Management
EndowmentMiranda HicksFinancial Services Manager Endowed Funds Accounting
Fixed AssetsScott CordesManager Property
General LedgerPete SimonsonAssistant Director of Accounting Systems
General LedgerAshley VuAssistant Controller
Grants, Grants AR, ProjectsTanya O'RourkeAssociate Vice President Business Transformation & Optimization
Grants Technical LeadRaymond BuscheSystems Administrators
Internal AuditJeffrey MadereSenior Internal Auditor
Labor DistributionJessica BourneSenior Effort Compliance Analyst
ProcurementTodd KnittelDirector Central Procurement Services
Student Accounts ReceivableMike PilmanSystems Administrator ll

HCM (Human Capital Management, e.g. HR)

OracleCloud ModuleNameTitle
HCM LeadJonathan SmallVice President of Human Resources
All HCM (Technical)Alice ThompsonDirector of Human Resources Information System (HRIS)
All HCM (Technical)Michelle WoodsHRIS Implementation Analyst
All HCM (Functional)Christina WallaceAssistant Vice President of Human Resources
Benefits, Absence Management FunctionalKristi RogerBenefits Director
Compensation FunctionalBrandi KuhnCompensation Manager
Payroll and Time and LaborJennifer SensatManager Payroll
Service Delivery FunctionalChristina WallaceDirector of Employee Relations
Talent Acquisition FunctionalKelly BankstonTalent Acquisition Director
Talent Development FunctionalKaren D'ArcyDirector of Talent Development

EPM (Enterprise Performance Management, e.g. Plan/Budget/Forecast/Reports)

OracleCloud ModuleNameTitle
EPM LeadHeather HargraveAssociate Vice President of Budget & Planning
EPM (all)Lisa EzakiDirector of Institutional Planning & Budget

Technical

TechnologyNameTitle
Technical LeadNoel WongVice President and Chief of Information & Digital Officer
IT Core TeamMary BarronAssistant Vice President Enterprise Systems
IT Core TeamSusan DelauroApplication Manager lll
IT Core TeamSamantha RogersApplication Manager lll
IT Core TeamWilliam EuniceProject Delivery Lead lll
IT Core TeamPradeep VeeramacheniDatabase Administrator lll
IT Core TeamMike GriffithDirector Strategic Academic Technology Innovation
IT Core TeamColin MacBrydeData Engineer III
IT Core TeamChristy TempletProject Delivery Lead III
IntegrationsSander HuismanDeveloper IV
Data ConversionBrian ZitzmannDeveloper IV
Data Conversion and IntegrationsScott ZitzmannEnterprise Data Architect
Data MigrationMandy GreenProject Delivery Lead III
IT-ERPNag SunkaraDeveloper IV
IT-HCMArchana RagulaDeveloper IV
IT-SecurityEd MooreChief Information Security Officer
IT-SecurityDavid KalafIdentify and Access Management Engineer

Project & Change Management

Project & ChangeNameTitle
Project LeaderJudy VitranoGeneral Manager WaveWorks
Project & Change Management LeadJai ShankarAssistant Vice President of Project Management and Strategic Consulting
Change Management LeadJohn PatrickDirector of Organization Change
Change CommunicationsDeVaughn MyersDigital Communications Coordinator
Change CommunicationsJaden StaffordCommunications Program Manager Human Resources
Project & Change Management SupportWendy LyonsBusiness Analyst II
Project & Change ManagementMichelle IllidgeSenior Business Analyst
Project & Change ManagementShannon AicklenSenior Business Analyst
Project & Change ManagementAlexander-Quang TranLearning Specialist
Program ManagementSridhar RamakrishnanProgram Manager for WaveWorks
Program ManagementMalathi GarbhamProgram Manager/Delivery Partner (Drivestream)
Project ManagementAshok ThiagarajanProject Manager (Drivestream)
Project ManagementVijay ShenbagaramanProject Manager (Drivestream)
ERPHabeeb AhmedERP Project Manager for WaveWorks
ERPKirk GordonERP Training Lead
HCMVikesh SudarsananHCM Project Manager for WaveWorks
HCMTasha BrookesHCM Training Lead
EPMChristi LongloisSenior Project Manager
IT Project ManagementTiesha JohnsonProject Manager lll

Drivestream Subject Matter Experts

OracleCloud ModuleNameTitle
HCM ("Human Capital Management," e.g. HR)Ayushi Bhawai(Drivestream) Absence & Help Desk
HCM ("Human Capital Management," e.g. HR)Bhavesh Patel(Drivestream) Core HR
HCM ("Human Capital Management," e.g. HR)Brent Sinn(Drivestream) Onboarding, Recruiting and Learn
HCM ("Human Capital Management," e.g. HR)Deepika Kalahasti(Drivestream) Talent and Compensation
HCM ("Human Capital Management," e.g. HR)Dinesh Subramanian(Drivestream) Benefits
HCM ("Human Capital Management," e.g. HR)Venky Konda(Drivestream) Payroll and T&L
ERP ("Enterprise Resource Planning," e.g. Finance)Akila Suresh(Drivestream) Accounts Receivable, Cash Management and Expenses
ERP ("Enterprise Resource Planning," e.g. Finance)Anand Ranganathan(Drivestream) Core Finance
ERP ("Enterprise Resource Planning," e.g. Finance)Jeremy Downey(Drivestream) General Ledger, Accounts Payable and Fixed Assets
ERP ("Enterprise Resource Planning," e.g. Finance)Josphinpriya Chellappa(Drivestream) Procurement, Purchasing
ERP ("Enterprise Resource Planning," e.g. Finance)Muru Mohan(Drivestream) Projects, Grants and Labor Distribution
ERP ("Enterprise Resource Planning," e.g. Finance)Ramesh Bhatla(Drivestream) Procurement, Purchasing
EPM ("Enterprise Performance Management," e.g. Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, and Reports)Kannan Krishnan(Drivestream) Functional Lead
EPM ("Enterprise Performance Management," e.g. Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting, and Reports)Merdick Snow(Drivestream) Functional
TechnicalDivya Srinivasan(Drivestream) Data Architect
TechnicalHarris Shajahan(Drivestream) Technical Lead
TechnicalManikandan Rajagopalan(Drivestream) Technical
TechnicalMike Towery(Drivestream) Technical
TechnicalRichard Victor Harry(Drivestream) Technical
TechnicalVijitha Pradeep(Drivestream) Security and Workflow Admin
TechnicalEngineering Team Support(Drivestream) Build Team

Drivestream Partnership

Given the breadth and complexity of the WaveWorks project, we are partnering with a leading systems integration firm, Drivestream. We chose Drivestream as our partner after an in-depth selection process.

Drivestream, an OracleCloud Partner, has over 20 years working with 200+ organizations on transition to the cloud and has performed over 270 OracleCloud projects for clients. Drivestream will support us across the all phases of the project, including preparation, development, testing, launch and post-go-live support.