Daniel T.

About Daniel T.

Experienced & driven technology leader with a proven track record of implementing…

Experience

1. DreamWorks Animation

   Jan 2009 — Present · Glendale, CA, US

   Lead the company-wide operation & execution of IT senior management vision to replace home-grown applications, meet new corporate initiatives & scale for new domestic & international businesses.• Managed implementation & upgrade to R12 of Oracle EBiz Suite (Financials, HCM, Benefits) incorporating Oracle IAM & SSO.• Managed implementation & maintenance of Hyperion Planning Applications, Hyperion Financial Management Applications & Essbase Applications for Film Ultimates, Consumer Products, Overhead Planning & Financial Close teams.• Managed major transition from MS Outlook to Gmail & integrated Gmail into Oracle EBS footprint• Managed transition to various cloud offerings related media & entertainment business• Conducted performance analysis and tuning of new systems, hardware and software updates and archival of data.• Ensured IT compliance with SOX regulations, risk assessment, analysis, planning & management. • Reviewed customer requests for technology and made recommendations, as appropriate, on alternative system options.• Managed employee training needs while adopting & implementing new technology & cultural sensitivity trainings on global assignments.• Participated in the identification, evaluation and selection of vendor partners, including negotiation of contracts and rates.Notable accomplishments- Adopted \"Rewarding failure\" & \"Fail First\" as a management strategy to eliminate bottlenecks in time critical & high visibility implementations/projects- Bring product-like thinking to teams when developing- Bring Engineering Discipline – Focus the team to ensure an engineering discipline to everything we deliver (i.e, we understand the real KPIs and we measure everything)- Lead Comcast M&A of technologically disparate systems between DreamWorks & NBCU.