Derek Knotts
- Role
- Workday-certified Director, Consulting Services - Integrations at Cognizant
- Location
- Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Derek Knotts
Highly motivated, creative, and versatile consultant with over fifteen years of…
Experience
Workday-certified Director, Consulting Services - Integrations
Oct 2023 — Present
Supervise a team of 30+ integration consultants * Foster a creative environment where team members identify and implement new technologies and processes to more rapidly and efficiently deliver Integrations solutions * Responsible for practice management including; cost control, team utilization, performance metrics and managing the “cost” side of the project P&L * Provide strategic direction to transform integrations delivery * Work alongside Professional Services leadership to effectively prioritize internal and external initiatives * Seek opportunities to improve integrations tools, methodologies, and processes * Continually refine the delivery process to differentiate in the marketplace * Collaborate with other leaders and team members to grow the Integrations business and develop talent * Effectively communicate and educate customers and alliance partners on the technical architecture of the Workday solution * Effectively communicate overall project status to leadership * Monitor employee workload, forecasting, and performance and offer guidance and direction for improvement * Responsible for new team member on-boarding and training efforts * Initiate and direct performance goals and career development paths * Influence project resource identification and capacity planning * Perform recruiting activities as they relate to the integration team * Lead internal initiatives, providing expertise and guidance to design and improve internal tools
Skills
- Workday
- Consulting
- Business Analysis
- Oxygen Xml Editor
- User Interface Design
- Workday Studio
- Management
- Process Improvement
- Software Documentation
- Integration
- Sdlc
- Mentoring
- Business Process Improvement
- Java
- Xpath
- Databases
- Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
- Sql
- Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
- Agile Methodologies
- Workfront
- Xslt
- Xml
- Testing
- Quality Assurance
- Microsoft Office
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