John Michaels

About John Michaels

A collaborative results-oriented HR technology professional with 20 years of results building and leading teams, managing multiple concurrent projects, and 8 years executing, leading, and implementing Workday projects and designs.Workday project manager and/or testing lead - Recruiting, HCM, Payroll & Benefits Implementations - Acquisitions and re-organizations - Annual Mass Merit and Benefit’s Open enrollment - Workday Updates, data cleanup and enhancement projectsWorkday HCM architect: design, configuration, testing and implementation of Workday, business processes, custom reports, organization structures and securityWorkday Support lead: security and support model design, release testing processes, security audits and changes, HR data governance, and Workday report governance.SPECIALTIESWorkday HCM: Workday Assessments, Workday Vendor and partner RFPs, Workday implementation project and test management, Workday HCM global design and configuration of business processes, custom reports, calculated fields, EIBs, Workday security, and Workday organizations.PeopleSoft HCM: Customized solutions for Employee, Manager, and HR Self Service, Benefit Dependent verification, Focal Merit increases (Salary Planning), Commissions.

Experience

1. Project Manager Analyst

   Thrivent

   Sep 2020 — Present

Education

• University of Minnesota

  Bachelor's degree, Economics

  1978 — 1982

• University of St. Thomas

  Master's degree, Software Design & Development

  1995 — 1999

Skills

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Personnel Management
• Medical Devices
• Workday
• Change Management
• Payroll
• Project Management
• Technology Change Management
• Human Resources
• Requirements Analysis
• Peoplesoft
• Systems Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Training