Robert Yanas

About Robert Yanas

Experienced senior manager and strategic thinker with keen ability to formulate and execute on both strategic and tactical plans to successfully solve problems. Such solutions have required the management of multiple technical and non-technical projects and programs for companies such as F5 Networks, AT & T Wireless, Microsoft, Time Warner Cable, and Amazon Web Services. An ability to team and consensus build, an unwavering dedication to building healthy client and team relationships, and an innovative approach to problem solving has led to successes in program and project management and administration in areas such as launching and maintaining Learning Management Systems (LMS), Human Capital Management Systems (HCM), Customer Relationship Management Systems (CRM), and other business-to-business, enterprise-wide applications and supporting processes.

Experience

1. Workday Consultant Workday Test Lead

   ALKU

   Jan 2023 — Present

   Manage all test phases, Cutover activities, Hypercare support for Workday during the Divestiture project.* Build Test Strategy / Roadmap around the project and lead the internal team to deliver & execute on this roadmap.* Advise internal full-time employees on best practices, and also create the Test Plan, Test Cases / Scripts.*Perform intake of issues, validate, assess impact, prioritize, and coordinate with Vendor/IT to fix bug and retest.*Manage Test assignments and provide overall testing progress statistics/report during daily calls.*Manage Workday new Releases*Manage post go live special projects and initiatives such as a 5 year road maps, Job Architecture reorganization, and Value Stream Mapping for Payroll and Time tracking.

Education

• Florida State University

  Bachelor of Science, Geographic Information Systems

  1989 — 1992

• The George Washington University

  Master Certificate, Project Management

  2003 — 2004

Skills

• Google Apps
• Vendor Management
• Cornerstone Ondemand
• Outlook
• Peoplesoft
• Confluence
• Change Management
• Program Management
• Tableau
• People Skills
• Teamwork
• Workday
• Visio
• Jira
• Asana
• Business Process
• Project Management
• Html
• Call Center
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• User Experience
• Captivate
• Sumtotal Systems
• Integration
• Talent Management
• Budgets
• Process Improvement
• Google Docs
• Billing Systems
• Ms Project
• Training
• Customer Service
• Canvas
• Workforce Management
• Articulate Suite
• Cross-Cultural Communication Skills
• Call Centers
• Customer Experience
• Learning Management Systems