John Eastmond

Current

• Senior Consultant - GL/AP at inVentiv Health

Past

• Consultant - Financial Controls Evaluation at HealthNow New York Inc.
• Consultant – Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) at GTSI
• Consultant - PeopleSoft Reporting at Washington Gas

• Consultant - PeopleSoft Financial Module Training Development at GTSI
• Consultant - Finance Policy System Traceability at Freddie Mac
• Consultant - Financial Restatement Project at Fannie Mae
• Consultant - Corporate Reporting Project at The Washington Post
• Consultant - System Consolidation Project at US Foodservice
• Director, Financial Systems at National Geographic Society
• Consultant – Project Manager Financial Systems Implementation at Nortel
• Consultant (Self-employed)
• Consumer Market Strategy Manager at Verizon
• Operating Plan Manager at Verizon
• Strategic Planning Manager at GTE / Verizon
• Cost Allocations Project Leader at Verizon
• Product Accounting Operations Supervisor at Verizon
• Budget and Strategic Planning Analyst at Verizon
• Executive Development Program at Verizon

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Education

• Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
• New York University

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company

John Eastmond’s Summary

Extensive cross-functional management experience:
- Project management with large financial systems implementation,
- Process improvement and change management for diverse business operations

John Eastmond’s Specialties:

- Special expertise with PeopleSoft FSCM includes support for GL, AP, PO, PC, INV, EX as well as budgets and nVision reporting (versions 7 – 9.0).

- Strong leadership, team building, communication, and training skills. Skilled in process analysis, improvement evaluation, requirements development and process/system change management.

John Eastmond’s Experience

• Senior Consultant - GL/AP

  inVentiv Health

  (Public Company; VTIV; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  March 2009 — Present (9 months)

  PeopleSoft 9.0 Financial systems implementation and business unit consolidation.

• Consultant - Financial Controls Evaluation

  HealthNow New York Inc.

  (Non-Profit; Insurance industry)

  August 2008 — November 2008 (4 months)

  Led review of key financial controls for General Ledger, Payables and Travel & Expense PeopleSoft modules for upgrade from version 8.8 to 9.0. Evaluated over 300 key financial controls inherent and configurable in PeopleSoft as well as customizations to enhance client processes.

• Consultant – Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V)

  GTSI

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; GTSI; Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 2007 — January 2008 (2 months)

  Led team to evaluate requirements, testing, issue and risk management as well as support documentation and training for PeopleSoft Financial/Supply Chain System upgrade.

• Consultant - PeopleSoft Reporting

  Washington Gas

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; WGL; Utilities industry)

  September 2007 — November 2007 (3 months)

  Developed new nVision reports and modified current reports for General Ledger, AR, Asset Management and Treasury operations. Recommended changes to streamline support process, and improve performance tuning of reports.

• Consultant - PeopleSoft Financial Module Training Development

  GTSI

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; GTSI; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2007 — September 2007 (7 months)

  GTSI, Chantilly, VA – System Training Program Developer
  
  Developed training modules for accountants and financial reporting operations for Inventory, Billing/AR, as well as general overview materials for new hires and GL basics.

• Consultant - Finance Policy System Traceability

  Freddie Mac

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; FRE; Financial Services industry)

  October 2006 — February 2007 (5 months)

  Freddie Mac, McLean, VA
  
  • Project manager for evaluation of financial system to financial policy compliance for all Freddie Mac operations.
  
  • Developed risk ranking and system review prioritization approach and toolset for 200 major financial and financial source systems as well as 230 end user (PC based) applications.
  
  • Oversaw risk ranking evaluation for major operating areas, presented results and made final recommendations for further compliance review requirements.

• Consultant - Financial Restatement Project

  Fannie Mae

  (Financial Services industry)

  November 2005 — July 2006 (9 months)

  • Project manager for restatement for 2001-2005 financials for Fannie Mae over general ledger operations. Developed processes and procedures to facilitate coordination and control for high-volume restatement activity and related regulatory requirements.
  
  • Evaluated regulatory and internal management financial reports for restatement. Recommended modifications and directed development and validation requirements.
  
  • Hired, trained and managed team of eight business analysts. Provided training for incoming consultants, restatement workers, and Fannie Mae management.

• Consultant - Corporate Reporting Project

  The Washington Post

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  October 2005 — December 2005 (3 months)

  • Performed a process evaluation of the Washington Post Corporate subsidiary financial statement consolidation for 14 reporting entities.
  
  • The review required analysis of widely disparate systems, operations and geographic locations, as well as requirement evaluation for internal and external uses of the reported information (regulatory compliance 10K, shareholder and Board of Directors reports, as well as for internal financial analysis).

• Consultant - System Consolidation Project

  US Foodservice

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Food & Beverages industry)

  May 2005 — September 2005 (5 months)

  • The GL consolidation project combined two PeopleSoft general ledgers into a single system, with a new chart of accounts structure. Responsible for evaluation, conversion and query consolidation, as well as training requirements for PeopleSoft queries and nVision reports used by 90 US Foodservice divisions, regional and national headquarters operations.

• Director, Financial Systems

  National Geographic Society

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)

  August 1998 — May 2005 (6 years 10 months)

  Led comprehensive financial system support and implementation project team. Responsible for implementation, upgrade, maintenance, control and stability of PeopleSoft (Versions 7.0 – 8.8) General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Purchasing, Inventory, Project Cost, Expenses, nVision reporting, as well as support for Cognos Enterprise Planning modules.
  
  Overall project manager for evaluation, development and support of processes and procedures for upgrades, enhancements, and system modifications. Consulted with upper management on process improvement strategies, and made recommendations for future enhancements and direction.
  
  Significant "hands-on" experience in project management, systems analysis and design, implementation, conversions, training, post implementation support, management reporting, and business process reengineering.

• Consultant – Project Manager Financial Systems Implementation

  Nortel

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NT; Telecommunications industry)

  September 1996 — September 1998 (2 years 1 month)

  •Project manager for financial systems implementation supporting Nortel’s business telecommunications sales and service division. Responsible for general ledger, billing, receivables and financial reporting modules.
  
  •Responsible for managing and prioritizing system issues, controlling change management, performing and/or overseeing system testing, preparing documentation, user training and identifying resource requirements.

• Consultant

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 1994 — September 1996 (1 year 10 months)

  Developed accounting applications software and assisted in process improvements for large non-profit operations (Head Start, Center for Non-profit Management and others). Applications included budget, financial reporting and clearing account systems.

• Consumer Market Strategy Manager

  Verizon

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Telecommunications industry)

  April 1992 — November 1994 (2 years 8 months)

  Developed market plans for advanced network, video and information services products. Directed strategic assessments of consumer markets based on industry and market trends, customer demographics, and customer surveys.

• Operating Plan Manager

  Verizon

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Telecommunications industry)

  March 1989 — March 1992 (3 years 1 month)

  Project manager over development of national operating plan to support newly consolidated strategic planning process. Designed program tracking system for geographically dispersed cross-functional planning efforts. System significantly improved coordination of corporate migration from functional to customer segment organizational structure.

• Strategic Planning Manager

  GTE / Verizon

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1989 — 1992 (3 years )

• Cost Allocations Project Leader

  Verizon

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Telecommunications industry)

  July 1987 — March 1989 (1 year 9 months)

  •Developed cost allocation accounting methodologies to ensure all GTE Telephone subsidiaries were in compliance with FCC telecommunications in industry deregulation.
  
  •Project manager for accelerated effort to produce first telecommunications industry cost allocation system prototype, which pioneered a new PC-to-mainframe architecture for use in all seven regional GTE telephone companies.
  
  •Responsible for project planning, coordination of functional and technical specification development, training coordination, testing, national roll-out, and subsequent design changes

• Product Accounting Operations Supervisor

  Verizon

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Telecommunications industry)

  January 1986 — June 1987 (1 year 6 months)

  Supervised 15 accounting and financial analysis employees for fast growing non-regulated telecommunications equipment sales and service division. Accounting operations responsibilities included customer billing, collections and receivables, work-in-process inventory and expense tracking as well as financial reporting for sales channel performance and company reviews

• Budget and Strategic Planning Analyst

  Verizon

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Telecommunications industry)

  January 1985 — December 1986 (2 years )

  Developed annual budget, five-year strategic plans and financial projections for GTE Southern Region operations.

• Executive Development Program

  Verizon

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Telecommunications industry)

  July 1984 — December 1985 (1 year 6 months)

  Recruited into GTE management development program. Assignments included Corporate Budget and Consolidation, Eastern Region Audit, and Accounting Operations

John Eastmond’s Education

• Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

  MBA , 1986 — 1988

• New York University

  BS , Finance & Accounting , 1978 — 1982

  Activities and Societies:

  Magna Cum Laude

Additional Information

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• My Company

John Eastmond’s Groups:

Habitat for Humanity, Northern Virginia Chapter
Volunteer Group House Leader, Potomac Trails Shelter Construction crew

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