Shane Smith
Summary
Results-driven Enterprise Architect knowledgeable about leading technology trends, platform design and application development. Good strategic and tactical planning, project management and team leadership skills. Ready to bring over 20 years of related experience to a challenging new role.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Enterprise Architect - Employee Experience
Okta
11.2022 - Current
- Enterprise Architect for Okta's Software Rationalization program to reduce cost, eliminate duplicative software and right size contracts based on usage. The program helped save Okta 3 million
- Streamlined business processes by designing and deploying scalable enterprise solutions.
- Lead Employee Experience business capability assessment across the organization that included multiple business stakeholders
- Lead Architect for ServiceNow projects: Employee Center Pro, Hardware Asset Management, Software Asset Management, Multiple Enhancements
- Provide Architecture artifacts for enhancements and projects
- Optimized system performance by identifying and resolving bottlenecks in the architecture design.
- Managed vendor relationships to negotiate contracts and ensure timely delivery of products and services.
- Facilitated cross-functional workshops, aligning stakeholders on project goals and requirements.
Principal Product Analyst - People Technology
Okta
07.2020 - 10.2022
- Go to resource on Recruit to Retire team for all technical strategy and approach
- Design, build and test scalable solution for Workday to ServiceNow HR integration to support People Operations teams automation strategies
- Implement Workday Projects module to maintain Engineering and Product team structures
- Create dashboard for executive and senior reporting to monitor resource levels in engineering and product
- Lead technical and functional analyst on M&A initiatives on Recruit to Retire team
- Enhanced product performance by analyzing user feedback and implementing necessary improvements.
- Streamlined product development process for increased efficiency by identifying bottlenecks and optimizing workflows.
Supervisor, Corporate Applications
Inter Pipeline
03.2019 - 07.2020
- Responsible for leading team that provides day to day support for our corporate applications
- Work with business to develop a support model that is fit for purpose
- Work with senior leaders in HR to prioritize work initiatives
- Lead and configure annual compensation program implementation in Workday
- Implement DevOps methodology for enhancements to the applications team supports
- Build relationships with business stakeholders to gain trust and become strategic partner with all their technology needs.
- Improved customer satisfaction with timely response to inquiries, addressing concerns, and finding effective solutions
- Managed budgets effectively, ensuring optimal allocation of resources and adherence to financial guidelines
HRIS Specialist
Plains Midstream Canada
10.2018 - 03.2019
- Provide guidance and support for HR technology initiatives
- Create standards, process and documentation templates for HRIS team
- Work alongside business stakeholders to provide technical solutions to business initiatives
- Mentor junior staff members
- Provide strategic advice for all HRIS initiatives
- Lend guidance and support for Workday Recruiting discovery sessions.
- Enhanced HRIS efficiency by streamlining data entry processes and implementing automated workflows.
Team Lead IT - HR, HSE and Marketing
Nexen Energy ULC
02.2016 - 10.2018
- Responsible for leading the team that provides day to day support of the HR, HSE and Marketing applications
- Work with the business to develop a support model that is fit for purpose given our resource levels
- Work with senior leaders in HR to prioritize work initiatives
- Lead and be a hands-on participant on a project to simplify workflows (HR and business approvals) in Workday
- Support our Benefits and Recruiting teams from a Business Analyst standpoint
- Work with our compensation team to design, build and roll out our Annual Compensation Program using Workday's advanced compensation module
- Test script creation for Workday's semiannual updates.
Sr. Business Analyst (Workday)
Nexen Energy ULC
01.2015 - 02.2016
- Provide support to our end users for Workday issues
- Experience in all areas of Workday configuration including: Report development using report writer, Report development using Workday Studio (BIRT), Configure security, Configure business processes (Notifications, help text, workflow steps), EIB loads
- Work with our benefits team to design, test, document and implement our open enrollment process using Workday's benefits module
- Provide advice and guidance to team members on design decisions for Workday configuration
- Create standards document for analyst to use
- Gathered and documented business requirements for several business initiatives.
Sr. Workforce Reporting and Security Analyst
Nexen Energy ULC
09.2011 - 12.2014
- Reporting and Security lead for the Workday Implementation
- Meet with the business to gather requirements around business processes within workday
- Responsible for delivering all reporting requirements for the Workday Implementation
- Mentor and train our staff on the reporting capabilities
- Configure and test security access including Single Sign On for our tenant
- Lead workshops for security requirements for the business
- Lead demos of Workday for our senior HR leadership
- Produce Monthly, Quarterly and Annual reports for upper management.
Education
Advanced Diploma - Software Engineering
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Calgary AB01.2002
Skills
- Product delivery processes
- PaaS models
- Platform design
- Data Modeling
- Software Engineering
- Business process improvement
- System Architecture Design
Personal Information
Title: IT Business Leader
Timeline
Enterprise Architect - Employee Experience
Okta
11.2022 - Current
Principal Product Analyst - People Technology
Okta
07.2020 - 10.2022
Supervisor, Corporate Applications
Inter Pipeline
03.2019 - 07.2020
HRIS Specialist
Plains Midstream Canada
10.2018 - 03.2019
Team Lead IT - HR, HSE and Marketing
Nexen Energy ULC
02.2016 - 10.2018
Sr. Business Analyst (Workday)
Nexen Energy ULC
01.2015 - 02.2016
Sr. Workforce Reporting and Security Analyst
Nexen Energy ULC
09.2011 - 12.2014
Advanced Diploma - Software Engineering
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
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