Christopher Padilla

Delivered 14 Workday projects including 12 end-to-end deployments

Engagement Highlights LPL Financial • Led the development of a Human Capital infrastructure including migration to Workday (SaaS solution) and 10 external system integrations • Identified process improvement opportunities within Human Capital. Key recommendation included replacing current HC system. Managed all phases of the project including development and management of budget, contract negotiation, analysis, configuration, conversion, validation, training, production, and communications. • Developed compelling business case to replace existing Human Capital system that won budget approval from COO during a company-wide cost containment initiative • Led vendor evaluation and selection process of Human Capital system from market leading companies. Product functions selected included Self-Service, HR, Payroll, G/L, and Time & Labor Management (Peoplesoft/ADP) • Successfully led and completed Human Capital system replacement project on time and on budget • Through inter-department review session, identified and implemented process improvements to improve efficiency and reduce risk

Provided Operations and Marketing support for a diversified commercial real estate investment company focused on acquisition and disposition of multi-family and student housing Key Accomplishments • Designed an end-to-end content management process utilizing open source technology to minimize cost • Led a requirements gathering, vendor, hardware and software selection process for property management, accounting and investor relations • Facilitated a new company branding process including web design working with a leading marketing communications company • Led the acquisition of a $28M student housing asset through Underwriting, LOI, Contract and Due Diligence • Performed market research in primary and secondary markets for multi-family and student housing

Responsible for identifying opportunities for process improvement, re-engineering, and innovation. Partnered with executive management to improve enterprise performance. Developed performance metrics and reporting to monitor process effectiveness. Managed implementations across business units. Aligned process initiatives to corporate operational and financial strategies. Recruited trained and coached high performance process improvement professionals.