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Moving Finance and HR to Oracle Cloud with Sharon Blanton

Katelyn ‌Ilkani |

Former Analyst

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Sharon Blanton, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) and 2018 Tambellini CIO Award Winner, talks with The Tambellini Group’s Katelyn Ilkani about migrating to Oracle Cloud for finance and HCM. Describing this project as a business transformation and technology modernization initiative, Blanton explains TCNJ’s selection process, including the decision to move ERP to the cloud, evaluation of vendor solutions, and method for choosing Huron Consulting Group as an implementation partner. She describes working with Oracle and offers advice on backfill of staff and change management.

Highlights include:

  • Moving ERP to cloud for finance and HCM
  • Transforming business processes and technologies
  • Managing change
  • Evaluating vendor solutions and implementation partners
  • Hiring backfill staff
  • Configuring vs. customizing solutions
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Katelyn ‌Ilkani |
Former Analyst
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As former President and COO of Tambellini Group, Katelyn Ilkani led operations across all internal teams. Bringing over 15 years of technology and leadership experience, Katelyn has served Tambellini’s hundreds of institutional and vendor clients during an era of rapid evolution in the higher education technology market. Career highlights include time in leadership at IBM and Accenture, as well as building her cyber security start-up.

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