Fariborz Golara

PMP-certified Project Manager with over 15 years of experience proactively leading complex business transformation and IT system implementations across the entire lifecycle—from initiation, analysis, and design through execution, cutover, and post-implementation review. Adept at partnering with senior leaders, business units, and IT resource managers to define project scope, manage cross-functional dependencies, and track budgets and critical paths. Proven expertise applying Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery frameworks to drive change, foster team collaboration, and deliver measurable business outcomes under minimal supervision.

ERP Implementation Project Manager at Synaptive Medical (2021-11 – Present)

Proactively manage end-to-end business transformation and enterprise IT implementation initiatives across the full project lifecycle—governing initiation, detailed requirements analysis, system design, cutover execution, and post-go-live stabilization.

• Facilitated project initiation and defined scope, success criteria, and delivery milestones in close alignment with senior executives, translating strategic business objectives into executable project roadmaps.
• Established and managed project budgets, tracking monthly expenses and utilizing earned value metrics to provide leadership with transparent visibility into project financial health and cost performance.
• Governed the Performance Measurement Baseline (scope, cost, and schedule) using rigorous change control processes, mitigating scope creep and ensuring adherence to agreed timelines and deliverables.
• Collaborated with vendor project managers to synchronize external deliverables with internal milestones, ensuring seamless functional delivery.
• Consulted on requirement assessment phases for Finance, Production, and MRP, aligning technical configurations with business-critical KPIs.
• Partnered closely with IT resource managers and business department leads to forecast resource needs, assign workstream accountabilities, and provide direction and coaching to multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Managed project critical paths, cross-functional dependencies, and comprehensive RAID logs, proactively executing mitigation plans to resolve blockers and escalating critical issues with clear decision options.
• Governed the end-to-end data migration lifecycle, enforcing strict integrity and accuracy standards across all data collection, cleansing, loading, testing, and validation phases.
• Led User Acceptance Testing (UAT), operational readiness, and cutover execution; conducted post-implementation reviews to identify lessons learned and drive continuous process improvements across future release phases.
• Modernized project administration by establishing cloud-based repositories and maintaining real-time documentation in Microsoft Project and SharePoint.
• Directed Business Intelligence (BI) initiatives, consulting on KPI identification and data visualization strategies to drive executive decision-making.
• Established robust communication channels across the project lifecycle to ensure seamless collaboration, stakeholder alignment, and team connectivity.

ERP Implementation Project Manager at ERP Buddies (2021-07 – 2021-11)

Oversaw the implementation of NetSuite Cloud ERP solutions for diverse enterprise clients, focusing on aligning software capabilities with specific business objectives.

• Orchestrated project kickoff meetings to align stakeholders and define the implementation roadmap, including timelines, resource allocation, and task schedules in Microsoft Project.
• Engaged executive stakeholders and business process owners using consulting and structured elicitation frameworks to identify operational pain points, define scope boundaries, and secure sign-off.
• Quantified and managed critical project risks, architecting proactive mitigation frameworks and response strategies to prevent delivery delays.
• Tracked and controlled project performance against the baseline, ensuring adherence to the triple constraint of scope, cost, and schedule.
• Facilitated executive-level status meetings, providing leadership with transparent updates on milestones, dependencies, and project health.
• Directed cutover execution, post-implementation stabilization, and lessons learned reviews, ensuring new enterprise capabilities were smoothly adopted by operational business units.

Project Manager and ERP Specialist at Direct Response Media Group (DRMG) (2019-07 – 2021-07)

Managed end-to-end NetSuite Cloud ERP implementation projects by bringing three companies' finance and CRM data into NetSuite.

• Led multiple concurrent ERP workstreams: Monitored and controlled project scope, RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies) logs, and change control to ensure schedule integrity and budget compliance.
• Orchestrated full-cycle ERP implementation phases with vendors; oversaw UAT, cutover plans, and transition strategies to secure successful delivery and formal project closure.
• Facilitated Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives) and utilized Jira for real-time backlog management, team capacity planning, and delivery forecasting.
• Led strategic BI initiatives, developed executive dashboards for Revenue vs. Budget to provide leadership with actionable insights for data-driven decision-making.
• Managed the legacy Salesforce data migration and decommissioning, transitioning customer models into NetSuite CRM.

IT Senior Application Specialist | Senior BI Developer and ERP Specialist at Laborie Medical Technologies (2012 – 2019)

Directed end-to-end Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse (BI/DW) project delivery and business requirements analysis to ensure strict data integrity; subsequently transitioned to leading Master Data Management (MDM) frameworks and data integration workstreams during a global SAP implementation project.

• Served on the ERP Selection Committee for SAP S/4HANA and spearheaded the architecture for master data migration, developing complex ETL workflows to transition legacy Seradex ERP data with high integrity.
• Led Global BI Consolidation: Orchestrated Data Warehouse projects by integrating disparate data from Profit ERP, QuickBooks, and legacy accounting systems across North America and Europe.
• Architected Analytical Cubes: Designed and developed multi-dimensional cubes for Sales, Purchasing, and Inventory using Jet Data Manager to drive data-led organizational decision-making.
• Managed external IT vendor deliverables and service-level performance, coordinating contract milestones, acceptance criteria, and system handovers across enterprise business units.
• Facilitated Operational Handovers: Served as a liaison between executives and developers to document requirements and ensured seamless system adoption through comprehensive support frameworks.

Project Manager | Senior Business Systems Analyst | Software Designer and Developer at Pasargad (2008 – 2012)

Directed full-lifecycle BI/DW projects, developing a risk-based tax compliance application for a government agency.

IT Consultant at Bime

Provided strategic IT consultancy and managed complete procurement cycles (RFI/RFP/RFQ) to define software project scopes and select enterprise vendor solutions.

Business Analyst / ERP Implementer at Haseb System

Analyzed complex business requirements to drive software customization, functional configuration, and successful implementation for Compiere ERP & CRM modules.

Senior Software Developer / Technical Manager at Ideal System

Served as Technical Manager leading cross-functional engineering teams to analyze, design, and develop comprehensive mid-market accounting software.

Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics (Major in Computer Applications) – Isfahan University of Technology