Tanya Ortiz
About Tanya Ortiz
Tanya Ortiz is a Workday Project Manager at Alight Solutions with extensive experience in PeopleSoft consulting and project management.
Title and Current Role
Tanya Ortiz currently serves as a Workday Project Manager at Alight Solutions. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing Workday platform implementations and launches. Her expertise in Workday allows her to effectively manage projects from inception through to stabilization and closure.
Previous Work Experience
Tanya Ortiz has a diverse professional background with extensive experience in project management and PeopleSoft consulting. She worked as a Senior PeopleSoft Functional SME at Laureate International Universities from 2016 to 2017 in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to that, she held the position of PeopleSoft Generalist at CMA from 2015 to 2016. Tanya was also a Senior Principal Consultant at ISG (Information Services Group) from 2014 to 2015 and a PeopleSoft Project Manager at The AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies from 2012 to 2014 in Philadelphia, PA. Earlier in her career, she was a Consultant at CMA Consulting from 2010 to 2012 in Latham, New York, and a Senior PeopleSoft Consultant at MAXIMUS from 1999 to 2009. She also worked as an Associate IT Consultant at Coleman Williams & Associates CPA's, Ltd. from 1997 to 1999 in Milwaukee, WI.
Education and Certifications
Tanya Ortiz holds a Bachelor's degree in Business MIS/Information Technology from Marquette University, completed between 1994 and 1997. She also studied at the University of Guam from 1992 to 1994. Tanya is a certified Workday Project Manager, an accreditation that highlights her competency in managing Workday platform projects effectively.
PeopleSoft Consulting and Project Management Expertise
With 16 years of experience as a Senior PeopleSoft Consultant, Tanya Ortiz has held several roles that span across functional and technical training, end-user training delivery, change management, and business process improvement. She has coordinated team activities between business leads and IT, led UAT testing activities, and directed team transitions to production user acceptance, stabilization, and project closure. Tanya's functional expertise includes applications in Financials, EPM, HCM, and Campus Solution, with specific module expertise in AP, HR, EPM/Hyperion Budget Planning modules.
Technical Skills and Achievements
Tanya Ortiz possesses a strong technical skill set, including proficiency in PeopleSoft Query, SQL, Role Security, Datamover, Mass Change, Ascential/ETL, Datawarehouse tools, Essbase/Business Analytic Modeler, Budget Models, and UPK technical architecture installation. Her technical acumen is complemented by her hands-on experience as an ERP Training Lead, where she developed and delivered customized training materials tailored for adult learners using web-based blended learning.