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The PSFT Connection: Episode 9 – PeopleTools 8.62 with Rajesh Thiru

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Hosted by Brooke Repine and Stephen Valentine

Hello PeopleSoft World,

Our conversation continues to focus on the powerful new PeopleTools 8.62 features such as the Landing Page and Customization Insights.

We had the absolute pleasure of speaking with Rajesh Thiru, ERP Manager at Powers Health (recent recipients of the PeopleSoft Innovator Award and early adopters of PeopleTools 8.62).

Rajesh’s enthusiasm for PeopleSoft innovation is contagious. What truly stands out is his organization’s disciplined strategy: upgrade every year, leverage the enhancements, and actively champion new features to end users. They don’t just implement upgrades — they maximize them. This is what PeopleSoft innovation and modernization looks like.

Practical tips in our discussion include how Powers Health successfully “sells” the new functionalities to their end users and how they maintain their PTF scripts during upgrades. Rajesh also recommends an excellent resource to help you get started: Transforming the PeopleSoft Experience: The New PeopleSoft Landing Page by Russell Broom, Vice President of PeopleSoft Strategy and Development at Oracle. It’s a great companion to this episode.

If this conversation leaves you energized — and we believe it will — you’ll have the opportunity to learn even more. Rajesh will be presenting alongside Sasank Vemana, Director of PeopleSoft Technology Strategy at Oracle, at register soon for discounted pricingEarly Bird pricing ends March 13th!

We hope you catch our excitement.
We hope it sparks new ideas.
And most importantly, we hope it propels your institution’s next upgrade forward.

Let’s continue pushing PeopleSoft innovation forward — together.

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The PSFT Connection: Episode 9 – PeopleTools 8.62 with Rajesh Thiru