SUMMARY:

• Over 20 years’ experience as an SAP Basis Administrator with a diverse knowledge of various SAP R/3 system landscapes, proven experience in R/3 technical design, team leadership, project management, system administration, role/authorization development,, and customer support. Known for professional quality of work, attention to detail, and participative leadership skills. Goal oriented self - starter with proven dedication towards providing timely, highly available ERP systems to a large customer base. An immediate positive contributor. Technical Skills
• Over 12 SAP Full Lifecycle Implementations ranging from SAP 3.0F to NetWeaver 7.5
• Technical Design and Implementation of SAP Solution Landscapes
• Technical installation, integration, and administration of; ECC, CRM, BW, BOBJ, Process Orchestration (Single and Duals Stacks), EP, BOBJ, BIA, BPC, SRM, GTS, LVM, ALM, GRC, and SCM
• R/3, Oracle, DB2, HANA 1.0/2.0, and SQL Server tuning, monitoring, and administration on multiple platforms
• Data and Document Archiving using SAP and non-SAP products
• Solution Manager 7.2 and Wily Introscope installation, configuration, and implementation
• Technical Installation, configuration, and implementation of cCTS+ on PO, BOBJ, and Portal landscapes
• Technical planning and implementation of Homogenous and Heterogeneous system copies
• Technical configuration and implementation of XMLDAS on a PO landscape
• SAP Security Role Development and Management
• ERP & Netweaver Single Sign-on / End-to-End SSL
• Technical experience in HPUX, AIX, SUN, RHEL and Windows platforms (W2K, W2K3, W2K10)
• Implementation of AIX High Availability Systems in SAP R/3 Environments
• Implementation of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager across multiple hardware platforms
• Planning and management of OS, DB, and SAP software patch cycles (ALM)
• Installation and administration of OpenText LiveLink Enterprise Server (IXOS)
• Vertex STQ Installation & Configuration

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. SAP Solution Architect (Contractor)

Confidential, Issaquah, WA

Responsibilities:

• Sr. SAP Solution Architect responsible for the overall system implementation and support functions relating to SAP Basis administration and landscape deployments. Primary tasks involve; upgrade/migration of TDMS from NW 7.31/Oracle to NW 7.5/HANA 2.0, consolidation of five disparate SLD’s into a central global SLD, upgrade/migration of ECC 6.0/EHP6/Oracle to ECC 6.0/EHP8/HANA 1.0, development of an on-premise / remote SAP Solution Manager support plan for Azure migration activities. Additional support tasks include general Basis Administration tasks, HANA 1.0/2.0 administration, configuration, SLD/LMDB/SMD agent maintenance, and TMS/cCTS+ administration. SAP Basis Lead (Contractor)

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Sr. SAP Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall system implementation and support functions relating to SAP Basis administration and landscape deployments. Primary tasks involve system design, installation, and maintenance for a wide variety of SAP products; CRM 7.4, ECC 6.0, EP 7.40, GRC V1000, PO 7.4, BOBJ 4.1, and Solution Manager 7.1. Responsible for daily system maintenance support, monitoring, and performance tuning across all product landscapes. Additional support tasks include general Basis Administration tasks, ALE configuration, SLD/LMDB maintenance, and TMS/cCTS+ administration. Responsible for overall system application lifecycle management.

Solution Architect / Sr. Basis Administrator (Contractor)

Confidential, Pooler, GA

Responsibilities:

• Sr. SAP technical adviser responsible for the overall system implementation and support functions relating to SAP Basis Administration and landscape deployments. Primary tasks involve system design, installation, and maintenance for a wide variety of SAP products; CRM 7.02, SRM 7.13, ECC 6.0, EP 7.31, BPC 8.01, BI 7.31, GTS 9.01, GRC V1000, PO 7.31, BOBJ, and Solution Manager 7.1. Responsible for daily system maintenance support, monitoring, and performance tuning across all product landscapes. Additional support tasks include general Basis Administration tasks, LiveLink archive management, ALE configuration
• SLD maintenance, and TMS administration. Responsible for documenting Basis Administration SOP’s to ensure auditing compliance. Planned and managed SP stack upgrades across all Java and ABAP product landscapes. Setup and configured managed system configuration, technical system monitoring, and RCA on all production systems. Key contributor in system design and process development. SAP Basis Team Lead

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• SAP Basis Administration, LiveLink archive management, ALE distribution, and TMS administration. Responsible for developing B2B integration scenarios using SAP PI 7.0 EHP1. Basis technical lead responsible for managing a SAP ERP system upgrade from 4.6B to ECC 6.0 EP1 in 2010. Applied experience in SAP authorization development and maintenance - technical lead responsible for migrating 4.5B roles to ECC 6.0 during Clariant’s 2010 upgrade project. Configured LDAP synchronization on backend ERP systems. Setup end-to-end SSL between federated portal and backend ERP systems. Setup end-to-end SSL between a federated portal and backend ERP systems. Setup SAPGUI for HTML on a federated portal to allow external partners to access Clariant’s secure network via an external facing portal.
• Upgraded a Vertex database and client applications from version 3.3 to 4.0. Designed and implemented a standalone SLD (7.3 NW CE) environment to support future upgrades on the SAP PI or Solution Manager systems with impacting the SLD repository. Responsible for daily system maintenance support, monitoring, and performance tuning ECC 6.0 and federated portal landscapes. Responsible for documenting Basis Administration SOP’s to ensure auditing compliance. Improved existing homogeneous system copy procedures which subsequently reduced system down time by 12 hours. Key contributor in system design and process development.

Sr. Basis Administrator

Confidential, Beaverton,OR

Responsibilities:

• Responsible the installation, upgrade, configuration, and maintenance support of a 3.0B BW system landscape (WAS 6.20). Performed scheduled homogeneous systems copies in support of Confidential ’s EMEA project and core R/3 system upgrade. Installed and maintained KW 5.2 system, a Solution Manager 2.0 system, and 4.6C IDES system. Trained and mentored three junior SAP Basis Administrators in system support and maintenance functions. Responsible for scheduling and implementing system OS upgrades, SAP kernel upgrades, and SAP support package upgrades.

Sr. Basis Administrator “Consultant”

Confidential, Memphis, TN

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for various aspects of SAP/ERP system implementation for Confidential . Responsible for AIX, Oracle, and SAP R/3 upgrades. Migrated AIX operating systems and SAP R/3 to new H80 and M80 hardware. Upgraded/migrated HACMP software to new M80 hardware. Installed and implemented TSM backup strategy on new hardware and 3583 storage subsystem. Documented and tested a Disaster Recovery Plan for the R/3 production environment. Successfully completed a Disaster Recovery test at the SunGard test site. Upgraded SAP R/3 software from version 3.0F to 4.5B. Installed Knowledge Warehouse 5.1 system and R/3 4.6D Basis System on a NT platform. Managed database copies, transports, system monitoring, performance tuning, operating system security, procedures documentation, and knowledge transfer.

Sr. Basis Administrator / Basis Team Lead “Consultant”

Confidential, Millington, TN

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented a SAP R/3 4.5B system landscape on a SUN Solaris platform. Developed client copy, transport, refresh, and testing strategies for Naval Support Activity Phase II project cycle. Designed and implemented a High Availability hardware configuration. Setup the initial SAP R/3 security profiles and procedures. Trained client’s Basis Administrators and documented daily support procedures. Audited operating system security, database performance, and R/3 performance tuning procedures. Provided knowledge transfer of basic R/3 Basis responsibilities and procedures.

Basis Administrator “Consultant”

Confidential, Memphis, TN

Responsibilities:

• Supported and maintained 3.0F R/3 system landscape. Assisted client in upgrading their SAP R/3 from version 3.0F to 3.1H. Managed system monitoring, database administration, and daily backup activities.

Project Manager / Systems Analyst

Confidential, Jackson, TN

Responsibilities:

• Organized, planned, and managed an eight-person project team. Responsibilities included application software, facilitating group discussions, planning project and team performance goals, development of project plan milestones, and educating project members. Have acquired solid grasp of information flow and the value of information within a large manufacturing firm to include Procurement, Accounting, Receiving, Quality, Shop Floor Control, Purchasing, and Pricing. Have dealt with many aspects of manufacturing reporting and costing to include development of interfaces to other existing systems to obtain necessary information/data. Have conducted several internal sessions in a various subjects relating to manufacturing disciplines. Directed the data collection and analysis of information flow and business activities to support KANBAN and ISO9000 initiatives.

Manager / Programmer

Confidential, Jackson, TN

Responsibilities:

• Managed several and business improvement projects resulting in $200,000 in company savings. Have developed outlines and standard operating procedures in material control, shop floor control, and activity reporting.
• Designed and implemented a Quality Control Information System to manipulate product quality history and alleviate previously performed manual tasks. This application and several written procedures allowed for vast improvements in data integrity and overall operating efficiency in relation to identifying problems before products where shipped to the customer.