Experienced Information Technology professional with more than twenty years experience specializing in application development and technical team management, with particular emphasis on SAP implementation, upgrade, and enhancement projects for the life sciences, consumer products, and supply chain distribution industries. 10+ years experience in SAP v3.1H ECC 6.0, with focus on ABAP/4 programming, RICEF development, BAPI/BADI, User Exits, LSMW, Smartforms, and BDC. Technical skills are complimented by a very solid understanding of business processes with ability to analyze client needs and rapidly design effective solutions. PMP certified with MBA.

Confidential,Durham, NC December 2006 Present
A management and technology consulting firm supporting clients within the Consumer Products and Life Sciences industries.
Senior Consultant

Client engagements included:

Shire Pharmaceuticals
Technical Lead for installation of SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO).

• Incorporated APO (SCM 2007) with SAP 4.7 and BW 3.5 for two phases, USA and International, to automate product forecasting by replacing manual spreadsheets.
• Developed a custom front end to replace standard SAP APO functionality for updating promotion events.
• Developed ABAP programs to convert data from client’s external vendors into SAP BW, to change planning key figures, to update time series data, and to perform internal conversions.
• Created custom tables and transactions.

Confidential,
Senior Technical Consultant for installation of FI, MM, and SD modules.

• Full life-cycle implementation of SAP ECC 6.0.
• Developed programs using ABAP, BAPI, LSMW, and SAP Standard Programs to convert data from several legacy systems into SAP, including material conversion, customer conversion, and multiple reports.
• Led and mentored off-site development resources to understand requirements and complete conversion program deliverables on time.

Confidential,
Senior ABAP Consultant for implementation of SAP ECC system.

• Project goal was to unify SAP core system, APO, RF, EDI, and CAS into a common computing platform.
• Took ownership of high priority tasks and worked directly with client business process leads to close outstanding RICEF development objects in an expedited fashion.
• Resolved requirement issues for International form outputs for the Canada International business unit using Smartforms.
• Development efforts helped bring SAP realization project back on schedule and ensure client confidence.

Confidential,
Lead ABAP Developer for migration from SAP 4.7 to ECC 6.0, Developer on two additional SAP realization projects.

• Completed migration project with aggressive time frame, delivering upgrade within 3 months.
• Analyzed SPAU and SPDD transaction output to stabilize system, as well as diagnosed and made corrections to technical issues as identified by upgrade team.
• Installed ECC 5.0 SmartForm print drivers as they are not available in ECC 6.0 release.
• Created program and procedures to remove personal information from human resources data after client copy is performed.

Confidential,
ABAP Developer on SAP Realization Team.

• Brought on project near end of development phase to bring the effort to a successful close leading to the awarding of additional consulting projects.
• Wrote multiple SAP programs and worked with functional leads to add enhancements and make corrections to existing SAP programs including SmartForms.
• Performed unit string testing.

Confidential,Lake Forest, IL May 1986 September 2006
A $6.9B broad line supplier of facilities maintenance products serving businesses and institutions in North America and China, through a network of more than 600 branches, 18 distribution centers,

Confidential, 2000 - 2006

• Led an application development team of five for Accelerated SAP 4.7 and CRM 4.0 projects staying on schedule and maintaining system uptime after go-live.
• Analyzed requirements, estimated development effort, designed processes, defined technical specifications, managed consultants and internal resources, and tracked project status. Worked with outside vendors and multiple business functional teams.
• Redesigned process for retrieval of content deployment pricing, reducing headcount by one full time employee and delivery time by two days while increasing system usability.
• Installed third party supplied software to automate the creation of contracts reducing creation, maintenance, and review cycle times. Worked with outside vendor to get system up and running.
• Led a cross functional development team for two logistics pilot programs, from creating and managing the project plan through go-live support. One of the pilots, remote will call centers, is now an integral part of Grainger’s logistics network.
• Set up CRM (3.1/4.0) middleware in sandbox, development, and QA environments including estimating, analysis, supervising, and development. Resolved middleware issues as they occurred.

Systems Applications Analyst Custom Solutions, 1998 - 2000

• Responsible for the data conversion for installation of SAP for Custom Solutions, a start-up operation within the company.
• Wrote BDCs, user exits, reports, interactive screens, and data loads using ABAP.
• Reviewed ABAP programs for efficiencies and proper coding techniques as member of Quality Assurance team.
• Provided support and ABAP development for MM, SD, and FICO modules in SAP 3.1H.
• Developed interface programs between primary business and Custom Solutions.

Design and Implementation Facilitator/Systems Analyst, 1997 - 1998

• Worked with consultants, systems SMEs, and computer operations to create technical design documents and coordinate the reinstallation of computer systems after Y2K changes.
• Provided analysis and created design specifications for the creation of Y2K compliant verification system.
• Created impact analysis studies and compliance recommendations for systems outside the original Y2K project scope.

Sales Systems Analyst, 1995 - 1997

• Analyzed, designed, and created custom sales and management reports to meet the needs of internal and external customers.
• Participated on Systems Analyst Roles and Responsibilities Team and Sales Force Analysis Team.
• Mainframe, Easytrieve, Focus, and VSAM environments.

Financial Reporting Supervisor, 1989 - 1995

• Designed, created, and implemented multiple on-line and batch reporting systems to evaluate company and customer performances.
• Participated on various special projects including development of customer line service level measurements, analysis of sales price and cost, and purchase of econometric forecasting services.
• Mainframe, PC Easytrieve, Focus, MS Excel, Lotus, and Freelance environments.

Financial Systems Programmer Analyst, 1986 - 1989

• Responsible for primary support of the General Ledger computer system.
• Assumed major role in the implementation of new General Ledger, General Ledger Management System, and Accounts Receivable System.
• Mainframe, COBOL, IMS/DB, TELON, VSAM, and Easytrieve environments.

M.B.A., Marketing Emphasis
B.S. Computer Science and Finance