SUMMARY

Experienced and conscientious IT and data processing professional with over 10 years’ experience implementing SAP R/3 for clients in varied industry segments including consumer packaged goods, manufacturing, communications, and steel. Key technical leader in application customization of ABAP/4 programs and development of enhancements and performance improvement of programs and software. Successfully bridge the gap between functional and technical teams.

• Team leader
• Detailed technical design leader
• Life cycle testing and implementation
• Data conversion
• Post-implementation support and troubleshooting

SAP R/3 Sales and Distribution (releases 3.0–4.7)
Critical cross-module interfaces: SD,MM,PP,FI/CO, WM, EDI
Development: ABAP/4; SAP Script; SAP Workbench tools; user exits and routines, detailed programming design and specifications (reports, interfaces, enhancements, conversions); and Debugging Tools;

TECHNICAL AREAS

Unix/Informix Client Service Platform (SAP)
ABAP/4, FTP, migration procedures
IBM 9000 Mainframe Series
COBOL, COBOL II, MICS, SAS, FOCUS

Unix/Oracle Client Service Platform (SAP)
TOTAL Systems Development

SAP CERTIFICATIONS

SAP AMERICA BC 425 Enhancements and modifications
SAP AMERICA BC 420 Interfaces for data transfer
SAP AMERICA BC 180 Data Interfaces
SAP AMERICA BC 170 Introduction to ABAP/4 Programming
SAP AMERICA BC 110 Correction and Transport
SAP AMERICA BC 030 ABAP/4 Dictionary
SAP AMERICA BC 010 SAP Architecture The Development System
SAP AMERICA CA 930 Creating Layout Sets using SAP Script

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,Independence, OH 2006-2009
SAP Programmer Analyst II
Responsible for end user problems and any new development in the SAP 4.6C system.

• Handled over 300 transports and 180 global issues as part of the global effort
• Interfaced with 12 business analysts
• Converted three plastics plants to SAP financials in order to decommission the mainframe at a savings of over $50,000 per month in licensing fees
• Employed BAPI’s for G/L accounting programs for multiple interfaces
• Implemented/tested security authority check logic in over 200 user ABAP programs
• Handled user exits for SD, FI and MM areas

Confidential,Westlake, OH 2004-2006

Consultant
Member of the Global Energizer Manufacturing System (GEMS) team in the upgrade effort from SAP 3.1i to 4.7, daily processing flow, and end user issues.

• Developed financial institution interfaces
• Developed program to analyze program scheduling that assistedin discovery phase
• Converted numerous programs from BDC to BAPI processing
• Validated all software programs developed for the Schick interface
• Modified numerous programs to meet user specifications
• Managed post-conversion user exit changes, used transaction recorder, screen /menu painter
• Developed multiple IDOCinterfaces and inquiry programs for German plant for vendors
• Developed/maintained numerous SAP Script programs for PP and PM

Confidential,Wilmington, MA 2003
Consultant
Member of the Systems Transformation Alignment Readiness (STAR) conversion team that enhanced conversion methodology of SAP 4.6c implementation. A government contractor for defense systems.

• Using BDC recordings, created and developed data conversion/load programs for FI
• Assessed legacy extracts for CO data loads
• Developed data load path using Legacy Systems Migration Workbench (LSMW)
• Completed programming specifications for ABAP/4 programs.
• Assisted in making documentation ready and available for integration testing

Confidential,Lorain, OH 2000-2001
ABAP/4 Programmer/Developer
Member of Production Support team responsible for maintaining the current SAP R3.1i system, backup of EDI, and developing solutions to new problems.

• Detected deficiencies within Advanced Replacement Report accounting for over $250K in reporting errors
• Corrected error in Shipped Not Billed Report resulting in the correction of daily imbalance errors which exceeded $100K
• Analyzed and validated performance improvements within ABAP/4 code, also supporting programs in SD, MM, PP, WM and FI modules
• Managed application of OS notes to SAP R/3 system
• Maintained order/shipping and SAP Script for foreign documents in SD and MM and vendor inquiry
• Provided SAP Script development in generation of bar coding forms

Confidential,Cleveland, OH 1998 – 1999
ABAP Programmer (Consultant)
Member of Hennepin Release Build Team assigned to create interfaces between SAP and the Legacy order entry system.

• Developed and successfully implemented sales extract program containing over 1,600 separate fields, 20 SAP table databases and six called functions
• Assumed maintenance of legacy COBOL programs, resulting in resource savings while maintaining order entry
• Effectively developed three additional extracts as staffing adjustments were made
• Evaluated functional specs and modeling/string test to get the project back on track
• Supported SAP Script development for programs in the SD module

Confidential,Cleveland, OH 1994-1998

Programmer (Consultant)
Member of FI/CO and conversion teams that converted legacy systems to SAP-R3 in a client server environment.

ABAP/4 Programming (1996-1998)

• Used knowledge of product costing from legacy system to identify and apply cost rates to all LIFO products, used for material master creation
• Wrote ABAP/4 load program for Bloom Caster product (FI portion of MM)
• Wrote Bill of Material (BOM) extract and ABAP/4 load for Rolling Mill product (MM)
• Handled FTP transactions and interfaced with Unix support with trouble analysis

Mainframe Programming (1994-1996)

• Maintained and performed monthly closing for Accounts Payable system
• Maintained daily processing programs that translated product through each production cost phase
• Assisted in Cobol to Cobol II conversion
• Assigned to major Bloom Caster coding project, wrote both batch and on-line programs
• Trained employees to take over duties before going to BTI project

Confidential,Cleveland, OH 1979-1992
Systems Programmer (1982-1992)
Performance/tuning and reporting on all IMS transactions both locally and regionally in the Ameritech area at system and application level, and effective implementation of applications into IMS environment.

• Developed/maintained online monitor written in SAS that kept daily results for 25 systems
• Designed and implemented Dynamic Transaction Classing System (DTCS) that increased transaction throughput by 30% on five production IMS control regions and evaluated over 14 million transactions a month
• Realized $300,000 tax break by using DTCS and forestalling a major hardware purchase
• Eliminated costly IMS Gen back-outs with six years of error free Gens for over 20 applications
• Provided the only Application Development Facility (ADF) support in the company

Applications Analyst (1979-1982)
Designed and implemented IMS batch and online programs in Total Systems Development environment using structured design, HIPOS, pseudo-code, walk-throughs.

• Served in capacity as Systems Control Representative for the region and technical project leader in the development of an on-line Accounts Payable system
• Participated in the first totally conversational on-line system at Ohio Bell
• Participated in the first successful multi-company effort at Ohio Bell, four in total
• Eliminated lengthy manual voucher processing and cut data entry staff by 30%
• On-line down days eliminated by enhancing system for Ohio; over 10 years of zero-outage time
• Realized a $1,000,000 profit on the sale of the newly developed Accounts Payable system

Confidential,Cleveland, OH 1973-1979
Applications Programmer

• Designed, coded and implementation Mechanized Equipment Assignment (MEQA) on-line system that was custom designed for a nationwide user community of over 30 central offices
• Gained initial exposure to response time environment by coding response time monitor that interfaced with over 250 modules

EDUCATION

Associate of Science
Continuing Education RPG III, C Programming
OMEGAMON and Boole & Babbage IMS Performance and Tuning
Database Structures, MICS, SAS, FOCUS, Quick-fetch, PMO, Problem Determination Class, IPCS