Summary

Dedicated, well-organized management professional with background in banking, financial, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical industries and in-depth experience with SAP, EAI, and Web technologies. Skilled in training others to process and manage security, controls, and risk management for a wide variety of SAP systems. Well-developed communication and problem-solving skills with ability to resolve difficult situations under adverse conditions. Thrives in a fast-paced environment.

SKILLS

Tools Solution Manager, MS Visio, MS Project, ARIS, Solution Composer,
Road Map Composer, Load Runner, Mercury, IBM Rational tools, Wily Introscope

ECC6.0, SCM7.0, SCEM, SNC5.0, BW7.0, CRM2007, SRM7.0, PLM6.0, configuration, design, custom development, security testing etc.

SOA

GRC 5.x, IDM 7.x web services integration, CRM,SRM,BW web services.

Basis & Security

SAP NW 2004S, GRC Access Controls 5.x,ECC6.0,NW Portal 7.0, PI 7.1, BI7.0, NW IDM7.1, CRM 2007, SNC, SAP Business Objects (BOE XI 3.x)

Miscellaneous

J2EE,IBM WebSphere Application Server, Tibco, LDAP, Unix, Shell Scripting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential,
Pittsburgh, PA 2009

SAP Security Architect
Led efforts from a technical perspective to define overall SAP architecture for existing and future application implementations. Produced gap analysis to identify solutions specific to SAP security and controls requirements and provided techno-functional recommendations on design or architecture improvements. Provided project coordination with offshore teams, resource planning and work allocation during cut-over and project execution phase. Projects included

• Worked with internal auditors and pre-implementation SAP audit was passed for SRM 7.0 go-live using SAP Business Objects Access Controls (formerly GRC) 5.3.
• Lead the Pilot project in testing the Custom Rule Set for SRM 7.0(ramp-up) with functional teams and audit teams.
• Lead the project on Risk Analysis and Remediation tool for Cross system risk analysis (SRM, ECC, BW systems) migrating project from Virsa to GRC for UK Scheduled execution in 2010.
• Initiated, planned, and scheduled position based security (indirect user provisioning project) for Global HR system (SRM system, BW system, and Active Directory) with the tools: Compliance User Provisioning tool, Net Weaver Identity Management, BAPIs and GRC provisioning framework.
• Designed and Implemented the security for SRM 7.0, Business objects(Crystal reports, Universe),federated portal(remote role assignment),J2EE roles, BI roles, SSO(Kerberos).

Confidential,
Philadelphia, PA 2006 – 2009

Senior Consultant
Subject Matter Expert in project planning using ASAP methodology test planning in realization phase. Assisted project manager in SAP prime implementations. Researched and evaluated new technologies (SAP SOA, SRM, CRM, APO, GRC, Risk Management, Business Objects technologies) to be used in enterprise solutions for SAP customer\'s ERP Project initiatives. Performed project reviews and reporting recommendations on best practices. Designed and supported customers in project implementations of audit controls and monitoring solutions (ITGC, GRC, Process Controls).

Confidential,
(Continued)

• Maintained SAP organization core values in all client assignments.
• Delivered projects successfully and on-time.
• Received recognitions and rewards from SAP internal focus group members, client partners, account executives and project managers for providing remote assistance, coordination, and communication.
• Audited remediation projects and received recognition from CIO.
• Accepted additional responsibilities while maintaining workload to help GRC Risk Management product development team in validations, pre-sales demos.
• Nominated for SAP TechED award.

Confidential,
Pittsburgh, PA 2004 – 2006

Project Consultant (Contractor)
Security coach for ECC upgrade security redesign project. Project Lead for the SAP_ALL remediation.

• Revised operational business processes by ensuring security, controls considerations and requirements.
• Identified project risks and reported them proactively.
• Performed all required activities in project closing phase including collecting the feedback and refining tasks from lessons learned.
• Exceeded the expectations for remediation work by coordinating with various global teams to become successfully certified by external auditors within target dates.
• Implemented first ever ECC6.0 upgrade project in North America.
• Confidential,

West Haven, CT 2003 – 2004

Project Consultant (Contractor)
Project Module leader for SAP APO (DP, SNP), MM, EBP, BW modules in ECC upgrade blue print stage. Project lead for planning, blue print phase of legacy bolt-on systems and SAP integration. Project lead for Bayer1 authentication implementation. Communicating with all business functional teams, resource availability for work allocations.

• Achieved Kudos for quick acceptance and approval for global reviews by owners and PMO team.
• Received positive feedback and additional responsibilities for subsequent projects.

Confidential,
Portland, OR 2002 – 2003

Project Consultant (Contractor)
As an architect in corporate architecture group, proposed solutions incorporating information security management principles, SAP application security implementation methodologies, and role-based access controls. Effectively planned projects using SAP Virsa Suite project, Solution Manager project, SAP Central User Administration (CUA) and SAP Single Sign-On (SSO) project implementations.

• Resolved critical technical issues in a short period of time.
• Successfully executed Single Sign On (SSO) project and Secure network communications project.
• Planned and executed Integration Project (Tibco, SAP, Main Frames) for EBPP (Electronic Billing Payment and Presentment).

Confidential,
Richardson, TX 2000 – 2002

Senior Business Analyst
Middleware Lead for POS activation project. Assisted project manager in project planning, initiation, interviewing resources, testing.

• Contributed in key way using middleware services for project involving integration of Billing and Order Management systems.
• Increased order processing by 30% in first 3 months, receiving accolades from Executive Director.

Confidential,
London, England, UK 1999 – 2000

Project Lead
Team Lead for web technology projects. Assisted project manager in e-Commerce and financial, banking projects. Managed cross-functional team developing state-of-the-art travel portal.

• Generated 100%+ return on investment for customers (Thomson Tour Operators).
• Sold four web portals opening branches in India, Singapore and USA increasing profits significantly.
• Supported customers in deployments and enhancement projects, receiving a customer satisfaction rating of 99.9% by developing a high level of proficiency on new software.

Confidential,
Hyderabad, A.P, India 1998 – 1999

Project Lead
Coordinated project with USA team in functional requirements gathering, coding, testing. Provided deployment support to application services for various clients.

• Built teams and provided key deliverables within tight time frames.
• Diversified software projects from banking, financial, medical, e-commerce in first six months.

EDUCATION

MS

TRAINING

• SAP Business Objects
• PMP Boot Camp Training
• SAP SCEM (Event Manager)
• SAP BI 7.0 Analysis Authorizations
• Process Re-engineering
• SAP Project Risk Management 2.0
• Customer Focus
• SAP Team Lead training
• Team effectiveness
• Tibco, Websphere Process Server
• SAP Project Management for Consultants training
• Java EJB
• SAP GRC Access Controls 5.2