SUMMARY:

• Project Manager, Solution Architect, with over 15 years of SAP experience. Multiple HANA implementations and migrations.
• Extensive experience on Large ERP Implementations in Manufacturing, Communications, High - Tech, Finance, Pharmaceutical, Chemical, Retail and Oil Industry.
• Results oriented and decisive project manager proficient in all phases of software life cycle from analysis, design, implementation and management. Proven success in mentoring and motivating cross-functional, culturally diverse teams managing change and implementing process improvements.
• Expertise in various cloud technologies Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, SAP HEC etc

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: HP T500, HP 9000, HP N/V Class, SUN SPARC, DEC ALPHA AXP, Confidential RS6000, Confidential SP2, INTEL PENTIUM.

Languages: C, C++, ABAP/4, SQL, Embedded SQL, Perl & UNIX Shell scripting.

OS: OSF/1, BSD 4.3, SYSTEM V UNIX, SCO UNIX, HPUX, AIX, INTERACTIVE UNIX, WARP, VMS, NT.

Network: HACMP, TCP/IP, NFS, SNMP, NIS, X.25, X.400, X.500.

DB: Oracle 7.x/8.x/9.x, SQL Server 7.x/2000/2005, DB2/UDB.

Packages: SAP R/3, Power Builder, Borland C++.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SAP HANA BW/ECC Solution Architect

Confidential, Madison, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Green field implementation of SAP BPC 10.1 embedded, HANA Solution Architect involved in Design, Sizing, Install of SAP BPC 10.1 Embedded on Netweaver 7.5 with HANA on AWS Cloud. Cutover Management, Strategic Roadmap, Embedded Analytics, HANA strategy, Daily Scrum meetings, Testing Status, Issue Management, Deliverables for Audit. Involved in SAP SDI for HANA for replicating transaction data to BW/BPC, ODP mechanism to transfer master data from ECC. Involved in system setup, installs, on-demand DR on AWS cloud. Involved in HANA SQL Scripting, stored procedures, SDI flowgraphs, replication tasks and job scheduling in HANA. Reporting to project management and stake holders.
• Performance tuning, alert management and system copies.
• Installed SAP S/4 1709 and the whole suite of Fiori Apps, Fiori Gateway on HEC, Cloud Connector. Installation and monitoring of SAP SOLMAN 7.2 on HEC. Configure Virtual BW on S/4, report extractions. Integration with SAP BOBJ, BODS on HEC. Enable embedded BPC on S/4. Integration with on-premise SAP systems. Transport configuration on SAP and HANA.

SAP HANA BW/ECC on HANA Project Manager /Solution Architect

Confidential, King of Prussia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Project Manager and HANA Solution Architect involved in Project Management, Cutover Management, Strategic Roadmap, Embedded Analytics, S4/B4 on HANA strategy, Daily Scrum meetings, Testing Status, Issue Management, Deliverables for Audit. Status Reporting to project management and stake holders. Risk assessment and resource allocation. Working with various vendors in the project, setting expectations and deliverables.
• Involved in Amerigas Drone project for migrating SAP ECC and BW systems to HANA. This project is a precursor to Amerigas global strategy to Upgrade/Migrate to SAP S4 and B4 (Denali Project). Drone project also involved migrating PI to PO and also Solution Manager. Process improvements in Finance, Sales. Reporting improvements in performance, predictive analysis, HANA and BW models.
• Involved in installation of green field SAP S/4 on HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC), Cloud Connector, SOLMAN 7.2x, Fiori Gateway Integration. Integration and Installation of BOBJ suite on HEC. Data transfer and integration with on-premise SAP Systems i.e BWoH. Legacy SAP SLT on-premise integration with HEC, Configured HANA HTA and HTC transport mechanism. SAP HANA 2.x MDC administration, maintenance. Integration of on-premise SAP systems with HEC using Cloud Connector. Enable virtual BW on S/4, setup. Webdispatcher and XS setup for HANA, Fiori etc. Configure Fiori launchpad.

SAP HANA BW HANA Architect /Solution Architect

Confidential, Pleasanton, CA

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of their existing SAP BW systems, External reporting systems, ERP systems. Define and advise roadmap and strategy to retire some of the archaic systems and enable a roadmap for Analytics and reporting systems thus enabling bigdata, analytics on HANA. Recommending redesign of some of the SAP BW Cubes, data flow design. Involved in sizing of the SAP BW on HANA, detailed project plan for migration to HANA, pre-post migration steps. Post go live support and also HANA optimization of BW 7.5 project plan, objects, detailed analysis and planning.

SAP HANA BW HANA Architect /Solution Architect

McCormick, Hunt Valley, MD

Responsibilities:

• SAP BW on HANA Migration project, involved in design, testing, implementation and migration of SAP BW to HANA. Parallel landscapes running on DB2 and HANA. Upgrade to SAP BW 7.5 SP3 and further migration to HANA using DMO. Involved in pre-DMO notes, pre-DMO migration steps. Executed pre-DMO steps, post-DMO steps. HANA optimization of CUBES, further reducing BW layers. Performance tuning of ABAP. Upgrade of HANA to SP11, backups, restores, system copies etc.
• Implementation of new HANA/BW features as part of Post HANA Optimization of BW objects, LSA++.

SAP HANA BW DATA Architect Project Lead and Solution Architect

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

Responsibilities:

• Very Large SAP BW on HANA Migration project, involved from design, testing, implementation and migration of SAP BW on HANA project which includes Unicode migration, upgrade to 7.4 and HANA migration. Parallel BW landscapes running on Oracle and HANA. Using DMO, PCA to clone deltas. Data reduction, cleaning up of data, LSA++ implementation, and further using HANA modeling technics. Reducing data in DSO, Cube etc. Migrated over 25TB SAP BW system running on Oracle to HANA. Execution of a successful go-live, support of parallel landscape and post go-live support. Went thru successful technical go-live as well as business go-live. Involved in extensive Post-HANA Optimization, LSA++ as well.

SAP HANA BW Architect

Confidential, Westbrook, ME

Responsibilities:

• Migrate SAP BW on HANA in a scale up architecture, successful go-live. Considered to be one of the quickest go live of SAP HANA. Using the DMO option included UNICODE migration as well.
• Install HANA on a scale up architecture. Upgrade/patch to the latest version ie. SP9/rev 97.
• Setup HANA replication server, further testing of the failover as well.
• Backup and Restore strategies, scripts, backing configuration.
• Dual landscape of OLD/NEW BW systems connected to the source systems, further retiring the OLD BW system running on Oracle.
• OS/DB migration to HANA on Linux.
• Install/Configure SLT, replication of SAP source system tables to HANA, ODP/ODQ setup and configuration.
• Developed HANA models, further exposing them to Tableau.
• SSO/SAML setup for HANA/BOBJ/BW
• Delta Queue configuration of ODQ.

SAP HANA BW Architect

Confidential, Franklin Lakes, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Performance tuning of HANA models, fine tuning stored procedures and SQL scripts.
• Installation of SAP FI/COPA accelerators on Enterprise ECC, Install and configure a standalone SLT. Replication of FI/COPA tables to HANA.
• Implementation of HANA sidecar for FI/COPA accelerators for SLT and ECC. Replicating over 40 tables from Enterprise ECC FI/COPA to HANA and further optimizing the month end closing process.
• Involved in pre/post migration HANA/BW activities for BWoH migration.
• Exposing HANA models into SAP Lumira.
• In-memory optimization of SAP BW objects.
• Hands on migrating BW on HANA using SAP DMO tools.
• Extensive HANA modeling for FI/COPA of ECC.
• Loading external data into HANA thru BODS. Further reporting in BOBJ/Lumira.

SAP HANA BW Architect

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Responsibilities:

• SAP HANA BW Architect for SAP BW Migration on HANA. Involved in pre/post migration HANA/BW activities.
• Performance tuning of SAP BW and HANA objects, fine tuning stored procedures and SQL scripts.
• In-memory optimization of SAP BW objects.
• Aggressive testing of integrated tasks in SAP BW, BPC 10.1 and HANA. Fine tuning data loads, consolidation runs and HANA models.
• Multiple parallel landscapes for integration testing of various cycles in the project.
• Optimization of BW layers to LSA++.
• Usage of SAP BW and HANA models in LUMIRA, BOBJ
• Design HANA models and adhere to Business KPI’s.
• Experience in using predefined HANA business library functions and predictive analytics libraries.

SAP DATA Architect

Confidential, Bridgewater, NJ

Responsibilities:

• SAP Data Architect for DATA Migration involving PHARMA and VACCINES business units. Involved in successful go-live of PHARMA SAP ERP, BW, Portals for new business units. Data Migration into BW/ECC and further data integration into BW, reporting for SD, FI/COPA business areas.

HANA-BW- Architect

Confidential, Confidential, WI

Responsibilities:

• SAP BW on HANA 7.4 implementation involved in SD and FI reporting. Data migration and integration from different business units into SAP BW, integration into SAP BW Workspaces, HANA models and Transient providers. Merging of SD/FI data at a higher level with COPA data. Involved in the process of Service Pack Upgrade of SAP BW and HANA.
• Multiple Requirement Gathering and design sessions. Knowledge transfer sessions.

HANA-BW-BODS- Architect

Confidential, Westborough, MA

Responsibilities:

• SAP Principal Architect heading a team onsite and offshore for BW/HANA Migration, HANA SLT, Data Mart, BODS. Migration of BW on Oracle to BW on HANA, Data Migration from Legacy to ECC/BW using BODS, Reporting using HANA Modeling and BOBJ Reporting.
• Project planning/staffing the HANA migration using the Copy,Upgrade+Migrate Method (Parallel Landscape), HANA Optimization (IMO) of Cubes, ODS.
• SLT Config and implementation for over 25 huge tables in various SAP ECC applications and also legacy tables.
• Pre/Post HANA Migration steps and successful go-live of BW on HANA.
• Extensive data modelling and data architecture, creating various HANA models, using various techniques including SQL scripts, stored procedures etc.
• Exposing the HANA data models to BOBJ reporting tools for end user community.
• Implemented HANA datamarts.
• Implementation of COPA accelerator for HANA.
• Performance tuning of HANA models
• Implemented a POC for SAP HANA LIVE on sandbox, virtual data models, SAP HANA Live Browser, etc
• Moved a set of ECC reports onto HANA for better performance.

HANA-BOBJ-BW Architect

Confidential, Greeley, CO

Responsibilities:

• Spearheading a SAP HANA implementation, which involves migration of SAP BW on DB2 to SAP BW on HANA and then HANA optimization of SAP BW.
• Involved in HANA sizing and ordering of the HP HANA appliance for PROD and NON-PROD.
• Partitioned the HANA appliance to install multiple HANA databases namely DEV, QA, Sandbox etc.
• Upgraded to latest HANA SP05 version 1.52
• Configured Backup and restore procedures.
• Prepared the BW on DB2 for BW on HANA, installing notes, upgrading to BW SP08, Installing PCA on both BW and ECC.
• Delta Cloning and synchronization for BW.
• Prepared detailed steps for the HANA PREP, HANA Migration and HANA Post-Migration steps.
• Migrated BW on DB2 to BW on HANA using Copy-Upgrade+Migrate Method (Parallel Landscape)
• Involved in HANA Optimization of SAP BW ODS, CUBES i.e IMO.
• Install/Setup of SLT.
• Replication of ECC and NON-SAP data to HANA thru SLT.
• Creating various views on HANA which are exposed to BOBJ for reporting.

HANA-BOBJ-BW Architect

Confidential, PA/Santa Clara, CA

Responsibilities:

• Install/Patch HANA appliance to SP05.
• Install and Setup of SLT.
• Replication of tables from ECC to HANA.
• Connectivity and Setup of DXC from BW to HANA appliance.
• Data transfer from ECC thru BW to HANA using DXC thru BW Process Chains.
• Creation of various views on HANA for the SLT tables.
• Re-directing ECC-ABAP programs to standalone HANA appliance.
• Test queries and reports from BOBJ-WEBI, IDT.
• Demo various reporting options from BOBJ, Excel, Business Explorer etc.
• Integration of various SAP systems with Sybase ASE
• Installation of SAP products on Sybase
• Admin and monitoring of Sybase.

HANA-BOBJ-BW Architect

Confidential, Marshall, MN

Responsibilities:

• Expert in Functional and Technical components of Business Intelligence (BI) reporting solutions using SAP HANA In-Memory Computing.
• Functional and integration knowledge of SAP ERP ECC, SAP BW, BPC, BOBJ and BI reporting tools
• Principal HANA architect for SAP BPC 10.0 Install on HANA.
• Implementation of SAP BPC 10 on HANAData migration from SAP BW, ECC, Legacy using SAP-BOBJ on HANA.
• Expertise in modeling scenarios and activities such as adding a system, creating schemas, importing table definitions, adding connections.
• Setup ps for modeler, HANA studio.
• Expertise in all the aspects of modeling in SAP HANA.
• Experience working with content models, attributes and measures, hierarchies.
• Expert level knowledge in processing information objects such as previewing data of information objects, validating models, comparing versions of information objects, generating object documentation.
• Experience in reporting techniques such as creating calculation views, managing attribute mappings, creating analytic privileges, adding variables, using system generating joins.
• Experience creating complex SQL views and familiar with R (HANA programming language), setup of R-Server.
• Knowledge of BW and Planning Application Kit (PAK) on HANA
• Knowledge of various Business Reporting and Analytics tool on HANA (Mobile, Portals, On demand Services, Embedded Enterprise Apps etc.)
• Performance Tuning of HANA Models with various data partitioning techniques
• Experience in SAP HANA Data Provisioning and using SAP LT Replication Server (SLT)
• Expertise with Data Extraction Transfer Loading (ETL) using SAP BOBJ Data Services 4.0
• Expert in data transfers using DXC.
• Expert with SAP ECC table data model and analysis
• Experience with SAP HANA data modeling using Attribute View, Analytic View, and Calculation ViewExperience with SAP HANA programming including SQL, SQL Script, and CEScript
• Experience with SAP HANA Administration including managing schemas, data model objects, import/export content
• Experience in In-Memory Predictive Analysis, usage of Apriori Algorithms and PAL Library functions.
• Experience with SAP HANA Security including User Management, Roles, and Privileges
• Implementation experience and knowledge of SAP reporting for different functional areas such as Finance, Supply Chain, and Sales
• Logical and Physical partitioning in HANA
• Achieved performance by massive parallel processing.
• Installations and System copies of BW on HANA. Upgrade/Implementing parallel landscapes of BW/BPC, old BW/BPC 7.5 upgraded BW and BPC to 10.0 on Windows and Oracle. New BW/BPC 10 running on HANA. Involved in successful go-live of BPC 10 on HANA.
• Reporting using BOBJ WEBI and IDT.
• SLT real time provisioning and replication.
• Migration of BW/Oracle to BW/HANA using parallel landscape (Copy, Upgrade+Migrate).

SAP Application Architect

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Responsibilities:

• Principal/Lead SAP Application Architect, re-architected the whole SAP landscape of SAP HCM, MSS, ESS, Payroll and various other external SAP Portals. Landscape, go-live of HCM project, payroll project.
• Involved in day-today support as well.
• Fresh Implementation and go-live of SOLMAN 7.1, for Technical Monitoring, ITSM, CHARM, running SOLMAN like a factory.

BW-BI-BOBJ-BODS SAP DATA/ Principal Architect

Confidential, Miramar, FL

Responsibilities:

• Lead SAP Data Architect involved in Design, Develop standards/methodology in data migration from legacy to SAP using SAP BODS. Migrated OTC, PTP, FICO etc into SAP. Concurrent repeatable process for data migration into SAP. Involved in migration from SAP BOBJ 3.x to 4.0 on AIX/Oracle. Cleansing, massaging and loading of data into SAP. Cleansing and loading SAP Master data, Materials, Customers, Vendors, Assets etc. Legacy data loads for the past few years into SAP. Developed complex jobs for SAP BODS.
• Implementation of SOLMAN 7.1, ITSM, Technical Monitoring, Early Watch, End-2-End Monitoring, Wily Introscope, CDMC, Change Management, Project Management Config etc
• Loading data into SAP BW from legacy using SAP BODS, Involved in developing reports, dashboards on BODI, development in WEBI, Universe, Rich Client, Xcelsius. Populating reports/dashboard on the “BI Launchpad”.
• Involved in redesigning the whole SAP infrastructure for SAP ECC, BI, BOBJ 4.0, CRM etc, Unicode migration of SAP ECC, Oracle performance tuning. Migrate/Upgrade from Oracle 10g to 11g. Migration of SAP XI 7.x to 7.1X. Backup/restore strategies, landscape copy strategies in place. EHP Upgrades on ECC, BI, CRM. Upgrade of BW from 7,x to 7.3 including BPC. Install, Sizing and Configure SAP BWA. Integration of SAP BWA with BI. Administration and Indexing on BWA. Failover and DR setup of BWA.

BW-BI-SAP Infrastructure / Principal Architect

Confidential, Bristol, PA

Responsibilities:

• Lead the team for BI Upgrade+Unicode from BW 3.5 to BI7+EHP1. Installed BPC 7.5 Net Weaver on the top of BW 7.0 System. Migrating from Oracle 10g to 11g as part of the UNICODE migration. Implemented the Advanced compression of Oracle 11g features, where the database was compressed by over 50%. Maintaining parallel BW landscapes for Upgrade/Unicode. AIX Upgrade to migrating to new hardware. Implementation/redesign of BI/BW objects, like CUBE/ODS partitioning. Infrastructure redesigning of BI. Implemented BOBJ with SAP BI, SSO for BOBJ. Performance tuning of BI objects, BOXI,
• WebApp Servers IIS, Tomcat, Oracle DB etc. Setup of BOBJ CMS database, Auditing databases. BOBJ WEBI, Infoview, Crystal Reports, SAP Bex, WeBex and Xcelsius reporting methods configured. Loading data from Legacy systems into SAP BW using SAP BODS. Reports and Dashboard design using WEBI. Performance Tuning of BI Queries. System Landscape copies for ECC, BI, XI. Strategy and Implementation of SLD, global/local SLD. XI performance tuning and parallel processing of messages.

SAP Infrastructure / Principal Architect

Confidential, Eden Prairie, MN

Responsibilities:

• Lead the team (onsite and offshore) for EHP4 upgrade of the whole landscape which includes SAP ECC 6, XI/PI, BI, BOXI, SCM, CRM. Implementation of EBIT (BI7, BOXI, BPC) and NPDI (PLM7, EH&S). Performance tuning of BI, BOXI, CRM, SAP TREX, SAP Content Servers. Upgraded CRM 7/2007.
• Disaster Recovery setup and implementation for the whole SAP Infrastructure.
• Currently involved in implementing SAP BI7, SAP BO/BOXI, SAP PLM 7.0, SAP EH&S as a lead architect.
• Design, Architect and Implement SAP BO XI 3.2x, Installation of additional WebApp servers for BOXI.
• SAP BOXI 3.x Productive System design and implementation on Windows ServersClustering and failover implementation of SAP BOXI.
• Performance tuning of BOXI, WebApp servers IIS .NET, TOMCAT, Oracle DB etc.
• Configuration and working of WEBI, LCM etc of SAP BOXI. Performance tuning of data transfers from SAP BI.
• Configured and Implemented SSO for SAP BOXI.
• Design, Architect and Implement SAP Content Servers globally and in remote locations worldwide, performance tuning of data access thru CISCO WAAS accelerators.
• Design, Architect and Implement SAP TREX 7.1x, for Embedded Search for SAP PLM 7. Implemented SAP TREX 7.1x for Enterprise Search.
• Implemented Cideon Conversion Servers for SAP PLM, CAD Desktop Integration from .reiss, PROE to SAP PLM, Cenit Workflow document approval configuration.
• Implemented SAP DMS multiple storage categories for different regions, document types and storing DIR documents to multiple content servers and logical storage locations.
• CAD Desktop Configuration and Performance Tuning.
• Integration of SAP NWBC (Netweaver Business Client), SAP portals for SAP PLM 7.
• Performance tuning of various application infrastructure in the ECC/SAP PLM 7 landscape.
• Setup and design of Data Archiving Methodology, data management strategy, Archiving Process, data archiving performance tuning, data aging, legal compliance, compliance and retention policies, data retirement, project planning and implementation etc.
• Archiving of SAP PLM objects like DIR, BOM, Materials etc to TSM.
• Archiving of FI, CO, HR, Purchasing documents and master data to TSM.
• SAP Max DB configuration, performance tuning.
• Change Management procedures and processes.
• SOLMAN Implementation and Configuration for CTS+, Charm, Worldwide Change Manager, Digital Signatures, GRC 5.3.
• Oracle 10.x performance tuning. Direct/Concurrent I/O Configuration and Implementation.
• Network performance tuning for remote locations and manufacturing plants to access SAP.
• Regression and Performance testing cycles using HP Loadrunner.
• Implementation of HP thin clients.
• Procedures for various daily, weekly, monthly tasks for production support teams.
• DR for MaXDB, Oracle and all the external SAP apps like TREX, Content Servers etc as well.
• EH&S SRC Install and Configuration

SAP Basis -Platinum Level Consultant / Principal Architect

Confidential, Richardson, TX

Responsibilities:

• Technical Upgrade+UNICODE of BI 7, implemented SAP Enterprise Portals, Federated Portals, BOXI, Single Sign-on etc. Integrating various source systems namely APO, ERP, CRM, MDM, external systems. Redesign of SAP infrastructure for BI7 ABAP and Java stacks and also FPN. Implemented External facing portals, load balancing of SAP Webdispatcher using windows NLB. Implemented clustering technologies for HP IA64, for ABAP, JAVA CI and also webdispatcher. UNICODE conversion using distribution-monitor, performance tuning of JAVA and Portals. Migrated from HP-UX to HP-IA64 on new infrastructure for BI7 running Oracle 10. Integration testing of EP, BI and FPN for the upgrade. Integrating BI7 with XI. BI Visual composer setup and configuring external JDBC connections. Managing the whole upgrade/Unicode project and the team as well. Installation, Performance tuning of SAP BI, SAP BO, Oracle etc. Archiving of SAP BW/BI objects to Documentum.

SAP Basis - Platinum Level Consultant / Principal Architect

Confidential, Madison, WI

Responsibilities:

• Streamlining SAP Infrastructure for HR GO-LIVE, CRM 2007 GO-LIVE, Federated Portal (FPN) GO-LIVE. Consolidated Landscape architecture. High Availability and Disaster Recovery Strategies implemented. Upgraded SAP ERP to ECC 6, Upgraded to CRM 2007, Upgraded to BI 7 and FPN. Implemented whole SOLMAN 7.0 for CHARM and BPM. Implemented XSS/MSS/ESS on ECC 6. Landscape System Copies and process and procedures put in place. Implemented SAP BO Enterprise, performance tuning of SAP BI, BO. Internet facing Portals, Intranet/Vendor related portals as well.
• Clustering of various productive systems for MSSQL/WIN64 for EP, ERP 6, BI7, CRM7 etc. TREX. Single sign-on, Internet facing portals, MSCS Clustering of ECC/ERP6, NW04S, EP, BI/BW 7, SOLMAN. Clustering of webdispatcher, and the whole productive landscapes. System copies from PROD, PRE-PROD to sandbox, QA etc.
• Designed and Implemented CRM 2007 system architecture including clustering of productive systems. Integrating multiple landscapes for various SAP projects, cutover strategies.
• Performance tuning of SAP ABAP Servers, SAP J2EE Servers and database tuning.

SAP Basis - Platinum Level Consultant / Principal Architect

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Went thru the implementation of their first go-live as well as some parts of the European go-live. Primary responsibilities include EP 7.0, Federated Portal Network (FPN), BI Portals 7.0, running on Windows 64 bit servers with MSSQL bit. Single sign-on, Internet facing portals, MSCS Clustering of ECC/ERP6, NW04S, EP, BI/BW 7, XI/PI, SRM, SOLMAN. Clustering of webdispatcher, and the whole productive and pre-productive landscapes. System copies from PROD, PRE-PROD to sandbox, QA etc. Documented procedures for all the above. Designed, created roles in EP, dashboards in EP for BI, scorecards and BI Admin Statistics. Load balancing EP, performance tuning J2EE clusters and nodes. Published BW queries, VC dashboards on to the portal. Performance tuning of BI/EP systems and also fine tuning BW queries.
• Infrastructure design and strategy for implementation of Portals NW04S
• Security Standards for EP
• EP Development Infrastructure standards and strategy
• EP Security standards, design guidelines.
• Load Balancing design and strategy with DMZ, failover routers etc.
• Designed and implemented Federated Portals in the whole landscape.
• Customer facing portals infrastructure design, standards, architecture design.
• KM Infrastructure, design and standards.
• Using CM for multipurpose usage, namely for Archiving, BI, Portal.
• Standalone TREX servers for composite application strategy adhering to all SAP applications including EP, CRM etc.
• EP/Java patches / change management standards and strategies.
• EP/ J2EE / JAVA strategies for SSO, for the whole corporate including/excluding external facing users.
• Design, Implement SSO between EP and backend systems.
• Design, Implement SSO for the whole corporate.
• EP/BI Usage Types etc. for BI7 EP7 configuration and implementation.
• EP/ECC 6 Usage types for HR/Sales/Manufacturing.
• EP/CRM Usage types.
• CUA Implementation and strategy in SOLMAN.
• Standards for creating IVIEW, Profiles, JAVA TAGS etc for EP.
• Implemented, Designed BIA Infrastructure.
• EP Web templates conversion for BI/EP.
• Clustering and Failover design, implementation.
• Strategy, design and implementation of Load balancing (HW) routers for EP
• Setup SOLMAN for Monitoring, Earlywatch Check, Diagnostics, WILEY Introscope, World Wide Change ManagerXCHARM/CHARM, Extended CTS / CTS+
• World Wide Change Manager Setup
• Setting up of Service Desk
• Install Base
• Maintenance Cycles
• Client Specific Transports or Extended CTS
• Digital Signatures
• SOX Internal/External Reporting
• Setting up Projects and Linked projects etc
• C-Folders
• Maintenance Projects
• HR Org Structure
• Partner functions and determination when necessary
• Automatic email generation for service desk messages
• SDCC
• Setting up of System Monitoring, Earlywatch
• Reporting for SOLMAN, BI, BPM, Service and Support
• Scheduling, monitoring etc.
• All the above fall under Extended CHARM (XCHARM)
• Setting up of Visual Composer on BI Portals, JDBC Connectors, SSO

SAP Basis - Platinum Level Consultant / Principal Architect

Confidential, Marshall, MN

Responsibilities:

• Went thru the Upgrade, rollout and implementation of BW 3.5 to BI7. Took the responsibility of driving the project with completion of the project on time and under budget. Driving the application and technology teams for a grand successful go-live with BI7.0. Architected the project plan, time lines, resources etc as well.
• Portal Upgrade to 7.0.
• Database upgrade to Oracle 10.x.
• Infrastructure Upgrade to Windows 64-bit migration.
• Windows Microsoft Clustering (MSCS) on productive instances of close to 20TB.
• Rollout and Implementation of SSO for all the SAP/Network Infrastructure including all SAP Application systems including SAP ERP, SAP BW, SAP CRM, SAP SEM, SAP AI, etc
• Configuration and Implementation of BI Portal 7.
• Performance tuning of BW and Portals.
• BIA Implementation.
• Configured new BI 7.0 way of doing partitioning, Query tuning of variables, Consolidated Key Figures (CKF).
• Load balancing of Portal thru Intranet/Internet. Configuring Load balancing routers, SAP Web Dispatcher.
• Maintaining parallel BW landscapes namely 3.5/6.0 for the upgrade project.
• Multiple system copies including a production copy of 20TB.
• Setting up of SOLMAN for World wide change manager, CHARM, Monitoring, BPM etc
• World Wide Change Manager Setup
• Setting up of Service Desk
• Maintenance Projects
• Setting up of System Monitoring, Earlywatch
• SDCC

Senior SAP DATA Architect - Migration /Basis

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• SAP DATA Architect: Migration of legacy data into SAP. Cleanse, Massage Master and transaction data into SAP. Design and develop interfaces. SAP Data migration methodology.
• Knowledge of Netweaver Architecture and Products
• SAN, TAN, Clustering, Failover, Disaster Recovery
• SAP BW, Portals, APO, Workplace, SRM, SEM, Solution Manager, CRM
• SNC, SSO, WAS, ITS, etc
• Installs, Upgrades, System Copies, Backup & RecoveryHardware, Software architecture & design
• Upgrade Solution Manager 3.1 to 3.2 to 4.x
• Configured SolMan 3.2 for monitoring System Landscape, external systems, helpdesk, Upgrade project management, world wide change manager in SOLMAN, Cfolders suite etc.
• Configured Help desk support, and Project management and Upgrade project implementation in SAP SOLMAN.
• Configured SAP SOLMAN for ECC5.0/ECC6.0, BW 3.5 upgrade projects, materials, Knowledge management.
• Monitoring and managing all the systems of the landscape.
• Upgraded SAP R/3 4.X to ECC 5.00/ECC 6.0.
• Upgraded SAP BW 3.X to 3.5X to 7.0X.
• Migration of SAP BW NT/Oracle to LINUX/Oracle.
• Installed and configured LINUX application servers for HP-UX production systems.
• Upgrade Oracle 8.x to 9.x on HP-UX, LINUX
• Expert in Operating Systems, Databases and client server technologies. Team player and also did lots of knowledge transfer to colleagues. Upgraded multiple systems as well as implementations from 4.x to 4.7/R/3 enterprise, ECC.
• Upgraded BW from 1.x/2.x to 3.x. Upgraded SRM, CRM, Solution Manager and portal landscapes. Landscape design for CRM, Netweaver products.
• Lead basis consultant supporting major SAP customers. Worked on various SAN technologies like HP 256, Hitachi and EMC. Also worked on TAN technology for backups and restores. Configured Oracle RMAN/Veritas for backups and restores for SAP Oracle databases, written scripts for these backups/restores. Configured MSCS / Oracle for clustering and failover. Upgraded SAP, Oracle and MSSQL for various customers. Installed and configured ITS for SNC/SSO. Configured and installed the disaster recovery on UNIX, NT with various databases like Oracle, MS SQL. System copies of SAP systems on a regular basis from production to QA/sand boxes. Supported two of the biggest and also most complex customers / environments, stabilized these customers and also made sure they meet the SLA requirements. Very extensive knowledge in Clustering, SAN, TAN etc. Extensive knowledge on new dimension products like SAP BW, Portals, APO, Workplace, SRM, SEM. Configured various application data transfers from SAP R3 and the new dimension products. Also configured Workplace for SNC/SSO with ITS etc. Expert in Operating Systems, Databases and client server technologies. Team player and also did lots of knowledge transfer to colleagues. Upgraded multiple systems as well as implementations from 4.x to 4.7/R/3 enterprise. Upgraded BW from 1.x/2,x to 3.x. Upgraded SRM, CRM and portal landscapes. Landscape design for CRM, Netweaver products.

Lead Basis Consultant

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Leading the SAP basis group, upgraded SAP systems from 3.0x to 4.0x & 4.6x on HP-UX/Oracle. Installed and configured SAP BW systems on NT/SQL. Configured service guard for failover on HP. Configured clustering on NT with SQL server. Backup and restore or Oracle & SQL sever databases. Scripts for automatic CTS transports. System & client copies from productive environments to staging & systems. Automatic paging on SAP systems. Communication configuration for external EDI systems, Symbol MATS servers for barcoding, PIMS systems for production planning. Extensive fail over configuration for HP-UX, NT servers. Installed and configured SAP ITS servers, fail over strategy for web servers. Installation and Configuration of SAPCONNECT for e-mail, fax using MS-Exchange. SAPROUTER configuration.

Senior Application Consultant

Confidential, Greenwich, CT

Responsibilities:

• Configuration, user-exits, enhancements for SAP EDI, Workflow and ALE using IDOC’s, BAPI. EDI implementation for Order processing, Invoices, Order Acknowledgement, Intercompany Billing, Intercompany Stock Transfers, Intercompany Stock Transport Orders, Lockboxes for automatic check clearance for banks. ALE for BOM’s, GI/GR, Transport Request, Transfer Requirements. ALE master data from productive system to legacy systems using Mercator and IDOC’s. Enhancements, Extensions to IDOC’s for ALE, EDI, Interfaces and Data transfers. Modifying BAPI enabled function modules. Automatic creation of IDOC’s and sending to Legacy systems (Change Pointers) for various Master Data changes like Pricing, Material Master, Material Prices etc. Various user-exits, validations, substitutions, field-exits for SD, MM and FI application areas. Master data loads like Vendors, Customers, Assets, G/L and Materials using ALE IDOC’s. Month end reports using Report Painter. Configured Workflow for EDI, ALE and Interfaces. Automatic reporting of IDOC failures etc.
• Interfacing the whole Legacy IMS system (Production. Planning) system to SAP for BOM’s, production orders and goods movement using IDOC’s. Implemented the ASAP methodology for US and Canada go-lives. Transferring of Master and, transaction data from Production systems to QA and Development systems using ALE to avoid frequent client and database copies.

Application and Basis Consultant

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Responsibilities:

• Configuration, design and implementation of EDI sub-system with SAP. Configuration of IDOC interface for data transfer and ALE. Master data loads using IDOC, ALE and direct input programs. Installed a standalone gateway for exchange of data among legacy and R/3 using ALE, IDOC interface and Mercator tool. Configured R/3 and the EDI sub-system for inbound PO’s and triggering outbound acknowledgments. Wrote user exits for outbound invoices in EDI. Developed RFC functions to fetch and update data from LIMS system running on Oracle.
• Management, administration of Oracle database and CTS. System resyncs among production and staging systems.

Senior Application and Basis Consultant

Confidential, Wayne, PA

Responsibilities:

• Providing customer support, development requests, early watch, remote consulting for various problems in areas of Basis and Cross Application Development:
• Performance and Tuning Upgrades and Installation
• Spools and Printing Hotpackages & CRT
• Correction and Transport System ALE Basis Configuration
• SAPGUIBatch Input programming
• Backup, Recovery and Reorganization Remote Function Calls
• Data Conversion ABAP/4 Reports, Screen and Menu painter
• Oracle, Informix, DB2 AdministrationBackground Processing

Senior Application Engineer

Confidential, Wayne, PA

Responsibilities:

• Application development for SD & MM for various functionality of processing industry. Responsible for design and development of application suite for managing business for a processing industry.
• Warehouse Extract ToolSales and Delivery Order Processing
• Forecasting and MRPPhysical Inventory Analysis
• Stock ReplenishmentMaterial Classification
• Purchase RequisitionsPicking and Goods Movement
• Data Conversion & Direct InputGoods Receipt

Application & Systems Engineer

Systemdfdsfas, Lester, PA

Responsibilities:

• Systems and Application Engineer for integration of IT (Industrial Transportation) to R/3 for routing, rating and tracking of goods. Functions as a tracking system for delivery orders.
• User Exit For PickingRFC & CPIC
• Delivery EngineData Conversion From Legacy Systems
• Production SupportMaster Data Loads
• Installation & Upgrade of R/3,Oracle etc.TCP/IP Configuration