PROFILE:

High-caliber leadership experience with over twenty one years in the deployment of SAP solutions: six years in R/2, and fifteen years in R/3 and NetWeaver.

• Significant contributor of full lifecycle SAP projects: 7 in Europe and 8 in North America.
• Involved in 6 SAP upgrades and production support from team member to project manager
• Knowledge and understanding of best practices in global markets. Traveled regularly for SAP projects in US, Canada, Germany, UK, Spain, Italy and Belgium.
• Functional and technical expertise in several SAP modules: SD, MM, PP/PM,HR,QA, WMS, FI.
• Proficient in adapting business requirements and mapping them to SAP processes.
• Consulting experience with Fortune 500 clients covering broad range of industries such as telecommunications, insurance, manufacturing, banking, retail, health, advertisement, chemicals, finance & leasing, consumer products, and automotive.
• Expertise in ASAP methodology implementing a system across multiple divisions, countries, currencies and languages.
• Established SDLC procedures, quality initiatives, and project process frameworks, to streamline deployment cycle times.
• Proficient as a top change agent and project manager in performing blue-printing, requirements identification, systems design and development, change management, solution testing, root cause analysis and ongoing technical support.
• Expertise as a conceptual thinker in analyzing, troubleshooting and synthesizing a wide range of complex SAP application problems with top management and key decision-makers.
• Self-motivated to achieve peak performance, maintain top quality standards and meet tight deadlines and aggressive business objectives.
• Team player with great interpersonal skills and ability to work in and lead a team.
• Extensive background in distributed development and telecommuting.
• Hands-on exposure to cross-cultural practices and international business protocols, particularly in Europe and the US; fluent in English and German; Permanent US Resident; authorized to work in all countries in the European Union.

TECHNICAL:

• SAP R/2, R/3 & ECC, WAS, CRM, SRM, BW, RFID, SAP Security
• Windows, AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Siemens BS1000 / BS2000
• ORACLE, MSSQL, DB2/UDB, MaxDB, ADABAS
• ABAP, NATURAL, VB , COBOL, Assembler, Mercury test suite
• Dialog programming, Reports(ALV), IDOC/ALE, RFC, BAPI, LSMW, SAP script, Smartforms, SAP Business Connector, ABAP Objects

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Schaumburg, IL 2008 present
SAP Enterprise Architect

Komatsu

• Interface a web-based warranty system with SAP and an old legacy warranty system using webMethods, User exits, BAPI, ALV reports and dialog transactions.
• Project member for SAP Consignment. Analyzing all development objects, redesign interface to distributors and company web site.

Confidential, Chicago, IL 2006 2008
SAP Technical Manager

Confidential,

• Created interfaces to new SAP GL system from multiple legacy systems with ALV reports.
• Instructed and trained client staff with the new SAP development environment.

Confidential,

• Established SAP programming standards, names convention and development environment in a new ECC 6.0 system.
• Instructed, trained and reviewed work, coding and specifications of client / offshore - development team members.
• Created time estimates and work plans for all development objects.
• Helped with interfaces to legacy systems and load data into the new SAP system

Confidential,

• Created a SAP front end solution for label printer for the custom WM system.
• Programmed custom WM system (reports, dialog and batch programs)
• Established SAP programming standards and names convention.

Confidential, IL 2005 2006
SAP Sr. System Analyst, Technical Lead

• Managed development team (Offshore and onsite). Instructed, trained and reviewed work, coding and specifications of team members
• Established SAP programming standards and names convention.
• Performed production support, system dumps and system log analysis, applied OSS notes and developed custom SAP applications.
• As a project manager lead an upgrade project team. Created CATT scripts for most business cases.

Confidential,Chicago, IL 2003 2005
SAP Sr. System Analyst

• Designed and implemented a complex automated Credit Memo application within SAP reducing document handling time and errors.
• Using Visual Basic programmed interactive Excel spreadsheets to update SAP.
• Configured the WINSHUTTLE tool to deploy fast data entry into SAP System.
• Key member of SAP 4.7 upgrade team, responsible for design, implementation, and trouble-shooting of custom and standard SAP objects.
• Led GuiXT user requirements into technical designs for mini-mobile repair sites reducing paperwork errors from the field.

Confidential, Chicago, IL & Berlin, Germany 1992 2003
SAP Sr. Consultant / Systems Analyst
Recruited to deploy skills in SAP modules, leading teams, mentoring junior consultants and providing technical advice on various corporate engagements.

• Engaged with multiple industry and multinational firms for SAP implementation and upgrades.
• Migrated legacy data with SAP LSMW.
• Developed sales order entry interface for SAP implementation with extensive data migration (conversion and check tables) with BDC, user exits, call transaction and BAPI;
• Online interactive reporting with ALV Grid.
• Excelled and specialized in ABAP programs optimizations in multiple SAP projects.
• Created purchase order interface into SAP with input data from mainframe system, developed with SAP standard BAPIs, ALV reporting and emailing for error handling.
• Developed reports for SAP modules MM & PP for Data Migrations (Material master, Change Number Master and Revision Level, Bill of material) using SAP migration workbench and SAP BAPI.
• Designed and implemented a configurable Shipping Label printing system, without using SAPSCRIPT. It included batch and dialog programs for SAP MM, WM, and SD modules.
• Created interfaces for third party Plant Maintenance Programs to SAP MM and SD in ABAP batch and dialog programming.
• Performed CPI-C program analysis for a third party warehouse real-time interface.
• Often assisted SAP Basis teams resolving problems.
• Developed major dialog transactions for the loading of bulk and liquid goods using SAP modules SD, MM and QM in batch and dialog programming.
• Performed release changes SAP R3 from version 2.1D to 2.1G and from 2.1G to 2.2B, including ORACLE database release change.
• Created additional ABAP transactions and reports within the scope of the R/2 Rel. 5.0 implementation project. Major focus was in the area of sales history (SAP RV) where several reports and Screen Painter transactions had to be developed to meet the client’s requirements.
• Led a development group to split one company into two by performing release changes and programmed migration ABAPs for R/2 4.3I to 5.0C, including all integration aspects
• Designed and developed additional applications with Screen Painter and ABAP/IV within the module RV

Confidential, Ratingen, Germany 1987 1992
SAP Consultant / Developer

• Developed a real-time two-way interface of the high-rack system (WM) within the automotive plant to the SAP system and back. Development in ABAP/IV, Screen Painter and Assembler
• Maintained SAP R2 SIEMENS mainframe for release changes, backup, restore and the WAN connections to the other company offices
• Developed dialog and batch programs for Missing parts processing in COBOL
• Developed dialog programs for management technical documents from BOM for mechanical and electric engineering in COBOL

Confidential,Berlin, Germany 1981 1987
Bank Automation Developer

Confidential,Berlin, Germany 1979 1991
Warehouse Management Developer

Confidential, Berlin, Germany 1976 1979
Warehouse Management Developer

Confidential, Berlin, Germany 1974 1976
Systems Administrator and Programmer

ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Developed at SAP in Walldorf the original version of the IS-Oil SAP package
• Designed SAP Application views for the EII vendor Composite Software.
• Managed P/L and met corporate target margins for projects over $5 to $10M.
• Coordinated and leveraged offshore SAP teams saving clients millions of dollars.
• Assessed, corrected and streamlined multi-million dollar manufacturing SAP system
• Has worked with every aspect of SAP: blue-printing, installation, Basis, configuration, ABAP development, go-live and post production support.
• Provided SAP best practice expertise to Deloitte clients for 11 years and in several industries.
• Architected and implemented a custom label printing system with ZEBRA RFID printers, marketed and distributed by Deloitte consulting.
• Designed automated RF barcode touch screen shop floor system
• Earned consistently the reputation of a turn-around specialist with a positive and professional attitude, willing to share his expertise and mentor his teammates.

EDUCATION:
M.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering

B.S.