Profile

¨       Highly motivated, enthusiastic, result driven professional with 7+ years SAP IT experience as SAP Technical Consultant, skilled in developing innovative solutions using niche technology areas like SAP HANA and Business Objects(BI 4) Suite.

¨       SAP HANA Certified Consultant, which is a global certification.

¨       Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance.

¨       Successfully completed multiple full cycle implementation projects of SAP HANA Enterprise Solution with BI 4 reporting for global clients.

¨       Being SAP HANA competency core team member at IBM, worked on multiple use cases for SAP HANA, thus performing the role of SAP HANA Techno-functional Consultant and Subject Matter Expert

¨       Trained from SAP India Education Services on SAP HANA and Business Objects

      (Course codes - HA100, HA300, BOW310, BOW320, BOX310, TZIM41 classroom courses)

¨       Has good experience in developing Analytic Solutions using SAP HANA and SAP Business Objects toolset like Web Intelligence, IDT, Design Studio, Explorer, Lumira etc.

¨       Presented numerous expert sessions on HANA at forums like SAP ECF day and SAP TechEd.

¨       Extensive experience with analysis, design, development, customizations and implementation of software applications in ERP applications.

¨       Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to technical requirements and architecture.

¨       Liaison with onsite and ability to transform functional specification to technical specification.

¨       Involved in requirement review meetings and walkthroughs, conducted peer reviews, unit testing, knowledge sharing, solutioning of the SAP projects.

¨       Handled client interactions, presentation during client visits and preparation of relevant documents independently.

¨       Good problem solving skills and possess a winning can do attitude.

¨       Good communication skills, interpersonal skills, self-motivated, quick learner and team player.

¨       Prior to joining IBM GBS, Usha has worked with Accenture Technology Solutions and Dell Perot Systems based in Bangalore, India.

Skill Set

ERP: SAP HANA Modeling and development, SQL, SQL Script, CE Functions,

SAP Business Objects   (BI 4 - IDT, WebI, Explorer, Design Studio etc),

SAP Dashboard Designer, SAP ABAP, SAP BODS

Functional Modules: Sales and Distribution, Materials Management,

           Production Planning, Finance

RDBMS: SAP HANA 1.0(version SPS1 to SPS7),Oracle 9i, SQL Server,

Languages: SAP HANA, Business Objects, ABAP

O/S: Microsoft Windows , Linux ,DOS

EAI: Tibco

Education: 

§ B.E. (Bachelors of Engineering in Information Science) - 2007, 

      Visveswaraiah Technological University, Karnataka, India.

Trainings:

§ SAP HANA Introduction and advanced modeling from SAP India Education

(course code: HA100 and HA300)

§ SAP Business Objects (BI4) toolset from SAP India Education

(course code: BOW310, BOW320, BOX310)

§ SAP HANA application development at IBM India

§ SAP Business Objects (BI 4.1) at IBM India

§ SAP HANA cloud, modeling, HANA in-memory technology from openSAP

§ SAP Information Steward from SAP India education (course code: TZIM41)

Certification:

¨       SAP HANA Certified Application Associate (Jan 2013), which is a global certification.

¨       Certified Scrum Master (Nov 2014) from Scrum Alliance.

Professional Experience

April 2011 – Till date,SAP HANA/BI Senior Consultant             IBM

Project 1: Ericsson Telecom Client-HANA Enterprise and BI4 Implementation Project, Sweden

Ericsson is implementing SAP HANA to a select set of modules like Sourcing workbench (SWB), which was selected as it has huge amount of source data. As a certified SAP HANA consultant working from client location (onsite at Stockolm, Sweden and Bangalore, India) I am responsible for analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of customized HANA solutions for new implementation. My responsibilities included:

·   Participating in requirements gathering, scope finalizing, designing technical solutions and preparing the relevant technical specification.

·   Deliver new and complex high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.

·   Developing HANA Artifacts (models) like attribute views, analytic views, calculation views, database procedure in the SAP HANA Studio platform.

·   Creating the database procedures and script based calculation views using HANA programming languages like SQL Script and CE functions or native SQL.

·   Developing the required Analytics solution using Business Objects(BI 4) tools like IDT, Web Intelligence, Lumira etc.

·   Translate customer requirements into formal requirements and design documents, establish specific solutions, and leading the efforts including programming and testing that culminate in client acceptance of the results.

·   Utilize in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience in SAP HANA and other leading-edge products and technology in conjunction with industry and business skills to deliver solutions to customer.

·   Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide day to day direction to the project team and regular project status to the customer.

·   Communicate complex technical topics to management and non-technical audiences.

Environment:   SAP HANA 1.0(SP7) and SAP Business Objects toolset (BI 4.1)

Project 2: Shell Oil and Gas client HANA Side Car Project, Global

Shell oil and gas major is implementing SAP HANA to a select set of SAP modules which were selected after doing a HANA PoC. As a SAP HANA and BI consultant responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of customized HANA solutions for new implementation my responsibilities are listed below:

·   Participating in requirements gathering, scope finalizing, designing technical solutions and preparing the relevant technical specification.

·   Deliver new and complex high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.

·   Developing HANA Artifacts (models) like attribute view, analytic view, calculation view, database procedure in the SAP HANA Studio platform.

·   Creating the database procedures and script based calculation views using HANA programming languages like SQL Script and CE functions or native SQL.

·   Developing the required Analytics solution using Business Objects(BI 4) tools like IDT, Web Intelligence, Lumira etc.

·   Translate customer requirements into formal requirements and design documents, establish specific solutions, and leading the efforts including programming and testing that culminate in client acceptance of the results.

·   Utilize in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience in SAP HANA and other leading-edge products and technology in conjunction with industry and business skills to deliver solutions to customer.

·   Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide day to day direction to the project team and regular project status to the customer.

·   Have broad understanding of Analytics & interpretation to industry relevant scenarios.

Environment:   SAP HANA 1.0(SP4) and SAP Business Objects (BI 4.0)

Project 3: First Solar Inc, SAP HANA and BI4 Implementation, USA

First Solar HANA Implementation Project was in the areas of Supply Chain Management and Inventory, which the client till now were reporting through custom SAP ECC. This has been first-of-its-kind client project, which was implemented by IBM US along with IBM GD-India in order to deliver quality solution (SAP HANA and BO) to the client. This project was involved in Supply Chain Management Process Areas and the scope was defined in Material Management, Vendor Management and Procurement (Purchase Requisition and Purchase Order) functional areas with SAP HANA modeling and BI 4 reporting. My responsibilities are outlined below:

·   Actively involved in HANA modeling like attribute view, analytic view and calculation view in the SAP Information modeler/HANA Studio.

·   HANA Programming including SQL Script and CE functions.

·   Creation of semantic layer in SAP Business Objects 4 using Information Design Tool(IDT) including the data foundation and business layer. Worked on front end reporting tools like Web Intelligence of Business Objects(BI 4)

·   Lead the junior resources in the team when they face any issues.

·   Understanding of ECC tables & join relationships in core modules of ECC.

Environment:   SAP HANA 1.0 and SAP Business Objects (BI 4.0)

Project 4: ICS(Spanish Health care) HANA Project, Europe

ICS is healthcare client who wanted to experience the power of HANA for some of pain point areas of reporting they were facing. Two modules of healthcare-Emergency and In-patient services were identified for this project.

·   Actively involved in HANA modeling like attribute view, analytic view and calculation view in the SAP Information modeler/HANA Studio.

·   Developing the HANA database procedure programming including SQL Scripts and CE function.

·   Creation of semantic layer in SAP Business Objects 4 using Information Design Tool (IDT) including the data foundation and business layer.

·   Developed required Analytics solutions using front end reporting tools like Web Intelligence, dashboard designer of Business Objects (BI 4).

·   Developed Information spaces using BO Explorer

Environment:   SAP HANA 1.0 and SAP Business Objects (BI 4.0)

Project 5: SAP HANA and BO Reusable Assets –IBM Lab for SAP Solutions (LSS)

IBM LSS is set up at IBM with HANA, Mobility and Cloud being its main focus areas. I am IBM LSS construction core team member and have been working on developing multiple innovative, market-differentiating assets for IBM at LSS using niche SAP Technology like SAP HANA and Business Objects.

·   Actively involved in HANA modeling views like attribute view, analytic view, calculation view and database procedures for multiple usecases in the SAP Information modeler/HANA Studio.

·   Creation of semantic layer in SAP Business Objects 4 using Information Design Tool(IDT) including the data foundation and business layer.

·   Worked on front end reporting tools like Web Intelligence of Business Objects 4.

·   Dashboard designing for usecases using SAP Dashboard designer(formerly called Excelsius)

·   Creation of infospaces in Business Objects Explorer, which was accessible to on-device like mobile.

·   Been proactive and initiated, driven and seen through completion of engagement with SAP Labs for collaboration on AS ABAP Platform for HANA as part of project trailblazer.

·   Been responsible for creating innovative solutions using SAP HANA and Business Objects

(BI 4) platform.

·   Present IBM HANA capability sessions during numerous client visits.

Environment:   SAP HANA 1.0 and SAP Business Objects (BI 4.0)

Project 6: Project Trailblazer (Customer Engagement Initiative for AS ABAP for HANA) and             

     Beta Testing of AS ABAP 7.4 for HANA platform

Project Trailblazer is CEI (Customer Engagement Initiative) conducted by SAP AG for key strategic partners like IBM to get early hands-on of the new platform AiE(ABAP in Eclipse) and provide feedback and improvement areas to SAP. AS ABAP 7.4 platform is now in beta testing phase and IBM has collaborated to provide feedback to SAP so that the product can be improved before General Availability.

·   Being IBM HANA competency core team member, I am actively involved in the design discussions with SAP on new AS ABAP for HANA platform capabilities.

·   Developing a use case in SAP Finance module for beta testing of AS ABAP 7.4 platform.

·   Creating different HANA artifacts in HANA studio and consuming them via external views of data dictionary of SAP ABAP layer

·   Code-push down through HANA database procedures  using SQL script and CE functions

·   Code push down through script-based calculation views so that consumption can also be via Business Objects. Providing inputs to SAP through answering numerous questionnaires and interviews, so that the product can be improved before General Availability.

Environment:   SAP HANA 1.0, SAP Business Objects (BI 4.0) and SAP ECC

Project 7: Yara International, Europe

Yara Chemicals is a Belgium based company. Reach module of Yara is being transitioned from third party to IBM for further enhancements and development. REACh is mandatory EU based Compliance for all the chemical company. It involves integration to WWI (Windows word processor integration) to generate MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet).The scope of this project also includes enhancements, function modules and custom reports.

·   Actively involved in the transitioning of EHS REACh module of SAP from third party to IBM

·   Review of TS documents, test plans received from third party

·   Worked on AMS logs involving RICEF objects of existing applications.

·   Involved in technical specification preparation, code review checklist, unit testing and peer reviews.

·   Attended and conducted knowledge sharing sessions on worked logs and transitioned the REACh knowledge to the IBM-BAU AMS team

Environment:   SAP ECC

Nov 2009 – Apr 2011,    Software Engineer             Accenture

Project 1: SAP Business By Design product evaluation in collaboration with  SAP AG, Germany

Accenture and SAP have collaborated to promote/sell the latest On-demand(cloud) product SAP Business By Design (By D) targeted for Small and Medium enterprise market. SAP ByD is niche and completely hosted solution (on the cloud).It forms the SaaS Product of SAP. ByD is available in multiple countries and targeted mainly for subsidiaries of Large Enterprises. Accenture is partnered with SAP as reseller of ByD and for numerous add-on and micro-vertical solution developments as well as for GTM (Go-to-Market) initiatives. My role is as follows:

·   Participated as SME in SAP By Design deep-dive workshops at SAP Labs, Bangalore exclusively for Accenture.

·   Trained on SAP By Design Partner Development Infrastructure (PDI) eco-system for ByD add-on developments and micro-vertical solution development.

·   Certified and trained in ByD Go-Live Experience (GLX) workshop conducted by SAP Labs, Bangalore.

·   Prepared Accenture Point Of View (PoV) document and presentation deck on SAP By Design product which was presented to the leadership team of Accenture and SAP.

·   Responsible for leading a team, training and mentoring the junior team members on topics related to SAP By Design.

·   Engaged in the designing of add-on solutions in the CRM space for Campaign Management.

·   Liasion between SAP Labs and Accenture for collaboration and requirements gathering.

·   Conducted client presentations and knowledge sharing sessions on By Design.

Environment:   SAP ECC, SAP Business By Design

Project 2: CSI, Cincinnati, USA

CSI were using AS/400 systems which were developed many years ago. Managing huge data was difficult with the existing systems, thus they have decided to implement SAP-IS (Insurance).

As SAP is not providing the required functionality with the standard modules, need for custom development arises.

·   Involved in technical specification preparation, unit testing and peer reviews.

·   Involved in SAP RICEF object development

·   Engaged in the design of guidelines to be followed in the process of project execution.

·   Conducted client presentations and knowledge sharing sessions.

Environment:   SAP ECC 6.0

Jan 2007 – Jul 2009,                       ERP Software Engineer         Dell Perot Systems

Project 1: Linklaters, London, UK.

A leading premium global law firm, Linklaters advises prominent global corporations and financial institutions on their most important, challenging transactions and assignments. IMAP is a SAP based application used in Linklaters through which AP vendor invoices were being created manually. The volume of vendor invoices being huge, users had to manually process each invoice thereby consuming lot of time. Hence, a solution in which automation of the process of vendor invoice creation was implemented to enhance the productivity through IDocs and background job processing. Linklaters had existing SAP HCM and FI modules implemented.

·   Existing processes were analyzed and solution using IDoc was designed for automation.

·   Configuration of Partner profile, Logical system for the Inbound IDoc which leads to creation of Vendor invoices.

·   Development of Customized IDoc type.

·   Processing IDocs via setting up of background job which runs over specified time intervals.

·   Preparation of technical specifications and unit testing of objects.

·   Liaison with onsite and project manager in understanding processes and managing the documentation required pertaining to project.

Environment:   SAP ECC 6.0

Project 2: Steel Tech, Kentucky, USA.

Steel Tech is SAP ABAP full - cycle RICEF implementation project. Steel Technologies processes flat-rolled steel to specific thickness, width, temper, finish and shape requirements for customers in a variety of steel-consuming industries including automotive, appliance, lawn and garden, office equipment, agricultural, machinery, construction, hardware and consumer goods. They are strategically located throughout the United States, Mexico and Canada. Steel Technologies were using AS/400, CPS, MDE and CMS systems which were custom developed 10+ years ago. The risk of unsupported IT failure rises as pool of knowledgeable resources dwindles and system stability decreases. Enabling long-term, scalable platform to grow the business, we have pinpointed the inefficiencies in the clients’ present legacy system and given the capabilities to transform them into competitive advantage. Thus, a full - cycle SAP ABAP RICEF implementation was done.

·   Actively involved in the Realization phase of ASAP Methodology in SAP Implementation.

·   Development of interface for data migration .The Interface is for Accounts Receivable Payment Advices using customer data.

·   Development of Custom Stock ALV Report which allows the inside sales representatives and others to analyze current finished goods stock levels and future supply plans of materials. 

·   Designing of Smartform for displaying the details of  Pick list.

·   Development of  Function Module User Exits and RFC as per the business requirements.

·   Conducted client presentations and knowledge sharing sessions.

·   Involved in technical specification preparation,unit testing and peer reviews.

Environment:   SAP ECC 6.0

Project 3: Phh Mortgage, New Jersey, USA.

PHH Mortgage is a full service lender and leader in mortgage banking, serving real estate brokers, affinity groups, credit unions, financial institutions, corporations and government agencies. PHH, as part of its client integration to external clients, sends data extracts for Customer Information reportable data. XSLT scripts were used to create data extracts for the respective clients in the existing layouts, formats and logic. Understanding design, coding, integrating the different modules of SAP and non-SAP system and testing were executed. EAI used for this module is Tibco IM.

·   Understanding the business rules and developing the same technically.

·   Development and testing using SAP XML and XSLT.

·   Integrating the different modules using Tibco IM.

·   Test case preparation, unit testing and documentation.

Project 4: Employee Management System (EMS)

EMS is a internship project during my 8th Semester course of Bachelors of Engineering.

Employee Management System monitors and manages the employee records within an organization. Capturing employee efforts was achieved more efficiently through SAP database. Data consolidation and analysis needs were also addressed through generation of reports.The objective was to switch employee legacy system to SAP R/3.

·   Created Technical Specification for given Functional Specifications.

·   Creation of customized data dictionary objects like tables, views, indexes for maintaining employee data in an organization.

·   Created search help and lock objects. Data consolidation and analysis needs were addressed through the generation of reports listing the details of employees.

Note: References Available On Request.