Stephen Siew                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

                                                                            101 Highland Road

                                                                            Monroe, NY 10950

                                                                            H-845-783-3906

                                                                            M-845-325-1943

 

OVERVIEW:

 

A strategic thinker and hands-on IT leader with almost 14 years of IT experience. Proven track record of delivering superior business values through an enterprise information roadmap, strategy, architecture design and implementation. Enable global enterprises to efficiently monitor business performance and facilitate decision-making process. Solid program management skills and experience in managing large global cross-functional teams, and influencing business and IT management on innovative approaches to solve business challenges.

 

Areas of Expertise:

 

* EAI, SOA and ETL Architecture             * Data Warehouse & Data                        * Leadership Global Team               

    & Development                                             architecture & Development                    Manager and Budgeting                                                                                              

 

* Application Development                         * IT Roadmap, Strategy &                      * Business Delivery service &

   Methodology                                                  Business Process Management                Change /Incident Mgmt.

 

* Master Data and ODS Architecture         * Information and Database                   * Vendor Management &

   & Management                                              Governance and Management                Contract Negotiation

 

CORE ACHIEVEMENTS HIGHLIGHTS:

 

n       Established the Basis Center of Excellence (CoE) team and mentor onshore and offshore teams about 24x7 support follow the sun strategy.

n       Developed EAI playbook on how interfaces should be built whether batch or real-time using different middleware tools (SAP XI/PI/PO, SAP Data Services and Software AG WebMethods)

n       Work with business stake-holders and cross-functional teams to drive the project to completion to transform business using ASAP methodology.

n       Build, configure and design the systems landscape – SBX, TRN, STG, DEV, QA and PRD for corporations.

n       Coordinate with functional team members to mitigate any risks involving the integration touch points between SAP systems and Non-SAP systems.

n       Play leadership role in defining enterprise architecture strategy, design and implementation. Develop Enterprise Architecture roadmap, strategic planning and engaged regional IT and business leads.

n       Thorough understanding of IT industry best practices as well as technical trends and patterns for potential business requirements. Knowledge of ASAP methodology and RICEFW usage.

n       Act as an “agent of change” by analyzing customer’s existing infrastructure architecture to identify inefficiencies, redundancies and technology gaps and recommend corrections.

n       Ability to work collaboratively across project teams in a matrix environment.

n       Architectural best practice guidance and direction to the Solution Delivery and Production Support teams.

n       Help mentor and develop peers and team members to solve complex application problems through research and detective work.

n       Consistent ability to set and to deliver against timelines in a fast-paced environment, giving attention to details even under pressure.

n       Experienced in performing technology assessments/evaluations on package solutions and architecture/designs.

n       In-depth knowledge of SAP products best practices related to process, functional and technical aspects.

n       Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of an organization.

n       Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.

 

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

Financial Company – New York, NY

09/2014 – Present

SAP Basis Lead Architect

 

Responsibilities/Duties: Drive the following activities and tasks

 

n       Plan and define archiving strategy by exploring the options of NLS CBW IQ and SAP HANA dynamic tiering to migrate old data to NLS before upgrade.

n       Define the upgrade strategy for the following across the system landscape:

·               SAP HANA from SP 7 revision 73 to SP 8 revision 84.

·               NW BW 7.3 to NW BW 7.4. SP08.

·               BPC 10.0 to BPC 10.1 on NW BW 7.4 running on SAP HANA database.

·               ECC 6.0 to ECC 6.0 Enhancement 7

n       Define roadmap strategy for patching front-end tools:

·               SAP HANA studio

·               SAPGui

·               SAP EPM Add-in

·               Analysis for Office

·               ADT (ABAP Development Tool)

·               BWMT (BW Modeling Tool)

·               Lumira 1.23

n       Define transport and client strategy.

n       Help define configuration of Sync/Async replication operation of SAP HANA for disaster recovery strategy.

n       Setting up guidelines for usage of Solution Manager 7.1: Technical monitoring Service Desk and CHARM.

n       Architect the methodology on how to break up the Java stack from the dual Java & ABAP stack.

n       Mentoring and guiding of employees and junior consultants on Basis issues resolution.

 

HCL-AXON – Jersey City, NJ

03/2014 – 09/2014

SAP Basis Managing

 

SAP Software Implementations:

 

SAP HANA 1.0 SPS7, SAP BOBJ BOE, SAP BW 7.4, SAP CRM 7.02, SAP SRM 7.01, MDM 7.1, MDG HUB, ECC 6.07, TM 9.0, EWM 9.0, SAP Event Manager 9.0, SCM-APO 7.02, SAP AEX, SAP EP, SAP Solution Manager 7.1 & uPerform.

 

n       Work with partner Basis team members to create a build sheet template for the system build consistency.

n       Define architecture design strategy for transport, client copy, system refresh, load balancing, HA & DR.

n       Help define monitoring and alert strategy using CCMS, Solman EWA, BPM, Database and OS monitoring.

n       Work with functional Developers on issue they are facing to try to meet the project deliverable dates.

n       Attend daily call with partner Basis team members, customer Basis and SAP to address all open issues in a timely manner.

n       Mentor younger Basis team members to make sure SAP systems are installed and patched correctly.

n       Base on follow the sun strategy, distribute workload and coordinate tasks to be completed by onshore and offshore Basis team members.

n       Guide junior consultants in installing and patching of SAP HANA side car as well as green field SAP BW7.4 on SAP HANA.

n       Work with junior consultants, client and SAP to resolve issues with SAP BOBJ BOE and many different client BI reporting tools bugs.

n       Setup SLT to replicate data from SAP ECC, SCM, TM and EM into SAP HANA and deploy SAP HANA Live.

n       Install Teradata and SAS ODBC driver and configure to connect to SAP HANA.

n       Define strategy on buiding interfaces (Create project, workflow, dataflow and DataStore) using SAP Data Services Designer to perform ETL of data from SAP and non-SAP systems.

n       Help drive to resolve various VDI issues that onshore and offshore consultants faces when accessing systems via client tools.

n       Work with Vertex technical team member to help resolve issue interfacing with SAP ECC.

n       Help shape the n+1 transport strategy for the different phases of the projects.

n       Define Central SLD strategy and work with Middleware developer on naming convention.

 

Avon – Rye, NY                                                                             

09/2011 – 03/2014                                                                               

SAP Technical Enterprise Architect

 

n       Translate the business vision, strategy and goals into an actionable plan for people, processes, governance, information and technology to support the creation of new and improved capabilities for the future of the company’s business. 

n       Ensure that the information systems strategy is aligned with the business strategy and the enterprise architecture direction.

n       Drive collaboration with the technical teams toward commonly agreed standards and expectations for the largest e-commerce project that was undertaken using IBM Websphere as frontend for sale representatives.

n       Write EAI playbook for integration to guide developers on which middleware tool (SAP PI, SAP Data Services and other middleware tool like Software AG) to use and also in helping establish a central ESB.

n       Educate and mentor technical staff in the areas of industry standards, best practices, emerging technologies and trends.

n       Responsible for maintaining centralized documentation of agreed to standards, core architectural blueprints, design patterns and policies. 

n       Identify opportunities and deliver capabilities that allow for repeatability and reuse within the design, development and support of software-based solutions. Develop and maintain policies, standards and best practices for all matters related to Enterprise Architecture.

n       Establish and maintain a professional and constructive rapport with executives, business partners, and colleagues. Strong communication skills to communicate with clients, support personnel, application development personnel and management

n       Capable of communicating technical issues, options and design alternatives within the context of business fundamentals, processes, options and issues.

n       Act as a primary point of contact for strategy, architecture (installation, backup and recovery, HA and DR), and governance. Responsible for the optimization of business investments in technology and the solutions portfolio.

n       Responsible for the SAP technical strategy, guidelines, blueprints to effectively create promote consistent EA models, process designs, architecture frameworks, information architecture definitions and linkage to processes, technology roadmaps and emerging technology trends.

n       Work with SAP AGS in the upgrade and migration of traditional Oracle DB to SAP HANA SPS07. Help colleague and SAP to run the POC project of ECC6.0 EHP7 running on HANA and being a voice within the organization to educate people why HANA is important to the business and why it is a game changer. Also, to set strategy for change management, archiving, system landscape and technical layout for HA/DR for HANA. Work with SAP to upgrade ECC on SAP HANA using DMO.

n       Leverages technical expertise, tools and intellectual property across the global enterprise to enable reuse, reduce costs and increase the quality of solutions provided to the business.  Proponent of LEAN, Agile Development and Service Oriented and Event Driven Architectures. Experience with EA frameworks like TOGAF.

 

SAP America, Inc.  – Newtown Square, PA                                                                                                     02/2010 – 09/2011

SAP Senior HANA Technical Architecture Consultant – SAP Certified

 

Assignment with Companies:

 

*Apple-San Jose, California                        * Adobe-San Jose, California                        *Metadata- Philadelphia, PA

* Charmer-Maryland                                  * Binario Computacion- Chile,Santiago   

 

Role: SAP HANA Technical Architect Consultant & SAP HANA DBA

Project Description/Scope: Install, patch and configure HANA, setup SAP SLT for replication and Data Services.

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Train, mentor and perform knowledge transfer to customers.

HANA Achievements:

 

§                                             Perform sizing of HANA Database and architecture design of landscape.

§                                             Install, configure and patch Linux, SAP HANA Database server, the SAP SLT and SAP Data Services for data replication.

§                                             Test & Perform Backup and Recovery of HANA DB and trouble-shoot performance problem.

§                                             Setup security for end users, database operators and modeling team.

§                                             Work with HANA developers to create attribute view(s), analytical view(s) and calculation view(s) using graphical or SQLScript.

§                                             Create tables and help modeling team members to set up data provisioning connections between source systems and SAP HANA for full initial and delta data load.

§                                             Help plan the architecture design of SAP BOBJ Data Services.

§                                             Design simple interfaces on SAP BOBJ Data Services to extract data from the legacy systems (SAP and non-SAP) to SAP HANA.

 

BODS Achievements:

 

§                                             Perform sizing of BODS components.

§                                             Install BODS components – Data Services, Tomcat and IPS (CMC).

§                                             Install Information Steward for data insight usage.

§                                             Setup up security role for users and grant roles (s) based on business role.

§                                             Create job server – both for batch job and real time.

§                                             Define interfaces by creating Project, workflow, dataflow and data store in SAP Data Services.

§                                             Help set up data load from non-SAP system into HANA.

§                                             Create repositories – Local and Central repositories.

§                                             Setup transport protocol to move object(s) across system landscape.

§                                             Help Developer(s) monitor and troubleshoot jobs.

§                                             Setup backup and recovery strategy.

 

 

SAP America, Inc.  – Newtown Square, PA                                                                                                    06/2004 – 02/2010

SAP Senior Basis Technical Architecture Consultant

 

Assignment with Companies:

 

Heavy machineries, staples, pharmaceutical, DOD, hi-tech, scientific equipment manufacturer, electronics distributor, farm equipment manufacturer and food companies.

 

Role: SAP Basis Technical Architect

Project Description/Scope: Install & configure SAP NetWeaver Product suites

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Install, configure and patch the above systems and train SAP consultants.

Achievements:

§                                             Perform sizing of SAP systems and architecture design of landscape.

 

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

 

·               SAP HANA1.0 – SPS08     * ERP: 3.1C, 4.6C, 4.7 & ECC6.0 Ehp7  * XI/PI : 3.0,7.0, 7.11, 7.31 & 7.4 AEX

·               MDM: 3.0, 4.0. 5.5 & 7.1   * BW: 3.0, 3.5, 7.0, 7.31 & 7.4                 * SCM-APO LiveCache: 5.0, 7.0 & 7.03

·               CRM: 4.0 & 7.0                  * Solman: 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0/7.0 & 7.1       * BOBJ Data Services: 4.0 & 4.2

·               RTOM: 7.1                         * BD: 7.3                                                    * EP: 6.0 & 7.0

·               CE: 7.1 & 7.2                      * TREX                                                     * SAP Content Server

 

OS: AIX, HP-UX, Linux and Windows    DB: Oracle, MSSQL, DB2 and MaxDB      Cloud Computing: SaaS, Iaas & Paas

 

 

n                    Assist in sizing of hardware, develop transport (STMS & CTS Plus), client and transport strategy and landscape planning.

n                    Setup and configure three and five systems landscape and transport routes and perform transport requests

n                    First group in SAP to work on SAP HANA using SLT & Data Service for provisioning of data from various disparate systems from various clients.

n                    Successfully implemented multiple full life cycle multi-phase implementation of customer’s global go-live on their systems.

n                    Involve in end-to-end integration stress testing and certification processes in preparation during each phase of the rollout.

n                    Advises management on SAP architecture, concept and technical capabilities.

n                    Help client to design HA to identify and prevent SPOF (Single Point of Failure) in system landscape.

n                    Setup SSO for easy connection to various SAP systems.

n                    Work with network team members in setting up load balancer like SAP Web Dispatcher, Netscaler or big IP.

n                    Performed client copy, system refresh, system copy, basic security and conflict resolution.

n                    Perform kernel upgrade, SPAM update, using SPAM-JSPM/SUM to update Support packages and Plug-Ins and SAP installer for enhancement pack.

n                    Help customer build COE center by working with offshore production support team to implement strategies and processes

n                    Work with SAP deployment teams to provide technical knowledge and help resolve issues.

n                    Optimized performance of SAP systems/DB using EWA (Early watch Alerts), Central System CCMS alerts, SAP Solution Manager BPM, GRMG for Java Engine alerts, SLA, system analysis and using tools like Wily Introscope to perform end-to-end analysis.

n                    Making recommendation for clients about their backup and recovery and disaster recovery strategy.

n                    Train and perform Knowledge transfer to client’s Basis support staff and give best practices recommendation.

n                    Perform System performance tuning, Workload Analysis and SQL statement tuning.

n                    Designed and presented infrastructure solutions to customer and architecture planning.

n                    Setup CUA and SSL for more secured web connection from external client access.

n                    Work with the client Oracle DBA to set the Backup and Recovery (Hot backup, cold backup and RMAN) and Database patching strategies

n                    Setup of HA failover scenarios (ASCS, SCS & ERS) with scalability of OS, DB, SAP instances and SAP Web dispatchers.

 

Crompton Corporation – Greenwich, CT                                                                                                           05/2001 – 06/2004

SAP Basis/Oracle DBA

 

SAP TASKS:

 

n                    Install and configure Solution Manager Version 3.1, BW3.0B and SAP Enterprise 4.7 on a three systems landscape (DEV, QA and PRD).

n                    Apply Support Packages and Add-ons using SPAM/SAINT to keep support-stack up to schedule.

n                    Perform upgrade from 4.6C to 4.7, create users and address basic security issue.

n                    Setup transport systems and transport routes on the three system landscape.

n                    Kernel upgrade, EWA (Early Watch Alerts) and open OSS ticket for resolution.

n                    Setup CCMS monitoring alerts, Solution manager monitoring, service desk and SLA.

n                    Technical troubleshooting and escalation follow-up for all issues.

n                    Installed Vertex, Tivoli Client and IBM WebSphere Web Application Server.

n                    Perform client copy, system copy and system refresh.

n                    Work with different business end-users to tune OLTP and OLAP SQL statements.

n                    Monitor and perform workload analysis – ST03N, RZ12, SM66

 

ORACLE TASKS:

 

n                    Provide 24/7 on call support to all ERP application production outage running on AIX and NT/W2K.

n                    Experience in design, installation, upgrading/migration (8i & 9i) and apply patch sets to Oracle databases.

n                    Provide support for 50 databases on NT/W2K and AIX  - database range from 50MB to 500+GB.

n                    Provide support to data warehouse using materialized views/snapshots.

n                    Proof of concepts on standby database and replication of data.

n                    Provide database security – like create user account, lock and unlock users and assign roles.

n                    Monitor and perform performance tuning of database using OEM, STATSPACK and Quest Toad.

n                    Maintain all database support documentations, standards, procedures and architectures.

n                    Track, analyze, and maintain trend and growth information for all company Oracle databases.

n                    Managing the licensing contracts for all Cromtpon’s Oracle databases.

n                    Generate monthly update of company databases structures on the tech team websites.

n                    Provide support to the WebSphere database that host the company’s website.

n                    Provide technical support for ongoing BRS (Business Recovery System) project.

n                    Provide support to company continued divestitures and acquisition activities.

n                    Implemented RMAN backup and recovery on Oracle8i and 9i databases interfacing with Tivoli.

n                    Perform data modeling of data warehouse using ERWIN tool.

n                    Interface with different groups of end users to collect information in the implementation of data warehouse.

n                    Knowledge of SQL, PL/SQL, procedures, functions and triggers.

n                    Good understanding of backup and recovery, performance tuning and optimization.

n                    Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

n                    Contribute to system development, testing, and deployment activities to ensure that technical concerns are addressed.

n                    Collaborate with project team management and business users to produce output consistent with overall project goals.

n                    Help maintain data integrity and system availability.

n                    Provide input for objectives, tools, technologies, methodologies, and infrastructure.

 

EDUCATION

 

S.U.N.Y. College at Buffalo – Master of Science in Industrial Technology

S.U.N.Y. College at Buffalo – Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology

Jaya Institute of Technology – Associates degree in Electronics Engineering

 

SAP Certification:

 

n                    SAP HANA Technology Associate – SAP HANA 1.0

n                    SAP HANA Application Associate – SAP HANA 1.0

n                    SAP Certified Technology Professional - Platform Technology with SAP NetWeaver 7.0

n                    SAP Certified Solution Consultant SAP NetWeaver Solution Manager Implementation Tools

n                    SAP Associate Certification – Root Cause Analysis

 

SAP Courses Taken:

 

·                           SAP HANA 1.0 technology and application.

·                           SAP Workload Analysis, SAP Solution Manager, IDM7.1

·                           SAP In-Memory Database - HANA 1.0 (Technical & Application)

·                           SAP CCMS

·                           SAP BOBJ DATA SERVICES

 

Oracle Certification:

 

n                    Oracle University Course: Oracle 8 course and hands-on project class

n                    Oracle Certified Professional 8, 8i, 9i, 10G and technical know-how of Oracle 11G.

 

Computer Skills: FORTRAN, BASICS, Microsoft Office, Basic HTML, Oracle & SAP

 

Award: SAP 2008 & 2010 SEA (Service Excellent Award) Winner

 

Status: US Citizen