Jerry Millsap

Location:  Houston (The Woodlands), TX
Citizenship:  U.S.

Overview

·   Can blend Agile Development Methodologies and User Stories with traditional builds to ensure the overall effort integrates versus silo User Story builds (use MS Project and Rally).

·   Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and expert with developing KPIs and data models that run in Big Data environments.  Can exploit process-based metrics that exist in databases.

·   16 years of Business Intelligence/Analytic engagements (leading, hands-on and problem solver).

·   Understands all aspects of Business and Technical Analytic Solutions (Visuals to Databases).

·   Currently working in Hadoop, Java and R for Big Data Analytics. 

·   Recently build an advanced tile style dashboard for CEO to Retail Store users and all levels of management between.  Considered the crown jewel of the company for communicating KPIs internally and externally to partners.

·   In-depth understanding of In-memory and Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) databases (HANA, Actian/ParAccel, and Teradata).  Now learning effective uses with a Hadoop data foundation.

·   Recently proved that a new design in HANA can provide accurate results with greatly improved user response times for Design Studio dashboards and supporting reports.

·   Extensive experience architecting Advanced Data Models, Universes, Dashboards, BI Reports and Statistical Analysis.

·   Speaker 2011 SAP Business Objects User Conferences in Los Angeles, San Diego and Orange Counties (early adopter of BI 4):
   - “SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 Enterprise System”
   - “Moving from Xcelsius to BI 4.0 Dashboard Design”

·   Has worked with Dashboard Design (Xcelsius) since 2006 (Business Objects expert training on Xcelsius and QaaWS on initial rollout).

Education

·   Pepperdine University, B.S., Business Management

·   U.C. Irvine, Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

·   UCLA Extension Professional Designations:
- Purchasing and Materials Management (Supply Chain)
- Government Contract Management (Sales, Proposals and Contract Management)

Experience

Phillips 66, Houston, TX
(Phillips 66, 76 and Conoco Retail Gas Brands)
SAP Business Objects BI 4.1 and HANA
Project Duration:  Current

SAP Business Objects, Process and Data Model project expert. Working with Agile methodology and User Stories.  Embedded in a large Accenture/Phillips66 team.  Quickly produced a KPI Tile style Design Studio Dashboard for Big Data with drill-down that was adopted as the dashboard for Internal and External Users (7,000+ Users). 

·   Agile Development Methodologies and User Stories (Rally).

·   Business Objects Platform:  Expert working with P66 team and SAP to provide external company access for Design Studio Dashboards. 

·   Design Studio:  KPI Template provided with Design Studio had a number of limitations.  Built a new KPI Dashboard design with drill-down for trend analysis.  This design was adopted by the Company because it brings visibility to many KPI across the organization and at all management levels as well as retail sites.

·   HANA Information Views and Tables:  Introduced advanced analytics that required unique HANA Information Views (techniques used for years).  Brought response times from 30+ seconds and even minutes to a few user seconds (milliseconds in HANA).   Proved that a new data model design in HANA greatly reduced user query times.

·   Performance Tests:  Led performance testing for HANA and the Business Objects Server.  Load Runner and HANA SQL Logs were used to establish and conduct performance/load tests. 

·   Data Science/Customer Segmentation:  Worked closely with a Phillips66 and Accenture Data Scientists visualizing Customer Segmentation analytics for fuel station operations. Recommended a new segmentation approach which was adopted by Executive Management.

Tools:  Business Objects Platform, SAP Design Studio, Analysis for OLAP, Web Intelligence, Lumira/Predictive Analysis, IDT, HANA Studio and Oracle.

Dunn Edwards, Los Angeles, CA
Retail Paint Stores
SAP Business Objects BI 4.1 Expert
Project Duration:  2 months

Leading implementation efforts for the new BI 4.1 SAP Business Objects systems for SAP BW and other data sources.  Brought in by CIO to provide a system strategy and best practices for the company and to bring the existing SAP BW/BI team up-to-speed on the new platform.  This involved BEx queries for Integrating POS with BW data with initial reporting areas for Executive Dashboards, Daily Sales and Supply Chain reporting.  Reporting tools are Dashboard Design, Web Intelligence, Analysis for Office & OLAP. 

SGI, San Jose, CA
Super Computer Manufacturer
SAP Business Objects BI 4.1 Expert, HANA View Quality and KPI Architect
Project Duration:  2 months

This is a strategic project involving SAP HANA and a new hardware platform.  Worked closely with key business and technical associates to define KPI requirements for their Supply Chain (initial KPIs:  Inventory Turns, Excess & Obsolete, Vendor On-time Performance and Days in Inventory).  This involved 30+ Oracle ERP tables that were extracted using Data Services and loaded to HANA with minimal transforms.  Numerous SAP HANA Studio Attribute, Calculation and Analytic models were used to construct virtual models which were used directly and with Universes.  Reporting tools were Web Intelligence (Universe) and Lumira directly on HANA. 

ExxonMobil, Houston, TX
Oil & Gas
Senior/Lead Consultant (Global Procurement Spend)
Project Duration:  10 months

·   Agile Development Methodologies and User Stories.

·   Led onsite activates for a Global Procurement Spend BW/BI Team and worked with users, IT analysts, business analysts, buyers, managers and executives to consolidate fragmented business requirements and translate all those requirements into technical specifications.

·   Extensively analyzed Procurement Policies & Procedures, SAP ERP/ECC MM and SAP SRM Screens, Tables and Extractors.

·   This is a large Global Project integrating five SAP ERP/ECC systems in a Global BW/HANA.

o   Quickly produced the Procurement Conceptual Data Model that leveraged numeric and process times across the Procurement Process (supply need or “Requisition to Supplier Payment”). 

o   Included BEx Queries, L3 Composite Providers, L2 Reporting Models, SAP ECC Source System Compounding, L1 DSOs, Extractors, RFC, SAP Source Tables (ECC, SRM), SPIKE, ARIBA, D&B, and UNSPSC Taxonomy data elements.

·   Tools are MS Analysis Excel and OLAP, Design Studio, Web Intelligence, Lumira, Tableau, BEx Queries.

Zulily, Seattle, WA
Online Apparel & Footwear
SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 Solution Architect
Project Duration:  3 months

·   New SAP ERP ECC system with a SAP BI 4.0 SP5 POC.  Architected, installed and configured the Business Objects environments and interfaced with SAP Basis/BW engineer and SAP ECC team. 

·   Using BICS/BEx and Business Objects Multi-source Universes on BW (7.3):

o   Financials:  Income Statement (P&L), General Ledger, Chart of Accounts and Balance Sheet in Web Intelligence (Regular and Flat Hierarchies) and Analysis for Microsoft Excel.

o   Logistics:  Purchase Order and Inventory Management Ad-hoc Reporting in Web Intelligence and Analysis for Microsoft Excel.

·   Analyzed Store Front Orders by Minute, Average Cart Page Creation Time, Email Click Through, and CPU Utilization. 

Manitoba Hydro, Winnipeg, Canada
Energy/Utility
SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 Solution Architect/Lead Consultant (SAP client)
Project Duration:  4 months

·   Led onsite activities for this Platform, Dashboard and Web Intelligence related project.  Included Project Plan, Scope Document, Blueprinting, System Architecture, and overseeing daily development activities using ASAP methodology. 

·   Included top-level dashboards and drill-down Web Intelligence reports used by the CEO, executives, managers and analysts.

·   He initially worked with management and senior analysts to blueprint all dashboards in preparation for development.

·   The project relates to outages, resource allocation and workload management. 

·   This was an existing SAP BW/BIA customer requiring a new installation of SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 and knowledge transfer for an existing SAP BW team.

U.S. Navy Air Command, Lexington Park, MD
Defense
SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 Solution Architect (SAP client)
Project Duration:  1 month

·   Reviewed the current XI 3.1 system and made performance improvement recommendations to scale the current system for more capacity. 

·   Found existing performance problems in the Oracle database and provided recommendations.

·   This was a short-term engagement which resulted in best practices for the XI 3.1 system and a Roadmap and System Architecture for a distributed SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 platform system.

Sony Pictures, Culver City, CA
Entertainment
Senior Consultant, SAP Business Objects and Teradata
Project Duration:  6 months

·   Contracted to determine the root cause for performance issues (slowness) with a large enterprise SAP Business Objects XI R2 system.

·   Quickly determined the root cause was a database capacity constraint with Teradata. 

·   Managed activities and coordinated with supplier Teradata's management team, onsite Project Manager and Multiple Solution Architects to add additional capacity to Teradata and to make performance improvement recommendations. 

·   Extensive hands-on SQL queries on the Teradata data warehouse and the Teradata Database Repository. 

·   Coordinated Teradata Best Practices for Business Objects Universes and Data Modeling.

·   Structured Workload Management Activities for the Enterprise Data Warehouse (scheduled reports, ETL loads, backups and other DBA activities). 

·   As part of his assessment, he also worked with team members and recommended an SAP BI 4.0 implementation approach. 

Levi Strauss & Co, San Francisco & Brussels
Retail Clothing
Senior Consultant, SAP Business Objects BI 4.0
Project Duration:  6 months

·   This was a large international SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 Ramp-up Project.

·   He worked closely with the top Technical Team and interfaced with the SAP Business Objects Development Team to work through early product issues.

·   Reporting areas included Master Data, Demand & Supply Planning, Finance & Controlling (FICO), Order-to-Cash (OTC), and Requisition-to-Cash (RTC). 

·   Key focus areas were the BI 4.0 Enterprise Platform, Information Design Tool (IDT), Web Intelligence Desktop and Web, Lifecycle Management Tool (LMT), BICS Connections, BEx Queries, Translation Management Tool (TMT), Crystal Reports and Explorer.

·   Teradata and BW planning

Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA
Biotechnology
Senior Consultant, SAP Business Objects
Project Duration:  3 months

·   Provided senior consulting support for a large sales force dashboard and reporting project. 

·   The project had a large external service partner team and was behind schedule on delivery. 

·   This system utilized XI 3.1, Xcelsius, Web Intelligence and Teradata. 

·   This project originally had numerous dashboards and supporting reports planned.

·   Customer had a Non-SAP software purchase decision that took months to evaluate with no outcome.  Jerry provided expert advice and conducted tests to determine the performance capability, which helped the Customer avoid an additional licensing cost of $500K by utilizing the existing SAP Business Objects capability.  This also changed the direction of the project.

·   Provided recommendations for the Teradata data model which provided 20X+ faster speeds with enhanced drill-down capabilities (horizontal structure). 

Vizio, Irvine, CA
Consumer Electronics
Senior Consultant, SAP Business Objects
Project Duration:  1 month

·   Provided Web Intelligence dashboard style reports for this existing XI 3.1 environment. 

·   Made adjustments to the existing data model and universe (utilized a multi-star design) which allowed management to have an integrated view of retail product movement (e.g., Costco and Wal-Mart). 

United Health, Santa Ana, CA (SAP Client)
Healthcare Insurance
Senior Consultant, SAP Business Objects
Project Duration:  1 month

·   C-Level executive dashboard project with drill-down to the customer level on large data. 

·   This dashboard provides visibility and drill-down on Membership, Claims and Financials (multiple dimensions and measures).

·   Architected the data model and Universe.

·   This project utilized the SAP Business Objects XI 3.1 Platform, Xcelsius, QaaWS, Web Intelligence, Crystal Reports and MS SQL Server.

ASICS, Irvine, CA
Footwear and Apparel
Senior Consultant, SAP Business Objects
Project Duration:  2 months

·   Worked with the existing SAP BI/BW Team to redefine requirements, map all data sources and architected the Logical Data Model (LDM) for the new national distribution center.

·   The LDM integrated data from SAP and three other sources to provide process-based BI reporting for senior leadership, management and tactical levels.

·   Functional areas are Orders, Purchase Orders, Inventory, Receiving, Put away, Picking and Sorting, Pack, Resolution, Value Added Services (VAS) and Shipments. 

·   This project involved the full SAP All-in-One suite, Business Objects (all tools) and three different warehouse management systems. 

Novell, Boston, MA & Provo, Utah
Information Technology
Senior Consultant, SAP Business Objects
Project Duration:  3 months

·   Worked with the SAP CRM system, BEx Queries, Business Objects XI 3.1 Platform, BEx-based Universes and Web Intelligence reports.

·   Involved Campaigns, Leads, Opportunities, Activity Management, Forecast Pipeline, and Partner Channel Management reporting.

Northrop Grumman, Manhattan Beach, CA
Defense Contractor
Senior Consultant (Team Lead - SAP Business Objects Center of Excellence)
Project Duration:  48 months

·   Installed and produced the first SAP Business Objects XI R2 system for an aircraft engineering system which included analyzing the source system, designing the Physical Data Model, Universe and initial Web Intelligence reports.  

·   Later moved to the Space Technology organization and assumed the Team Lead position working with a new Business Objects Team, Informatica ETL Team and Oracle DBAs.  Even in this role he was the key architect and designer.

·   This team rolled-out a number of data marts and prototypes for Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Six Sigma (Quality) and Strategy organizations. 

·   He architected and implemented a Satellite Defects Reporting system that allowed Six Sigma style reporting for manufacturing defects (critical process for Satellites) by working closely with the Director of Divisional Systems and Six Sigma Master Black Belt.  This system was strategic for the company and received high-marks from senior executives.

·   Worked with an existing SAP BI/BEx/BW Corporate Team to introduce SAP Business Objects tools and methodologies.  Installed the XI 3.1 environment for SAP BW.  Coordinated activities to test concepts for integrating SAP ERP data and BW data with other external relational database sources.

Princess Cruises, Valencia, CA
Travel & Entertainment
Senior Consultant, SAP Business Objects
Project Duration:  36 months (support as needed)

·   Architected and implemented an Extranet using the XI R2 Platform, Xcelsius and Web Intelligence which services 10,000 external partner travel companies.  This system is a progressive design and allows the company to share sales, marketing and financial information securely with partners through the internet. 

·   This system significantly reduced manual reporting efforts around partner reporting.  Dashboard response times were approximately one second globally with highly interactive Dashboards and Web Intelligence reports.

·   Architected a Survey Quality system using progressive scoring and measurement methods around Net Promoter scoring in Xcelsius and Web Intelligence.

·   Provided on-site consulting to produce advanced reports for the Data Warehouse Manager.  These reports were produced for the CEO and CFO (P&L, financial and operational reports).

·   Provide as-needed support during this time for overall Business Objects systems.

Verizon Wireless, Irvine, CA
Mobile Telecommunications
Senior BI Consultant, Call Center Data Warehouse
Project Duration:  8 months (support as needed)

·   Provided senior consulting services for this National Call Center Operation with 35,000 Call Center Representatives (CSRs).

·   Provided data model recommendations for roll-ups from CSRs to the Vice President overseeing Call Center Operations.

·   This involved the data warehouse and multiple Business Intelligence Tools including Business Objects XI R2. 

·   Provided support for an Xcelsius Call Center Dashboard project that provided operational analytics for senior leadership and call center management. 

U.S. Navy Medicine, San Diego, CA
Military
Senior Consultant
Project Duration:  24 months (Support as needed)

·   Worked with Military Command to build and prototype two systems for population health utilizing SAP Business Objects and Microsoft software. These systems provided balanced scoring for overall hospital and clinical operations using Balanced Scorecard methodology.  This dual effort included SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence, Oracle, Microsoft Analysis (MS) Services, MS SQL Server and MS Scorecard Manager. 

·   Provided general Business Objects support for a number of projects during this time.

Intel, Chandler, AZ
Semiconductors
Senior Consultant, SAP Business Objects
Project Duration:  3 months

·   Provided System Architecture, ETL, and Data Model recommendations for a Business Objects reporting system.  This system provides analytics for the Customer's Factory Management System.  Used for Semi-Conductor facilities globally.

Fireman's Fund Insurance, Novato, CA
Insurance
Senior Consultant, SAP Business Objects
Project Duration:  4 months

·   Re-worked a large existing Insurance Data Warehouse to produce a Business Intelligence Multi-dimensional data model for Dashboard style reporting in Web Intelligence with IBM DB2 as a source.

·   Designed CEO level and senior executive dashboard and reports in Web Intelligence.  The main dashboard had 12 KPIs with 56 weighted and supporting metrics.  It has 70 possible dimensions in the universe as well. 

·   This system allowed current-month, prior-month, current-month-prior-year, year-to-date, and prior-year-to-date reporting.  In addition, this system utilizes weathervane arrows and Green, Yellow, Red and Clear Indicators. 

Oakwood Properties, Los Angeles, CA
Property Management
Senior Consultant, SAP Business Objects
Project Duration:  1 month

·   This was an accelerated six-week project that enabled a new data warehouse and existing team to utilize Business Objects XI Dashboard Manager and Web Intelligence Reporting.

·   Installed and configured both Development and QA environments. 

·   Designed and developed four universes, a number of dashboards and supporting complex financial reports.   

Well Fargo, San Francisco, CA
Banking
Senior Consultant, SAP Business Objects
Project Duration:  1 month

·   This project was a Business Objects XI and Web Intelligence Reporting project.  This project covered Internet banking performance management and business intelligence reporting.

AMR, Modesto, CA
National Ambulance Service
Senior Consultant, SAP Business Objects
Project Duration:  3 month

·   Built a Clinical Data Mart for this accelerated 12-week project (Internal and Extranet Clinical Reporting Project). 

·   Major data mart areas are incident type, cause of injury, injury type, body part, primary impression, procedures, medications and outcomes. 

·   Responsible for analyzing this complex medical application/OLTP (400+ relevant tables), working with clinicians, defining business requirements, designing ETL DTS with a SQL Server DBA, designed the Data Model, Universe and 10 advanced Web Intelligence reports. 

·   Users of this system are both internal and external users (HIPAA sensitive information secured for both internal users and Ad Hoc extranet users). 

·   The data model supports advanced queries across eight major fact areas and a multitude of dimensions and attributes with quick response times.  This system provided previously unseen metrics and trends for the CEO, COO, Corporate Vice Presidents, Field Management, Clinicians, County Medical Representatives and Hospitals.

Chase Bank, Seattle, WA
Banking
Senior Consultant, SAP Business Objects
Project Duration:  1 month

·   Provided high-level consulting and a POC with Business Objects for 6.5.1 Dashboards, Web Intelligence, and Crystal Reports.  This project was focused on Dashboards for C-level Executives. This involved Performance Manager and Web Intelligence.

Luscar Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)
Oil & Gas
Senior Business Objects Consultant
Project Duration:  1 month

·   Installed the Business Objects 6.5.1 Platform, architected the data model, and built initial universe and reports.  This was a migration effort from MicroStrategy to Business Objects for finance and operations.

AMR, Denver, CO
National Ambulance Service
Business Objects Project Manager
Project Duration:  4 months

·   This company acquired a large number of competitors and required a Data Warehouse to pursue an integrated national strategy (key for communicating, strategies, objectives and KPIs to management and investors).

·   Managed activities for a Business Analyst, Architect, Business Objects Universe Designers and Report Designers. 

·   The Business Objects Universe integrated data from JD Edwards, KRONOS Payroll System, and multiple Computer-Aided Dispatch Systems.

·   Worked closely with Data Warehouse Manager, IT Director, CIO, and COO of National Operations.  

Xcel Energy, Denver, CO
Energy/Utility
Project Manager and Lead
Project Duration:  2 months

·   This was a high-level effort with major consulting firms on a custom Dashboard that was geographically based for Power Outage Intelligence.  This effort also involved integrating Business Objects in IBM Web Sphere Portal.  This included Dashboard Manager (Application Foundation) with supporting Universes and advanced data models.

TeleTech, Denver, CO
Outsources Call Centers
Senior Consultant
Project Duration:  2 months

·   Supported the Director of the Enterprise Data Warehouse, Finance and Operations teams to produce a project plan to sunset other reporting systems and to bring up a new data warehouse that used Business Objects e6.1b. 

Wells Fargo, San Francisco
Banking
Consultant, Business Objects
Project Duration:  2 months

·   Provided hands-on consulting for a large existing Business Objects System upgrade from a 5x version to 6x version.  Major benefits in the conversion effort were advanced web reporting capabilities with a newer version of Web Intelligence.

Pacific Theatres, Beverly Hills, CA
Movie Theaters
Business Objects Consultant
Project Duration:  1 month

·   Reworked an existing Universe and Data Model to produce needed Web Intelligence weekly flash reports for senior management.   Sources for the data mart were an AS400 Film System and JD Edwards.

Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA
High-tech Manufacturer
Global Program Manager, BI and Business Objects (Consultant)
Project Duration:  14 months

·   Worldwide Sales Finance Program Manager for Channels Business Objects reporting systems.

·   Responsible for managing and advancing this global Business Objects Channel reporting system.

·   Hired and trained five project managers for the Customer to manage their Business Objects systems. 

·   Utilized monthly global meetings to identify data warehouse fixes and enhancements.  Updated the Business Intelligence Roadmap and worked with senior managers to schedule fixes and enhancements.

·   Contributed to a number of progressive data warehouse designs while in this position (pushed desktop ideas to the data warehouse).

·   Participated as the Sales Finance IT lead in a company-wide Enterprise Reporting Strategy with senior IT management to identify the best Data Warehouse design and preferred reporting tools. 

·   Assisted in the evaluation of Cognos, Essbase, Siebel Analytics, and Business Objects.

·   Dashboard Prototype Project that utilized Business Objects Application Foundation with a heavy focus on Set Analyzer (hands on design and development experience with an expert Set Analyzer engineer). 

Sony Pictures, Culver City, CA – 8/2000 to 9/2002
Director, Business and IT Solutions

·   Supported senior executives with a large custom JAVA application, Data Warehouse and Business Objects reporting.

·   Validated the Corporate Product Master and Corporate Rights Master modules, which are the main backbone for the system. 

·   Coordinated global International TV Business Requirements, Unit Test, System Test, and UAT.  Interfaced directly with senior executives, business users, technical managers, developers and DBAs.

·   Personally implemented systems and trained end-users in Culver City, Miami, London, Rome, Sao Paulo, Sydney, and Hong Kong.

·   Produced the training manual, training materials/presentations, release notes, and all systems updates to keep end-users informed of system capabilities throughout the project.

Independent Business Objects Consultant, Valencia, CA - 7/1999 to 7/2000

·   Gained training from Business Objects with data warehousing techniques and specific training with Supervisor, Designer, Reporting, Broadcast Agent, Web Intelligence and InfoView.  Received specific training using these products with major databases (e.g., Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL Server Database, Informix, and IBM DB2).

·   Customers were Los Angeles Metropolitan Water District, Comerica (Imperial Bank), and Medtronic organizations.

Intel (Xircom), Thousand Oaks, CA - 7/1998 to 7/1999
Manager, Worldwide Sales Operations

·   Led two major software implementations for executive sponsors while in this position with a combined value of over $9 million (Clarify CRM and i2 Supply Chain Management System). 

·   Conceived, designed, developed and implemented a Business Objects reporting system for Market Share Analysis.

·   Assisted the Executive Vice President of Sales with integrating and analyzing POS feeds from five major U.S. distributors to gain intelligence on geographic sales for a Sales-in and Sales-out distribution model. 

Office Depot (Business Services Division), Signal Hill, CA - 1/1993 to 6/1998
Senior Manager, Sales Operations Western Region

·   Assisted the Executive Vice President of Sales with managing 28 districts with 360 sales people (tied to a $1B P&L and assisted with the Western Region Annual Operating Plan).

·   Conceived and developed the Western Region Contract Pricing Model and supporting organization which later moved to the Corporate Office for national operations.

·   Project Lead for restructuring the Western Region Sales Force in 1997 that included eight regions, 24 districts and 360 sales people ($6 million proprietary sales management and software system implementation). 

·   This division services thousands of small businesses and major corporations in the U.S. with daily office supply and furniture needs.

Boise Cascade Office Products, Los Angeles, CA - 1/1992 to 12/1992
Manager, Sales/Marketing Operations (Southern California District - $100M District):

·   Managed sales and marketing operations for this $100M district (Marketing, Pricing, Proposals and Contracts associates).

·   Assisted in the implementation of a custom Activity-based Cost (ABC) system that provided P&L contribution reports by customer.  This system was based on Robert S. Kaplan’s methodology (Harvard Business School).  Jerry later traveled to Boston and met Mr. Kaplan.  ABC has since evolved to Activity-based Management (ABM) and Balanced Scorecards. 

·   Received 3M Sales Training and was mentored in the field by a senior 3M Account Manager.

Northrop Grumman Corporation, Century City, CA - 1/1982 to 1/1992
Company-wide Buyer - Corporate Agreements (Sourcing, Spend Leverage and Contract Compliance)

·   Responsible for multiple company-wide commodities which involved requirements gathering, RFQ/P creation, contract formalization, working with multiple company sectors/divisions to ensure that Corporate Awarded and Agreements were adopted.  Additionally, responsible for managing and reporting aggregate cost saving to Executive Management. 

·   Assisted Corporate Director of Process Optimization with a “Total Quality” project around company-wide procurement using project management tools (Lotus 1-2-3 and Harvard Graphics), heavy process modeling, policies and procedures.

·   Held progressive positions in various company sectors/divisions procuring direct and indirect materials, electronics, telephone systems, computer equipment & software, manufacturing materials and complex sub-contracts. 

Software

·   SAP Business Objects Platform (all versions including BI 4.1), Explorer, Lumira, Predictive Analysis R, Information Design Tool (IDT – Universe Design), Dashboard Design (Xcelsius), SAP Design Studio, Web Intelligence, MS Analysis for Office & OLAP, Lifecycle Management Tool, Translation Management Tool, Live Office, QaaWS, Crystal Reports, Data Services, Text Analysis, Strategy Management, and BEx Query Designer.

·   Windows Server (all versions), Linux, R, R Studio, Eclipse, SAS Visual Analytics, SAS Visual Statistics, SUSE Linux, ERwin, Minitab, Toad, MS Project, MS Access, MS Excel, MS Analysis Services, MS Visual Studio (all versions), Adobe Creative Suite, Cognos, Rally, Antivia (XWIS), R, Rally, Roambi, MS PowerPivot and Tableau.

·   Databases: Hadoop, Cloadera tools, ParAccel, Teradata, HANA (SAP HANA Studio), Oracle, MS SQL Server and DB2.

·   SAP ERP/ECC, CRM and SRM