As a senior IT professional with over 30 years of hands-on IT experience, 18+ of those years focused on SAP solutions, I bring to the table solid hands on and leadership experience.  My experiences include end to end architecting and implementation of SAP and non-SAP solutions, leading teams (offshore/onshore models) and managing customer expectations at all phases.  In addition to deliver solutions end to end, including post production support, I have also been involved in the pre-sales efforts to sell software as well as services.

 

 

Microsoft Skills (Plan, install, config. & integration) §   Windows 2003, 2008R2 & 2012R2 §   MS SQL Server 2005, 2008R2 & 2012 §   Duet 1.5 and Duet Enterprise §   Microsoft BI 7.0 §   SharePoint 2010 §   Microsoft Azure   Infrastructure/Other §   Enterprise Architect §   HP Servers (Itanium and Blade Servers) §   Hosting Infrastructure §   LAN/WAN Design §   TOGAF §   Familiarity with Hyperion Essbase, DRM and HFM §   Accenture ADM experience (methodology) §   Retired USAR Major in the Signal Corp. §   Project management including SOW, building project plans & timelines and managing resources

SAP ERP Skills (Plan, install, config. & integration) §   SAP HEC §   SAP Netweaver 7.0/7.3 (ABAP & JAVA stacks) §   Functional experience in SAP 6.0 ECC HR, PM, PS, MM, SRM §   SAP security (Authorization, Roles, GRC, SSL, Structural   Auth., SNC, CA, etc.) – hands on and leading a small team §   SAP Portal including Java stack, UME, integration, etc. §   SAP C-projects/C-folders §   SAP ESS/MSS including config and support §   SAP xRPM - install, config and maint. §   SAP Basis – installs, upgrades, implementation and post support for clients. §   IBM DataStage/QualityStage §   SAP BOBJ/IPS 4.0 and Data Services 4.1/4.2 §   Netweaver Gateway 2.0     §   Additional skills §   SAP BW 7.0 – install, config, integration and system support §   HANA 1.0 – Integration §   SAP Oil & Gas – Midstream – Integration, JV, PRA §   SAP P2P – install, config, integration

Avanade SAP Senior Architect – (ECC, Duet Enterprise, Azure, BODS, HANA, BI)Nov 2010 - Present

Orlando, FL

 

Roles – SAP ECC/BODS-ETL Lead Solution Architect for Duet Enterprise, Data Services, SAP ECC Integration, HANA Infrastructure

· Planned and architected HANA infrastructure solution using private cloud (HEC)

· Support of production ECC, BI, TM, Solman and PI environments including analysis and troubleshooting via common transactions: ST03, ST22, AL01, SM13, DB02, etc.

· Lead Solution Architect responsible for the installed, configured and deployed SAP BODS 4.1 (in a VM/HA environment) including integration with SAP ECC 6.0 via tables and extractors, BW, and Autosys (scheduling) in a DEV/QA/PRD environment

· Extracted actuals and forecasted financial and HR data from SAP extractors & tables, non-SAP systems (via flat files) and HFM (via database views)

· Setup the ETL (BODS) security including integration with Active Directory, generation and setup of SSL certificates and user & role management via CMS. 

· Lead creation of MS Project plan for the deployment, development, integration & support of SAP BODS 4.1/BOBJ

· Designed a complete EDW solution based on BI 7.3, BOBJ 4.0 and Business Object Data services 4.1

· Designed integration data flow from source systems (flat files, extractors, ABAP and IDOCs) through ETL to targets

· Integrated SAP ECC to BODS via extractors & tables focusing on FI AP, AR, GL, Special Ledger, customer, material and vendor leveraging SAP queues (via ODQMON)

· Created conceptual, logical & physical models including data dictionary/definition for a 250+ table build to load Hyperion Essbase

· Transitioned service support effort from 3^rd party vendors to Accenture for a multi-million Duet Enterprise 1.0 HR implementation project. 

· Provided knowledge transfer in the areas of SAP ECC, Duet and integration with SharePoint 2010. 

· Review of design docs to understand the feasibility of support for the 27 HR capabilities

· Integrated offshore and onshore resources to ensure smooth customer integration

· Designed and deployed (with customer/local team) a multi-million dollar Microsoft EDW solution including hardware, integration and performance specifications

·                        Created over 100 functional/technical docs for SAP & 3^rd party solutions focusing on the SD, purchasing, HR, project system, AM, PRA & PM

·                        Analyzed, designed & advised customer on SAP security roles, extractors & BW info-objects while integrating with SAP ECC & Microsoft BI.

·                        Lead the configuration, optimization & integration of Duet Enterprise environments with SAP ECC & SharePoint 2010

·                        Advised customer on security matters pertaining to SAP Duet environment including certificate maintenance, access mapping for SAML users, integration between SAP & non-SAP environments & SharePoint 2010 security

·                        Operated as development liaison between offshore developers & customer’s technical & business leads.

·                        As the lead Duet Enterprise Architect, lead & advised customer on Duet topics including transformation of business requirements into functional & technical specs

·                        Supported the delivery of troubleshooting guides for helpdesk, Duet, Business & SAP ECC teams (onshore and offshore)

·                        Lead the installation and configuration of SAP within an Azure platform

·                        Coordinated the restoration of ECC backup under an Azure environment thus providing alternative cost effective customer solution

·                        Worked with onshore/offshore developers in configuration and optimization

 

Lockheed MartinSAP Senior Architect/System EngineerMay 2008 - Nov 2010

Orlando, FL

 

Roles – SAP ECC Basis Lead supporting P2P, Hosting Engineer, Duet Architect, Systems Architect

· Planned and designed the implementation of Duet Enterprise including integration into Active Directory, Exchange, SAP and the client deployment for a 1000 users.

· Implemented the SAP Duet solution including design of SAP security roles, Java UME and Kerberos integration

· Trained 3 personnel for Duet operation including patch updates, upgrades and integration with Exchange, AD and SAP ECC

· Responsible for architectural design of SAP solutions and integration into non-SAP environments such as MS Active Directory, Exchange 2007 and Hyperion.

· Supported P2P, ECC and BW environments including peer review support

· Designed Business Object and BWA (business warehouse accelerator) aimed to reduce the number of reporting applications from 4 to 1.

· SAP security expert providing advice and guidance to business on role management, GRC (process and access control), X.509 certificates, Kerberos, Java UME/LDAP integration, etc.

· Infrastructure Engineer responsible for HP-UX environment including hardware (Itanium based) supporting major SAP production solutions. Role included environment lifecycle and system blueprint.

· Created and updated CONOPs (concept of operations) and System Design Documents (SDD) including providing feedback on design considerations for architectural choice, security, integration, high availability (HA), DR (disaster recovery), change management, etc. 

· Responsible for strategic planning of the SAP solutions relative to platform including hardware planning, performance planning and the ‘go-green’ initiatives.

· Used TOGAF in order to align common IT solutions into Enterprise solutions

 

 

IBM SAP PrincipalMar 2007 - Jun 2008

Orlando, FL

Roles – SAP ECC Basis Lead, ETL Architect (DataStage, QualityStage), Integration Architect

 

·   Positioned, implemented and supported the company’s ETL tool (DataStage/QualityStage) with SAP customers in the chemical and manufacturing industries

·   Lead project implementations with DataStage at several customers including designing, implementing and testing

·   Responsible for data extraction and cleansing with a focus on SAP customer, material and vendor data tables and IDOCS

·   Integrated ETL tools with SAP MDM

 

Computer Associates SAP Senior Technical/Business AnalystDec 2005 - Mar 2007

Islandia, NY

Roles – SAP ECC/EP Security Lead, CProjects/Cfolders Technical Architect, SAP Integration Architect, SAP EP Architect

 

·   Business/Technical Architect responsible for the implementation of C-projects/Cfolders solution

·   Integration expert for the SAP PLM solutions in a complex environment consisting of P2P, CRM, BW, ECC and SAP EP.

·   Architect supporting the roll out of SRM including setting up shopping baskets, data integration for purchase orders and requisitions and material management integration

·   Designer of many technical specifications based on functional requirements

·   SAP security expert who contributed to the roll out of Virsa Calibrator and the implementation of SOD (separation of duties) rules as well as mitigating controls, design of security roles for P2P, Cprojects, ECC and CRM

 

 

SAP America SAP Basis Consultant, SAP EP consultant, SAP xRPM, SAP Hosting EngineerSep 1997 - Dec 2005

Roles – SAP ECC/EP Security Architect, SAP Basis Architect, xRPM Technical Architect, SAP Pre-sales Engineer, Portal Architect

 

·   SAP Basis Architect with dozens of SAP installs to multiple customers on multiple platforms (AIX, HP, SUN and Windows).  Also performed several upgrades from 3.1G to 4.0B and 4.6C

·   SAP Security SME on all facets of security including role design for ECC, BW and SAP Portals, structural authorizations, audits, user management including CUA, LDAP integration and SSL/SNC integrations with systems to system and user to system

·   xRPM solution architect responsible for multiple customer-based implementations (major NJ Pharmaceutical company and mining company in Brazil/Chile ) and coordination with developers and product development.

·   Operated as Basis Manager for post-production support including SAP transports, monitoring,  configuration, patches, security and integration

·   Pre-sales engineer working with multi-million dollar sales effort leveraging SAP technology.  This included configuration of internal demo systems, demos to customers and coordination with AE (account executive) thus providing a clear competitive advantage. 

·   ESS/MSS Solution Architect responsible for multiple implementations (Telco and Pharmaceutical clients) including installation of Portals, business packages, integration with SAP environments

·   Hosting Engineer responsible for presentation, support and sales effort of hosting services to end customers. 

 

 

Training

 

1.                       BC315 -Workload Analysis	2.                       BW305 Business Information Warehouse - Reporting & Analysis
3.                       ADM940 - SAP Authorization Concept	4.                       GTS100 SAP Global Trade Services
5.                       BC305 - Database Administration Oracle	6.                       HR050 - Human Resources Essentials: Core and Strategic Applications
7.                       BC325 - SAP Software Logistics for ABAP	8.                       EP100 - Managing Enterprise Portal Content
9.                       BC400 Intro to the ABAP Workbench	10.                PLM510 – cProjects
11.                BC430 ABAP Dictionary	12.                ITS070 - Internet Transaction Server
13.                BW310 Data Warehousing	14.                SAPDUT Duet. Fundamentals
15.                APO 210 - Supply Chain Management Overview	16.                Duet Enterprise 1.0
17.                LO100 – Procurement Processes	SAP Solution Manager Training
System Architect Training	SharePoint 2010 Training

 

 

Certifications

 

Microsoft §    Microsoft Certified Professional

Other §    SAP Certified Associate Consultant Solution Manager                 §    SAP Basis Consultant Certified §    PmP – Project Management

Education

 

·                     Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from University of Phoenix in Orlando, FL

·                     Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineer (B.S.E.E.) from City College of NY in NYC

·                     Associates of Science in Electronics (A.S.), from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN

·                     Associates in Arts & Science from Pierce College in Tacoma, WA

·                     Military education available upon request