BI/BW/BOBJ/HANA Techno Functional Lead Consultant 

OBJECTIVE: To take a challenging role on ERP business operations as BI Lead Architect BI Techno Functional Lead and give a efficient and effective solution that would help the organization to achieve the best solution in business which would increase its productivity in market. Like to upgrade myself both in business knowledge and technical aspects to improve the business process effectively and efficiently.

Ø       19 Years of IT experience in various business practices in analyzing, developing and implementing applications that support business processes.

Ø       13 Years of experience in SAP BW/BI/BOBJ Consultant (over 10  years worked as BI/BW/BOBJ Architect / BI/BW Techno Functional Lead / Solution Architect) for with major clients like General Motors, AMTRAK, Bristol Meyer Squibb, Devon Energy, British Petroleum, Akzo Nobel, Oneida Ltd, Lennox International Inc, City Of Portland, SOUTH CAROLINA ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEM (SCEIS), COLGATE-PALMOLIVE, APPLIED MATERIALS

Ø       Over 7 years’ experience in SAP Business Objects (BOBJ 3.1/4.x) Architecture using like Universe, Universe Designer (UDT),  BICS (IDT), Web Intelligence, Info view, Dashboard Builder, Advanced Analysis

Ø       Over 1 year of experience in HANA 1.0 SP07  implementation (Product Strategy, Data Modeling, Developing) extracting data to BW, directly from the ECC system & third Party System using BODS

Ø       6 Years of experience in Web Based Technologies (using Java), Client Server Technologies with major clients like Banking & Insurance.

Ø       13 Years of ABAP experience in writing CMOD/BADI for Customizing ECC extractors, User Exits, Start Routines, End Routines, Update Rules, Look Ups

Ø       13 Years of experience in developing ODS, DSO, Info Cubes, APD, Multi Providers, Transfer Rules, Update Rules, Process Chain

Ø       Extensively worked on  SAP BW 2.x, 3.x and BI 7.x versions with different source systems in different functional modules FI (FM, GM, G/L, New G/L, , AR, AP, AM, AA), CO-PA, Cost Center & Profit Center Accounting), Product Costing, SD,MM,WM, Project Systems, HCM ( e-Recruitment, Organizational Management), SRM(Shopping Cart, Bidding Engine, Contract Management, Spend Analysis and Vendor/Supplier Evaluation), CRM(Sales, Campaign, Billing, Complaints),   e-Sourcing, Flat Files, Legacy Systems in various custom developments to meet the business requirements.

Ø       Worked as BI/BW/BOBJ Architect Lead consultant / Solution Architect/ Techno Functional lead with Deloitte Consulting, IBM Consulting, HP, Accenture & Ernst & Young.

Ø       Extensively worked on Global Implementation/Maintenance SAP projects like General Motors, Bristol Meyer Squibb, Devon Energy, British Petroleum, Akzo Nobel, Oneida Ltd, Lennox International Inc, Colgate-Palmolive, Applied Materials.

SAP SKILLS

Ø       BI/BW Backend

o     Fit/Gap Analysis, Data sources Activation, BW source connections, BW General and Global Settings, Business Content Activation, Generic DataSources, Views, Data Modeling, Extraction, Loading, Transformation, CMOD/BADI, User Exits, Transfer Rules, Update Rules, Start Routines, End Routines,  Aggregates, Compression, , Exchange  Rates, Currency Translation, DTP (BI 7.x), Info packages, Process Chains, Scheduling, Info Cubes, DSO/ODS, Multi providers, Info sets, Info Objects, Open Hub,  BW Accelerator.

Ø       BI/BW Front End

o     BEx Analyzer, Query Designer, Query Development, Calculated Key Figures, Restricted Key Figures, Selections, Filters, Global Filters, Free Characteristics, Structures, Variables, Processing Types, Exceptions, Conditions, Workbooks & WAD

Ø       BI/BW General

Ø       HANA 1.0SP7

o     HANA Studio, HANA Modeling SAP HANA-Optimized Info Cubes, BODS, Attribute Views, Analytic Views, Calculation Views, SQL, SQL Scripts, Stored Procedures, SAP HANA BFL, SAP HANA PAL

Ø       DW/ETL Tools/BOBJ

o     Business Objects (BOXI 3.1/4.x), Universe,  IDT, Info View, WEBI, Live Office, BICS Connection, XCELSIUS, QAAWS , Dashboard Builder, , IDT, LCM, CMC

Ø       XI / PI

7.0, System Landscape Directory, Integration Repository, Integration Directory, Runtime Workbench, Adapter Framework, BPM, Integration Engine, Adapters (RFC, IDOC, PROXY, SOAP, Web Server (HTTP), JDBC, RNIF, MAIL and File)

Other Technologies

Ø       ABAP, Java, COBOL, C,  C++  

Ø       EJB, JDBC, JSP, Servlets, JavaScript, JNI, JMS, JNDI, HTML, DHTML, XML, XSL, J2EE Methodologies, IBM VAJ, IBM WSAD, DREAM WEAVER, Java Web Server, Web Logic Server

Ø       Oracle 10.x, MS SQL Server 7.0/2000, DB2, Adabas, RDBMS     

Ø       Visio-03, MS-Project, MS-Office, Clear Case, Clear Quest, Rational Rose

Ø       UNIX, Windows 2000/NT, MS-DOS, Remedy, Autosys, Test director, Crystal reports

 

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Ø       Extensively in BI Strategy developments, Conversion Strategies, Identifying client pain points,  Project Road Maps, Blue Print, Analysis, Requirements Gathering, Translating Requirements into Technical details, Conceptual Diagrams, Logical Diagrams, Star Schemas, Extended Start Schemas, Fit/Gap Analysis, QA & Prod cutover activities, Transporting Objects to different environments

Ø       Extensively worked on major SAP Implementations which migrated/converted from Mainframes to SAP

Ø       Extensively worked on performance tuning (both BW back end & front end) including BW sizing

Ø       Extensively worked in Flat File Extractions.

Ø       Extensively worked in various industries like Oil & Gas, Automotive, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Public Sector (Federal, State, County & City), Federal Government, Semi Conductor, Consumer Goods, Warehouse Management, Insurance & Banking.

Ø       Extensively worked on various stages with 6 full life cycles of SAP Implementations project plan, blue printing, analysis, functional specifications, fit/gap Analysis, technical specifications, consolidated data modeling for all functional areas, realization, documenting the procedures processes & Business Process Scenarios, installation prerequisites, defining road map for BI development.

Ø       Configured SAP Net Weaver 2004 (BW 3.5) & 2004s (BI 7.x),  BI Admin Cockpit, BOBJ, defined process for activating BI Content, applied SAP notes when required

Ø       Extensively worked on SAP Systems BW/BI, Business Objects, ECC, SRM , CRM , XI/PI, EP, Solution Manager

Ø       Extensively worked on driving the project team for custom area development to meet the client business requirements

Ø       Extensively worked on integration points between FI, SD, MM, SRM, CRM modules

Ø       Extensively worked on various custom developments like writing specs/development for user exits for all data sources in R3/ECC & Transfer/Update Rules, Start Routines, End Routine in BI/BW system using ABAP.

Ø       Extensively worked on data modeling for the Public Sector Module for the State complicated CAFR (which includes complete year state finance information like Net Assets, Reconciliation, Balance Sheets, Governmental Funds, and Fiduciary Funds Statements etc) reports which will be helpful to generate complicated Fiscal Year End Reports.

Ø       Extensively worked on BOBJ Universes connected to SAP BW, Oracle, SQL Server, and Microsoft Access using UDT

Ø       Extensively worked on developing WEBI Reports on BICS Connections using IDT

Ø       Extensively worked with top project management about the project plan, and defining procedures to meet the project deadlines.

Ø       Extensively worked with the functional teams / stake holders / power users to gather & confirm the business requirements, Functional Unit Testing, System Integration Testing & Users Acceptance Testing

Ø       Extensive experience in BW back end & front end development, Data validation both R3 & BI

Ø       Extensively worked on designing, developing ETL process for process chains for Master & Transactional Data, maintaining the transport management systems from Dev, QA to Production Systems.

Ø       Involved in walkthroughs with the development team to make sure the development done as per data modeling to meet the business requirements.

Ø       Extensively worked in defining & creating BW/BOBJ Security ( user) roles, Role Assignments.

Ø       Extensively worked in Leading teams both on-site and off-shore (Australia, Sweden, Canada, India, and Brazil).

Ø       Knowledge transfer to the client to make them understand the reports that they meet their business requirements.