Mahmoud I. Soliman

mahmoud.soliman@yahoo.com

(703) 981-8989 – Washington DC – USA

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CAREER SUMMARY: SAP America Certified Business Warehouse Applications Consultant since 1999 (BW 1.2B to

7.4, BI 3.1& 4.1 and BWA 7.0 & 7.2). SAP America Certified HANA 1.0 Application Designer. PMP Trained.

As SME Subject Matter Expert in SAP HANA, BW, and BI Solutions Professional, Mr. Soliman is currently certified SAP BW, BI,

& HANA solution architect, technical lead, and ERP project manager for Local and Global project. Mr. Soliman has over twenty

years of project management and technical consulting experience, the past sixteen years of which has been focused on ERP

SAP, BW, BI, SAP HANA, Data Integration solutions. His vast experience over the course of his career has included the

following: Create & manage SAP HANA & BI project plan, track & report deliverables, manage risks & issues on daily bases,

Delegate tasks & follows up with team members to meet project deadlines and deliverables. Know how long certain tasks will

take during SDLC to assign tasks effectively to team members, and keep leadership/client updated & manage their

expectations. In the meantime, reviewing & working hands on when needed for development work, configuration, business

analysis, blue printing, writing functional & technical specifications, testing, training, cutover activities, and post go-live support.

  · Mr. Soliman worked as a SME SAP HANA 1.0, Principal BI / BW Technical Advisor & Data Architect for a number of key

leading companies in variety of industry diverse clients assisting them in defining SAP EDW Enterprise Data Warehouse

strategy, SAP strategic processes and ETL technology transformations along with database and system landscape design,

prepare and provide industry ERP best practices & guiding principles for business transformation logic (Source-to-Target

Mappings), data models and data dictionary reports. Having been involved in several major implementations (National and

International) of SAP HANA, BW, BI solutions across several industries, Mr. Soliman brings high level of knowledge, handson

experience, and professionalism to any SAP ERP and Enterprise Data Warehousing arena.

Specialties: SAP BI & BW Technical and Solution Architect, SAP HANA Technical and Data modular, ERP Project Manager,

SAP Master Data Management Solutions, Enterprise Financial & Logistic Solutions, and Database and System Landscape

Design. Able to understand a project objectives and develop an approach, define scope, timeline, resource requirements, and

deliverables to achieve the project objective on time and on budget. Working with Global implementation projects requiring multicountry

collaboration following standard industry Methodology.

  · Ability to quickly understand business & functional requirements and turn it into conceptual & Logical data models, team up

with Business, Functional, and Technical co-workers, and work under limited supervision in a fast-paced environment

required. Defined and Provided Technical View’s and System View’s for DODAF.

  · Extensive hands-on experience on SAP HANA 1.0, BI 4.1, SAP LUMIRA 1.0 , BI Dashboard, BI WEBi, BI Analyzer, BI

Crystal Report, BI Explorer, BI Design Studio 1.0, BW 7.4, BW BEX, BW Workbench, BW Admin Cockpit, SAP BWA 7.2,

SAP Portals, SAP Solution Manager 7.1, SAP BI Data Services, SAP Master Data Management, SAP Master Data

Governance, Early Watch, Wily Introscope tool, HP Quick Test Professional, HP Load Runner tool, BMC Remedy tool, and

BMC Control-M Enterprise Manager.

  · Enterprise Data Warehouse Solution Architect with wide-ranging hands-on experience & good functional knowledge in the

following SAP business process area (FI-GL, FI-SPL, FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-AA, FI COPA, FI PCA, FM, MM-PUR, PS, SD, SRMEBP,

CO, PCA, IS-Retail, & IS-OIL modules)

  · A strategic thinker noted for outstanding leadership, Excellent mentoring, analytical problem solving and team building skills

that used to handle client in difficult circumstances & multi culture team environment. Good grasp of dispute resolution,

negotiation techniques, and other positive interpersonal skills.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

KPMG LLP

SAP BI & HANA Sr. Manager - Management Consulting & Enterprise Solution

Jan 2014 – Present

McLean, VA - USA

As SAP HANA & BI Subject Matter Expert (SME) I led & participated in migration of existing BW on Oracle 11g database to a

more agile and process oriented architect based on BW on HANA DB that fits the organization’s overall business model.

Successfully upgraded and deployed client front-end tools from BI 4.0 to the BI 4.1 Launch Pad with a sub-second performance

executing multimillion rows at run-time. Dramatic improvement over current architect in terms of agile processing, performance,

and maintenance. Create and manage SAP HANA & BI project plan, track and report deliverables, manage risks & issues on

daily bases. Delegate and follows up with team members to meet project deadlines and deliverables. Know how long certain

tasks will take during SDLC to delegate tasks effectively to team members and keep client updated & manage their expectations

  · Actively grow and promote KPMG portfolio with new & existing customers and engage with the leadership to write RFP&

presentation, proposal orals discussions, develop opportunity upselling and proposals for SAP HANA solution.

  · Maintain and develop POC or Demos on KPMG sandbox environment in collaboration with the COE & offshore team.

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  · Review and facilitate evaluation of business & functional requirements, close gaps, Functional & Technical Specifications,

design LDM & PDM, identify and translate business KPI into reporting layout in BI based on customer custom methodology.

  · Design and creation of SAP HANA data modeling using attribute View, Analytic View, Calculation View, and Procedures.

  · Leveraged my experience with SAP ECC functional tables, BW Data Sources, BW extractors, and their data modules to

architect and model for SAP HANA sidecar solution ( P2P, O2C, FI-AP, FI-AP, FI-GL)

  · Manage and review UAT scenarios & scripts with the Business to validation and reconcile of data in the BI Reports vs ECC

  · Led & Guided SAP BW on HANA , SLT, and BOBJ Data Services error resolution, troubleshooting and solving data load

technical issues, SAP OSS Note research, monitoring & resolving production system issue with the Help Desk.

Cyber Technology Inc.

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

April 2013 – Dec 2013

Denver, CO - USA

SAP BW & HANA Technical Architect (Contractor)

Multi-tasking and supporting Procurement Self Services Team with their SAP HANA P2P Solution. Designing and developing

multi BI reports using WebI and BI Explorer on HANA to enhance Lockheed Martin Buyer’s Performance capability. Empowering

LM Leadership and Power users with P2P Summary Real Time Reporting from ECC to HANA by leveraging real time SLT

replication. Contributed in designing, modeling, implementation, and support of SAP HANA P2P solution. Strong background in

multiple database technologies (Oracle & Sybase) to design data models and analytical apps

  · Learn and teach new technologies as required to support project delivery.

  · Quickly understand business & functional needs/requirements and turn it into conceptual & Logical data models in HANA

  · Identify functional gaps and develop functional/Technical solutions for each based on good understanding of ECC business

processes and knowing the underlying functional tables and their BW Data Sources.

  · Design SAP HANA data modeling using Attribute View, Analytic View, Calculation View, Procedures, and Triggers.

  · Define, design, implement, & monitor of SAP SLT replication schemas in SAP HANA from SAP ECC P2P & FI modules.

  · Created multi BI Webi, BI Explorer, and Crystal Reports based on universes on HANA. Diagnose, analyze, and give

recommendation on data loading performance improvements using various reading and portioning techniques within HANA

DB. Training end-users on SAP LUMIRA & BI Explorer reports. Developing reports and documents for end-users on SAP

LUMIRA & BI Explorer based on HANA views & universe 4.0

SAP America - SAP HANA POC at US ARMY – LMP Project

SAP BW & HANA Technical Architect (Contractor)

Marlton, NJ - USA

  · Primarily responsibility is the rollout of technical and functional aspects of the SAP BW on HANA solution. Participated

(Remotely and on-site) in the integrated planning, design, implementation and support of SAP HANA based solutions

including SAP LT Replication Server, SAP ECC, SAP Data Services, SAP BW, and SAP Business Objects in large and

complex environments.

  · Strong background in multiple database technologies (Oracle & Sybase) to design data models and analytical apps.

  · Experience with SAP ECC functional tables, BW Data Sources, BW extractors, and their data models.

  · Designed SAP HANA data modeling using Attribute View, Analytic View, and Calculation View.

  · Experience with SAP HANA programming including SQL Script, and CE-Script.

  · Definition, design, and implementation of SAP SLT replication schemas in SAP HANA.

  · Proven experience with reporting including handling complex scenarios using joins, Union and SQL Script.

  · Implementation experience and knowledge of SAP BW reporting for different functional areas such as FI, FM, SD, & MM.

  · Experience handling integration between multiple systems for reporting using BW Bex, BI WebI, and BI Crystal Reports.

  · Ability to administer, monitors, troubleshoots, analyze, and resolve HANA & BW technical problems.

  · Redesign and deploy some BW 7.3 InfoCubes and DSO’s to take full advantage of HANA capabilities and new future.

  · Diagnosed and recommended query and data loading performance improvements using

Department of Defense US Army PEO EIS (PM GFEBS & PM AESIP)

SAP BI & BW Data Architect and Technical Manager (Contractor)

Fort Belvoir, VA – USA

Jan 2009 – April 2013

Primary duty is to lead the effort to standup a BI Enterprise Strategy and Architect to support Army Federated Financial and

Logistics Reports from multi ERP & Legacy sources systems such as PM GFEBS, PM GCSS-Army, PM LMP, CEFMS, and

multiple DOD Agency systems. Provide technical/functional verification and analysis to ensure that our System Integrator

“Accenture” development plans and deliveries are in line with PM GFEBS & AESIP Integrated Master Scheduling and SDLC

milestone for all BI and BW reporting capability. Scoped, Planed and managed the day-to-day operations of a BI & BW

implementation and release team. Formally review and approve program deliverables and worked products and recommend

acceptance or revision based on government Power users and functional leads requirements.

  · Worked with multi DOD Agency, trading partners, and end-users to understand/analyze their business requirements and

provide direction and consultation on how to integrate into GFEBS & AESIP enterprise data warehouse solution using BW &

BI (MDM, Open Hub, and Web Services)

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  · Participated in the Design and Development of functional and technical design specifications, global mapping & data

dictionary, cross multi data models for FM, FI-GL, FI-SL, FI-AP, FI-AR, SD,PS, Payroll and MM SAP

  · Prepared and Perform BI 3.1 and BW 7.0 technical training for PM AESIP & PM GFEBS end-users

  · Provided overall program guidance and recommendations for SAP applications and best practices relating to all BI

development. Provided templates to encourage consistency across US Army Enterprise systems doc.

  · Worked with Infrastructure Oracle DBAs, Unix Admin, and Basis team for landscape design, Backup, Archiving, and

capacity planning related to BI & BW environments.

  · In depth knowledge of project management principles and full life cycle development with commitment to high quality work

during the different stages of the project (Blueprint, Design, Develop, Test, Going live support)

  · Diagnosed and recommended query and data loading performance improvements using aggregate and indexes. Also Used

BWA 7.2 with BW 7.1 to improve our BI & BW financial and Payroll reports.

  · Participate and working on prototype for SAP HANA 1.0 to replace current SAP BWA solution

  · Contributed and supported Integration strategy to upgrade Business Objects 3.1 to 4.0 Tool Suite and supported BW 7.1

upgrade to 7.3 across landscape.

  · Assist BI team on preparation of how to select the right BI 4.0 tool to replace current BW BEX reports.

American Energy Services “Leader Utility Industry”

SAP Data Architect & NetWeaver BI 7.0 Technical Team Lead (Contractor)

Arlington, VA – USA

March 2008 – Jan 2009

Served as the focal point for the collections, consolidation, review, and prioritization of the client’s SAP-BI business

requirements, converting them into BI 7.0 functional & technical specification documents, and packaging them as development

tasks for the BI 7.0 team members. Managed permanent and contract resources in production support and development

activities for AES, raising service tickets and monitoring ongoing project work.

  · Managed BW solution including assessed training needs and developing end-user training class material.

  · Participated, executed an architect quality review process for BW application, recommended many enhancements for BW

data module, and loading strategies from various sources to improve performance.

  · Developed and maintained process chain to load data into ODS, and Info cubes, Drop & build indices, build DB statistics,

roll up aggregates, run attribute change run process, and Open Hub) in BW.

  · Troubleshooting and solving data load technical issues, SAP OSS Note research, and monitoring & resolving BW & BI

production system issue with the Help Desk.

  · Provided direction and coordinated NetWeaver BI 7.0 software upgrades including patches & SPS packages.

  · Developed FI-AP & FI-AP and SCM reports using Crystal Report 10 for super-user community.

Hughes Network Systems “Leading Satellite Broadband”

SAP Data Architect and NetWeaver BI 2004s Technical Team Lead

Germantown, MD – USA

June 2007 – March 2008

Primary duties are to manage and assist customers with major conversion of their Finance applications from multi sources

(Oracle Warehouse, Hyperion-Essbase, PeopleSoft, Legacy system, ECC 6.0) into One Global Data Warehouse using

NetWeaver BI 2004s.Lead the BW Architect and Design efforts for Hughes Network to support functional and technical design

efforts, including data flow diagrams and multi-dimensional data models for FI-GL, FI_AP, FI-AR, EC_PCA modules.

  · Demonstrated leadership skills and team player strengths with excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

  · In depth knowledge of project management principles and full life cycle development with commitment to high quality work

during the different stages of the project (Blueprint, Realization and Test).

  · Complete knowledge of BW transports and hands-on diagnosis experience of transport issues/problems

  · Diagnose and recommend query and data loading performance improvements using aggregate and indexes

  · Communicate to SAP via OSS for problem solving and provide production support when necessary

  · Implement and enhance standard BW business content. Design and develop data Sources (generic, enhanced, and

custom) for extracting and staging data from SAP and non-SAP source systems to BW.

  · Extensive Knowledge of BW Extractors from SAP R/3 4.6 and SAP ECC 6.0, as well as R/3 object dependencies,

underlying tables and processes structures in functional modules. Ability to debug and fix extraction problems in BW.

  · Deployed Financial reports on SAP Portal 6 using custom Web templates, IView’s and Portal pages

  · Developed and maintained process chain to load data into ODS & Infocubes, build & drop indices, build DB statistics, roll up

aggregates, run attribute change run process, and open Hub) in BW

  · Provide technical leadership for the super-user community, acting as the gatekeeper for change requests from the business

and super-user community. Served as the primary hands-on technical lead for BW SCM and FI/CO modules.

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SAP America Inc. – “SAP IS-Retail”- “Host Marriott Services”

SAP Data Architect and NetWeaver BI 2004s Technical Team Lead

Bethesda, MD – USA

Aug 2006 – May 2007

Participated in designing the data architect solution for Retail Innovation System. Responsible as Data Architect to assess and

evaluate the business requirements, design & develop a data access solution using the SAP ECC 6.0 and SAP NetWeaver BI

2004s project.

  · Prepare project related documentation (Function Spec, Technical Spec, object designs, business rules, etc.) during the

different stages of the project (Blueprint, Realization, and Test).

  · Work with the other business team members to meet reporting requirements and developed custom queries.

  · Implement and enhance standard BW business content for Merchandise and Assortment Planning. Design and develop

data Sources (generic, enhanced, & custom) for extracting and staging data from SAP and non-SAP source systems to BW.

  · Document test plans and complete testing of solutions including unit, system, and integration testing

  · Research OSS Notes and other outside services for solutions to problems and work with SAP Technical Services to apply

OSS notes and required upgrades for SAP NetWeaver BI 7.0

  · Extensive Knowledge of BW Extractors for Is-Retail from SAP R/3 4.6 and SAP ECC 6.0, as well as R/3 object

dependencies, underlying tables and processes structures in functional modules. Ability to debug and fix extraction

problems in BW. Working experience with Merchandise Management, POS, and Merchandise Assortment Planning.

  · Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Ability to prioritize and delegate tasks appropriately

  · Good grasp of dispute resolution, negotiation techniques, and other positive interpersonal skills

  · Deployed Financial and Procurement reports on SAP Portal 6 using custom Web templates, IView’s and Portal pages.

Hands-on experience with ABAP coding to enhance/customize SAP ECC 6.0 Info sources

IBM Global Services – Public Sector “DOI – Department Of Interior”

SAP Data Architect and BW Technical Team Lead

Reston, VA – USA

March 2006 – July 2006

Responsible for leading and designing the data architect solution and identifying & obtaining the data required to satisfy our DOI

user’s requirements. Assessed and evaluated the business requirements, design and develop a data access solution using IBM

SAP methodology.

  · Understanding and mapping the data that will be available in BW in business terms recognize the way end users want to

analyze the data in BW reports and developing a plan to close any data gaps.

  · Worked with functional and business analysts to translate functional design into BW technical specifications.

  · Address other critical data design issues such as : Granularity of data and the potential for multiple levels of granularity,

InfoCube partitioning , Need for aggregation, Ensuring overall integrity of all BW Models

  · Establish connections to the BW sources, Activate the standard Business Content, Enable the standard InfoCubes and

Queries, Enhance the InfoCubes and Queries as required, and Define authorization profiles and access for BW user’s.

Department of Defense US Army – DLA –Accenture

Principal SAP BW Consultant

Columbus, OH – USA

Oct 2005 – Feb 2006

Worked on production support day-to-day operation of 24X7 SAP-BW environments for the US DOD “Department Of Defense”.

Assisting client going live in Jan 2006 with redesigned and remodeled their BW 3.5 Logistics Application. Participated and

executed an architect quality review process for BW application and recommended many enhancements for BW data mode and

loading strategies for from various source systems.

  · Developed and maintained process chain to (Drop indices, load PSA, load ODS, activate ODS data, load data into Info

cube, build indices, build DB statistics, build or roll up aggregates, and run attribute change run process) in BW.

  · Evaluating and enhance ABAP code performance in update rules (End & Start routine) and data extractors.

  · Troubleshooting and solving data load technical issues, OSS Note research, and application, creating or resolving BW

production system tickets with the Help Desk.

  · Developed, maintained, and monitored aggregates to tune query performance.

  · Identify opportunities to place indices on ODS and tables to improve data extraction and query access.

  · Analyze and correct production problems as they occur in the SAP BW system

AOL Time Warner

SAP Data Architect and BW Technical Team Lead

Dulles, VA – USA

June 2004 – Oct 2005

In charge of designing the data architect solution and identifying & obtaining the data required to satisfy our user’s requirements

based on thorough understanding of the way the data will be used by end users to make business decisions. Coordinating and

responsible as Data Architect to assess and evaluate the business requirements, and design & develop a data access solution

for the BW project. Supervised, coordinated, and assigned tasks to team members (BW, Crystal Report 10, SEM-BPS, SRMEBP

and ABAP) and reported status to high-level managements.

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  · Identifying the data in the source environment and mapping the data to the BW environment. Identifying data quality gaps

and developing a plan to close data quality gaps

  · Activated and enhanced standard business content data targets for FI-AP, FI-AR, FI-GL, FI-AA, and SAP/SEM modules to

meet non-standard needs of the client

  · Created Process Chains to load Master and Transaction data, Aggregate Maintenance, Change run, and Refresh Indexes

for BW and SEM systems.

  · Deployed Financial and Procurement reports on SAP Portal 6 using custom Web templates, IView’s and Portal

  · Administrative activities included data compression, Aggregate maintenance, and BW Statistics.

  · Worked closely with conversion and Interface team to help them mapping AOL financial & Procurements legacy systems

into SAP - BW desired format modules.

  · Possess a positive, can-do attitude and enjoy making a difference in the business through my contributions

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Sr. SAP BW Consultant.

Fairfax, VA – USA

May 2003 – May 2004

Involved and worked with the BW Core Architect team to oversee the development of a detailed and global BW Data Warehouse

architect strategy for Exxon Mobil Corp for more than 100 countries around the Globe from different source systems (SAP R/3,

Oracle RDMS, and Legacy system).

SAP Business Information Warehouse Team Lead: Responsible and Oversee the development and creation of the necessary

BW objects (InfoObjects, ODS, InfoCubes, InfoPackages, InfoSources, Datasources, Extractor, Transfer Rules, Update Rules)

to ensure that FI-AR, FI CO-PA and PCA data are extracted from R/3 and non R/3 systems into BW 3.0b.

  · Performed the activation of BW 3.0B business contents that is necessary to support FI CO-PA and PCA data.

  · Maintained and created generic extract structures and extended master data attributes from R/3 side and built/customized

user defined InfoSources for master data and transaction data.

  · Developed and created multi layers ODS that can be shared by different BW applications to obtain data from different

source systems across multi geographical area for FI-AR, FI-AP,FI CO-PA and PCA data.

  · Performed UIT and UAT testing and Used Transport Connector to perform Transports from Development to Test and

Production BW systems. Trouble-Shoot any problems that arias during testing and solved most of user’s issues that we

have during this stage.

  · Monitoring & scheduling InfoPackages to oversee/control the data loading process in BW using Autosys Scheduling tools.

  · Created ad-hoc reports for upper management personnel using complex techniques, defined conditions, exceptions, filters,

and publishing SAP/BW reporting to the Web using BW Web publishing wizard

  · Involved in identifying various ways of speeding-up loading data into BW objects for large amounts of data such as parallel

load, configure InfoPackages, making effective use of indexes and running DB statistics.

Softech Consulting Inc.

Sr. SAP BW Consultant and Instructor

  · Involved in the foundation work for upgrading the BW system from BW 2.0B to 3.0B.

  · Evaluating BW 3.0B technical/functional features of BW 3.0B with a view to upgrading from BW 2.0 to BW 3.0.

  · Conducted BW user training and technical sessions to transfer knowledge to users and new team members.

Department of Justice - DOJ “Federal Bureau of Prisons”

Principal SAP BW Consultant - Rapidigm Inc.

Alexandria, VA – USA

Feb 2003 – Apr 2003

Washington D.C – USA

Oct 2002 – Jan 2003

Responsible and Leading BW team within the DOJ to test and transport the current OLTP R/3 system and BW 2.0B

development project from development system into consolidation then into production system (starting with replicating

Datasources metadata from OLTP system into each BW system and then the rest of the BW objects using the transport

package and requests).

  · Activated and enhanced standard business content data targets for MM-PUR and FI-AP modules. Supervise and perform

the maintenance and repair of applications in accordance with technical and functional specifications.

  · Oversee the creation, execution and documentation of tests necessary to ensure Sales application and technical

environment meets performance requirements.

  · Develop a high-performing, motivated work group by applying interpersonal communication and collaboration skills to

achieve project goals and realize value. Help to identify client needs to support the sales effort.

  · Installed and configured a new BW 3.0B server (The new System includes MS SQL server 2000 running on Windows 2000)

to replace the current BW 2.0B development system that resides in Washington DC HQ office

  · BW Business Explorer and BEX Analyzer: Created and maintained ODS/InfoCube queries. Wrote complex queries, defined

conditions, exceptions, filters, using BW BEX and BW Analyzer.

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PriceWaterHouseCoopers - “Principal SAP BW Consultant”

Aug 2001 – Sep 2002

* PWC SAP BW Consultant: Participate in SAP’s First Partner Ship (FPS) Program for BW 3.0B.Get a head start on

understanding the quality of new 3.0 features and how these could be leveraged by our clients to develop a migration strategy,

test case results, and develop lessons learned. Accomplished test areas (Extracting metadata and data from another DBMS

using DBConnect, Open Hub, Meta Data Exchange, Parallel execution of data load, ODS Enhancements, Multiple Data Source

per file Source system, Toolbox/Formula builder in transfer and update rules.

* GEORGIA PACIFIC – “Domtar” “Principal SAP BW Consultant” -

Atlanta, GA - USA

Joined and worked with the BW-APO Architect team to oversee and supervises the development of a detailed BW. Developed

architect strategy for our client to use BW 2.1C standard info cubes to suit APO needs

Helping on all the phases starting from project preparation, realization, and designing, data modeling including logical & physical

data modeling, data flows between different systems like APO, SAP R/3 and Legacy Systems.

SAP Business Information Warehouse 2.1C Team Lead: Responsible and leading all BW developments phases to use BW as a

source of historical data for SAP - DP and a tool for reporting on accuracy of the demand planning process.

  · A new installation of version BW 2.1C (A new BW System and server reside in Montreal, Canada) to replace the current BW

1.2B, 2.0B system running in Atlanta. The activation of BW business contents that is necessary to support the needs of APO

  · Developing a reporting mechanism application for APO such as Forecast Accuracy of the demand planning process and

enhance the current BW 2.0B reports in Atlanta, Georgia.

* GILLETTE COMPANY- GBPI Project, SAP BW Team Lead Consultant

Boston, MA - USA

Had several rules in the SKU Management BW Project at Gillette to offer a systematic method “regular and ad-hoc reports

system ” for managing inventories and product portfolio profit, reduce their slow and non-moving inventory and analyze Gillette’s

forecasted product portfolio, which is based across geographies in USA, Canada and Germany offices.

Participated and worked with the BW Core Architect team to oversee and supervises the development of a detailed BW

development architect strategy for Gillette. Helping on all phases starting from project preparation, realization, and designing.

Data modeling including logical & physical data modeling, data flows between different systems like APO, SAP R/3 & Legacy

third Party Systems,

  · Successfully worked closely with each BW team members to ensure consistent approaches and provide technical

assistance that required ensuring successful completion of individual project tasks. Participated in the development of

enterprise BW naming conventions and standards for Global Data Warehouse.

  · Created multi layers ODS that can be shared by different BW applications to obtain data from dissimilar source systems

across multi geographical area and create basic SKU Management InfoCubes (FI-AP, FI-AR, SD and MM-PUR that will

produce the regular and ad-hoc reports for Gillette upper management user.

  · Conducted user training and technical sessions to transfer knowledge to supper users and new team members.

  · Trouble-Shoot any problems that arias during transporting BW objects from development to test and production

environment. Attained on the job project management and leader ship skills in addition to a thorough understanding of

relational database structures, star schemas, and OLAP concepts.

ELI LILLY AND COMPANY

SAP BW Sr. Consultant - “Staffing Professionals”

Indianapolis, Indiana - USA

Oct 2000 – Apr 2001

SAP Business Information Warehouse 2.0B - R/3 4.6C: Joined SAP/BW Upgrade Team with primary duties are to upgrade and

enhance SAP/BW Sales & Distributions and Account Receivable modules from BW R. 1.2B to BW R. 2.0B, activating and

enhancing the SAP/BW standard business contents.

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Bringing together Sales and Distribution InfoCubes into one MultiCube & created multi layers ODS to summarize detail data

  · Maintained and scheduled InfoPackages and controlled the loading process using the new monitor functions.

  · ABAP/4 Workbench: Maintained and used the new data sources with their newly designed cockpit and delta functionality for

SD, FI-AR, and FI-AP modules. Involved and assisted with the development and enhancement of BW extractor, creating

appends structures, ABAP programs and function modules to customize SAP delivered Extract structures.

  · Extended master data attributes from R/3 side and customized user defined InfoSources for master and transaction data.

  · Wrote complex queries, defined conditions, exceptions, filters, and publishing SAP/BW reporting to the Web using BW Web

publishing wizard.

  · Trouble-Shoot any problems that arias during SAP/BW upgrade and conversions and worked closely with other team

members and users. Acquired on the job analytical and problem solving skills in addition to a thorough understanding of

relational database structures, star schemas, and OLAP concepts.

SAUDI ARAMCO - Oil Company

SAP BW Consultant - “Business System Integration Department”

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Mar 1998 – Oct 2000

SAP Business Information Warehouse R.1.2B – R/3 4.5C: I have acquired on-the-job training and customization experience as

an implementer and developer through working with SAP BW Data Warehouse product from its selection to final configuration. I

have gone through the entire scope of processes, TO-BE processes, mapping requirements and resolution of integration issues

within SAP Data Warehouse. Went through parallel run cycle for six months and insured reconciliation of accounting results

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between SAP BW and Oracle Data Warehouse systems. Worked with Administrator Workbench to manage and create

InfoCubes, InfoObjects, InfoSources, and Info Catalogs in BW. Used SAP Business Explorer Analyzer and Browser to create

and manipulate reports in SAP Business Information Warehouse.

  · ABAP/4 Workbench: Involved individually and in team environment to design and develop ABAP/4 programs, which runs

every night by job scheduler in the background and extracts data from major financial tables to the UNIX server in a flat file

ASCII format. Modified several ABAP/4 programs to retrieve the necessary metadata and data from the UNIX flat file using

ABAP/4 SQL select and Oracle Native SQL.

  · Oracle8 Server: Primary duties are Designing, Developing, Testing, and Documenting SAP/Oracle Open Data Warehouse

Application within BSID department. This Oracle application assembles a channel by which we can read data and metadata

from SAP Business Information Warehouse and use this information to create/Update and fill up the corresponding tables in

Oracle Data Warehouse. Used Oracle Packages, Stored procedures, Functions, Triggers, and External Procedures to

develop optimized structures for reporting and analysis data extraction and data staging in SAP and Oracle environment.

SYBASE WORLDWIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - USA

Senior DBA Consultant - “FANNIE MAE “

CABLE AND WIRELESS INTERNATIONAL

Senior Data Base Administrator

Washington, DC - USA

1997 –1998

Sybase SQL Server 11.3: Assisted customers with major conversion of their Finance applications, monitored all Sybase

production SQL servers, trouble-shoot any problems that arise during the conversion, and work closely with other team

members to evaluate SYBASE ADAPTIVE SERVER 11.5 performance.

Vienna, Virginia - USA

1996 - 1997

Responsibility including monitoring, solving problems, and trouble-shooting any problems that affect production. Modifying

default SQL Server configuration as needed, creating a backup server schedule for the all productions databases, auditing,

database connectivity issues, database build and restore, recovery plan and techniques, security and permissions, and creating

replication server.

MNEMONIC SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

Senior Consultant “FBI Headquarter”

Washington, DC - USA

1995 - 1996

Responsible for designing and developing the system life cycle for the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting System using Sybase

system 4.9.2/ PowerBuilder 4.0 running on Sun Solaris platform at FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC.

Designed conceptual and physical modules (CDM, PDM) Data Warehouse of the force security measures using ERWin.

COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Falls Church, VA - USA

1993 - 1995

Responsible for design and development of automated data validation tools and migration procedures for a large accounting

data warehouse project using Oracle DB. Developed and implemented Purchasing and Order entry Systems to interface

between existing legacy mainframe and a graphical client/server environment using PowerBuilder 5.0

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS:

  · Certified SAP HANA 1.0 Application Designer 2013

  · Certified SAP BW Application and System Administrator for BW 1.2b, 2.0b, and 3.0a since 1999.

  · Certified ORACLE Professional Database Operator for Oracle8/Windows NT Server since 1998.

  · Certified SYBASE Professional System Administrator for Sybase system 11.5 SQL Server since 1997.

  · Certified SYBASE Professional Performance and Tuning for Sybase system 11.5 SQL Server since 1996.

  · COMPUTER PROGRAMMING DIPLOMA: Computer Learning Center, Alexandria – Virginia. USA. Honor – G.P.A. 4.0

  · COMPUTER PROGRAMMING DIPLOMA: National Computing Center, Cairo – Egypt. Honor graduate – G.P.A. 4.0

  · BACHELOR’S OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MAJOR: ACCOUNTING) University of Ain Shames, Cairo – Egypt.

  · MASTER OF SCIENCE in Advanced Information Technology and Business Management: Strayer University, G.P.A. 3.8

Alexandria – Virginia. USA.

  · Pursuing and preparing for Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

US Citizenship

  · US citizen

  · Active Secret Clearance from DoD

  · Professional and Personal references available upon request

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Mahmoud I. Soliman (703) 091- 8989

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