Fahad Khan

boalikhan@gmail.com

 

             

 

SUMMARY

 

·         11+ years of IT experience

·         4+ years of experience in SAP MDM, EIM, Data Profiling, Data Cleansing, Data Lineage, Data Standardization Data Migration, Data Governance and Data Quality

·         10+ years of experience in Business Intelligence using SAP BOBJ, SAP Crystal Reports and SAP BODS/BODI Certification

·         In-Depth understanding of In-Memory Computing through SAP HANA

·         Experience with SAP HANA Information Modeler

·         Experience creating SAPA HANA Analytic view, Calculation View and Attribute views

·         Experience with SAP HANA data provisioning

·         In-Depth knowledge of Master Data Management, Data Governance and Data Stewardship

·         Through understanding of Data Governance Maturity Model

·         2+ years of experience with Enterprise Performance Management using Hyperion and SAP BPC

·         2 full life cycle data migration projects.

·         Experience with loading data into SAP system using LSMW, BDC and IDOC.

·         Experience with SAP AIO Data Migration Methodology and Framework

·         Extensive experience and knowledge of SAP Data Migration Best Practices

·         Experience of creating reports from ERP Packages (SAP R/3 & iRenaissance).

·         Good work experience in migration of SAP BusinessObjects 6.5 to XI R2 and XI 3.0.

·         Well versed in Business Objects (6.X, XIR2 and XIR3.1) with experience in Supervisor, Designer, Reporter, BCA (Publisher and Scheduler), Webi, Infoview, Dashboards, Auditor and Schema Design.

·         Good knowledge and experience in using QRA modules of Business Objects Enterprise XI.

·         Worked with SAP BusinessObjects Data Services ETL and Data Quality tools.

·         Excellent understanding of Normalization and denormalization of schemas, designed star schemas with snow flake dimensions. Worked on Web Intelligence to develop and publish thin client reports.

·         Expertise in retrieving data using SAP BusinessObjects Universes, personal data files, stored procedures and free hand SQL methods.

·         Good knowledge and experience with RDBMS using Teradata, MS SQL Server 2000, Oracle 9i/10g.

·         Good knowledge in overall SAP BO XIR2 application architecture and able to Design, Deploy, Support the application architecture.

·         Installed and configured Integration Kit to integrate Sharepoint & SAP BI 7.0 with Business Objects.

·         In-Depth understanding of SAP BW & BI 7.0 components (Administration Workbench[RSA1], InfoCubes, InfoArea, InfoProviders, InfoObjects, ) and  Hyperion Essbase (Calc Scripts & Load Rules)

 

 

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

 

BI Tools:               SAP BusinessObjects (6.x/XIR2, XI R3.0), Designer, Supervisor, Webi, Deski, CMC, Crystal Xcelsius 2008, Crystal Reports XI, SSRS, Jasper Reporting, SAP HANA, SAP HANA Information Modeler

EIM Tools:              Business Objects Data Integrator, Data Quality, Data Services, Data Federator, Data Insight, Information Steward, Oracle Data Integrator,

Informatica 8.5, Talend Open Studio

MDM Tools:              SAP MDM 5.5/ 7.0, SAP MDM Console, SAP MDM Data Manager

Data Governance Tools:              SAP MDG, Kalido Data Governance Director, Stakeholder Care

Databases:                                           MS SQL Server 2005/2000, Oracle 11g/10g/9i, DB2, Teradata, MS Access

ERP Packages                                          SAP 4.6B (SD [OTC], MM, PP), iRenaissance (AR, AP, IC, GL, SCM)

EPM Tools:               SAP BPC, SAP BI 7.0, BEx Analyzer & Queries, Hyperion 6.5, Sys 9

Languages:                                           SQL, PL/SQL, Java, JSP, J2EE, Servlets, XML, Visual Basic 6.0, VB.Net

SAP Tools                                          LSMW, BDC, IDOC

 

EXPERIENCE:

 

USDA, Washington D.C                                                                                                      Sep 2011 – Present

SAP Data Architect / MDM Architect / ETL Architect

 

Responsibilities:

·         Architect the migration plan for migrating legacy systems into SAP ECC and CRM

·         Design and Architect SAP MDM strategy for multiple phased project

·         Lead MDM meetings to discuss material master data management initiative and efforts

·         Define strategy to convert data from legacy systems into Pricing and Material Master into ECC and Organizational Structure and Product Master in SAP CRM

·         Architecting the data model for SAP HANA using Information Modeler

·         Data Provision into SAP HANA Data Model

·         Assisted in POC for SAP HANA

·         Design solution to migrate the existing pricing model into SAP Pricing

·         Wrote functional and technical specifications for the Conversions and Interfaces

·         Mentor team member to complete their deliverables

·         Managed data related risks and issues for the conversions and interfaces

·         Work closely with the client's team to identify old to new mappings

 

 

Cameron Inc, Houston, TX                                                                                                  Dec 2010 – Nov 2011

Data Migration Consultant / BODS Mentor

 

Responsibilities:

·         Lead and support the data migration team during the Realization phase focusing on deliverables

·         Performed Data management activities including data assessment, cleansing, outlining strategy & approach, process and policy the data migration plan

·         Consulted for SAP MDM Vendor, Material and Customer master

·         Managed data related risks and issues for the extraction and load program

·         Work closely with the client's Data Migration team to identify old to new mappings

·         Successfully loaded Customers, Vendors, Materials and HR objects into the new SAP system

·         Mentor a team of 3 and client migration team to use the SAP BusinessObjects Data Services tool

·         Designed strategy to maintain code version using Central repository

·         Participated in data governance steering committee to discuss data governance initiative and efforts

 

 

Kimberly-Clark, Roswell, GA                                                                                      Sep 2010 – Mar 2010

SAP Business Objects Data Services Consultant

 

Responsibilities:

·         Generated XML file as a result of BODS De-Dup process for SAP MDM for match & merge

·         Cleansed vendor address and firm names before sending to SAP MDM to maintain the consistency

·         Using Data Services designed a solution to generate reports out of SAP for Active and Inactive materials

·         Reports helped the business to make decisions to change the material status from Inactive to Active

·         Also leveraged the functionality to report the missing fields to make material active/saleable

·         Validated SAP fields from Material Master based on business rules

·         Designed rules in Data Services to validate SAP material master fields

·         Interacted with the business to gather requirement

·         Worked with Business Partner to ensure timely delivery of artifacts

·         Created Projects, Workflows, ABAP Data flows, Scripts using SAP Business Objects Data Services

·         Designed IFLOW project to merge Vendor Master Data into SAP from the acquired company

·         Designed matching strategy to de-dup multiple vendor records coming from multiple sources

·         Incorporated email notification functionality in the solution to send emails to business users about success or failure of a business rule in the Data Services

·         Designed error handling in the jobs and email notification based on type of the error.

·         Informed business partners about Business Intelligence, Data Stewardship and Data Governance

 

 

IBM, Markham, ON                                                                                                                     Jan 2010 – Present

SAP Business Objects Data Services Developer/ETL Team Lead

 

Responsibilities:

·         Design of architecture to support full-lifecycle development of Data Services XI 3.0 and Data Insight

·         Designed and developed SAP BO Data Services jobs to extract data from SAP R/3 and BW systems using Batch and Real Time interface

·         Tested and Validated BO Data Services (BODS)  ETL Jobs

·         Wrote custom function and published to the team members to import into the BO Data Services

·         Ensure development and packaging of ETL routines, error handling, restart/recovery procedures, and performance tuning based on best practices

·         Monitored Daily BODI ETL schedules

·         Through Data Insight met service level agreements for data feeds coming into the enterprise and for the quality of data warehouse / data mart loads

·         Utilized DI Designer for designing the ETL jobs and scheduled through Admin console

·         Converted EBCIDIC files to ASCII Files and Archived the ASCII files on the FTP Server using Business Objects Data Services XI 3.0

·         Deploy ETL Code on AIX Platform. Troubleshoot Cross Platform issues

·         Configured WinCVS for versioning of ETL Code. Check-In and Check-Out ATL files into the central repository. Deployed the ETL code in Dev, INT and UAT

·         Wrote Perl scripts to merge files which where generated from source COBOL copy book formats as header, detail and trailer. Created COBOL Copy Books file format as the source definition

·         Based on business requirements document (BRD) designed WEBI reports, Universe, created Classes, Dimension objects, Measure objects and Detail objects in the universe

·         Created Key Performance Indicators visualization for the client dashboard using live data (Query as a Web Service) which address the performance of the LOB at the Organization Level

·         Updated and maintained Universes based on changing user requirements and data source changes

 

 

Canon, Manhasset, NY                                                                                                     Dec 2009 – Jan 2010

SAP Business Objects DQ/DI/Data Services Consultant

 

Responsibilities

·         Designed Data Cleansing and De-Duping Strategy for Customer Master data to be implemented using SAP Business Objects Data Services 3.1

·         As a part of Data Quality effort designed data matching strategy to identify existing customer versus new customers to consolidate customer master database for the Siebel CMS

·         Created, optimized, reviewed, and executed Teradata SQL test queries to validate transformation rules used in source to target mappings/source views, and to verify data in target tables. Loaded the Collateral source system to EDW using Data Services, SQL, Teradata Utilities, Unix

·         Utilized Data Insight to establish benchmarks to monitor data quality problems

·         Configured NCOALINK, USPS Postal Directories, EWS and other address cleansing strategies.

·         Successfully created Customer Master in the Siebel Datawarehouse

·         Analyzed the Campaign Management System for overloaded attributes, embedded relationships, redundancy and inconsistent data

·         Conducted Data profiling for OLTP and Business Intelligence applications. Created data flows and process flow diagrams

·         Created Meta Data Repository for the management of business and technical Meta Data

·         Performed Data Quality analysis, auditing, metrics gathering, ROI analysis, data cleansing and standardizing data

·         Performed data-oriented tasks on the Master Data project interacting with Customer/Party for standardizing, cleansing, merging, de-duping, determining survivorship rules, and harmonization of data

·         Created Shell and Batch script using Informatica to run Siebel EIM job

 

 

JP Morgan Chase, New York, NY                                                                                       Jun 2009 – Nov 2009

Senior BusinessObjects Developer

 

Responsibilities

·         Architect tasked to evaluate the current business intelligence implementation

·         Planned and implemented a XI R3.0 security model that included folder and object based security as well as delegated administrator rights

·         Architected and deployed Xcelsius 2008 SP2 with SAP NetWeaver BI and BusinessObjects XI R3.0 connectivity

·         The security model included custom groups including Asset Manager, UAT, developers, and auditors. Different administrator policies were created for development, test, and production

·         Created complex Xcelsius dash boards for Asset managers from various market data applications like FactSet, Bloomberg and Thomson One. Used Web connector in Xcelsius to import data from QaaWs

·         Created KPI visualization for the client dashboard using live data techniques (Query As a Web Service, Live Office, XML) which address the performance of the LOB at the Organization Level

·         Created critical visualization using Business Objects Crystal Xcelsius 2008 for the PAG Group.

·         Used Crystal Repots to feed data to Crystal Xcelsius Visualization an XML file as a data source.

·         Created Ad-hoc Reporting menu in Xcelsius with the use of OpenDoc URL call procedure.

·         Used Flash variables to pass special values to the flash file through HTML.

·         Create Derived tables in the Designer to enhance the capabilities and performance of the universe.

·         Created OLAP cube report using SAP BI Cubes. Created complex calculated members

·         Using transaction code RSA1 modified SAP BI cubes as per the requirement

·         Designed and developed Complex reports using Crystal Reports 2008 using Business Objects XI R 3.1 Universe. Worked under tight dead lines and delivered 7 complex P1 reports within 7 days

·         Extensively involved in using of formulas fields, parameter fields, Group selection, record selection, and Crystal syntax in Crystal reports.

·         Designed, built and maintained complex Crystal Reports for Pension Advisory Group.

 

 

Blue Fly, New York, NY                                                                                                                  Apr 2007 – Mar 2009

Business Objects Developer

 

Responsibilities:

·         Design of architecture to support full-lifecycle development of Data Integrator XI R2.

·         Designed and developed SAP BO Data Integrator jobs to extract data from SAP R/3 and BW systems using Batch and Real Time interface. Tested and Validated BODI ETL Jobs.

·         Evaluated server sizing requirements for Data Integrator XI R2.

·         Ensure development and packaging of ETL routines, error handling, restart/recovery procedures, and performance tuning based on best practices. Monitored Daily BODI ETL schedules.

·         Utilized DI Designer for designing the ETL jobs and scheduled through the job server

·         Extracted, Transformed and loaded the delta/change in the OLTP SAP R3 to existing Data warehouse. Wrote DI scripts for modifying existing functions.  Used in-built feature of DI for Version Control.

·         Installed SAP Integration Kit and Java Connector. Configured profiles in SAP R/3 system.

·         Developed Crystal Reports from SD, MM and PP modules of SAP ERP and SAP BW.

·         Created critical visualization using Crystal Xcelsius 2008 for the Business Dashboard using OLAP universes off SAP BW.

·         Used Crystal Reports to feed data to Crystal Xcelsius Visualization an XML file as a data source

·         Created measured objects checked the Cardinalities, Contexts, Joins and Aliases for resolving Loops & Integrity of the Universes. Migrated P1 reports from 6.5.1 to XI R2

·         Created WEBI  reports using SAP BusinessObjects functionality’s like Queries, Slice and Dice, Drill Down, @Functions, Cross Tab, Master Detail and Formulae’s etc

·         Responsible for developing all types of reports including Cross-tab reports using Crystal Reports XI

·         Updated data for crystal Xcelsius visualizations by using export setting commands

·         Used query as web QAAWS option to build visualizations based on the reports built in BO

 

 

Shire Pharmaceutical, Boston, MA                                                                                        May 2006 – Mar 2007

Business Objects Developer

Responsibilities:

·         Responsible for reporting from the iRenaissance ERP using Business Objects Webi and Deski reports.

·         Created reports from AR, AP, GL, SCM and IC modules of iRenaissance to serve User Base of 2000.

·         Migrated Webi reports from Business Objects 6.5 to XI R2.

·         Generated List of Values (LOV’s) from lookup tables for WEBI reports.

·         On client side, personalized the User interface to Web Intelligence by including proprietary templates and designs and by displaying custom prompts.

·         Extracted business critical information from data mart for efficient querying, drill-down analysis, and report generation. Developed cascaded prompts using List of values.

·         Ensured the availability of mission-critical drug safety databases while loading the data into the Datawarehouse. Documented Business/Technical Requirements, Detailed Design documents.

·         Created user groups and managed access privileges using Business Objects Supervisor.

·         Created Live data connected Dashboards for the Executive Dashboard portal using Crystal Xcelsius 4.5 to provide them a summarized glance of the reporting environment in an interactive manner.

·         Configured Sharepoint, Active Directory and Business Objects for Single Sign on (SSO).

·         Developed objects with aggregate aware functions improve performance. Designed and developed standard reports and summary reports. Linked reports in Web Intelligence using OPENDOC functions. Designed, built, and maintained Business Objects universes.

 

 

Oxea Chemicals, Dallas, TX                                                                                                    Feb 2005 – Mar 2006

Crystal Reports / BO Developer

Responsibilities:

·         Created repository using Supervisor, created users and groups, assigned rights to users and groups.

·         Created Universes, Classes and Objects from MS SQL Server 2000.

·         Resolving Loops using Aliases and Contexts and check Integrity of the Universe and exported them to the Repository to make resources available to the users and groups.

·         Used multiple data providers, Union, Intersection, minus and Master/Detail, cross tab, Charts.

·         Worked extensively with (@select, @aggregate aware, @where, and @prompt) to overcome the problems with database when integrating with Business Objects.

·         Worked extensively with Breaks, Alerter, Filters, Sorts, Query Prompt and Drill filters.

·         Analyzed the reports using the Drill Through, Slice and Dice. Developed and Deployed complex WEBI reports.

·         Worked on migration of Business Objects and Crystal reports from lower versions to Version XI.

·         Worked on using the import wizard in moving reports and universes from Dev to UAT and to Production environments. Crystal reports to support internal reporting initiatives.

 

 

Perimeter, Milford, CT                                                                                                 Apr 2003 – Dec 2004

Business Objects Developer

 

Responsibilities:

·         Created Business Objects WEBI reports, Queries with constant interaction with the end users.

·         Created/Modified Universes and linked with the existing Universes with MS SQL Server 2000 backend and exported to repository. Created Users and implemented security features.

·         Used the formatting options like cross tab representation, section breaks, data sort options, calculations, font, colors, etc

·         Various ad hoc reports were created using User module in Business Objects according to the given requirements. Created Slice and Dice, Drill down and Cross Tab reports

·         Extensively used Designer to design various universes for different business groups.

·         Created classes, aliases, help text, simple reports and complex reports using cascading prompts, decode objects, etc. Implemented row and object level security in business objects supervisor module.

·         Worked with Dimension modeling using Star Schema (ROLAP).

·         Managed the scheduling options stored in the repository and also involved in changing the document descriptions.

 

 

NYK Line, Secaucus, NJ                                                                                                       Mar 2002 – Jan 2003

Database Developer

 

Responsibilities:

·         Designed Entity Relationship Diagram and normalized the database.

·         Experienced with disaster conditions and restore the production database.

·         Involved in data modeling of the data warehousing system.

·         Involved in Logical and Physical Data Modeling. Worked on standard document for disaster recovery solutions. Installed and configured SQL Server 2000 on Windows NT, Windows XP.

·         Installed all the updates and the service packs for both windows XP and the SQL.

·         Created documentation for the server procedure and policies.

 

 

 

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION / TRAINING/ MEMBERSHIP

 

·         Master of Science, Business Intelligence, University of Northern Virginia, VA (In Progress)

·         Bachelor of Technology (CSE), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India

·         Certified Project Management Professional (Expected March 2013)

·         SAP Certified Associate – HANA 1.0

·         SAP Certified Associate - BusinessObjects Data Integrator XI - Level One

·         BusinessObjects Certified Professional - Crystal Reports 2008 - Level One

·         Business Objects Certified Professional - Web Intelligence XI 3.0 - Level One

·         BusinessObjects Certified Professional - SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise XI – Level One

·         ITIL Certified

·         Certified Scrum Master

·         Project Management Professional Boot Camp

·         JP Morgan Chase Information Security & Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Training

·         Talend Open Studio and Integration Suite Road Show, New York, NY

·         Member of The Data Governance Institute

·         Member of Project Management Institute