SUMMARY:

• Successful Solution Architect with over 20 plus years SAP Finance, IT Functional/Technical/Enterprise Architecture Engineering experience. An individual who has led in multiple US/global positions and has worked with developing several methodologies to assist in project implementation, integration, and solutions management for many ERP applications.
• Over 10 years of experience in strategic visioning, Engineering technology, performance testing, and roadmap development. Proven experience in stakeholder relationship management, 9 years hands - on SAP FI configuration, and
• 15 years Senior Enterprise Architect technical experience. Multiple SAP implementations/life-cycles (4) with broad configuration / integration knowledge of FI /CO /GL /AP /AR /AM /BI. Extensive requirements gathering, and Use/test case development. Industry experiences include governments DOD/DOI/DOA, automotive, manufacturing, banking and retail.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Systems Engineer

Confidential, Sterling Hts., MI

Responsibilities:

• As part of the Systems Engineering process team my responsibilities included establishing the engineering our domain s IT Architecture. This included developing program and project governance models
• Standing up the architectural repositories for artifacts, defining elements of the project architecture, communication plans, change management, escalation, and stakeholder planning. Other activities included making assessments and or recommendations regarding new cloud computing technologies considering the Digital
• Thread for Team Center PLM. Technologies included, DaaS, IaaS, PaaS, IoT, API, DevSecOps, Git, Docker containerization, AI, Machine Learning, Jira Confluence, MaDe, Creo, Capital, and many others. Integration of these technologies required understanding DoDAF, Agile, ToGAF, and UAF methodologies. Senior ERP Engineer Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assisting subject matter experts in depicting their business process models and determining how their current processes will be impacted by future design changes and Web
• Based Cloud Services, via AWS. Lead workshops to define and redefine how the current organizational structure is to be designed. While working at GM I assisted with project management in developing work plans as they relate to delivering long-term results. Gathering data and working with subject matter experts to define data cleaning needs and program strategies.
• Project preparation for the CCPA, California Consumer Privacy Act, data governance. Managing activities of project plan for resource backfill at GM Detroit. Client development for project implementation of Web based accounting and reporting services at Confidential LLC for various clients.

Senior Process Analyst

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with government and IT leaders to ensure business value was delivered from an investment and compliance perspective; with industry standards thus reinforcing the use of City Wide/Best in Breed- Standard Operating Procedures.
• Managed/lead/hired staff of the SOP project team, while providing mentorship, and coaching. Established/developed key performance indicators (KPIs/Balanced Scorecard Framework) to track and assess system performance.
• Led workshops to help drive the gathering of information and providing the necessary direction to ensure timely project completion.

System Engineer Architect Cloud - Technical Manager

Confidential, Troy MI

Responsibilities:

• Assisting clients in the modernization of their business processes for Alpha Systems, SAP, Salesforce CRM and Other Non-SAP systems within the Commercial and Retail loan banking system environments.
• These responsibilities included working with departmental directors/managers and team experts to develop future business processes and their related system interfaces, and Web based Cloud Services.
• Assisted client in managing project efforts to develop our Business Data Glossary (Infosys MDM) as a Technical Manager for Cloud based computing environments. Led multiple workshops to develop/gather requirements and test cases, for Alpha Systems, SAP, Salesforce CRM and Non-SAP future system processes. Developed inputs for Amazon Web Services/Cloud based technologies, and development platforms with Java Web Services Mobility application Technologies, RESTFUL API’s/SOAP /WSDL /XML /SOA. Solution/Enterprise Architect
• Dept of Agriculture/Contractor to Accenture/Continental AutomotiveResponsibilities:
• As manager of the DOA FMMI (Federal Financial Management Initiative) Accenture team, I supported operations in resolving problem tickets, for the core financial A/R, A/P, G/L and human resource areas.
• As solution architect, I supported the Tier 1-3 development teams in reducing outstanding tickets that were difficult to resolve. This was accomplished by lending technical support teams on complex SAP ERP problem configuration items. Ticket counts on this program were reduced by 60 percent for the SAP GL/BW/HR/AP/AR areas. Met with key executives to review business processes to identify areas of process improvement. Evaluated existing technologies and created roadmaps for future business visions. As Consultant I, led teams to revise business processes, and develop business requirements for the automotive, and retail industries for various clients. With the SAP FI/AP Break Fix Help Desk support team at Continental, as lead role in managing multiple projects with the help of an ABAP programmer team in Mexico, for updating the SAP. As SAP Architect my role bridged subject matter experts and project stakeholders to resolve short and long-term system issues as well as plan for strategic revision/development.

Senior Enterprise Architect/Project Director

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As lead member of the FMS (Foreign Military Sales) team, I was tasked as Enterprise Architect, to lead the writing of the SAP Solution Architecture request for proposal (RFP) for vendors. This included the design of architectural strategic visions, defining benchmarking models, performing design reviews, and managing project time estimates. This resulted in the of an enterprise - wide RFP which ensured the efficiency of technological standards. I along with team members configured the SAP Sales/Distribution (SD) and the
• Finance/SAP FI modules for the proof of concept (POC) Center of Excellence (COE). This SAP configured environment was used to test the concepts that were relevant to future business functionality. As an Enterprise Architect of the integration team, I supported the Navy s effort to develop Governance Models, KPI metrics, standard operating procedures, Data Standards, business requirement, test cases and other related support functionality. This included supporting and providing configuration development for business requirements for SAP ECC 6.0 EHP 4.

SAP Senior Enterprise Architect, Director, SAP FICO Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As Director/Domain Lead for the Department of Defense/IBM team, I led the Solution Architect team in utilizing frameworks and methods for delivery of artifacts for the Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA) agency.
• This project was listed as part of President G. W. Bush’s top 10 innovation initiatives, where I directed the project efforts for the Human Resource and Budgeting Teams. As Enterprise Architect, I managed Data Integration to develop methodologies, visions, policies and standards that were used throughout the program to merge existing data models from other data program efforts using the Erwin modeling tool. Recommended various methodologies, (C5ISR/DODAF) frameworks, SOX and modeling techniques.

Chief Information Officer/Chief Financial Officer (Former Board)

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led Public Charter School in financial reporting & policy making as Vice President. Directed the transition from a Private School to a Public Charter State sponsored school as part of a team. Proposed and reviewed budgets. Created policy and established the enterprise systems with the team. Led the audit review committee, and the review of the financial/audit reports team.