SUMMARY:

• Over 25 years of SAP implementation experience working in a variety of lead and project management roles
• Specializing in salvaging failing data migration efforts by removing process, organizational and technical barriers in order to forge a path towards success
• Keen awareness of the need to mobilize business resources in support of data cleansing and validation efforts
• Strong organizational, leadership and communication skills
• Extensive technical and functional knowledge in: MM, SD, FICO, Purchasing, PP, PM, WM & IM
• Broad industry exposure to: aerospace, automotive, oil & gas, cable/mills, retail, high tech, chemical, biotech, pharma, medical devices, DOD, discrete and process manufacturing, distribution and publishing

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:

ERP Applications: SAP ECC, SAP CRM, SAP SRM, SAP APO, SAP BW, SAP MDM, S/4 HANA

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access

Development & Integration Tools: ABAP/4, SMARTFORMS, Business Objects Data Services (BODS), LSMW, ALE, IDOC, BAPI, Winshuttle, Pipeline Pilot, Proteus, iTransit, Fiori, Workflow

Data Quality Tools: Business Objects Information Steward, Trillium

ALM: SolMan, HPQC

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

SAP Data Migration Lead

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated the completion of the conversion design for material master, banks, outline agreements and others
• Designed and developed a de - duplication tool / process to harmonize customer business partners within a complex business model
• Performed data analysis and profiling for customer, vendor and material masters
• Developed ETL to migrate customers, vendors and materials (and others) using BODS & LSMW

Confidential, Greenville, SC

SAP Cutover Lead

Responsibilities:

• Developed cutover plan to track and manage business, technical and data migration activities
• Met with business stake holders and functional leads to capture detailed cutover activities
• Worked with the team to define manual work around procedures for all process areas impacted by the business shutdown.
• Led the team through the Mock cycles as well as Cutover to production for an S/4 HANA implementation
• Facilitated daily issue and status meetings for cutover activities
• Communicated daily issues and status to the project team and weekly reports to executive sponsors
• Provided input on the readiness of data migration to the project stakeholders for the Go/No Go process

Confidential, Arlington, VA

SAP Data Governance Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Led the analysis and data profiling efforts for customers, accounts and contacts
• Identified data quality issues and defined procedures for remediation and cleansing
• Developed mitigation plans for data cleansing issues, as wells as tracked and managed the progress of the business in resolving those issues
• Established the data governance policies and procedures for managing the creation and maintenance of customers and contacts

Confidential, Fort Wayne, IN

SAP Data Migration & Cutover Lead

Responsibilities:

• Turned around a failing Data Team within 10 weeks of Go Live & shepherded the team to a successful cutover
• Facilitated the completion of conversion design for customers, vendors, materials, BOM, routings as well as 50 other master and transaction data objects
• Assessed overall data quality and mobilized the business around the critical data cleansing needs
• Took over the conversion development for many of the key data objects such as (Business Partners, Materials, ECN, Vehicles, Equipment, BOM, Open Sales Order & PO’s, Open AP & AR and many others) using BODS
• Migrated Business Partners (customers and vendors via ALE) into an S/4 HANA instance
• Established processes and approaches to be used across the team for the remaining implementations

Confidential, Louisville, KY

SAP Integration / Development Lead

Responsibilities:

• Provided development leadership and support for the integration of a newly acquired business unit; interfacing and converting FICO, MM, SD master and transaction data
• Implemented enhancements to support QR codes for RF scanners
• SMARTFORMS development for country specific invoices
• Developed GL, FX & AR extracts from SAP to support CADENCY financial consolidation software

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Manager of Master Data Governance / Center of Excellence

Responsibilities:

• Built a Data Governance Center of Excellence for a Laboratory IT consulting firm
• Responsible for hiring, and mentoring the next generation of MDM consultants for the firm
• Provided leadership and direction to the Data Conversion teams on all active projects: Activities included assisting the Data Leads in planning and estimation, facilitating design sessions, data analysis and profiling, cutover planning and all activities in between
• Led Data Governance initiatives assisting biotech clients in defining the universe of R&D data within which they work: Defining and harmonizing taxonomies and instituting policies and procedures for validating and managing master data
• GxP certified

Confidential, Secaucus, NJ

SAP Global Data Migration

Responsibilities:

• Architected the strategy and approach of the Data work stream for a global S/4 Hana implementation which included CRM (On-Premise and C4C), SRM, MDM and MDG
• Managed a team of 15 Business Objects Data Services (BODS) programmer/analysts from Blue Print through Realization
• Facilitated design sessions for many of the complex conversion solutions such as projects, opportunities, business partners (customer and vendor), contacts, WIP, contracts and open AP & AR
• Mobilized and supported remote business resources in data cleansing and validation working in regional HUBs in Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Toronto, Tokyo, and Zurich