SAP BPC | Training and Development | Microsoft | NetWeaver

Experienced working with diverse groups of people and business cultures. In-depth understanding of emerging technologies and their practical applications. Developing business intelligence solutions in interaction with multiple computer languages and software applications. Strong initiative, self-motivated, and committed to producing a quality product. Learns quickly, communicates well, and works effectively in a high energy ever-changing environment. Certified Technical Trainer, Business and IT faculty, MS Organizational Leadership, Masters in Business Administration, and BS Engineering with focus on software engineering and development. Pending BW certification..
Core Competencies

• Database Management
• Reporting Design & Development
• Input Schedules
• Process Efficiency
• Business Process Flows
• Training/Development
• VB/VBA
• SQL Server/SSIS
• BPC Admin
• Transformation & Conversion
• MDX and Logic
• Process Improvement
• Cost/Benefit Analysis
• R/3 ABAP/4
• Dimensions/hierarchies/properties
• Currency Translation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SAP Business Planning & Consolidation Developer 2011 - 2011
Confidential, Irving, Texas
Applied functional and technical knowledge of Business Objects Planning & Consolidation (BPC) along with financial planning, budgeting and consolidations to business processes to deliver performance management and reporting solutions. Provided system implementation methodologies during requirements gathering, design, build/test and deployment.

Key Responsibilities and Achievements:

• Clients supported: Pacific Drilling and Century Link
• Created design documentation, procedures, training material
• Integrated BPC with accounting and finance processes and organizations.
• Created and maintained dimensional hierarchies and properties.
• Designed and built complex Input Schedules and Reports
• Support and troubleshoot post go-live

SAP Business Planning & Consolidation Developer 2008 - 2011
Confidential, Atlanta, Georgia
Partnered with customers to successfully implement consolidation, planning and forecasting solutions that combine software and business process best practices. Clients include: Confidential
Key Responsibilities and Achievements:

• Knowledge of SAP BPC Microsoft and Netweaver platforms
• Experience in financial planning, forecasting, process reengineering
• Built reports for end-users throughout the organization
• Developed input schedules for data capture
• Built a training program to support company-wide implementation of 800+ users worldwide
• Build and deliver training to "planners" as well as training "power" users in becoming both functional and technical plan administrators
• Interacted closely with business Team Leads/Support
• Provided best practice and expertise during design, testing, cutover and go-live support
• Application configuration based on design document
• Reported and acted on potential delays and issues
• Communicated system implications on business processes
• Developed and implemented an Advanced EVDRE training courses for Business users
• Met Aggressive timelines
• A majority of the reports built passed testing with few issues
• Consistently met and exceeded Client expectations

SAP R/3 ABAP Developer - Bill Print 2005 - 2008
Confidential, Augusta, Maine
Lead contact for SAP Programming Bill Print. Primary role is to sustain critical systems availability targets for SAP and Bill Print on time delivery of 1.5 million invoices per month. Troubleshoot and resolve out-of-balance and other production issues related to customer invoices. Consistently achieved 95% system availability, 98% batch processing success rate, and 99% Bill Print delivery. Job responsibilities involved strategizing ways to prevent recurring issues using root cause analysis tools to ensure consistent and reliable service for our customers.
Key Responsibilities and Achievements:

• Supported bill print, which invoiced more than 60,000 customers each day.
• Programming and debugging code that supported customer invoices
• Actively involved in the development for SAP implementations, production support, enhancements and upgrade projects
• ABAP/4 Workbench tools for developing custom functionality
• Data Dictionary, Application Hierarchy, Transport Organizer, Transactions
• Developed enhancements to meet evolving business rules using BADI.
• Created Transactions using Screen Painter, ABAP/4 and Menu Painter.
• Developed process standards

Faculty - Business and IT 2005 - 2011
Confidential, Phoenix, Arizona
Dynamic, dedicated, resourceful, and student-centered on-line facilitator. Courses: Management of Information Systems, Political, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Business, Supervision and Leadership, Organizational Theory and Behavior, Critical Thinking, and International Business.

Tax Associate 2007 - 2008
Confidential, Brunswick, Maine
Preparing complete and accurate tax returns, introducing clients to and offering other H & R Block financial products and services with the goal of helping clients achieve their financial objectives. Job requires building and maintaining effective organizational and client relationships.

Software Applications Engineer (Enterprise Applications) 1998 - 2006
Confidential, Portland, Maine
This lead position was responsible for many aspects of the design and development of business solutions as part of Nichols' overall strategy towards advanced systems operations. Used object-oriented technologies such as VB/VB.NET to build custom development solutions. Focused on improving operations performance and strengthening overall quality initiatives. Responsible for the designed and development of a number of custom in-house applications to improve operations for both office and manufacturing environments. A portfolio of these projects is available upon request. Piloted several major IT projects and developed and maintained Nichols' intranet using HTML, ASP, DHTML, CSS and SQL Server.

CAE Systems Engineer (CAD Applications)
Responsible for CAD technology assessment, configuration, setup, testing, upgrades, productivity tools, troubleshooting, and maintenance. Customized, enhanced, and integrated CAD with other applications using Visual Basic, VBA, SQL, SQL Server, Scripting, and AutoLisp. Developed a massive data collection effort to integrate digital drawings with workflow and customer databases. Provided support for CAD technology end-users and more than 40,000 custom drawings.

Software Applications Engineer (Enterprise Applications) 1988 - 1998
Confidential, Bath, Maine
Developed Oracle applications. Implemented Y2K conversion and testing for Cobol applications. EMS (Engineering Management Systems) Applications Developer (SQL, VB and Access). CAD Technical Support AutoCAD Help Desk support for designers and engineers. Customization of AutoCAD using LISP and C++.

Corporate Training Coordinator/Trainer
Recognized for success as the company's only Certified Technical Trainer specializing in AutoCAD and UNIX on SunOS, Solaris and Novell operating Systems. Wrote curriculum, designed, prepared, and conducted workshops and training sessions for UNIX and AutoCAD user groups to teach shortcuts and point out lesser-known features to improve day-to-day productivity. Wrote a training guide of over 1000 pages for users and used this guide to conduct training sessions. Trained over 500 employees (company has 11,000 employees).

Master of Science Organizational Leadership
Master of Business Administration
B.S. Industrial Technology
Certification & Technical Proficiencies
Currently working toward achieving BW Certification (Dec 2011)
Certified Technical Trainer (1995)

References available upon request