SUMMARY:

• 23 years of IT and 15 years SAP experience as a Systems Architect and Basis Administration implementation specialist.
• SAP Systems Architect and Basis Team Lead for various SAP R/3 and NetWeaver projects.
• Architect and Basis Team Lead Installation/Upgrade Specialist for SAP America, 2 years.
• Installed R/3 3.1H; 4.0B; 4.6B; 4.6C/D; 4.7(Enterprise); WAS 6.0; 6.10; 6.20; and 6.40; ECC5 and ECC6 (ERP NetWeaver 7.0 and701) installations, both single and dual stacks, on Windows and UNIX (HP UX11 Solaris 2.7; AIX5; and AS400 (V5R4) DB2 DB (with heterogeneous Application Servers on Windows 2003).
• Architected and Installed SCM; LiveCache; PI/XI; BI7.0; Adobe Document Services; Central Monitoring; NetWeaver Administrator; SAP ERP Portals 7;
• Executed 12 R/3 upgrades to 3.1H; 4.0B; 4.5A; 4.5B; 4.6B; 4.6C/D; 4.7 (Enterprise) ECC5; ECC6 on MSWindowsNT; 2000; 2003 and 2005 and HP UX 9 through 11. Upgrades of BW to 2.1C; 3.1; and 3.5; APO to 3.0A; liveCache/Optimizer to 3.0; MSSQL DB migrations to 7.0. Oracle DB upgrades (3) to 8i, 10G and 11G.
• 10+ Oracle dB upgrades/migrations and 2 MSSQL6.5 to 7.0 conversions.
• Familiar with many hardware platforms and system architectures.
• Assisted numerous SAP America customer engagements with pre - sales, configuring and implementation planning (Architecture) of SAP.
• Have also been a participating member of executive steering committees and general executive boards addressing SAP ERP Planning?
• System Architecture, Configuration and Customization.
• Client Management (strategy and maintenance).
• Correction & Transport System (setup, automation, administration, documentation and troubleshooting in the Workbench Organizer and IMG)
• Architecture and Configuration of Central Monitoring using SAP CCMS and third party applications.
• Security (users, profiles & parameters, Roles and Responsibilities, Profile Generator, Structural and Structured-HR)
• Operating System Management: NT40; Win2000; Win2003; WinXP; Win2005; HP UX9-11; Solaris 2.5. Limited AS400/DB2 Administration.
• Spool Management, Batch Job Management, Batch Input Processing, Database Tools for SAP such as SAPDBA, and Oracle SQLDBA, SQLPLUS and SRVMGRM 23 and 30.
• Support of PI/XI; BI7.0; SCM7.0; Solution Manager 7.10.
• Front-end Presentation Server architecture and installation; Logon Workload Balancing configuration.
• Backup and Recovery planning and implementation.
• Performance Trace, Monitoring, Analysis & Tuning.
• ABAP/4 programming (limited), Data Dictionary (limited).
• Performance Optimization (R3 and NT).
• RFC configuration.
• Disaster Recovery and High Availability architecture and configuration.
• Computer Center Management System (CCMS).
• Archiving in R/3 using IXOS and Doculink.
• SAP Online Software Service (OSS).
• BSI and other Tax Middleware implementation/configuration
• Help Desk design (COE).
• Extensive work with troubleshooting Basis problems and FI, HR, SD and MM-PP et al, application problems and configuration.
• Excellent leadership, technical writing, documentation, interpersonal and communication skills.

SAP WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. SAP Basis Administrator

Responsibilities:

• SAP Basis Archiving consultant conducted analyses of Confidential R/3 FI/CO/T&E, BW, SRM, and CFM systems for Archiving.
• Upon completion of 10 week analyses, Archiving project was implemented shortly thereafter.
• Supported multiple clients for FS - RI as SAP Architect for new implementations and Basis Administrative support. Including patching, installation and upgrade of installed base.
• Installed SAP/NetWeaver/BI systems
• Applied Enhancement Packages (EHP4 and EHP5)
• Trained end clients in Support Package and Note applications
• Configured Solution Manager, SLD, and Early Watch Alerts
• Advised on Landscape Architecture
• Led systems performance optimization
• 24/7 off hour support/troubleshooting
• Architected, reinstalled, and configured their ECC6 landscape (incorrectly installed by previous solution provider) and supported their implementation of SAP with multiple Functional modules. Including all Basis/DB/OS
• Trained end client in Change Management and Transport methodologies.
• Architected Application, Database, OS and Network configuration
• Applied Best Practices for Retail

Confidential, Annapolis, MD

SAP Technical Architecture Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed team of 4 Managers and team of 50+ Basis, Development, SAP Security and DBA Leads and Analysts
• Implemented $500M Global Program with 9 Functional Modules and 9 technical landscapes, including Mii/MES (Perfect Plant), HCM (Globally), EMDM, CE, BOBJ, EP, etc.
• Implementing of 20+ Third Party Applications
• Architected, sized and purchased hardware for all of these areas and their respective landscapes. Architected, planned and executed installations and configurations as well as integration to core systems (ECC6) with multiple teams.
• Built technical Center of Excellence (COE) for program and Change Management

Confidential, Oklahoma City, OK

Basis Lead

Responsibilities:

• Architect and implemented their landscape for ERP6.0; HR (Payroll/Benefits) with BSI; FI; ADS
• Platform: ISeries V5R4/DB2 Central Instance with Windows Application Servers
• Applied Support Packages and Add - Ons
• Configured Document Management tools (Adobe)
• Training of Hobby Lobby personnel to Administer SAP

Confidential, Tampa, Florida)

Basis Administration

Responsibilities:

• Planning for Landscape Upgrade with Unicode Conversion
• Installation of QAS and PRD systems
• Configuration of Solution Manager with Early Watch Alerts
• Configure CCMS for Central Monitoring

Confidential, Tampa, FL

IT/SAP Manager

Responsibilities:

• Architect and Basis Lead on multiple upgrade and installation projects, e.g., BW3.5 to BI7.0; R/3 4.C to ECC 6.0; SAP EP and Netweaver Administrator (installation); Solution Manager upgrade and configuration; 170Systems MarkView Imaging software.
• Monitored Complex Landscape Environment for Release Strategy Upgrades and Enhancements.
• Analyzed and tuned Performance Optimization for Application and Database tuning (Windows 2003 Server with SQLSVR7.0)
• Architect and Basis Lead implementation of multiple landscapes/systems
• Installation of ECC6 (MySap ERP 2005); ECC6 IDES; Solution Manager (ECC6)
• Hardware architecture and Application preparation for Implementation of SAP ERP Solutions.
• Interim support with next phase of BW and SCM installations.
• Training of Client personnel in Basis Support tasks.

Confidential, New York, NY

Director, SAP Services (Technical)

Responsibilities:

• Installation of CRM and BI Business Components.
• Installed BBP (5 projects): EZLIFE and EZPHARM
• Activated Web AS Services for Web access for CATTS (Time Sheets).
• Multiple System Refresh/Copies
• Installation and configuration of Solution Manager

Confidential, Tampa, Florida

Basis Project Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Installation/Heterogeneous System Copies to migrate from AIX to Windows2000

Confidential, Shoreview, MN

Project Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Central Monitoring of Import and Export Queues

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead client team in BW3.1 to 3.53 (BI) upgrade.
• Trained client personnel in Basis System Administration

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Project Technical Lead/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Technical Lead/Architect coordinating Data Migration, Interfaces and Business Process Architecture in an R/3 4.7 WAS environment.
• Coordinated Data Migration and Technical Requirements/Planning/Execution of consolidation of acquired ERP systems (MAPICS) to SAP R/3.

Confidential, Mt. Olive, NJ

SAP Basis Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Production Support for over 100 SAP R/3 Systems including BW, CRM, APO instances.
• BW Support included: maintenance of Source Systems; Creation of Partner Profiles; establishing connectivity (RFC) for Source Systems;
• Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning of Data Loads.

Confidential, Bridgewater, NJ

SAP Archtect/Basis Lead

Responsibilities:

• Production Support and Troubleshooting R/3 4.6C on OS390/Zos DB2, HP UX, NT Systems running BW, APO MySap Apps as well as FI/CO, MM, WM, SD.
• BW Support included: maintenance of Source Systems; Creation of Partner Profiles; establishing connectivity (RFC) for Source Systems
• Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning of Data Loads.
• Lead on Upgrade/Configuration of liveCache and Optimizer (APO).