SUMMARY

• Accomplished Senior SAP Basis Administrator with more than 20 years of Basis R/3 and NetWeaver technical experience; specializing in the design, planning, support and deployment of global SAP implementations.
• Successfully held several leadership roles, implementing SAP at multiple Fortune 100 & 500 companies. Highly experienced working in Contracting, Consulting and Perm employment opportunities.
• Lectured at seminars worldwide for the SAP Professional Journal, interviewed by technical publications, including Computerworld magazine. Prior Government Security Clearance held.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Industries: Biotech, Pharmaceuticals, Public Sector, Apparel, Aerospace, Manufacturing

Databases: Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, Informix, Access, DB2

OS: WINDOWS, Linux, UNIX, HP - UX, SUN SOLARIS, AIX

Software: SAP HANA, Basis, NetWeaver, Confidential, Java, BI, PI, ECC, Cloud, BOBJ

Technical Management: Managed large SAP technical teams consisting of US and offshore Basis professionals; perform IT budgeting, cost analysis, software vendor selection and project forecasting; conduct personnel reviews and provide the daily management of SAP technical direct reports

SAP NetWeaver Components: ECC 5.0, ECC 6.0, HRIS, Solution Manager, J2EE, NetWeaver 2004s, Portals, XI, SLD, APO, JAVA, SRM, SCM, CUA, 4.7 Enterprise, BW, FI/CO, MM, PP, SAPGUI, TMS, BI 7.0, PI 7.0, EP 7.0, HR and HCM (ESS/MSS/e-Recruit), Adobe

Batch Schedulers / Third Party Software: Redwood, Autosys, Control M, UC4, Tivoli, Wiley, Vertex, Veritas, Realtech

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Denver, CO

Senior SAP Basis Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provide Senior level SAP Basis and Security contracting support for Lumber Liquidators on the East Coast, remotely from my home office located in Denver, CO.
• Serve as primary support for BI, Security and production support for Lumber Liquidator’s entire landscape consisting of BI, Security, MDM, and GRC for Portals
• Complete ECC enhancement pack 7 upgrade and upgrade of BW from 7.2 to 7.4
• Perform BI, BW, and ECC performance tuning
• Maintain and create new SAP Security roles, authorizations and profiles
• Evaluate SAP HANA for a large BW migration and implementations of future projects

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Senior SAP Basis Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance and leadership in the areas of issue troubleshooting and resolutions, maintenance, SAP security technologies and system architecture / product roadmap design
• Participate in the Project planning and delivery, production support, monitoring, SAP Software upgrades, support packs and performance tuning of SAP Environments, ensuring the efficient and secure operation of the SAP systems
• Evaluate enterprise-wide SAP application systems and develop detailed analysis reports and recommendations for business critical systems
• Research and implement solutions for Basis functionality in the areas of performance monitoring, tuning, and systems configuration
• Implement best practices guidance on all SAP Basis and Administration related tasks
• Provide technical support for integrating SAP with various internal applications, including HANA

Confidential, Englewood, CO

Principal SAP Basis Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Provide mission critical Basis technical support of several ongoing SAP Global Implementations
• Maintain multi-landscape environments through client copies, system refreshes, and transports
• Implement, design and develop complex SAP technical solutions utilizing SAP Best Practices
• Administrate Redwood batch scheduling for large volume background processing in ECC, BW

Confidential, Centennial, CO

Senior SAP Basis Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Led the installation and upgrade of new dimensional SAP systems to meet expanding business requirements including Installation of Dual stack/SID (ABAP/Java)
• Provided technical administration for SAP web application environment as it relates to Biller Direct 6.0, Internet Sales 5.0, TDMS, and NWDI
• Maintenance of multi-landscape environments through client copies, system refreshes, and transport management on RedHat / Linux, UNIX and Windows SAP environments
• Setup Federated portal network and perform Netweaver java, Portal administration
• Configured and maintained SLD, SOA, XI adapters, and CTS+ for systems based on dual stack
• Setup Integration planning, Broadcaster with PreCalculation, BI Web, Xcelcius, BO-XI, and BI Admin Cockpit
• Implemented single sign-on (SSO) solution for portal, backend (R/3 and BI) systems, and Business Objects enterprise
• Interfaced to Third party technologies such as Vertex, Business Objects, Redwood CPS, Wily Introscope; Administered batch scheduling using Autosys, Control M and UC4
• Researched and implemented solutions for Basis functionality in the areas of performance monitoring, tuning, and systems configuration using SAP Best Practices
• Contributed technically to team objectives and managed the offshore Basis group
• Provided Basis technical support to ABAP developers, functional teams, DBA, Help desk support personnel, and other support groups to resolve system issues
• Provided assistance in developing and implementing proper GRC security measures in order to provide data integrity and confidentiality of information
• Evaluated enterprise-wide SAP application systems and developed detailed analysis reports and recommendations for business critical systems
• Participated in 24x7 SAP Basis on call rotation support

Confidential, Broomfield, CO

Technical Services Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided comprehensive support on all Confidential products and Cloud Technology
• Trained extensively on ESX, ESXi, vCloud, VM’s, EMC, vShield, vSphere, Virtualization

Confidential, Broomfield, CO

SAP NetWeaver Basis Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Provided comprehensive Basis support on SAP Windows, SQL Server, RedHat / Linux
• Extracted critical customer data from SAP tables for use in mobile devices
• Trained client’s technical staff on SAP maintenance of production environment
• Performed system checks and monitoring tasks to maintain health of SAP system

Confidential, Louisville, CO

SAP Technical Writer

Responsibilities:

• Authored revised addition to my book entitled Basis Administration for SAP
• Submitted technical writing and business proposals to prospective book publishers
• Researched information on SAP’s NetWeaver platform and new emerging technologies

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Senior SAP NetWeaver Basis Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Supported large SAP technical teams consisting of US and offshore Basis professionals
• Performed system upgrades, installed support packs, troubleshooting, client copies
• Provided mission critical enterprise support on massive Global ERP Implementation
• Supported enhancement pack application, system refreshes, performance tuning, TMS
• Administered Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, RedHat / Linux, Windows, Autosys, UC4
• Responsible for Solution Manager configuration, security and authorizations
• Assessed impact of new SAP releases to current system landscape environments

Confidential, Longmont, CO

SAP Basis Lead/Principal IS Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performed upgrades and 24X7production support of SAP Global Implementation
• Provided support of NetWeaver Basis, HCM, MM, SD, PP, FI, CO, J2EE, and Portals
• Administrated SAP security, Autosys, Control M, UC4 batch schedulers, Sol Man
• Responsible for troubleshooting, performance, instance copies of databases, TMS
• Streamlined maintenance procedures for Windows, SQL Server and SAP environments

Confidential, Folsom, CA

Senior Oracle DBA

Responsibilities:

• Collected performance data and availability metrics for mission critical Oracle services
• Setup monitoring of production Oracle 9i databases, file systems, and application
• Supported staging, development, production, and QA Oracle environments
• Performed root-cause analysis of recurring issues; SQL, PLSQL and database tuning

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Senior SAP Basis Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provided troubleshooting, security administration and SOX compliance measures
• Supported SAP 4.6C and 4.7 Enterprise during Global ERP Implementation
• Performed system refreshes, performance tuning and monitoring, TMS procedures
• Administered Microsoft SQL Server; trained offshore Basis teams on SAP R/3

Confidential, Sacramento, CA

SAP Basis Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Supported large SAP technical teams consisting of US and offshore Basis professionals
• Provided SAP technical leadership and direction for large global SAP implementations
• Established policies and procedures for SAP system security and user management
• Supported integration testing and performed issue resolution of critical issues

Confidential, Sacramento, CA

SAP Basis Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Supported large SAP technical teams consisting of US and offshore Basis professionals
• Developed security metrics; applied hot package, OSS notes and database patches
• Supported SAP 4.0B to 4.6C upgrade on TRU64 UNIX platform during implementation
• Maintained Government Security Clearance with the FBI and local law enforcement

Confidential, Beaverton, OR

Senior SAP Basis Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Supported SAP 4.6C to 4.7 upgrade on HP-UX UNIX platform during implementation
• Administered Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server database, resolved critical issues
• Performed SAP Business Connector support, IXOS archiving, correction and transport

Confidential, Roseville, CA

Senior SAP Basis Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Supported SAP 4.5B to 4.6C upgrade on HP-UX platform with Informix database
• Performed BW and APO installation and configuration; security administration
• Developed SAP archiving, backup, disaster recovery and high availability procedures