OBJECTIVE

A strategic, focused, and business oriented senior technology manager with 25 years of experience in information technologies. To make a significant technical contribution to a growing/progressive organization in the areas of Oracle applications, EDI and software development.

SUMMARY

• Over 25 years' experience as an IT professional with extensive experience in EDI Project Management, Oracle Development and ERP Integration.
• Visionary IT leader with a track record for defining, building and optimizing best-in-class IT infrastructures and operations.
• Recognized for defining enterprise technology strategies/solutions that reduce costs, improve efficiencies, support organizational goals and maximize the technology investment.
• Highly valued strategic partner at the top management levels
• Proven track record of identifying and understanding business needs for Information Technology.
• Well-rounded knowledge and experience in Enterprise Application Integration EAI and B2B areas
• Extensive experience in managing all aspects of EDI life cycle from the establishment of trading partner relationships to the design and integration of EDI business models.
• Exceptional Project/EDI Management skills, with ERP integration experience.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with senior level executives as well as to work closely with associates on the project team so that the nature of the work is always collaborative with everyone participating in the process.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Resident go-to person and resident expert for analysis and solutions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Gentran EDI Applications, FTP, VAN, UCCnet solutions, Cyclone AS2 Protocol, Salesforce.com CRM
• GENTRAN EDI installation, Gentran Integration Suite GIS /Sterling B2B Integrator, Mapping, Partner Setup, Mail Box Control, Process Control, Archive Control
• Oracle 10g/9i/8i/7.0, SQL, PL/SQL, Procedure and Functions, Pro-Cobol SQL Embedded , MF Cobol, Cobol 74, DMSII, UNIFY, DMS1100
• Oracle Discoverer Reporting, Oracle Forms, Oracle Report Writer, SQL Plus, SQL Loader, DDL, SDDL, ADMLP, MAP, ERGO, CANDE and JCL Commands
• Windows, HP-UX, UNIX, MCP, OS-1100, EXEC 1100, LINUX
• HP 9000, Unisys A Series, Unisys 1100/60 C1, Horizon III
• Microsoft Office Suite Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Access

EXPERIENCE

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 12 years experience in IT. Has over 7 years of various SAP Netweaver Portals Implementation experience. Lead the portal design, configuration and development process for EP. I have advanced knowledge of various programming languages, technologies, and IT infrastructure as well as the ability to work within cross-functional teams from different businesses and various countries in a complex organization.
• STRENGTHS:
• Strong knowledge and experience in deploying, configuring, customizing and implementing various Business Package ESS/ MSS 1.50 ECC-EhP07, Closing Cockpit 1.30, Business Unit Analyst, Assets, Planning, Cprojects 4.0 and SRM 7.0.
• HR Renewal 2.0 Proff of concept.
• Strong SAP Enterprise Portal technical skills including iView/iFrame/Page/Workset/Role design and development
• Expertize in EP Installation and Administration. Upgrade NW Portals to 7.3.
• Expertise in Architecting SAP NetWeaver Portal solutions in version 5/6/7.0/7.3 including SSO, Federated and External facing portal and TREX.
• Support Pack Installation/Performance Monitoring/SAP homogenous/heterogeneous copy/On Call Support /Change Management experience.
• Development experience in Portal KM, Broadcasting and Configuring UWL.
• Installing and working knowledge with NWDI, SLD, DTR, CBS and CTS , including the use of tracks in the NWDI Change Management System CMS , transporting and assembling.
• Create and configure portal content objects like folders, Roles, Worksets, Pages and iViews to meet organization structure and SAP best practices.
• SAP software product installation, configuration, integration, upgrade, and testing services for new projects and on-going maintenance for SAP environments.
• Manage and implement system patches, fixes, OSS notes and upgrades.
• Strong SAP EP, PI, SLD and Solution Manager Experience, Analyze, diagnose, and resolve computing problems involving SAP ECC, BI, SRM, GRC, PI, GTS, Solution Manager 7.1, and EP .
• Architected the integration aspects of backend systems with Portals like SAP ECC 5.0/6.0 EhP4, SRM 7.0, xRPM 4.0, DMS, Solution manager 7.1.
• Very Good analytics skills on issues around Portal , Netweaver Java , SSL/SSO , ESS/MSS, JPSM , SDM, SUM, Adobe Forms and ABAP/Java Webdynpro.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Role : Sr. SAP Portal Consultant

• Customizing launch pad for ESS and MSS.
• Customize, personalize and enhance the Personnel Data, Address, Communication, Bank Information, W-4 and Internal Data ABAP web Dynpro applications.
• HCM-MSS- Home.
• SPRO Configuring Team, Time Recording, Team calendar, Performance and Compensation planning.
• Define Time profile and configure UWL for Time approval By Manager from MSS.
• HCM- Processes and Forms
• Configure Address Change form , Membership Fees form , form which is part of ESS Business Package which uses ISR framework, business workflow and adobe interactive forms.
• Configure personnel File
• Custom Design United Way form for deduction from payroll.
• HCM-Appraisal Document
• Define the Appraisal Template with company code of conduct compliance tasks.
• Define the tab and process configuration to meet company layout and process flow.
• Enhance ABAP WD application to meet custom requirements of company's code of conduct compliance and LSO integration requirements to success factor.

Confidential

Role: Sr. SAP NW Portal Administrator

Project Description

• Upgrade Portal environment 7.0 to 7.3 SPS 6.
• Experiences in installation/configuration Portal in Federated Network environment
• Configure SPNego, Web Dispatcher, SSO and experience with Federated Portal.
• Performed performance tuning on the installed SAP BI JAVA for BI portal as per SAP recommendations.
• Fine tune JVM settings on the SAP J2EE engine.
• Configure Portal Content Directory for performance based on Best Practices
• Configure PCD cache.
• Submit OSS messages and/or research and apply OSS notes or patches recommended by SAP
• Define/configure SMD agents to monitor BI, and Portal in solution manager for weekly EWA review.
• SSO between SAP NW Portal, BI Portal, BOBJ and back end Systems with SAP Logon tickets.
• Installation of business packages including ESS/MSS EHP5.
• Install, upgrade, client copy, quarterly refresh and backup of NW Portals.
• Install and configuration of webdispacter, creating users and monitoring via web interface.
• Trouble shoot JCO connections issues, session management and performance issues.
• Familiar with UME Inspector, PCD Inspector, Config tool , Web Diagtool and VA.
• Configuration and Implementation of CTS between Portal Java stack and Solution Manager 7.1 ABAP stack for portal transports.
• Monitoring various NW Portal system performances from Solution manager 7.1, Review EWA alerts reports weekly, and various other functions in Solution manger work center.
• Upgrade EP 6.4 TO EP 7.3 along with NWDI upgrade and code migration/trouble shoot component build issues.

Confidential

Role: Sr. SAP Portal Administrator HCM ESS/MSS, BI and SRM Portals

• Support of NW EP portals 7.0 SP24 deployment and standard configuration of ESS/MSS Business Package.
• Support of NWDI and configuration of tracks.
• Configuration of CTS solution manager 7.1
• Create iViews, Worksets, R les, Groups.
• Customization of logon page.
• Design, Blueprint for Federated portals.
• Trouble shoot UME, LDAP configuration issues in portals.

Project Description

• SRM 7.0 Shopping Chart Implementation
• Upgrade NW EP and BI protals 7.0 SP 16 to NW 7.0 SP 25
• Quaterly portal refresh from production.
• Configure EWA portal reports in solution manager 7.0
• Create iViews, Worksets, Roles, Groups.
• Portal Installation and production refresh activitys.
• SSO between portal and back end Systems.
• Install/Configure SRM business package including UWL.
• Customizing Application monitoring ABAP web dynpro application.
• Configuration and Impl mentation of CTS between Portal Java stack and Solution Manager 7.1 ABAP stack for portal transports.
• Operate and monitor SAP Netweaver portal production activity nwa .

Confidential

Role: Sr. SAP Portal Consultant

HCM-Talent Management

• Customizing Talent management ABAP Web Dynpro components. Group internal work experiences with change in position, Personnel area and Personnel Subarea.
• Enhance the Education, Internal work exp rience, External work exp rience Tabs.
• Add a costume view to print one pager talent profile by exporting data to pdf form.
• Add custom drop drown in education DC to select the list of schools from the list based on country selection.
• Customized Add external work experience iview to include addition UI elements and hiding standard UI elements.
• HCM- Leave and Time Management
• Customizing of ess lea sap.com Java Web Dynpro applications - LeaveRequest , LeaveRequest Approver and TeamViewer .
• Customizing of ess cat sap.com Java Webdynpro applications - CatDataRecord and CatdataRelease .
• Enhancing the Badi to show factory calendar holidays in Calendar. Change the color and text of Legend in Team Calendar.
• Customizing of ess pdata sap.com Java Webdynpro application - Per Personnel CH .

HCM- Processes and Forms

• Worked as Techno-Functional resource on SPRO configuring and customisation for the following forms- Relocation, Absence Request, Termination and Create Organisationnel Unit.
• Enhanced QISR UI Web Dynpro application to incorportate ABAP Weddynpro form using dynamic programming to replace adobe interactive form for Create Position and Change Position forms.
• Configure Create cost center form which is part of Bussiness Unit Analyst Bussiness Package which uses ISR framework, bussiness workflow and adobe interactive forms.
• Custom impl mentation of Badi HRASR00GEN SERVICE ADVANCED Flush method to add custome relationships for position.

HCM -Flexible Performance Document

• Customized HAP PDF OFFLINE FORM.pdf form to accommodate dynamic overflow of text boxes in to next page and other cosmetic business requirements.
• Enhance Badi HRHAP00 OFFLINE for PDF print functionality.
• Enhancing Web Dynpro components in PAOC HAP DOCUMENT WD UI package. To Validity period defaults to current year if feedback gatherer creates a document during the current year or January to March the following year, Search associate by initials and last name.
• Associate search should be only for direct and indirect reports, Search input provider by initials and last name, the overall due date field that automatically populates the Latest Approver date upon update. The due date can only be changed during the preparation status and Due date cannot be changed after the preparation status and is display status.

HCM-Learning Solution LSO

• Customizing of HCM Learning BSP application. Change the search page layout as per the requirements.
• Customize the training , training group , course program and leso pages as per business requirements including custom functional modules .

Confidential

Project Description

Role: SAP Portals Specialist

• Develop custom user friendly Java Web dynpro applications for PLM solution by presently and updating data from cprojects and SAP R/3 backend systems.
• Analyze functional requirements and perform feasibility analysis.
• Manages technical development performed by onsite and offshore resource.
• Portal content administration including creation and maintenance of iViews based upon multiple sources, creation of pages, roles, work sets, web dynpro administration, and portal content translation.
• Portal integration with SAP and non SAP applications.
• Creation maintenance, user roles and role assignments.
• Gathering and defining requirements, system design and quality assurance, within a defined Software Development Life Cycle methodology.
• Interacted with personnel to gather requirement and business process and work flow.
• Design and Documentation of Technical Specifications.
• Working with staff to define annual goals, evaluate performance, and prepare career development plan.
• Designed folder structure for iview, roles and pages and established naming convention.
• Pro typing in CE 7.1.
• Developed custom Java Web Dynpro applications based on software best practices.
• Created and transported business across different landscapes.
• Monitoring the portal usage, object locking, and theme administration.
• Creating iviews of BI reports and integrating in to portal.
• Integrating BO reports using sdk.
• Portal Java Development Using Netweaver Development Studio.
• Portal security, monitoring the portal usage, objects locking, theme administration.
• Analysis of functional requirements and providing estimates.
• Creating of software components and retrofitting Java web dynpro objects in to NWDI.
• Perform analysis on effects of service pack upgrade on existing application using HTTP Watch.
• Provided technical leadership and direction to cross functional teams operations, sales, marketing, and technology.
• Responsible for Project Management activities including project scheduling and phasing.
• Spearheaded new technology research, product and vendor evaluation.
• Architect, design and lead customization implementation of EDI, Distributed Order Management DOM and interfaces using Sterling products GIS Gentran Integration Suite aka Sterling B2B Integrator
• Architecture design and development in EDI, to include converting business requirements to development with Inbound/Outbound flow charts, data managers, queues, scripting, translation, encryption and communication modules.
• Maintaining an EDI system that has more than 500 partners and processing around 1200 transactions each day and integrated
• with Mainframe Order Processing and Oracle Data warehouse.
• Strong in EDIINT AS1, AS2 Protocol , FTP/SFTP, SMTP, HTTP/HTTPS, UCCnet Solutions.
• Utilized Sterling Commerce Gentran Integration Suite GIS / Sterling B2B Integrator on all platforms.
• Installing GIS in various environments viz. development, test, production, applying patches, managing migration of business processes, configurations from one environment to another.
• Provide day-to-day Gentran Integration GIS / Sterling B2B Integrator administrative support, system tuning and capacity planning.
• Enhanced old business processes, created new ones and manage the promotion through the SDLC.
• Provided business rules and project planning for in-house application technologies
• Configuration, installation and administration of the company's EDI systems install and configure trading partner data and mappings for new EDI documents.
• Write and debug scripts and programs that run the EDI software on WIN/NT servers.
• Create and run test scenarios against mappings to ensure correct operation.
• Maintain daily EDI data communications, quickly resolving exceptions that may arise.
• Working with trading partners to determine requirements for implementing new EDI documents or updates.
• Lead, coordinate and administer key process improvements in both legacy and new Internet based EDI implementations.
• Maps for EDI Formats ANSI X12 4010, 4030, 5010, 5030, 5060 . XML including XPath, DTDs, and XSchema for Data Mapping and Process Models, EDIFACT.
• Review Reports and Log files on a daily basis.
• Verify Successful Communications
• Correct the Mailbox errors OR report to EDI Coordinator OR Report to internal function team
• Work with VAN's to resolve transmission issues and retransmit EDI Documents
• Work with trading partners and internal function teams to troubleshoot data issues and mapping issues.
• Designed and created an interface between custom application and order processing system.
• Led the upgrade process of Oracle database from 8i to 10g including the setup of the 10g Oracle development environment
• Oracle Discoverer Administrator for multiple EUL's production issues.
• Coordinating presentations and workshop sessions and managing tasks.
• Liaising between users and consultants to resolve specific business needs and coordinating technical enhancements of systems and reports.
• Interfacing with users, identifying functional and technical gaps, estimating work, architecting system interactions, designing custom solutions, leading developers and preparing documentation.
• Documented business rules, functional and technical designs, test cases and user guides.

Confidential

• Managed the day-to-day e-commerce technical activities between Home Care Industry and its business
• Customers/ suppliers.
• Provided daily technical support for all EDI activity.
• Worked as an EDI specialist and created more than 500 GENTRAN EDI 810, 850, 860,855,856, 812,820, 816, 864,875,880 maps and partner profile setup.
• Partnered with multiple levels of management to establish effective e-commerce solutions for a variety of company operations.
• Developed and maintained relationships with internal e-commerce users such as Logistics, Vendor Compliance and Accounts Payable.
• Served as a Mentor and Technical Lead for designing, developing and implementing of projects.
• Establishing cross-functional e-commerce systems or processes, standardizing procedures, providing/developing technical training and coaching to identified groups.
• Automated all aspects of Home Care Industry's electronic communications infrastructure.
• Installing GIS in various environments viz. development, test, production, applying patches, managing migration of business processes, configurations from one environment to another.
• Provided administration and support of EDI and related applications to ensure a high level of system integrity.
• Aggressively managed the implementation of new EDI customers and additional services to existing customers.
• Provided high-level departmental and customer EDI support.
• Developed and maintained systems documentation relating to critical EDI information, policies and operating procedures.
• Involved in requirements gathering, functional gap analysis, application design, configuration, module setup, test script generation, preparing training guides, training end users and production support.
• Developed an in-house Oracle 8i data warehousing system by converting data from DMSII database to Oracle database data was populated by using SQL Loader Developed all DDL and DML statements.
• Performing the day to day maintenance of data warehouse.
• Installed and configured Oracle Developer suite environment on Development machine.
• Knowledge of XML, XSLT, XML Schemas, Database creation.
• Created more than 250 matrix reports using Oracle Discoverer.
• Mentored junior programmers in Oracle database design and development.

Confidential

• Led teams of system designers, software developers and testers to project completion.
• Managed various large scale oracle application projects.
• Spearheaded new technology research, product and vendor evaluation.
• Provided technical leadership and direction to cross functional teams, responsible for transformation of legacy systems into oracle.
• Involved in all phases of software development lifecycle - analysis, design, technical specification, database architecture, programming, testing, implementation system maintenance and support.
• Drive the analysis and requirements activities associated with a given project or initiative and design the specifications.
• Designed, developed prototype forms, reports in Oracle and developed all the major modules in the ERP system.
• Responsible for creating and validating data and loading it to Oracle tables.
• Coded various Pro-Cobol programs and procedures.
• Coded database triggers to audit various databases.
• Created and debugged various kinds of Database objects including PL/SQL procedures and functions, tables, triggers, constraints etc. to support various areas of development as well as maintenance and support of the Application.
• Conducted training sessions for users.

Confidential

• Responsible for preparation of process specifications, perform user department requirements, process modeling, planning/scheduling/monitoring of the project and fine-tuning of the application and maintenance.
• Involved in the development of various systems.
• Prepared functional specifications and coordinated software development for major modules.
• Debugged and unit tested software prior to implementation.
• Provided technical support and maintained the software.