Summary of Qualifications

• sap Business Objects SME with over 11 years of Information technology experience including 8 years implementing Business Objects Solutions
• Expertise with setting up fully redundant and failover SAP Business Objects clustered environment.
• Extensive experience in full Business Objects project life cycle of versions 517/WEBI 2.7.3, E651, BOXI, BOXIR2 and BOXI 3.1SP3 , BI4.0 SP2 SP4 Patch12,Patch15 .
• Expertise with all Business Objects toolset Webi, LO, Xcelsius, Crystal 2011,Crystal 2011 Enterprise, BICS, Designer, IDT, Upgrade Management Tool, QAAWS, Explorer .
• Over 6 years of experience executing five large Business Objects implementations.
• Exposure to large projects, following project management methodologies and supervising project team staff, including consultants.
• Expertise with SAP BI architecture design, security, upgrade, migration, software rollout and benchmark testing.
• Ability to deliver short term commitments without sacrificing long-term viability.
• Ability to adapt in a dynamic work environment and make independent decisions.
• Business Objects global deployments expertise.
• Good experience in integrating Business Objects with SAPBW.
• Expertise with configuring BO Enterprise to use SNC to combine user authentication of WinAD with SAP Credentials
• Significant experience providing 24x7 operational support of business-critical software products.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with other operational groups to troubleshoot and resolve Business Objects issues in a timely fashion.
• Expertise with SAP BO Mobile Blackberry iPad Business Explorer on iPad .
• Expert in scaling Business Objects servers according to the usage.
• Developed procedural improvements and implemented standards for Business Objects Development, server maintenance, installs and configuration.
• Expertise in Disaster Recovery planning and implementation.
• Excellent team player having strong leadership roles, excellent communication, client interaction and problem solving skills.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, multiple priorities and stretch goals to deliver on the business objectives of the company
• Proven ability to work efficiently on multiple projects simultaneously.

Work Summary

Confidential

Sr .Business Objects Developer

Roles Responsibilities

• Implementation of BI4.0 SP2 SP4 Patch12,Patch15 for 15000 user base.
• Managed up to 4 distinct Business Objects environments with 22 servers Dev,QA,PV,PROD
• Provided technical leadership, vision, and direction for Business Objects Systems, in support of the enterprise's business objectives and requirements.
• Installed, configured, tuned performance supported and administered Business Objects versions 5.17/2.7.3,6.5.1, XR1, XIR2 and XI 3.1 SP3 BI4.0 SP2/SP4 Patch12, Patch15 .
• Implemented fully redundant and failover server infrastructures for Business Objects for North America Zone.
• Integrated Business Objects Enterprise with SAP BW using SAP Integration kit.
• Installed, tested, verified, and deployed full client Business Objects and ZABO modules via SMS push.
• As an Infrastructure SME for Business Objects product suite, provided architectural and strategic direction for the use of Business Objects products.
• Installed and configured SAP BO Mobile for Blackberry iPad deployment.
• Prepared and delivered long-term strategic plan for Business Objects deployment, including standards and guidelines for technical design, based on business goals and input from stakeholders.
• Disaster Recovery DR : Determined DR planning requirements and documented recovery procedures for Business Objects.
• Global coordination and communication of planned upgrades, enhancements and maintenance outage windows in collaboration with Enterprise Infrastructure teams.
• Requirement gathering for new groups coming aboard and setting up the security template.
• Participated in successful annual disaster recovery exercises for Business Objects systems.
• Implemented Active Directory Single sign on configuration in BOXIR1,BOXIR2SP3,BOXI3.1SP3 BI4.0 SP2.
• Implemented LDAP authentication BOXIR2 to bring in users from different AD forest.
• Configured BOXI3.1 system to use multiple AD forests and SNC
• Led SAP Business Objects client tools deployment effort to Citrix.
• Developed and implemented standards for BO Development, Security, system /server maintenance and configuration. Automated routine maintenance tasks as appropriate.
• Designed CMS hot backup procedure without taking system offline.
• Led proof of concept efforts of BO Explorer, BO Mobile, BO Data Services Information Steward.
• Upgraded, tested, verified and deployed new versions and patches for Business Objects.
• Designed and implemented Business Objects Security Configuration.
• Broadcast Agent Scheduler and BCA Publisher Set-Up and Configuration in 5.1.7/E6.5.1.
• Developed best practices and procedures to enhance operational stability of the tools supported.
• Designed/tested Business Objects client tool software bundles and roll out of this bundles to around 4000 users via SMS push.
• Used import wizard and migrated users from E651 to BOXIR2 and BOXIR2 to BOXI3.1 SP3.

Support Monitoring

• Monitoring jobs running on BCA and Publisher.
• Monitoring Business Objects server usage.
• Monitoring Business Objects production environments using MOM, Site scope and Business Objects beta monitoring tool.
• Performance monitoring in collaboration with Enterprise Infrastructure to ensure smooth operation, to identify and resolve performance issues.
• 24x7 Support of the environment for production availability 51.7/E6.5.1 and BOXIR2 SP3 FP3.3 BOXI3.1 SP3.
• Working with Business Objects vendor in getting resolutions for product bugs.
• Provided assistance to Business Objects application groups in troubleshooting issues.
• Monitoring user activity using audit report.
• Security Configuration Assistance and Mentoring in 5.1.7/6.5.1,BOXI, BOXIR2 and XI 3.1.

Upgrade Migration

• Designed and implemented upgrade plan for Business Objects.
• Business Objects upgrade from 5.1.7 systems to 6.5.1 on four server prod cluster.
• Business Objects migration from 5.0 to 5.1 and 5.1 to 5.1.7.
• Installed BOXIR2 on 8 server clusters and moved around 4500 users from E651 to XIR2.
• Coordinated and executed Business Objects migration from XIR2 to XI 3.1 SP3 for North American Zone.
• Designed upgrade path successfully implemented BI4.0 SP2 upgrade.
• Coordinate and implemented Business Objects repository migration to new DB location.
• Installed and Validated Hot fixes and LA Fixes.

Development

• Review usage trends and fine-tuned Universes.
• Oversee the development of detailed analysis, design, build, and testing specifications.
• Created around 60 universes using SAP Non SAP data sources..
• Defined best practices for performance usability of universe.
• Created Business Objects report bursting publications.
• Expertise with Business Objects Reporter, Designer, Supervisor, BCA, BCAP, Auditor, Live Office, BI Widgets and XCelsius.
• In-depth experiences with Enterprise BI Data Presentation Strategy and implementation, adhoc reports, standard reports, dashboard, and KPI solution.
• Created publications for role base bursting.
• Designed self serve password reset utility for Enterprise Authentication.
• Designed and implemented replication procedure for user preferences.
• Developed Excel SDK to pull information on Scheduled Jobs and User Groups.
• Created audit reports based on Activity universe to track usage of the BO universe/reports, capture server usage metrics.

Mentoring

• Mentored users on new features in latest versions of Business Objects.
• Trained users on E651, XIR2 , XI 3.1 and BI4.0 security.

KPI Management

• Ensured business critical BO environments SLA's are met.
• Consolidated BO environments to reduce BO foot print which resulted in Operational cost savings.
• Successfully managed and led 4 Business Objects upgrades and company's divestiture program for Business Objects environment.
• Monitored service level agreements to maximize value to the business. Made recommendations on buy vs. build decisions.
• Worked on cross-functional projects. Partnered with business customers to understand business needs and requirements to provide recommendations and improvements to processes, projects and services.
• Managed priorities and setting expectation for new projects/stack holders coming on board to BI environments.

Technical Skills