SUMMARY:

• Senior SAP Basis Management professional actively seeking a suitable position, coming with 25 years in IT industry, of which 19 years are in SAP and 16 years as a Senior Managing consultant at IBM. Most recent positions include SAP BASIS Lead and Senior Solutions Architect.
• Various roles as Project Manager, Managing Consultant, Solutions Architect, Technical Manager, Team Lead etc., with 3 full SAP life cycle implementations, complete Go - Live projects, and SAP OSDB migration.
• Possess in depth knowledge of SAP Basis (SME), SAP BI, Xi, PI, SAP CRM, SAP Ariba, SAP Portal, SAP APO and SAP Authorizations, plus SAP HANA installation on AWS environment, AIX and Linux.
• Leading/managing teams of 15+ consultants, extensive involvement in SAP projects and proposals with implemented ASAP methodology for consumer products. Well versed in building and maintaining client/customer relationships, working with both management and technical teams both off-shore and on client site.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

SAP Basis Project Lead/Architect

Responsibilities:

• SAP migration from Shell to new Confidential environment
• New system build of ECC, PI/PO, Solution Manager, BOBJ and BW systems for Confidential from old Shell system via system refresh
• SAP production sizing and landscape architecture
• Systems readiness for integration/interface testing
• Implemented many SAP Modules with the functional team like HCM, SD, HR, FICO.
• Managed SAP Basis team both onsite and offshore.
• Ariba implementation on Development, Quality and Production systems
• Ariba setup with CI7/8 in ECC EHP7 SP8 and PI 7.4
• Monitoring/maintaining SAP performance during integration testing and dry run activities
• Third party installations such as Biztalk, Workforce, Informatica
• Management of cutover and dry run activities
• SAP Authorization roles setup, SAP security Audit and GRC setup.

Confidential

Technical Manager / Senior Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Delphix Virtualization environment in MSSQL and Oracle
• Assignments with various Delphix Clients: HP, YellowPages, GraceNote, Confidential, Mizuho, Dell
• Setup SAP on Linux environment, setup of SAP on Delphix and SAP HANA installation on AWS Cloud for Delphix
• Designed Delphix Converged System proposal for HP
• Technical experience with VMware, vSphere 5.x setup and configuration, Storage performance, Network performance and testing
• Configuration of VMWare best practice solutions and vSphere 5.x environment and validation of VMWare settings for Delphix servers
• Testing of storage and network IPERF for analysis of storage grade and network performance
• Infrastructure Architecture sizing at Storage, Network and VMware level
• Worked on AWS cloud to implemented SAP on windows and Linux.
• Performed database migration on AWS cloud and setup SAP Landscape for testing.
• Database sizing to facilitate migration of database from physical storage to Virtual in Delphix environment
• Use of Delphix Masking tool and Jetstream to help SAP System Refreshes and migrations
• Work very closely with Technical Project, who provides all detailed project plan and coordination on individual task items

Confidential

SAP Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Multiple upgrade projects including PI 7.3 upgrade
• ECC6 EHP4 to EHP7 upgrade on Windows 2008 and SQL 2008 platform
• SAP APO EHP3 and Live Cache 7.0 installation
• Configuration and set up for LiveCache backup
• Client Strategy, System Architecture, transport and backup strategy documentation
• SAP Solution Manager Configuration for upgrade and landscape maintenance
• Support and troubleshoot daily end user issues, meetings with client
• Analysis of client requirements- propose SAP packages suitable for clients business needs

Confidential, St Louis

SAP Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for new SAP ECC6.0 EHP9, SRM, CRM and, BI 7.3 implementations in Windows 2010, SQL 2012.
• Reviewed/analyzed project plans, project status, communicate to client’s SAP project teams and senior management to aid client decision on whether to pursue SAP technology and/or merge with JD Edwards.
• Analyzed business case requirements to propose SAP packages suiting client business needs.
• Worked on blueprint phase with IBM partner on technical architect side for preparing SAP proposal for client.
• Proposed a migration strategy from Nestle Power Bar to Confidential cloud environment.
• Created SAP technical design and Architecture documents to help IBM for its new proposal.
• Troubleshoot end user issues, meetings with team/client management.
• Mostly focused on helping our IBM cloud team with SAP sizing, landscape options, and SAP new release compatibility with current JD Edward landscape.

Confidential

SAP Technical Manager

Responsibilities:

• Completed SAP Upgrade, SAP Go-Live Implementation for Confidential .
• Managed both onsite and offshore SAP Basis teams during the go live implementation.
• Provided Basis support to project team in SAP implementation.
• Built SAP landscape with ECC, BI, PI, EP BOBJ 4.0 with Apache, DMS, TREX etc for Go-Live
• Worked on SAP ECC6 EHP6 on Linus and db2 environmane.
• Installed and configured Solution Manager 7.1
• Setup of System alerting and monitoring
• Setup Service Desk & IT Service Management
• System Landscape Directory installation and setup

Confidential, Wash D.C

Senior Technical Architect / Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked SAP implementation phase and developed architecture strategy and SAP proposal for client.
• Created Architecture landscape presentation to show the SAP best practice VS client’s requirements.
• Drafted Client System and Client Landscape Strategy document
• Performed SAP and database installation on MS SQL 2012 environment.
• Installed and configured Solution Manager 7.1 on MS SQL 2012 and Windows 2012

Confidential

Senior Technical Architect /Basis Lead

Responsibilities:

• Aided CP building multiple SAP systems (consisting of environments, applications & components) and supported their Release plan for multiple themes.
• Managed IT team consisting of 18 team members both onsite and off-shore in India.
• Provided technical recommendations during system build
• Worked closely with the client during multiple and complex system landscape builds including SAP landscape build and delivered it in timely manner
• Worked closely with the client and Basis team, providing technical directions based on the client requirement

Confidential, MN

SAP Cutover Lead

Responsibilities:

• Managed SAP CRM Release Upgrade project for Go-Live with BI, PI, ECC, SRM, GTS and MDM
• Managed SAP Basis cutover tasks during the pre and Go-Live activities and coordinated with other groups
• Worked on F5 Load balancer Architecture for WebGui, data migration from JD Edward to SAP and Patch upgrade activities
• Data load conversion and monitored load performance activities
• Managed regression testing in test environment

Confidential, NY

Senior SAP Architect

Responsibilities:

• Designed system checklist and implemented a process for managing SAP systems performance.
• Managed SAP ECC6, BI, BIA System Performance and Tune the system as per SAP recommendations
• Designed SAP CHaRM for SAP transport system
• Troubleshoot BIA Performance issues that was causing the system to go down frequently
• New system release strategy and system health checklist
• Implemented Technical Archiving, worked on TDMS and HANA initial drafts.

Confidential, Houston

OS/DB Migration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Huge scale SAP Migration Project for oil company Confidential .
• Migration of ABAP and JAVA systems from Sun Solaris/oracle 10 to IBM AIX /oracle RAC 11g environment.
• Migration of over 180 SAP servers from current Atos Datacenter to an IBM data center. A very complex project that had not been previously attempted at this level of difficulty by IBM or SAP. Involved migrating from Solaris to AIX 6.1 with GPFS, and migrating from Oracle 10g to 11g with Oracle RAC and SAPCTL.
• Used ASAP methodology also conducting high availability tests which involved fail over of Oracle RAC and SAP as per provided script. Assist in troubleshooting issues.

Confidential, NY

SAP Project Lead / SAP Managing Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on IBM internal Software Group and Micro Chip Division project as a SME/Project lead for Go-live Releases
• Managed IT team both onsite and off-shore in India.
• Performed System upgrade from SAP 4.7 to ECC6
• Worked on Enterprise Portal Go-live implementation for IBM HRMS
• Worked on ABAP and JAVA stacks components installation and configuration, ie NW 04s, GTS, Solution Manager 4.0, XI 3.0 & PI 7.0.
• Performed system tuning and database reorg for XI systems.
• Upgraded JAVA Version and applied sp-stacks using JSPM & SDM.
• Installed, configured and upgrade web dispatchers, NWDI & creating NWDI tracks for developers.
• Managed Users, Roles and Authorizations in ECC, Portals, ABAP and J2EE Environments.
• Performed system refreshes, client copies and apply support packages and fixes and overall system tuning.
• Installed and configured SLD in JAVA and ABAP SAP landscape.
• Configured Maintenance Optimizer for Solution Manager 4.0 system to support the download support packages from SAP Service Marketplace & monitoring for ABAP and Java systems.
• Configured Single-Sign SSO and SSL configuration.

Confidential, Chicago

SAP Implementation Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Technical Team lead for an express full life cycle implementation for Go-live.
• Created project plan for Go-Live and implemented
• Built SAP ECC, SCM and BI landscape for go-live
• Worked on database migration from one hardware to another hardware
• Migrated data from legacy system to SAP on AS/400 platform.
• Worked on SAP ECC6, BI7.0,CRM 7, SCM 5.0 and ICH on AS400 environment
• Installed and configured Enterprise portal 7.0 with XI landscape
• Troubleshoot problems for pre and post Go-Live and provided production support for post Go-Live.

Confidential (New York)

Project Lead /Managing Consultant SAP Basis

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a project lead for Portal Go-live implementation also involved in ECC6 and BI upgrade.
• Used ASAP and SDLC methodology
• Installed and configured Enterprise Portal 7 SP12 on AIX 5.3/DB2, XI, Solution Manager Diagnostics and NWDI
• Upgrade SAP R/3 4.6 to ECC6 and SAP BW 3.5 to BI 7.0 with JAVA.
• Worked and maintained user role/profiles and troubleshoot on going R/3, BW & Portal issues
• Performed systems tuning to enhance performance
• Performed Systems refreshes, systems backup and table reorganizations. Provided on call support 24/7

Confidential, San Francisco

Project Lead, Senior SAP Basis Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Technical lead on SAP R3 and BW project.
• Worked on SAP R/3 4.7, SCM 5.0, BW 3.5, SEM & NW EP
• Worked on SAP non-Unicode to Unicode conversion and Implemented SAP NW XI component.
• Managed on-going SAP support engagements with my client to assure projects meet quality standards and manage client requirements and expectations to assure timely delivery

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Worked on SAP R/3 implementation Go-Live for Confidential .
• Developed project plans for the upper management.
• Worked on SAP R/3 4.6C with Oracle 8/9i database on both AIX/NT environments.
• Worked as an oracle dba along with SAP Basis.
• Successfully completed Oracle upgrade from 8 to 9i.
• Performed SAP R/3 installation/configuration, client copies/imports/exports, distributed system (ALE) configuration/monitoring, data archiving, data backup/retrieval.

Confidential, Park Ridge, NJ

SAP Lead Technical Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Technical project lead on the R/3, APO and BW implementations on ZOS Db2, AIX.
• Analyzed and troubleshoot SAP R/3 problems and performance.
• Performed System refreshes, Client Copies, Kernel, Support Packages, SPAM, LiveCache and COM routines upgrade.

Confidential, NY

SAP Basis Administrator/System Specialist

Responsibilities:

• SAP Basis Administrator
• SAP support project