Summary

• Significant experience in assisting global IT organizations implement IT strategy in ERP / Data Warehouse / Business Intelligence, Upgrades, Data Conversion, Outsourcing, Offshore delivery and outstanding track record of meeting very aggressive timelines and budgets

Healthcare, Insurance, Telcom, Finance, Industrial Manufacturing, Automotive dealership, Consumer Goods and Retail, Travel Management, Engineering and Construction, Advertising, IT Services.

Confidential, USA (Nov '12 to present)
IT Consultant

• Performance tuning of the process along with SAP BW upgrade to 7.3
• Reduction in load times by a factor of 6 in SAP BW
• Design and implementation of Productivity Cubes, multipriders with HR and Logistics
• Implemented solutions based on APD, external data
• Interface with Excelsius and Business Objects for dashboard design and implementation
• Defining KPIs, Functional specifications, technical specifications, query development, testing and deployment
• Consultations on implementing Aggregates, Partitions etc.

Confidential, USA (Feb - Oct '12)
IT/ BW Manager / Consultant

• Managed AFS BW implementation for TOMS from concept to go live
• Managed the BW / Business Objects / BPC team
• Presented on SAP BW concept, tools, implementation methodology etc
• Implemented BW related FI,AP,AR,CO, SD, MM, Purchasing, external data input etc including defining KPIs, Functional specifications, technical specifications, testing and deployment
• Designed Multi Providers, Infocubes, Infopackages, DTPs, Process chains, Transformation, BexQueries, Aggregates, Partitions etc.

Confidential, USA (Jan '10 to January '12)
IT/ BW Consultant

• Managed SAP BW consultants, data architect, administrator
• Performed initial configuration of new BI landscape including defining source systems for R/3
• Involved in Data Modeling, Data Extraction, Data Loading, Scheduling, Monitoring.
• Functional consulting in SAP BW, MM, SD, FI
• Proficient in data modeling using BW extended star schema models
• Worked in SAP Business Warehouse development, Administration
• Spearheaded the adoption of PMO governance, policies, procedures and a change in the organization culture to adopt a Portfolio / Program / Project based approach for project management in IT, Six sigma areas and implemented Clarity, a PPM tool from CA and trained users on MS Project and DMS tools

Confidential, (Jan'09 to Dec'09)
GM - Business Intelligence / Enterprise Application Services

• Solution architecture design / deployment for SAP ERP, Business Warehouse / Business Intelligence solutions for multiple clients
• Proposed, implemented and provided support for SAP / BW for multiple clients Panasonic - whole sale and distribution Sporting Goods - retail, whole sale & distribution of sports related clothing, shoes and fitness equipments.
• Pharma & medical Supplies
• Managed a team of 10 BW / DW / BI / Business Objects consultants / employees
• Established ERP channel setup, doubled ECM Sales, Stock Market/Financial Systems, 6 new partnerships with SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, Opentxt, Laserfiche, Xerox(DMS).
• Managed developers, contractors for multiple solutions including Hyperion, Primavera, Oracle Webcenter suite with partnership with Fujitsu, TCS, MGL, Satyam, HP etc.

Confidential

Confidential, Middle East (Jun'06 - Dec'08)
IT Director - Business Intelligence

• Implemented BW strategy to develop integrated approach to data warehousing and reporting needs
• Hands on configuration in Business Warehouse / Business Objects
• Involved in full Life Cycle (End-to-End) SAP BI Implementations as per ASAP methodology along with other post maintenance and Production support
• Implemented BW / BI solution full life cycle for the following Business Units:

Retail

• Electronics
• Home Furnishings
• Cilec
• Platform (like Home Depot)

Manufacturing

• Kirby - Manufacturer of steel products
• Kimmco - Manufacturer

FMCG

• GTRC (Wholsale & Distribution of over 100 brands of consumable goods)
• Experience in all phases of BW applications using ASAP methodology.
• Worked on Data warehousing Workbench of BI7.0.
• Performed CO-PA, LO Cockpit and generic data extractions
• Experience in working with business and translating to functional, technical requirements of BI
• Experience in all facets of SAP BI including data acquisition, transformation, loading, data modeling
• Experience in designing of DSO as well as InfoCubes according to requirement.
• Experience in ETL process, Transformation Rules, Routines and Data Transfer Process (DTP).
• Implemented ODS, infoproviders and multi-providers to support sales analysis reporting requirements.
• Created BEX queries and worksheets.
• Developed process chains to automate the initialization and delta updating of all data.
• Created source system and datasources to extract historical data from flat file
• Developed infocube and queries for open order reporting
• Clear understanding in core SAP cross functional area (SD,MM,IM,WM,FI-CO).

SAP & non SAP systems

• Architect of the enterprise solution for the conglomerate
• Datawarehouse / datamart solutions included Hyperion, Oracle datamart, integrating with BW/BO
• Directed IT applications for US$4 billion industrial and services conglomerate with 36 businesses with 10000+ employees operating in multiple countries
• Successfully engaged and implemented a global $20M SAP implementation.
• Set up the Offshore center & Office setup in India and the infrastructure to support the project.
• Established the PMO office to setup the entire program, processes and projects
• IT initiatives worth 40M$, Cost savings of 16M$ for SAP implementation, 70 + projects, 7 ERP systems, 100+ applications, team building, SLAs /multiple support models that suits the business
• SAP Projects - 4 Retail, 2 Manufacturing, 1 HR Global rollouts
• Worked with Business units from Business justification, Proposal, Solution Architecture, vendor selection, project initiation, resource management, Solution Design implementation, change management, go live and post go live support with center of excellence.
• Apart from core modules of SAP ECC 6.0, the solution included POS, Loyalty management, Returns, Service Management, BO/BW/ BI, MDM, Payment card processing, Web interface etc. The overall solution included SAP and non SAP components, handheld integration, Kerridge, RFID based systems, Stellant, Sage etc

Confidential, USA (Jan'01 - May' 06), USA
IT Consultant

• Implementation of Sales & Distribution module in SAP
• Attended training courses on BWconducted by SAP
• Extracted data from SD, MM and FI/CO modules of SAP R/3 and from flat files into SAP BI system using Generic Business Content
• Extensively built InfoObjects, InfoSources, InfoPackages, ODS, InfoCubes
• Implemented ODS and infocubes to consolidate and report data in SD, PP, FI and MM.
• Management of BW security and authorizations
• Extensively worked on the Profitability Analysis with multiple product, customer segments
• Managed EDI / SAP ABAP development and maintenance, Basis, Security, Technical management of SAP upgrade, Vertex Tax Interface with SAP with exceptions at the customer and product level
• Implemented bank interface including Treasury, Lockbox, Payments with Citibank, Royal Bank, scrap analysis, market based pricing, product hierarchy modification, different order types, pricing procedures, security compliance fee and batch billing process, A/P, A/R, credit management and Invoice processing
• Responsible for promoting the business ownership to the SAP process and problem resolution based on priorities established by the NA core business management team

Confidential, (Jan'91 - Dec'00)
IT Director - Applications

• Deployed web based solutions and gained over 12% improvement in software expenses
• Met a very tight time and budget schedule as project director for the implementation of SAP in 6 months with an overall budget greater than $2M
• Data warehouse, Business Intelligence experience included Oracle datamart, Business Objects, PL/SQL, SPSS etc
• Experience in SAP - FICO, SD, SAP Archiving, Easy DMS, Technical Management, Master Data, ABAP, Basis, Security

Confidential, (June'85-Dec'90)

• Provided consultancy to the clients of Unisys in America, Australia, Malaysia, India etc.
• Executed several projects for US clients from an offshore perspective and assisted several Indian companies on business process improvements and package selection
• Identified new opportunities as well as value added services from the existing customers

Confidential

• BE (Hons) and MSc (Hons)
• Managing the Information Resource, an IT leadership program at the Anderson School of Management, UCLA, LA, USA
• PMP - Certified Project Management Professional, Prince 2 / ITIL - I certification
• SAP BW courses at the SAP Dallas Training Center:
• BW310 Enterprise Data Warehousing
• BW315 Reporting Management
• BW330 Data Modeling & Implementation