SUMMARY

• He is a Sr. Solution Architect / Assoc. Director focusing in delivering solutions using SAP HANA, BWo nHANA, B4HANA, S/4 Analytics, Native HANA, SLT, BW 7.x, BOBJ, Predictive Analytics, Lumira, SAC, HANA Live, BPC, IP, BPS Technologies in SAP ERP & BI Projects with 22 years of SAP experience.
• Over 25 years of experience in Design/Development/Delivering/Managing Projects & Solutions
• Implementing projects at various roles as Solution Architect /Systems Analyst / Database Architect / SAP Basis Lead/Project Manager/Delivery Manager.
• 11 full implementations with 16yrs of BI Hands on Experience in SAP BWonHANA,BW,BPS/IP/BPC, Native HANA from Blue Printing to Post Go - live support as Delivery Manager/Solution Architect with Technical, Functional, and Management Experience.
• 8years of BPS/IP/BPC Planning and Forecasting solutions with integrated BI reporting capabilities
• 9years of Native HANA development, Side Car development, BW on HANA experience. 6 Full cycle projects in HANA, HANA Live technologies for real time reporting in ECC and non ECC heterogeneous environments.
• 6years, 5 major projects in SAP Basis as Basis lead, managing Basis, Database, Installations, Upgrades.
• Experienced in Guiding and Directing Project Leads/Team Leads/Team Members, Leading projects, conducting workshops, Managing Business Teams, Team Mentoring, Preparing & Conducting Training and Knowledge Transfers.
• New Business generation, Client Relationship Management, Ensuring continuity of current business and effective relationships with clients.
• A quick learner, deep knowledge seeker, techno functional business knowledge with work experience in multiple industrial sectors including Manufacturing, Telecom, High tech and Utilities Industry with solid Analytical and Mathematical mindset.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project management: MS Project, ASAP, MacroScope, Agile Methodologies SAP Solution Manager

Software: SAP R/3 4.6C/ 4.5B/ 4.5A/ 4.0B/ 3.1I/ 3.1H/ 3.0F (IS-AFS 1.0C/1.0D), SAP BW 3.5c/ 3.2C/ 3.0B/ 2.0B/ 1.2B, SAP EP 5.0, SAP APO 3.0, SEM-BPS 3.5, SAP BPC 7.5, ITS, WP 2.1, Enterprise Portals 5.0, SAP KW 5/6, SAP HANA, S/4 Embedded Analytics, SAP Fiori, SAP Predictive Analytics, BOBJ, BOBJ Design Studio, Tableau, SAP Lumira, SAC.

Languages: C, C++, COBOL, VBSQL, Transact SQL, PL/SQL, Pro*C, Dblib/C, Unix Shell Script, Visual Basic 5.0/4.0/3.0, ABAP,SAP BO BODS, SAP FOX coding, Python, Pig.

Databases: Oracle 10.x/9.x/8.x/7.x, Sybase 11/10/4.9, MS SQL Server 7.0/6.5, MS Access 2.0, SAPDB 7, Adabas 7.0, SAP HANA1.0SP12/21, SAP HANA2.0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BI Lead Architect/Sr. Manager

Confidential, Houston

Responsibilities:

• Technical Manager, leading a team of 11 development team and 6 testing team in Native HANA / BW on HANA/ BOBJ / BODS, S/4 Analytics, HANA Live, Tableau.
• Responsible for requirement collection, scope, functional specs, technical specs, design of solution, development and delivery of AP/AR/GL/MM/FICO/FICA/IS-Utilities data in BI/HANA
• Architected solutions, Developed Functional Specs, Technical Specs for 150+ objects using BW on HANA, Native HANA and S/4 Embedded Analytics, HANA Live content using HANA views, CDS views and Fiori with data from ECC, BW, Oracle sources, Native HANA thru SLT, S/4 Central Finance system.
• Implemented integrated design of BW and HANA modeling for 95+ reports.
• Handling huge smart meter data using HANA and designing solutions for SAS interfaces for Electric Load Profiles analysis using SAS integration and BODS integration,WebPortal Application support.
• Designed BI solutions Specific to IS-Utilities Meter to Cash data flow, Regulated Utilities Market requirements, BPEM, Business Risk Management, Meter Fraud Detection, Data integration to and from with Oracle and SAS systems.
• Designed integrated S/4 Embedded Analytics solution for S/4Central Finance for IS-Utilities using HANA/ABAP CDS Views, Extending VDMs, designing Interface, Composite views for Fiori deployment for IS Utilities reporting requirements for Gas and Electric integrated reports.
• Ensuring reusability of the HANA Models, HANA/ABAP CDS views, VDMs Analytical Queries and Reports to reduce TOC, to provide consistent data outputs as a EDW standard solution.
• Managing and get tasks completed with Basis and Security Teams for HANA/BW/BOBJ.
• Managing development Cycles, Multiple QA Testing Cycles, Cut Over Cycles, Release Cycles.
• Code review, Development, Documents Review and Approval, Change Control Approval.
• Performance Measurement & Tuning and Application Tuning & Optimization at HANA/BW level.
• Project Planning to fit in global implementation plan and ensuring in time and in budget delivery
• Providing Run rate and Project Progress metrics to PMO and manage corrective measures.
• Development of Training plans and managing KT and Handover to support teams.
• Team and Work Management, Team Hiring and Onboarding and Resource Management

Assoc. Partner

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Big Data / SAP HANA based integrated solutions Design & Development, Delivery, POC, Client Demos and Managing Pre-Sales Customer initiations with Target Revenue goals.
• Responsible for RFPs Project Proposals, SOWs, Work & Time Estimates, Project Planning and Program management.
• Responsible for Practice Development, Team Hiring/Building/Training/Couching and Mentoring
• Establish and Generate Client Trust, Build Alliances across various programs, new initiatives.
• Acquiring latest state of the art technology and knowledge in BI and Big Data space, SAP Echo system and support the sales teams and clients
• Client Account Management, Ensuring the Business Continuity and Delivery of the Projects
• Active Contributor in Big Data Knowledge Base/In Memory Computation space /Developing the team
• Provide Solution Strategy, Roadmaps, Direction to clients and help them to get state of the art technologies and solutions.
• Create and develop new initiatives in Bigdata /Data Science areas to explore and provide client demos
• Develop Team Development plans in BigData/Data Science/BI space and produce various technology articles, demos, proof of concepts.

Assoc. Director

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• 6+yrs of Delivery Management/Engagement Management/Program/Practice/Project Management/BI Practice Director .
• Worked in Business Development in BI area/Project Proposals/Statement of Work/Time and Effort Estimations/Risk Management
• Managed and Delivered Turnkey Assignments with Fixed Budget/Fixed Time lines.
• Executed Team Mentoring/Annual Appraisals/Team Recruitment/Terminations.
• Executed Offshore Assignments, Established and Managed SLAs.
• Responsible for multi million budgeted projects planning to delivery.
• Strong Technical and Business Functional Knowledge in ERP domain.
• Strong personal, communication, team motivation skills.
• Lead Team building, Hiring new resources, Mentoring teams, People management
• Delivery management includes progress monitoring, resolving showstoppers, and ensuring project progress risk management, resource management, quality management for multiple projects.

Confidential, St Joseph, MI

Sr. Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Architected, Designed and Developed BPS based MPV solutions for LAR/NAR MPV Planning solution integration for Procurement Department for multiyear rolling forward forecasting.
• Implemented functionalities include Material Price Variance Planning, Surcharge Settlement, Raw material Hedging planning and various Management reporting for procurement performance improvement, simplifying and improving Planning cycles performance by tuning Fox Codes and data flows.
• Conducted user workshops for project scoping, for collecting business requirements and proposed solution reviews for BPC migration proposals for Confidential from other 3rd party partners.
• Developed POC for migration of BPS projects to BPC using BPC 10.1 embedded model design.
• Developed planning functions using standard and custom FOX and ABAP methods, Planning layouts/input schedules using BOBJ AO.
• System enhancements in both technical capabilities and functional requirement changes
• Performance tuning and simplified data processing to ensure faster month end processing
• Designed and developed reports for Actual vs Planned data reporting for complex requirements.

Confidential

Lead Architect for SAP HANA & BI/BPC, HANA LIVE

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for BI implementation in Confidential internal using SAP BW on HANA, BW, BOBJ, BPC, HANA Live for multi county, multi-currency solution.
• Responsible for Onsite and Offshore team of size 30+ BI team
• Created Road Map, Solution Architecture for BI, EDW based on BW on HANA and HANA Side Car solutions.
• Responsible for design and development of SAP BI Components in SAP BW, SAP HANA and BOBJ, BODS in various function modules in OTC, STS, FSCM, PS, FI-AP/AR/GL, CO and AA.
• Responsible for BI Scope, Functional and Technical Specifications, Design and Development, Deployment and Delivery to Business in various modules
• Lead migrati on project, BW upgrade from BW 7.3 on Oracle to BW 7.4 on HANA. Functional and Technical migration, Re-engineering, deployment of existing and new objects as per requirements.
• Implemented Sybase IQ based Near Line Solution for historical data for Legal retention of BW data related to corporate mergers and historical requirements & audit requirements.
• Developed various HANA Models/Views, using non SAP Source system for complex reporting requirement in Financial Month End Closure reporting.
• Implemented Head Count Planning, Expenses Planning, Asset Planning using BPC 10.1
• Designed and architected 50+ BEx/BOBJ WEBI/AO Reports in multiple modules and guided team to develop and deliver.
• Designed and Developed Native HANA solutions and integrated with BW on HANA
• Integrating various sources of data using SAP SLT, BODS to HANA database
• Responsible for Cutover and Golive. Developed Cutover plans and executed Mock Cutovers
• Responsible for On Time and In Budget delivery of the project, Project Management

Confidential, Irving Tx

Lead Architect SAP BI & HANA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Version BI Implementation for Multiple Business Modules including Project Systems/Fixed Assets/SCM/Real Estate/Leasing/TelCom Capital Management/GL/FI Audit Reporting using SAP HANA/SAP BW on HANA/BOBJ/BODS, SAP Lumira
• Responsible for module interfaces for AP/AR/COPA/CO from above said modules.
• Lead a project team of size 18 consulting resources spread across BI Functional/BW/BOBJ areas.
• Responsible for of Scoping/Functional Specifications/Designs/Development/Testing/Training.
• Responsible for Development of 60+ Functional Specs and 135 BOBJ reports with 40+cubes/HANA views
• Responsible for HANA modeling of NON-BW designs for real time and non SAP integrations
• Data provisioning from Oracle Source Systems using SLT to HANA.
• Designing and developing complex HANA views and exposing HANA based data to BW and integrating BW data with HANA data for BOBJ reporting for real and near real time reporting requirements in FI AP/AR/GL and MM/IM modules.
• Responsible for Weekly Project Status Review meetings/User Workshops/Scope Finalization / Change Requests/Work and time Estimates
• Team building/Hiring/Knowledge management of the Project and Team
• Responsible for BI Cutover Planning and BI Golive
• Design and develop Archiving Solution for BW using ADK and NLS sub-systems