Information Technology Enterprise Application Leader, (Over 24 Year of Progressive Experience) who leverages technology to resolve business challenges and achieve business goals, foster and maintain positive relationships with internal / external partners, build value, drive growth and create environment of continuous improvement. IT professional with proven experience in Global SAP/ERP programs management, developing IT strategy, SAP functional & technical architecture, Data Migration, Systems integration and delivering diverse range of technologies to enable business strategy. Leader who builds motivated and cohesive team environment, drives efficiency, improve productivity & user experience.

Expertise That Drives Success

•Portfolio Management, Roadmap Development

•Build Value-add, proactive IT and drive innovation

•Contract negotiations and Vendor Management

•Program and Project Management

•SDLC, IT Governance & Change Management

•Drive Cost reduction by managing global team

•Enhance customer experience by reducing complexity

•Disaster Recovery Process

•Work with all levels to drive business process changes

•Deliver on-time, on-budget Global SAP implementations

•Develop Tactical as well as strategic integrated solutions

•Hands-on experience in area of SAP development technology (ABAP, SAPScript, Smartform), SAP Functional Finance, Human Capital Management, etc.

•SAP Best Practice knowledge

•IT SOX Controls and compliance knowledge

E X P E R I E N C E

Candidus IT Consulting LLC - December 2015 to Date

Consultant / Solution Architect and Program Manager – Burger King Corp

Provide Leadership for Burger King and Tim Horton integration

Direct Solution Architecture and Manage SAP Phase 2 Program

FMC Technologies Inc., Houston, TX - August 2009 to November 2015

The leading equipment manufacturer and field services provider for Oil and Gas industry in Subsea, Surface technology and Energy Infrastructure segments.

Shared Services Application Manager, Global Applications Solutions Team 2013 - 2015

Manage Global Finance and HR Applications (mainly SAP) functional development team. Responsible for Program management, strategy/Roadmap, business relationship, solution design of all global projects and escalation support for SAP Finance and HR applications. Additionally managed all vendor relationships and IT Application SOX compliance. Manage resource planning, staffing, and performance appraisals.

Key Accomplishments

Built IT Application team and reduce turn-over to provide sustainable global leadership for FI and HR

Established strategy and Roadmap for Share services applications( FI and HR)

Improved 10,000+ user experience by managing successful upgrade for ECC, ESS and MSS

Standardize business process & improve compliance to hedging regulations globally by managing successful implementation of SAP Derivative Accounting, SAP Treasury and Joint Venture

Drive Strategic selection, planning and Budgeting for HR Talent and Learning Management Cloud Solution

Global IT Manager, Measurement Solutions Business Unit 2009 – 2013

Manage all Information Technology related Resources, budget and activities (Infrastructure, Operations, Data Center and Application development), SAP implementation for Measurement Solutions Business Unit in US, Germany, UK and China. Responsible for IT strategy to support business growth, vendor & business relationship and compliance.

Key Accomplishments

Developed collaborative relationships with internal and key external strategic partners

Improve business coordination, reliability of information by directing Successful SAP ERP implementation for Erie, PA and Ellerbek, Germany Operations

Negotiated Vendor contract to drive 15% reduction in operating cost

Improved IT Help desk response time by average 20% every year by standardization and pro-active IT.

Established sustainable support model by transitioning Local IT to support SAP

Ensured long term viability by planned infrastructure and application upgrades

Managed Production support for legacy ERP System (Syteline) and .Net Development.

Burger King Corporation, Miami, FL - August 2000 to August 2009

Manager, Application Development 2005 - 2009

Manage Application technical development team for SAP ECC and Master Data applications. Manage Technical troubleshooting, Support and solution delivery of Global SAP projects. Responsible for managing Business relationship, provide leadership and define architecture direction, end to end integration, resource planning, staffing and Performance Review process.

Key Accomplishments

Successfully managed development team for Global SAP initiatives (300K to 2M budget) such SAP Treasury – Cash Management, Restaurant Sales Data Collection and Reconciliation, Global HRIS - SAP HR, SAP Biller Direct (EIPP) implementation & SAP ECC, ESS & MSS Upgrade.

Improved business process and efficiency by implementing automation, integration and leveraging strategic platform

Reduced cost and improve efficiency by using offshore support strategy for RICEF Development

Improved Service level by standardizing and integrating ETL tools

Directed application and technology roadmap and business cases development to support business strategy

Additional Relevant Experience

Burger King Corporation - Senior Technical Lead (SAP) - August 2000 – November 2005

DataEdge Inc. - Sr. SAP Analyst - June 1997 – August 2000

Cyberwork Software Inc. - System Analyst - February 1997 – May 1997

Patani Computer Systems Ltd. - Sr. System Engineer - November 1995- January 1997

Bombay Dyeing & Mfg. Co. Ltd - Programmer - December 1994 – November 1995

Vidyut Metallics Ltd. - Jr. Engineer - January 1993 – December 1994

E D U C A T I O N

MBA, American InterContinental University, Florida, USA

Bachelor of Science (Technology) - Computer Technology, University of Mumbai, India

Bachelor of Science - Physics, University of Mumbai, India

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