Mike Garrett

Crystal Reports SAP BW Consultant and Trainer

*** *** ***** *** **** Black Mountain, NC 28711

828-***-**** *************@*****.***

Summary

I am a highly experienced Business Intelligence (BI) consultant with a varied background including both hands-on consulting as well as custom end-user training. I have worked with the Crystal Reports/Enterprise solution for SAP BW since the first release of v8.5. I have developed an extensive list of best practices outlining the proper use of Crystal Reports with SAP BW. I possess strong communication skills and have worked on a wide variety of BI projects over the past 8 years. My deep knowledge of Crystal Reports and the Business Objects Enterprise Integration Kit for SAP BW allow me to provide clients with high quality report deliverables and expert guidance on how to best utilize the solution. I am a senior consultant who can handle most any task relating to the integration of Crystal Reports/Enterprise with SAP BW including project management, installation and configuration, report development, and end-user training/mentoring.

Professional Experience

Hitachi Metals – August 2008 (Independent Contractor)

Brought into an on-going project by the prime contractor to help the client analyze and understand the use of Business Objects BI technologies (primarily Crystal Reports) in their newly implemented SAP BI 7 landscape.

Reviewed the SAP BI Road Map and answered customer's questions.

Provided an overview of the solution along with recommendations on how best to proceed into an implementation phase.

The World Bank – April – August 2008 (Independent Contractor)

Developed approx. 60 reports for the ARPP project against SAP BI v7.

Used various advanced features of Crystal to provide solutions to difficult reporting requirements including linked sub reports, advanced conditional formatting, and joining multiple queries in one report.

Created and delivered a 4 day custom report development course for 15 IT developers and business analysts.

Provided guidance to client regarding best practices on proper utilization of the Business Objects BI tool set in an SAP BW environment.

CHEP – Dec. 2006 – July 2007 (Independent Contractor)

Developed approx. 25 mission critical reports against SAP BI v7.

Utilized the new SAP BW MDX Query driver and developed best practices for determining when to use the new MDX driver over the original BW Query driver.

Provided best practices for developing BW queries for use with Crystal Reports.

Updated and configured Business Objects XI.

Conducted training and mentoring sessions for CHEP staff.

Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceuticals – April 2004 - June 2004, Sept 2004 - Oct 2004, May 2006 (Consultant with Data Management Group)

Developed over 50 Crystal Reports for SAP BW 3.0 system.

Mentored J&J IT staff on best practices for Crystal SAP BW report design.

Assisted in report design troubleshooting,

Defense Logistics Agency – Oct 2005 – April 2006 (Consultant with Data Management Group)

Delivered the Reports Design for SAP BW 3.0 course.

Developed approx. 45 reports against SAP BW.

Assisted client with a variety of report development and deployment issues.

Mentored DLA staff on reporting best practices with Crystal Reports and SAP BW.

Rockwell Collins – Sept. 2005 (Consultant with Data Management Group)

Client had made two previous attempts to implement a pilot of Crystal Enterprise (now Business Objects Enterprise) but had failed.

Completed a successful installation of Enterprise in their BW development environment.

Accurately positioned and demonstrated features of the Enterprise system along with the Integration Kit for SAP through a series of presentations and live demonstrations.

Handled client’s questions and directed them into a clear understanding of the solution.

Developed approx. 10 proof of concept reports.

Exxon/Mobil – May to June 2005 (Consultant with EnQueue, Inc.)

Developed approx. 15 reports for SAP BW 3.0 system.

Mentored Exxon/Mobil IT staff on best practices for Crystal BW report design.

Creo, Inc. – May 2005 (Consultant with EnQueue, Inc.)

Presented the Crystal SAP BW and R/3 solution to a large audience of analysts and IT staff.

Assisted client with best practices regarding the use of Crystal Reports and Crystal Enterprise with SAP R/3 and BW.

Delivered in-depth hands-on training to a smaller group of IT report specialists.

Chiron Pharmaceuticals – April 2005 (Consultant with EnQueue, Inc.)

Delivered the Reports Design for SAP BW 3.0 course

Suburban Propane – March 2005 (Consultant with EnQueue, Inc.)

Re-installed Crystal Enterprise for SAP BW using the muli-language version (wrong version had been previously installed on server).

Mentored BMS staff on how to administer Crystal Enterprise

Developed 5 SAP BW reports for sales staff

Deloitte and Touche – Feb 2005 (Consultant with EnQueue, Inc.)

Delivered the Reports Design for SAP BW 3.0 course.

Bristol-Myers Squibb – Oct 2004 to Nov 2004 (Consultant with EnQueue, Inc)

Assisted client with the creation of approximately 40 reports against SAP BW.

Developed new practices for handling multiple languages and for displaying user inputs in report headers.

Mentored two staff developers on how to create reports using Crystal Reports.

Made adjustments to back end Enterprise system as requested by client.

Toyota Manufacturing – July – August 2004 (Consultant with EnQueue, Inc.)

Created approx. 15 production reports for a new manufacturing monitoring system based on Microsoft SQL Server.

J Crew – April 2004 (Consultant with EnQueue, Inc.)

Delivered the Reports Design for SAP BW 3.0 course.

Mentored J Crew IT developers on best practices.

BMW of North America – Feb 2004 (Consultant with EnQueue, Inc.)

Delivered a custom Crystal Reports training class using the Project Management module of SAP R/3 as a data source.

Led trainees through the process of creating several PM reports to be deployed using Crystal Enterprise.

Defense Logistics Agency– Sept - Oct 2003 (Consultant with EnQueue, Inc.)

Assisted client with initial creation of approx. 40 Crystal Reports against SAP BW.

Provided guidance on how best to provide a higher level of interactivity for the user using the standard Crystal viewer over the web.

First Energy – June 2003 (Consultant with EnQueue, Inc.)

Installed and configured Crystal Enterprise with SAP BW.

Delivered the Reports Design for SAP BW 3.0 course.

Delivered custom R/3 reports training using Crystal Reports.

Multnomah County, Oregon – March – June 2002 (Consultant with EnQueue, Inc.)

Served as the Project Manager for the first ever implementation of Crystal Enterprise 8.5 in an SAP BW environment.

Was responsible for all consultants working on the project as well as all documentation of a phased implementation.

Delivered Crystal Reports training to the Java and .NET project teams.

State of Colorado – June 2000 – August 2001 (Independent Contractor)

Worked on a large Oracle-based system for the Division of Child Welfare (Trails system). Contracted to re-work almost 50 highly complex reports that were experiencing various problems

Created and delivered a custom reports development class using a custom Oracle database. During this same period also created and delivered another custom report writing class for Children’s Hospital in Denver.

Phycor – Oct 1999 – June 2000 (Consultant with Infotrain Solutions)

Supported a 400+ user installation of Segate Info v7.5.

Handled end user issues

Created and modified approx. 30-40 Crystal Reports

Knowledge Workers – Sept – Oct 1999 (Consultant with Infotrain Solutions)

Installed Seagate Info v7.5.

Created approx. 25 Crystal Reports

Advanced Micro Designs (AMD) – Sept 1998 – June 1999 (Consultant with Infotrain Solutions)

Created approx. 70 Crystal Reports against an Oracle database

Created and delivered custom Crystal Reports training for internal developers

Medical Software VAR – Medical Software Sales and Support – May 1994 – May 1998

Sold and supported two medical software systems – MediMac and Millbrook Paradigm.

Responsible for software sales and initial system setup as well as end-user training.

Managed the installation of three sites in the Dallas area, including a 15 physician orthopedic group that had over 60 end users.

Developed and delivered training and other services for a client base of over 300 healthcare providers.

Apple Computer, Inc. – Pre-Sales Engineer – June 1988 – April 1994

Responsible for assisting Apple sales reps in the sales effort into Federal government accounts.

Handled all technical sales issues dealing with Apple products and solutions.

Resolved any customer objections and/or technical problems in order to facilitate sales.

Delivered technical sales presentations in a variety of venues including executive briefings, trade shows, and user group meetings.

Was instrumental in winning the first Federal government contracts for Apple Computer at the U.S. Postal Service and the Veterans Administration.

Texas A&M University, Computer Services Center – Programmer – Jan 1986 – June 1988

Responsible for systems administration for the PROFS office automation system running under VM/SP CMS.

Created and delivered the first PC and Macintosh training courses for university staff. As the Apple Support Coordinator for the university was responsible for all campus support for Macintosh users.

Computer Skills:

Crystal to SAP BW Integration

Expert

Crystal Reports v7.0 to XI

Expert

Crystal Enterprise v8.0 to XI

Proficient

SAP BW Front End (BEx)

Expert in developing queries for use with Crystal

Academic Credentials:

Texas A&M University

Majored in MIS, Graduated 1985

References available upon request

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