Michael Ruth

*** ******* ****.

Freedom, PA *****

724-***-****

abi2aq@r.postjobfree.com

SAP Lead Basis Administrator

Professional Summary:

SAP Lead Basis Administrator with experience in the areas of all Basis

functions, SAP Security, and AS/400. I have also been the technical

administrator for both, Taxware and Vertex. Skilled in designing

infrastructure and implementing technology to support large user groups,

supporting users at corporate headquarters as well as multiple remote

locations, and effectively managing $1 million IT budgets as well as IT

staff. Proven ability to translate business needs into technology

requirements that support the company's business objectives and to

successfully manage all phases of IT projects from needs analysis and

requirements definition to vendor selection, implementation, and training.

Experience:

Lead SAP Basis Administrator, The York Group, Pittsburgh, PA, 10/07 -

06/10

. SAP Basis Project manager in which I designed, planned, and

implemented four "Go Lives" for this corporation.

. Managed a team of network/helpdesk personnel.

. Have extensively worked as SAP Lead Basis Administrator in various SAP

Releases including SAP ECC 6.0, NetWeaver 2007, SAP ERP2004/2005, SAP

BI 7.0, Solution Manager 7.0, SAP XI/ PI 7.0, CRM 7.0 on IBM

iSeries(AS/400), V6R1.

. Configuration of PI adapters including RFC, IDOC, setting up JDBC

drivers, and problem analysis using Component, Message, and End-to-End

monitoring of Runtime Work Bench tool.

. Extensive experience in Change management (STMS), Kernel upgrade,

Support Package, Hot patches, Plug-Ins and OSS Notes application using

SPAM/SAINT/SNOTE, Spool Administration and Batch Jobs Administration,

Security and Authorizations and SSL.

. Some knowledge of Business Objects .

. Upgrade of Netweaver and ECC with enhancement packs.

. Familiar with CRM, SRM, Solution Manager, ITS, J2Eengine, XI, BI, EP,

and all R/3 modules.

. Work with various components and add-on of SAP solutions.

. Implemented SAP batch and printing processes.

. Experience with disaster recovery processes and procedures.

. Experience with Solution Manager.

. Development and Production support experience.

. Troubleshooting and resolving issues for clients and end users,

regarding SAP.

. Providing technical support to functional areas, configurations and

developers.

. Use SAP's Transport Management System for pushing Security changes

into production.

. Performance monitoring and tuning of ABAP and JAVA stacks.

. Responsible for the installation and maintenance of VERTEX.

. Extensive use with full functionality of OSS.

. Experience with client copies and system refreshes.

. Extensive experience in SAP Security.

. Managing a staff of three consisting of a help desk analyst, an

operations analyst, and a network administrator in supporting 5000

employees across various locations.

. Successfully implemented multiple IT projects ranging from $10K to

$5M, provide the technology knowledge and vision to support the

company's business objectives, and evaluate and recommend all software

for business processes.

. Create all RFC connections between systems.

. Responsible for reporting to SOX auditors on a yearly basis.

Lead SAP Basis Administrator, Tri-Tech Labs, Lynchburg, VA 03/07 - 09/07

. Responsible for the implementation and "Go Live" of SAP ECC 5.0 on

the IBM iSeries(AS/400).

. SAP Basis administration and technical core competencies tasks

including installations and upgrades, problem determination and

resolution, software patching, support package application, database

management, performance tuning, and project sizing.

. Excellent analytical skills to evaluate system performance, database

performance, system health checks and implementation of tuning

improvements.

. Participation in multi-landscape design solutions, architecture

recommendations, and client strategies for continuous improvement.

. Experience in multiple SAP implementations and upgrades including SAP

R/3, PI, BI, Portal, and Solution Manager.

. Ability to design and implement the portal landscape upgrades and

patches.

. Design, troubleshoot and resolve problems and performance issues

relating to SAP Portal interoperability with existing network and

system landscape.

. Work closely with SAP Functional Team Leads to ensure complete and

coordinate enhancements to company's enterprise-wide SAP R/3

implementation.

. Self-starter capable of working with a team through complex systems

implementations.

. Technical Leadership and participation in technical projects across

multiple teams.

. Ability to work in a fast-paced, team oriented environment.

. Experience working as part of an IT operations team supporting users

globally in a highly critical and dynamic 24x7 environment is must.

. Excellent oral and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

. Well organized and capable of multi tasking.

. Willingness to participate in non-standard work hours.

Lead SAP Basis/Security Administrator, Vertis, Inc.,Chalfont, PA 11/99 -

02/07

. I have previously developed and maintained a five system SAP landscape

which included a Sandbox, Development/Test system, and a 3 tier

Production environment.

. Responsible for the implementation and 3 "Go Lives" of SAP R3 40B on

the IBM iSeries(AS/400)

. SAP Basis administration and technical core competencies tasks

including installations and upgrades, problem determination and

resolution, software patching, support package application, database

management, performance tuning, and project sizing.

. Installed R/3 modules, FI, CO, PP, MM, H/R, SD.

. Worked extensively with SAP OSS.

. Providing technical support to functional areas, configurations and

developers.

. Use SAP's Transport Management System for pushing Security changes

into production.

. Monitored all SAP activity.

. Technical administrator for all the Taxware implementation and

upgrades.

. Trained end users as need on SAP.

. Provided AS/400 administration, such as OS upgrades, system backups,

and weekly IPL's.

. Provided training on the AS/400.

. Worked with SAN technology.

. Excellent analytical skills to evaluate system performance, database

performance, system health checks and implementation of tuning

improvements.

. Work closely with SAP Functional Team Leads to ensure complete and

coordinate enhancements to company's enterprise-wide SAP R/3

implementation.

. Self-starter capable of working with a team through complex systems

implementations.

. Technical Leadership and participation in technical projects across

multiple teams.

. Ability to work in a fast-paced, team oriented environment .

. Experience working as part of an IT operations team supporting users

globally in a highly critical and dynamic 24x7 environment is must.

. Excellent oral and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.

. Well organized and capable of multi tasking.

. TSM administrator on both Z/OS and AIX

Education:

. University of Phoenix: Pursue B.S. in Business Management - Fall

2012.

. SAP Education: SAP Solution Manager for Operations.

. SAP Americas: Solution Manager: Implementation Tools In Detail.

. SAP Americas: ABAP Workbench Foundations.

. SAP Training Centers: Certificates in Basis Administration, Security

Profiles and Concepts, Performance Tuning- DB2/400.

. IBM Education Center: SAP Netweaver on iSeries

. IBM Education Center: AIX System Administration I Implementation.

. IBM Education Center: AIX System Administration II Problem

Determination.

. IBM Education Center: AIX System Administration III Performance

Management.

. IBM Education Center: AIX 5L Korn and Bash Shell Programming.

. IBM Education Center: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Disaster Recovery

Procedures.

. IBM Education Center: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3 Implementation

For AIX.

. IBM Education Center: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3 Administration

For AIX.

. IBM Education Center: Logical Partitioning on POWER 5 P Series

Systems.

. IBM Education Center: Z/OS Facilities.

. IBM Education Center: Advanced HCD Coding For Z/OS.

. IBM Education Center: An Introduction To The Z/OS Environment.

. Southeastern Institute School of Technology: Certificate in UNIX

System Administration.

. Penn State University: Certificate in Windows NT Administration.

. Sterling Commerce: Certifications in EDI Coordinator, EDI Basics and

Essentials.

. Computer Learning Center: Certificates in Computer Programming (RPG,

COBOL) and AS/400Operations.

. Texarkana College: Computer Science Courses.

Skills:

. iSeries(AS400)

. SAP

. SQL

. Java

. AIX

. Z/OS

. Windows 2000

. SAN

. VMWare

. Windows NT

. Tivoli

. COBOL

. RPG

. VERTEX

. TAXWARE

. UNIX

. Sun Solaris

. TCP/IP

. LDAP

. NFS

References:

. Available upon request.

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