RICKY SWIFT
VALLEJO, CA ***89
abl42d@r.postjobfree.com
(707)567- 4989
EXPERIENCE Over 10 years of years experience in SAP Basis
Administration and SAP Security Administration. SAP
experience includes: performing systems monitoring
and performance tuning, setup and configuration of
CTS (transport) system, configuring and managing
printer and spool systems, performing client copies,
imports and exports, applying support packages and
kernel updates, managing Basis activities and
upgrades, and preparing documentation and training
for clients. Additional experience includes:
designing and maintaining role-based security for
production environment including role definition and
job/position mapping, supporting and maintaining
security procedures, and developing security
solutions to security related issues enabling users
to perform day to day functions in accordance with
job roles.
January 2009 to President - Maximum Effort Sports
present Co-founder of Maximum Effort Sports (MES) a
non-profit organization dedicated to provide youth
basketball program for girls from 5th to 12th grade.
The goal is to provide an opportunity for girls to
become involved in sports and pursue healthy and
active lifestyles. MES hopes to provide our girls
with exposure and focus on achieving goals. MES
embraces youth, which may not otherwise have the
opportunity. MES encourages are youth to aim higher
than the minimum (GPA). We offer support to students
who fall below the minimum. Maximum Effort Sports
goal is to provide and instill:
Self Pride (self-esteem)
Discipline (doing the right things in life)
Competitiveness (we create our own ceiling)
Conditioning (mind, body, and spirit)
Strong Work Ethic (sacrifice today, and be a winner
tomorrow)
Team Spirit (there is no "I" in team)
July 2007 - Management Consultant - IBM
January 2009 Security Team Lead - State of California Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Implementing developed roles and authorizations in
the development, QA, and production systems
Proving support and knowledge transfer for the CDCR
Security Team.
Installing and maintaining CUA.
Implementing and maintaining HR and BI Roles
Providing SOD identification and monitoring for six
GoLives.
Installations, upgrades, problem determination and
resolutions, software patching, database management,
and performance tuning
Working with Portal Team to implement SSO.
November 2004 - Consultant (IDC Resources)
November 2006 ESS Security Analyst - Mckesson Corporation
Providing daily support for the SAP R/3 environment
Maintaining analytical and testing standards,
practices, and procedures in the R/3 environment
Creating security roles, activity groups, and
authorizations for new implementations and on-going
projects
Performing security maintenance and providing
solutions to on-going production support issues
Working with programmers to build authority checks
and to verify that security controls are implemented
in ABAP Programs
May 2004 - Sr. Consultant (Intelligroup)
November 2004 SAP Security - Pratt and Whitney
Proving support to resolve problems assigned by
Helpdesk via Remedy; encompassing the root cause of
problem, solution, configuration, testing, and
solution implementation
Working with change leadership teams to design
appropriate role-based security for the production
environment..
Designing and documenting security administration
policy and procedures for the production environment
via Access Database.
Requirement gathering, assessment, design,
configuration, and testing activities for SAP;
including Go Lives.
October 1999 - Sr. Basis Administrator - NetManage Inc.
October 2003 Installing and maintaining the SAP R/3 environment
Installing application servers for SAP, the SAP SQL
Database, Windows Operating System, and SAP Connect
and IT Server
Supporting the SAP R/3 environment
Monitoring the systems, batch jobs, support
packages, OSS notes, transports, spool and printer
configuration, and kernel patches.
Providing and maintaining security for the SAP R/3
environment.
Proactively tuning and keeping the system running
without problems.
Performing third level support to resolve problems
and troubleshoot issues.
Upgrading release 3.0F to 4.6C; the work included
landscape design, trial implementation planning,
completion of basis activities on-time,
communication between business analyst, programmers,
consultants, and management
September 1994 SAP Basis/System Administrator - Hitachi America
- September Ltd.
1999 Managing fifteen SAP R/3 Systems on five different
landscapes
Resolving system and security problems, and handling
security administration for 1000+ users
Planning and performing system upgrades, client
copies and client export/imports, system restores,
application of support packages, CTS activities,
applied OSS Notes, printer configuration and spool
maintenance.
May 1991 - Sr. Systems Programmer - Hitachi America Ltd.
September 1994 Managed the M660 mainframe computer for the computer
division
Implementing system software and program products,
and the developing diagnostic aids which helped in
resolving system failures.
Maintaining security for the 60+ users and
performing technical support to programmers and
users.
EDUCATION BA, Management, Saint Mary's College, Moraga, CA
SAP Certified Basis changes in 4.6x from 3.x R/3 4.6
Courses SAP R/3 Application Security Concepts 4.6B
Authorizations in HR
Security and Technical Auditing
SAP R/3 Administration I
SAP R/3 for UNIX
SAP R/3 for Oracle
Data Dictionary
SAP R/3 Administration III
SAP R/3 CCMS
SAP R/3 Workbench Organizer
SAP R/3 Workload Analysis and Tuning
Oracle Introduction to Oracle
Certified Administer Oracle 7 Database
Courses SQL Plus and P/SQL
HP Certified HP-UX 10.x
Courses Systems Administration for HP 9000
HP OV Op Ctr. For SAP/R3
Microsoft SQL Administration for Microsoft SQL 7.0
Certified Administering Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Courses Technical Core Competence (NT/MSQL Ser 4.0)
CONFRENCES SAP Tech Ed 2000
Tax Ware 3.x
TECHNICAL Platforms: HP-UX 10x, IBM- AIX, Windows NT/2000, SUN
SUMMARY
Hardware: P570, P590, P595, P690 AIX, HP K-Series,
Dell, Compaq
Software: ERP ECC 6.0; BI, BW, CRM, SRM, EP, XI, and
Solution Manager, NetWeaver