Project Manager Sap

Praveen Misra

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SUMMARY

Company success through a blend of people, process, and technology.

Database and Business Intelligence Architect with 16 years of experience

managing designing and building software solutions. Success in roles

ranging from lead developer to project sponsor. Create and manage business

cases for large technology projects. Deliver flawless execution through

alignment of corporate vision and strategy. Forward thinking technical

leader focused on emerging trends in technology.

Business Intelligence / Data Warehouse Global Enterprise Datawarehouse

Strategist Solutions

Database / Business Intelligence Manage On-Site and Virtual Teams

Architect

Custom Application Development BI Conference Public Speaking

Experience

Big 4 Consulting Experience Implemented SAP CRM

International Exposure Coaching and Mentoring

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Data Warehouse Tools: SAP BI / Business Objects / SQL server / Informatica

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PHILIP MORRIS (ALTRIA), Richmond, VA 2010 - Present

BI Project Manager/Architect

To support business realignment, performing impact analysis for General

Ledger and Accounts Payable. SAP Business Warehouse backend and reporting

are critical aspects in analysis process.

PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, Andover, MA 2010

BI Architect

Developed BI (Business Intelligence) roadmap to harmonize business

processes. "The One BI" is a program for improving internal processes

through fundamental changes to supply chain.

. Developed Logical Data Model for Global BI. To understand reporting

requirements, performed environment scan with business users and

stakeholders. Grouped requirements according to the needs of each

business unit.

. Developed Layered Structured Architecture (LSA) for Healthcare, Consumer

Lifestyle, and Lighting Divisions. LSA describes improvements to BI

scalability through corporate standards in a performant, maintainable,

and flexible manner.

. Compared and checked existing data marts (reporting) spread in current

data warehouse solutions including Oracle, SQL, and SAP. Designed

scalable global data marts for One BI solutions.

. Developed long and short term BI strategy for Healthcare for future

deployments and enhancements.

SMITH & NEPHEW INC., Andover, MA 2005 - 2010

BI Lead / Architect

Managed and implemented datawarehouse projects.

. Managed BI 7.0 Upgrade from BW 3.5. Delivered technology impact training

to stakeholders, monitored and resolved technical issues, and managed

stakeholder update conference calls. Efficient management ensured

project schedule did not negatively impact business flows.

. As chief project advisor to "C" level executives, presented forecasts for

trends in BI technology. Prepared comparative vendor analysis and

advised on deployments of 30 BI reports and $2M budget.

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SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Continued)

. For BPS (Business Planning and Simulation) implementation, developed data

model for reporting. Implementation resulted in business users being

offered an integrated solution for budgeting and forecasting.

. To enhance the user experience, created proposal and led Business Objects

/ SAP integration. Configured services for web intelligence and Voyager.

Developed naming standards for BO universes.

. Developed BI strategy for Enterprise BI. For Titan Release - Business

Object XI R3, collaborated with Business Object product group and

provided performance feedback for product improvements.

HEWLETT PACKARD, Mountainview, CA 2004 - 2005

BI Project Manager / Architect

. Managed BI team to streamline Business Intelligence initiatives.

Resolved escalated BW issues. Stabilized operations and development

environments. Developed framework to manage the support process.

Coached and mentored the team of 12.

. Led BW-APO integration project. Used SAP BW to define extraction

strategy for historical data flow. Developed data model in BW for APO

data marts. Managed project resources to meet deployment and budget

targets.

. Coordinated with business users and sponsors for any issues / new

requirements / SLA for daily operations. Conducted weekly SLA meeting

with business partners.

PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, Andover, MA 2003 - 2004

BI Lead / Architect / Techno / Functional Consultant

. Maintained project strategy and developed resource distribution plan and

Data warehouse architecture change. Collaborated with BI team and

business partners to define new BW Architecture. Developed resource

distribution and deployment plan for new SAP BW 3x.

. Developed ERM model for new architecture. Model employed MDM (multi

dimensional model) design.

. Contributed major element to pre-design and development for BI technical

documentation. Collaborated with business partners to articulate project

the requirements. Interacted with functional team to identify process

challenges.

. Developed cycle time reports to identify process steps and production

phases. Collaborated with data warehouse team to identify required data

for cycle time.

HEWLETT PACKARD, Munich, Germany 2001 - 2003

SAP BW Consultant

Deployed CRM system for Compaq HP.

. Minimized CRM IT spend by developing timeline for retiring existing

legacy system and moving company to a single system. New CRM proved to

be cost effective and user friendly.

. Directed rollout of SAP CRM to cover Commercial Order Management Tool,

One-Touch order entry process, and central credit management. Carried

out initial setup in Middleware, initial delta download, and CRM-BW

interface.

. Built queries and workbooks using BEx Analyzer to access data from BW

data targets. Day, week, month and year queries used to print reports

from the Info Cubes.

. Built business requirements and information template to identify data

elements for future reporting needs.

. Analyzed data requirements and translated into dimensional data models

that used star schema and extended star schema data modeling techniques.

Analysis emphasized actual implementation in BW.

PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS, Delhi, India 1999 - 2001

SAP Consultant

SAP R / 3 implementation for large pharmaceutical company. Two year

project scope across 4 manufacturing locations and 10 regional warehouses.

. Part of development team for Phase - 1 implementation. Project included

2 manufacturing locations replacing legacy mainframe applications and was

first enterprise-wide application which enables users to enter the data

accessible to all manufacturing locations.

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NEW AGE MC, Delhi, India 1999

Consultant

Business Process Re-engineering / ERP implementation for large engine

manufacturer. Analyzed user requirements to understand current challenges

/ pain points. Applied analysis to develop migration strategy to evolve

from legacy ERP systems to SAP R / 3.

SYSTEMS AMERICA INC, Delhi India 1998 - 1998

SAP Consultant

KIRLOSKAR ELECTRIC CO. LTD, Delhi, India 1993 - 1998

Senior Engineer / Consultant

EDUCATION

Masters in Administrative Studies (Innovation and Technology), Boston

University, Boston, MA

Bachelor of Engineering Electrical and Electronics, IET Lucknow

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS

SAP Certified Solution Consultant

Informatica (Power Center)

Business Objects (Web Intelligence, Voyager

SAP CRM

Trained in SAP BI Integrated Planning / BPS

SQL 2005 / Analysis Server

PRESENTATIONS

Speaker at SAP BI Data Warehouse Conference: Member of SAP BW "Meet the

Experts" panel

PUBLICATIONS

SAP Business Objects Web Intelligence and Voyager: When Should You Use

Each, July 2009

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