Project Manager Sap

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Raleigh, NC 27614

Providing Innovative Business Solutions by leveraging Technology

IT Professional with extensive experience solving business and technical

problems by managing and implementing SAP solutions. Senior

Program/Project Manager specializing in SAP Functional and Upgrade

projects. Demonstrated ability to develop and manage high impact projects

in a fast paced environment with entrepreneurial spirit, self-motivated and

a keen sense of urgency.

. Successfully Managed SAP Implementations, Upgrades and Functional

projects.

. Developed and Managed SAP Hosting and Production Support projects.

. Built SAP Professional Services Practices, SAP Business Process

Consulting, Computer Risk Consulting, B2B Portal Integration, Trading

Partner Adoption and more.

. Key contributor in closing engagements valued from less than $1 million

to more than $100 million, in North America, Western Europe, Mexico, and

South America.

. Extensive knowledge of business process models James Martin, BPWIN,

ERWIN, IDEF, DFD, JAD and Electronic Commerce technologies, integrating

ERP systems with B2B technologies: SAP R3 - MySAP - SAP Markets MarketSet

portal - CommerceOne portal - EDI - XML.

. Project Risk Mitigation, Identify, Analyze, Rank, Resolve. Red Prairie,

EDI

. Identify and Manage Change Management Project activities

. Managed SAP Roles Based Security Projects to eliminate Separation of

Duties issues in SOX projects.

. Provided B2B implementing solutions consultation, defined client B2B

requirements, and developed technical specifications for proposal sizing

and implementation.

. Key contributor in successful standards migration of clients in SEM and

ISO 9000 & 9002.

. Demonstrated and used CMM in assessing B2B readiness and Risk Mitigation.

. Supported International clients and collaborated with Global Business

Partners.

. Developed Strategies for, built, managed and supported the SAP Center of

Excellence.

. Certified as a SAP MarketSet (portal) Consultant, Business Process Re-

Engineering, SAP Enterprise Buyer Professional (EBP), CRM, APO, HR, PLM,

PM, PS, SD, MM, BW, Workflow, SEM, SRM, CPM, BPS, BCS, Barcode, Solution

Manager and Internet Sales.

RELEVANT SKILLS:

Work with customers to build a trusted relationship and to provide

consultation on implementing successful B2B solutions. Specialized in SAP

Portals and Upgrades.

Extensive knowledge of several industry's business models and Electronic

Commerce technologies, specializing in integrating ERP systems with B2B

technologies like SAP R3, MySAP Portal SW, SAP Markets Portal MarketSet,

CommerceOne Portal MarketSite/BuySite, Lotus Domino, Web Sphere, EDI, s390

mainframe, AIX, SUN Unix, Xcbl, RosettaNet and XML.

Project management and technical leadership experiences plus completed

formal PMI Project Management training and demonstrated those skills over

the years. Extensive experience in leading teams in B2B/B2C/B2G related

projects. Presented technical topics to outside professional organizations,

clients, customers and corporate management.

Experience with a Big 5 Consulting company, Arthur Andersen, developing

Professional Services Practice in Risk Management and developing Client

opportunities. Experience in Homeland security, specifically commercial

airport rollout of TSA requirements.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Dickinson & Associates Consulting September

2009 - Present

Senior SAP Program Manager

. Crayola ECC 6.0

1. EDI ECC 6.0 Risk Assessment

2. Red Prairie ECC 6.0 Interface Risk Assessment

3. SAP COE Planning and Strategy, Post Go-Live Road Map

Equal-Plus Consulting May

2009 - September 2009

. New SAP implementation, new HW, new users

. SAP Upgrade Practice Manager, SAP Portals Practice Manager

. SAP security,

. Resource management

. SAP Project Management, Blue printing, realization and post go-live

support,

. Project Risk Management and Change Control Activities, Contracts and SOW

Computer Sciences Corporation May

2008 - April 2009

Senior SAP Program Manager, North American SAP Competency Center

. Implementing a SAP Upgrade Boot Camp system

. Provide SAP Upgrade assessments and Project Proposals.

. Business development- work with current Client Teams to develop new

opportunities

. SAP HCM implementation

. Resource management, setup and deliver programs and projects

. Evaluation and integration of SAP tools to improve project success and

win new deals.

. Demonstrate the use of SAP Best Practices and setup Demo system to help

Clients in Process Design.

Equal-Plus Consulting

Nov 2006 - April 2008

Senior SAP Program Manager, Practice Manager

Honda Aircraft Company

. SAP Portals Practice Manager

. SAP Upgrade Practice Manager

. New SAP implementation, new HW, new users

. Initial Phase, using preconfigured client "it.manufacturing" by

Itelligence

. Aerospace, VLJ Industry, Full R/3 implementation. FAA Certification

. SAP security,

. Resource management

. SAP Project Management, Blue printing, realization and post go-live

support,

. SAP R/3 version 6.0 Enterprise- R3, SD, MM, IM, QM, FICO, HR, Solution

Manager, UGS Team Center interface,

. Project Risk Management and Change Control Activities, Contracts and SOW

Rapidigm/ Fujitsu

Nov 2005 - Aug 2006

SAP Professional Services, Senior SAP Program Manager

. 4.6C to 5.0 SAP Upgrade project, FDA Validated Systems.

. Complex Technical Upgrade, Hw upgrade to Itanium,

. Pharmaceutical Industry, Global implementation, 5000 Transactions

. SOX compliance requirements, SAP security,

. Resource management

. SAP Project Management, Blue printing to realization,

. SAP R/3 version 5.0 Enterprise- R3, SD, MM, HR, Portals, APO, B2B and

more.

. Project Risk Management and Change Control Activities

Corio / IBM

Mar 2004 - Nov 2005

SAP Professional Services

Senior SAP Program/Project Manager and SAP Business Development Manager

Manage the Requirements Analysis, SAP Security Design and development, SAP

Migration and SAP Upgrade projects. Including SAP Hosting and SAP

Production Support.

. HW and SW Migration projects, hosted and non hosted models, including SAP

upgrades 4.6C, 4.7

. Onsite and remote projects, SAP hosting, Production Support

. SAP security. RFID

. Business development and proposal creation

. Manage onshore and offshore resources

. SAP Project Management, Project Risk Mitigation, Change Control

Activities

. SAP R/3 version 4.7 Enterprise- R3, HR, SD, MM, FICO, Portals, BW

Solution Manager and more.

Schwans Foods

2004 - Jan - Apr

Information Management Shared Services, Technical Operations

Contract Consultant, Senior SAP Project Manager and SAP Security Analyst.

Manage the Requirements Analysis, SAP Security Design and development, SOD

Issues resolution and Testing.

. 1600 Users, HQ plus 10 Mfg locations.

. Manage Project SOD requirements for assigned groups.

. Project, resource, and P&L planning, International and US.

. SOD, Separation of Duties Issues Management.

. Provided guidance for project design, sizing and cost estimates.

. Ensure Change control procedures are adhered to. PMF standards

. Facilitate and managed the Conversion of the Business Requirements to

Technical specifications.

. SAP R/3 version 4.7 Enterprise- SD, MM, FI/CO, HR, MFG, WM/IM, PP, PS and

more. VIRSA - VRAT, VFAT VRMT SOD Analysis and SOX Compliance.

Bristol-Myers Squibb 2003

- Aug - Dec

Information Management Shared Services, Technical Operations

Senior SAP Program/Project Manager, Manage the design, development and

deployment of SAP standard configuration to support a multi-step

manufacturing process and Waste Management business requirements.

. $2 Million dollar SAP Pharmaceutical projects.

. Manage Project Managers, Team Leaders and Clients.

. SAP Project Management, PMBOK Standards, Project Risk Mitigation, Change

Control

.

. Project, resource, and P&L planning, International and US.

. Issues Management, Standard PMI, ASAP methodology.

. Provided guidance for project design, sizing and cost estimates.

. Ensure Change control procedures are adhered to. PMF standards

. Facilitate and managed the Conversion of the Business Requirements to

Technical specifications. SAP and Barcode. Including Wireless and

handheld devices.

. SAP R/3 version 4.6C- SD, MM, FI/CO, MFG, WM/IM, PP-PI, FDA validated

system, PLM, SDLC, PS, Barcode

New York Stock Exchange 2003

Enterprise Trading Services Portal, supporting NYSE Trading Service core

Business Processes.

Contract Consultant, Senior SAP Program/ Project Manager

Manage the design, development and deployment of a web based integrated

system for the Trading Services Function with SAP and Legacy backbends.

. $2.5 Million Fixed bid and Time and Material projects

. Offshore (India) 20 development and Onsite (NYC) 10 support JAVA and ABAP

. Project, resource, and P&L planning,

. Issues Management, Standard PMI, ASAP methodology.

. Provided future project design, sizing and cost estimates.

. Provided guidance for Scalability, Load balancing/Fall Over.

. JAVA 1.4.1, SAP R/3 version 4.6C SD, SM, HR, PS, SAP WAS 6.20, SAP

Connector, SAP Enterprise Portal server 5.0,, SAP Portlets (Iviews),

IDOC, BAPI, RFC, PDA enabled, Electronic Ink, J2EE 1.2.1, Lotus Domino,

IBM MQ Series, SOAP, UDDI, WSDL, JAVA, ABAP, JDBC, WebSphere 3.5

supporting J2EE 1.1, Flash MX 6.0 .

Lockheed Martin

2002

Homeland Security Project, Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Strategic Airport Security Rollout (SASR)

Contract Consultant, Senior Program Manager and Business Analyst

Analyze Airport security, proposed TSA standard upgrade minimizing adverse

impacts to the airport and flying public. Business Process Analysis,

Project management and logistics coordination

. Performed Initial security assessment.

. Prepared airport upgrade recommendations to Airport Manager, Federal

Security Director and TSA for approval. Business Process Reengineering.

. Coordinated Mobile Screening force (MSF) and Permanent Screening Force

(PSF) rollout.

. Created Statements of Work and Contractor's Bill of Materials for The

Contractor bid process.

. Coordinated the delivery of TSA materials to the assigned airports.

. Supervised the construction activities at assigned airports.

. Provided regular status updated to Lockheed management.

SAP

2001

Manager of Professional Services

Defined and developed a consulting service for SAP Markets to support the

services mission.

. Developed a Business Plan that was approved at all levels of management

. Hired Staff - built a team of Industry experts with SAP Background

. Developed a Staff Skills Assessment and training plan, for Business

Analyst positions

. Created a Value proposition that fit Customer needs and SAP Markets

Internal requirements.

. Successfully analyzed customers business requirements, needs and

objectives and map them to the SAP processes, solutions and products that

are being implemented.

. Engaged in all Phase0 client Blueprint projects to Go Live. Including

Business Process Engineering. Managed projects.

. Developed a proposal package to reduce response time for proposals to

less than 24 hrs.

. Designed and developed a Business Process Center of competence that

documented all key industry B2B Processes flows using James Martin.

BPWIN, ERWIN, IDEF, DFD, and JAD. Business Process Reengineering

. Engaged with Business Development to identify new Portal business

opportunities.

. Trained and experienced in SAP SEM and SRM configuration and

implementation.

. Successful implementation of SAP processes, solutions and products within

assigned accounts as per SAP's Customer Engagement Lifecycle (CEL).

. Provided sizing estimates for Client proposals, Including Java, ABAP and

HTML development.

. Implemented EBP, CRM, APO, PLM, Workflow, BW, MarketSet Portal SW in

internal SAP Boot Camp systems, CPM, BPS, BCS, integrating with SAP R3

SD, MM, SM, PM, PS, SRM and FICO modules. Use and knowledge of ASAP

methodology.

. Installed, configured and tested software installation.

Idea Integration 2000

Sr. Engagement Manager, SAP Program/ Project Manager of B2B Integration

managed projects and developed new business opportunities.

. Engagement Manager Boeing Aerospace

. Successfully Project Managed the Boeing-ExoStar Portals project for Idea

Integration.

. Developed Project objectives and statements of work.

. Developed Contract terms and conditions with CommerceOne, Boeing and Idea

Integration

. Project Managed the Supplier Implementation project, Boeing, Web Methods

and Idea Integration resources.

. Resolved the issue of sending ANSI X12 data through the CommerceOne

Portal MarketSite XCBL transport facility

. A key contributor in attaining SEI level 3 to maintain the company's

ability to service Defense Industry clients, like Boeing, Lockheed,

Airbus, Raytheon and more

. SAP R3, CommerceOne Portal SW, Xcbl, EDI, Project management, Client

management, Business Process Reengineering, Business Development

As Sr. Manager of Business Development, developed a Service Portfolio

outlining services focusing on ERP integration. Products supported: SAP

R3, PeopleSoft, Siebel, JD Edwards, Lawson, Firepond, Oracle and more

Built relationships with strategic Software vendors, SAP R3, MySAP

. Built a team of professionals to provide a National Practice focus in:

- EDI/XML, Portal SW, SAP, ERP, CRM, HTML development Trading Partner

Integration

- Data Standards identify and document the impacts of the work in

RosettaNet, CompTIA, AIAG, EIDX, ANSI and EDIFACT in the B2B

Integration area

- Business Partner relationships - review all opportunities for

association with integration tools software developers

- Audit and control - Readiness assessments, build models and best

practices methodologies

. Identify new business opportunities through Industry focus groups

. RosettaNet, CompTIA, AIAG and other industry EDI and XML standards bodies

. Developed a Business Plan that included new service lines to support

customers requirements in the ERP integration of EDI, Xcbl and XML

. Worked with Sales Managers, Solution Directors and the National Practice

team to assist in identifying B2B opportunities. Built a Trusted Advisor

relationship with the clients

. Created Client proposals for B2B Integration Services

Arthur Andersen

1999 - 2000

(A BIG 5 consulting firm, providing technical services for Computer Risk

Management)

As Sr. Manager of eBusiness Computer Risk Consulting, I developed the

Strategy and Business plan to support the Arthur Andersen's South Market

Circle eBusiness "Go to Market" strategies and was a member of the National

eBusiness Center of Competence

. Developed a comprehensive South Market Circle eBusiness Plan that defined

the business objectives, services, deliverables, schedules, and plans.

This was designed to support a 1.4 million-dollar new business target

. Collaborated with various Arthur Anderson Divisions: Business Consulting,

Marketing, Business Process Risk Consulting, Tax and Business Audit

. Provide guidance and ideas to other geographic units to develop B2B

Risk Services and opportunities. Business process mapping using James

Martin. BPWIN, ERWIN, IDEF, DFD, and JAD sessions. Business Process

Reengineering

. Member of the Arthur Andersen Human Knowledge Network, a free form Think

Tank forum to cultivate and invent Arthur Andersen eBusiness Risk

Services

. Evaluated new businesses partners and define the strategy and plans for a

co-marketing and engagement partnership

. Worked with Managers and Partners to assist in identifying eBusiness

opportunities.

. Participated in developing Client eBusiness proposals for Risk Management

Services.

. Provided guidance to the consulting team on data control issues and best

practice recommendations. I developed the eBusiness Readiness Review

presentation to VF management

. Worked on the Global eBusiness Competency team reviewing and analyzing

the Internet Bill Presentment and Payment research report presented by

the Internet Research Group. Made recommendations on how the B2B Risk

model could be applied in this environment

. Worked with a coordinated task force containing the Business Consulting

Supply Chain Competency Center in Montreal Canada and the Computer Risk

Management Competency team to define the B2B link into the Supply Chain

model. Provided consultation and guidance on defining the Risk model and

CMM in this environment

. Worked as a key contributor on the eBusiness Readiness assessment to the

client Vanity Fair. Developed and present the CMM reports that identified

gaps in the security, scalability and reliability of their system.

. SAP R3, EDI, Project management, CMM, Risk Management, Requirements

definition, and Internet.

IBM Global Procurement

1999

Sr. Project Manager, contracted to IBM Global Procurement, Endicott, NY

Utilizing Lotus Domino, SAP R3, SD, MM, FICO and EDI technology.

. Provided Project Management for Platform, Middleware, Audit and Control

and Business Controls. IBM is using SAP 3.1I, SD, MM. IBM AAS systems

. Utilize the Microsoft Project software to manage resources and schedules.

Managed resources in Singapore, Endicott NY, Southbury NY and Schaumburg

Ill

. Made technical recommendations and provided technical design

specifications. Supported the IBM Development and Business Controls teams

that certified testing and implementation of the Electronic Commerce

interface. Supported IBM ASCA Business Controls Reviews

. Singapore Procurement: Integrated selected Suppliers and Trading Partners

electronically. A Lou Gerstner initiative to be a totally paperless

process in IBM by 2000

. New Program product: Tested and enable a not yet announced program

product developed by IBM Peru. This product enabled EDI messages to be

processed by Internet applications

. SAP R3, FICO, EDI, IDOC, ALE, eProcurement, MM, SD, Disaster Recovery,

Risk Management

Hershey Foods

1998 - 1999

SAP Project Manager. Hershey Foods, SAP R3 Implementation and migration

from mainframe legacy systems. The project included New HW implementation,

Middleware, Audit and Control and Archiving. Hershey Foods installed SAP

3.1H, for the US and Canada business.

. Utilize the ABT Project Workbench tool and Microsoft Project to manage

resources and schedules. Managed consultant resources including IBM,

Sterling, SAP and Hershey Employees. All MS Office products including MS

Outlook

. Developed a Disaster recovery project plan and proposal. Supported ISO

9000 & 9002 requirements

. SAP R3, SD, MM, FICO, EDI, IDOC, BW, Disaster Recovery, Manugistics,

Audits, Business Process Reengineering

IBM

1967 - 1998

Positions held: Director of IT, Program Manager, Manager of Global

eBusiness Competency Center, Senior SAP Project manager, Senior Technical

Manager, Client Manager, Senior Consultant Manager, Technical support

manager, Developer, and more.

. (B2B Center of Competency) Director of IT, Senior Technical Manager

. (US Electronic Commerce Team) Sr. Consultant Manager, IT Manager, Project

Manager -

. (IBM / Acer Joint Manufacturing Technical Support Manager, Project

Manager

. (SAP Installation) eBusiness Manager, Project Manager, SAP R3, SD, MM.

. (Reseller Sales Reporting) Sr. Technical Support Manager, Project

Manager

. (Special Assignment GSA) Client Engagement Manager

. (PC DIRECT) Senior Technical Support Manager, Project Manager

. (Business Process Re-engineering) Sr. Consulting Manager

Held a number of Software Development management positions, in Mainframe

Manufacturing, and the IBM Retail Sales System development. Systems: POS,

MARC. CMIS: PLS, PL1, CICS, MVS, IT audits, Disaster Recovery, s390, AIX,

JCL, JAD, Lotus Notes, Lotus WebSphere, installed SW, Tested SW, Change

management, and Business Process Reengineering

Education and Training

. Advanced Presentation skills

. Application Development and procedures

. Auditing, Controlling, and Data Tracking - Sterling Commerce

. Business Process Re-Engineering - certified

. Completed Staff work

. Computer Risk Management

. Effective presentations

. Effective writing

. IBM Management and Technical Management training

. IBM Project Management training

. Internet Bill Presentment and Payment

. Interpersonal negotiating skills

. Lotus Notes

. NC State - Motivating the DP Human resource

. NC State - Project estimating and control

. Project Planning, Analysis, and Control - PMI Project Management

Certification

From The George Washington University - School of Business and Public

Management

. SAP APO, CRM, Internet Sales

. SAP EDI systems

. SAP Enterprise Buyer Professional (EBP) B2B 2.0, EBP 1.0, EBP 2.0, EBP

3.0

. SAP MarketSet Certified Consultant

. SAP SD and MM training

. SAP Systems Architecture

. Systems Modeling and simulations

. Team building

MARIST COLLEGE - Poughkeepsie NY, BS Computer Mathematics

US Navy - Vietnam veteran (1968 -1971)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

. CompTIA- Micro Computer Industry association

. Member since 1988.

. Chairman of the Technology Subcommittee.

. International support for CompTIA in Japan, US and Europe

. EIDX Electronics Industry Data Exchange

. ASUG American SAP User Group

. PEBF Piedmont EC Business Forum

. AEBF Atlanta EC Business Forum

. RosettaNet XML standards group

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