JIM MCCOLLUM
*********@*****.***
Morrow, OH 45152
Diligent SAP Basis Consultant/Architect with vast SAP implementation,
architectural, configuration, functional and support experience. Works
well in teams, able to communicate with various departments; attentive to
detail. Has successfully trained, mentored and evaluated teams across
multiple departments and functions. Extensive experience in system
implementation & upgrade. Brings experience in project & organization
management. Provides an exceptional balance of technical and management
expertise to every endeavor.
Area of Expertise SAP Netweaver, SAP Solution Manager on Windows, UNIX
& Linux
Career Achievements
TITAN Technology Partners (January 2008 - Present) Senior SAP Basis
Consultant
Project: Rush Enterprises - New Brunsfel, TX
. Setup and implemented the following:
o 1 - SAP ECC 6.0 NetWeaver Disaster Recovery System Windows 2003 SQL
2005
1. Homogeneous System Copy from Production to Disaster Recovery
System ABAP + Java
. Review current and future hardware requirements
. Advised hardware architecture and configuration for D/R
installation
. Install operating system and SAP on target system using
back-up from source system
. Perform Java export from source system
. Restore Java export on target system using sapinst
. Install 2 application Servers (Dialog Servers) to attach to
source Central Instance
. Run tests on target to verify installation
. Create documentation for offshore support to perform Java
exports on a weekly basis
. Train offshore support to perform Java exports and D/R
procedures
o 1 - SAP 7.0 BW/BI NetWeaver Disaster Recovery System Windows 2003
SQL 2005
1. Homogeneous System Copy from Production to Disaster Recovery
System ABAP + Java
. Review current and future hardware requirements
. Advised hardware architecture and configuration for D/R
installation
. Install operating system and SAP on target system using
back-up from source system
. Perform Java exports from source system
. Restore Java export on target system using sapinst
. Install 2 application Server (Dialog servers) to attach to
source Central Instance
. Run tests on target to verify installation
. Create documentation for offshore support to perform Java
exports on a weekly basis
. Train offshore support to perform Java exports and D/R
procedures
Oxford Global Resources (October 2009 - Present) Senior SAP Basis
Consultant
Project: Heritage Propane - Florence, KY
. Maintained and monitored the following:
o 7 - SAP ECC 6.0 NetWeaver Systems Windows 2003 SQL 2005
. Advised and adjusted on memory parameters
. Advised and adjusted on instance profiles
. Advised and adjusted on Java profiles
o 2 - SAP Solution Manager 7.0 System Windows 2003 SQL 2005
. Advised and adjusted on memory parameters
. Advised and adjusted on instance profiles
. Advised and adjusted on Java profiles
. Advised and adjusted transport system
o 3 - SAP NetWeaver 7.0 BW/BI System Windows 2003 SQL 2005
. Advised and adjusted on memory parameters
. Advised and adjusted on instance profiles
. Advised and adjusted on Java profiles
Sapphire Technologies (July 2009 - October 2009) Senior SAP Basis
Consultant
Project: TA TravelCenters of America - Cleveland, OH
. 1 - SAP Solution Manager 7.0 EhP1 System Red Hat Linux Oracle
o Performed Solution Manager installation
o Advised on Hardware Architecture and installation procedures for
addition of SolMan
o Created and assigned landscape components
o Edited products and product assignments
o Generated RFC connections
o Defined and edited system roles
o Created logical Components
o Synchronized Systems (DEV, QA, Production, BI)
o Setup Solution Monitoring with SDCCN Administration Tool
o Created and monitored Maintenance Package tasks
o Scheduled tasks
o RTCCTOOL
o Created and setup SAP EarlyWatch Alerts
o E2E Trace Analysis
o Maintained SAP EarlyWatch Alerts
o Configured CCMS alerts
o Solution Manager security
o Setup automatic email alerts
o Created and setup Change Management
o CTS
o Upgrading ABAP and Java support stacks
. 1 - Installation of SAPGui installation Server
TITAN Technology Partners (January 2008 - August 2009) Senior SAP Basis
Consultant
. Configured, installed and maintained the following:
o 2 - SAP ECC 6.0 Netweaver IDES Systems Windows 2003 SQL 2005
o 1 - SAP Solution Manager 7.0 System Windows 2003 SQL 2005
Performed Solution Manager Installation
o Chemical Best Practices installation
Project: Joerns Healthcare - Stevens Point, WI *Full lifecycle
. Configured, installed, maintained and monitored the following:
o 5 - SAP ECC 6.0 Netweaver Systems Windows 2003 SQL 2005
o Advised on Hardware Architecture and installation planning
procedures
o Created and assigned landscape components (STMS)
o Configured CCMS alerts
o Generated RFC connections between systems
o Configured SCOT
o Configured OSS
o Configured clients
o Client copies
o Configured SAP profiles
o Created and configured roles
o Created and configured logical systems
o Transport management
o Output management
o Support for programmers
o Created and maintained batch input
o Configured HTTP/HTTPS
o Setup and configured SSO
o 1 - SAP Solution Manager 7.0 System Windows 2003 SQL 2005
o Performed Solution Manager installation
o Advised on Hardware Architecture and installation planning
procedures
o Created and assigned landscape components
o Edited products and product assignments
o Generated RFC connections
o Defined and edited system roles
o Created logical Components
o Synchronized Systems (DEV, QA, Production, BI)
o Setup Solution Monitoring with SDCCN Administration Tool
o Created and monitored Maintenance Package tasks
o Scheduled tasks
o RTCCTOOL
o Created and setup SAP EarlyWatch Alerts
o E2E Trace Analysis
o Maintained SAP EarlyWatch Alerts
o Configured CCMS alerts
o Solution Manager security
o Setup automatic email alerts
o Created and setup Change Management
o CTS
o Setup S-Users
o Upgraded ABAP and Java support stacks
o 2 - SAP Netweaver 7.0 BW/BI System Windows 2003 SQL 2005
o Advised on Hardware Architecture and installation planning
procedures
o 2 - SAPGUI Server Windows 2003 - SAPGUI 7.10
o Support stacks, Kernel patches and upgrades for ABAP and Java/J2EE
o 2 - Vertex Tax Service Systems Windows 2003 SQL 2005
o MS SQL 2005 Database Backup and Transaction Log Maintenance
o 3 - SAPGui installation Server
o 2 - Acom EDI packages
o Installation of Vistex
. Supervised 6 offshore consultants
. Implemented training sessions on SAPGUI and SAP
Project: Multi Color Corporation - Cincinnati, OH
. Performed Security Maintenance SAP ECC Netweaver ECC 6.0 UNIX/Oracle
American Marine & Fiberglass (February 2006 - January 2008) System
Administrator
. Systems Administration, Configured and maintained Windows Servers
and 10 workstations
. Web administration - designed, created, implemented and maintained
website and online store
UnITconsulting (June 2001 - February 2006) New York City, NY Senior SAP
Basis Consultant
. Configured, installed, maintained, monitored or upgraded the
following:
o Designed Architecture and installation planning procedures for
complete landscape
o 3 - SAP Enterprise Portals 4.0 systems
o 1 - 6.10 R/3 CRM System NT/SQL
o 4 - 4.6 R/3 Systems NT/SQL
o 2 - 2.11 4.6C Workplace Systems NT/SQL
o 3 - 2.1C 4.6D Business Warehouse Systems NT/SQL
o Support packs, Kernel patches and upgrades for ABAP
o 2 - 2.0B 4.6C SR1 Customer Relation Management Systems NT/SQL
o 2 - 2.0D 4.6D Customer Relation Management Systems NT/SQL
o 2 - 4.6C R/3 IDES Systems NT/SQL
o 3 - as//print systems
o 3 - printIT systems
. Supervised 12 consultants
. Project Manager for the internal software development projects
. Implemented training sessions on SAPGUI, Windows and SAP
Project: J. Crew - New York City, NY **Go-live
. Configured and maintained 3 SAP R/3 4.6D BW Systems on Sun Solaris
. Performed daily monitoring of database alert logs and storage
management
. Defined, installed and instructed in the use of TMS and change request
management
. Implemented training sessions on SAPGUI, Windows and SAP
. Installed SAPGUI on Windows 98, Windows NT Workstation and Windows
2000
. Installed Support Packages (Hot Packs) and Kernel upgrades
RSA Companies (August 2000 - March 2001) SAP Basis Consultant
Project: Atipa - Kansas City, MO *Full lifecycle
. Advised and designed Architecture and installation planning procedures
for complete landscape
. Lead technical consultant
. Implemented training sessions on SAP system
. Installed and configured 3 SAP 4.6c systems on Linux/Oracle
. R/3 admin for security, authorizations and profile maintenance using
SAP PFCG
. Performed daily monitoring of database alert logs and storage
management
. Planned backup strategies using SAP provided backup software
(brbackup/brarchive)
. Defined, installed and instructed in the use of TMS and change request
management
. Implemented SAPGUI on Windows 98 and Linux Workstations
. Installed Support Packages (Hot Packs) and Kernel upgrades
Project: Peak Technologies - Denver, CO *Full lifecycle
. Installed and configured development SAP 4.6c system on NT/Oracle
environment
. Installed Support Packages (Hot Packs) and Kernel upgrades
. Configured OSS access
PSINet (Applied Integration Services, Inc.) (March 1995 - August 2000) SAP
Basis Consultant
Project: Chemical Abstract Services - Columbus, OH *Full lifecycle
. Installed 3.1 and 4.6 SAP R/3 systems on UNIX Solaris 7/Oracle
. Installed and configured SAP R/3 on Windows/Oracle for development and
training purposes
. Administered DBA upgrades and security procedures
. Planned and instructed on the use of daily system monitoring and
workload analysis
. Planned downtime for upgrades, DB reorganizations, DB backups and
hardware maintenance
. Planned and setup several development, quality assurance and
production system landscapes
. Instructed on the use of SAP R/3 CCMS to monitor, analyze and adjust
the performance
. Defined, installed and instructed in the use of TMS and change request
management
. Installed SAP OSS access
. Implemented, and administered SAProuter for retrieval of OSS notes
administration
. Implemented SAPGUI on several versions of Windows and UNIX/Sun
Workstations
. Planned backup strategies SAP provided (brbackup/brarchive), but also
third party software
. Installed Support Packages (Hot Packages) and Kernel upgrades on NT
and UNIX
. Security authorizations and profile maintenance using SAP PFCG
. Daily monitoring of database alert logs, and storage management
Project: Bush Trucking - Wilmington, OH
. Installed and upgrade SAP R/3 4.0, 4.5 & 4.6 systems on Windows
NT/Oracle
. Administered DB upgrades and security procedures also database
performance tuning.
. Implemented SAPGUI on various Windows Workstation platforms
. Defined, installed and instructed in the use of TMS and change
requests
. Defined and implemented VPN for access to internal SAP R/3 systems
. Installed SAP OSS access
. Performed daily monitoring of database alert logs and storage
management
. Planned and installed R/3 gateway services and R/3 spool system
Project: Panasonic Corporation - Newark, NJ
. Installed SAP R/3 3.1 system on AIX UNIX/Informix
. Upgraded SAP R/3 4.6 system on AIX UNIX/Informix
. Installed SAP OSS access
. Support Packages (Hot Packs) and Kernel upgrades on all systems
Project: Janis Funds - Denver, CO
. Installed SAP R/3 3.1 systems on Hewlett Packard UNIX/Oracle
. Upgraded SAP R/3 4.6 systems on Hewlett Packard UNIX/Oracle
. Administered DBA upgrades and security procedures
. Planned for downtime for upgrades, DB reorganizations, backups and
hardware maintenance
. Planned and instructed on the use of daily system monitoring and
workload analysis
. Instructed on the use of SAP R/3
. Defined, installed and instructed in the use of TMS procedures and
defined import processes
. Implemented and administered SAProuter for retrieval of OSS notes
administration
. Installed Support Packages (Hot Packs) and Kernel upgrades all systems
. Setup and maintained several output devices
. Performed daily monitoring of database alert logs and storage
management
. Planned and installed R/3 gateway services and R/3 spool system
Project: Entigra Leasing Solutions - Cincinnati, OH *Full
lifecycle
. Installed and configured of SAP R/3 3.1, 4.0, 4.5 and 4.6 on Windows
NT/Oracle
. Upgraded SAP R/3 4.0, 4.5 and 4.6 systems on Windows NT/Oracle
. Database administration and R/3 system management
. Performed daily monitoring of database alert logs and storage
management
. Administered DB upgrades, security procedures and database performance
tuning
. Planned for downtime for upgrades, DB reorganizations, DB backups and
hardware maintenance
. Planned and instructed on the use of daily system monitoring and
workload analysis
. Used and instructed on the use of SAP R/3 CCMS
. Defined, installed and instructed in the use of TMS procedures and
defined the import processes
. Implemented and administered SAProuter for retrieval of OSS notes
administration
. Installed Support Packages (Hot Packages) and Kernel upgrades on all
systems
. Implemented SAP ITS for Internet access of SAP R/3 using mySAP.com
. Defined TMS change request management procedures and import processes
. Implemented SAPGUI on various Windows workstation platforms
. Planned backup strategies using SAP brbackup/brarchive also third
party software
. Established archiving and logging procedures using SAP Archive Link
. Planned and installed R/3 gateway services and R/3 spool system
Education B. S. Computer Science - Kennedy Western University