Sap Manager

Paul Brown

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SUMMARY OF SKILLS:

Results driven individual with eight years of experience in financial

systems. Team player with a strong work ethic, attention to detail,

ability to synthesize, intellectual curiosity and vigor and an eagerness to

develop new skills. Strong critical thinking, analytical, problem solving,

communication, interpersonal, leadership, negotiation and relationship

building skills. Solid requirements gathering, project implementation,

training, user acceptance testing and documentation skills. Solid Project

Management, Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning, Software

Quality Assurance, Software Packaging, Software Development Life Cycle,

Vulnerability and Risk Assessments, Security administration and best

practices. Proficient with the following technologies: Microsoft Windows

2000 and XP, Active Directory Services, Citrix, Terminal Services, Hyena,

HP OpenView, Relational databases, Microsoft Office 2003, Hyperion,

Documentum, Travel and Expense Authorization, PCAnywhere, Virtual Network

Computing, Virtual server technologies, MS Virtual Server, VMWare, Windows

Remote Desktop, PDA/Blackberry Hardware and Software, Secure 32 check

distribution, Moore 123 check distribution and SAP ERP 700, SAP R/3 4.0B,

4.6B, 4.6C with 6.20 frontend with working knowledge in Materials

Management, Financial Accounting, Production Planning, Sales and

Distribution and Business Intelligence.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY: ERP systems: SAP ECC 6.00, SAP R/3 4.0B, 4.6B, and 4.6C,

solutions: HCM, CRM, BI, XI/MII, Enterprise Portal, SCM, HCM, ADS, Dual

Stack ABAP-JAVA, GRC-Virsa and Solution Manager with CTS+ and ChaRMS. In

addition to installing and supporting third-party add-ons: Vertex, BSI Tax

Factory, and Synactive-Gui-XT. Microsoft Cluster Server, Windows 2003 and

2000 Server, Windows Vista, XP Professional, 2000 Professional, Active

Directory Services, Citrix, Terminal Servers, Hyena, HP-UX 11.23, HP

OpenView, Relational databases: Oracle, Microsoft SQL server, Microsoft

Office 2003, Hyperion, Documentum, Travel and Expense Authorization,

PCAnywhere, Virtual Network Computing, Virtual server technologies, MS

Virtual Server, VMWare, Windows Remote Desktop, PDA/Blackberry Hardware and

Software, Secure 32 check distribution, Moore 123 check distribution.

TRAINING:

Windows 2003, 2000 Server Administration; Windows XP, 2000 Professional

Administration; Securing Windows 2000 Server; Citrix MetaFrame XP

Administration: Feature Release 3; Citrix NFuse Administration;

Introduction to Project Management; Managing Projects in Organizations; SAP

R/3 BASIS Administration; Materials Management; Crystal Reports 8.5;

Project 2000; Visio Professional 2000; Corp-Tax Administration and

Security; Global Data Exchange Administration and Security. Certificate in

Information Systems Security from New York University (Completed in May

2005).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Computer Sciences Corporation, Inc.

From: April 2008 - To: December 2009

Contract to hire from January 2008 to April 2008

Position/Title: Sr. SAP Basis Consultant

Responsible for administration, tuning, monitoring, and support and

architectural review of the SAP ECC solutions including: Netweaver 7.0 with

EHP1, FICO, SCM, HCM, BI 7.0, PI 7.0 on a dual stack ABAP-JAVA, GRC-Virsa

and Solution Manager 7.0. Supporting and managing 7x24 production high

availability SAP clustered environment. Conduct system health checks on a

daily, monthly and quarterly basis. Install, configure, and administrate

SAP R/3 Enterprise, Portal, HCM, and CRM servers and application servers

for all Release environments. Install and maintain SAP Plug-ins and

Industry Solution add-on components. Install, configure, maintain, and

monitor SAP's Internet Transaction Server (ITS). Execute SAP homogeneous

system copies and redirect restores. Starting and stopping SAP servers.

Monitoring TMS (Transport Management System). Export and import transports

to downstream systems in landscape. Client maintenance and

administration. System monitoring and performance tuning using CCMS and

other tools (third party products). Define and maintain operation modes

and system profiles. Background job configuration, monitoring, and

maintenance. Perform SAP R/3 maintenance (support package application,

kernel and executable upgrades). Perform SAP application upgrades. SAP

user and security management including creating users, roles, and profiles

per requirements. Configure SAP printers and maintain spool system.

RFC/ALE configuration/administration/maintenance. Troubleshoot/debug

system errors and ABAP short dumps. Administrate/troubleshoot SAP R/3

logs, file usage, jobs, locks, and updates. Provide SAP R/3 technical

support to Business Process, Development, Testing, Training, Certification,

Configuration Management, Operations, and Proof of Concept teams. Devise

high availability strategy using HP Data Protector. Configure and maintain

high availability of systems. Configure and support interfaces. Install

and configure SAP Solution Manager. Support data loads. Trouble Tickets,

and Change Request support and execution. Document all procedures,

processes, installation prerequisites, installation guides, and system

administration guides.

Altria Corporate Services, Inc.

From: June 1997 - To: September 2007

Position: SAP Business Systems Analyst

Responsible for the sustainability, planning and implementation of

financial information systems. Contributed and executed with internal and

external parties the detailed work plan as it related to SAP Basis

administration and in accordance with overall project plan. Designed,

implemented, tested and supported all SAP systems required to realize the

end-to-end SAP solution. Provided SAP Basis Administration for all SAP

environments. Based on a thorough understanding of the business

requirements, the technical architecture, and current technology platforms,

implemented solutions that meet the needs of the organization. Address and

resolve complex design issues, typically involving large, interdependent

systems, new technologies, or significant architectural issues that have

broad business implications for the organization. Provide technical

leadership, supervision, and knowledge transfer as appropriate to ensure

quality in the delivery of projects utilizing internal and external

resources. Developed and maintained application security controls to

ensure data and application integrity, security and availability for all

financial systems and ensure that they continue to integrate into the

organization's computing environment. Performed vulnerability and risk

assessments on new software implementations. Developed detailed

user/business requirements, system documentation, and workflow processes in

accordance with internal and external audit requirements.

From: June 1997 - To: June 2000

Position: SAP Procurement Specialist

Managed the procurement process and budget for the best economic value to

Altria Corporate Services, Inc. Managed key vendor relationships for

Information Technology equipment and Professional Services. With a

thorough understanding of, company standard terms and conditions and the

relevant business requirements, managed the vendor selection process

through Request for Proposals. Worked in partnership with requestor to

prepare requisitions, track workflow and interacted with corporate

purchasing to ensure timely execution of purchase orders to meet the

overall business objective. Developed pricing matrices of the

organizations procurement activities with key vendors. Provided weekly and

monthly status reports to management. Maintained contracts and procurement

databases and worked with the Information Systems group to improve

efficiency of reporting. Ensured that company procedures and policies were

in compliance. Recommended policy changes that improved data integrity,

controls and workflow processes. Performed budgetary oversight on special

projects to ensure that funds were used in accordance with capital

appropriation. Worked with Research and Development to support the overall

business objective. Supervised the receipt of all software, network, and

computer equipment, in accordance with Corporate Audit policies and

procedures.

Royce Investment Group Inc.

From: May 1996 - To: May 1997

Position: Account Executive

As a licensed securities representative of the National Association of

Securities Dealers, prospected, qualified new leads and opened new accounts

for high net-worth individuals. Marketed company products and services to

prospective clients. Assisted clients in developing a retirement plans and

college savings plans, in accordance with the Securities and Exchange

Commission, National Association of Securities Dealers, and New York Stock

Exchange securities regulations. Licenses held: Series 7 and 63.

United States Marine Corps

From: February 1992 - To: February 1996

Position: Corporal

Responsible for training the Logistics staff in military tactics,

marksmanship and perimeter security. Also, supervised and trained a staff

of Marines in procurement processes and internal controls, to support the

deployment and maintenance of specialized military units and weaponry.

Worked on special security projects or assignments as deemed necessary by

superior officers. Awarded National Defense Service and Good Conduct

Medals and a Meritorious Unit Citation.

EDUCATION:

Hofstra University - Hempstead, NY 11549

Degree Awarded: Bachelors of Science

Major: Applied Economics; Minor: Mathematics

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