Thomas Sawyer

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Miami, FL 77493 www.linkedin.com/in/tomsawyer 224-***-****

Sr. SAP Workflow and ABAP Developer

Core Strengths

. IT professional with 16 years experience in SAP

cross-application implementations: SAP Workflow, ABAP, ABAP OO, Functional MM, SD and HR.

. Strong business process and technical background-

a unique combination of Logistical and HR

functional skills in combination with SAP

Workflow and ABAP expertise.

. Experienced at deriving highest ROI solutions

through comprehensive cost/benefit analysis.

. Streamlined business processes, found

opportunities for efficient and effective

improvements, identified bottlenecks, potential

errors, missed processing, redundancies, etc.

. Talented at tracking down systematic causes and

solving problems using a methodological and

practical approach.

. Leader of countless ABAP and SAP Workflow

projects from inception to maintenance: analyzed

requirements, designed solutions, configured and

programmed, demonstrated to work groups, trained

the trainers and end-users, and provided both

technical and end-user documentation.

. A natural teacher and mentor for junior team

members. Created content for and instructed a 40

hour comprehensive workflow course ranging from

manager benefit summaries to technical

configuration and programming.

. Impressive Presentation Skills-have given many

presentations during ASUG local chapter meetings

and National ASUG events.

Technology Profile

SAP Versions SAP R/3 3.1c, 3.1i, 3.6c; SAP Enterprise R/3 4.5b,

4.6c, 4.7; ERP ECC 5.0, 6.0; ABAP/BASIS 701, 702;

Netweaver WebAS 6.20; HR 604; Solution Manager ST 710

Industry Oil/Gas, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Aerospace, HiTech

Experience

SAP Business BOR Technology; Workflow ABAP Classes; Workflow

Workflow Builder; Event Handling; Event Queue; Agent

Experience Determination, Rules and Role Resolutions; Extended

Notifications; Universal Work List (UWL); SAP

Workplace; Workflow Upgrades from BOR to Class-Based

Objects

ABAP Programming ABAP Classes (Object Oriented ABAP); Classic Dialog

Expertise Module Pool (PAI, PBO); Procedural ABAP; ABAP

Upgrade Experience

SAP Functional MM (Materials Management); HCM (Human Capital

Module Experience Management);

SD (Sales and Distribution); Treasury; Plant

Maintenance

UI (User BSP (Business Server Pages); HTML; Web Dynpro for

Interface) ABAP; SAPScript; Classic Dynpro Screen Painter; ALV

Expertise Interactive Reports

Automated User BDC Call Transactions and Batch Input; BAPIs; eCATT

Input Expertise

ABAP Enhancement Enhancement Framework, BAdIs (Business Add Ins);

and modification Field exits, CMOD and SMOD Customer Exits, User

Expertise Exits, Workflow Programming Exits

SOA Registration of Services on SAP's Enterprise Service

(Service-Oriented Registry; SOA methodology

Architecture)

EDI Experience IDoc (Intermediate Document) and ALE (Application

Link Enabling)

Misc SAP Expertise GOS (Generic Object Services); OTR Text (Online Text

Repository) for easy Translations; Change Documents;

SAP Classification System for materials and

requisition/PO release procedures

Independent Consultant 2006 - Present

Chevron Phillips Chemical, The Woodlands, TX (2010-Present)

Sr. ABAP and SAP Workflow Consultant

. Conducted audit of CPChem's Workflow Environment;

Implemented solutions for 28 of the 29

recommendations made from the audit. Reduced

many obsolete workflow processes that put an

unnecessary drain on system resources; Uncovered

need for using the workflow event queue and

implemented it; logically deleted over 1.5

million orphaned work items; archived over 1.8

million messages to WF-BATCH, etc.

. Researched CPChem's existing workflows that

created problems and working from worst offender

up systematically implemented revisions and

corrections.

. Designed and developed numerous custom workflows

using OO where beneficial including MSS HCM Adobe

Forms WebDynpro ABAP: promotion approval

workflow; Immediate Reward approval workflow;

Purchase Requisition auto-release and purchase

requisition release BSP workflow; multiple supply

chain workflows: sales order credit hold release,

delivery communication, customer creation, etc;

several custom treasury workflows: Global bank

review and FI Transaction Approval; Modifications

to Solution Manager's TMS (Transport Management

System) workflow.

. Supported 30+ custom workflows (annual workflow

volume: 240,000 workflow instances)

. Implemented Extended Notifications/retired older

methods for sending out notifications for

workitems. New functionality for users: could

now click on links to make decision from Outlook.

. Built many generic workflow solutions that are

utilized by multiple workflow definitions, e.g.

Dynamic user-decision sub-workflow which allows

up to 4-tiers of customizable text to be selected-

most common use is to collect a rejection reason.

. Built a common workflow class that holds many

methods that can be called via workflow binding

and by doing so will not require a background

process as BOR methods do.

. Developed Workflow procedures and design

standards and implemented a SharePoint Workflow

site with findings and documentation.

Baker Hughes, Houston, TX (2010)

Implementation team member for International Business Development Services

group of Baker Hughes. Implemented SAP Accounts Payable Workflow solution

in Lima, Peru. Assisted implementations for Bogota, Colombia and Buenos

Aires, Argentina sites. Performed configuration for bringing Peru on-line,

built organizational structure for the workflow, instructed training

courses, supported go-live. The Baker Hughes work was different for me

because it I performed a completely functional role.

Skill Set Maintenance (2009)

SAP Course CD251: Update your ABAP Development Skills to NetWeaver 7.0

-This course contained instruction on advanced ABAP concepts, persistent

objects, building enterprise services using ABAP Classes, and Web Dynpro

for ABAP.

SAP Course CD356: State-of-the-art ABAP

SAP Webinar - Service Registry in SOA Middleware, how to publish/consume

enterprise services

SAP Webinar - Adobe Interactive Forms in Web Dynpro for ABAP

SAP Webinar - Web Dynpro for ABAP, Workflow and the UWL to Revolutionize

Decision Processing

LyondellBasell, Houston, TX (2006 - 2008)

Sr. ABAP and SAP Workflow Consultant

. Designed and built several workflows using the

full Object Oriented functionality of the ABAP

Classes. Integrated older workflow technology

(BOR) with new class-based so that one workflow

could have different tasks that could call

either. Converted BOR-based workflows to OO

Class-based workflow when benefit could be

achieved.

. Designed custom LSO (Learning Solutions) Booking

and Cancellation Approval Workflows. The

approval step was a BSP. These workflows

utilized the standard LSO BOR events that were

raised via the portal. The custom LSO workflows

were designed with OO Class functionality.

. Developed HTML email notifications for HR

Personnel Transfers actions.

. Provided production support for many complex

workflows in FI, MM, HR modules.

. Developed custom workflow for various cross

system applications that integrated web based

front end with SAP using web services and XML.

. Updated all the HR LSO forms in SAPScript.

Consultant for N2 Consulting, LLC (www.n2c.com) 1998 - 2006

ABAP and SAP Workflow Consultant

Key clients: ExxonMobil, Shell, Eli Lilly, Schlumberger, Anadarko

Petroleum, Mooney Aircraft, eAuto (specific work by client and

date provided upon request)

Workflow Solutions - Materials Management

. Created SRM (Supplier Relations Management) EBP

(Enterprise Buyer Professional) Shopping Cart

Requisition Approval Workflow.

. Three full implementations of the AP Invoice

Imaging Workflow. Some AP solutions incorporated

EDI and OCR, some interfaced with Documentum. One

implementation required decision logic to

determine if the EDI document should result in a

GR-IV Invoice or an FI Invoice, depending on the

object to be created, either a BDC or a BAPI was

used to build the invoice. Needed ability to

attach supplemental images to invoice objects as

supporting attachments.

. Implemented numerous custom and standard SAP

Purchase Requisition and Purchase Order Release

Procedure workflows. Solutions allowed

requisitions to be released at the item or pseudo

header level. Used ALE to move release procedure

classification data from system to system.

. Developed several custom Material

Creation/Modification Approval and/or

Notification Workflows. Some required material

input from at least 4 different agents. All

triggered by SAP Change Documents and all updates

made via BDC.

. Created various custom Sales Credit Hold Approval

and/or Notification Workflows.

. Designed Cross-Module MM/SD workflow that updates

a PO with information from a sales order. This

occurs when a 3rd party PO is created from a

sales order.

. Designed Cross-Module MM/SD workflow that updates

sales order when a vendor is not able to supply

the requested amount. If full rejection, the

corresponding sales order item is updated to show

no delivery. For partial rejection, the purchase

order will be updated.

. Built Several Goods Movement workflows. Goods

movement 122 results in workflow using a BDC to

build a credit memo; other goods movements would

trigger a notification to accounting, etc.

. Automated SAP's 3rd party order processing by

using SAP Workflow to create seamless procurement

for web-based ordering.

Workflow Solutions - Sales and Distribution

. Created countless SD Workflows to notify CSR or

Credit Rep and/or block the sales order based on

various sales order trigger points and events

during the life cycle of the sales order.

. Developed workflow that automatically posted

incoming deliveries from the web and updated

pricing changes that were entered on the web.

. Designed a Returns Process Workflow -

Notification is sent if return does not match

RMA, if return does match the RMA then workflow

will remove the billing block on the RMA.

Workflow Solutions - Human Capital Management

. HR Training and Event Workflows. Created

workflows to handle all transaction

correspondence. Activities triggered workflows

that sent HTML notifications in multiple

languages to Lotus Notes.

. Implemented many HR Career & Succession Planning

Workflows. Created event trigger for employee

updates via ESS (Employee Self Service) that sent

an HTML qualification report. Extensive error

handling via SAP distribution lists.

. Created a notification workflow that used a

custom configuration table based on complex

criteria when a particular HR Personnel Action

occurred.

. Sent an HTML report of Organization Changes when

changes in the organizational structure occurred.

ABAP Programming

. Designed and Implemented an Initial load of the

Bill of Materials complete with Engineering

Change Document creation for history

. Developed several FI Interactive ALV Reports:

Commission Report, Profitability Report, Tax

Report

. Integrated PO's and Requisition approvals with

Blackberry and Outlook via XI (now PI) and

BackFlip

. Created several workflow related reports:

statistical report for work item duration by

agent, total business process statistics, etc.

. Provided all ABAP and Workflow updates required

for SAP upgrade from release 3.1i to 4.6c.

. Built ALV Interactive report that mimicked all

the AP Workflow functionality by calling the

workflow APIs directly from report; actions taken

on Invoice Interactive Report were automatically

acknowledged by the workflow via events and vice

versa. This report allowed users to perform

their duties by running the interactive report or

working their Workflow Inbox, each updating the

other seamlessly.

ABAP Interfaces

. Designed and Implemented a UPS Shipping and

Tracking interface with the SAP SD module.

. Developed a Real-time Op Center, customer-

developed production software, Interface with the

PP (Production Planning) module.

. Interfaced SAP SD module and a warehouse

management system, sending delivery information

to WMS system upon save of the delivery document.

. Interfaced SAP with Kronos, a bar-coding time

recording system, The time entries recorded in

Kronos were uploaded into SAP via a Production

Order Time Ticket BAPI.

Solvay Information Technologies (www.solvay.com) 1997 - 1998

Materials Management Analyst

Provided production support for the Materials Management module. Obtained

design specifications for post-go-live functionality, provided

configuration solution and implementation of purchase requisitions,

purchase orders, standard texts, document copy rules, vendor master, RFQs,

Contracts. Info records, etc. Designed many MM reports and provided

specifications to ABAP team.

Major Accomplishments

. Designed organizational structure and workflow

for release procedures of purchase requisitions.

. Designed and configured workflow, programmed

business object, programmed start conditions

(check function) to notify requisitioner of

changed delivery date on the corresponding

purchase order.

. Developed Autofax Output Determination strategy

for all Materials Management documents.

. Created end-user training materials and provided

training support as Solvay rolled out new

divisions.

Schlumberger Oilfield Services (www.slb.com) 1996 - 1997

Materials Management Analyst

Worked as part of team to design and configure the MM module for SAP 3.1c

Implementation through multi-phased roll-out and for production support.

Major Accomplishments

. I was able to get 6 very different product lines

to agree to 1 set of release procedures for

purchase requisitions. I developed workflows for

purchase order and purchase requisition release

procedures. The workflow notifies the releaser

using an organizational structure and the

existing security authorizations so there is very

light maintenance. This workflow resembled the

SAP standard with several Schlumberger-specific

changes.

. Developed and implemented an EDI workflow that

sent error notification when an inbound IDOC

received an error.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems

University of Houston

Graduated Magna Cum Laude

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