Sherri Ahlbrand
Business Analyst
Indianapolis, IN
**********@*****.*** - 317-***-****
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
IT professional with extensive experience in SAP R/3 administration and support. Efficient in using SAP OSS for
troubleshooting and problem solving issues. SAP team lead experience supporting multiple customer accounts and
developing team members. Flexible team player experienced in providing support in diverse areas such as
Hardware/Desktop support, Procurement, System Administration and Information Security.
Strong SAP R/3 skills, particularly in security development and administration
Participated in all phases of security development during several major SAP implementations and upgrades, including
security conversion to Profile Generator, defining profile/role strategy, role development & testing, user training, and
production cutover
Strong leadership and client facing skills
Motivated self-starter who is constantly expanding professional knowledge to provide value to the customer
Continued professional education across a wide spectrum of technology and security topics
Knowledge sharing with junior team members
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Business Analyst
BC Forward at Eli Lilly & Co. Indianapolis, In – March 2014 to Present
• Technical support for SAP Plant to Plant Integration project.
• Responsible for development and execution of Winshuttle Scripts and templates for SAP data loads, creating CMAT
requests to document and track change management.
• Create and maintain master data such as purchasing, work scheduling, classification, P-Info, Source List, Control
Cycles, MRP data, Quality, Financial, Cost Accounting, Production Planning (recipes, BOMS, control cycles).
• Created new warehouse bins for warehouse realignment
• Execution of master data related cutover plans and as part of Project team, responsible for analyzing and converting
master data move from plant to plant in SAP/PMX system.
• Work with Global Data Stewards, Warehouse and Quality, GBIP COE, and other LDS across Lilly teams to ensure all
data/inventory is accurately transferred.
• Created reports using Business Objects and SAP tables (SE16).
• Completed 142 compliance training documents/classes related to Master Data Management and company policies for
Eli Lilly in 9 months.
SAP Security Consultant
Hewlett-Packard - Plano, TX - May 2008 to January 2014
• Lead SAP Security Support for SAP Implementation Project ECC 6.
• Responsible for all aspects of SAP Security including role design, development, configuration, troubleshooting,
resolution, and documentation of all Production, Test, Development systems of all SAP Landscapes.
• Security support for all implementation project team members in all landscapes, including troubleshooting, analysis,
and speedy solution of all technical errors related to security.
• Designed business application authorization profiles for production roles, setup Role test scenarios, trained business
analysts responsible for supporting business users in security testing procedures to ensure business users are granted
proper authorizations and do not suffer unnecessary security interruptions post go live.
• Point of contact for all advanced security troubleshooting issues such as RFC security, custom security solutions, or
areas outside of normal SU53 analysis.
• Supported beginning phase of PI, NWGW, XI, SRM, GRC project.
• Provide daily support for GRC 10.0.
• Provided security support for ISCAN implementation.
• Provided customer support and education of SAP security solutions.
• Provided user administration for SAP Enterprise Portal.
• Provided expert SAP Security support for all other security, developer, functional and Basis team members.
• Provided post Go Live support.
Liaison
SAP Security Team and Corporate Office Role SAP Business Analyst
Hewlett-Packard - Plano, TX - March 2011 to May 2012
• Provide security analyst support for SAP ECC 6.0 and GRC 5.3.
• Assisted in development and maintained Online Security Request Form.
• Responsible for GRC Security reports, role/user remediation, role design, development, configuration,
troubleshooting, resolution, and documentation of all Production, Test, Development Systems of all SAP landscapes.
• Point of contact for external and internal auditors to provide all SAP Security related information, procedure
documentation, and provide data from SAP Systems for audit analysis.
• Responsible for implementation and documentation of all officially approved, auditor recommended mandates
requested by IT and corporate management.
• Role Redesign Project to reduce number of Composite roles assigned to users to one composite and redesigned single
roles in composites to eliminate redundant authorizations.
• Develop eCatt (SECATT) Scripts for mass role creation, changes, mass user creation, and change tasks.
• Maintained / enforced SOD rules during role redesign project.
• Assisted SAP Security Administrator in production support tasks as needed.
SAP Security Administrator
Hewlett-Packard - Plano, TX - February 2008 to March 2011
• Provide security administration and project support for SAP ECC 5.0 and GRC.
• Provided user administration for SAP Enterprise Portal.
• Responsible for all SAP Security tasks, role design, development, configuration, troubleshooting, resolution, and
documentation of all Production, Test, Development Systems, of all SAP landscapes including ECC5, BI, Solution
Manger, CUA).
• Support and administration of SAP Virsa Compliance Calibrator, SAP Virsa Access Enforcer, SAP Virsa Role Expert,
SAP Virsa FireFighter.
SAP Security Administrator
EDS - Plano, TX - September 1999 to February 2008
• Lead SAP Security Support responsible for all SAP Security tasks, development, configuration, troubleshooting,
resolution, and documentation of all Production, Test, and Development Systems of all SAP landscapes.
• Responsible for training incoming SAP security support administrators.
• Provided daily SAP security administration and configuration production support.
• Provided expert SAP Security support for all other security, developer, Basis team members.
• Point of contact for all advanced security troubleshooting issues such as RFC security, analysis of ABAP code, custom
security solutions, or areas outside of normal SU53 analysis.
• Responsible for all SAP Security tasks, role design, development, configuration, troubleshooting, resolution, and
documentation of all Production, Test, Development Systems, of all SAP 4.7.
• Lead SAP Security Support for SAP Upgrade Project from R3 3.1I to 4.6C.
• Lead SAP Security Support for various small SAP Projects such as movement type restriction, custom transaction/role
creation to minimize risk of table access via SE38 and SE16 etc.
• Security support for all implementation project team members in all landscapes, including troubleshooting, analysis,
and speedy solution of all technical errors related to security.
• Lead SAP Security support for AD implementation utilizing LDAP interface.
1999 - 2003 Major U.S. Automobile Manufacturer Indianapolis, In
• SAP Security Team lead
• Primary support for SAP Security administration
• Implemented SAP Profile Generator and converted all v3.1 profiles to v 4.6 roles
• Supported major upgrade and cutover to SAP v4.6c
• Developed SAP security roles for the QM Notification implementation.
• Provided ongoing second level support for the following operating systems and applications:
Windows
Unix
Exchange
Peoplesoft
AT Server
Mainframe
SecurID
SAP
EDUCATION
Computer Information Technology
Ivy Tech Community College - Indianapolis, IN
Management
SAP Academy - Chicago, IL
Business Warehouse Authorizations
SAP Academy - Chicago, IL
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
I am an SAP Certified Professional with 25 years of Network/SAP Administration and Security. The last 15 years have
been dedicated to the SAP environment. I have participated in multiple implementations and projects. Including a major
implementation from SAP 3.1I to 4.6C, and the implementation of ECC 6.0 with GRC and Enterprise Portal. I have
supported SAP versions 3.1H up through ECC 6.0 in addition to many SAP modules and third party add on tools.
Relevant Technical Expertise: Years of Expertise
Application Support – (IT Second Level) – 25 years
SAP Master Data (business and IT) - 3 years
SAP R/3 Security - versions 3.1 to ECC6.0: 14 years
SAP GRC Access Control 3.0, 5.3 and 10: 6 years
SAP Enterprise Portals: 6 years
Relevant Project Expertise: SAP R/3 and ECC Upgrades SAP GRC Access Control 5.3 and 10 13 6
Relevant Industry Expertise
Airline- 2 years
Agriculture- 4 years
Manufacturing- 9 years
Consumer Packaged Goods- 2 years
Utilities- 3 years
Banking- 2 years