Business Intelligence professional possessing a core consulting background and end-to-end technical depth in all aspects of Business Intelligence implementation and support. Past experience has been in various roles on projects including business analyst, developer and team lead delivering BI solutions in large corporate environments. Team player with excellent communication skills, experience driving business requirements and applying various technologies to support business goals and processes.

Background Information

An accomplished business professional with 15 years of experience in SAP Business Intelligence, 19 years of SAP experience, and over 25 years experience in the Retail and Consumer Products industries. Have deep understanding of both functional and technical areas including software implementation and development, consulting, development of specifications, development and enhancement of the Data Model, database migration. Extensive working knowledge of the SAP logistics, sales, distribution, materials management modules, and integration with CRM, APO, and SEM and knowledge of transportation, logistics and supply chain management business processes, retail pricing, trade promotion management, space management, category management, data analytics, report writing, and data warehousing.

Employment History

Wurth – IT USA January 2017 to Present

Role: SAP BI/BW Delivery Manager

Responsible for the implementation of the SAP BW and Business Objects global template in North America for the Wurth Group companies.

Tate & Lyle, PLC August 2013 to October 2017

Role: SAP BI Delivery Lead

Managed a team of 25 BW developers supporting the implementation of a global SAP ERP template. Managed project budget, hired Business Objects developer. Co-lead of the reporting task force, responsible for engaging the business in Business Analytic solutions.

Deliverables: Updated BW security to 7.x, upgraded Business Objects to 4.0, created project plan for monthly delivery of 100 BI reports, delivered on time and within budget all RICEF objects for the global ERP implementation, created BI Reporting Delivery Strategy document, created upgrade plan to BW 7.4 and then HANA.

ElectroMotive Diesel, Inc. May 2012 to August 2013

Role: SAP BI Manager/Architect

Managed a team of 4 developers, 2 on shore and 2 off shore that provided production support and new project development. Interviewed and hired employees to replace contractors, provided mentoring, training, and performance reviews. Developed the governance, policy, and procedure guidelines for supporting the SAP BW landscape.

Deliverables: Created the project plan for migrating the BW system from an IBM DB2 database to an Oracle database, architected the data model for providing Profit Center Accounting data and Inventory data to the external Cognos TM1 system, assisted in developing the project plan for the SAP R/3 4.7 system upgrade to ECC 6.0, successfully delivered over 10 development projects.

PepsiCo, Inc. April 2006 to May 2012

Role: SAP BI Lead Architect – Project 1UP

Overall responsibility for the successful development and implementation of the BI systems supporting the various SAP applications including: ECC, SCM, CRM, SRM, XI, EP, BPS, HCM, Solution Manager, and BWA. Provided project development estimates and project scheduling.

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Project lead for BW performance tuning, Project lead for Oracle to DB2 migration, Data Archiving, and ChaRM. Managed Proof of Concept project for Business Object XI 3.1 tools, Develop governance, policy and procedure guidelines, Manage and coordinate the development of external systems integration to BW using XI, UDC, or Informatica, Manage BI technical cutover plan and transport migration process, Develop Master Data management strategy, Develop testing and rollout plan for Business Objects BI tools, Provide technical assistance to BI development team, Mentor/Coach BI developers, Lead the development review process, Coordinate activities across BI, Infrastructure, Security, Application Development, and Portal technology teams. Assisted in the interview process for contractors and employees.

SAP America, Inc March 1998 to April 2006

Role: BW Consultant

Role: IS Retail Consultant

SAP Consulting Projects

Eli Lilly, Inc January 2006 to April 2006

Role: BI 7.0 Upgrade Lead

PepsiCo, Inc. November 2004 to January 2006

Role: Lead BW Consultant – CRM/TPM Implementation

BW Consultant: SC Johnson, Wrigley, ConAgra, Dunn & Bradstreet, Mikasa, Corn Products

Project Manager: Telephone and Data Systems, JCrew, OfficeMax

Retail Consultant: Tractor Supply, Home Depot, The Body Shop, Petsmart, Florsheim

Prior Positions

Pricer/Intactix, Inc., January 1998 – February 1998

Information Resources, Inc., April 1984 – December 1997

Certifications

ITIL Foundation

Education

MBA, Keller Graduate School of Management, Chicago, IL

BSEET, DeVry Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL

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