Sap Basis Manager Americas

Bill Sparks SAP Basis Consultant Washington, DC Area ************@*****.*** +1-703-***-****

S4 HANA Private Cloud Implementation/Upgrades/Migrations

Seven DOD Implementations & Go-Lives working with Project Managers and Team Leads to ensure the sanctity of production changes via SAP ASAP testing methodology.

Provided Post Go-Live Sustainment Support via release management activities through ChaRM implementation, team member training and Change Management activities to ensure appropriate testing and promotion of Production changes.

Public/Private Sector Full Cycle SAP Implementations & Successful Go-Lives.

Hardware Upgrades & Migrations

Experience with SAP 3rd Party Solution Installations & Configurations.

Work Experience

SAP Basis Manager Americas

The Rehau Group April 2022 to Present

•Responsible for SAP Security/Basis Operations across the Americas

•Delivered ‘LiftNShift’ Brownfield Implementation to upgrade SAP ECC on premise Landscape systems to S4 HANA Private Cloud running on Microsoft Azure

•Implemented Role based Authorization concept to allow for seamless business continuity post GoLive through Hypercare & beyond.

•Managed OnShore/OffShore Teams to maximize SAP Production efficiency, performance & stakeholder interactions across Americas locations (Sales Offices/Plants/Headquarters/Hubs)

Change & Configuration Manager

Telesto Group LLC August 2019 to April 2022

•Facilitated business process blueprinting, gap analysis, prototypes, design, configuration, testing, go- live, user training and post-production activities

•Redefined SAP Solman ChaRM configuration & processes in alignment with Agile methodology to ensure landscape integrity.

•Responsible for consultant and/or client teams engaged in business analysis and performance modeling and improvement activities

•Assisted in preparation and presentation of business cases for change initiatives

•Support ALM Team implementing Solman enhancements

SAP Basis Business Area Manager IBM April 2013 to May 2015

•Delivered Solution Manager Technical Monitoring plan.

•Worked with all stakeholders to plan upgrades & solidify release management schedule.

•Worked with Architecture, Virtualization, Operating System, Network, Backup and Storage teams to

virtualize SAP instances and migrate to newer hardware.

•As Basis Manager, responsible for a team 30 members strong, which successfully implemented the first ERP system DOD-wide. Since then our team has implemented and sustained three subsequent System Commands.

SAP Basis Operations Manager Herdt Consulting, Inc April 2007 to April 2013

•Worked with team leads from Development(RICE), Quality Assurance, Release Management, FI, FM, CO, SRM, WFM, SD, MM, BO, BW, SCM, Data Management, Vendors, Systems Engineering, Data Center, Scheduling, Architecture, NMCI, Helpdesk, Training, PMO, internal and external customers

to implement new solutions while providing simultaneous, seamless post implementation support to facilitate reductions in staff and budget while protecting production environments.

Project Solution Manager ChaRM subject matter expert and Release Manager SME backup.

•Developed HelpDesk system and criteria for call resolution templates and background job stream

schedules.

•Worked with SAP to successfully implement over 400 standard & pilot code corrections in Supply Chain Management, ERP Central Component and Business Warehouse solutions. Coordinated DR/COOP Exercise & multiple concurrent Cutover Practices, Mocks, Cycles & Regression testing efforts to gain Optevfor & User Acceptance. Created & implemented job Scheduling process with Scheduling & Helpdesk leads. Managed System maintenance to fulfill Information Assurance requirements and deliver an uptime rate of 99.8%.

Senior SAP Basis Consultant Symmetry Corporation - Milwaukee, WI July 2004 to April 2007

Interface with all levels of customer, partner organizations & Symmetry Remote Operations Center team members to ensure successful R/3 implementations in the field & provide significant cost savings through recommended SAP Best Practice solutions to complex Business challenges.

•As Remote Operations Consultant provide 24x7 installation, service & support for Enterprise-Wide SAP implementations both Domestic & International, protect integrity of system landscapes through Backup & Recovery planning, continual monitoring & maintenance, R/3 training & technical support, user administration 6 authorizations, kernel upgrades, support packages, OSS note applications, job scheduling, TMS configurations, SAP Mail Configurations, SAPRouter VPN & SNC Installations & system alert notifications.

•Installations & Implementations on ECC 5.0, R/3 4.7 Enterprise, R/3 4.6CSR2, CRM 3.0-4.0, BW 3.5, BW

3.1 & APO/SCM 4.0, Solution Manager 4.0 Installations & System Landscape Directory Configurations, ECC

5.0 Upgrades from 4.6CSR2 & 4.7, OLTP & Non-OLTP Homogeneous System Copies, Hardware Upgrades & Migrations, System Recoveries from bare-metal to stable running SAP Systems.

BSI Installations, Deduction Management Component 4.0 Installations, Language Installations Italian, Spanish & Japanese.

•Train, demonstrate & support SymSoft Solutions via Pre-Sales, Product Implementations & Product Support.

SAP Basis Administrator

The F. Dohmen Co. - Germantown, WI July 1999 to July 2004

•Interface with all levels of management, Executives, Business Analysts & Programmers to ensure successful implementation of applications in the field to obtain cost savings through new technology & increased efficiency.

•Evaluate new and existing software products to include needs analysis, configuration, upgrades and changes for enterprise locations. Research and repair activity, including vendor coordination.

•Provided 24x7x365 support of the SAP 4.6C SR2 W2K Adv Server, SQL2K Ent. working environment, protected integrity of the landscape, Veritas Net Backups & Restores, Central & Dialog Instance Installs, R/3 training & technical support, user administration & authorizations, system maintenance, kernel upgrades, support packages, SAPGUI/JAVAGUI front-ends on Citrix MetaframeXP, Win2000, WinXP, Linux, OS X, troubleshooting, transport management, printing, IDOC archiving, OSS notes, QAS refreshes, client copies & deletes, profile parameters & job scheduling, Captaris RightFax, MAC OS X, Vistex IP Module. First to implement BMC Control-M/CM for SAP 6.1.02 to accommodate XBP2 SAP 4.6CSR2 functionality.

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