DAVID KNUDSON

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SAP BW AND BI EXPERT

Innovative, results-driven business intelligence executive with over 15 years of experience working with SAP BW, BOBj and other BI tools. I have worked in a broad range of implementations, from small business to large, and from retail to manufacturing to CPG. Seasoned leader partnering with C- suite executives and deploying accomplished teams to deliver insightful BI projects that have driven strategic business revenue decisions and resulted in significant cost saving productivity initiatives. Successful track record in developing and growing talented BI teams and empowering business users with analytics tools and training programs to effectively support the business consistently with data driven insights and actions. Areas of Expertise:

ERP Implementations

Industry Reporting Packages

Analytics Cost Benefit Analysis

Business Reporting and Analytics

Technical Specifications Development

Team and Project Leadership

Analytics Training

Technical Sales Presentations

KPI Strategies

Analytics Testing and Integration

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

● SAP Analytics Presentation Layers (Bex Analyzer, Business Objects–all modules, HANA, Cloud Analytics)

● SAP Analytics Technical Modeling (BW, BW on HANA, BW for HANA, HANA, Analytics Cloud)

● SAP Master Data Governance, ERP and Modeling

● Tableau, MicroStrategy and Qlik-View

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Director of Business Intelligence and Data Integration Revlon, Inc. (Stamford, CT), 2019-2020

Led an international team of 17 in managing, maintaining and expanding Revlon’s corporate BI implementation. Managed cross-continental and cross-platform analysis, planning and delivery.

• Designed and delivered BI solutions for SAP, Oracle (OIBEE) and JDA.

• Led the implementation of Consolidating Inventory Reporting.

• Led and completed a plan for BW 7.5 and HANA 2.0 upgrades.

• Developed plan to move from an on-prem to a cloud-based SAP BI implementation. Director of Analytics/Analytics Architect

GROM Associates, Inc. (Flemington, NJ), 2014-2019

● Designed and delivered vision and framework for all analytic client engagements resulting in more than $5 million in client revenue streams.

● Managed oversight and delivery of all BW/BI/BOBJ, HANA and Cloud Analytics implementations for Fortune 100 clients.

Honda: Led a team of 8 consultants in the re-implementation of the core FI, CO, AP, SD modules of BW over two years for $4.3 million in awarded contracts.

Created the strategy for the successful implementation of the re-design of BW and BPC.

Directed the creation of integrated test scripts for BW reports.

Created standard reporting templates, including WEBI and AFO in BOBJ.

Created standard reports in Lumira and Design Studio.

Trained hundreds of business users in the effective use of the newly delivered reports.

Directed the successful re-design of a 1,200-user BPC implementation. Prestige Brands: Overhauled existing analytics payment and commissions system.

Developed a BI Strategy, including standards for requirements gathering, development, testing.

Directed the completion of ECC-Side ABAP and functional development.

Delivered BW & BOBJ implementation of the commission statements.

Trained business users on new tools and reports

Church & Dwight: Led the development and delivery of a global BI strategy to the CIO.

Created and led an assessment of four go-forward BI and Analytics Strategic Options.

Assessed Lumira and Design Studio templates for management reports.

Assessed current (US Only) BI implementation to establish corporate analytics baseline.

Assessed implementation effort including software/hardware, user-training and IT costs.

Developed and recommended a plan for a self-service analytics COE. Senior Manager of Business Intelligence

Sun Products (Wilton, CT), 2013-2014

Led the implementation of Sun Products’ first Global BI system, managing a team of seven. Responsible for requirements gathering, client communication, development of reports, and user training.

● Led Greenfield implementation of BW/BOBJ that went from whiteboard to production in 7 months.

● Integrated non-SAP international data, as well as Manugistics data, with US data in BI.

● Participated in implementation of BPC 10.0.

IT Implementation Lead

The Children’s Place (Secaucus, NJ), 2011-2013

Directed three technical teams in the successful implementation of an SAP IS Retail instance, accomplishing this project on time and on budget despite high-level management challenges. Promoted to lead the overall SAP project effort for the organization, as BI Lead with budget responsibility.

● Directed a team of 40 consultants from 3 separate SI partner companies and 20+ employees.

● Managed all IT employees and consultants involved in the implementation.

● Trained business users in the use and application of processes within SAP. BI Team Lead

Fuji Film (Pleasantville, NY), 2006-2011

Managed all aspects of global BI implementations and successfully led three unique business unit BI integrations. Responsible for technical development, managing consultants, and business user training.

● Led integration of Fuji Film Graphics Systems, Fuji Film Recording Media and Fuji Holdings into existing Fuji Film USA implementation.

● Developed/implemented the Enterprise Reporting Strategy for Fuji’s North American Operations. EDUCATION, TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Bachelor of Arts in History, Geography, Political Science MACALESTER COLLEGE, Saint Paul, Minnesota

HANA Certification Classes & HANA Cloud Certifications Conference speaker at Sapphire, ASUG and TechEd

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