Principal Consultant

Michael Strauss

Delray Beach, Florida ***** Phone 561-***-****

E-mail *******.**@*****.*** LinhedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/mistrauss

Objective

To apply my technical skills and organization skills to various project environments, enabling effective contribution and thus establish myself as a capable SAP professional. Seeking a technical role, where I will be able to apply my Portal skills, work experience in different technical platforms by making a difference through quality, with strictly adherence in achieving the organizational goals, and by keeping in mind the organization policies and objectives.

Profile

• Principal Consultant with more than 18 experience as a programmer, developer and implementer and 7 years SAP Enterprise Portal project experience,

• Extensive experience integrating Enterprise Portal 2004S (EP7), EP6.0 and EP5.0 with BI,BW and R/3 (ECC) systems (CRM, SRM, MDM ESS/MSS).

• Skilled in the development of custom applications interfacing R/3 backend systems to the Enterprise portal.

• Demonstrated ability to incorporate years of experience into best business practices for result oriented implementations which suite clients business on schedule and budget

Technical

 Netweaver EP, KM & Collaboration, Visual Composer, MDM (Portal)

 NWDI

 Unicode Conversion

 SAP Workflow

 Employee Self-Service/Manager Self-Service

 BI Reporting

 SSO

 SPNego

 Diagnostic Tools

Experience/Project Work

SAP America 10/2003 – 3/2009

AmerisourceBergen

Industry: Pharmaceutical Distribution – Chesterbrook, PA

Project Description/Scope: assessment on ABC CPTP (Customer Procure-to-Pay), which is a customer facing ordering, receiving, financial and reporting system which is integrated with ABC SAP Business Transformation solution

Role: SAP Principal Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Team member

Achievements:

• Attended meetings and participated discussions for use of BCT Solution.

• Gather requirements during interview phase.

• Developed section in final report for use of SAP Portal in BCT Solution.

Merit Energy

Industry: Oil/Gas – Dallas, TX

Project Description/Scope: Implement SPNego.

Role: SAP Principal Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Implement SPNego in the DEV box for POC using MS ADS and EP7 SP15

Achievements:

• Troubleshoot and Configure SSO. Corrected incorrectly configured SSO across seven system landscape

• Implement SPNego to SAP Portal.

• Implement Federated Portal Network.

• Display BI reports for Upstream, mid stream and downstream.

T-Mobile

Industry: Communications – Seattle, WA

Project Description/Scope: Configure BI Portal.

Role: SAP Principal Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Configured BI Portal

Achievements:

• Configure BI Portal using NWA

• Create a System Definition in the Portal pointing to the BI 7.0 system

• Configure SSO.

• Knowledge Transfer. Provide written documentation and one on one sessions with employees.

Invista

Industry: Consumer Products – Wilmington, DE

Project Description/Scope: Develop architecture for SRM.

Role: SAP Principal Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Propose architecture for SRM using SAP Best Practices

Achievements:

• Worked on a team to develop the architecture for SUS/SRM.

• Developed 2 options to implement SUS/SRM.

• Applied SAP Best Practices.

Pacer

Industry: Logistics – Dublin, OH

Project Description/Scope: Configure SAP Web Dispatcher.

Role: SAP Principal Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Configured two SAP Web Dispatcher

Achievements:

• Configure SAP Web Dispatcher to act as a reverse proxy and load balancer.

• Configured decrypt/re-encrypt protocol.

• Install SLL Certificates.

• Knowledge Transfer. Provide written documentation and one on one sessions with employees.

Honeywell Areospace

Industry: Aerospace – Tempe, AZ

Project Description/Scope: Portal Integration and SSO support.

Role: SAP Principal Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Portal Integration and SSO support

Achievements:

• Resolve SSO error to BI system.

• Assist in the development of Management Dashboard using Visual Composer.

• Refine Queries using Query Designer for use in Management Dashboard.

• Install Web Page Composer and instruct customer on use.

• Assisted in creation of BI Portal Best Practices document.

• Review system landscape

Verizon

Industry: Communications – Tampa, FL

Project Description/Scope: Evaluate UWL issues in EP7

Role: SAP Principal Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Determine cause of change in UWL from EP6 to EP7

Achievements:

• Evaluated customer XML changes to UWL

• Define steps necessary to correct issues using SAP Best Practices.

• Answered customer questions about changes to UWL

Allegheny Energy

Industry: Energy Industry – Pittsburg, PA

Project Description/Scope: EP7 Technical Assessment

Role: SAP Principal Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Technical assessment of hardware and software for EP7 upgrade.

Achievements:

Review and reported on the following areas:

• Architecture (Hardware Landscape)

• Support Stacks

• Software Change Management

• Post-Production Support

CA

Industry: Consumer Products – Islandia, NY

Project Description/Scope: Stabilization of EP7.

Role: SAP Principal Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Stabilize EP7 environnent

Achievements:

• Verify EP installation

• Isolate root cause of poor performance.

• Use DSM Logger to trace errors and verify DSM Terminator is functioning

• Review system landscape

• Stabilize EP7 environment

Fender® Musical Instruments

Industry: Consumer Products – Scottsdale, AZ

Project Description/Scope: Stabilization of EP7.

Role: SAP Principal Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Stabilize EP7 environment

Achievements:

• Verify EP installation

• Isolate root cause of failure. Currently, the issue is sessions remaining open from BW reports created with Visual Composer.

• Use DSM Logger to trace errors and verify DSM Terminator is functioning

• Verify Session Release Agent is working.

• Review current security architecture

• Review system landscape

• Stabilize EP7 environment

Pitney Bowes

Industry: Consumer Products – Stamford, CT

Project Description/Scope: EP5 to EP7 2004S Migration.

Role: SAP Principal Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Migrate EP5 to EP7

Achievements:

• Install EP7

• Migrate EP5 to EP7

• Prepare EP5 system for migration

• Install temporary EP6 SP16 system to accept migrated data from EP5 system.

• Migrate EP6 to EP7

ATX

Industry: Communications – Dallas, TX

Project Description/Scope: Evaluate High Availability option for the EP7

Role: SAP Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Educate customer about HA options and Architecture

Achievements:

• Evaluated customer needs for a HA Environment

• Created an Architecture for HA Portal Environment

• Answered customer questions about Portal Architecture in a HA Environment

Sports Supply Group

Industry: Retail – Dallas, TX

Project Description/Scope: EP7 CRM

Role: SAP Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Implement CRM functionality thru the Enterprise Portal

Achievements:

• Configure CRM in SAP Enterprise Portal 7.0

• Create Users in CRM and EP systems

• Assign Roles in CRM and EP systems

• Test and document.

Industry: Entertainment – Silver Spring, MD

Project Description/Scope: MDMP 4.6C to ECC 6.0 Unicode Conversion

Role: SAP Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Perform Unicode conversion

Achievements:

• Assess system for Unicode conversion

• Assist Company Basis team in prep of systems for Unicode conversion

• Perform SPUM4 and SPUMG scans

• Perform post-conversion steps

Disney

Industry: Entertainment – Burbank, CA

Project Description/Scope: EP 2004S UI Project

Role: SAP Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Troubleshoot issues for SAP 2004s UI Project.

Achievements:

• Verify System Architecture

• Install NWDI

• Define SLD Landscape

• Verify and configure connectivity between EP7 and R/3 backend systems.

• Assist in conversion of Workplace Users and Composite Rolls into EP7.

• Go to person for all issues involving EP

Fluor

Industry: Machinery, Engineering & Construction – Aliso Viejo, CA

Project Description/Scope: EP 2004S Pilot Project.

Role: SAP Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Create content, troubleshoot issues for SAP 2004s Pilot Project.

Achievements:

• Created content (iViews, Pages, Worksets, Roles) for Pilot Project.

• Portal Branding

• Troubleshoot and resolved issues around Visual Composer.

• Configure Guided Procedures.

• Verify and configure connectivity between EP and R/3 backend systems.

Cardinal Health

Industry: Health Care – Dublin, OH

Project Description/Scope: EP 2004S implementation preparation.

Role: SAP Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Assist in developing a Reference Architecture.

Achievements:

• Assisted in developing a Reference Architecture for future implementation.

• Educate customer about EP 2004s

Anadarko

Industry: High Oil and Gas – Houston, TX

Project Description/Scope: EP 2004S implementation installation.

Role: SAP Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Oversee preparation for installation of EP 2004S. Troubleshoot Portal issues. Assist in implementation of SSO via Kerberos.

Achievements:

• Found answers to issues involving EP 6 SP 16

• Assisted in implementing SSO via Kerberos

• Developed project plan to upgrade to NW2004s

Brown-Forman Corporation

Industry: Consumer Products – Louisville, KY

Project Description/Scope: EP 2004S implementation installation.

Role: SAP Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Oversee the installation of EP 2004S. Export all content from EP6 SP2 and import to 2004S.

Achievements:

• Installed SAP Enterprise Portal 2004S.

• Exported existing content from EP6 SP2 and imported into 2004s

• Verify Branding

Florida Crystals

Industry: Consumer Products – West Palm Beach, FL

Project Description/Scope: Unicode Conversion

Role: SAP SR. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Prepare customer to do Unicode Conversion

Achievements:

• Discuss Unicode Conversion.

• Gather documentation and notes for customer use.

• Assist in understanding of documentation for Unicode conversion procedure.

• Knowledge transfer.

IFF

Industry: Chemical – Union Beach, NJ

Project Description/Scope: Unicode Conversion

Role: SAP Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Perform Unicode Conversion on PLM test system.

Achievements:

• Unicode Conversion.

• Use Table Splitter Tool.

• Assist in documentation of Unicode conversion procedure.

• Knowledge transfer.

Industry: Internal SAP – Palo Alto

Project Description/Scope: Duet

Role: SAP Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Unit test Duet. Help develop RKT and classroom training material for Duet.

Achievements:

• Took part in testing of Duet software.

• Worked on technical RKT for Duet.

• Worked on technical classroom training for Duet.

Smith & Nephew

Industry: Life science – Memphis, TN

Project Description/Scope: NW04 content creation.

Role: SAP SR. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Install Business Packages and .create content for NW04 Portal. Define strategic planning to convert current R/3 systems to Unicode.

Achievements:

• Install Business Packages for manufacturing.

• Create SAP Transaction iViews.

• Knowledge transfer.

• Develop planning strategy for Unicode conversion.

Eastman Chemical

Industry: Chemical – Kingsport, TN

Project Description/Scope: EP 2004S implementation installation.

Role: SAP Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Assist in the installation of EP 2004S.

Achievements:

• Install & Post-Install on AIX / Oracle Platform.

• Install & Post-Install on Windows / SQL Server.

• Integrate with LDAP (AD).

• Implement Single Sign on from NW Portals to a backend SAP system.

• Explore various branding.

Micron Technology

Industry: High Tech & Electronics – Boise, ID

Project Description/Scope: Unicode Conversion

Role: SAP Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Troubleshoot and assist in Unicode Conversion in Sandbox and Dev environments

Achievements:

• Unicode Conversion.

• Assist in documentation of Unicode conversion procedure.

• Knowledge transfer.

Multiple Enterprise Portal Customers

Project Description/Scope: EP 2004S implementation installation.

Role: SAP Sr. Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Senior Technical Consultant responsible for installation, tuning, troubleshooting, training and documentation of Enterprise Portal environments at multiple customers.

Achievements:

• Installed SAP Enterprise Portal 2004S.

• Upgrade EP6

• Pilot project implementing BW 3.5 into EP6 SP2

Industry: High Tech & Electronics – San Jose, CA

Project Description/Scope: EP 2004S implementation installation.

Role: SAP Lead Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Oversee the installation of EP 2004S. Implement ESS. Export all content from EP6 SP2 and import to 2004S.

Achievements:

• Installed SAP Enterprise Portal 2004S.

• Implemented ESS.

• Exported existing content from EP6 SP2 and imported into 2004s

• Verify BW reports.

• Verify Branding.

Industry: Insurance – Erie, PA

Project Description/Scope: EP 6.0 SP13 implementation consisting of architecture, planning, and installation. Install and configure SLD and NWDI (JDI).

Role: SAP Lead Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Project Lead for the implementation of EP6 SP13 NW04 in the Development, Quality and Production environments. Evaluate and install JVM monitoring software (Wily Introscope, Mercury JProbe).

Achievements:

• Installed SAP Enterprise Portal 6 SP13 in a clustered environment.

• Developed System Architecture.

• Installed and configure SLD (System Landscape Directory).

• Installed and configure NWDI (Netweaver development Infrastructure).

• Installed Wily Introscope

• Installed Mercury JProbe

LACCD

Industry: Higher Education – Los Angeles, CA

Project Description/Scope: EP 6.0 implementation consisting of planning, installation and support of ESS Business Packages. Develop custom application (PCR – Personal Change Request Form). Develop Workflow for approval of PCR form.

Role: SAP Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Project Lead for the implementation of EP6 w/ KM and TREX in the Development, Quality and Production environments. Architect PCR form and associated Workflow.

Achievements:

• Installed SAP Enterprise Portal 6 SP2 in a clustered environment.

• Installed and configure Knowledge Management and TREX

• Training Sessions for employees involved in Administrative areas.

• Designed and developed IViews.

• Developed System Architecture.

• Tested of completed components

• Created custom application using BSP’s

• Created Workflow using custom BOR objects for approval process associated with custom PCR Form.

Industry: Pharmaceutical – Roseland, NJ

Project Description/Scope: EP 6.0 Implementation for a pilot portal implementation.

Role: SAP Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Team member working on custom iView development.

Achievements:

• Designed and developed iViews For EP5 and EP6.

• Developed System Architecture.

• Tested completed components.

Morris Communications

Industry: Media – Augusta, GA

Project Description/Scope: Senior Technical Consultant responsible for installation, tuning, troubleshooting and documentation of Enterprise Portal.

Role: SAP Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Team member for the implementation of EP5 in the Development, Quality and Production environments. Develop iViews to display user forms.

Achievements:

• Installed SAP Enterprise Portal 5 SP5.

• Designed and developed IVIEWS to display user forms.

• Assisted with System Architecture.

• Tested completed components

Industry: Pharmaceutical – Danbury, CT

Role: SAP Consultant

Project Description/Scope: Senior Technical Consultant responsible for installation, tuning, troubleshooting and documentation of ESS and MSS.

Responsibilities/Deliverables: Team member for the implementation of ESS and MSS.

Achievements:

• Implemented Employee Self-Service

• Implemented Manager Self-Service

• Assisted with System Architecture.

• Tested completed components

• Environment: EP 5 SP5, ITS 6.1, R/3 4.6c

Multiple Enterprise Portal Customers

Project Description/Scope: Senior Technical Consultant responsible for installation, tuning, troubleshooting, training and documentation of Enterprise Portal environments at multiple customers.

Role: SAP Consultant

Responsibilities/Deliverables: SAP Consultant on multiple projects. Installed EP, ESS and MSS. Custom development of iViews.

Achievements:

• Executed the design and implementation of custom Portal.

• Developed custom iViews using JAVA, JSP, JavaScript and HTMLB.

• Designed and developed IVIEWS using ITS to display BW Reports.

• Designed and developed IVIEWS for SAP transactions.

• Executed the SAP interface designs.

Achievements:

• Followed SAP Workflow and practices.

• Worked closely with SAP CRM and ABAP

• Tested completed components

• Environment: JAVA, JSP, JavaScript, HTMLB, HTML, SAP PDK, Eclipse 2.0, NDI

EDUCATION & Certification

SAP, Atlanta, Ga. 10/08/2008

Project Leadership Workshop – Part 1: Project Preparation Through Blueprint

SAP, Houston, Texas 10/02/08

BOBJ/MDM Training

SAP, Chicago, 3/19/2007 (Upcoming)

DEEP Dive workshop for PCUI in CRM 5.0

SAP, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 02/2706

Unicode Conversion WUS702 - Certified

SAP, Dallas, Texas 05/2005

BW310 Training

SAP EDI, Alberta, Canada 05/2005

BW305 Training

SAP, KDC, Chicago

Workflow Training 06/2004

SAP, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania

EP6 Training 01/2004

SAP, Dallas, Texas

ABAP for Portals Developers

SAP, San Jose, California

EP5 Training 01/2002

Nova University, Davie, Florida

Computer Engineering and Programming.

Broward Community College, Davie, Florida

Computer Engineering and Programming.

Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Languages: English

Awards: Short-Term Achievement Award - Customer Focus for the successful Go-Live with the BI 7.0 upgrade project at T-Mobile.

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