Technology lead on migration from ECC6 to S4 including SAP Asset Manager for iOS devices, with Mobile Services and Hana on SAP Cloud BTP (Business Technology Platform). This is a priority transformation programme for our operational business requiring significant collaboration with business stakeholders and multi-vendor delivery team.Lead on S4 upgrade projects (1909 and 2022), including migration to Windows Server 2019.Responsible for implementing Launchpad and associated services on SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform).Working closely with Enterprise Architecture on strategic roadmap for SAP Dynamic Forms, Azure Event Bus, Cloud Platform Integration Suite.Lead SAP representative on Infrastructure/Security governance; IT Change; and Problem Management forums.Accountable for Solution Manager 7.2 SPS15 ALM platform: ITSM, Solution Documentation, ChaRM, Monitoring.Introduced robust Release/Change/Environment Management practices (including retrofit/sync of environments).Led SAP sizing and architecture review. Designed and delivered additional environments (including parallel track).Driving continuous improvement in SAP strategy and operations. Responsible for external audit compliance.

Member of the IT leadership team responsible for establishing a new Competency Centre (70 resources). Managing teams of SME’s in SAP, BW on Hana, Business Objects, Hadoop (Hortonworks), and others. Accountable for internal and 3rd party delivery.From 07.2020 - 09.2021: Interim position as Head of SAP Competency Centre. Overseeing the migration/archiving of SAP platforms and transition of services and resources to a new company (E.On Next).Establishing new demand to delivery processes resulted in revised terms with suppliers, improved responsiveness and reduced cost of IT.Responsible for 3rd party contract reviews and defining outsource agreements.Responsible for >£1million IT sustainability and enhancement project spend from compiling proposals through to realisation.Functions reporting to me include SAP Basis/Security, Solution Manager, Release Management, BW and Analytics, Data Quality Assurance and Data Operations.Specialist in data and analytics, including steering Data Transformation Programme which implemented BW upgrade, Hana, Business Objects and Hadoop Big Data platform.Head of a high performing Release and Deployment service across 20 applications (multiple vendors). Managed teams to resolve clashes between dual and triple development tracks, including code-merge governance.Assurance role on multiple technical projects including SAP upgrades, patching, hardware refresh, datacentre migrations.Member of Atlas Recovery Programme Leadership team, delivering substantial IT and business improvements. Our Technical recovery workstream delivered 100x improvements in many technical KPIs, improving system operation and stability.Assurance role on multiple technical projects including SAP upgrades, patching, hardware refresh and datacentre migrations.Product Owner for SAP Solution Manager, delivering functions and improvements following kanban approach, including ChaRM, Data Volume Mang’t, Technical Monitoring, Custom Code Mang’t.

Leading large onshore and offshore partner teams on project and support activities for >20 SAP solutions, both on-premise and cloud.Implementing SAP Hana with Multi-tenant Database Container (MDC) layout for BW and BFC. This included design, installation and patching.Leading upgrade and migration projects for multiple SAP products.Designing and overseeing Fiori Hub NetWeaver Gateway implementation.Developing patching and maintenance approaches.Leading the adoption of SAP Screen PersonasDriving the strategy and adoption of many capabilities of SAP Solution Manager.Ensuring quality of delivery from partner contracts.

Senior Technical Consultant on implementations and projects across variety of SAP solutions and industries.

Lead a team of 6 Basis Consultants, supporting a mature implementation with 7000 end users. Multiple solutions/landscapes, many of which were upgraded to NetWeaver 7.0 on Ramp-up (ECC 6.0, BI7, EP7, SRM 5.5).