David B. Email & Phone Number

Kingston Upon Thames, GB

London, England, United Kingdom

Support for multiple clients including:-Lift&shift project of ~100 on-prem VMs into Azure cloud (BW, CRM, ECC, PI/PO, Content Server); Windows Server Failover Clustering (Windows 19); Azure SQL Server v19 (with Always On availability group (AOAG) clustering)-numerous HANA upgrades (most recently to SP62; July 2022)-Technical support / configuration during.

Port Sunlight / Wirral / United Kingdom

DB2 SME for Unilever’s global SAP production/support landscapeMajor achievement: designing/implementing bespoke technical monitoring at the OS level (via AIX scripting) providing dynamic visibility of potential/actual issues in real-time on all critical production systems; prior to this, monitoring was reactive rather than proactive... this monitoring.

Brought onto project on behalf of HCL Axon to assist with upgrades of existing SAP Portals and BW/BOBJ (Business Objects) java systems.Responsibilities:- patches (from Netweaver v7.30 to v7.31) via JSPM/SUM, post-upgrade configuration setup / connectivity checks, etc (systems primarily running Oracle 11g on VMware/Linux)- Performance/Stress Test analysis.

London, United Kingdom

AIX/Mainframe (OS/390) project for greenfield implementation of SAP BS (Banking Services) component + SolMan (Solution Manager/SM) v7.1Responsibilities:- upgrades on IBM z/OS (of Central Services) and AIX P-series (application servers)- configuration of Solution Manager (SolMan), setting up Managed Systems for all systems configured within landscape.

California/Germany

Responsibilities:Design installation and maintenance procedures; define technical architecture and standards common across global SAP systems with special emphasis on the operating system and database layers (AIX/DB2), plus NW2004S Java (single- and dual-stack). Examples: High availability architecture (HACMP and HADR); filesystem layout for optimized.

Memphis, USA

• Provide client with SAP R/3 Basis knowledge for major upgrade project/global roll-out of New Dimension products. Responsibilities:
• Upgrade core production systems from 4.5b to 4.6c
• Installation of CUA/SM systems (WAS 6.20) and 4.6C (SR2) systems
• Upgrade of APO/LiveCache systems from 3.0 to 3.1
• Support of all production landscapes (core 4.5b/4.6c, HR 4.6c, APO 3.0a, BW 3.0b, CRM 3.0)
• Performance tuning

Chicago, USA

• Provide client with extensive SAP R/3 Basis knowledge for IS-B (Industry Solution – Banking) implementation; representing SAP America on strategic project (largest IS-B site worldwide).Responsibilities:
• Bench-marking team with SAP Labs at H-P competency center for IS-B product sizing/feasibility project
• Performance tuning, primarily for multiple IS-B/SEM-PA R/3 systems
• Multiple IS-B/SEM-PA (and associated Oracle) installations
• Multiple Oracle upgrades (from 7.x to 8.x)
• Member of Technical Architecture team

United States

• Provide technical leadership role for pilot “Global Business Integration Project”Responsibilities:
• SAP America's technical team lead for Lilly’s global project feasibility study
• Installation of InfoDB, multiple 4.0A / 4.0B installations / upgrades, including both hands-on and from a Quality Assurance perspective
• Setup of SAP’s InfoDB (version 2.1), plus technical facilitation of remote training setup
• Installation of Spanish and French languages
• Installation of internet-based documentation

United States

• Originally contracted for one month to assist Anheuser-Busch (A-B) migrate their database server from IBM to SUN.Responsibilities:
• SAP America's technical representative
• Providing technical consultation to A-B's System Integration / Basis department
• Technical assurance of upgrade from R/3 version 3.0D to 3.1H, and Oracle RDBMS version 7.2.3 to 7.3.3
• Training new employees; knowledge sharing / mentoring existing team members
• Performance monitoring / tuning

New Zealand

• SAP R/3 experience involved across all facet’s of this major and successful implementation, and includes the following specific skill-set utilisation:
• Sole System Administrator for three SAP instances and associated multiple clients, for the first 12 months, and then;
• Training of the production System Administration team;
• Base installations of R/3 v2.1, v2.2, v3.0 and related Oracle i.e. R3INST, tp put;
• Numerous R/3 upgrades, from initial planning -> testing/acceptance of same i.e. R3UP
• Initial setup of authorizations, profiles and users, and then;

New Zealand

• Initially brought on as contract consultant to perform analysis, design and coding of application software; later converted to employee.
• UNIX technical specialist
• Systems implementation of payroll, fleet management, human resource management and financial systems
• UNIX systems administration
• Analysis and development in Infobasic, Universe, and Unidata
• Help desk management, client liaison, integration of UNIX and other systems

New Zealand

• Developing and writing technical and business sections for proposals to clients (including responses to RFI and RFP documents)
• Pre-sales support for UNIX and PICK based products
• Southern Region SME / Product champion for Encore/Multimax (UNIX) series

New Zealand

Project management, systems design, programming and implementation in McDonnell Douglas - PICK environment

New Zealand

• Southern region support for automated library systems. Writing system specifications, programming, installing operating systems and application software
• Application software demonstrations and user training
• Responsible for 10 sites and two support staff

New Zealand

• Support and enhancements for purchase order systems, stock control system and accounts receivable systems (all using Power House 4GL)
• General support and systems running in the Data General MV environment
• Liaison with and support of clients including Fruit Growers Federation (stock control system)

New Zealand

Development of a cash receipts system using PICK

Wigram / Christchurch, New Zealand

General Duties (Pilot) / OTC

New Zealand

Enhancements and support of accounting systems and mailing systems using PICK O/S