Deepak P. Email & Phone Number

Plano, Texas, United States

Executive team member leading one of the largest greenfield implementations of SAP on Azure.

Greater Chicago Area

A leader adept at providing the technical vision, embraces diverse spheres of innovation and holds an ability to focus on core competencies, business deliverables and commitment to excellence. Lead PepsiCo Operations area with extensive experience in SAP Basis and related technology. Accountable for 24x7 sustain operations globally across 7 international sectors.Demonstrated success in developing sustainable process, aligning teams and technology to meet the aggressive business needs. Core Competencies include:SAP Basis technology including HANA | Sustain/IT Operations | Full lifecycle implementations SAP upgrades | New Market and functionality deployments | Technology governance SOX and Audit Compliance | DR and HA Technology | Service and Vendor management Critical Incident management | Mentorship and guidance on Basis activities | Change managementLead a SAP team of 50+ high performing technologists supporting over 200+ SAP instances across 5 datacenters, to meet critical business requirements and ensure 99% system availability.Actively seek out opportunities to improve the system landscape, performance, processes, and change control. Work seamlessly with internal and various external leadership, application, and infrastructure teams to drive solutions to implementation.Collaborates with global function sub-leads in facilitating governance and template management, provide subject matter expertise, ensure team’s adherence to PIRT and other global standards.

Greater Chicago Area

Lead and manage the PepsiCo SAP upgrade agenda globally for multiple SAP components by partnering with the hosting provider and other vendors. Successfully completed 100's of SAP upgrades across various PepsiCo regions.Notable Success:  SAP Upgrade expert leading global roll-outs of all SAP components in the PepsiCo landscape.  Lead the strategy, alignment, planning and work with the vendors to successfully deliver up to 6 SAP component upgrades in a big bang approach for different sectors.  Lead and managed multiple implementations and go-live roll outs for ESSA, AMENA and LATAM markets involvingvarious SAP modules.

Senior Technology Consultant with years of SAP experience at managing and delivering SAP solutions including system planning, installation, refresh, performance tuning, support package implementations, transport management and developing technical processes and procedures.