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Pennsylvania, United States

Novi, Michigan, US

• Results-oriented and innovative Architect with extensive expertise in SAP ERP and cloud technologies. Adept at leading multiple migration and SAP implementation projects, specializing in Microsoft Azure with experience.
• Architected and implemented cloud-based SAP and non-SAP solutions, ensuring adherence to best practices and standards such as Microsoft CAF and Soc2 compliance, resulting in better organized and governed cloud.
• Managed and mentored architects and engineers resulting in better skilled staff ready to complete the work in less time.
• Led pre-sales engagements and provided technical expertise for cloud design, migrations and support leading to successful engagements.
• Developed and led customer workshops for topics including HA/DR, Cost Optimization, Security, Discovery and Assessment, and Performance – giving the customer assurance they are in good hands.
• Created company standards for both internal infrastructure and customer infrastructure to secure environments, control costs, and provide repeatable deployments.

Novi, Michigan, US

• Cloud design and architecture for implementations and migrations of SAP and other workloads in Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and AWS - providing technical expertise around SAP and its applications and.
• Designed and managed development of internal pricing, project management and monitoring tools which have allowed tremendous time savings.
• Provided strategic planning, thought leadership, and mentorship for teams supporting multiple customer workloads which has increased our success rates.
• Trained and provided mentorship for Cloud deployments, SAP installations, configuration, upgrades, and support – setting the example for others to do the same.
• Provided Cloud and SAP Basis support including infrastructure, networking, security, and database administration to keep current with changing technology.

Milan, IT

• Cloud migrations and administration of SAP workloads in AWS and Microsoft Azure. SAP Basis, SAP Solution Manager, SAP ERP, HANA, BobJ, AWS and Azure Cloud technologies, Infrastructure, Linux, Oracle, SQL Server..
• Led cloud migrations and administration of SAP workloads in Microsoft Azure and AWS, accelerating the process through strategic planning and execution.
• Provided mentorship on SAP Basis installations, configuration, upgrades, and support, enhancing team performance by fostering a collaborative and capable team.
• Delivered SAP Basis support including patches, security notes, performance tuning, and database administration, reducing downtime through proactive maintenance and issue resolution.

Lynnwood Glen, Gauteng, ZA

• SAP Basis. Installations, upgrades, configuration and support of SAP ERP, BI, Portal, PI, and Solution Manager systems, Vertex and Ariba.
• Conducted SAP Basis installations, upgrades, and support for various SAP modules.
• Provided SAP Basis support including patches, security notes, performance tuning and database administration, configured and managed Solution Manager as a VAR.
• Supplied advanced technical Vertex support.
• Coordinated efforts for successful global PCOE certification.

Leimen, Baden-Württemberg, DE

• ALM process consulting. Installation, configuration, and upgrade of Solution Manager, SAP Solution Manager ALM Roadmap EGI presenter, OS/DB Migrations and support for Unix/Linux, Windows, and VMWare environments.
• Led OS/DB Migrations and support for various SAP environments.
• Provided remote Basis support and presented multiple SAP ALM EGI sessions remotely.
• Conducted and participated in onsite SAP ALM sessions for large customers such as the city of Houston, Microsoft, and Target.

Lancaster, PA, US

• Solution Manager, Root Cause Analysis implementation and administration, Netweaver support ( Solution Manager, Portal, BI, TREX ), Oracle 10g support.
• Managed upgrades of Solution Manager, Root Cause Analysis, and Netweaver support.
• Provided SAP Basis and Database administration support.
• Participated in disaster recovery tests and provided Oracle database support.
• Managed the SAP Portal landscapes and department Sharepoint site.

Zug, CH

• Multiple installations, upgrades and support of SAP Netweaver 04 – 07 systems including Enterprise 6.0 and 7.0 Portal systems, PI, and Solution Manager. Support and administration of SAP ECC 5.0, Linux and Oracle.
• Supported SAP Enterprise systems and managed global J2EE systems.
• Led installations, upgrades, and migrations of NetWeaver landscapes.
• Planned and configured multiple DR environments.
• Designed and implemented HA for SAP on Redhat.

Perrysburg, Ohio, US

Lead technical infrastructure resource for HR/Payroll implementation utilizing SAP for HR/Benefits and salary payroll, and Workbrain Time and Attendance for hourly payroll. Also administrated Oracle Databases supporting JD Edwards and other custom application. Administrated and managed the Weblogic environment.

Reston, Virginia, US

Primary person responsible for the management of the SAP databases for a very large SAP project for the US Navy. I was the only resource on site with both SAP Basis and Oracle Database Administration experience and worked closely with both teams.

SAP Security, administration, and web development.

Walldorf, BW, DE

SAP Basis, Security, APO, Solution Manager. Completed SAP Basis New Hire training.

Melbourne, VIC, AU

Oracle DBA supporting a development environment, Created many web reports using Brio Reports, SQR, Javascript, PL/SQL, and HTML.

Oracle DBA responsible for multiple databases on a Microsoft platform supporting both SAP and non-SAP databases.

BAAN ERP and Oracle Database Administrator on an HPUX, Oracle environment.

Advanced Technology Education

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