Robert Buchan Email & Phone Number

Petersburg, Va

Business Intelligence Architect and Lead for the Department of the Army GCSS-Army program. Support the tactical army and enterprise implementation of business intelligence and analytics. Active Security Clearance - Secret.

Richmond, Virginia Area

BI Solution Architect for Department of Defense SAP GCSS - Global Logistics implementation.

Parsippany, Nj

Lead BI solution architect responsible for developing a 3 year BI strategy for a multi-national Pharmaceutical company. Client using BOBJ, BW, Netezza and multiple other tools and 3rd party BI solutionsResponsibilities• Assessment of current state• Define BI Program Future State & Transition Plan • Construct and Finalize Strategy and Roadmap • Communicate Findings to executives, business and IT team

Jackson, Michigan Area

Lead BI Architect at client implemented SAP, SAP SCM and BI 7.3/BOBJ 4.0. Responsible for BI architecture for a new BI solution. BI strategy, design, best practices, development standards, documentation, monitoring implementation, client support including mentoring team members.Accomplishments includeSuccessful go-live of 2 BI projects - APO Demand Planning and Regional Rollout of BI and SAP ECCDesigned and implemented a new SAP BI solution that included BW 7.3 and BOBJ 4.0Provided all necessary architecture leadership and expertise to get a new BI solution up and running for 2 go-livesResponsible for BI system sizing and performance planning and management pre and post go-liveSupported client with getting team member ramped up and mentor team members on new technologyProvided best practices and documentation for naming conventions and implementation standardsSupport and review of functional and technical specifications for all BI objects Managed and led cutover for 2 successful go-lives

Greater New York City Area

Responsible for the overall BI solution architecture for an $8.0 (B) cosmetic company that does business in over 140 countries and uses SAP BW, Business Objects, MicroStrategy Cognos and QlikView ResponsibilitiesGlobal BI architecture: Thought leadership and strategy, BI Roadmap for global multi-year BI rollout Strategy: BI future state alignment with corporate objectives/strategyDeployment: Design and implementation standards, sizing and performance impactGovernance: best practice, architecture controls, functional, technical and development review Enterprise Architecture: EA compliance, Integration, interface standards compliance, tools assessments and implementation methodology AccomplishmentsSuccessfully deployed the global BW/BOBJ 3.1 enterprise landscapeSingle instance of BW with multiple data sources delivering BI using BOBJ front-end and SAP Portal and 3rd party tool integration like QlikViewDelivered design and methodology for loading data from multiple sources to BW for sell through consumer data ranging from manual, POS and EDI data loadsDeveloped BI roadmap for consolidation/reduction of systems from current heterogeneous landscape to reduce overall BI tool footprint Delivered a framework for the implementation of a Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC) that is currently being implemented with the global SAP rolloutCurrent Projects:Continued global deployment of SAP and BI toolsUpgrade to BW7.3 and QlikView integrationContinued optimization of BI platform and implementation

SAP BI Solution architect in IBM’s Industrial Sector Business Intelligence Practice, responsible for the design, building, and implementation of integrated SAP BI solutions.

Responsible for BI solution architecture engagement management, project teams, and strategy consulting. Project responsibilities included working as BI solutions architect and program manager including hands on configuration where required

Consulting team lead for a global Business Warehouse 2.1C and 3.0 B upgrade implementation at Air Products and Chemicals Corporation. First phase implemented profitability analyses, sales overview and APO. Second phase implemented product costing, inventory and purchasing. Team lead for the Business Warehouse 2.1C implementation at DuPont Teijin Films a global manufacturer of polyester films and resins. The scope included order to cash, production, purchasing, inventory and APO demand planning. Team member on a Business Warehouse 2.0B implementation for Degussa Construction Chemicals on a concurrent R/3 4.6C implementation. Scope was order to cash, inventory, COPA and purchasing.