Experience

pmc America

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Practice Lead: Digital Core and Platforms

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  Lead new practice. Formalize processes and commit resources to create, offer, and provide innovative solutions and consulting.Initiatives surround a comprehensive landscape featuring SAP's newest business suite, SAP S/4HANA.Partnered with SAP for a pilot, co-innovation solution which uses S/4HANA Cloud Edition. Strong focus on the business processes in addition to the technical architecture, development, validation, and knowledge transfer.One main initiative is defining and delivering SAP extensions from SAP on-premises to SAP HANA Cloud Platform. Extensions include UX and Analytical apps, and looking forward, IoT.SAP products include:• S/4HANA On-Premises Edition.• S/4HANA Cloud Edition.• SAP Cloud SDK (formerly S/4HANA Cloud SDK).• SAP Cloud Platform.• Fiori-compliant SAPUI5 apps.• Connectivity items such as SAP API Business Hub, SAP HANA Cloud Connector and SAPRouter.• HANA XS Classic (XSC) and XS Advanced (XSA) applications.• SAP Gateway Services with ABAP such as CRUD boilerplate code, business logic, and service handling.• SAP Solution Manager 7.2.• HANA Express Edition for onboarding developers, learning, development, and testing.• Multi-Target Applications for Cloud Foundry.Along the way, I’ve accumulated various landscape architecture and administration activities:• Hyper-V virtualization• Plan, install, and upgrade SAP AS ABAP, AS JAVA, other SAP products, and even a couple IBM Sterling SI EDI translators on Windows.• Plan, install, and upgrade SAP HANA Platform on Linux (SUSE).• IT infrastructure activities from firewalls to Microsoft Azure.Don’t hesitate to reach out if you enjoy discussing SAP!

• Software Architect

  • Jul 2015 - Jun 2016

  Define and execute strategies for future products and services, user experience, user interface design, and development.Plan, install, and implement comprehensive landscapes and solutions including S/4HANA with SAP Activate, Solution Manager 7.2, SAP Gateway, and SAP HANA Cloud Platform.Direction, methods, and guidelines are tightly aligned with SAP’s UX Strategy, Design Thinking, and Fiori Design Guidelines.Coach and collaborate throughout the derive and design processes including user engagement, prototyping as validation, and end-to-end process modelling.Design methods and processes are applicable in identifying and solving a variety of problems but are primarily used to derive, design, and develop apps in a development scenario consistent with SAP Fiori:• SAP Fiori Design Guidelines• SAPUI5 JavaScript UI library using MVC with XML views• SAP Gateway services (RESTful web services following OData protocol) with hub system architecture• On-premises / hybrid / cloud scenariosApplications are developed in Web IDE, consume SAP web services, and provided per user role using the SAP Fiori Launchpad. SAP web services may be SAP Gateway or HANA services. A SAP HANA Cloud Connector is used to access on-premises and cloud destinations.Business processes and applications are designed with consideration to both SAP’s existing and new business suite.

• Solutions Engineer

  • Jan 2011 - Jul 2015

  Initiatives and acronyms:• SAP Fiori compliant infrastructure, design, UX, and apps• SAP Fiori Launchpad services and configuration• UI Development Toolkit for HTML (SAPUI5)• SAP Gateway web services with OData protocol and JSON / XML format• SAP Mobile Platform (SMP3) with iOS and Android hybrid apps• SAP HANA on Amazon Web Services (AWS) with HANA Extended Application Services (XSJS)• HANA via AS ABAP secondary connection• Sybase Unwired Platform (SUP 2.3) with Mobile Business Objects (MBOs) and Hybrid Web Containers (HWCs)• BusinessObjects reporting and analytics with Dashboard Design (formerly XCelsius) dashboards• SAP Business Server Pages (BSPs)• Transition from classical SAP Dynpro transactions to Web Dynpro ABAP (WDA) with Floor Plan Manager (FPM)• Extract frequently changing business logic from ABAP to Business Rules Framework Plus (BRFplus or BRF+)• SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (MII) for connecting the plant with the enterprise• SAP MII configuration, connectors, web services, applications, and Navigation Portal

• Consultant

  • Sep 2006 - Dec 2010

  SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) and Logistics Execution (LE) consultant and lead. Strong focus on Order-to-Cash (OTC).Collaborated with customers and consultants across multiple SAP modules in several implementations.Implemented automotive industry processes such as:• Inbound and Outbound EDI with IDocs• Sequenced and Summarized JIT Calls• Scheduling Agreements with Forecast and JIT Schedules• RAN and Kanban• Returnable PackagingResearched, developed, demonstrated, and deployed SAP Integrated Forms by Adobe including:• Adobe Document Services (ADS)• Print programs and interfaces• Forms and labels• Process integrationForm and label process integration helps understand different areas of a business such as deliveries and shipments, invoices, transfer orders, production planning and execution, debit and credit memos, purchasing, and receiving.

• Associate Consultant

  • Mar 2005 - Sep 2006

  Advise and support assorted SAP modules.Formalize and manage master data such as partners, materials, sales documents, pricing, and packaging.Integrate EDI and SAP IDocs.Develop SAPScript labels per customer, quality, and industry standards.



Thomson Reuters

• Canada
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Support Representative

  • Oct 2004 - Mar 2005

  Supported tax and accounting software products. Identified and solved a wide variety of problems from technical issues to tax calculation questions. Supported tax and accounting software products. Identified and solved a wide variety of problems from technical issues to tax calculation questions.