Peningo Systems,
Inc.
Contact: info@peningo.com
PEN12
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PROFILE |
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17-year
IT professional with increasing responsibility capitalizing on effective
technical, business, and communication skills. Strengths include ERP client/server
implementation project management, SAP system performance analysis &
enterprise architecture design, and staff career development. Managed technology track of worldwide
two-year $100M SAP Business Transformation program. ·
9
years of hands-on SAP Basis/Security/Development experience on HP-UX,
Windows, Oracle, and EMC/Symmetrix platform for an S&P 500 $1.8B global,
high technology manufacturer and industry leader in the enterprise mobility,
RFID, advanced data capture and wireless infrastructure markets. Invaluable mission critical experience
attained via 20+ SAP based go-live production cutovers without business
interruption. Detailed, innovative, results
driven. ·
M.B.A.
in Management/Finance and B.S. in Computer Science. |
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EXPERIENCE March 2002-Current May 1999–March 2002 |
Symbol
Technologies, Inc., Sr. Manager,
Application & Infrastructure Services, SAP Technology & Security SAP Business Transformation Program
(2003-Current) ·
SAP
Solution Scope: R/3 ·
Led
20-person Technology team of associates and consultants in design, delivery,
and management of 8-solution SAP production environment to 6,000+ users for
S&P 500 company. (Prime Integration
Partner: SAP ·
Increased
corporate SAP instance count from 14 to 61 over 18-month period. Includes 5-system landscape topologies to
allow for parallel production support and project release development. Integrated systems for Development, Q/A,
Training, Project Cutover Testing, and Production. Championed and delivered best-practice
methodologies for SAP infrastructure, change management, and data management. ·
Delivered
integrated SAP user management and authentication via Portal 6.0 & AD. ·
Brought
online 5,400 associates using R/3 HR 4.7 MSS/ESS & Payroll via Portal. ·
Brought
online 978 users in CRM 4.0 Sales Opportunity Management via Portal. ·
Brought
online 2,113 users in Business Intelligence 3.3. ·
Basis
project manager for Supply Chain Management APO / Assemble to Order. ·
Implemented
centralized Change Review Board for SAP change request transports. Deployed
weekly schedule of automated production transports. ·
Led
landscape data management & archiving project waves 1 & 2. ·
Managed
many system database refreshes after critical milestones of project plans. ·
Led
Basis assessment of R/3 Unicode data conversion (1 TB) from current MDMP. Sarbanes-Oxley #404 Review &
Remediation (2004-2005) ·
Point-of-contact
for all Sarbox related activities for 20 SAP Technology key controls within
the Operations, Change Management, and Security workstreams. ·
Technology
lead for installation and deployment of Virsa VRAT Risk Assessment tool for
SAP, including implementation of VFAT for FireCall ID access by IT. ·
Achieved
2004 certification of IT internal controls Sarbox section #404. R/3Upgrade from 3.1I to ·
Co-lead
of technical requirements planning, systems upgrade and implementation.
Accomplished 600Gb production upgrade to R/3 4.7 in 50 hours by minimizing
downtime to users using SAP’s shadow system technology (Prime Integration
Partner: IBM/PWC). ·
Managed
security conversion of 3.1I authorization profiles to new Profile Generator
role design strategy for 1,900 R/3 users. ·
Basis
point-of-contact for all project cutover testing and go-live tasks. Successfully led review & modification
of 200+ SAP, Oracle, and HP-UX profile parameters across 12-server production
environment necessitated by upgrade. Administration & Production Support ·
Responsible
for $4.3M annual budget fo ·
Responsible
for $2M cost center annual budget of P&L production support activity. ·
Measured
annually on success rate of aligning IT strategies with business objectives. ·
Managed
12-person Basis/Security team providing 6-day onsite support and 24x7 Tier-3
HelpDesk on-call support to 5,400 associates including 300-person IT team. ·
Conducted
technical recruiting & screening of offshore Basis/Security candidates. ·
RFP
contributor for Basis/Security Managed Services vendo ·
Achieved
maximum system availability (99%) for 7 distinct SAP production instances
across 24 HP-UX servers. Partnered
with Symbol IT teams to design HP-UX virtual and hard partitions to help
ensure desired balance between system resource f ·
Implemented
HP Serviceguard high availability clustering across entire SAP landscape. ·
Technical
lead for expansive assessment & deployment of SAP 2 TB database layout methodology
using new EMC/Symmetrix DMX2000 storage subsystem. ·
Implemented
dual FDDI network segments to segregate database traffic from users. ·
Achieved
R/3 4.7 dialog response time of 0.75 secs (monthly avg: 14M steps). ·
Presided
over upgrade of CRM from 2.0B to CRM 3.0 Mobile Sales. ·
Presided
over upgrade of BW from 2.0B to BW 3.0. LIS to infocube migration. ·
Managed
implementation of SAP ccms system monitoring and alert notification. ·
Managed
migration of SAP batch scheduling to Tivoli-Maestro. Manager, Technical Applications, SAP/Basis/Security ·
Background
experience as an applications programmer has provided the necessary
understanding to link technical solutions with business process problems. ·
Skilled
in Enterprise/IMG. Personal
interaction with functional team leaders for configuration and customizing of
ERP environment. ·
Responsible
for ensuring SAP system integrity and response time is un- compromised by a
wide set of business process interfaces including but not limited to i2,
Catalyst, Vastera, Conquest, Agile, Comergent, HAHT e-commerce, Hyperion,
Vertex, Xelus, Clarify, Viryanet, and UPS. ·
Manager
and hands-on administrator of core 3.1I R/3 system landscape of three-tiered
12-instance Production environment, 2 QA instances, and 2 development
instances on a HP9000 UX 11.00 and Oracle 8.1.7.2 platform. ·
Core
R/3 system includes 1,800+ active logons and a 500Gb database. Online
database system backups performed daily using split BCV mirrors. ·
Manager
and hands-on administrator of a 2.0B CRM 3 instance system landscape on a
Windows/NT and Oracle 8.0.5.2.1 platform. ·
Manager
and hands-on administrator of a 2.0B BW 3 instance system landscape on a
HP9000 UX 11.00 and Oracle 8.1.6.2 platform. ·
Skilled
in system performance analysis and tuning to identify common bottlenecks
including shared SQL area analysis, poor Unix file system disc I/O, and
Oracle index optimization. Expert in
memory management tuning for optimal performance. ·
Manage
independent Basi ·
Manage
and mentor 4-person Basis team of employees on daily maintenance and
monitoring of production system with 24x7 support. · Responsible for all phases of employee recruitment, hiring and salary negotiation, in addition to annual performance appraisals of staff. Frequent interaction with executive management to discuss internal SAP issues, initiatives and strategies. |
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June 1997 – May 1999 |
IT Sr. Systems Analyst, Technical Applications, SAP/Basis/Security ·
Lead
Basis administrator for 2 separate large-scale North American implementations
involving 2,500 users on 10 R/3 modules.
Global R/3 rollout to international subsidiaries encompassing 25
company codes. (Prime Integration Partner: PWC). ·
Installed
many new R/3 instances using R/3 utility R3INST
including tablespace and file system sizing analysis. ·
Complete
system database reorganization using R3INST’s
dbunload and dbload functionality. ·
Regularly
scheduled maintenance to reorganize Oracle 8.0.5 tablespaces and individual
tables using R/3 utility sapdba. ·
Daily
system monitoring using CCMS to aid in the tuning of R/3 instance profile
parameters and memory buffers. ·
Use
of the Workbench Organizer and Unix program tp to perform object transports across system landscape for
80-person project team. ·
Numerous
internal and external system client copies. ·
Skilled
in the ABAP/4 Development Workbench and Data Dictionary. ·
Proficient
in HP-UX version 11.i and all system commands. Creation of shell scripts to aid in the
interface of data transfe ·
Creation
and distribution to worldwide user population of sapgui/saplogon presentation server files using logon group load
balancing. ·
R/3
installation of 10 different languages to accommodate global corporation with
25 international subsidiaries worldwide.
Includes SAP’s MDMP codepage 8000 for Kanji Japanese language. ·
Created
formal Basis manual of standard operating procedures. ·
Creation
of users, profiles, authorization objects, and authorizations. ·
Creation
and execution of database R/3 Brbackup
and Brarchive strategy. ·
Scheduling
and monitoring for hundreds of regularly scheduled batchjobs. ·
Device
and spooler maintenance of over 500 printers worldwide. ·
System
log record analysis to identify common problem areas. ·
Use
of system and SQL trace utilities to debug and optimize processes. ·
Troubleshooting
of update terminations. ·
Management
of the enqueue work process for lock entries. ·
Analysis
and correction strategy of ABAP/4 short dumps. |
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April 1996 – June 1997 |
IT Sr. Systems Analyst, Technical Applications, SAP ABAP/4 Development ·
Member
of North American SAP R/3 implementation team. ·
Analyzed,
created, and tested ABAP/4 programs for the conversion of ASK/Manman legacy
systems. ·
Worked
with functional team members to create technical project specifications for
new ABAP/4 reports. ·
Team
member of R/3 migration from release 2.2 to 3.0F. ·
Lead
analyst and implementor of 3rd party product Vertex/Quantum tax
calculation interface to R/3. ·
Lead
analyst and implementor of 3rd party product Luminate interface to
R/3 for monitoring system performance. ·
Managed
project IT track to modify systems for the company’s implementation of its
new |
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Jan 1994 – April 1995 |
IT Systems Analyst ·
Systems
analysis and programming of ASK/Manman software on HP3000. ·
Co-chair
of IS weekly meeting to prioritize open projects among order administration
and financial end user community. ·
Project
leader of IS team to create sales order line item auto scheduling system
based on inventory levels and product lead times. ·
Enhanced
program logic of calculating customer credit limits. ·
Implemented
new set of programs to improve G/L account management across multiple company
ledgers. |
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July 1991 – Jan 1994 |
Programmer / Analyst ·
Programmed
in Fortran, Speedware, and Cognos on ASK/Manman system. ·
Member
of ASK/Manman conversion team from release 7.0 to 8.2 ·
Created
“pick/pack” program module that reduced number of misshipments out of
finished goods inventory. ·
Modified
database tables and associated programs with new fields to represent new
business processes. ·
Extensive
programming knowledge of HP’s block mode VPLUS interface. |
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April 1995–April 1996 |
Cybex International, Inc., IT Sr. Systems Analyst ·
Analysis
and maintenance of ASK/Manman software on an HP3000 platform for a leading
medical and fitness equipment manufacturer. ·
Lead
of all daily IS activities for 250 person corporate headquarters. ·
Utilized
ASK/Manman system functionality of multi-plant manufacturing, material
availability allocation, and product ordering configuration. ·
Program
enhancements to existing order quotation module. ·
Implemented
in-house sales agent commission payout system. ·
Created
database archiving procedure. ·
Responsible
for year/month-end financial closing utilities and reports. ·
Established
IS standards and procedures for department use. |
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Jan 1991 – July 1991 |
Programmer / Analyst ·
Member
of ASK/Manman conversion team from release 4.0 to 7.1 ·
Expertise
in system modules Omar, MFG, A/P, G/L, and Serviceman. ·
Creation
of ASCII flat files for year-end IRS tax reporting requirements. ·
Performed
database maintenance and growth analysis. ·
Management
of user logons with ASK utility pasutil. |
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March 1989 – Jan 1991 |
Programmer ·
Applications
programmer specializing in customized reporting of bookings, sales, and
customer product purchase matrices. ·
User
support for product marketing, finance, and customer administration. ·
Operations
experience encompassed use of HP’s main console, nightly system backups,
microcomputer and printer administration. |
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June 1988–March 1989 |
SE Technologies, Inc., Programmer Consultant ·
ASK/Manman
programming at customer client sites in the U.S. Northeast. ·
Worked
on various project implementations while on fixed price contracts. ·
Maintained
direct contact with client managers to provide ongoing support. |
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EDUCATION |
M.B.A., Management & Finance, 1996, with
Honors (gpa: 3.85 / 4.0) B.S., Computer Science, 1988 |
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COMPUTER SKILLS |
System
Applications, Tools & Modules SAP: R/3 Enterprise 4.7, BW (3.3), CRM (4.0), SCM/APO/LiveCache (4.0), HR r/3 Enterprise 4.7 (decoupled), Enterprise Portal (6.0), Global Trade Services (2.0), Solution Manager (3.1), Knowledge Warehouse, WAS 6.20, Java Core J2EE, ITS, SAP Gateway & Trex, ABAP/4, STMS, R3INST, sapdba, brarchive, brbackup R/3 Functional: SD, FI-CO, MM, WM, PP, LO, QM, PM, CA ORACLE: Releases 9.2.x, 8.x and 7.x, svrmgrl, sqlplus, CBO stat analysis & refresh Tools & Interfaces: Vertex Sales Tax Q-series, BSI Payroll Tax, Tivoli Maestro batch, Gamma Infoshuttle data transfer, Virsa VRAT/VFAT Security Auditing, IXOS-Archiving & Imaging, Niku-Clarity PM, IBM-Peregrine HelpDesk, Microsoft Office. Hardware,
Operating Systems, and Networks Hewlett Packard 9000 series: Superdome (A5200), rp3440 series, N-class, L-class, V-class, K-class, (HP-UX 11.i, 11.00, 10.20), virtual (vPar) and hard (nPar) partitioning, HP Serviceguard high availability clustering. EMC Symmetrix
DMX2000 storage systems. Hewlett Packard 3000 series: 992, 950 (MPE/iX, MPE/V). Digital: VAX 11/780, MicroVax II (VMS). Networks: TCP/ SAP SAP50 - Basis Technology BC040 - Implementation Planning BC325 - Workbench Organizer & CTS BC360 - Technical Core Unix/Oracle BC305 - Advanced System Management BC400 - ABAP/4 Development BC405 - ABAP/4 Reporting CA940 - Authorization Concepts CA960 - Customizing CTS WC620 - Vertex/SAP Tax Interface |
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MEMBERSH |
SAP Developer Network (online collaboration and weblogs) Delta Mu Delta, National Honor Society in Business Administration |