Carl J. Willhoite
936-443-7291
Summary: Highly motivated professional with
outstanding educational credentials and over fifteen years experience designing
and developing business related information systems. Demonstrated ability to
understand and meet customer and business needs with exceptionally favorable
results. Over ten years of successful SAP implementation experience for Top
Fortune companies. Involved in all project life-cycle stages
from Software Evaluation, High-level Design, Technical Design, System
Configuration, ABAP Programming, Basis Technology, System Test, User Test,
Performance Tuning, Go-Live Support and Post-Production Support on several
project teams. Quality Assurance Function for several high-risk SAP
projects. Started career as ABAP Programmer and developed into team lead role
for technical and functional teams and to project manager for large-scale SAP
implementations.
Major Accomplishments:
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Successful completion of numerous IS projects using standard life-cycle
methodologies.
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Analyzing business systems and operations to assess technical needs and
organizational readiness.
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Planning, estimating, and directing project team work.
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Establishing and executing Program Management Office (PMO) practices.
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Applying or establishing methodologies for systems development and
quality assurance.
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Supervising teams to quantify and report productivity as well as ensure
issue resolution.
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Appraising personnel performance through formal and informal feedback.
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Facilitating meetings and conducting presentations for clients.
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Designing and developing custom applications, databases, web sites, and
application architectures.
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Developing and delivering proposals to clients.
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Team Lead for large-scale upgrade
from SAP 3.1h to 4.6b – 30 people.
Certifications &
Training:
Work History:
BakerHughes –
TX (June 2006 – Present)
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Provided Senior level consulting on complex Logistics issues.
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WM/IM and MM
configuration and process improvements.
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Resource Related
Billing (RRB) implementation.
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Advanced ABAP
development.
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SMARTFORMS and
SAPSCRIPT development.
Lockheed-Martin – TX (Aug 2005
– June 2006)
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Lead Consultant to Business Process Owner for Warehouse Management
processes.
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Responsible for ensuring that SAP Best Practices are being utilized aligned
with the DuPont foundation system and standard SAP industry practices. Areas of
work include process design and configuration in shipping, third party
warehouse EDI interface design and development, logistics interfaces,
customized packing functionality design and development, RF integrated
solution, inventory management and integration with other workstreams.
Leading a team of consultants, administrative work included workstream
planning, business requirements gathering workshops, integration test management,
demos and metrics.
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SAP R/3 ver 4.6c - Project management, team
leadership, business requirements definition, SD-All, LE-Shipping,
LE-Transportation, MM-IM, EDI, ABAP/4.
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Lead consultant, performing configuration and design of 23 US and Canada
Nylon warehouses and distribution centers, implementation of the new 4.6c
handling units functionality, packing, shipping, decentralized warehouse, RF
with SAPConsole, complex placement and putaway strategies, inventory management, returnable
packaging, extensive go-live support for all sites.
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Coordinated work with SAP
Deloitte Consulting – IL (Mar. 2004 – Aug 2005)
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Contracted as Sr. consultant/Shadow Project Manager for Deloitte to
provide SAP consulting to Deloitte’s clients in manufacturing and
aerospace industries.
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Team member on worldwide implementation project in Order-to-Cash workstream in SAP ECC 5.0.
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Complete configuration, design and implementation of the RF(LM00) functionality including many custom ABAP programs
designed to run on an RF handheld device.
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Setup and configured RF handheld devices and barcodes for use in
warehouse.
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Configured PS for projects related to professional services.
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Use and setup of IBM Crossworlds/WebSphere Business
Integration Product.
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Used Six Sigma and Method/1 project methodologies for project
implementation.
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Provided senior level expertise in implementing SAP Logistics in MM and
WM in a SAP R/3 4.6c (MM, SD) AIX environment.
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Setup and validation of new SAP 4.6c environment with Discrete
Industries upgrade.
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Develop and write functional requirement documents for interfaces from
SAP MM/WM to legacy mainframe applications.
Hilti
Corp. –
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Provided senior level expertise in implementing SAP RF functionality
for WM in a SAP R/3 4.6c (MM, SD) Oracle environment utilizing
ABAP/4 and SAPConsole.
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Complete configuration, design and implementation of the RF(LM00) functionality including many custom ABAP programs
designed to run on an RF handheld device.
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Co-designed and implemented a custom Cluster Picking strategy and
solution for the
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Heavy use of handling unit, transfer orders, stock transfer, and all
associated WM functionality included in all custom development.
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Setup configuration for transfer requirements and orders.
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Designed and implemented Handling Unit Packing station.
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Designed and wrote ABAP code to manage customized shipping, and
pick-to-pack process.
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Configured WM for replenishment orders.
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Configured WM for put-away strategies.
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Setup and configured RF handheld devices and barcodes for use in
warehouse.
Conagra Foods –
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Configured SD sales process for Order to Cash process.
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Develop and write functional specs for Order to Cash process.
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Provided senior level expertise in implementing SAP/EDI in a SAP R/3
4.6c (MM, SD) Sun Solaris Oracle environment utilizing ABAP/4 and GENTRAN 5.2
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Assignments included designing, coding and unit testing for the
X12/4010 810 Inbound Logistics Invoice Verification EDI document customizing
three user exits and extending IDOC INVOIC01; designing, coding and unit
testing for the X12/4010 820 Outbound Remittance Advice EDI document
customizing one user exit and extending IDOC PEXR2001; assisted with the
development of X12/4010 850 Outbound Purchase Order EDI document by designing,
coding and unit testing one user exit and extending IDOC ORDERS04 for KANBAN
Purchase orders; For each X12 document created, the following documentation was
created: a Business Process GAP Analysis document, a SAP IDOC to GENTRAN:server Mapping document, and a Trading Partner
Implementation Guide containing our X12/4010 requirements; I also designed,
coded and unit tested the associated GENTRAN:server
maps needed for the Inbound Invoice and Outbound Remittance Advice documents;
Performed GENTRAN:server Trading Partner
Administration for all P.O. and Invoice vendors; Trained client personnel on
the SAP/EDI/ABAP/GENTRAN.
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Use of ASAP methodology for project timeliness and completeness.
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Design and creation of complete unit and integration test plans.
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Utilized
CATTS for Regression testing, creation of test data and testing of configuration
changes.
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Scripted and executed integration tests .
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Analyzed and wrote ABAP programs and user exits in SD & MM.
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Utilized LSMW for data migration from legacy to SAP R/3 sales orders,
customer master and credit data.
Penn Octane Corp –
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Configured IS-Oil Downstream to facilitate product
exchanges, contracts and, deliveries.
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Configured SD sales process for Order to Cash process.
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Wrote scripts for configuration and transactions for
implementations.
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Use of ASAP methodology for project timeliness and completeness.
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Design and creation of complete unit and integration test plans.
ChevronTexaco –
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Analyzed and rewrote numerous ABAP programs, user exits and Data
Dictionary structures in SD, MM, PP, and PS modules for much increased
efficiency.
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Creation of external and internal specifications to develop ABAP/4
programs.
· Designed, created, and implemented custom on-line reports using ABAP/4, screen painter, menu painter, and interactive on-line debugging tools.
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Coordinated and implemented performance standards and ABAP review, as
well as functional and technical specification review.
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Scripted and executed integration tests .
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Designed, coded, and implemented interface with Zytax Exstars Reporting
software.
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Worked with TSW for initial scoping, and proto-typing.
ExxonMobil –
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Configured IS-Oil Downstream to facilitate product
exchanges and contracts, deliveries and automatic sourcing against the exchange
location.
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Worked with Joint Venture Accounting to facilitate information between Downstream group and Upstream group.
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Designed and wrote technical specifications for loading of downstream
data including exchange contracts, vendor information, producing entities, well
completion, delivery networks.
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Worked on team to identify GAPS in the IS-OIL configuration from
Upstream to Downstream. Wrote numerous testing scenarios for Unit testing of
the entire JVA and IS-Oil setup.
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Worked with FI/CO team to facilitate ledger entry requirements in
regards to the IS-Oil entries.
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Helped to identify revenue distribution allocation for normal sales
entries, purchases, well and facility expenses, and royalties.
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Identified and coordinated loading of Exploration and Production
contracts as well as exchange contracts.
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Worked with JVA to correctly identify and configure both Federal and
State taxing entities for proper tax accounting.
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Wrote user documentation for exchange processing.
OxyChem –
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Lead the upgrade team from release 3.1h to 4.6b. Coordinated necessary
configuration and ABAP coding changes necessary for the upgrade.
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Analyzed and rewrote numerous ABAP programs, user exits and Data
Dictionary structures in SD, MM, PP, and PS modules for much increased
efficiency.
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Designed and wrote batch programs to automatically post credit/debits,
and bill the customer accounts based on entries from the accounting system.
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Wrote scripts for configuration and transactions for
implementations.
· Special areas of emphasis included the automation of the creation and allocation of serial number records in all out bound logistics processes. Also, developed dispatching tool via enhancements to SAP CRP functionality.
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Configured new sales document types, item categories, schedule lines,
customer account groups, header and item text, access sequences, text
procedures, user exits, copy rules, backorder processing, material sales
statuses and groups, material determination, output determination, incompletion
procedures, availability checking rules, new variants for sales order lists,
delivery lists, and billing lists.
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Created new customer account groups, partner types, access sequences
and procedures.
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Maintain SD revenue account assignments, movement types and MM account
determination.
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Designed report for master schedulers to acknowledge new and changed
sales items.
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Designed report to analysis delivery blocks displaying date block was
added and by whom.
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Designed complex open/closed sales order report used through out the
company. This report incorporated
data from material master, purchasing, production, sales, delivery, and
billing.
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Created LIS structures for sales, purchasing, and production planning
including new field catalogs, objects, formulas, requirements, and modification
of table structures.
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Developed CATT procedure for business transactions involving BOM
creation referencing existing materials in material master. CATT procedure
developed was used later to input data for BOMs.
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Used Standard BDC programs to input MM data through standard structures
as well as developed own BDC program using Batch Data Input and Call
Transaction method.
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Developed Online programs to extract
scheduling and production data from SAP to input into shop floor system
according to the given specifications.
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Participating in the discussions to load transactional data through BDC
or IDOC interface using workflow for error notification.
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Coordinated and implemented performance standards and ABAP review for Pennzoil
Products Company.
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Designed, coded and implemented a complete bolt-on Change Management
System in SAP R/3 for Pennzoil Products company. The
system completely automates all correction and transports with approval and
calendering functionality.
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Shell Oil Co-
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Team lead for the conversion effort on the RUMBA project.
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Designed, wrote, and implemented numerous functional and technical
specifications using Shell templates.
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Responsibilities included creation of detail design specifications with
heavy end-user communication, configuration for customer master and creation of
sales orders and billing documents to support testing and requirement
clarification.
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Designed, developed and implemented an external interface to SAP of a
monthly forecast demand for selected products. Solution used both Unix scripts and SAP programs to synchronize updates.
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Designed, developed and installed ABAP programs for the efficient
initial load of millions of equipment warranty data records.
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Provided ABAP transaction programs to analyze sales orders and assign
to an alternate shipping location to meet demand.
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Created SAPScript letters for canceling orders due to credit problems,
export quotations and proforma invoice documents.
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Developed application and associated tables for tracking material
movements, shipments and availability for foreign trade zone requirements.
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Developed data mapping and interface program for sales history data
between Legacy system and SAP Business Warehouse.
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Designed and implemented numerous SAP reports for tracking product
prices vs cost, product components and availability and product allocations to
customers.
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Developed and installed numerous solutions for customizing screen edits
for sales orders, credit management variants via user exits and SAP table
extensions.
Valero Energy –
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Team lead on the SD/MM and IS-Oil part of the project.
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Configured SD/MM, IS-OIL using ASAP methodologies to accomplish the
following:
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Setting up Material Management Organizational structures and global
settings. This included Inventory Management, Purchasing, Invoice Verification,
Configuration/ Customization using IMG, Procedure model and Reference model.
Analyzed Business requirements and prepared feasibility studies and project
proposals.
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Business Partner, Customer, Setting up Sales & Distribution
Organizational structure, global settings and various basic functions in
S&D: Hierarchy, Products & Services, Pricing, Master data, Material
Listing / Exclusion, Inquiry, Quotation, Sales Order, Delivery, Picking,
Packing, Shipping, Goods Issue, Billing Documents, Invoice, Rebate, Foreign
Trading, Monitoring Sales activities, Mailing & Document Flow.
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Creating Outline agreements- scheduling –delivery/forecast
delivery, contracts- value/quantity
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MRP, BOM/explosion, planned orders, stock- non-stock items lot sizing
procedures, material forecast, material valuation, storage locations and
material type.
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Sales organization/ distribution channels/ sales divisions/ shipping-loading
point/ contact person/ material type- industry sector- general data/ material
status/ transfer requirements.
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Design and implementation of new Business processes and Business-
reengineering to accommodate market changes. Job profile-included
implementation of MM/SD modules, coordination between clients, consultants and
programmers. Configuration and customization of Material master, Vendor master,
Purchase requisition, RFQ, Quotation, Purchase orders, Outline agreements,
Release procedures, Sales, Shipping/Billing, Purchase information records as
well as Sourcing administration
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Project systems- work breakdown structure- networks-
project/cost/capacity planning- scheduling- projects controlling- activities
relationship- budgeting and execution.
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Review and interfacing with major functional modules -
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Created/customized Workflow for purchased materials and purchase
requisition; system prototyping, training, created test plan, technical
documentation and end-user training for implemented workflow.
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Led and participated in several re-engineering initiatives in the
implementation of best known manufacturing productivity improvement practices
and design issues to meet client requirements and to provide customized
solutions for increased efficiencies and mitigating potential risks.
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Processing transfer postings, reservation and special stocks of
inventory management.
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Net change planning/ consumption based planning/ reorder and forecast
based planning.
Lyondell Petrochemical Co –
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Creation of external and internal specifications to develop ABAP/4
programs.
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Designed, created, and implemented custom on-line reports using ABAP/4,
screen painter, menu painter, and interactive on-line debugging tools.
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Used SAP authorizations and Profile generator to setup user security
profiles.
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Designed and coded numerous reports using sap security tables.
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Responsible for implementing OSS Notes and Hot Package administration
for SAP R/3 implementation.
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Authored & developed standards to facilitate standardization and
performance.
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Designed and created interfaces for SD, MM, HR & PS modules.
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Used Standard BDC programs to input MM data through standard structures
as well as developed own BDC program using Batch Data Input and Call
Transaction method.
09/93
to 01/96 Compaq
Computer Corporation,
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Developed and implemented ABAP/4 code in re-engineering implementation
project while employed at Compaq.
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Designed, created, and implemented ABAP/4 programs used in conjunction
with the Batch Data Communications (BDC) process.
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Developed and maintained documentation using SAPScript.
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Co-developed and implemented transparent tables and Data Dictionary
maintenance for SAP R/3 implementation project
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Designed, created, and implemented custom on-line reports using ABAP/4,
screen painter, menu painter, and interactive on-line debugging tools for SD.
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Developed custom batch programs to format and load custom transparent
tables using DOS batch scripting and SAP variants to input information.
06/92 - 09/93 Entex,
A Noram Energy Co.,
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Developed and maintained Summary Billing project. Project consisted of
using existing billing techniques and incorporating the ability to summarize multiple
bills into single printings and mailings.
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Provide leadership in the design, development and implementation of a
Customer Information Survey System. (COBOL/CICS).
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Developed statistical analysis to correctly identify and estimate
customer billings to generate a steady revenue stream throughout cyclical
patterns.
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Provide support and maintenance functions for Entex's Customer
Information System consisting of approximately 1.5 million customers.
(COBOL/CICS)
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Developed new application life-cycle methodologies that improved Entex
Information Systems department productivity by 25%.
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Provide maintenance of on-line and batch processes to support the
Customer Information System for Entex billing systems.
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Familiar with batch window scheduling/process, on-call scheduling and
error resolution within batch windows.
12/89 - 05/92 Self
Employed Business Software Consultant
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Developed and implemented system to automate and record liquor sales
with the ability to produce various financial reports and TABC forms. (Lotus
123)
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Created customer database for promotional mailings.
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Wrote user manuals for developed software.
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Upgraded and maintained hardware for PC based systems as necessary.
04/86 - 04/89
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Received both leadership skill and electronics training necessary to
fulfill my three-year commitment.
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Successful completion of two live firing demonstrations of the Pershing
II Missile System.
Education: MBA
Concentration:
Finance & International Business
Major:
Business Analysis - Management Information Systems
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