Ann Workman Brewster
552 Oakland Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia 30312
404-229-4200


SAP HR functional consultant with 10 + years of SAP experience on R/3 
versions 2.0 to ECC6.0. Experience includes 4 years in manufacturing and 
defense contractor environments and 2 years in a communications
 technology and manufacturing environment. Have designed, configured, and implemented master data, benefits, organization management, time management,CATS,ESS, and training and events. Knowledge of HR payroll and travel modules (have implemented each once.)


EDUCATION

* Master's Degree in Management, Kellogg, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Majors in Finance and Organizational Behavior (1993)
* University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC  BS in Physics (1986) BA in Religion (1986)


COMPUTER AND LANGUAGES

* SAP R/3 Modules: HR, including master data, organization management, benefits, training and events, ESS and time evaluation
* Other computer: FORTRAN, Cray and Vax
* Conversant in German, Japanese and Dhuluo


SAP EXPERIENCE
October 2006-Present
Global Software Company   (Atlanta, GA)


June 2006-August 2006
Privately Held Insurance Company (Greenville, SC)
Reconfiguration of live system that was not implemented correctly. Modultes include: PA, OM, Benefits and Recruitment. Redesigned organization structure and methos for updating personnel records. Configuration of reporting structures, personnel actions, and infotypes. Extensive benefits configuration. Conducted extensive training of end users and IT team memebers. Ser up ABAP query and taught reporting. 
January 2006-May 2006
GLobal COnfectioner (Chicago, IL)
Upgrade from 4.6 to ECC5.0 for global company with over 145 different personnel areas in over 40 countries, including language and country specific configuration for PA, OM and Benefits. Project lead for HR team of five central and 60 regional power users. Configured, tested and conducted knowledge transfer.

November 2005-January 2006
Integrated Mail and Document Solutions Company (Stanford, CT)
Designed templates and created procedures for documenting new SAP HR projects for CMMI compliance. Trained staff on templates and processes.

April 2005-October 2005
Complete upgrade lifecycle from blueprint to go live using SAP solution manager for upgrade from 4.5B to ECC5.0. COnfigured, wrote specs and test scritps for time evaluation and time management. Provided support for ESS, PA and OM including issue resolution, logging of OSS notes, design. configuration and testing. Extensive knowledge transfer to client in areas of time management, CATS and ESS.

Jan 2005-March 2005
Public Sector  (Atlanta, Georgia)
Gathered requirements, designed and configured ESS. Services included online benefits enrollment, time entry, W4 update, employment confirmation , bank and address updates. Display services included online paystub and earnings statements, emergency contact, whos who employee lookup and prior benefits elections.


July 2004-Dec 2004
Lawn Services company (Kent, Ohio)
Provided configuration support for 4.7 upgrade for benefits, time management, time evaluation and HR master data. Wrote test scripts and training documentation, performed unit and integration testing, researched OSS. 


Jan 2004-June 2004
Beverage distributor  (Florida)
Worked remotely to provide support for California rollout for benefits. Provided production support for HR.


March 2003-Nov 2003
Hospital (Boston, Massachusetts)
Designed and configured ESS for benefits, master data, and training and events.  Provided support for benefits, org management and master data.  Designed, configured and implemented training and events for R3 including writing technical and functional report/development specifications, managing data loads, designing security roles, creating test plans and extensive knowledge transfer.  

Sept 2001-Jan 2003
Consulting for assorted clients including:

Public Sector (San Antonio, Texas)
Responsible for PA & Benefits for data gathering using Q&A database as well as initial configuration in 4.6C system. Created initial specs for workflow.

Global energy management company (Boston, Massachusetts)
Design and configuration of 4.6c time management interfacing with an existing SAP payroll system. Wrote custom rules for unique quota accruals.

Energy Distributor (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 
Travel and benefits configuration for proof of concept.

Global manufacturer of sugars and starches (Decatur, Illinois)
Investigated strategy for implementation of one global SAP HR system including North America, Europe and Asia. Issues included incorporating upgrade of existing 4.0 SAP HR systems as well as legacy systems, design of a flexible global template and cost and timing issues.



April 2001- July 2001
Consultant to Defense Contractor (Baltimore, Maryland)

Provided 4.6 upgrade support for HR including master data, organization management, CATS, ESS and training and events. Performed testing, researched OSS, updated configuration and documentation and training materials. Trained upgrade team members and facilitated resolution of upgrade issues.



November 2000- February 2001
Consultant to a public utility company (Newark, New Jersey)

Provided time management support, including configuration, rule and scheme support and CATS troubleshooting for initial go live for 14 newly acquired companies and for parent company's 4.6 upgrade project.

February 1999-September 2000
Consultant to an aerospace defense contractor and airplane manufacturer (Wichita, Kansas)

Implemented time management and evaluation including CATS and ESS for complex manufacturing environment including more than 23 different contracts, each with its own set of requirements for benefit time accrual and eligibility.

Trained client in time evaluation schema and rule creation, time management, HR master data, travel, and organization management configuration. Taught client to spec and manage interface creation and testing, manual correction and transports, security, the CATT tool, reporting, ABAP query and AdHoc query.

Wrote and implemented test plans using client resources to facilitate end user training.

Resource for master data and organization management implementation teams, including instruction on configuration and design, data conversion, interfaces and go live preparation.

Managed client resources for time team, as well as consultant resources for entire HR team.

January 1997 - January 1999
As a consultant for a communications technology manufacturer (Schaumburg, IL), provided support to payroll team including configuration and design. 
* Adapted payroll rules and schemas to accommodate differences between pilot site implementation and the remainder of North American implementation of 60K employees with 20 different payrolls, including 8 ADP and 12 SAP.
* Provided support to master data, organization management and benefits teams including configuration and resolution of design problems.
* Worked with tech team to review transports, test and apply OSS fixes.
* Trained client on payroll functionality and technical problem resolution.


June 1993 - December 1996 
As a SAP Project HR Team Leader for aerospace defense contractor (Hartford, CT), led HR team for one of the first US implementations of SAP R/3 HR module.  Responsibilities included:
* Designing and conducting end user training for 800 end users
* Designing, configuring and creating documentation for master data, organization  planning, travel and time and attendance
* Providing functional support of SAP modification designed to support time entry, evaluation and reporting requirements
* First implementation of fully integrated HR (time and travel) to FI, CO and PM
* Upgrading from 2.1 to 2.2


As a Human Resources Generalist, provided HR generalist support for technical and staff departments. Designed and implemented several center-wide initiatives including new performance appraisal system, 360-degree feedback program and merit compensation program. 
Ann Workman Brewster