Mr Axel Angeli

SAP R/3 Project Manager and EAI Technical Evangelist

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SAP R/3 Related Skills and Professional Experiences

OCR-readable Consultant Profile and Curriculum Vitae

Experience

Management Level Technical Advisor

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Nationality

Germany

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Available for

Technical project management of large teams and global roll-outs

Techno-functional advisor for SCM (SAP SD/MM/PP related) and automation

Techno-functional advisor for EAI (IDoc/ALE, EDI, XI, Workflow, Netweaver)

Development team coaching and mission critical development

Multi-site, international missions preferred

Troubleshooting critical-mission tasks

Education

Basic Education

Mathematical Computer Science (Biometry) and Cognitive Science

Technical Education

Computer architecture, robotics

Professional Since

1983; SAP since 1992

Languages

German – maternal; English - assimilated, fluently written and spoken; French – fluently; further: Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian (Slavic)

English Skills

fluent, assimilated

International Experience

USA, UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Sweden, Israel, Emirates, India, Singapore, China P.R., Taiwan R.O.C.

Industry Experience

BASF, Novartis, Sandoz, MSD, IBM, Iberia, Roche, ARBED Steel, ASSI Domän, Dupont et.al.

Mobility

Missions that involve travelling are highly welcome; mission base in Central Europe preferred

Technical Experience

Systems

IBM/MVS 370/9000 series, DEC/VAX, NT

Programming Languages

PASCAL/Delphi, JAVA (J2EE), Beans, EJB, JavaScript, PL/1, SQL, SmallTalk, Visual Basic, .NET, XML, XSLT, Xpath, SOAP/WSDL/UDDI etc.

Packages

SAP R/2, SAP R/3, SAS (Base, Stat, AF)

HTTP and Message Servers

IBM WebSphere/MQ Series; Microsoft IIS; Apache Tomcat; SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI) (see my publications); CrossWorlds

Database Systems

IBM Universal Database (DB/2), ODBC/JDBC, SQL

SAP Experiences

SAP R/2

RM, RF, RV, ABAP, BTCI-programming, dialogue programming; Migration R/2®R/3; RM, RV, RF, RA

SAP R/3

Certified R/3 ABAP developer, serving most elements of the R/3 palette; in-depth knowledge of the workflow, ALE/IDoc and all core modules of MM/SD

SAP Releases

2.2, 3.0C-E, 3.1F, 4.0A-C, 4.5A (=4.0C), 4.5B, 4.6B, mySap, WebAS (6.2)

Upgrades

2.2®3.0C/3.1F, 3.0C®3.1F, 3.1®4.0A/B/C, 3.1®4.5A/B®4.6B®mySap

Basic Components

ABAP Development Workbench complete; IDoc, ALE expert; Workflow; BTCI, Direct Input, RFC, BAPI and RFC/Automation via COM/CORBA/Jco; R/3 Set-up, Transport Management System, in-depth knowledge of the R/3 repository

Cross Application

Classification system, BAPI, ALE/IDocs, business workflow; RFC-connectivity; HTTP-bridges

Material Management

customising material master, creditor master, purchasing, inventory management, invoice verification

Sales and Distribution

Master data, sales, shipping, transportation, billing, customising

Specialities

EDI and Interfaces to legacy systems via ALE/IDoc or RFC and HTTP servers; very large team management; XML/SOAP/HTTP developments; R/3 to HTTP bridges via DCOM/JCO (RFC); R/3 Installation based on DB/2 and IBM S/390

Projects Axel Angeli

Jan 03 - today

R/3: Development Team Leader

Arcelor Long Commercials (formerly: ProfilArbed) S.A., Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

ALC (formerly ProfilArbed) is a subsidiary of Arcelor holding (formed from ARBED Lux, USINOR France and Aceralia Spain), Europe's largest steel manufacturer.

After the successful go-live the client wanted me to stay with the team as a permanent coach for the roll-out to Spain and Italy.

Industry: Milling, Steel;

Keywords: SAP SD/VC, MM, ALE, Workflow

Jan 02 - Dez 02

R/3: Development Team Leader

Arcelor Long Commercials (formerly: ProfilArbed) S.A. & EDS Deutschland GmbH, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Due to a merger of the company with USINOR France, my contract was renewed to guide the team in making the necessary changes for the company merger start date in 2003. Simultaneously my team and I prepared all necessary steps for a succesful upgrade to 4.6 of a heavily modified system. My duties included also preparation of basis work for go-live and roll-outs.

Industry: Milling, Steel;

Keywords: SAP Upgrade 4.6, SAP SD/VC, MM, CO, ALE, WF

Jul 99 - Dez 01

R/3: Development Team Leader

Arcelor Long Commercials (formerly: ProfilArbed) S.A. & EDS Deutschland GmbH, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

After the go-live of SD the client decided to successively migrate legacy systems to R/3. My duties were the design of the migrations and giving senior technical advice to the team, including extensive use of ALE with R/3 and non-R/3 systems and guaranteeing smooth putting live of modifications and analyse performance bottle necks. During this period I got to know the full details of the SD core module.

Industry: Milling, Steel;

Keywords: SAP CA, ALE, WF, SD

Jul 98 - Jun 99

R/3: Development Team Leader

Arcelor Long Commercials (formerly: ProfilArbed) S.A. & EDS Deutschland GmbH, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

ALC is Europe's largest manufacturer of long steel products and is now part of Arcelor Holding; EDS is one of the biggest IT-service providers with 150000 employees.

I had been hired by EDS to take control over a team of developers to guarantee the timely realization of some critical enhancements of the SAP SD part and the variant configuration. I managed to correct some design errors and to realize a "Quick Change Editor" for the Variant Configurator, without that the project would have abandoned pre-emptively.

Industry: Milling, Steel;

Keywords: SAP SD/VC, MM, ALE, Workflow

Feb 01 - Mai 02

R/3: Technical Project Manager

Dupont Performance Coatings (Herberts), Wuppertal, Germany

Leader of the development team of a datawarehouse project; my responsibility was to assure the accuracy and performance of data exchange between R/3 and a Manugistics and a DB/2 system from the R/3 side. I designed and widely implemented the templates for the interfaces for inbound and outbound data. In addition I had to build an XML-bridge to a separate eCommerce project. As a coach I managed to make the three contending sub-teams from different external consulting firms work together in harmony.

Industry: Automotive, Chemistry, Manufacturing;

Keywords: SAP SD/MM/PP, IDoc/ALE, Manugistics, Workflow

Jan 00 - Mai 02

R/3: Coaching and troubleshooting SD/MM/PP

Dupont Performance Coatings (Herberts), Wuppertal, Germany

Contract on a call-off basis for further troubleshooting the various elements of their SD/MM/PP implementation. This involved fixing errors and coaching of the permanent staff, especially in design of new solutions and integration of international subsidiaries.

Industry: Automotive, Chemistry, Manufacturing;

Keywords: SAP SD/MM/PP, EDI, Workflow, Automotive

Feb 00 - Mai 00

R/3: Design and implementation of a B2B solution

Dupont Performance Coatings (Herberts), Wuppertal, Germany

The client asked my to design a simple B2B-solution for his customers who want to place call-off orders for certain goods via the internet. This involved designing the concepts and training a developer how to connect from ASP to SAP.

Industry: Automotive, Chemistry, Manufacturing;

Keywords: SAP SD, B2B, Workflow

Sep 99 - Dez 99

R/3: Go-live support and troubleshooting

Dupont Performance Coatings (Herberts), Wuppertal, Germany

Having made good experience with my work in making the EDI part run, I had been hired to support and troubleshoot the go-live phase of the SD/PP project. I had been especially involved in correcting design errors of the SD-JIT elements.

Industry: Automotive, Chemistry, Manufacturing;

Keywords: SAP SD/MM/PP, EDI, Automotive

Jul 99 - Aug 99

R/3: EDI and Workflow Advisor and Go-Live Coaching

Dupont Performance Coatings (Herberts), Wuppertal, Germany

DPC (formerly Herberts) is a subsidiary of Dupont de Nemours Chemicals and a primary supplier for paint mainly for the automotive industry.

Installation R/3 EDI with automotive clients; enhancements of workflows.

Industry: Automotive, Chemistry, Manufacturing;

Keywords: SAP SD/MM/PP, EDI, Automotive

Nov 02 - Nov 02

Co-Author IBM Redbook

IBM ITSO, Hursley, UK

ITSO is the IBM Technical Support Organisation, a part of IBM that provides training material and the legendary REDBOOKs.

Due to my intensive experience in integrating SAP with non-R/3 systems, IBM ITSO invited me to join their specialist team to prepare an IBM Redbook on SAP R/3 integration with WebSphere/Integrator and CrossWorlds.

Industry: IT;

Keywords: SAP, WebSphere, Workflow, ALE, CrossWorlds

Jul 00 - Jun 02

eCommerce: Development of SOAP/WSDL parser

logosworld.com, Heidelberg, Germany

Logos! Is my own company that develops special application software.

Design of industry oriented solution based on message and workflow technologies for HTTP servers and mySap integration. Cross Platform Solution for WebSphere/MQ, MSMQ, WebSphere/AS and IIS.

Industry: Automotive, Chemistry, Manufacturing;

Keywords: Java, .NET/COM+, SAP, IBM WebSphere, SOAP/WSDL/UDDI

Okt 00 - Dez 00

R/3: Workflow Advisor for Business to Business Procurement

Rhodia Silicone S.A. , Lyon, France

Rhodia is a large manufacturer for special chemicals.

I had been engaged to troubleshoot in an R/3-BBP project. I had to find and implement from zero the workflow handlers that were an essential part of the project.

Industry: Chemistry;

Keywords: SAP BBP, Workflow, HTTP

Aug 99 - Mrz 00

R/3: Team leader of twenty people and technical and functional coach

Johns Manville AG , Bobingen, Germany

Johns Manville is a global player in manufacturing all tyres of construction material.

My duty was to manage a mixed team of functional and technical consultants to co-operate and to assure that the project finishes within the given time frames. The technical duties involved the assessment and improvement of functional and technical design; advising on add-ons and workflows; interface concept to production systems; hierarchical batch management and packaging solutions.

Industry: Milling;

Keywords: SAP SD, MM, Workflow, ALE/IDoc, Intrastat

Sep 98 - Apr 99

R/3: Team Manager of a fifteen developers and coach of functional team

ASSI Domän Kraftliner, Piteå, Sweden

ASSI Kraftliner had been an exclusive producer of coated special paper for packing, e.g. for Tetrapak.

My task was to lead the development team and to ensure the timely finishing of the development duties. I was also asked to find ways to accelerate the project, when it proved that the functional team has been too inexperienced. The technical part involved the design, implementation and test of 30-40 interfaces in two months; go-live check all components and QC customizing; INTRASTAT/EDI.

Industry: Miling, Paper&Wood;

Keywords: SAP, EDI

Mai 98 - Jun 98

R/3: ABAP Development

F. Hoffmann La Roche Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

Roche is one of the most successful pharmaceutical companies with products like Valium, Bepantol or Xenical.

SAP-Consulting SD-Transaction development.

Industry: Pharma;

Keywords: SAP MM

Mrz 97 - Aug 97

R/3: Technical Project Leader

EDS Progical and Delphi Automotive, Paris/Strasbourg, France

EDS Progical is the French sector of EDS, one of the biggest IT service provider with 150000 collaborators; Delphi automotive a subsidiary of GM and market leader in automotive electronics.

The client EDS hired me as a trouble-shooter and team leader of a thirty people development team because the project appeared to go awry. I soon promoted on demand of the project owner to a project arbiter in order to solicit between the two contending consulting firms.

Industry: Automotive;

Keywords: SAP SD/MM

Feb 98 - Feb 98

R/2: ABAP Development

Continental General Tire, Charlotte, North-Carolina/USA

General tire is the US-subsidiary of the German tire maker Continental.

ABAP-Design CO/SD Interface and integration legacy system; I asked to leave the project after an initial phase because the team I had to control was too small.

Industry: Automotive, Chemistry;

Keywords: SAP R/2, IBM DB/2

Jan 97 - Apr 98

R/3: Technical Project Consultant and ABAP Development

Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

Novartis Pharma (formerly Sandoz and Ciba Geigy) is a multi-national pharmaceutical company that produces such omni-present products like Voltaren.

After finishing the works with Sandoz, the client asked me to stay with their development team for the company merger project. This involved merging and integration of several R/3 systems; setup ALE to communicate with legacy systems and functional consulting MM.

Industry: Pharma;

Keywords: SAP, IBM DB/2, DEC VAX

Mrz 96 - Mrz 97

Biometrical Evaluation Clinical Trials

Novartis (Sandoz) Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

Design of software strategies for efficient and correct calculation of statistical results for major

clinical trials

Industry: Pharma;

Keywords: SAS, DEC VAX

Apr 96 - Dez 96

R/2&R/3: Technical Project Consultant and ABAP Development

Novartis (Sandoz) Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

The client asked me to stay for their coming Migration R/2 -> R/3; I designed the interfaces between legacy systems and R/3 and created automated converters for custom written ABAPs in R/2 to R/3.

Industry: Pharma;

Keywords: SAP R/2, IBM DB/2, DEC VAX

Apr 96 - Apr 96

R/2: Troubleshooting FI routines

Novartis (Sandoz) Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland

During my mission for a biometrical study, the R/2 department asked me to help out in troubleshooting some inconsistencies in their FI-system.F17

Industry: Pharma;

Keywords: SAP R/2, IBM DB/2, DEC VAX

Sep 93 - Feb 96

R/2: Technical Project Consultant and ABAP Development

BASF Magnetics GmbH, Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany

BASF Magnetics (now EMTEC) is a renowned maker of high-tech data carriers e.g. for DVD, CDR, video-tapes, diskettes.

In this project the end-user department hired me as an advisor during communication with the IT department and to implement some ABAPs according to their dynamic specifications (RM, RF, RA).

Industry: Chemistry;

Keywords: SAP R/2, IBM DB/2, SAS

Dez 94 - Apr 95

Migration of SAS and DB/2 Applications to PC

GEZ/Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln, Deutschland

GEZ is the incasso bank of the German broadcasting network.

Goal was to build an inventory of existing legacy applications both on SAS and DB/2, propose

whether they should be kept and to transfer the good applications to PCs or replace them with

suitable technology e.g. EXCEL spreadsheets

Industry: Banking;

Keywords: SAS, IBM DB/2

Jan 93 - Aug 93

Study Coordinator Clinical Trials Phases 2 & 3

Merck, Sharp & Dohme Research Lab, Rahway, New Jersey/USA

MSD is among the world's five largest pharma companies.

In this important study on efficacy of medication against osteoporosis, I managed a team of junior scientists in evaluating the treatment of patient in a phase II clinical trial.

Industry: Pharma;

Keywords: SAS, DEC VAX, S/390

Jan 91 - Jan 93

European manager of sales and leader of development

Genmark Automation Inc, Sunnyvale, California/USA

Genmark is a leading manufacturer of high-precision robots for the semiconductor industry.

I was responsible for sales and marketing of the Genmark products in Europe and the leading of a team of international developers, who wrote the software and the electronic design for this high-precision automation handlers for automation and robots.

Industry: Robotics, Semiconductors;

Keywords: Automation, Electronics

Jul 91 - Dez 91

Development of an OLAP-Tool

BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany

BASF is among the world's largest chemical producers

Development of Tool COSMOSS that allowed forecast planning for sales and marketing

Industry: Chemistry;

Keywords: SAS, IBM DB/2, S/390

Feb 88 - Dez 90

Quality Control Marketing-Information-Systems

BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany

QC of DB/2-Development of a Marketing Information System.

Industry: Chemistry;

Keywords: SAS, IBM DB/2, S/390

Aug 88 - Nov 88

Software Engineer

IBERIA, Madrid, Spain

IBERIA is the Spanish national airline.

I have been member of a UNIVAC team and had to design a concept for client-server technology (intelligent terminals) for the AMADEUS travel booking system. The final bid ended to the favour of a traditional approach proposed by IBM.

Industry: Aerospace;

Keywords: IBM DB/2, S/390

Feb 87 - Jan 88

Purchaser High Tech Electronics

Logos! Informatik GmbH, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan (ROC)

Buying high tech equipment for wholesale customers and supervising OEM production in Asia.

Industry: IT;

Keywords:

Jan 84 - Feb 86

IT -Consultant for Physicians

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany

The department for biometry gives advice to scientists and conducts clinical studies.

I have been writing algorithms for medical trials and achieved an influencing role in restructering the department into a modern IT service institute.

Industry: Biometry;

Keywords: SAS, DEC VAX, S/390

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