THOMAS MICHAEL
TXM Resume
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

Project Manager & Senior Consultant with over 12 years of professional SAP experience for mainly Fortune 500 companies in a variety of industries with strong international background. Worked on worldwide projects in the USA, UK, Germany, France, Denmark, and several other European countries. Project roles included Project Manager, Team Lead, Senior Consultant and Classroom Instructor.
Experienced Project Manager for small to mid-sized implementations with hands-on expertise in all project phases, including start-up, team selection, project planning, resource scheduling, blue-printing, execution and go-live/post-live support.

Expert consultant for Asset Management (AA-Asset Accounting) with worldwide experience across industries. Extensive knowledge and experience in Investment Management (IM), Project System (PS) and Internal Orders (CO-OPA). Also, experienced with FI/CO modules, incl. General Ledger, Accounts Payable/Receivable, Cost Center Accounting.

Project experience includes all aspects of project lifecycle from initial analysis, project management, detailed functional and technical design, resource requirements, full AA, IM, PS, CO-OPA configuration & development, system test planning & execution, data migration & conversion, custom ABAP programming & reporting, project team/end user training, post production support and release upgrades.

Numerous public speaking engagements at national conferences. Published author of many articles, white papers and configuration guides.

 

 

SAP Project Experience – Summary

 

Project Manager/Team Lead: Managed small to mid-sized projects including budgets, resources, timing and overall success of projects. Interfaced with Steering Committee/Project Sponsor and user community. Project scope included Financials, Asset Management, Investment Management, Project System and Internal Orders.

Lead Consultant/Product Expert Asset Management: Responsible for complete design, configuration, implementation, training and documentation of Asset Accounting module; integration with Project System, Investment Management, Internal Orders, and Plant Maintenance. Extensive experience includes book/tax solutions for multi-national clients, inter-company transfers, group depreciation, parallel currencies, consolidations, mergers & acquisitions, revaluations, and insurance valuations. Expert in tax valuation issues such as US bonus depreciation, re-statement of prior years, and Sarbanes-Oxley issues.

Lead Consultant Investment Management: Responsible for complete design, configuration, implementation, training and documentation of IM module. Experience includes multi-national IM program structures, appropriation requests and project portfolio management solutions.

Senior Consultant Project System: Designed & configured PS module for capital investment functionality including WBS elements, commitments/purchasing, planning, budgeting, integration with AA and IM modules.

Senior Developer Asset Management: Responsible for designing and coding standard SAP functionality, custom user exits, interfaces to legacy systems & consolidation systems (Hyperion) and advanced reporting solutions for AA module.

SAP Classroom Instructor: Instructor for Asset Accounting, Investment Management, Internal Orders, Workflow. Developed & delivered custom training sessions for end-users, support analysts and project team members.


Industries/Clients

 

Worked with 50+ clients in the USA and Europe. Projects included worldwide implementations, upgrades, mergers & acquisitions, custom training, user exits, custom development/reporting, issue resolution/support. Partial client list by industry includes:

 

Oil & Gas:          Amerada Hess, Baker Hughes, BP Amoco, Exxon Mobil, Phillips Petroleum, Shell

Chemical:          Akzo Nobel, Crompton, Ethyl, Hercules, Montell, Wacker Siltronic, WR Grace

Consumer:         Colgate Palmolive, Brown-Forman, Coach, Fujitsu, John Deere, Kimberly Clark,

                          Mitsubishi, Moen, Perrier Group, Procter & Gamble, S.C. Johnson, Whirlpool

                          Johnson & Johnson

Health:              Berlex Labs, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Qiagen, Syncor,

                          Centocor (Johnson & Johnson)

Manufacturing:  International Paper, MSA, Modine, Scientific Atlanta

Government:     Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Summit County

Defense:            Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Newport News Shipbuilding

Utilities:             Tenneco Energy

Other:                Albemarle, Alteon Training, BFI, Menasha, Starwood Hotels

 

 

SAP Beta Tests – SAP Worldwide HQ, Walldorf, Germany

Invited by SAP Development Management to perform new release beta tests

-         Asset Management 4.7a – R/3 Enterprise, 2002

-         Asset Management 4.6c, 2000

-         Asset Management 4.6a, 1999

-         Asset Management & Investment Management 4.5a, 1998

-         Asset Management & Investment Management 4.0b, 1996

-         Asset Management & Investment Management 3.0b, 1995

-         Asset Management & Workflow 3.0a, 1995

 

Public Speaking Engagements

 

Guest speaker at numerous national conferences, seminars, and similar events. Various topics included Fixed Assets, Investment Management and Workflow.

-         SAP Financials, Las Vegas 2006

-         National ASUG (American SAP User Group) Conference, Anaheim, May 2005

-         Webcast ASUG Financials, Feb. 2005

-         Webcast ASUG Financials, Oct. 2004

-         ASUG Financial Management Group meeting, Phoenix, September 2004

-         ASUG Financial Management Group meeting, Dallas, October 2003

-         National ASUG Conference, New Orleans, May 2003

-         National ASUG Conference, Miami, May 2001

-         ASUG Financial Mgmt. Group meeting, Tampa, Oct. 2000

-         San Diego/Escondido Chamber of Commerce, June 2000

-         ASUG Financial Mgmt. Group meeting, Tampa, Oct. 1999

-         ASUG Financial Process Group meeting, Dallas, Sep. 1998


Published Articles

FI/CO Expert Magazine, 2004 – Asset Accounting topic

SAP Financials Expert, 2004 – Asset Accounting topic

 

Education

B.B.A. - International Management and Operations Research

International Management School, Germany

 

Languages

German             – Native

English             – Fluent

Spanish            – Beginner

 


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