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
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.
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Asset
Management & Investment Management 4.5a, 1998
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Asset
Management & Investment Management 4.0b, 1996
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Asset
Management & Investment Management 3.0b, 1995
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Asset
Management & Workflow 3.0a, 1995
Guest
speaker at numerous national conferences, seminars, and similar events. Various
topics included Fixed Assets, Investment Management and Workflow.
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SAP
Financials, Las Vegas 2006
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National
ASUG (American SAP User Group) Conference,
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Webcast
ASUG Financials, Feb. 2005
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Webcast
ASUG Financials, Oct. 2004
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ASUG
Financial Management Group meeting,
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ASUG
Financial Management Group meeting, Dallas, October 2003
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National
ASUG Conference,
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National
ASUG Conference,
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ASUG
Financial Mgmt. Group meeting,
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San
Diego/Escondido Chamber of Commerce, June 2000
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ASUG
Financial Mgmt. Group meeting,
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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
B.B.A. -
International Management and Operations Research
German – Native
English – Fluent
Spanish – Beginner