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(Mis à jour 2020-11-10)SAP Solution/Integration Architect
Barcelona, Spain
Natif English, Intermédiaire Afrikaans
- Generally hired to tackle for more complex aspects of major programmes
- Strong Solution focus with well balanced Technical Delivery capability
- 20+ year SAP experience across a diverse range of roles and industry
Compétences (66)
INTEGRATOR
CODING
OO
Experience
APPLICATION INTEGRATION
C#
Product Management
MS .NET
System Integration
DATA SERVICES
RETAIL SYSTEMS
ENTERPRISE APPLICATION
ENTERPRISE APPLICATION INTEGRATION
PRICING
API
SALES CONSULTANT
SHIPPING
PROTOTYPE
.NET
INTEGRATION
LOGGING
BATCH PROCESSING
REMEDIATION
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
MAPPING
SAP
Architect
MIDDLEWARE
RETAIL
WORKFLOW
OFFSHORE
SECURITY DESIGN
BI
BUSINESS CASE
Strategic planning
VENDOR SELECTION
COMPENSATION
Business Intelligence
Risk Management
GOVERNANCE
RISK ASSESSMENT
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
CRM
SCM
COLLECTION
SALES CONSULTING
ASSET MANAGEMENT
FRONT-END
Xamarin
HORIZONTAL
Swift
WCF
OAUTH
BUDGET
EAM
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Node.js
JavaScript
RESTRUCTURING
SALES FORCE AUTOMATION
DAMS
WINFORMS
PRODUCTION LINE
TRIMBLE
CAPE
BizTalk
Expérience professionnelle
2019-01 - Actuel
SAP Solution & Integration Architect - ECC6.0 and S4/HANA
SAP Integrated Mobile Solutions
SAP ABAP, C#.Net, Java & JavaScript
2019-01 - Actuel
Position and Level Held:
1. SAP Integration Architect - Hybrid Landscape - SAP Cloud Platform (now Business Technology Platform)
2. SAP S4/HANA Conversion Technical Lead
Project Overview - Roles and Responsibilities:
➢ Promoted to Technical Lead for SAP S/4 HANA Conversion Project
➢ Member of core Architecture Team for Business Platform division covering SAP On-Premise, SAP Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure and Enterprise Process and Governance
➢ Hybrid Landscape Architecture and Integration with SAP API Management, SAP Cloud Platform Integration, SAP Cloud Connector and SAP PI(PO)
➢ Technical Design Authority for SAP API Management, SAP Cloud Platform Integration and SAP Cloud Connector
➢ Security design including SSO, SAML, OAuth, JWT, etc.
➢ Assisted in Architecture and design of Microservices versus SOA style platform for MES system to augment SAP MII Solution
➢ Technical leadership of the multi-function development team covering all ABAP, Java, JavaScript and Integration development activities
➢ Project Manager for various work packages covering complex integration, technical improvements and proof of concepts - ABAP, SAP Integration Suite, automated regression testing, etc.
➢ Contributed to Technical Sustainability cross function teams covering topics such as unit testing, test data, coding standards, reviewing of tools (EPIUSE, Qlik Golden Client) etc.
➢ Integration Architect, Technical Lead and Developer for integration with Thomson Reuters OSGT Platform
➢ Solution Architect and technical design for a complex HANA SDI Data Replication solution to support 3rd party applications installed in separate ECC runtime environment
2019-10 - 2019-10
Sun (now Oracle) Sun Certified Web Component Developer March 2003
Sun (now Oracle) Sun Certified Programmer July 2002
2013-03 - 2018-12
2018-08 - 2018-09
➢ Technical Assessment of their inhouse developed production line control system for readiness to integrate with SAP and to be scaled as a vertical and horizontal market product
➢ All products C#.Net, MSSQL, ASP.Net and MVC based
➢ Mapping of processes between Production Line application and SAP using IDOC and BAPI
➢ Research into protocols and existing products in this space - establish differentiators and possible market value
➢ TOGAF style architecture review of the product
➢ Detailed Code review and software architecture recommendations
➢ Research Messaging Protocols for direct connection of SAP to PLC and TCP/IP enabled devices (ZeroMQ a.k.a. 0MQ)
Company / Project Name: Cargill USA (Remote work)
2017-03 - 2018-07
Project Overview - Roles and Responsibilities:
➢ Pre-Sales Consulting and Bid Preparation with focus on Solution Architecture, HANA research into specific solutions, etc.
➢ Key projects included US$100M project for new Egypt Capital City outside Cairo
➢ IEMS (Incident and Emergency Management System) based on SAP CRM, HANA and ESRI
➢ Member of Smart City bid response solution and preparation team
➢ Solution Architect for migration of IEMS product to target customer platforms including S4/HANA
➢ Developed various solutions to demonstrate the capability of new ABAP features including CDS, AMDP, AMC, APC and BRF
➢ Design of high-performance operational architecture based on HANA XS Adv. (SPS11+) using Node.js to support animation of transportation units in a Situational Awareness Environment
➢ Solution Design for a new integrated non-SAP Front End based on JavaScript and related frameworks
➢ Modifications to SAP NetWeaver Gateway REST API with Cordova Android Mobile Application
➢ Integration of Google Maps in SAP CRM Web Client UI using JavaScript and Google MAP API including geocoding and Route Planning
➢ Designed and developed a POC for a generic API including using SAP UI5 MAP and 3D (vmb libraries)
➢ Prepared upgrade strategy and estimate for migration of 180 server SAP landscape from ECC6.0 on Oracle to S/4HANA
➢ Consulting to Oceana project for implementation of SAP PO and overall strategy of integration and interfaces covering: ALE/IDOC/EDI, RFC, Webservices, JDBC, SFTP adapters.
Company / Project Name: Jendamark (Pty) Ltd - Port Elizabeth
2017-09 - 2018-01
Project Overview - Roles and Responsibilities:
➢ Review and approval of all SAP and Spring DSD Change Requests
➢ SAP ABAP Code Review and Quality Assurance
➢ Tested a complex Number Range management solution
Company / Project Name: Keytree London
2017-07 - 2017-09
➢ In depth analysis of performance issues of SAP Netweaver Gateway based solution after upgrading from Oracle to S/4HANA
➢ Team practiced high standards of Agile Methodology using JIRA and Confluence with customer Jaguar Landrover in UK and Heineken in Span
➢ Aligned ABAP development teams to use HANA effectively and correctly by introducing Eclipse Workbench, CDS (Core Data Services) and AMDP (ABAP Managed Database Procedures)
➢ Design of Distributor Portal using SCP (SAP Cloud Platform), SAP Cloud Connector (for on premise connectivity) and JavaScript/UI5 front end
➢ SAP IOT investigation and proposal for Military Vehicle predictive & preventative maintenance using Leonardo
➢ Developed an ABAP utility for uploading the ZIP of the Front-End Build into individual MIME objects and applying environment specific parameters etc to enable transport through the landscape
Company / Project Name: EOH@Oceana
2016-09 - 2017-01
Position and Level Held: BASIS and ABAP Architect and Team Lead
Project Overview - Roles and Responsibilities:
➢ SAP Business Suite on HANA on IBM Power8 running SUSE Linux
➢ SAP BW on HANA
➢ SAP Enterprise Portal, SAP Process Orchestration, SAP CMS (Knowledge Provider), SAP Solution Manager 7.1 & 7.2
➢ Restructuring of deployment of products and components on restricted hardware to optimise HANA performance
➢ Design of HA (High Availability) and DR (Disaster Recovery)
➢ Interface Analysis and Design, Data Lifecycle Management, Data Aging, SAP BW NLS (Near line storage), Integration Policy & Network Bandwidth evaluation and upgrade advisory
➢ Detailed comparison of implementation using SAP PO, PI or ABAP.
➢ Integration Technologies included: ALE/IDOC/EDI, RFC, Webservices, JDBC, SFTP adapters.
➢ Worked with Data Migration team implementing SAP BODS and introducing members new to the product to IDOC's and how they work
Company / Project Name: eBest Mobile Shanghai
2016-07 - 2016-09
Position and Level Held: Solution and BI Architect
Project Overview - Roles and Responsibilities:
➢ Designed and Developed Offline Mobile Pricing Solution for Makro SFA project including complex Bonus Buy engine in T-SQL on MS SQL Server
➢ Integration used the EzFlo product designed when at DataFlo
➢ Consulting on VTrac product designed when at DataFlo
➢ Business and Data Analyst for SABMiller SFA project
➢ Senior C#.Net Architect and Developer for Licensed Products and Integration (V-Trac and EzFlo)
2013-03 - 2016-06
➢ Chief Architect and Pre-sales Consultant for SAP Integrated Mobile Solutions - teams of 5 to 20 people depending on the projects size and scope
➢ Design and Development of Salesforce based Sales Force Automation SFA suite of products and integration solutions using Mulesoft as the reference integration solution but with support for other products including SAP PI(PO)
➢ Designed and Developed Backend Services, Database and Messaging components using C#. Net and MSSQL
➢ Delivered a highly complex Offline Pricing Engine capable of performing 95% of all SAP SD Pricing capabilities and various SAP Coke1 extensions in sub-second performance on a variety of mobile devices
➢ Cross Platform support achieved using combination of Portable Code Libraries and Xamarin - C#.Net
➢ SAP Integration using SAP Connector for .Net (RFC), SAP PI/XI, C# .Net WCF and Mulesoft - ALE/IDOC/EDI, custom RFC Function Modules and BAPI's
➢ Designed Mobile Document Execution engine for Mobile DSD (Direct Store Delivery) including fully operation C# .Net WinForms Prototype
➢ Worked with Coca Cola teams on all the SAP PI Data Synchronization and Transactional Interfaces (via Mulesoft and direct to SalesForce)
➢ Mapping and implementation of Data Migration and initial Data load activities of IDOC's covering Customers, Products, Pricing and Orders
Company / Project Name: Dimension Data - ECM Project
2011-03 - 2015-07
➢ Complex customized SAP Java WebDynPro & SAP Portal based Employee Compensation System integrating SAP HCM, PY and ESS/MSS
➢ Extensive use of Adobe Interactive forms and reports including FormCalc and Java Script routines to manage variable length tables and switching columns and sections on and off
2013-09 - 2014-01
Position and Level Held: Head of Global Development (SAP & Key Applications)
Project Overview - Roles and Responsibilities:
➢ Managed ABAP and Integration teams from multiple vendors on multiple continents to deliver quality solutions on time and within budget. Methodology was a combination of Agile with CapGemini and "quality gate" waterfall methodology with the offshore Accenture development team - 200+ developers and consultants at any one time
➢ Managed the various projects and change control in a very complex dual landscape architecture using Solution Manager with Charm
➢ Technical advisor to ESB Product/Vendor Selection Group
➢ Member of the ESB Evaluation Team comparing various ESB Products Including SAP PO with AEX, IBM, Software AG (WebMethods), Tibco, HP, Dell Boomi and BizTalk
➢ Part of the strategic planning team for the carve out of the Soft Drinks division with the pending merger with InBev Breweries
➢ Migrated several interfaces during the Australia implementation project from WebMethods to SAP PI and also integrated with interfaces that were retained
➢ Developed the ABAP Proxies and SAP PI Enterprise Repository Objects for controlling VAT authorisation of Deliveries and Shipments
➢ Worked with MDM and SAP DS team on various custom IDOC objects that required designing totally new artefacts
Company / Project Name: City of Cape Town - DAMS Project
2013-07 - 2013-09
➢ Introduced many new ideas and approach to designing and developing workflow driven processes
➢ Developed Batch Processing capability
➢ Developed various re-use utilities and components
➢ Designed and developed a collection of SAP PI Interfaces to isolate systems previously interconnected using RFC by adding a SOA layer
2007-05 - 2013-02
Position and Level Held: Solution Architect and Product Designer (SAP, C#.Net & Java/J2ee)
Project Overview - Roles and Responsibilities:
➢ SAP Integration of various Mobile Solutions include Sybase Unwired Platform, Trimble and eBest Mobile using SAP PI(XI) and SAP Connector with C# .Net
➢ Designed and developed a product called V-Trac for In Trade Asset Management - SAP, SQL & C# .Net
➢ Designed and developed a product called EzFlo for Mobile Data and Transaction Integration - SAP, SQL & C# .Net
➢ Delivered large scale EDI Project for major Retailers and South African Coca Cola Bottlers (SAP, Vodacom, Sonic ESB and Java JSP). Extensive use of IDOC's covering full SD scope and Automated Settlement of Financial Documents via IDOC based banking interfaces
➢ Delivered SAP Java WebDynPro ECM Solution for managing Salary Increase and Bonus process for Dimension Data
➢ Development Manager for SCALE (Coca Cola) Global Template covering ABAP and SAP PI(XI). Template including mapping of most commonly used IDOC and BAPI's across all functional streams - 50+ developers and integration consultants
➢ Project Integration Manager for City of Johannesburg
Company / Project Name: IBM (Contractor)
2007-05 - 2013-02
SAP Integration Architect
SAP System Integration Testing Manager
2005-02 - 2007-04
2005-02 - 2007-04
➢ Maersk Shipping Global Template: SAP Integration & Data Migration Analyst - full scope greenfield project with substantial integration across all functional modules and streams. Some extremely sophisticated IDOC based interfaces required extremely complex testing of the many scenarios and variations
➢ Designed, developed and implemented SAP XI interfaces for 3rd party application remediation
➢ Coles Myer Limited: IBM WebSphere Integration Specialist
➢ PWC Acquisition: SAP Systems Integration Test Manager
➢ Telstra: IBM WebSphere Integration Specialist
2004-07 - 2004-11
Position and Level Held: IBM WebSphere Integration Specialist
Project Overview - Roles and Responsibilities:
➢ Design, Development, Test and Deployment of interfaces that extracted risk assessment of trades executed in Murex to Credient Risk Management System from SunGuard
2004-07 - 2004-11
Enterprise Application Integration Architect
Java/J2EE Architect/Developer & Oracle DBA
Mercator Integration Developer
2001-04 - 2004-06
2001-04 - 2004-06
Period / Duration: April 2001 - June 2004
Position and Level Held: Enterprise Application Integration Architect
Project Overview - Roles and Responsibilities:
➢ Analysis, Design, Development and Project Management of global integration platform called AI3 focused on the complex integration of SWIFT based messages into the various back office and retail systems
➢ High volume, highly fault tolerant Sun Unix, Oracle Database, IBM WebSphere MQ, Java/J2EE multi thread Execution Environment and Mercator Mapping Engine solution
➢ Lead the integration architecture strategy for the buy out by HSBC bank and the required alignment to HSBC core systems and enterprise architectures
Company / Project Name: Terrance Chapman & Associates London (TCA)
2002-10 - 2002-10
Oracle PL/SQL Programming April 2002
2000-10 - 2001-03
Company / Project Name: Astra Zeneca Oncology Division - SAP LIMS Project
2000-03 - 2000-09
➢ Designed, Developed and Validated the LIMS integration that complied with the Food and Drug Council USA stringent Zero Fault Tolerance requirements for lost or corruption of data
➢ SAP Module was QM and MM and integration using IDOC and the MQ Series R/3 Link Adapter
Company / Project Name: Shell Oil - Global Template
2000-03 - 2000-09
1999-06 - 2000-02
➢ Designed and Developed SAP EDI/ALE/IDOC based interfaces with Mercator as Mapping tool
➢ Introduced IBM WebSphere MQ to improve system performance and stability
Company / Project Name: Philips Consumer Electronics - Global Template
1999-06 - 2000-02
1998-02 - 1999-05
➢ Responsible for managing the development and deployment of 600+ interfaces all based on ALE/IDOC/EDI
➢ Designed a tool for managing the Message Broker configuration
➢ Designed and developed a logging solution to track and trace messages
Summary of Industry Qualifications and Training
Name of institution Qualification Date Completed
1998-02 - 1999-05
Detailed Project / Employment History for last 20 Years. (Earlier details available on request)
Company / Project Name: Sandvik Coromant
Parcours scolaire
1985-01 - 1989-01
1980-01 - 1984-01