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(Updated 1+ year ago)Solution and Integration Architect
Gävleborgs län, Sweden
Native English, Intermediate Afrikaans
- 30 Years Custom Development
- 20 Year SAP
- Multiple Skills, Diverse Industries
Skills (58)
PROTOTYPE
ABAP
LOGGING
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
R/3
System Integration
MIDDLEWARE
SALES FORCE AUTOMATION
SAP
WORKFLOW
INTEGRATOR
SFA
INTEGRATION
BASIS
PROCESS DESIGN
QUALITY ASSURANCE
PRICING
OO
BAPI
MS .NET
Business Intelligence
RETAIL SYSTEMS
RISK ASSESSMENT
Business Analysis
JavaScript
TRAINING
OAUTH
VENDOR SELECTION
GOVERNANCE
BI
SECURITY DESIGN
RETAIL
MAPPING
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
Node.js
WINFORMS
BATCH PROCESSING
COMPENSATION
Websphere
BUDGET
DAMS
FI/CO
Risk Management
SALES CONSULTANT
Xamarin
SALES CONSULTING
PRODUCTION LINE
WCF
RESTRUCTURING
OFFSHORE
CRM
TRADING
LIMS
TRIMBLE
TOPO
Swift
WINDOWS CE
COLLECTION
Professional Experience
2019-01 - Present
Summary of last 20 Years of Work Experience
Employer Role(s) Period
Sandvik Coromant SAP Integration Architect - Hybrid Landscape Integration (SAP Cloud Platform) January 2019 - present
Independent IT Consultant
Productization Specialist
SAP Solution & Integration Architect
SAP Integrated Mobile Solutions
SAP ABAP, C#.Net, Java & JavaScript
2019-01 - Present
Project Overview - Roles and Responsibilities:
➢ Member of core Architecture Team for Business Platform division covering SAP On-Premise, SAP Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure and Enterprise Process and Governance
➢ Taken the lead on Hybrid Landscape Architecture and Integration with SAP API Management and SAP Cloud Platform Integration
➢ Technical Design Authority for SAP API Management, SAP Cloud Platform Integration and SAP Cloud Connector
➢ Part of migration to S4/HANA advisory team - 2 step approach - in place database migration from SQL to HANA in progress
➢ Focus on Security design including single sign on, SAML, OAuth, etc.
➢ Member of SAP MII and SAP ME evaluation and strategy team
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
➢ 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
➢ 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 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
➢ 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
SAP Integration Architect
SAP System Integration Testing Manager
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)
2005-02 - 2007-04
2005-02 - 2007-04
➢ Maersk Shipping Global Template: SAP Integration & Data Migration Analyst - full scope greenfields 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
Enterprise Application Integration Architect
Java/J2EE Architect/Developer & Oracle DBA
Mercator Integration Developer
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
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
Company / Project Name: Terrance Chapman & Associates London (TCA)
2003-03 - 2003-03
2002-04 - 2002-04
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
Sun (now Oracle) Sun Certified Programmer July 2002
Sun (now Oracle) Sun Certified Developer October 2002
1998-02 - 1999-05
Detailed Project / Employment History for last 20 Years. (Earlier details available on request)
Company / Project Name: Sandvik Coromant
1986-01 - 1988-01
Academic Background
1985-01 - 1989-01
1980-01 - 1984-01