Candidates About

Gary McGraw

Versatile and accomplished Data Archiving and Data Management IT professional with more than 25 years of successful experience.  Showing a passion for SAP Data Archiving, Data Analysis, Content Management, and ABAP Development.  Experience in Basis Administration, automating system refreshes, performance improvement, project management, and leadership.  Strong ability to contribute, continue learning, and build relationships.

SUMMARY

Technical Expertise

•    25 years of IT experience

•    17 years of ABAP

•    15 years Project Management

•    11 years of Data Archiving Administration / Architect including SAP ArchiveLink, DaRT, PBS, and Archive Server (IXOS)

•    3 years of SAP Basis Administration

•    1 year of Solution Manager DVM

Management Expertise

•    Skilled Leader/Decision Maker/Motivator

•    Cross-Functional Collaboration/Communication

•    Managed multiple projects with strict adherence to deadlines

•    Process Improvement/Automation

EXPERIENCE

SimplyILM Chicago, Illinois                                                                                                    01/2017 – Present

SAP Data Archiving Consultant

W.W. GRAINGER Lake Forest, Illinois                                                                                    06/1990 – 12/2015

W.W. Grainger, Inc., with sales of $10 billion, is North America's leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating products, with operations also in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

SAP Archiving Architect / Acting Manager Bolton & Archiving Teams                           02/2014 – 12/2015

(Infrastructure Software Administrator IV)

• Served as Acting Manager of Bolton and Archiving teams (02/2014 – 03/2015)

-   Provided leadership and direction to a highly-skilled team of 7 software administrators and 3 consultants.

-   Interviewed, hired, trained, and developed staff; provided individual coaching and performance evaluations.

-   Identified areas of improvement and implementing corrective measures when necessary.

-   Orchestrated all project planning and forecasting initiatives for the team.

-   Negotiated Statements of Work (SOW) with several key vendors for staff augmentation.

• Led all aspects of data archiving, functional and technical, including vendor management.

• Managed the installation, configuration, deployment, and support of enterprise add-on applications across multiple platforms and including VPSX, STIBO (STEP), IBM WebSphere ODM, Alphabet, and Spectrum.

   Achievements

• Expanded the data archiving strategy to encompass 54 unique archiving objects across 11 production environments (ECC, CRM, BW, EWM, GTS, XI, PRC, SCM, and SRM).

• Defined archiving strategy for international operations.

• Archived/Purged 29TB (3.6B rows) mitigating $4.8MM in storage costs.

SAP Archiving Lead / Basis Administrator                                                                         06/2011 – 02/2014

(Infrastructure Software Administrator III)

• Led all aspects of data archiving, functional and technical, including vendor management.

• Led the implementation and development of a Proof of Concept (POC) for automating SAP system refreshes.

• Provided Basis support for all SAP environments (troubleshooting, patching, installs, and upgrades).

   Achievements

• Facilitated and executed the upgrade Archive Server (IXOS) from version 9.5 to 10.5.

• Expanded the data archiving strategy to encompass 52 unique archiving objects across 8 production environments (ECC, CRM, BW, EWM, GTS, SCM, and SRM).

• Archived/Purged 27TB (2.3B rows) mitigating $4.5MM in storage costs.

• Lowered SAP system refresh cycle time to 10 days from 1 month (ECC, CRM, BW, EWM, and SCM).

SAP Archiving Specialist                                                                                                      08/2006 – 06/2011

(Information Analyst)

• Played a key role in the initial development of the organization’s data archiving strategy.

• Coordinated the implementation/maintenance of PBS and OpenText (IXOS) Archive Server.

• Performed data analysis using DB02, DB15, and TAANA.

• Performed archive object configuration using AOBJ, SARI, OAC0, and FILE.

• Configured ArchiveLink for PDF Invoice documents using OAC2 and OAC3.

• Defined Content Repositories in Archive Server (IXOS).

• Partnered with all levels of IT to identify target data and establish residency times.

• Partnered with business analysts to archive DaRT extracts.

• Developed archive User Exits in line with specific business requirements.

• Developed custom archiving objects.

• Partnered with Vistex to develop/test custom archiving objects.

   Achievements

• Implemented 33 unique archiving objects across 4 production environments (ECC, CRM, BW, and SCM).

• Archived/Purged 23TB (2.3B rows) mitigating $3.7MM in storage costs.

• Held ECC database growth flat for 2 consecutive years.

ERP Analyst/Developer IV                                                                                                     06/2005 – 08/2006

ERP Analyst/Developer III                                                                                                     06/2001 – 06/2005

• Developed and modified ABAP code to effectively support a wide range of business functions including Sales & Distribution (SD), Material/Warehouse Management (MM / WM), and Financials (FICO).

• Performed comprehensive analysis of daily processes to define functional requirements; identified and recommended process improvements to rectify performance issues.

• Defined business objectives through in-depth functional analysis of mission-critical systems.

Technical Systems Analyst                                                                                                  06/1998 – 06/2001

Senior Programmer Analyst                                                                                                  06/1994 – 06/1998

Programmer/Analyst                                                                                                              06/1992 – 06/1994

Programmer                                                                                                                            06/1991 – 06/1992

Programmer B                                                                                                                        06/1990 – 06/1991

EDUCATION

DeVry University, Chicago, Illinois
Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems

Magna Cum Laude

ARCHIVE OBJECTS

BC_ARCHIVE, BC_SBAL, CA_BUPA, CHANGEDOCU, CO_ITEM, CO_ML_IDX, COPAA_*, COPAB_*, EWM, CRM_ACT_ON, CRM_LEAD, CRM_OPPT, EC_PCA_ITM, FI_DOCUMNT, IDOC, MM_ACCTIT, MM_EBAN, MM_EKKO, MM_HDEL, MM_MATBEL, RL_TA, RV_LIKP, SD_VBAK, SD_VBRK, Vistex, WORKITEM