Kavitha Krovi

  • SAP Manager – Principal SAP HANA Solution Architect
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Member Since Apr 01, 2023

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Kavitha Krovi

Manager – Principal SAP HANA Solution Architect

Profile Summary

Innovative “3-in-1” IT Principal Architect: blends Technical Solutions, Strategy Architectures & Leadership.

·         Strategic, pioneer, focused IT Manager Plus Principal Solution Architect accomplished 19+ years of proven IT record of accomplishment. Empowered architectural directions, vision, roadmaps, solutions, and methodologies enriched thru emergent technologies comprises Cloud, Mobile, SAP products.

·         Possesses 7+ years of SAP HANA architecture, administration (installations, migration, configure), project management consulting experience, managed complete lifecycle implementations environment (evaluation, requirements, budgeting, pilots, testing, development, delivery, deployment and maintenance), multi-year projects and enterprise class COTS package, custom implementations, regulated and energy consumer projects.

·         Delivered high-end technical designs for Cloud, Big Data, VMware, Virtualization, Storage, Network, Integration, Security, Mobile, and Web platforms.

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Within 3 years of joining SCE, earned Innovation EIMAgine That’s award and CEO highest honors: The Innovation EIMAgine award is for Technology Innovation Novelty Ideas, Creativity, Original Thinking, Outstanding Achievement and Contribution to Southern California Edison Company Values, Goals, Benefit to the Company (ROI) and Competitiveness.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Frameworks and Methodologies

Agile, SCRUM, ASAP, TOGAF, CMMI, ISO, Zachman, ITILv3, COBIT, PMBOK, SDLC, Waterfall, Scrum and EDLC

      Operating Systems:

Windows Server, SUSE, RHEL

 

Industry Standards

ISO 8583, WS-*, Utility information models (IEC CIM 61970, 61968.)

SAP Modules

ECC, EAM, FMC, CRM, PPM, SD, FI, HR, ESA, PLM, Solution Mgr, SRM, MDM, SRM, SCM, EHS, BPC, BW & HANA, S/4

 Vertical Industries

Chemicals, E-Commerce, Utilities, High Tech, Auto, Finance, Insurance, Media, Customer Care, Manufacturing, Retail

Architectural Styles

 SOA, SaaS, REST, EAI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

Summary

Areas of Experience

 

·         Author technology strategies, continuous improvement road maps and impact assessments, solutions that drive revenue and improve efficiencies.

 

PMP Certified. I am champion in resource project planning, communications, risk management, Budget and Return on Investment (ROI).

 

·         Big 4 Consulting experience includes contract management, effective interfacing and collaborating skills with internal employees, third party entities, and all levels of management.

 

9+ years of experience in delivering enterprise data architectures, data modeling, security for high volume transaction processing systems

 

·         5+years of Cloud Architect and Design experience for Private/Public/Hybrid and technologies (AWS, Azure, Sales force, C4C, HCI, SAC etc.)

 

12+ years of Basis Architecture experience in delivering comprehensive EAI, SOA, ESB solutions using SAP PI, and SAP PO.

 

Exposure to SAP emerging technologies IoT, Leonardo, Field Glass, etc.

  • Installations, Upgrade, Migration, Security, Basis & Maintenance experience on SAP ECC, SAP PI/PO, SAP HANA and S/4

 

12+ years of 30+ full life cycle SAP implementation experience. SAP Techno-functional expert.

·         Extensive Business Intelligence and analytical experience with SAP BW, Ariba, Success factors.

 

 

7+ years of experience in project management, managed 15+ teams and deployed enterprise class COTS package & custom implementations

EMPLOYERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

eBay, Los Angeles, CA (Jan’2018/Active)

Industry: IT & Business services    Role: Manager Technology Services (Vehicles)

·         Deliver To-Be architecture includes Cloud solutions - a consolidation of 40 geographically dispersed data centers leading to an annual cost savings of $4.5M+.

·         Led a technical team and improve the performance issues of a critical e-commerce web, mobile platforms, MSSQL2008 resulting in a performance improvement from over 60 seconds per transaction to less than 5sec per transaction.

·         Implemented renewed security architectures. Deliver security assessments of current server, cloud, mobile, corporate, SSO, VPN, 2FA, Server hardening, Segmentation

·         Manage eBay’s Vehicles Enterprise Architecture teams and deliver enterprise-scale, high volume Agile Architectures.

PG&E (Pacific Gas & Electric), San Francisco, CA (Aug’2017/Feb’2018)

Industry: Utilities, Media & Energy Role: Deployment Manager & Solution Architect

·         Manage deployment requirements, testing, schedules, methodology, deployment of multi-year program uses SAP Project Systems Integration (SPSI), Enterprise Portfolio Planning and Management (SAP PPM) and Oracle Primavera. Performed Earned Value Analysis, deliver definitions, budgets, variance analysis, and forecasting.

·         Work across LOBs and IT and successfully deployed major projects (over $40M).

·         Lead Functional, Technical Consultants (Onsite & Offshore) and Client business SME.

·         Deliver improved IoT digital transformation business processes, C4C solutions. Implemented security approaches for Hybris, FI, HCI, SAC, S/4 HANA and PLM

·         Regular reporting to IT and business executive stakeholders. Led deployment teams, client engagements, strategy sessions, agile practices.

·         Instituted significant enhancements to the deployment and architecture includes multi-step roadmap and re-established internal and external process and procedures

 

Dell Inc., Los Ángeles, CA (Jun’2015/Juy’2017)

Industry: IT Consulting   Role: Pr. SAP HANA Solution Technical Architect

·         Manage SAP HANA projects. Install HANA-Live, HANA (RHEL/SUSE). Migrations, Integration with HCP, SDA, administration, sizing, DB configuration and Security.

·         Implemented SAP HANA sidecar solution using BEx/BOBJ to enable reports, visual, interactive dashboards, online and offline analysis of FI, Hybris and BPC data.

·         Deliver architecture, security, embedded software req, document management services using S/4HANA 1610, Fiori, WebUI and PLM for Transportation Railroads customer.

·         Lead SAP projects. Implemented HANA Live/SAP HANA Analytic Foundation (SHAF), SAP BW and integration with Oracle SOA Suite and Mulesoft etc

·         Deliver complex Architecture Solutions for SAP IS-U billing, IS-U-EDM workbench, CRM, ECC, BW, SCM, S/4 HANA and Simple finance.

·         Deliver CDC (Change Data Capture) solution for Cloud, Big Data (Hadoop) and SAP applications using SAP HANA SDI, SAP LT Replication Server, SAP Data Services.

·         Lead S4 HANA cloud (HCI) for the E-Commerce client. Deliver Architecture for a distributed sales business processes PO, Payments (Third-party/Credit cards), and Cart. Configure HCI DEV, TEST, Sandbox and PRD systems.

·         Lead HANA, IBP on HANA and S/4 installations, configuration, and migrations.

·         Deliver business case, RFP/RFI/RFQ’s, Presales, complex M2M solutions, prototypes and delivery models and solutions for IoT, big data, mobile, and cloud requirements.

·         Deployed 5+full life cycle SAP solutions for SAP C4C Marketing and Sales customers

·         Deliver complete new modern data center PAAS solution architecture migrated from business-critical SAP landscape to S/4 HANA. Deployed cloud-enabled infrastructure, Implemented functional Processes for SAP Modules FICO (GL, Order 2Cash, COPA, Asset Management) SD, BW, Hybris, EWM, HR, MM,

 

Mass Mutual (KForce) Enfield, CT (Apr’2015- Jun’2015)

Industry: Finance & Insurance. Role: Lead Enterprise Architect

·         As SAP Architect project, Manage SAP CRM, IS-U project, designed RTP, TOU billing processes and support development.

·         Maintain Technology Planner and Enterprise Reference Architecture (ERA)

·         Lead efforts during projects’ planning phase to size project costs for the purposes of budget, resource planning, and cost/benefit analysis. Refine BRD.

·         Support the Project Manager in planning the project with appropriate agile thought process. Deliver Project Architecture Document (PAD) includes: Component Relationship Diagram (CRD), sequence diagrams, information flow, etc.

 

Southern California Edison, Irwindale, CA (Jan’2010- Mar’2015)

Industry: Utilities & Energy. Role: Principal Solution & SOA Architect Lead

·         Deliver Architecture Documents, Review Technical Specifications

·         Lead testing activities of the objects with Technical &Functional team.

·         Architect and Lead SAP CRM (BP, Sales, Service and Marketing and ISU billing).

·         Project Architect for HR, FI, Plant Maintenance, Procurement-to-Payment, Project Systems, MM, EAM, GRC, Solution Manager.

·         Architect for SCE Transmission Distribution business unit’s multi-phase project comprehensive GIS (cGIS), consolidates multiple mapping processes, systems and asset management, geospatial data into to a single consolidated spatial data repository.

·         Implemented E-SOA solution allows the exposure of SCE Customer Service System (CSS) info using Web Services based on SOA Principals.

·         Project Architect for the Storm Analytics project, it is a data, analytics, and modeling solution for better awareness of both the storm impact and restoration plans.

·         Design Fiori Mobile applications for HR Business processes timesheet, on boarding and travel management processes.

·         Deliver a comprehensive long-term for T&D personnel to perform pole-loading analysis that meets safety and regulatory requirements.

·         Deliver SCM E-Commerce Network solution powered by Ariba to leverage vendor/supplier cloud services. Implemented matured collaborative work Processes.

·         Architect multi-year SAP IS-U implementations. Deliver strategies of critical systems CRM, Device Management, Smart Meters, and Meter Data Management Systems

·         Delivered enterprise-class energy management SaaS hybrid cloud solutions splitting of SCE IT application stacks vertically as Lines-Of-Business (LOB) scenarios on HANA, SAP FI, SAP BPC, BW, SAP HR and SAP CRM.

·         Deliver logical data architecture and integration SAP FI/CO solution for various non-SAP finance applications includes Powerplant.

 

Accenture (Jun’07 to Dec’2009)

Client: Accenture - Allergan- Los Angeles, CA. Duration: Jun’09 to Dec’2009

Industry: Healthcare. Role: Integration Manager and Architect Specialist

·         SAP Architect, implemented Architecture, Business Process & Technology Integration processes for KPI, Operational, and Achievement Goal reporting.

·         Implemented HR processes, boarding of new employees, calibration process, workforce development and coaching programs and the achievement goal planning.

 

 

 

 

Client: Accenture-General Motors-Detriot, MI. Duration: Sep’08 to Mar’09

Industry: Automotive, Insurance & Finance. Role: Integration Lead & Tech.Architect

·         Deliver requirements, project architecture, Technical integration, End to End business processes related to OTC, SAP SD, FI, Procurement, MM, SAP CRM

·         Enterprise Architect, deliver integration architecture and design for client’s 40+ homegrown & COTS systems that need integration. A combination of service oriented, event-driven and batch processing integration styles implemented.

·         PM and Led functional, tech management and RICEF Teams of China and India.

Client: Accenture-DOW Chemicals-Saginaw, MI. Duration: April’08 to Sep’08

Industry: Chemical, Financial and Manufacturing.  Role: Integration Tech Architect

·         Lead SAP business plans, business capability assessments, requirements. Deliver integration solutions and enable maturing business capabilities.

·         Lead SOA Products, Governance models, Standards, Policies and SOA Processes.

Client: Accenture-Luxottica-Eye Med Cincinnati, OH. Duration: Nov’07 to April’08

Industry: Medical, Insurance, Manufacturer. Role: Solution Architect

·         As Principal SAP Consultant, preserved technical relationships with all stakeholders and supported sales opportunities. Driven closely with sales and technical engineers.

·         Deliver initial evaluations, architecture solutions, cost, and ROI to implement custom core health administration and banking system to support Vision Care industry.

Client: Accenture-British Petroleum, Houston, TX. Duration: Oct’07 to Nov’07

·         Support and Maintenance of SAP global instances and applications.

·         Plan, design and implemented storage, backup, restore, security, performance architecture strategies. SAP BASIS Lead: perform SAP OS/DB Migrations, installations, upgrades, administration and maintenance

Client : Accenture-Timken, Canton, OH. Duration: Jun 07 to Sep’07

Industry – Manufacturing, Finance & Retail. Role: Application Solution Team  lead

·         Deliver technical designs for SAP modules Order2Cash, FICO, HR, SD, and HCM.

·         Technical Project Manager for SAP Integration and SAP ECC projects.

 

 

Earth Link, Atlanta, GA. Duration: (Sep’06 to June’07)

Industry – Entertainment, Social. Role: Manager Integration Architecture team

·         Part of the Architecture team for SAP CRM and SAP PI project implementations, Implemented Compliance, Master data, Sales, Service Billing, DSM, DR, EE and Marketing for EarthLink’s Customer Service portfolio.

·         Managed ERP project team made of Senior Project Managers, solution Architects and Consultants to deliver a successful Business Intelligence solution in support of the analytics & reporting process, benchmarking, and forecasting capabilities.

 

 

Swarovski, Rhode Island, RI (July’06 to Sep’06)

 Industry – Manufacturing – Retails – CS. Role: Technical Lead & Basis Admin

·         Deliver SAP CRM integration architecture & design for interfaces

·         Deliver conceptual architecture, metrics and BW analytical solutions.

 

 

 

 

Ferrero Polska, (May’05 to June’06)

Industry – Manufacturing – Marketing. Role: Technical Manager

·         Lead periodical assessments of technology portfolio in order to optimize opportunities of replacing, upgrading and  retire legacy applications.

·         Integration of SAP R/3 Sales System to OS/390 System.

 

 

Master Foods, Senior Technical consultant (Oct’04 to April’05)

·         Involve in the migration process and Migrated PI data from XI 2.0 to XI 3.0

·         Integration Designer, developed application designs to integrate .NET, Java, RDBMS applications, deliver regular maintenance & support on complex coding, issue resolution and execution.

 

 

Sauer-Dan Foss, Technical consultant (Mar’2004 to Sep ’2004)

·         Basis Lead, Installations and SLD configuration.

·         Developed various SAP XI interface objects using various integration patterns

 

 

 

 

 

     

EDUCATION

·         Master’s Degree in Information Systems &Technology from Allahabad University, India

·         Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Nagarjuna University, India

·         Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications from NIIT, India.

·         Certified in Project Management Professional, Feb 2014, UC Irvine, CA

·         Certified in Systems Requirements Engineering, Mar 2013, UC Irvine, CA