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Mark Samaha

SUMMARY

19 Years working as SAP Project Manager, SAP Program Manager, SAP Program Scheduler and Coordinator simultaneously managing multiple projects including tasks and budget for team sizes of  10 to 80 resources for SAP Implementations and SAP On-Going maintenance with modules including SAP HANA Migration, EHP7 Upgrade, HR-HCM, SD, MM, FI, PM, PS, IM, and BW.  Extensive experience working as SAP Business Analyst, SAP Data Analyst, SAP Functional Configuration, SAP Technical Development (ABAP/4), SAP Quality Assurance Test Lead, with 10+ full go-live implementations (including 5 Global implementations) and 10+ intensive phased-maintenance implementations. Senior Project Manager that possesses excellent written and verbal communication skill’s along with excellent organizational skills and political astuteness.  Experience with SAP process design documentation (PDD), integration documentation, functional and technical documentation, QA documentation, fit-gap analysis documentation, requirements gathering documentation, and training documentation.  Knowledgeable on SAP Database back-end having solid experience with Performance Testing and Relational Database Modeling including Oracle, DB2, and Sybase.  Strong End-USER portal experience with ESS and MSS for Work-Flow Navigation and Authorizations used for documentation of BBP and QA test scripts.  Over 25 years of Information Technology experience in the following industries including Aerospace and Defense, Oil, Electric Utility and Gas Utility, Transportation, Public Sector and Government Sector, Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing, Retail, Pharmaceutical, Automotive, Healthcare, Travel.

SAP Partner Academy Certification Training Courses

1.       SAP HR Functional Configuration Certification Class (Five Weeks, 1999)

2.       SAP Business Information Warehouse Certification Class (One Week, 1999)

3.       SAP Programming in ABAP Certification Class (One Week, 1997)

4.       SAP ABAP/4 R/3 Programming Certification Class (Four Weeks, 1997)

5.       SAP SD Functional Configuration Certification Class (Five Weeks, 1997)

EDUCATION

1) BS in Computer Science, California State University, Los Angeles, 1987

2) BS in Electrical Engineering, California State University, Los Angeles, 1987

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

City of San Diego (Public Sector), San Diego California, July 2015 to Present

SAP Project Manager, SAP Program Manager, SAP Project Scheduler for SAP HANA Migration, EHP7 Upgrade for City of San Diego and 10+ simultaneous SAP Projects managing over 80+ Technical Developers, Functional Developers, Basis Resources, Solution Architects and Subject Matter Experts and Business USERS  

·         SAP HANA Migration, EHP7 Upgrade and SAP Version ECC 6.0 for IS-PS, IS-U, BI-BW, and CRM

·         SAP Project Manager, SAP Program Manager and SAP Project Scheduler managing 20+ resources for large scale SAP HANA Migration including: (1) SAP HANA Migration creating 1,200+ Task MS Project Plan managing 20+ resources including Basis Leads, HANA Architects, Functional Leads and Development Leads for HANA Migration for IS-PS, IS-U, BI-BW and CRM for Sandbox, Development, Quality Assurance, Production, Training, Support and PBF environments. Held numerous working sessions to build out project plan with all stakeholders, conducted weekly status meetings to coordinate effort and update status, and sent out weekly statuses to executives and project sponsor.    

·         SAP Project Manager, SAP Program Manager and SAP Project Scheduler managing 80+ Resources (entire IT Department) for 10+ simultaneous projects including: Managed 80+ Resources for the following simultaneous projects by creating all MS Projects Plans and driving successful and timely execution including: (1) EHP7 - Enhancement Pack 7 Upgrade (300 Tasks MS Project Plan), (2) HR Renewal, (3) HCM Forms, (4) GRC Access Control Upgrade from 10.0 to 10.1 (800 Tasks MS Project Plan), (5) SAP Security Technical Rebuild (600 Tasks MS Project Plan), (6) OpenText Vendor Invoice Management, (7) OpenText Extended ECM and Document Archiving, (8) P2P, (9) Ariba and (10) Several highly technical projects including SAP Landscape Directory and Process Orchestration 7.4 Readiness.  

·         SAP Project Manager, SAP Program Manager and SAP Project Scheduler having the following responsibilities including: (1) Developed detailed end-to-end MS Project Plans utilizing dependencies and milestones to track all resources workload and completion statuses for SAP Functional, SAP Technical, SAP Basis and SAP Business USERs for IT Department and City of San Diego USER base.  Managed SAP Full Life-Cycle “Road Map” including Project Preparation, Detailed Analysis, Requirements Gathering, Realization, Final Preparation, QA Testing, End-USER Training, Go-Live Deployment and Production Support, (2) Chaired, ran and coordinated all daily status call meetings with project resources to attain percent completion for all tasks, to keep tasks and budget on-schedule, and to continuously build-out, enhance, and update the MS Project Plans to accurately reflect the current state of the projects, (3) Managed delivery of WRICEF Objects and BW (Business Warehouse) development and reporting managing both developers and functional resources in the end-to-end structured SDLC of these objects, (4) Managed Issues and Risks log and Action-Item Log tracking all open Risks, Issues and Action-Items from each meeting and generated and distributed all Meeting Agendas and Meeting Notes, (5) Managed Client expectations by re-prioritizing work-load and tasks on an as needed basis to best meet critical path milestones and tasks, (6) Developed metrics and score cards to communicate progress against milestones, (7) Escalated issues to upper management and executives on as needed basis for resolution and resource allocation and (8) Utilized MS Office suite as needed to maintain clear and consistent communication to all stakeholders.

·         SAP Project Manager managing multiple projects utilizing Agile Methodology: Managed using Agile Methodology for daily development walk-through meetings with the client for real-time design and development feedback through demonstration feedback. 

·         SAP Project Manager working closely with Client PMO: Worked closely with PMO (Project Management Office) to follow Clients PMO standards and best practices utilizing corporate templates.  Participated in PMO quality management reviews of the MS Project Plans adhering to client standards tracking financial budget per project. 

·         SAP Project Manager presenting Weekly Project Status to Executives, Managers and IT Personnel: Provided weekly presentations of project status to executives, managers and IT Personnel.  Managed project from planning to implementation of SDLC lifecycle. 

·         SAP Project Manager responsible for managing life-cycle completion of Project Plans, Issue Logs, Statues Reports, Functional and Technical Documents: Designed and Managed Custom SharePoint site working with SharePoint Technical Resource to centralize and store all documents for all projects onto user friendly SharePoint site.  SharePoint documents centralized included all MS Project Plans, Issue Logs, Status Reports, functional and technical specifications for functional development, and design and development documents. Reviewed project deliverables for completeness, quality and compliance with established project standards.  Ensured that all employees, executives, vendors, and stake-holders had easy access to these documents for reference.  

·         Cross Functional and Cross Departmental Project manager for SAP Projects and SAP HANA Migration working in Matrixed Environment managing Multiple Stakeholders and managing Multiple External Vendors ensuring that key stakeholders (client leadership, technical, functional and business resources) and outsourcing partners and external vendors (CGI Consulting, Epi-Use Consulting, Deloitte, and ATOS) met deliverables and met schedules. Experience in full project lifecycle management and experience in data platform, application and analytic development.  Managed project resources as “one unit” to design and implement an enterprise operational reporting solution based on SAP HANA.  

·         SAP Project Manager holding frequently scheduled meetings to monitor and execute day-to-day and week-to-week operations across 10+ simultaneous SAP Projects working with the executive leadership and business to drive requirements, and working with basis and functional and technical development teams to drive technical design.  Ensured that both predictable and unexpected complexities were effectively managed through stakeholder influence and management.  Worked with business on project communication, and coordinated communication among multiple stakeholders and departments.  Worked with USERS, Development Team and Quality Assurance resources on testing and release processes.  Reviewed and produced detailed documents and demonstrated excellent communication skills both written and verbal, with both technical and non-technical audiences and executive leadership. 

Dominion Power (Electric Utility and Gas Utility), Richmond Virginia, June 2014 to June 2015

SAP Project Manager, SAP Program Manager, SAP Project Systems and SAP Investment Management for SAP Implementation for Electric Transmissions Department, Manager Technical Development, Functional Development and UI (USER Interface) Development  

·         SAP Version ECC 6.0 and SAP Personas UI (USER Interface) Development

·         SAP Project Manager and SAP Program Manager managing 40+ Resources for Large Scale Project Systems and Investment Management Roll-Out: Managed 40+ Resources for the following: (1) Developed detailed MS Project Plans utilizing dependencies and milestones to track all resources workload and completion statuses for Functional, Technical and SAP Personas USER Interface Development for Electrical Transmission Department.  Managed SAP Full Life-Cycle “Road Map” including Project Preparation, Detailed Analysis, Realization, Final Preparation, End-USER Training, Go-Live and Production Support, (2) Chaired, ran and coordinated all daily status call meetings with resources to attain percent completion for all tasks, to keep tasks and budget on-schedule, and to continuously build-out, enhance, and update the MS Project Plan, (3) Managed delivery of WRICEF Objects and BW (Business Warehouse) development and reporting managing both developers and functional resources in the end-to-end structured SDLC of these objects, (4) Managed Issues and Risks log and Action-Item Log tracking all open Risks, Issues and Action-Items from each meeting and generated and distributed all Meeting Agendas and Meeting Notes, (5) Managed Client expectations by re-prioritizing work-load and tasks on an as needed basis to best meet critical path milestones and tasks, (6) Developed metrics and score cards to communicate progress against milestones, (7) Escalated issues to upper management and executives on as needed basis for resolution and resource allocation and (8) Utilized MS Office suite as needed and utilized HP Quality Center for managing team through testing preparation and execution.

·         SAP Project Manager and SAP Program Manager managing multiple projects simultaneously and utilized Agile Methodology: Managed Multiple Projects simultaneously using MS Project Plan for Project Systems, Investment Management, Personas Development, and SAP Best Practices effort to stream-line client’s SAP processes.  Managed using Agile Methodology for daily development walk-through meetings with the client for real-time design, development and demonstration feedback. 

·         SAP Project Manager and SAP Program Manager working closely with Client PMO: Worked closely with PMO (Project Management Office) to follow Clients PMO standards and best practices utilizing corporate templates.  Participated in PMO quality management reviews of the MS Project Plans adhering to client standards tracking financial budget per project. 

·         SAP Project Manager and SAP Program Manager presenting Weekly Project Status to Executives, Managers and IT Personnel: Provided weekly presentations of project status to executives, managers and IT Personnel.  Managed project from planning to implementation of SDLC lifecycle. 

·         SAP Project Manager responsible for managing life-cycle completion of Functional and Technical Documents: Managed and performed audit of 200+ project documents posted to centralized location including functional and technical specifications for functional development, SAP Personas design and development, and WRICEF development by meeting on a regular basis with all parties responsible for drafting these documents.  Reviewed project deliverables for completeness, quality, and compliance with established project standards.  Ensured that the latest documents were posted to eRoom so that all project team members (employees, executives, vendors, stake-holders) had access to these documents for reference.  Worked with solution leads and technical architect leads to meet objectives and task and sub-task completion. 

CSC Corporation (Computer Science Corporation), Falls Church Virginia, November 2013 to April 2014

SAP Project Manager, SAP Program Manager, SAP Project and Assets and HR CATS for Finance Global Implementation, Manager of Technical Development and Functional Development  

·         SAP Version ECC 6.0 and UI (USER Interface) Development, Global Implementation

·         SAP Project Manager and SAP Program Manager managing 40+ Resources for Large Scale HR CATS, Project and Assets, and Order-to-Cash Financial Transformation: Managed 40+ Resources for the following: (1) Developed detailed MS Project Plans utilizing dependencies and milestones to track all resources workload and completion statuses for Functional, Technical and Portal Development (for 100,000+ USERS for Desktop and Mobile Devices) and all down-stream processes including Testing and Training, (2) Chaired, ran and coordinated all daily status call meetings with resources to attain percent completion for all tasks, to keep tasks and budget on-schedule, and to continuously build-out, enhance, and update the MS Project Plan, (3) Managed delivery of WRICEF Objects managing both developers and functional resources in the end-to-end structured SDLC of these objects, (4) Managed Issues and Risks log and Action-Item Log tracking all open Risks, Issues and Action-Items from each meeting and generated and distributed all Meeting Agendas and Meeting Notes, (5) Managed Client expectations by re-prioritizing work-load and tasks on an as needed basis to best meet critical path milestones and tasks, (6) Developed metrics and score cards to communicate progress against milestones, (7) Escalated issues to upper management and executives on as needed basis for resolution and resource allocation and (8) Utilized MS Office suite as needed and utilized HP Quality Center for managing team through testing preparation and execution.

·         SAP Project Manager and SAP Program Manager working closely with Client PMO: Worked closely with PMO (Project Management Office) to follow Clients PMO standards and best practices utilizing corporate templates.  Participated in PMO quality management reviews of the MS Project Plans adhering to client standards tracking financial budget per project. 

·         SAP Project Manager and SAP Program Manager responsible for managing life-cycle completion of Functional and Technical Documents: (1) Managed and performed audit of functional and technical specifications for functional development, portal development, and WRICEF development by meeting on a regular basis with all parties responsible for drafting these documents.  Reviewed project deliverables for completeness, quality, and compliance with established project standards.  Ensured that the latest documents were posted to SharePoint so that all project team members (employees, executives, vendors, stake-holders) had access to these documents for reference.  Worked with solution leads and technical architect leads to meet objectives and task and sub-task completion. 

·         SAP Project Manager and SAP Program Manager presenting Weekly Project Status to  Executives, Managers and IT Personnel: Provided weekly presentations of project status to executives, managers and IT Personnel.  Managed project from planning to implementation of SDLC lifecycle. 

·         SAP Project Manager and SAP Program Manager managing multiple projects simultaneously: Managed MS Project Plans and resources for CATS and HR Implementation and Project and Assets Financial Transformation effort.  Managed using Agile Methodology for daily development walk-through meetings with the client for real-time design, development and demonstration feedback.

GenOn Energy and NRG Energy (Energy Company), Houston Texas, September 2012 to October 2013

SAP Project Manager, SAP Program Manager, SAP Benefits, SAP Payroll, Manager/Liaison between GenOn, NRG, Deloitte, Outside Vendors   

·         SAP Version ECC 6.0

·         SAP Project Manager and SAP Program Manager managing 30+ Resources for Large Scale Merger Acquisition: Worked with 30+ Resources for the following: (1) Developed detailed MS Project Plan for multiple parallel Day-1go-live activities (including SAP Benefits implementation and planning for SAP Payroll for the following go-live) for Merger-Acquisition where NRG Energy 6,000+ Employee Organization acquired GenOn Energy 4,000+ Employee Organization, (2) Chaired, ran and coordinated all daily status call meetings with up to 30 participants to attain percent completion for all tasks on MS Project Plan to keep tasks on-schedule for all Day-1 go-live activities, (3) Managed co-sourced environment including Managing Deloitte Managers and staff, Outside Vendors, GenOn and NRG Employees, and Contractors by meeting regularly with all parties, and (4) Assumed and took over all project management responsibilities from two Deloitte PMP certified managers while working closely with GenOn and NRG (Client-Side) IT Managers and  Senior Director/Leads to continuously build-out, enhance, and update the MS Project Plan and manage budget.   

·         SAP Project Manager and SAP Program Manager reporting statues and making presentations to Executive Level Management: (1) Reported project status to executive level management including CIO, Senior Director of HR, VP of IT, Senior Director of IT, Deloitte PMP Certified Management, and Outside Vendors, (2) Reported status to all stake-holders and worked closely with all Team Leads to compile information to present project status in a practical and useful manor.   

·         SAP Manager acting as Liaison demonstrating Polished Political Skills, Excellent Organizational and Communication Skills between Business Owners, IT Resources, Executive Management and Vendors: (1) Demonstrated and exercised polished political skills along with excellent organizational and communication skills working with Senior  Director, Business Owners, IT Resources, Deloitte Management and Employees, Vendors, GenOn and NRG Executive Level Management, Middle Management and Employees, and Outside Contractors to maintain an excellent relationship with all parties acting as a liaison to keep tasks and project deliverables on schedule, (2) Demonstrated polished political skills while acting in liaison capacity working with a wide range of challenging and difficult personality types to keep tasks and project deliverables on schedule while maintaining accurate information flow across the entire project to avoid project level communication gaps.    

·         Project Manager responsible for managing and auditing completion and sign-off of Functional and Technical Documents: (1) Managed and performed audit of functional and technical specifications for SAP Benefits, SAP Payroll, portal development, SAP Time, SAP OM and PA, and custom ABAP development by meeting informally on a regular basis with all parties responsible for drafting these documents.  Audit was done in an effort to ensure the latest documents were posted on SharePoint so that all project team members (employees, executives, vendors, contractors) had access to these documents while maintaining accurate information flow across the entire project to avoid project level communication gaps. 

Warner Chilcott (Pharmaceutical Company), Rockaway New Jersey, March 2012 to August 2012

SAP Project Manager, SAP  Data Business Analyst, SAP  Data Migration, SAP  Data Conversion, SAP Data Cleansing

·         SAP Version ECC 6.0, EMEA Upgrade SAP 4.7 to ECC 6.0, Global Implementation

·         SAP Project Manager and  Data Business Analyst: SAP Data Business Analyst responsible for Data Migration, Data Cleansing, and Data Conversion for Global Implementation for SAP roll-out for United States and Europe involving 3,000+ Employees.  Responsibilities included: (1) Comprehensive data analysis on SAP and legacy system and detailed documentation of this data analysis, (2) Managing Development team’s work-load and testing effort for Data Migration and Data Conversion Programs, and Data Cleansing effort, (3) Integrating with SAP development team and OM and PA functional leads to accomplish all data analysis tasks, and (4) Reporting status to Program Management and Steering Committee.

·         SAP Project Manager and  Data Migration Business Analyst: Responsible for analyzing the SAP “AS-IS” and the SAP “TO-BE” configuration including heavy data analysis with in-depth documentation of detailed requirements surrounding data migration effort so that the LSMW Programs and translational data files were created correctly by the development team.   Data Migration Analysis included creation of data mapping and definition of data file structures so that the production-state data would be correctly loaded at the time of Cut-Over and Go-Live.  Managed development team’s Unit Testing of all LSMW programs, and managed multiple Mock Run full data loads of all LSMW Programs simulating Go-Live activities prior to Cut-Over.  Worked closely with OM and PA leads to develop and validate data migration analysis and results of Unit Testing and Mock Run full data loads.

·         SAP Project Manager and  Data Conversion Business Analyst: Responsible for analyzing the legacy system “AS-IS” and the SAP “TO-BE” configuration including data analysis with documentation of detailed requirements surrounding data conversion effort so that the LSMW Programs and data files were created correctly by the development team.   Data Conversion Analysis included definition of data file structures so that the production-state data would be correctly loaded at the time of Cut-Over and Go-Live.  Managed development team’s Unit Testing of all LSMW programs, and managed multiple Mock Run full data loads of all LSMW Programs simulating Go-Live activities prior to Cut-Over.  Worked closely with OM and PA leads to develop and validate data conversion analysis, results of Unit Testing, Mock Run full data loads.

·         SAP Project Manager and  Data Cleansing Business Analyst: Responsible for analyzing the SAP production database issues working closely with the  Manager and OM and PA Leads and documented detailed requirements for data cleansing effort to be performed in the SAP system.  Managed tasks and work-load of SAP resources performing data cleansing activities to ensure data cleansing was occurring accurately and according to planned milestones.  Coordinated with resources, Client-Site Managers, and SAP resources to address additional data issues as they arose and followed up with all relevant parties until all data issues were resolved.  Chaired weekly status call to coordinate data cleansing activities and report status to the client and SAP resources.  

Nike Corporation (Apparels Company), Portland Oregon, June 2011 to February 2012

SAP Project Manager, SAP  Functional and Technical Consultant, and SAP  Quality Assurance Lead

·         SAP Version ECC 6.0, Global Implementation

·         SAP Project Manager managing 30 Resources for Integration Testing: (1) Developed large-scale Master Data spreadsheets for 8 Cycle (16 week) Integration Testing for 51 countries utilized by 30 on-site QA Testers for data entry to test Integration between OM, PA, Benefits, Compensation, Time, Payroll, ESS/MSS, and BI Reports as well as several hundred-plus Interfaces and Reports (RICEFW objects).     

·         SAP Project Manager managing Global Payroll: (1) Managed and developed business process procedures, requirements gathering,  and 100-plus Test Scripts for all 51 countries which used outbound SAP Interface Files for generating payroll, and (2) Reported metrics “score cards” to top management.   

·         SAP Project Manager managing 30 Off-Shore Resources: Worked with 30 Off-Shore Resources for the following: (1) Development of Business Process Procedures, requirements gathering, and several hundred Integration test scripts in HPQC for RICEFW Objects (Report, Interfaces, Conversion, Enhancements, Forms, Work-Flow), (2) 1,000-plus Test Scripts Planned and Executed for OM/PA, Payroll, Benefits, Time, Compensation, and ESS/MSS for 51 Countries, (3) Managed the Off-Shore team work-load and tasks, (4) Defect Management and resolution, (5) Project Plan execution and adjustments, and (6) Reported metrics “score cards” to top management on a daily basis. 

·         SAP Project Manager managing 15 On-Site Client Resources: Worked with 15 Client Resources for the following: (1) Review and Sign-off of Business Process Procedures, requirements gathering, and Several hundred Integration test scripts in HPQC for RICEFW Objects, (2) Review and Sign-off of 1,000-plus Test Scripts for SAP  Modules for 51 Countries, (3) Managed the Client Resources work-load and tasks, (4) Defect Management and resolution, (5) Project Plan execution and adjustments, and (6) Reported metrics “score cards” to top management on a daily basis. 

·         SAP Project Manager managing Performance Team: Worked with 5 Client Resources and Off-Shore Resources for the following: (1) Review and Sign-off of Business Process Procedures and Performance test scripts to be developed by Performance Team by meeting with all the functional analysts and business analysts, (2) Developed large-scale data spreadsheets for 5 Cycle Performance Testing that was utilized for automated script high-volume testing for OM, PA, Compensation, Time, Payroll, ESS/MSS, and BI Reports, (3) Managed the Client and Off-Shore Resources work-load and tasks, (4) Defect Management and resolution, and (5) Reported metrics “score cards” to top management per test cycle. 

·         SAP Project Manager managing Automated Testing using TAO: Worked with 5 Client Resources for the following: (1) Developed large-scale spreadsheets for 4 Testing Cycles that utilized TAO Automated Script execution to regression test SAP releases in the development environment before moving volume of transports into QA and PROD environments.

·         SAP Project Manager managing Quality Assurance Testing with responsibilities including creating HPQC Test Cases in Test Plan for SAP  Modules working closely with Subject Matter Experts and Business Analysts to develop the most through and relevant End-to-End Test cases in preparation for 36,000 employee populations for 53 Country Go-Live.  Developed test cases for QA Testing and UAT Testing efforts.  Executed test cases in HPQC Test Lab recording Pass-Fail Rate, utilized HPQC Defect work-flow process to log defects, followed-up on defects resolution, and re-tested fixed defects for the purpose of closing defects. 

First Solar Corporation (Solar Panel Manufacturing Company), Phoenix Arizona, March 2011 to May 2011

SAP FI-MM-SD Quality Assurance Lead, and SAP  Functional and Technical Consultant

·         SAP Version ECC 6.0

·         SAP FI-MM-SD Quality Assurance Lead with responsibilities including creating HPQC Test Cases in Test Plan for FI-MM-SD Modules working closely with Subject Matter Experts and Business Analysts to develop the most complete and relevant End-to-End Test cases possible.  Developed test cases for QA Testing and UAT Testing efforts.  Executed test cases in HPQC Test Lab recording Pass-Fail Rate, utilized HPQC Defect work-flow process to log defects, follow-up on defects resolution, re-test fixed defects for the purpose of closing defects.  Worked with large team of over 60 employees in war-room scenario driving all day testing sessions for months at a time.  Demonstrated exceptional coordination skills in dynamic testing environment to help client achieve its goal of a production grade SAP System.

Perkin Elmer Corporation (Science Company), Boston Massachusetts, October 2010 to February 2011

SAP Manager, SAP  Functional and Technical Consultant, and SAP  Quality Assurance Lead

·         SAP Version ECC 6.0, Global Implementation

·         SAP Manager,  Functional & Technical Consultant, SAP Quality Assurance Lead responsible for the following:

·         SAP Manager and Payroll and  Functional Analyst where performed the following duties for 3,000+ North America Go-Live: 1) Conducted numerous fit-gap analysis and requirements gathering work-shops with the SAP  Developers, Ceridian Developers, and Ceridian Payroll Subject Matter Experts to design and complete the set of business rules needed for a production-grade SAP to Ceridian Interface, 2) Documented, developed and executed over 200 detailed test cases in SAP  environment to test all possible configuration combinations through the SAP IDOC, Ceridian Source-Link, and Ceridian World Source systems to validate that Ceridian Payroll was being paid accurately, 3) Performed Unit Testing, Quality Assurance Testing, Regression Testing and USER Acceptance Testing, logged all defects and issues, worked closely with development and functional team members on resolution, and compared Current-State Ceridian Legacy Results with Future-State SAP to Ceridian Results to further identify and resolve issues.

·         SAP Manager and SAP Quality Assurance Lead managing five (5+) resources including ABAP developers, functional developers and Subject Matter Experts for the comprehensive testing, fit-gap analysis and development effort of SAP Interface to Ceridian Payroll System by managing their tasks, reporting progress to executive level management, and researching and resolving business, functional and data issues as they arose resulting in an on-schedule Go-Live.

Graphic Package Corporation (Paper Manufacturer and Graphics), Atlanta Georgia, August 2009 to October 2010

SAP Manager, SAP  Functional and Technical Consultant, and SAP  Quality Assurance Lead

·         SAP Version ECC 6.0

·         SAP Manager,  Functional & Technical Consultant, SAP Quality Assurance Lead responsible for the following:

·         SAP Manager and Payroll and  Functional Business Analyst where performed the following duties for 14,000+ North America Go-Live: 1) Documented and developed PDD (Process Design Documents), Integration Documents, Functional Documents, and Technical Documents for Payroll and  sub-modules with detailed specifications utilized for realization process using a digital recorder to aid in capturing comprehensive details while keeping subject matter experts time to a minimum, 2) Designed and documented SAP  requirements for critical Payroll FRICE items (Reports, Interfaces) by meeting with the client, outside 3^rd party vendors, and the functional leads using a digital recorder to aid in capturing comprehensive details while keeping subject matter experts time to a minimum, 3) Managed Team of four ABAP developers for development effort of all Payroll FRICE items (Reports, Interfaces) researching business, functional and data issues as they arose, 4) Performed all Quality Assurance on custom developed items, logged defects, worked closely with ABAP team members on resolution, compared SAP Results to Legacy Results to further identify deltas outside of acceptable tolerance.

·         SAP Manager managing 10 resources including ABAP developers, functional developers and Subject Matter Experts for development effort of all SAP, TALX and SAP Payroll FRICE items (Reports, Interfaces) by managing their tasks, reporting progress to executive level management, and researching and resolving business, functional and data issues as they arose to harmonize all legacy requirements into SAP resulting in an on-schedule Go-Live.

DuPont Corporation (Advanced Sciences), Jacksonville Florida, October 2007 to July 2009

SAP Project Manager, SAP  Functional and Technical Consultant, and SAP  Quality Assurance Lead

·         SAP Version ECC 6.0, EMEA Upgrade SAP 4.7 to ECC 6.0, Global Implementation

·         SAP Manager,  Functional & Technical Consultant, SAP Quality Assurance Lead responsible for the following:

·         SAP Manager for Payroll Parallel NA where performed the following duties for 25,000+ North America Go-Live: 1) Documented and developed extensive payroll parallel project plan with detailed steps for execution, 2) Designed Complex Payroll Parallel Database (working with team of Access developers) to compare SAP Payroll Results to Legacy Payroll Results to identify wage type deltas outside of acceptable tolerance resulting in HPQC defects assigned to Functional Analysts for fix, reconciliation and re-execution.

·         SAP Manager for Payroll EMEA where performed the following duties for 3,000+ 10 Country EMEA Implementation: 1) Wrote detailed Payroll requirements for FDD (Functional Design Documents) for 10 country implementation working with Functional Analysts via extensive WebEx sessions, 2) Performed extensive Payroll Analysis on numerous payroll runs of all 10 EMEA Countries being configured to assess where issues resided and recommendations for improved accuracy rate pertaining to configuration and conversion data.   

·         SAP Manager and Quality Assurance Payroll EMEA Lead where performed the following duties for 3,000+ 10 Country EMEA Implementation: 1) Designed, wrote and managed extensive library of 1100+ EMEA Payroll Test Scripts to be executed by Off-Shore Team, 2) Managed Mid-Sized Offshore Team in EMEA Payroll Test Script execution performing detailed step-by-step SAP Payroll walk-through via WebEx on a nightly basis.

·         SAP Manager and Quality Assurance Payroll North America Lead where performed the following duties for 25,000+ North America Go-Live: 1) Designed, wrote and managed extensive library of 2500+ North America Payroll and all  Sub-Module Test Scripts to be executed by On-Shore and Off-Shore Team, 2) Managed Large-Sized (50+) Onshore and (35+) Offshore Teams in North America Payroll and all  Sub-Module Test Script execution performing detailed step-by-step SAP Payroll walk-through via WebEx on a nightly basis, 3) Developed requirements for FDD (Functional Design Documents) and QA Test Scripts for extensive list of custom Payroll and all  Sub-Module Interfaces, Reports, Configuration, and complex client-specific applications.

·         SAP Project Manager managing 80 resources for large-scale QA effort including ABAP developers, functional developers, Subject Matter Experts and Off-Shore resources.  Managed Large-Sized (50+) On-Shore team including ABAP developers, functional developers, Subject Matter Experts and Managed Large-Sized (35+) Off-Shore team of QA testers for North American Payroll and all  Sub-Module Test Script development and execution for Benefits, Time Management, CATS, Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, ESS/MSS.  Reported progress to executive level management making power point presentations weekly.

·         SAP Project Manager managing UAT and Service Center resources for USER Acceptance Testing with the end-client for extensive testing rollout prior to production go-live and worked very clos