Samantha M.

Robinson

SAP Certified HCM Consultant

www.linkedin.com/in/ samantha-robinson-2a90286

EXPERIENCE:

Arial Consulting Inc., Dallas, TX     06/2012 – present

CLIENT PROJECTS:

SR SAP HCM Functional Consultant 08/19 – present Phoenix, AZ

Industry: Aviation Transportation
Project: Project: SAP HCM, PA, OM, PY, BE, 401k EC Cloud replication to S/4 HANA ECC
Environment: SAP SF EC, SAP HANA ECC (Agile), Windows 10
–Number of Users Supported – 80,000
+

Responsibilities: Sr SAP HCM/PY Functional Analyst Consultant for American Airlines.

Member of the SAP Payroll Functional Analyst team. Functional object assignment analysis and
design. Work with business personnel for design solution and approval. Create or update
Functional Design Specification documentation and create technical specification documentation for
time systems, inbound and outbound interfaces, and reports. Work with ABAP developers to create
the functionality from the design. Validate Technical Unit Testing of the development, perform
functional testing, work with and assist business personnel with UAT testing. Work with testing
team for end to end testing and debugging defects. Create test case scenarios. Create test data
(OM/PA/Payroll). Update tables and variants as needed. Create transports and promote table and
variant updates. Log defects and resolutions in HP Quality Center. Contributed to designing and
creating USERRA 401k calculation and reporting program allowing 401k team to produce
calculations for USERR 401k payments in seconds versus hours per employee.
SR SAP HCM Functional Consultant 06/18 – 06/19 Dallas, TX
Industry: Aviation Transportation
Project: Project: SAP HCM, PA, OM, PY, BE, CM, ESS/MSS, Talent, Merit and Performance
Environment: SAP ECC 6 EHP 7 (Agile), Windows 10 –Number of Users Supported – 60,000 +

Responsibilities: Sr SAP HCM Analyst Consultant for Southwest Airlines. Member of the
QMO Testing Team brought in to SWA to train and support QMO employees on HCM, SAP HCM and
SAP HCM at SWA in an Agile environment with 2-week Sprints using tracking and status tools Jira,
Dbase and Solman. Also performed support for SWA business teams in UAT testing and worked
with the development team reviewing BRDs, functional specs, and technical specs for content and
accuracy. Worked with and supported offshore QMO team members for training and testing
support utilizing ALM. Trained on site employees HCM, critical thinking for analysis, debugging
issues and testing scenario evaluations and design. Taught and supported the team in the SAP
HCM modules for Personnel Administration, Organizational Management, Payroll, Benefits,
Compensation, ESS/MSS, Talent, Merit and Performance. Taught IB/OB interfaces, PI, Ad Hoc
Query, Payroll, Payroll subsequent activities, integration to FI, background processing, personnel
actions, dynamic actions, features, running PY, viewing the PY log and the different Results Tables,
and uploading and downloading files and data, updating security roles and profiles and resetting
passwords. Created 206 ‘How To’ documents. Created 75 detailed test scripts in ALM (11
personnel actions, 24 infotypes, 22 PY processes, 17 table validations), built 12 test case scenarios
in ALM (from the scripts) for consistency and accuracy in testing and to reduce time to recreate
standard testing scenarios for TUBs, YE processing (regression testing), payroll and FI processing
including subsequent activities testing. These script templates also served well as training
documentation. Contributed to designing a standard ALM environment for QMO and UAT testing.
Performed HRSP, Year End and TUBs testing, built test cases and documentation for them in ALM.
Contributed to daily status meetings with offshore team for support.

SR SAP HCM Functional Consultant 01/18 – 06/18 Dallas, TX

Industry: Human Capital Management
Project: SAP Success Factors Training and Certification

Responsibilities: Sr SAP HCM Functional Consultant for Arial Consulting, Inc. Attending SAP
Success Factors courses to obtain certification in the Success Factor modules, Employee Central,
Compensation, Recruitment, Recruitment Marketing, On Boarding, Succession Management,
Learning Solutions, Analytics and Reporting including integration strategies. Also studying
S/4Hana.

SR SAP HCM Functional Consultant 08/17– 11/17 Philadelphia, PA

Client Industry: Agriculture Chemicals and Lithium
Project: SAP HCM, OM, PY, ESS/MSS, MDM forms, Success Factors Comp.
Environment: SAP ECC 6 EHP 6. Windows 10 – Number of Users Supported – 2,500+

Responsibilities: Sr SAP HCM Functional Consultant for FMC Corporation

Short term contract to lead UAT testing for front and back end PA, OM, Benefits, Payroll, FI,
ESS/MSS, MDM forms, and Interface processing for 59 countries. Created detailed test scripts
and test cases that included recording pass/fails, documentation of issues, tabulating statistics of
completion (success and failures), issue resolution and status for each module for each of the 59
countries. Led issue resolution from discovery through evaluation to resolution. Set up and
orchestrated war room, conducted and monitored UAT testing with business end users and
managers. Mentored managers and end users on module functionality. Managed UAT issues
documentation, coordinating with managers, end users, functional and technical team members for
resolution, validation, and transport to production. Member of SuccessFactors Compensation team
for year-end evaluations, goals and compensation.
SR SAP HCM Functional Consultant 03/17– 06/17 Tampa, FL
Client Industry: Utilities- Electric
Project: SAP HCM, OM and Success Factors Recruitment and Onboarding
Environment: SAP ECC 6 EHP 6. Windows 7 –Number of Users Supported – 1,500+

Responsibilities: Sr SAP HCM Functional Consultant for Tampa Electric Company (TECO)

Short term contract to lead ESS Benefits, W4, and Bank Details design and QA testing. Streamlined
post hire process for Benefits, ESS Benefits pages and Bank details input screen. Set up and led
UAT testing for ESS Benefits, W4, Bank Details, Employee Stock options for new wage types,
permissibility, calculations, and FI assignment testing. Created test cases and scripts for end
users. Orchestrated war room, monitored and conducted UAT testing with business SMEs. Led
investigative analysis and delivery for best practice analysis of current OM system design for
improvement in both the ERP and new Success Factors implementation systems. Created
documentation flows and training docs for SAP and transfer to SFSF Recruitment (RCM). Created
documentation flow of OM data transferring statuses and data change activity/interaction with SFSF
RCM. Involvement with the Success Factors Recruitment and Onboarding project design for
Position Management and best practices. Provided OM reporting documentation for upper
management.

SR SAP HCM eRC Functional Consultant 08/16 – 08/17 Toronto, CA

Client Industry: Global Speech & Search Language Technology
Project: SAP HCM and e-Recruiting – Number of Users Supported – 2,000+

Responsibilities: Sr SAP HCM/e-Recruitment Functional Consultant for Appen Inc.

Production support to resolve issues and implement enhancements using best business practice
procedures for SAP E-Recruitment. Created and updated functional specs, change request orders,
SolMan documentation, ticket resolution, unit and QA testing, transport management, end user
support and training. Provided systems runtime and best practices configuration analysis and
recommendations. Designed and configured enhancements, and remedied break fixes.

Project Manager 03/15 – 12/16 Lynnwood, WA

Client Industry: Retail Services and Sales
Project: Business Process Management

Responsibilities: Project Manager and Business Analyst for A Nu U MedSpa.

Analyzed business processes, recommended, designed, and implemented business practice

procedures, created business flows and business processes, coordinated start up activities including
scheduling and managing multiple vendors, hiring, management of personnel, implemented
accounting (receivables and payables), configuration included commission tracking and
calculations, taxes, time management, time entry, procurements, inventory control, marketing and
sales, and Time and Payroll to third party vendor ADP. Configured and implemented computer
applications for client documentation, tracking, marketing, and scheduling. Performed web site
development. Managed and supervised team of four personnel.

SAP HCM Consultant 05/14 –08/14 Issaquah, WA

Client Industry: Wholesale Sales and Distribution
Project: SAP HCM Implementation with PY/FICO/CRM
Team: SAP Release 2 Deployment Cutover Team
Environment: SAP ECC 6 EHP 6. Windows 7 – Number of Users Supported – 120K+

Responsibilities: Release 2 Cutover Team Lead for Costco Corp.

Short term assignment to step in as the 5th Cutover Lead managing 4 personnel. Prepared,
coordinated, and executed Mock, Dress Rehearsal and Cutover activities for go-live of HCM
including PA, OM, Time (Kronos), PY, ADP, LMS (Success Factors), inbound and outbound
interfaces for 3rd party providers for 30+ teams including SAP, Legacy and Integration. Provide
oversight and direction to Cutover Resources, Assign and Supervise Work/Tasks/Follow-ups, Drive
Delivery and Accountability, Cutover Planning, Refine Plan, Close Gaps, Lesson’s Learned, Cutover
Communications and Reporting, Cutover Change Management, CART’s, RFC’s, CCB, Cutover
Approach and Execution, Execution cadence, dependency management, Hand-off’s, Mock
Rehearsals, Dress Rehearsal, Pre-Cutover, Production Cutover. Led identification and management
of cutover (Risks, Issues, and Cutover Defects), prioritized, and escalated as appropriate.
Established continuity with Deployment Leads. Understand deployment strategy and approach and
aligned tactical execution of cutover. Established working relationships with Key Stakeholders,
Release Leads, Tower Leads, Legacy, etc. Leveraged Tech Services Lead (Basis), environment
planning and support, and bridged to other technical groups. Set up staging for early deploy of
baseline infrastructure into production. Leveraged PET team, Legacy/Non-SAP environment
planning and support. Efforts resulted in successful go-live.

SAP HCM Consultant 06/12 – 04/14 Burnaby, BC

Client Industry: Electric Utility

Project: SAP HCM e-Recruitment

Team: SAP HCM e-Recruitment Support Team
Environment: SAP ECC 6. EHP 6, Windows 7 – Number of Users Supported – 1001 - 6,000

Responsibilities: SR. Functional eRC Consultant for BC Hydro.

Go-Live Product stabilization and production support. Reviewed and analyzed business rules and
processes, current configuration, and customizations to correct missing and/or incorrect
configuration, reviewed customizations to evaluate if using standard best practice in the SAP product
could be used to support current business processes. Evaluated where business processes could be
improved to be more efficient and cost effective as well as easier for the end user. Served as a
liaison between business users and technical teams. Translated business rules and requirements into
SAP functional and/or technical requirements and created the Functional Design Specifications.
Solved application and configuration issues and collaborated with other BSA’s to ensure end-to-end
business process integration. Repaired broken technical processing and customizations. Educated
and provided better understanding to the end users of the different ways to use the eRC product to
best serve their needs incorporating best practice methods. Ensured all documentation was up to
date, complete and its location documented in a shared resource (Share Point). Assisted in
resolving outstanding issues and design for enhancements logged in Solution Manager. Worked with
end users to create custom search templates, rankings, and rankings in questionnaires. Provided
mentoring to fellow eRC Consultants. Worked with the technical teams (developers, Security and
Basis) to resolve issues, in particular the Searches functionality, system performance issues, IDOC
data issues, future dated hiring, ALE, XI and workflow issues. Reviewed and evaluated the customer
environment and eRC business processes and made recommendations for future enhancements to
better serve the customer. Reviewed and scheduled HRSP activity with MS Project. Coordinated and
aligned all teams involved in the HRSP activities and manage the event. Provided evaluation and
testing of HRSPs. Worked with Basis for OSS Note applications to resolve errors. Worked with
technical teams to resolve issues with third party vendor applications such as GARDA, McAfee, and
Telemetry (resume parsing). Identified incorrect IDOC processing and interface customizations
corrupting data and processing. Identified incorrect data, organized, and executed clean-up process
with technical teams. Rolled off project once system was stabilized to run as expected with SAP
best practice.

SAP HCM Consultant 04/12 – 06/12 St. Charles, MO

Client Industry: Manufacturing – Sales and Distribution
Project: SAP HCM OM/PA Mini Master/Time Management/Time Evaluation with and
without Clock Times Integration with Logistics PP, PM, SM, People Soft Payroll and SAP
CO.
Team: SAP HCM PA/TM Team
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Windows 7 – Number of Users Supported – 1,001 - 5,000
 Responsibilities: Lead SAP HCM Sr. Functional/Systems Analyst for American Rail
Industries (ARI).

Short term contract. Created detailed AS-IS, TO-BE process flows, Business Blue Print design docs
(4) for Time Management, Time Evaluation, OM/PA Mini Master, and Time Manager’s Workplace.
Designed inbound interfaces for collecting clock and non-clock times from PP, PM, and SM logistic
modules via a third-party application, RFGen, to SAP PA/OM Mini Master using Time Manager’s
Workplace to manually enter non-clock times, manage approvals, time corrections and reporting
for both clock and non-clock times. Designed outbound interfaces to People Soft Payroll and SAP CO
module.

Starbucks Corporation 08/10 – 05/12 Seattle, WA

SAP HCM/PY Consultant
Client Industry: Food and Beverage Sales and Distribution
Project: SAP HCM OM/PA/Payroll/Benefits/Comp
Team: SAP HCM Payroll Team
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Windows 7 - Number of Users Supported – 123,000+

Responsibilities: SAP HCM Sr. Functional/Systems Analyst for Starbucks Corporation.

Focused on moderate to highly complex projects to deliver effective solutions for enhancements and
production solutions and resolutions supporting Payroll, Benefits, PA, OM, Time Management and
Compensation for Starbucks Corporation for changes, enhancements, problem/issue resolution, analysis
and documentation including functional and technical specifications, testing (scripts/plans) for system and
application enhancements, training and problem resolution. Worked closely with the business end users to
interpret and analyze/assess business rules and requirements. Worked closely with technical support
teams (ABAP, Basis, Security, and Portal) to coordinate efforts for resolutions. Translated business
requirements into SAP functional and/or technical requirements and created the Functional Design
Specifications. Solved application and configuration issues and collaborated with BSA’s to ensure end-to-
end business process integration. Worked with Change Management group in efforts to manage production
resolutions in a timely manner. Performed HRSP implementation, verification and testing, Year-End
activities, Adobe Forms modifications, Tax Reporter updates, error resolution and support, BSI Upgrades
and TUBS installation coordination with Basis and the business managers. Debugged and enhanced
changes to the Payroll Schema and Rules. Configured and testing Canadian accrual, grant vacation rules
and time schema processing. Identified, streamlined, and improved Pre-Note and NOC design and
processes utilizing SAP best practice reducing processing design from 12 customized processes and 4 batch
programs to 4 standard SAP processes using 1 batch process eliminating consistent errors in processing
and processing time.

Arial Consulting Inc., Dallas, TX     10/05 – 07/10 Dallas, TX

CLIENT PROJECTS:
               
SAP HCM Consultant 08/09 – 07/10 Irving, TX
Client Industry: Metals Recycling, Manufacturing and Distribution
Project: SAP HCM OM/PA/Payroll/Benefits/Comp/FI
Team: SAP HCM Payroll Team
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Windows XP - Number of Users Supported – 23,000+

Responsibilities: SAP HCM Functional Lead for SAP OM/PA/ Payroll/Benefits for
Commercial Metals Corporation (CMC).

Functional team lead supporting SAP HCM OM/PA/Payroll/Benefits for changes, enhancements,
problem/issue resolution, end user and subordinate training, documentation including functional
and technical specifications, testing (scripts/plans) for system and application enhancements,
training, and problem resolution. Worked closely with the business end users to interpret and
analyze/assess business rules and requirements. Translated business rules and requirements into
SAP functional and/or technical requirements and created the Functional Design Specifications.
Solved application and configuration issues and collaborated with other BSA’s to ensure end-to-end
business process integration. Worked closely with technical support teams (ABAP, Basis, Security
and Portal) to coordinate efforts for resolutions. Worked with Change Management group in efforts
to manage production resolutions in a timely manner. Supported Enhancement pack
implementation verification and testing, year end activities and support. Mentored team members
with cross training and end users in HCM module functionalities. Identified areas for improvement
in design, processes, configuration, and functionality supporting best practices. Instrumental in
designing and providing a custom GUI and reporting system for recording and reporting injuries.
Identified and streamlined quarterly stock option calculations payouts processing from 10 hours to
30 min.

SAP HCM/FI Project Manager and eRC Consultant 02/09– 11/09 Redlands, CA
Client Industry: Software Engineering Location Services
Project: SAP HCM OM/PA/Payroll/Benefits/E-Recruitment ECC 6.0/FI
Team: SAP HCM and FI teams
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0 EHP3, Windows XP - Number of Users Supported – 1,001 - 5,000

Responsibilities: SAP HCM and FI Project Manager and HCM/eRC Functional Consultant
for ESRI.

Hands on Functional and Technical Project Management for PA, OM, BE, ADP

PY, external Time system, eRC, FI, interfaces, reporting, and customizations. Managed Human
Resources and Finance functional and technical teams for servicing and supporting SAP HCM
modules including BE and interface to ADP PY and external custom Time reporting system.
Supported of the Recruitment and Accounting departments (which included Payroll and Benefits in
this environment) as primary customers and the Sales and Customer Service departments as
secondary customers for enhancements, upgrades, customizations, support pack implementation
verification and testing and production support fixes. Implemented best business practice structure
into team for managing and reporting time and effort of their assignments as well as design for
their assignments of resolution. Supported and mentored team members and end users in all SAP
HCM modules and e-Recruitment using best business practice approach. Analyzed SAP HCM and
eRC systems to make recommendations to incorporate and structure SAP best business practice
standards for design, configuration and performance. Introduced team structure practices with
timelines, weekly status reports/meetings, cross training, and documentation. Reduced current
manual processes by incorporating new design and configuration in SAP HCM and connectivity to
eRC and FI. Incorporated documentation practices and introduced and taught documentation tool
RWD uPerform (InfoPak) to team members and business end users.

SAP HCM Consultant 09/08 – 12/08 Irving, TX

Client Industry: Chemical Manufacturer
Project: SAP HCM OM/PA/Payroll/Benefits/Compensation/E-Recruitment ECC
6.0/Performance Management Implementation/ESS/MSS
Team: SAP Genesis Global Implementation
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Windows XP - Number of Users Supported – 5,001 – 10,000

Responsibilities: SAP HCM Project Manager and Functional Consultant for Celanese Corp.

Hands on PMO Functional and Technical Integration Testing Lead. Short term assignment for a
thirteen-country implementation. Worked with Project Managers and Testing Leads to create
test strategy, test plan and project plan to coordinate and schedule testing activities for different
implementations. Analyzed ten HCM support packs and two support stacks, managed updates,
created testing strategy, test plan and project plan for the HCM support pack load with Basis, ans
for other HCM project managers for PA, OM, Payroll, Benefits, Enterprise Compensation,
Performance Management and business managers for testing efforts. Coordinated with various
teams including Basis, technical and functional team leads and business managers to access
resource needs. Attended weekly PMO meetings.

SAP HCM Consultant 04/07 – 08/08 Memphis, TN

Client Industry:  Manufacturing/Sales/Distribution
Project: SAP HCM OM/ PA/ PD/ Time Management/ Benefits/ Compensation/Training
and Events Implementation with ADP Payroll/E-Recruitment
Team:  SAP Genesis Global Implementation
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, Windows XP - Number of Users Supported – 10,001+
Responsibilities: SAP HCM Functional/Technical Lead for Vitro America, Vitro Packaging
and Vitro Auto Glass. 

SAP functional lead and contributing project lead/project management.  Performed Fit Gap analysis
for a seven-country implementation. Documentation, and solution recommendations to align
global template.  Analyzed and documented current business processes, provided recommendation
of best practice solutions, created TO-BE solutions, Blue Printing, AS-IS and TO-BE process
documentation. Performed configuration of all modules. Documented all configuration with
configuration scripts via Info Pak tool. Performed unit, UAT, and integration testing, created Test
Scripts, assisted business end users with creating Test Cases, created BPP documentation using
Info Pak and SPP documentation tools.  Loaded all BBP, CPP, BPP, and associated project
documentation to SAP Solution Manager and shared online documentation repository. Translated
business rules and requirements into SAP functional and/or technical requirements and created the
Functional Design Specifications. Solved application and configuration issues and collaborated with
BSA’s to ensure end-to-end business process integration was solid. Trained end users in SAP HCM
PA, OM, PD and Benefits.  Designed standard and structural security authorizations, technical
mapping, and designed the ADP e-Recruitment integration inbound to and outbound interfaces to
ADP eRC.  Created and maintained functional design and technical mapping of ADP Payroll and
ADP Benefit interfaces outbound to ADP, LMS and KRONOS data interfaces.  Designed Expat and
Inpat processing utilizing SAP Expat processing infogroups and actions. Created conversion of data
from ADP to SAP design for data migration and data cleansing.  Ensured all design and
configuration remained in sync with the global template only making changes necessary for
localization for US requirements as needed.  Provided weekly reporting and status updates in MS
Project.  Interacted with upper management in the US and Mexico.  Team lead on the US site
working independently with little direction from Integrator located in Mexico.  Utilized ‘hit the
ground running’ project management and professional consulting skills, interacted with end users,
management, CEO and CFO to ensure best business practice, best SAP HCM product design
practice and SOX compliance was followed to ensure a solid working design/product for the benefit
of the client. Performed functional (data mapping and conversion rules and data flow logic) and
technical design (data mappings and system architecture) of inbound and outbound interfaces for
SA to third party providers ADP, KRONOS, various Benefit providers and eRC connectivity. 
Performed all PA, OM, Benefit, basic Compensation and Time Management configuration, testing
and implementation from blueprint to go-live for three separate companies within the project for
the US.  My contribution led to helping the client formalize solid standard best business practices,
streamlined processes using SAP design (contributing to better efficiency reducing staffing
requirements), initiated and configured email notifications to reduce paper flow for notifications
reducing time lapse for hiring, LOA and termination activities.

SAP Consultant 09/06 – 03/07 Plano, TX

Client Industry:  Security Software
Project: SAP HCM Benefits OE/Time/PAFs & REQs/ESS/MSS Implementation
Team:  SAP Code Red Implementation
Environment: SAP ERP2004 (ECC 5.0), Windows XP - Number of Users Supported – 5,001 – 10,000

Responsibilities: SAP HCM Project Manager for McAfee Security Software.

SAP HCM ESS/MSS/Benefits OE/Time/PAFs & REQs. Responsible to lead the SAP Benefits OE ESS
NA implementation, SAP ESS/MSS Time and CATS NA implementation and the ESS/MSS PAFs &
REQs International implementation.  Managed and directed teams in the US, offshore UK
and Bangalore India.  Managed and directed all phases of realization, testing efforts, cutover
activities including upgrades to SAP application software, scheduling of BASIS activities, managing
security updates for NA and other countries for ESS/MSS Portal as well as R/3 for customizations.  
Responsible for the correct and timely delivery of blueprint, functional specs, configuration,
configuration specs, technical designs, technical specs, testing documents and training.  
Coordinated efforts amongst teams (BASIS, security, Portal, functional, technical and business
SMEs) for go-live activities and support across 3 countries.  Interfaced with client management,
PMO and steering committee members.  Provided weekly status reports. Successful go-live
contribution led to being asked to stay on as Project Manager for a second phase of the project
which resulted in a second successful go-live.

SAP HCM Consultant 11/05 - 09/06 Los Angeles, CA.

Client Industry:  Public Sector
Project: SAP HCM E-Recruitment V 3.0
Team:  SAP E-Recruitment Implementation
Environment: SAP ERP2004 (ECC 5.0), CE, Windows XP- Number of Users Supported – 23,000
 Responsibilities: SAP SR HCM E-Recruitment Consultant for Los Angeles Unified School
District (Public Sector).

SAP HCM functional design and configuration lead. Performed, analysis of current business
processes, provided recommendation of best practice solutions, created to-be solutions, Blue
Printing, and BPPs. Translated business rules and requirements into SAP functional and/or technical
requirements and created the Functional Design Specifications. Solved application and
configuration issues and collaborated with other BSA’s to ensure end-to-end business process
integration. using Info Pak tool, customizations including designing new infotypes, new fields on
custom includes, new BSPs, new Container Sequences and Container Sequence items, additions
and customizing Searches, Overviews and Info-groups, label changes, flexibilization, header page
changes (multi selection infotypes), custom reporting for complex calculations and rankings, design
and creation of Smart Forms, create questionnaires, create activities, processes, linking to objects
and processes, create Process Templates, analyze and work with security to set up roles and
authorizations including SAP Query, create custom queries in global environment, debug BASIS and
TREX issues, BPPs, set up synchronization of data transfers, periodical services, configuration, set
up and demonstrate rankings and weighting, configured and demonstrated searches and basic
functionality.  Created Query user groups.  Created template queries for the global environment. 
Created functional specs for conversion, technical specs for interfaces and custom enhancements.  
SmartForms.  Mentored client in E-recruit functionality, questionnaires, SmartForms, etc. 
Worked with SAP Portal and Legacy Web technical personnel for Web functionality of E-
Recruitment. Work with offshore technical developer teams. Provided functional and technical
walkthroughs and testing.  Contribution of design for SAP eRC was adopted by SAP to incorporate
as part of their product enhancements to accommodate public sector.

SAP HCM Consultant 10/05 – 11/05 Houston, TX

Client Industry:  Energy Systems
Project: SAP HCM E-Recruitment V 3.0
Team:  SAP E-Recruitment Implementation
Environment: SAP R/3 4.6c, Windows XP - Number of Users Supported – 10,001+

Responsibilities: SAP HCM E-Recruitment Consultant for Halliburton Corp.

Short term assignment to fill in gaps to teach client IT personnel and business HCM recruiters
about product functionality prior to go-live, created questions, questionnaires, activities, attached
questionnaires to activities and activities to processes. Created and demonstrated process
templates, salary ranges, roles, profiles, user groups, and info group creation.  Taught SAP Query
tool. Customized SmartForms, set up and demonstrated rankings and weighting, configured, and
demonstrated searches.

Pecaso Americas, Lawrenceville, GA 09/04 –09/05

CLIENT PROJECTS:

SAP SR. HCM Consultant 04/05 – 07/05 Houston, TX

Client Industry:  Oil Production/Sales
Project: SAP HCM PA/Payroll/OM
Team:  SAP HCM PA/PR/OM Implementation
Environment: SAP R/3 4.6b, 4.6c, Windows 2000- Number of Users Supported – 10,000+

Responsibilities: Business Process Advisor/Lead Analyst Designer for Shell Oil

International for enhancements and projects to existing system. 

Advised and implemented best business practice.  Mentored business partners to correct SAP
processing methods, evaluation, and correction of error processing program.  Lead effort to
correctly implement prior design left for technical team implementation. Technical advisor to Level
2 support for fixing technical bugs in current Interface processing program. 
 
SAP HCM eRC Consultant 01/05 – 03/05 Stratford, England
Client Industry:  Banking
Project: SAP HCM e-Recruitment V 3.0
Team:  SAP HCM e-Recruitment Implementation
Environment: SAP R/3 4.6c, Windows 2000 - Number of Users Supported - 1,001 – 5,000

Responsibilities: Functional Configuration Lead for analysis, design and functional

configuration of SAP e-Recruitment V3.0 for Halifax Bank of Scotland, UK. 
 Provided Prototyping, configuration, and taught end users the SAP e-Recruitment module.
Configured and defined roles, created special users, Business Partner assignment, Branches,
Maintain Service Users, Attachments, Reporting, Integration Set Up, Candidate Qualifications,
Search Profile, Search Templates, Applicant Tracking Scales (Ranking & Weighting), Activities,
Processes, Correspondence, Questionnaires, Requisition Management, Posting Channels, Start
Pages, Container Sequences, Contexts, Define Additional Fields, Change OTR Texts, Assign
Parameter Types.

SAP Sr. HCM Consultant 11/04 – 01/05 Indianapolis, IN

Client Industry:  Manufacturing – Jet/Airplane Engines
Project: SAP HCM PA/PR/OM/Compensation/Benefits/Time Management
Team:  SAP HCM PA/OM/Compensation/Benefits Implementation
Environment: SAP R/3 4.6c, Windows 2000- Number of Users Supported – 10,001+

Responsibilities: Technical/Functional/Business Design Lead and Co-Project Manager for

Rolls Royce, NA.

Co-Project Manager for the implementation of PA/OM/PY/Compensation/ Time

Management/Benefits for North America.  Lead team meetings with business liaisons for design and
documentation of AS-IS and TO-BE processes for PA, OM, PY, Compensation, Time Management,
and Benefits.  Administer OM and Compensation training to end users.  Client brought me in, as an
SAP HCM certified platinum Consultant to align procedures to ensure best business practices were
being met with Integrator.
 
Client Industry:  Printing 09/04 – 11/04 Wilsonville, OR
Project: SAP HCM e-Recruitment V 3.0
Team:  SAP HCM e-Recruitment Implementation
Environment: SAP R/3 4.6c, Windows 2000- Number of Users Supported – 1,001 – 5,000

Responsibilities: SAP Functional and Technical Consultant doing configuration and

customizations of e-Recruitment for Mentor Graphics. 

Provided functional configuration and customization of screens, labels, and menus. Provided
documentation on the configuration and product system technical functionality including Visio flow
diagram. This was a ramp-up version of the new product with no documentation or direction from
SAP.  Invited by SAP to attend the first SAP eRC class.  Contributions of suggested ideas and
documentation of the product to SAP to improve the eRC product were used to improve and
enhance the product.
 

Client Industry:  Manufacturing – Enterprise mobility solutions

03/04 – 04/04 Holtsville, NY
Project: SAP HCM PA/Payroll/Benefits
Team:  SAP HCM PA/PY/Benefits/Compensation Implementation
Environment: SAP R/3 4.7, Windows 2000- Number of Users Supported – 1,001 – 5,000

Responsibilities:  Technical and Functional Design Lead for Symbol Technology Corp.

Created the Business and Technical Blueprint to implement the Deferred Compensation Plan for
highly compensated employees.
Arial Consulting Inc., Dallas, TX                   09/03 – 06/04

CLIENT PROJECTS:

SAP HCM Consultant 09/03 – 06/04 Houston, TX

Client Industry:  Oil Production/Sales
Project: SAP HCM PA/Payroll/OM
Team:  SAP HCM PA/PR/OM Implementation
Environment: SAP R/3 4.6b, 4.6c, Windows 2000- Number of Users Supported – 10,001+

Responsibilities:  Project Manager/Lead Analyst/Designer and SAP HCM Configuration

Consultant for Shell Oil International.

Led the initiative for enhancements and other projects to the existing system. Provided feasibility
study for implementation of OM interface, future dated transactions. Enhanced time writing
capabilities via ESS. Redesigned and restructured business processing to fit best business practice
eliminating major costs (1.25 mil annual) from manual error intervention.  Provided project
estimating, planning, and costing as part of Project management. Provided functional and technical
specifications.  Performed testing, configuration, corrections, and documentation for 4.6c upgrade. 
Performed and delivered analysis and design to automate retroactive change updates affecting time
writing via PA/OM changes and notification.
 
Lead Analyst/Designer and SAP HCM Configuration Consultant for Shell Oil International

Global implementation of PA and OM data. Analyze/design technical and functional specifications

for PA data and OM structure for US implementation including time writing via ESS. Lead functional
configuration.  Lead over technical ABAP developers for analysis, design and technical specs.
Ensure integrity of transmission of IDOCs via ALE, mappings and conversions specified through a
third-party vendor product, Cross Worlds, are correct.  Testing of IDOCs for PA and OM updates via
interface.   Gather specs and customer requirements, work with business analysts and test through
all phases of implementation. Retrofit and correct existing functional design to SAP standards for
best business practice including Expat and Inpat processing.  Functional documentation including
business design, technical design, test cases and results.  Unit and Integration testing.  Worked
with Basis to get OM structure copied from one SAP box to partner SAP box for consistency of
structure and object IDs. Loaded new structure and updated via CATS scripts.  Created back up
copy of current plan. Design and implement re-org update strategy.  Design process to correct and
implement SAP auto numbering versus smart numbering system for PERNRs.  Support post go-live
activities.

 Computer Sciences Corp   08/01 – 09/03 Dallas, TX

Principal Consultant
Client Industry: Manufacturing/Sales and Distribution/Government
Project: SAP HCM/Payroll/MM/SD/FI Production Support
Team: SAP HCM/Payroll/Benefits Production Support
Environment: SAP R/3 4.5B, 4.6C, Windows 2000 - Number of Users Supported – 10,001+

Responsibilities: Principal Consultant supporting SAP R/3 HCM/Payroll in production for

enhancements and troubleshooting production problems for large food/beverage corporation and its many
worldwide divisions for Cadbury Schweppes Dr. Pepper/7UP, a governmental state agency State of
Louisiana and the United States Postal Service supporting production problems, resolutions,
enhancements, year- end processing for HCM Payroll, Benefits, Personnel Administration, Organizational
Management and Interface to FI for multiple clients. Provided end user training and documentation, end
user contact. Lead analyst for business design, functional analysis, design and implementation, and ABAP
logical design.

 As an Engagement Manager and functional lead for large multi-million dollar federal government
client: Provided analysis, design, problem resolution, staffing, prioritizing and alignment of problem
and system enhancements. Interfaced with the client, upper level management and end users.
Provided post implementation support.
 
 As Center lead:  6 senior Consultants reporting directly to me for all clients. Provided work
assignments, analysis, and problem resolution. Led status meetings, prepared estimates for small
projects and statements of work (SOW) for large projects. Worked in conjunction with client face
off person for delivery to the client. Assisted in setting and reviewing of standards for Center
 consultants (program, configuration, communication, and documentation). Set up cross training
and mentoring of senior level consultants.

 As a business/sales lead: Technical lead for RFI preparation and presentation to potential
clients.  Technical lead for RFP. Project lead over 7 senior Consultants for Enterprise PCC
implementation, implementation of completion of SAP Sales Tools (Solution Composer, Solution
Maps, Collaborative Business Maps, Business Case Builder). Provided testing for CSC.

 
 As a functional configuration Principal Consultant :
* Benefits configuration - created new plans, updated existing plans
* Payroll configuration US
 Designed, configured, tested, and implemented of Off Cycle Mass Bonus Process Models
for hourly and salary employees for US and Canada pay areas with pay checks and ACH
and link to FI with special check formatting, Design of process to load IT0009 subtype 5
data for OC payments and IT0169 for one-time payments.
            
* Payroll configuration Canada
 Designed, configured, tested, and implemented Canadian Vacation Accrual and Entitlement
process for weekly auto pay and salary on demand pay based on percentage of current
pay.
 Configured entitlement with rollover, year-end payout process and payout on termination -
Interface and batch job scheduling and redesign. Set up with Control-M scheduling tool.

 Added entitlement and hours accrued, entitlement remaining and taken to remuneration
forms and Payroll journal.
 Added and removed wage types from remuneration and journal forms for US and Canada.
 Provided weekly and monthly status meetings with upper management
 Led daily morning team status meetings to review new and existing tickets

Delphi Automotive Corp 07/00–08/01 Troy MI

SAP HCM Consultant

Client Industry: Automotive
Project: SAP HCM PA/OM/CM & Recruitment Conversion and Implementation to SAP
Team: SAP HCM PA/OM & Recruitment Implementation
Environment: SAP R/3 4.6C, Windows 98, Novell. - Number of Users Supported – 10,001+

Responsibilities: Senior functional and technical analyst. Design and Configuration lead for HCM
PA (Salary and Hourly).

Lead analyst, designer and functional implementation. Coordinated with external Consultants. Worked
closely with the project manager to assess, design and implement PA and OM modules. Translated
business requirements into SAP functional and/or technical requirements and created the Functional Design
Specifications. Solved application and configuration issues and collaborated with other team BSA’s to
ensure end-to-end business process integration. Lead analyst and designer for two payroll interfaces from
SAP to GM, one for their existing custom functionality written in COBOL and one for GM’s upcoming
PeopleSoft product implementation. Identified and resolved a major design flaw saving Delphi
millions for the implementation and in further annual costs. Analyzed and aided in the redesign of
Delphi’s data warehouse Cross Worlds (IBM product), corrected the logic for data distribution to many
interfaces for reporting and processing. Mentored business personnel on SAP HCM to aid in configuration
and understanding of the product for future maintainability. Saved Delphi Auto 1.2 million by analyzing
(in house vs. externally) a large COBOL program and extracting essential intellectual business logic in the
form of Business Rules, providing detailed documentation (specifications doc and pseudocode) as part of
the interface designs. Met with the technical team for walkthroughs of the logic to ensure accuracy.

Arial Consulting Inc., Dallas, TX                   06/1999 - 06/2000

CLIENT PROJECTS:

SAP HCM/Payroll Consultant - ABAP

Client Industry: Transportation Project: SAP HCM/Payroll/OM/Time Management
Conversion and Implementation to SAP
Team: SAP HCM/Payroll Implementation
Environment: SAP R/3 4.0B, ABAP/4, Windows 98/NT. - Number of Users Supported – 10,001+
 Responsibilities: HCM ABAP Developer Consultant to Amtrak SAP HCM/Payroll team.

Delivered analysis, design, data mapping, gathered specs from end users (including business and
processing rules), developed, tested, and created test data. Implemented and supported custom
reports and interfaces (inbound and outbound). Used ABAP/4 Query, Ad Hoc Query, Functional and
User areas for forms created. Customized the payroll journal, created, and maintained custom
tables, user exits, and RTI. Created Report tree and made updates/changes. Performed transports,
file uploads and downloads. Built custom UI and background ABAP processing program for incident
reporting.

Mastech Corp 11/1998 - 02/1999 Pittsburgh, PA

SAP HCM Consultant
Client Industry: Consultant Staffing
Team: SAP HCM Functional
Environment: SAP R/3 3.1H/4.0B, ABAP/4, Windows 95. - Number of Users Supported – 501 – 1,000

Responsibilities: SAP HCM/Payroll Consultant moved into functional configuration while utilizing
ABAP/4 skills. Performed In-house technical reviews for candidates. Updated ABAP/4 skills.

Arial Consulting Inc., Dallas, TX                   10/1997 – 10/1998

CLIENT PROJECTS:

Comsys/Metamor Corp. 04/1998 - 10/1998 Dallas, TX

Industry: Airline Transportation
SAP HCM/Payroll Consultant - ABAP 
Project: SAP HCM/Payroll Implementation
Team: Inbound Payroll Team
Environment: SAP R/3 3.1H, ABAP/4, Unix, Windows 95 - Number of Users Supported – 501 –
1,000

Responsibilities: SAP HCM Technical ABAP Consultant to American Airlines/SABRE

TECHNOLOGY GROUP SAP HCM/Payroll team for six-month contract.

Developed and maintained SAP R/3 ABAP/4 reports, data conversion of an interface using BDC/Call
transaction methods and file transfers functionality. Completed integration testing and go-live
implementation phase of System Life Cycle (SLC) for SAP implementation.

Programmer and Analyst /SAP ABAP 10/1997– 04/1998 Richardson, TX

Project: HCM/Payroll Conversion to SAP
Industry: Commercial Heating and Air Conditioning
Team: HCM/Payroll

Environment: SAP R/3, 3.1H, NT, IBM mainframe. . - Number of Users Supported – 10,001+

Responsibilities: HCM Consultant to LENNOX Industries for six-month contract

supporting Dunn & Bradstreet Series E Payroll/Personnel financial software.

Provided customer support for HCM/Payroll, I.E. software enhancement upgrades, tax updates.
Provided analysis and detailed documentation and Visio flows of 12 individual payroll cycles,
including scheduling, jobs, job steps, input and output data identification, files, transactions,
COBOL programs and identifying and documenting their calculation details as business rules
including many levels deep of grandfathered union rules. Data analysis, design, and data mapping
for conversion to SAP Financials (GL, A/P) HCM and Payroll. Completed analysis and conversion
phase of System Life Cycle (SLC) for SAP implementation. The following list gives some of the SAP
development work done on this project. - Analysis, design, data mapping and new development
programs for conversion data to SAP via BDC programs utilizing batch method.
 SKILLSET
System(s)
Functional Experience and Skills: Architecture
Functional
 Analysis
Sizing
Best Business Practice
Technical
Business Flow
Throughput
Business Rules
Data (cleanup, conversion, mapping)
Estimating Effort  Documentation
Feasibility As-Is To-Be
Fit Gap Business Blueprints
Infrastructure Business Process Procedure
System(s) Charting
Technical estimate of effort Diagrams, Flows and Swim Lanes
Business
Process
 Business Rules
Rules Logic
Configuration
System
Documentation
Functional Specifications
Formulation
Pseudo Code
Identification
RWD uPerform (InfoPak)
Mining
Share Point
Translation (English and technical)
Solution Manager (SolMan)
SOX Compliance
Technical Specifications
 Data Mapping Conversions
Conversions Custom Reporting
Data Cleansing Interfaces
Data Migration Reporting
Interfaces (In/Out Bound) IDOC processing
Integrations Templates
Mini Master Data Testing
Test Plans
Scripts
 Design Use Cases
Break/Fix Training
Business Rules
Conversion
Custom Enhancements  Execution
Data Configuration
GUI HRSPs
Interfaces (inbound/outbound) Meetings
Infrastructure Business (Customer)
Reporting Key Stake Holders
Ad Hoc Query End Users
Adobe Forms Management (all levels)
Payroll PMO
SAP Query Technical Teams
Tax Reporter Programming
SAP Module(s)* Project Go-Live
Benefits System Life Cycle (all phases)
E-Recruitment Upgrades
Compensation Testing
Learning Management System Training
Mini Master
Organizational Mgmt. & Qualifications  Modules/Processing
Position Control Management Batch Processing
Payroll (YE, BSI, Rules & Schemas) BW (BI)
Personnel Administration Change Management
Time Management (Clock/Non-Clock) Cutover Activities
Time Processing (Rules & Schemas) Pre-Cutover
Time Manager’s Workplace Production Cutover
Streamlining ESS
Bank Details
Benefits
Time
 W4 XI
Finance (FI) Integration  JCL
HCM (PA, OM, TM, BE, PY, CMP, LSO,  LSMW
eRC )  Rules and Schemas (PY/TM)
SAP Sales Tools  SAP HCM Module(s) Configuration
Solution Composer  SmartForms (Adobe)
Solution Maps  Workflow
Collaborative Business Maps
Business Case Builder Positions Held:
 Project Management  Analyst
Coordination of Teams
Architecture
Business
End Users Break/Fix
Department Management Business
PMO Business Rule Mining
Steering Committee Fit-Gap
Technical Performance
BASIS Senior
BW (BI)
Systems
Change Management
Configuration Technical
Development  Center Lead
Portal  Functional Configurator Senior
Security  Lead Functional Configurator
Estimating  PMO member
Execution & Tracking
 Project Lead
MS Project
Testing  Project Manager
War Room set up and orchestration  Release Cutover Lead
 Team Lead
 Testing Functional
Dress Rehearsal Technical
Integration  Technical Programmer
Pre-Cutover
ABAP
Script and Test Case Execution
Smoke COBOL (includes JCL)
Solution Manager (SolMan)  UAT Lead
HP Quality Center
Unit
UAT/QA
Countries Supported:
Technical Experience and Skills:
 Canada
 ABAP/4 Programming  Mexico
 AD Hoc Query  Netherlands
 ALE  UK
 API  USA
 BDC programs (Batch and Call methods)
 BADi
 BADi
Projects:
 Batch Processing
 CATS Script  Implementations: 15
 COBOL Programming  Support: 7
 Data Cleansing  Upgrades: 4
 IDOCs
 Interfaces & Third Party
ADP Benefits
ADP Payroll Global Projects: 8 (2 - 59 countries)
GARDA
KRONOS Users Supported: 1,000 - 120k+
Legacy systems
Logistics
SAP PP, PM, SM (Inbound) Teams Managed:
McAfee
People Soft (Outbound)  CSC - 1 team, 8 members, 5 local 3 nationwide
SAP CO (Outbound)  Shell Oil - 1 team member, International
SAP Finance  McAfee - 3 teams, 6 members, 2 local - 4
Telemetry (Resume Parser) International
Third Party Resume Sites  ESRI - 2 teams, 6 members, 6 local
  CMC - 1 team, 2 members not local- same state Auto and Container Glass
 BC Hydro - 1 team, 1 member local Chemical
 Costco - 1 team, 4 members local Commercial Heating and Air
 A Nu U – 1 team, 4 members local Food and Beverage
Jet Airplane Engines
Metals Recycling
North American Freight Car
Industries Supported:  Oil Production and Sales
 Printing and Graphics
 Agriculture Chemicals and Lithium  Public Sector
 Automotive  Retail Services and Sales
 Energy Systems  Security Software
 Financial  Software Engineering Location Services
 Global Speech & Search Language Technology  Technology
 Government  Transportation
Federal Airline
State Railroad
Local  Wholesale Sales and Distribution
 Manufacturing, Sales and Distribution

EDUCATION

Computer Science Degree

ITT Technical Tucson, AZ Graduated Valedictorian GPA 3.98 AS degree

Business Management Degree

University of Phoenix Phoenix, AZ Graduated Honors GPA 3.86 BS degree

SAP HCM Certification 2/2002 Certification

SAP America Partner Academy Philadelphia, PA

SAP Success Factors Certification 1/2018 Certification In

progress
K2 Partnering/SAP