$95

Hourly Consulting Rate

Bjorn Larsen

Independent Consultant

Industry Experience

Apparel/Fashion

Automotive

Aviation/Aerospace

Maritime

Military Industry

Pharmaceuticals

Utilities

+ 3 More

Location Supported

Australia

Canada

United States

Languages Supported

English

Skills

  • Technical consultant
  • Project management
  • Programming
  • Application development
  • Managed services
  • +1 more

Product Specialization

  • SAP Success Factors
  • SAP BusinessObjects
  • SAP S/4HANA
  • SAP CRM
  • SAP ECC
  • +1 more

About

As a well-established IT professional with a passion for optimizing SAP landscapes, I am an ideal candidate for your SAP HANA Consultant opening. Having successfully progressed through a series of challenging roles, I am excited to apply my skills to produce immediate results as a valuable member of the SAP Basis team.

Throughout my career, I have made it my priority to utilize current technologies and new techniques to develop scalable technical solutions across all project phases. Comfortable in collaborative and independently-driven roles, I am a forward-thinking leader with refined analytical and critical thinking skills, and I can adapt and revise my strategies to meet evolving priorities, shifting needs, and emergent issues.

Furthermore, I would bring the following strengths to your team:
• Expertise in SAP upgrades across numerous modules and platforms (including S/4 HANA);
• Diverse industry experience that includes manufacturing, aerospace/defense, retail and utilities;
• Proficiency in training, documentation and post-go live support.

I look forward to discussing my background and your needs in detail, as I am confident that my unique experience will be of great use in meeting your immediate and future objectives. Please contact me at your earliest convenience to schedule an interview; until then, thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Bjorn Larsen

Top Project Highlights

Ford motor Company - ECC migration consisted of migration of SAP ECC 7.6

ECC migration consisted of migration of SAP ECC 7.6 with Oracle DB to S/4HANA using SUM 2.0 with DMO for Sandbox, Development and Quality systems:

Greenfield Landscape Implementations of SAP S/4HANA 1809 and 1909 landscapes

Greenfield Landscape Implementations of  SAP  S/4HANA 1809 and 1909  landscapes where performed on HPE SuperDomeFLEX hardware running on HP SUSE Linux::

Employment

Lead SAP Consultant at Ford Motor Company

2019 - 2020
  • Technical Scope: Migration from SAP ECC 7.5 to S/4HANA and Greenfield Landscape Implementations for Ford Motor Company.   The Greenfield Implementations included SAP S/4HANA 1809 and  1909  S/4HANA landscapes.   The Greenfield implementations included  PO 7.5, BODS 4.2 & NWDS Solution Manager 7.2, Solution Manager 7.2,  SAP Ariba,  ADS 7.5,  GRC 7.52, SLT 7.52, HANA Cockpit 2.0,  LAMA 2.0, BODS 4.2, NWDS 4.2, BW 7.5, SAP BPC 10.0.

    • Perform installation of SUM and configured to SUM host agent.
    • Configured Downtime Optimization for DMO of SUM.
    • Analyzed Error logs and corrected DMO migration errors
    • Analyzed SUM/DMO performance and table splitting and corrected as needed
    • Worked with HPE Hardware vender in standing up hardware and installing SAP software.
    • Calculated sizing data via SAP HANA QuickSizer application and delivered to Ford management.
    • Performed Post Installation tasks on all systems in SAP Development and QA Landscapes.
    • Supported SAP Security and Development teams during Explore and Post Explore phases of project.
    • nstalled Kernel and Support patch upgrades.
    • Installed and configured SAP LAMA 2.0 with HANA database.
    • Performed installation and configuration of SAP HANA Cockpit 2.0.

Senior SAP Consultant at Redwood Software

2016 - 2019
  • Technical Scope:S/4 HANA, ECC, BW, CRM, PI, SCM, SRM, APO, SQL Server, HANA Cockpit

    Installed Redwood’s business process automation (BPA) software at client sites in the US, Canada and Australia. Configured SAP NetWeaver environments and handled system refreshes. Performed error analyses for hosted systems. Conducted training sessions and provided knowledge transfer. 

    • Reduced number of man-hours to perform SAP system refreshes by over 50%.
    • Achieved 100% success rate on engagements in which Redwood’s SystemCopy tool was deployed.
    • Installed first-ever S/4 HANA version of the SystemCopy tool with a NetWeaver BPA application layer.
    • Performed ECC 7.4 migration to S4HANA using SUM/DMO Option as part of automation testing.
    • Worked with Redwood's sales and development teams for customer support issues.

SAP Basis Consultant at General Atomics

2015 - 2016
  • Technical Scope: BW/BO, HANA SP9, ECC 6.0, SCM, Fiori, Linux, Portal, GRC, SolMan, BPC, Software Upgrade Manager (SUM), Software Provisioning Manager (SWPM), Adobe Document Services, Cisco Tidal Enterprise Scheduler, UPerform, AIX, Oracle 11i, HANA Cockpit

    • Provided production support for systems running on AIX with an Oracle 11i database. Upgraded the ECC environment from EHP 5 to EHP 7 using SUM; utilized SolMan to configure XML files and Support Pack stack loads. Installed BO 4.1 SP6 landscape (both clustered and non-clustered), Installed NetWeaver Portal 7.42 SP5 and Fiori 1.0 SPS2 (including interfaces to HCM).

Senior SAP Basis Admin at FLIR Systems

2013 - 2015
  • Technical Scope: Microsoft Virtual Machines, ECC 6.0 (EHP 0, EHP 7), BPC, SAP Mobile Platform, SolMan, Vertex, NFe

    • Provided SAP Basis and Security support. Contributed to blueprinting for business consolidation projects involving Solution Manager and SAP Mobile Platform. Upgraded BPC to NetWeaver 7 and participated in evaluation of HANA Cloud installation. Led Nota Fiscal (NFe) upgrade and handled Vertex installation and configuration.
    • Migrated the SAP landscape to VM (virtual) servers, increasing the performance of each server by at least 40%, while reducing database downtime from 12 hours to 2.5. Decreased system refresh times from three days to just four hours.

Education

Computer Systems Engineering from Oregon Institute of Tech.
1981-1984

Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Engineering from Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR

Technical Certification Oracle 7 DBA Masters Certificate
1996-1996

Technical Certification Oracle 7 DBA Masters Certificate for Oracle 7.3

Certification

Open SAP Certificates
2019-2020

System Conversion to SAP 4/HANA Verify online: https://open.sap.com/verify/xivan-lisez-sideg-lovyf-cepom

SAP HANA Administration Verify online: https://open.sap.com/verify/xucor-fikez-zinum-tokyv-memym

Implementation of SAP S/4HANA Verify online: https://open.sap.com/verify/xufob-duryd-virot-funir-sibud

SAP Solution Manager for SAP S/4HANA Implementations Verify online: https://open.sap.com/verify/xidih-zimug-beful-deryh-dadiz

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