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Jan Pöpke

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Last update: 05.01.2024

SAP Senior Solution Architect • Cloud • SAP ERP • S/4HANA • Data Migration Spec.

Company: DECON-IT GmbH
Graduation: Dipl. Informatiker (FH)
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: German (Native or Bilingual) | English (Full Professional) | Portuguese (Elementary) | Spanish (Elementary)

Attachments

2019_01_cv_jp_de_sap_migration_nolog.docx

Skills

Career summary
  • More than 20 years of experience in large SAP Implementation Projects.
  • Specialized on Data Migration Strategies and -development using up-to-date Toolsets like SAP Landscape Transformation (SAP LT), LSMW and the SAP Migration Workbench (SAP Data Migration Cockpit) and SAP Data Services.
  • Passionate ABAP and client/server developer with professional knowledge in most database Systems.
  • S/4HANA Migration specialist.
  • Talented at developing roadmaps, content strategies, sharing knowledge and inciting enthusiasm for tech solutions.
  • Deep knowledge in the System types and processes of SAP ERP, CRM, SCM/APO, SRM, BW, XI, Oil & Gas, SAP Fashion Management (prev. Apparel & Footwear), Utilities, Insurance.
  • General Business- / Functional areas: FI/MM, SD, P2P, MDM, HR/HCM, CO, PM
  • Technology specialist in SAP Basis, Databases (Oracle, DB2, DB6, SQL Server, HANA), Operating Systems (Linux, Unix Windows), Platforms (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud), Virtualization and Containerization (Docker, Orchestration with Kubernetes)
 
Technical Skill Set
  • SAP Skills: SAP ERP (ECC 6.x), S/4HANA, SCM/APO, CRM, SRM BW, XI, Solution manager (7.1 / 7.2)
  • Industry areas: IS Oil, IS-Insurance, Apparel & Footwear / Fashion, IS-U, IS-Retail
  • Databases: IBM DB2/DB6, HANA DB, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB, Mongo DB
  • Languages: ABAP, ABAP OO, C#, ASP.Net Core, C++, SQL, Java, Java-script, PowerShell
  • Operating systems: Windows Server, AIX, LINUX, HPUX
  • Cloud services: AWS, Azure, IBM cloud
  • Big Data: Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), Azure Storage blobs, Amazon S3 Simple storage

Personality Traits
  • Ability to deal with people, willingness to learn, team facilitator, think positive to gain goal.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills with a strong technical background and good interpersonal skills.
  • Quick learner and excellent team player.
  • Public speaker (SAPPhire, SAP TechEd, SAP Industry days)
 
Key responsibilities handled
  • Participation of more than 15 SAP data migration projects
  • Architect role in 5 Project in international locations and for very large enterprises
  • Project lead function for more than 5 Projects
  • Data migration using SAP Landscape transformation (SAP LT) including developing special scenarios.
  • Several System Upgrades including upgrades from SAP 4.0b to ECC6 using near zero downtime technology.
  • Database migrations from Oracle to HANA using SAP Tools.
  • System Shell creations including database migrations
  • Responsibility of creating new Migration-Scenarios for SAP LT and SAP TDMS based on customer requirements.

Project history

actual project list 01/2019

Försäkringskassan / Sundsval, Sweden

Role: SAP Data migration & Data content project lead + Technical Architect
Duration: August 2018 - current
Goal: Migrate data to several SAP System with enhanced security to meet current GDPR requirements. Data is being split from one system into 2 system by different divisions. Includes Know-how transfer to internal staff.
 
DECON-IT / Hamburg, Germany
Role: Development lead / Project lead
Duration: May 2018 - November 2018
Goal: Internal Project to Design and build an own application for object-based test data migrations / provisioning’s especially for S/4 HANA and Cloud requirements. Details can be found here: http://decon-it.de/bpcm/
 
Nike / Portland, Oregon Area
Role: SAP SLO Cloud Architect
Duration: January 2018 - April 2018 (4 months)
Goal: Migrate data from Production SCM on different instances in the AWS cloud - Design a data provisioning matrix - Develop a special solution for Data transfer with different cloud and on-premise Network - Execute several test executions onsite and remote. - Automate data provisioning with using scheduler Functions in SAP MWB (Migration workbench)
 
Nike / Portland, Oregon Area
Role: SAP Migration Project lead / SAP SLO Architect
Duration: April 2017 - December 2017 (9 months)
Goal: Reduce the footprint in production by copy only relevant data into a new production system - Designing a completely new solution in SAP Landscape Transformation (SAP LT) - Using Database Trigger-Technologies to clone relevant data for a period - Downtime for production < 20 hrs - Reduce the footprint of production from 70+ TB to 16 TB
 
Farmers Insurance / Greater Los Angeles Area
Role: SAP MaxAttention Project lead / Data Process Designer
Duration: January 2017 - May 2017 (5 months)
Goal: Provide consistent Business Process data into Test- and Quality SAP Systems for Insurance - Conducting Workshop to discuss the requirements and needs for consistent data - Design the IS-Insurance processes from ground off using SAP Business Process Library - Develop special requirements to convert logical System names and for Performance optimization - Working with the Farmers Testing- and Quality system in Los Angeles - Documentation and knowledge transfer to local staff
 
Iberdrola / Bilbao, Spain
Role: Overall SAP Project lead / Process Designer
Duration: June 2016 - December 2016 (7 months)
Goal: Enable object-based copy of SAP IS-Utilities based data - Enable Customer to copy their Utility Systems process-based - Scramble sensitive data before it get´s into non-production environments and fulfil GDPR requirements - Analyse performance issues and solving them - Coordination of SAP Development group during escalation process
Technologies: SAP ERP / CRM for IS-Utilities, SAP TDMS, Migration Tools, ABAP OO, Solution Manager, HP Quality Centre
 
SAP / Walldorf, Germany
Role: SAP Project lead / Process Designer IS-Insurance
Duration: January 2016 - June 2016 (6 months) 
Goal: More customers in the Insurance area have support for their Business in SAP Test Data Migration Server - Business Design for a Object-oriented data reduction based on selection criteria given - Create a new solution based on customer requirement collected during a SAP Roadshow - Coordination of Development- and Testing effort for the solution. - Delivery and management of the first pilot solutions at customers. - Technical pre-sales activities to offer the solution to SAP Insurance customers - Drive and coordinate Pilot projects and go-to-market activities.
 
Sysco / Houston, Texas (US)
Role: SAP Technical Architect / Test Data Manager
Duration: January 2015 - December 2015 (1 year)
Goal: Provide the right subset of data in non-productive systems and automate testing processes. - Reduce the footprint of ERP, HCM , SCM, SRM, SCN, CRM and BW in all non-productive systems by copying only slices of data instead of complete systems - Responsible for Design and Communication to SAP Max Attention staff - Development of a complete Roles & responsibility matrix for Test data provisioning and test data automation - using File copy between different systems since all systems are in different data centres - Onsite Training for HCM- and Testing staff to execute test data provisioning by themselves in the future.
 
Banco de Crédito Peru (BCP) / Lima, Peru
Role: SAP Senior Data migration specialist
Duration: May 2014 - December 2014 (8 months) 
Goal: Migrate SAP Banking data consistently into non-productive environments for testing purposes - Leading customer workshops to gather requirements and analyse the Systems involved. - Configure SAP Tools used for the copy processes (SAP TDMS, Migration Workbench) - Coordinate additional development within the group for SAP Banking functionality - Performance analysis and -settings to speed-up the transfers and selections. - Know-how transfer to BCP staff and documentation
 
International Paper / Memphis, USA
Role: SAP Conversion lead Consultant HCM
Duration: September 2013 - April 2014 (8 months)
Goal: Implement functions for early testing of payroll and Human Capital Management Functions - Enable the copy of Production HCM data into non-productive instances - Configure object based approach to selectively copy Employees with all dependencies - Scramble data to non-identifiable to secure employee personal data in non-prod systems - Development of PCL4 Cluster solution (Documents) with SAP Development group in India - using SAP Solution manager as single point of control - Knowledge transfer to iPaper Employees
 
Bank of America / Charlotte, North Carolina (USA)
Role: SAP Data Migration Designer ERP/BW
Duration: November 2012 - August 2013 (10 months)
Goal: Reduce the footprint in the largest SAP systems at the Bank of America without interfering the Production work. Develop a Requirements specification for which data is needed in the future. Create Test plans in non-productive environments. Coordinate test executions and go-live executions.
Technologies: SAP Migration Workbench (MWB) Engine - Achieving a reduction for BW from around 120 TB storage down to 16 TB.
 
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) / Vancouver, CA
Role: SAP TDMS Architect
Duration: May 2012 - October 2012 (6 months) 
Goal: Initializing TDMS for Insurance. Main topic of this project was scrambling between Mainframe data using IBM Optim and TDMS. The data needed to be in sync between the 2 systems. As of this, some special export-, import and TDMS Scrambling Routines were implemented and used.
 
Abbott / Chicago, IL (USA)
Role: SAP Data Migration Specialist
Duration: January 2012 - May 2012 (5 months)
Goal: Minimize infrastructure and maintenance costs associated with the storage of test data in non-productive systems while maximizing the effectiveness, accuracy and usability of testing environments.  - Environments: ECC, BW and SRM - Develop a Requirements specification for data scrambling in non-productive environments. - Integration of data scrambling rules into the Data transfers with SAP TDMS Test data migration server
 
TXU / Dallas, TX
Role: SAP Senior SLO Consultant
Duration: March 2011 - October 2011 (8 months)
Goal: Project Lead for a pilot Implementation for TDMS in the area of IS-Utilities for ERP and CRM. Development and configuration of the TDMS packages to transfer data object based (Business partners / Installations) and synchronize Package definitions between ERP and CRM.
 
Raytheon / Tucson, Arizona (USA)
Role: SAP Senior Consultant (TDMS/MWB)
Duration: April 2011 - April 2011 (1 month)
Goal: Implementation of SAP TDMS (Test Data Migration Server) in Raytheon's System landscape. Customizing of table transfer, rule implementation using MWB. Project Rollout planning
 
Sempra Energy / San Diego, CA (USA)
Role: SAP SLO/TDMS Consultant
Duration: January 2011 - March 2011 (3 months)
Goal: Implementation of SAP TDMS in the area of Utilities. Customizing of table transfer and implementation into TDMS standard for customer specifics. Introduction and Implementation of Test Management strategies using BPL (Business process library). Customizing of BPL specific tasks.
 
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E)/ San Francisco, CA (USA)
Role: SAP Senior SLO Consultant
Duration: November 2010 - January 2011 (3 months)
Goal: Implementation of SAP TDMS especially for Plant Maintenance. Customizing of table transfer and implementation into TDMS standard for PM specifics. Introduction and Implementation of Test Management strategies using BPL (Business process library). Customizing of BPL specific tasks.
 
The Dow Chemical Company / Saginaw, MI (USA)
Role: SAP Senior SLO Consultant
Duration: October 2010 - November 2010 (2 months)
Goal: Proof of Concept for SAP TDMS with onsite Workshops in Saginaw. Scrambling Rule implementations & specific DB2 environment settings.
 
Nike / Portland, OR (USA)
Role: SAP MaxAttention Consultant for TDMS
Duration: September 2010 - November 2010 (3 months)
Goal: SAP TDMS Max Attention support for Nike runs. Coordination of task between the Customer and SAP Development group.
 
Harley-Davidson Motor Company / Milwaukee, WI (USA)
Role: SAP SLO Consultant for TDMS
Duration: August 2010 - September 2010 (2 months)
Goal: Implementation of SAP TDMS (Test Data Migration Server) in Harley's System landscape. Customizing of table transfer, scrambling rule implementation using the Rule Workbench for TDMS. Project Rollout planning / Project Management
 
British Petroleum (BP), London, UK
Role: SAP SLO Development Consultant (TDMS)
Duration: January 2010 - August 2010 (8 months)
Goal: Special Development for TDMS in the area of IS-Oil PRA (Production and Revenue Accounting). Develop specific programs for data collection and data transfer. Including several TDMS testruns.
 
ExxonMobil Hamburg, Germany + Dallas, TX (USA)
Role: SAP Senior Upgrade Consultant
Duration: November 2008 - July 2010 (1 year 9 months)
Goal: As an SAP Upgrade consultant, my role was to drive the technical part of a SAP 4.0 to ECC 6.0 Upgrade based on z/OS Database. In addition to that a new Global development system was build-up, where the customizing of 3 big regional systems had to be merged to one global customizing environment. The upgrade was for the Asia Pacific system and the Japanese system and it was done in parallel on one weekend after nearly 18 months of preparations and testing.
 
R+V Versicherung / Wiesbaden, Germany
Role: SAP SLO Consultant
Duration: March 2010 - May 2010 (3 months)
Goal: Test management implementation using SAP BPL (Business Process Library). Transfer of several Business specific Scenarios from Production into various test systems. Design of ICM specific scenarios including customer development.
 
Metro Canada / Toronto, Canada
Role: Logistics SAP Senior TDMS Consultant
Duration: January 2010 - April 2010 (4 months)
Goal: Proof of Concept for SAP TDMS in a Retail environment. Rule implementations & specific DB2 environment settings
 
Marathon Oil Company / Houston, TX (USA)
Role: SAP Basis Consultant (TDMS/MWB/IS-Oil)
Duration: September 2009 - January 2010 (5 months)
Goal: Implementation of SAP Test Data Migration Server into Marathon`s SAP environment. Reduction of specific IS-Oil content.
 
Terasen Gas / Vancouver ,Canada
Role: SAP Senior TDMS Consultant
Duration: October 2009 - December 2009 (3 months)
Goal: Remote implementation of SAP Test data migration Server for Terasen Gas in Vancouver / Canada.
 
Kraft Foods, Chicago, IL (USA)
Role: SAP Senior Consultant (TDMS/MWB)
Duration: January 2009 - March 2009 (3 months)
Goal: Implementation of SAP TDMS (Test Data Migration Server) in Kraft´s System landscape. Customizing of table transfer, rule implementation using MWB. Project Rollout planning / Project Management
 
ExxonMobil / Hamburg, Germany
Role: SAP Basis consultant
Duration: January 2001 - December 2008 (8 years)
Goal: As Senior Basis consultant I was responsible for 100+ SAP Systems. I was based in the Infrastructure group within XOM where several projects for Upgrades, Implementations and Migrations were happening.
 
Akquinet AG, Hamburg, Germany
Role: Senior Consultant (SAP/MS)
Duration: January 2003 - December 2004 (2 years)
Goal: Working as SAP Basis Consultant and Microsoft Development Project lead for companies like ExxonMobil and Pentax.
 
itelligence AG / Hamburg, Germany
Role: SAP Senior Consultant
Duration: January 2001 - December 2002 (2 years)
Goal: Mainly working as a SAP Basis Expert in several client Projects in the US and Europe.
 

APCON / Hamburg, Germany
Role: Development Consultant c/s
Duration: February 1996 - December 2000 (4 years 11 months)
Goal: Development consultant: Development of many applications for clients all around Europe using c/s technology like SQL Server and VB.

Local Availability

Open to travel worldwide
Travel is not a problem, as long as talking about secure countries/location (no Iran, Iraq etc..). 
In gernal onsite is not a problem - for long term project and long distance projects an onsite / remote possibilitiy should be possible.
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