Steve Larson Expertise Overview
- 1. Tri-Continental Consulting SAP Oil & Gas Consulting & BI Reporting Services
- 2. Contact Information Steve Larson – MBA, DMCSteve Larson – MBA, DMC President / Principal Consultant • Business Process Re-Engineering • Management Consulting • Business Intelligence Reporting • SAP Consulting (IS-Oil Expert) Mobile: +1 (403) 473-6647 Email: steve.tcc@gmail.com
- 3. Experience Planning Executing Assessing SAP Upgrades / Implementations Proven Industry experience with multiple SAP Customer Upgrades / Implementations globally: – Preliminary project preparation activities – Project Preparation – Implementation /Upgrade Blueprint – Implementation /Upgrade Realization – Production Preparation / Cutover – Onsite Go Live Support – BI 7.x and IS-Oil ECC 6.x Certified SAP NetWeaver Global Support Consultant – SAP BI / BIA sizing and related DB architecture planning, design review – SAP Technical Feasibility / Integration Check Services – SAP Solution Manager & RUN SAP Methodology – SAP SQL cache analysis and system performance tuning – SAP Technical Quality Management
- 4. Steve Larson’s Global SAP Direct Customer Experience
- 5. Resource Qualifications - TCC Steve Larson - MBA SAP Oil & Gas Consulting Experience – Over 9 years of combined functional business knowledge and technical SAP ERP experience – Upstream / Midstream Oil & Gas (onshore / offshore) - (SAP Solutions ECC, BI 7.x, PI 7.x) − Subject matter expertise related to ECC 6.x EHP 3 Oil & Gas key processes − Assessment of multiple ECC IS-Oil upgrades from business blueprint to Go-live - Globally – SAP Project Management − Have managed up to 15 or more resources on multiple SAP ECC and BI reporting projects − Excellent team building and communication abilities in various languages − Project charter and milestone development, project planning, issue and work load management − Design and manage project testing strategy for unit, integration and user acceptance tests − Experienced with project problem diagnosis, solution development, client communications, facilitation of decision making, documentation, managing client expectations and team leadership − Establish, evaluate and co-ordinate complex project production cutover and conversion activities – Financial Reporting / Analytics − Oil and Gas vendor performance measurement / benchmarking in BW − Analyze capital spend and operating budgets, establish performance indicators, develop and recommend continuous process improvements and optimizations − Capital and G &A budget creation, analytics and reporting for budgets over $250 million CAD
- 6. Resource Qualifications - TCC Steve Larson - MBA SAP Oil & Gas Consulting Experience (Continued) – Procurement Expertise (P2P) − Analyze procurement group activities, establish performance indicators, develop and recommend continuous process improvements and optimizations − Offshore procurement process and system design, testing, & implementation for large capital projects − Experience in SAP services procurement and process design work to implement services procurement − Generate innovative ideas to solve unique procurement challenges for the oil and gas industry − Procurement strategy development, implementation and reporting for goods and services spend − Provide technical and functional business process assessments for Oil & Gas logistics in SAP – Business Process – Excellent business process engineering skills combined with extensive technical skills − Hands on experience developing, implementing, enhancing & evaluating business processes and ERP / BI systems for the Oil & Gas Industry at multiple clients − Managed major enhancements to IS-Oil implementing Remote Logistics Management Husky’s $2.1 Billion Floating, Production, Storage & Offloading (FPSO) White Rose Project − Lead for Husky Tucker Lake Oilsands and new Ethanol plant MM implementations – Understand the business / technical aspects of enterprise-scale SAP projects − Provided SAP assessment services for well over 25 different SAP customer global implementations
- 7. Resource Qualifications - TCC Steve Larson - MBA Technical Experience Overview – Business Intelligence Experience − Over 8 years SAP BW / BI experience including planning / consolidation (BPS / BCS) − Designing, implementing, & assessing data standards & models − Business analytics and data integration focusing on effective use of data & information to support senior management’s business actions (scorecards, dashboards, OLAP) − Understanding and ability to deliver data warehouse tools, architecture, and processes − Expertly manage global BI infrastructure to ensure continuous smooth operations − Assessed many Global BW implementation projects covering the following: SAP custom enhancements across multiple cubes & industries Customer Test plan verification & technical system performance post upgrade/implementation – IS-Oil Component Experience − JVA – Implementation, Custom Configuration, Integration to PS, FI-CO – Husky Oil − RLM – Implementation, configuration, integration to MM, PM – Husky Energy Offshore − PRA – Upgrade assessment (Technical / Functional) – British Petroleum USA − TSW – Upgrade Assessment – British Petroleum USA and Petrobras (Brazil)
- 8. Technical Skill Highlights Steve Larson - MBA BI / BW-SEM ComponentsBI / BW-SEM Components Business Consolidations (BCS) Business Planning & Simulation (BPS)/ Integrated Planning (IP) Project ManagementProject Management Run SAP, ASAP for ECC Methodology, Project scheduling tools MS Project, Primavera (P6) Data WarehouseData Warehouse ApplicationsApplications SAP BI 7.x, BI Accelerator, Business Objects, Terradata SAP-SEM BPS/BCS, Crystal Reports, Hyperion Enterprise Online TransactionalOnline Transactional Processing ApplicationsProcessing Applications SAP ECC 6.x – FI, CO, PS, IM, HR, PM, MM, RLM, Financials – CO {PA/OM} FI – SL/AR/AP/AA – IM Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages ABAP Code tracing, SQL cache analysis, FOX formulas, BW Object Oriented Programming, BW Web App Design Operating SystemsOperating Systems Unix, Sun, Solaris, Linux, Windows Utilities/DatabasesUtilities/Databases Oracle 10g /11g, DB2, UNIX, Microsoft SQL Server Interface ManagementInterface Management SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (PI) version 7.x
- 9. IS-Oil Expertise Steve Larson - MBA Company Name Assignment Special Considerations Comments Husky Energy IS-Oil 4.7 Enterprise upgrade JVA, RLM, MM (offshore) Successful upgrade on schedule Petro Canada IS-Oil ECC 6.x & BI 7.x upgrade Upstream / Midstream areas SAP Team Lead onsite Go Live British Petroleum - US IS-Oil ECC 6.x upgrade technical assessment TSW, PRA, BI reporting Significant data volumes PRA Nexen Inc. ECC 6 – EHP 3 upgrade /activation JVA, new functionality recommended Coordinated testing & provided technical support to customer Petrobras IS-Oil ECC 6.x upgrade technical assessment Upstream – Nota Fiscal tax issues Custom Code IS-Oil customization over 4000 custom ABAP programs Chevron BW SEM-BPS Remote Go Live Upstream financial planning solution Successful Go Live on schedule
- 10. Closing Remarks Tri-Continental Consulting looks forward to partnering with you We respectfully ask to support your growth with our expertise Suggested Next Steps – Determine possible start date for projects and resource requirements – Agree upon key deliverables, scope of work, and customer resources available for the project – Determine an appropriate amount of external resources based on deliverables, scope of work, and preliminary schedule – Hold a pre-engagement session to prepare for upcoming customer engagements prior to kicking off the project on site
- 11. Contact Information Steve Larson – MBA, DMCSteve Larson – MBA, DMC President / Principal Consultant • Business Process Re-Engineering • Management Consulting • Business Intelligence Reporting • SAP Consulting (IS-Oil Expert) Mobile: +1 (403) 473-6647 Email: steve.tcc@gmail.com