11/2008 -- .. Aluminum industry [Nor/Spain/Worldwide]	VC modelling review and improvement in an on-going multi-country roll-out	SAP VC, Pricing, DIMP IS-Mill, material variants
04/2007 -- 11/2008 Electrical equipment [F/USA/Worldwide]	Responsible for VC integration in one of the largest SAP and most complex variant config projects worldwide, ultimately rolling out to subsidiaries in 140 countries	SAP VC, IPC, ETO, MTO, ATO, PTO, IPC advanced mode, order BOMs, sales + purchasing + costing pricing, CRM, mobile sales, SAP PC-UI, cross-company logistics (STO, CCSTO, third-party, intercompany sales)
12/2006 -- 03/2007 Air conditioning systems manufacturer [USA]	Design, implementation and integration of an extended online pricing tool for complex configurable products	SAP IPC, Java, JSP, CRM, SAP VC
01/2007 Food processing machinery [D]	Consultation of medium size business, low volume/high complexity, on decision about whether to use variant configuration or pure engineer-to-order approach	Business process consulting, SAP VC, VC modeling, PP, ETO, pricing (component-based vs. characteristic-based)
02/2006 -- 11/2006 Furniture [D/NL/F/CH]	VC product modeling expert for implementation and roll-out involving over ten daughter companies	SAP VC, BOMs, Routings, Variant functions
02/2005 -- 02/2006 Telekommunications Equipment [D/USA, worldwide]	Integration of IPC and ISA into an Offer-creation and -management tool for highly complex telecom installations. Successful GoLive Jan 2006.	SAP IPC, ISA, VC, Java, JSP, Apache Struts framework, Variant functions, JUnit
02/2005 Biotech [UK, worldwide]	VC and e-commerce (IPC, ISA, Java, JSP) consulting for the extension of an existing web shop solution and its integration with SAP R/3	SAP Variantenkonfiguration und Preisfindung, ISA (SAP Internet Sales R/3 Edition), IPC
11/2004 Telecoms equipment [D, worldwide]	Served as VC expert in solution design and specification for a detailed offer.	SAP variant configuration and pricing, Batch management, material variants, split valuation
05/2003 -- 01/2005 Automotive [D, USA]	Systems integration consulting: IPC / VMS (SAP Vehicle Management System) < -- > custom configurator for a global dealer system product modeling KMAT --> VMS Vehicle variant pricing multi-tier client/server architecture UI Design & J2EE / Apache struts / JSP programming systems integration: tight runtime-coupling of SAP IPC and custom configurator, for prices and characteristic values with language- and context-dependant description texts	SAP variant configuration and pricing, IPC, SAP VMS, Java, client/server, EJB, Apache Struts framework, JSP, servlets, JCO, RFC, http POST, IBM WebSphere, DB2
04/2003 SAP [D]	Quality Management; tester for CRM 4.0, IPC 4.0, PME 4.0	SAP variant configuration and pricing, IPC, PME, CRM
03/2003 IT manufacturer [D, USA]	Systems integration consulting: IPC, modified SAP Online Store for a B2B website	SAP variant configuration and pricing, IPC, SAP Online Store, SAP Internet Sales for R/3, Java, client/server, JCO, RFC, http POST
03/2003 Automotive [D, USA]	Systems integration consulting: IPC / VMS (SAP Vehicle Management System) < -- > custom configurator for a global dealer system	SAP variant configuration and pricing, IPC, SAP VMS, Java, client/server, JCO, RFC, http POST
11/2002 - 06/2003 Power Generation [D, USA]	PLM, Variant Configuration, systems architecture & integration for integrated offer management and documentation system Variant Configurator Modelling Modeller training (D, USA) Trained and guided up to 10 customer employees and consultants in SAP VC modelling Design of modelling approach multi-level configuration model configurable materials (KMATs) Bills-of-material (BOMs) Classification system Classes, Characteristics, Characteristic values, restrictable characteristics, reference characteristics, multi-value characteristics, soft defaults vs. hard defaults Dependency knowledge Procedures, preconditions, selection conditions Emphasis on use of advanced constraints Design of integration with PDM / PLM system Autogeneration of offer texts Web programming and Backend integration JSP web UI programming Integration of web front-end with backend ERP system, client/server, http POST, JCo / RFC Implemented custom access rights system in JSP UI, based on the SAP Authorization "Concept" (authorization objects and roles)	SAP variant configuration modeling, IPC, SAP PDM / PLM, SD, MM, PP, Oracle, JSP, Java, struts framework, J2EE, client/server, JCO, RFC, http POST, XML, SAP Authorization Concept
09/2002 Low Voltage Equipment [D, worldwide]	Product modeling Training	SAP variant configuration, IPC, MS Visio, SemTalk, Integral, Object-Oriented Design
06/2002 Power Generation [D, USA]	Concept & demo of an integrated offer management and documentation system	SAP variant configuration modeling, IPC, SAP PDM / PLM
05/2002 Automotive [D]	IPC Java programming consulting & training	SAP IPC, Java Swing, JSP, client/server
04/2002 - 08/2002 IT manufacturer [D]	Systems integration consulting and training, CRM/IPC -- custom web shop ("shop-in-shop" dealer solution); variant configuration modeling consulting	SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), SAP CRM, SAP Pricing, IPC, Java, client/server programming, Visual Basic, COM, ASP
04/2002 Telecoms equipment [D]	Project planning w/ detailed cost estimate for CRM 3.0 implementation with Internet Sales, IPC, product modelling, pricing, low-level integration of IPC with external configurator	SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), SAP CRM, SAP CRM Internet Sales, SAP Pricing, IPC, Java, C++, JSP, InQMy
3/02 Automotive [D]	Installation analysis IPC/CRM.	SAP IPC
3/02 Gears and couplings [D]	Feasibility study Port SCE --> IPC.	SAP IPC
2/02 - 05/02 Telecoms equipment [D]	Feasibility study IPC/CRM. Low-level Integration IPC / custom-coded configurator.	SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), SAP CRM, SAP Pricing, IPC, Java, C++, JSP, InQMy
11/01 - 02/02 IT manufacturer [CH, USA, D]	Design and implementation of a distributed systems architecture integrating R/3, IPC (SAP Internet product configurator), Trilogy and various in-house applications.	SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), SAP Pricing, IPC, Java, XML, Soap, Java Client/Server, RMI
06/01 - 10/01 SAP PD/QM [D]	Tester for IPC and Internet Sales.	SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), SAP CRM, SAP IS, JAVA
01/01 - 06/01 IT manufacturer [USA, D]	Participated in design and implementation of sales & distribution mega-architecture integrating R/3, IPC, Siebel, CommerceOne and various in-house systems	SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), SIEBEL, COMMERCEONE, IPC, JAVA, XML, SOAP
07/00 - 02/01 Automotive manufacturer [F, UK]	Semi-automation of SAP-based configurator web site for non-SAP product experts Designed and implemented a system that generates SAP VC source code from spreadsheets already in use Variant configuration model source code uploaded to R/3 system Knowledge base generated and downloaded to web site (SAP IPC) Customer is able to modify web site by changing spreadsheets and re-generating knowledge bases -- no coding required.	SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), IPC, VISUAL BASIC, JAVA, JSP
05/99 - 06/00 Furniture manufacturer [CH, D]	Lead consultant in charge of variant configuration (cross-application SD, MM, PP) and e-commerce (IPC) in from-scratch SAP implementation One of the largest SAP VC implementations in the world Analysis, design and implementation Interviewed product experts, devised uniform modeling approach for entire product palette, incl. reusable components Classes and characteristics, bills-of-material, routings, material masters, condition records, pricing procedures, customizing, constraints, procedures, selection conditions Exemplary implementation for complex product Training and guidance Trained 10 in-house product experts in VC modeling Oversaw and tested their implementations; trouble-shooting and problem solving for hard nuts to crack Liaison Represented the VC 'faction' in implementation matters; integration with SD, MM, PP; handled communication with SAP developers	SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), IPC
11/99 - 02/00 Telecoms equipment manufacturer [D, S]	Designed B2B architecture that enables manufacturer's customers to configure and procure complex configurable products (R/3 to web to R/3)	SAP R/3 Variantenkonfiguration (SD, MM, PP), IPC, WWW
02/99 - 06/99 Automotive [D]	VC Modeling & SCE (SAP off-line configurator). Analysis, design and implementation Interviewed product experts, devised uniform modeling approach for entire product palette, incl. reusable components Research and design for replacement of in-house configurator with SCE (SAP off-line configurator) Training and guidance Trained 6 in-house product experts in VC modeling	SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP), SCE, SPE
11/98 - 03/99 Gears and couplings manufacturer [D]	Lead consultant in charge of variant configuration in from-scratch SAP implementation Analysis and Design Interviewed product experts, devised uniform modeling approach for entire product palette Exemplary implementation for complex product Training and guidance Trained 12 in-house product experts in VC modeling Oversaw and tested their implementations; trouble-shooting and problem solving Trained and advised in-house expert to take over lead of configuration project	SAP R/3 variant configuration (SD, MM, PP)
06/98 - 10/98 IT manufacturer [D, USA]	Systems analysis, design and implementation work for integration of SCE into heterogeneous in-house system	SAP R/3 variant configuration, SCE, Java
02/98 - 07/98 Elevator manufacturer [USA]	Systems analysis, design and implementation work for integration of SCE in the context of a from-scratch R/3 implementation	SAP R/3 variant configuration, SCE, Java

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