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E-mail Paul Richardson

Paul's Personal Sites:

• Personal home site
• Blog

Home Location:

Milton Keynes, England

Alternate Location:

Nice, France

Deloitte LLP

• SAP BASIS Administrator
• Supporting the internal SAP system with 14,500 users
• UK and Swiss users

GetMeCooking

Co-founder and developer of GetMeCooking.com which is a website where users can find, try and share recipes.

Written primarily in C# .net with the MVC framework. It uses the latest programming technologies available and is designed to be a user-centric website, not just a database of recipes

SAP BASIS Administration

SAP Certification

• SAP Netweaver – Enterprise Portal & Knowledge Management (EP 6.0/SP2) Certified

SAP Skills

• CCMS Administration
• eFiling with Business Connector
• E-mail/Fax/Print/SMS via SAP R/3
• SAP Business Connector Administration
• SAP Centralised User Administration (CUA)
• SAP Portal (EP) Administration
• SAP Internet Transaction Server (ITS) Administration (Windows and Solaris platforms)
• SAP Mobile Engine Administration
• SAP Process Integration (PI/XI) Administration
• SAP Router Administration
• SAP Web Dispatcher Administration
• SAP WebDynpro Administration
• Secure Network Communication (SNC)

Other Technical Skills

• BACS (iPoint and Websphere series) Administration
• Compuware QACentre Administration
• Compuware QALoad
• Esker DeliveryWare Administration
• CSS, HTML, XHTML and XML development
• HP ServiceDesk
• IBM Tivoli Scheduler
• Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) Administration
• Networking (including DNS, firewalls, NAT, PAT, protocols, proxy servers, routers)
• Quest LiteSpeed
• Security (including CUA, IPSEC, Kerberos, SSL, SSO)
• Simulation Training Tool (STT) Administration
• Thin Client Terminals (WYSE terminals)
• UNIX HP-UX (basic)
• Windows system Administration
• Windows MSCS Clustering

Soft Skills

• Technical strategist – evaluating business needs and determining correct software/hardware requirements then planning on implementation and migration into existing landscape
• Team Management – team leader (5 years)
• Management of External Resources – such as contractors, SAP MAX attention and other 3rd parties
• Negotiated discounts with suppliers such as DELL

SAP Courses Completed

• SAP50 – SAP R/3 Foundation Course
• BC400 – ABAP Workbench Foundation
• ITS50 – Overview of SAP ITS
• ITS100 – Developing Screen Based Internet Application Components
• SAPTEC – SAP Netweaver Fundamentals of the Application
• ADM100 – SAP Web AS Administration I
• DBW70P – SAP Netweaver BW Integrated Planning
• TBW70D – SAP BW – Delta Enterprise Data Warehousing and Reporting
• SAP Enterprise Portal – SAP Netweaver – Enterprise Portal & Knowledge Management (EP 6.0/SP2) Certified
• ADM200 – SAP WAS AS JAVA Administration
• TBIT51 – XI Technical Implementation & Operation (Part II)
• ADM315 – Workload Analysis AS ABAP

QA Courses Completed

• Java for non-C Programmers
• Java Web Development

Compuware Courses Completed

• QACentre Fundamentals
• QALoad Workshop

Website Development

Websites Developed:

• Baconaholic
• Barclays SAP Intranet site (internal to Barclays Bank PLC)
• GetMeCooking
• How to Set up a LAN
• Moorespeed
• PerformIT
• Starbase24
• Techboy
• Techboy Blog

Skills:

• Coppermine
• CSS
• Google Adsense
• Google Analytics
• HTML
• IIS
• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Microsoft Visual Studio
• SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)
• SSL (HTTPS)
• Wordpress
• XHTML
• XML

Employment History

Deloitte, Milton Keynes
November 2005 – Present
SAP BASIS Team (Grade T2 – Manager)

Barclays Bank PLC, Northampton
December 2004 – October 2005
SAP BASIS Team (Grade IT5)

Barclays Bank PLC, Northampton
July 2001 – November 2004:
SAP Infrastructure Team Leader (Grade IT8 – IT6)

Barclays Bank PLC, Northampton
July 1999 – September 2000
SAP BASIS Team, Industrial Placement Position (Grade IT8)

Education:

• BSc (Hons) Computer and Information Systems
• BTEC National Diploma – Computer Studies
• 9 GCSE’s including English, Mathematics and Physics