This document provides a summary of Yugandhar Kanipakam Ekambaram's professional experience and qualifications. He has over 9 years of experience working with SAP BI applications, including analysis, design, development, and implementation. He has led teams and worked on multiple projects for clients in industries such as manufacturing and utilities. Yugandhar has expertise in SAP modules including BI, ECC, CRM, and financials. He currently works as an onsite coordinator for IBM, providing support for a SAP implementation project at Rockwell Automation.

1. Yugandhar Kanipakam Ekambaram
Profile
 9+ years of IT industry experience encompassing a wide range of skill set, roles and industry
verticals.
 Extensive experience with analysis, design, development, customizations and implementation of SAP
BI applications.
 Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to technical requirements and
architecture.
 Strong technical skills related to SAP BI, Reporting, ABAP Programming and development
knowledge.
 Experience in leading and managing teams. Handled multiple roles – Application Developer,
Technical Consultant.
 Done 3 end to end implementation projects in BI application.
 Expertise in various domains of SAP – BI, ECC, CRM, SD, FI & MM modules.
 Expertise in extracting data from Non SAP source systems
 Good interpersonal skills, self-motivated, quick learner, team player.
 Strong communication and coordination skills in fast-paced information technology situations.
Excellent problem solving, analytical, interpersonal and organizational skills
 Experience in BW transportation, collecting & transporting objects across the system landscape and
fixing the issues.
 Handled several priority tickets and resolved as per their respective SLAs (Service Level Agreement)
 Documented Test Plans and complete Unit Testing of Developed Objects and Reports.
 Experience in creating OLAP connections using IDT to connect to BW to access it's Cubes & Bex
queries using BICS.
 Experience in HANA Studio to create various information models such as Attribute views, Analytical
views, Calculated views and to import database tables from different source systems.
 Having knowledge on creating SLT transformations and fair knowledge ETL (BODS) transformation
features.
 Experience in writing routines such as Field Level Routines, Start Routines, and DSO Lookups at
transformation level.
 Experience in Data source enhancements by writing ABAP code in ECC CMOD to populate data for
appended fields.
 Experience in SAP WEBI Reports and SAP Analysis for Excel.
IBM INDIA PVT LTD,
4320, S Nicholson Ave,
St Francis,
Wisconsin – 53235.
Email: yugandhar458@gmail.com
Mobil: +14143396224
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2. Skill Set
Data Warehouse: SAP BW HANA, SAP BO, SAP BW 7.3, SAP BI 7.0,
BW (Business Warehouse) 3.5
ERP Packages: ECC 5.0, SAP Netweaver 2004s
ERP Integration: SAP HR (Human Resource), SCM (Supply Chain Management),
CRM (Customer Relationship Management), R/3 – SD (Sales &
Distribution), modules
Reporting Tools: SAP BEx, BEx Analyzer and Query Designer
Education:
 Bachelor of Technology in Electronics & Communication Engineering (B.TECH) – JNTU University,
Hyderabad, India.
Professional Experience
November 14 – Till date. Onsite Coordinator IBM India Pvt. Ltd. India
Client : Rockwell Automation
Project : Support Project
Working place : Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Role: Onsite Coordinator
Rockwell Automation is a leading industrial automation company focused to be the most valued global
provider of power, control and information solutions with annual sales ~ $5 billion, 20000 employees,
5600 distributors, system integrators and agents serving customers in 80 countries.
Rockwell Automation Global Process Transformation (GPT) Project is a multi-phase, enterprise-wide
business transformation and ERP implementation project. Rockwell Automation has undertaken the
transformational step of implementing SAP as its enterprise-wide common technology platform, which
will span strategic business units and world-wide geographies. The long-term goal of transforming
processes and deploying SAP is to increase value at the Business Unit (BU), and enterprise levels.
Geographies: Asia Pacific, EMEA, Latin America, North America
As a SAP BI Consultant responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of
customized SAP BI solutions for new implementations for the IBM US customer Rockwell Automation
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3.  Coordinating with the business team to gather, discuss business requirements and defined
deliverables.
 Created new Broadcast Settings (Auto Mailer) for BW reports to schedule them using BW Information
broadcasting.
 Changing the existing BW Information Broadcast settings to add or delete the fields from the
scheduled BW reports.
 Created Universes over BEx queries and Info cubes of SAP BW to create WEBI documents.
 Maintaining Error logs for all the issues and capturing proposed solutions for the same.
 Involved in complete end to end testing for all the developed objects & reports and documenting test
plans.
 Identify and areas of improvement and providing solutions to implementation.
 Working on New developments / Enhancements as required by the business.
 Identify the repetitive issues and providing Knowledge articles to the business to avoid tickets from
similar issues.
 Handling of tickets and enhancements within SLA.
 Requirement gathering from the site and analysis of the same for feasibility in SAP landscape.
 Carrying out configuration changes as applicable.
 Involved in project management activities to regulate the offshore deliveries and issues.
 Responsible to client for deliveries of the team.
 Organize regular meetings on Status Reviews and Team Training.
 Involving in CCB and governance meetings, change Management process and also involving in
Impact assessment analysis.
 Utilize peers for assistance and make full use of all resources across the development team in order
to enhance knowledge and trouble-shoot
 Manage own workload and be able to set and meet committed delivery dates for the team.
 Supporting Month/Year end activities.
 Educate, Motivate, Guide & Help the Support Team to adhere to Service Levels
 Monitoring dumps, Application logs, Queue monitoring on day to day basis in order to predict errors
before it raised by the business.
 Resolution of SAP defects via SAP OSS, research & Implementation of applicable OSS notes.
 Coordinate with Customers for issue resolution on a daily basis
 Solutions, and leading the efforts including programming and testing that culminate in client
acceptance of the results.
 Establish Quality Procedure for the team and continuously monitor and audit to ensure team meets
quality goals.
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4. September 10 – October 14, Application programmer IBM India
Pvt. Ltd. India
April 12 – October 14,
Client : Rockwell Automation
Project : Rockwell Automation AMS Project
Working place : Hyderabad.
Role: SAP BI Consultant
Rockwell Automation is a leading industrial automation company focused to be the most valued global
provider of power, control and information solutions with annual sales ~ $5 billion, 20000 employees,
5600 distributors, system integrators and agents serving customers in 80 countries.
Rockwell Automation Global Process Transformation (GPT) Project is a multi-phase, enterprise-wide
business transformation and ERP implementation project. Rockwell Automation has undertaken the
transformational step of implementing SAP as its enterprise-wide common technology platform, which
will span strategic business units and world-wide geographies. The long-term goal of transforming
processes and deploying SAP is to increase value at the Business Unit (BU), and enterprise levels.
Geographies: Asia Pacific, EMEA, Latin America, North America
As a SAP BI Consultant responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of
customized SAP BI solutions for new implementations for the IBM US customer Rockwell Automation.
 Coordinating with the onshore team to gather, discuss business requirements and defined
deliverables. I have been involved in a day to day interaction with the onshore team to give solution
to complex customer requirements.
 Developed Technical Specifications from Functional Specifications for migration of objects of SAP
BW 3.5 to BI 7.0.
 Worked on changes in the Extractor logics i.e. enhancements. Created Customer Exits for some
complex reporting scenarios.
 Used delta update mechanisms for uploading the data to BW from R/3.
 Extensively used Bex Query Designer to build queries to access data from BI data targets.
Extensively worked on Variables, Characteristics calculated and restricted key figures, conditions
filters and exception for Bex queries.
 Created and Monitored process chains to successfully load the data flow.
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5.  Delivered new and complex high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business
requirements
 Translated customer requirements into formal requirements and design documents, establish specific
solutions, and leading the efforts including programming and testing that culminate in client
acceptance of the results.
 Utilized in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience in SAP BI and other leading-edge
products and technology in conjunction with industry and business skills to deliver solutions to
customer.
Environment: SAP BI 7.0, ECC 5.0, CRM, Finance, APO, BEx Analyzer, Web Application Designer
Team Size: 6
Oct 10 – March 12, Peoples Natural Gas Project
Role: SAP BI Consultant
Peoples Natural Gas provides safe and reliable service to approximately 360,000 homes and businesses
in 16 western Pennsylvania counties. Since our founding in 1885, Peoples Natural Gas has been
providing Western Pennsylvania with clean, safe and reliable natural gas. From the industrial age to the
technology era, Peoples has been an integral part of the fabric that makes up this region.
Geographies: Pittsburgh, PA.
As a SAP BI Consultant responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of
customized SAP BI solutions for new implementations for the IBM US customer Peoples Natural Gas
 Responsible for providing consultancy to the project team and assisting them in delivering solution to
our customer in the Electronic and Pharmaceutical industry.
 Worked on the end-to-end flow, design and development, starting from data extraction to report
development.
 Responsible for managing the day to day support activities to provide solution to different upgrades in
client’s business requirement.
 Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide day to
day direction to the project team and regular project status to the customer.
 Translate customer requirements into formal requirements and design documents, establish specific
solutions, and leading the efforts including programming and testing that culminate in client
acceptance of the results.
 Utilize in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience in SAP BI and other leading-edge
products and technology in conjunction with industry and business skills to deliver solutions to
customer.
 Established Quality Procedure for the team and continuously monitor and audit to ensure team meets
quality goals.
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6. Environment: SAP BI 7.0, ECC 5.0, Finance, APO, BEx Analyzer, Web Application Designer
Team Size: 8
 Achievements: Received lot of client & onsite coordinator appreciations from ‘Rockwell AMS’
project.
July 09 – Sep 10, SAP BW consultant T-square information systems
July 09 – September 10, Scotts Support Project
Role: SAP BW Consultant
Scotts brands are sold through the world's leading home improvement retail companies and mass
merchandisers. Other key channels include large hardware chain stores, independent hardware stores,
garden centers, nurseries, greenhouses and food and drug stores.
Geographies: Marysville, Ohio (USA).
As a SAP BI Consultant responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of
customized SAP BI solutions for new implementations for the IBM US customer Scotts
 Responsible BI Monitoring in The Production System and the corrective Action and Info package
monitoring of all the Operating Info providers.
 Master data loading into the Production system using flat files Etc.
 Responsible for New Info Cubes Creation using and enhancing where necessary, Business Content
in MM, SD Modules.
 Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide day to
day direction to the project team and regular project status to the customer.
 Loaded the Master data including Hierarchies.
 Monitor periodic loads from SAP ECC to BI.
 Schedule Daily/Weekly/Monthly data loads.
 Worked on Reconciliation reports between source and BW application
 Performance tuning using Aggregates and Compression.
 Performance tuning done for reports to run faster.
 Improved the data load performance where ever required.
Environment: SAP ECC 6.0, SAP R/3 Versions 4.6, SAP BI 7.0, BW 3.5, Bex Analyzer, BEx
Browser OLAP Tools
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7. Team Size: 5
May 07 – June 09, SAP BW consultant Eiligence information
technologies
March 08 – June 09, Pidilite Industries Development Project
Role: SAP BI Consultant
Pidilite Industries Limited has been a pioneer in consumer and specialities chemicals in India. Over two-
third of the company’s sales come from products and segments it has pioneered in India.
Our product range includes Adhesives and Sealants, Construction and Paint Chemicals, Automotive
Chemicals, Art Materials, Industrial Adhesives, Industrial and Textile Resins and Organic Pigments and
Preparations. Most of the products have been developed through strong in-house R&D.
Geographies: India.
As a SAP BI Consultant responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of
customized SAP BI solutions for new implementations for the IBM Indian customer Pidilite
 Responsible Generated necessary components for the SAP R/3 and BW systems for LO-COCKPIT
data extraction into SAP BW.
 Activated and Installed LO-COCKPIT cubes from the business content and customized the cube to
suite the company requirements.
 Assigning DataSources to the InfoSource, Defining Transfer Structures and Metadata Maintenance
for the Info Source and SourceSystem.
 Creating Transfer Rules and Update Rules for infosources and infocubes.
 Creating Info packages for uploading the Master Data and Transaction Data.
 Data Loads from R/3 and Flat files using PSA, The data loads for Master Data as well as Transaction
Data.
 Created and Maintained Info spokes through Open Hub Services (OHS) to export data from data
target to External Logical system.
 Created and Maintained Queries in Bex-Analyzer for Analysis and Reporting.
 Created queries with Variables, Filters, Conditions, Restricted, Calculated Key Figures and
Navigational Attributes.
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8. Environment: SAP R/3 Versions 4.6, SAP BW 3.5
Team Size: 4
May 2007 – Feb 2008, Orange UK Support Project
Role: SAP BI Consultant
Orange is a mobile network operator and internet service provider in the United Kingdom, which
launched in 1993. It was once constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was purchased by France Telecom
(now Orange S.A.) in 2000, which then adopted the Orange brand for all its other mobile
communications activities. Orange UK has since merged with Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile UK to form
a joint venture, EE. Orange UK has over 17 million customers through its mobile and former broadband
services.
Geographies: India, Kolkata.
Geographies: UK.
As a SAP BI Consultant responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of
customized SAP BI solutions for new implementations for the IBM Indian customer Orange UK.
 Responsible Worked with the RSMO in solving the data load errors.
 Monitor BW data loads and fix on fail for technical issues.
 Involved in monitoring the info package groups and process chains.
 Involved in handling incidents regarding extractions, Performance Issues and also load failures like
monitoring of Infopackages and analyzing the reasons for frequent failures of Info packages.
 Involved in solving high-prioritized tickets regarding extractions and load failures.
 Monitoring of infopackages and analyzing the reasons for frequent failures of infopackages.
 Loaded data from R/3 to BW using Initialization with delta update and full update methods.
 Involved in both the Activities monitoring the loads by using process chains and Ticket handling.
 Daily monitoring of Info cubes and ODS object requests.
Environment: SAP R/3 Versions 4.6, SAP BW 3.5
Team Size: 5
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