Jim Weir
Senior Executive Consultant & Service Area Leader @IBM
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Executive Consultant & Service Area Leader @IBM
CA
Associate Partner, Executive Consultant and first-line Manager within IBM Consulting• Certified IBM Project Manager and Professional Consultant• Certified SAP Technical Consultant• Proven problem solver with over 25 years of SAP project expertise • Leader in IBM\'s SAP community, locally and Globally • Vast SAP Oil and Gas experience • Recent large-scale success bringing clients, IBM’s support organization, Third-Party vendors and project team members together to deliver multi-million dollar projects involving multiple SAP and non-SAP systems • Variety of SAP project experience from small to large global templates• Developed new Ways of Working at large AMS clients to accommodate changing trends in SAP technology and processes using various methodologies including; SAP Ascendant and Method One from IBM as well as ASAP and Ascend from SAP.• Successful track record in various job rotations including Technical Manager, Change Manager, Integration Manager, Cutover Manager, Enterprise Architect, Solution Architect, Project Manager and finally Program Manager• Experience in planning and setting the approach for migrating to Cloud, S4/HANA and improving the SAP User Experience•Managed various resources and skill sets including; SAP NetWeaver Technical Specialists, SAP PI/PO Developers, SAP SRM Functional, SAP ABAP, SAP Bolt-on, SAP Middleware, SAP Security and SAP Functional• Impressive and diverse client list that drove successes at; Suncor, Shell, Husky Energy, Home Depot, Toyota, Nissan, Kelloggs, Pall Corporation, BC Lottery Corporation, Insurance Corporation of BC, and Matthews International• SAP Integration Subject Matter Expert (SME) • SAP Application SME including Enterprise Services, Process Integration (PI) and Process Orchestration (PO) • SAP Architectural SME in the area of overall SAP Solution Design and Approach, SAP Reference Architectures and SAP Strategy
EDUCATION
University of Waterloo
Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics (Combinatorics & Optimization)
SKILLS
ABOUT JIM WEIR
James (Jim) Weir is an IBM Executive Consultant, a certified IBM Project Manager and a SAP Enterprise Architect within IBM Canada\'s SAP Practice. Since joining IBM Consulting in 1998, he has been engaged in dozens of SAP projects and in various key roles over his twenty-six years with the company. Jim is also a certified SAP Associate in GenAI and currently provides technical oversight whether for large multi-year SAP programs or smaller Sprint to Value engagements that ensure your SAP project start off right, stays right and ends right.Having led IBM Canada\'s SAP Technical Infrastructure and Development Process Area, he is a recognized and demonstrated thought leader capable of interpreting detailed designs and articulating them in high-level overviews for the C-Suite. Jim is highly respected within the SAP community due to his many lead roles across some of SAP\'s highest profile and major international clients as well as his SAP Global template experience.Specialties: S/4HANA, Enterprise Architecture, Technical Consulting; Project Management; Integration, Hybrid Multi Cloud and GenAI IBM solutions.Key Skills: • SAP Enterprise Architecture• SAP S/4HANA EM 1809/1909/2020/2021/2022/2023• SAP Integration (Process, Data, User, Analytics)• SAP Technical Leadership • SAP User Experience• Global SAP (Template-driven) roll-outs• Breadth of industry knowledge; Public Sector, Oil & Gas; Banking; Retail; Transportation; Retail; Automotive• Project Management and Hybrid-Agile Methodologies• IT Strategy• SAP Program Implementation and Review• SAP Planning and Scoping
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