Kalyan Verma

Summary

A skilled technology professional with over 18 years of experience in software services and sales. I have a proven track record of working with cross-functional teams, in an Agile BI environment, to deliver top-tier Analytics, Planning, and Data Management solutions based on SAP’s On-Prem and Cloud-based BI portfolio. My expertise in both functional and technical areas and my ability to lead analytics business use case discovery had enabled me to develop data and analytics solutions that accurately address customers’ needs. I was instrumental in helping numerous customers develop analytics roadmaps and strategies that align with their business objectives. Additionally, my expertise as a visualization expert has been key in recommending the best strategies for customers’ business KPIs. As a team player with proactive networking attributes, I am results-oriented and execution-focused with a self-starter approach.
Analytics Portfolio: http://dashboards.kalyanverma.com

    Experience

    ANALYTICS PRINCIPAL / SAP / 2018 – PRESENT

    • Promote SAP’s BTP portfolio globally as a domain expert in topics such as Database and Analytics.
    • Provide strategic support for enabling and encouraging customer adoption of our BTP offering, to enhance customer experience and identify potential new customer references.
    • Work closely with Industry, LoB, and Partner teams to develop functioning PoCs that effectively demonstrate the features and capabilities of SAP BTP offerings.
    • Conducting customer workshops to identify and prioritize data and analytics challenges and opportunities and to create a clear line-of-sight between business challenges and technology investment.
    • Conduct enablement sessions for cross-functional teams on the topics of Database and Analytics with a focus on SAC, Planning, and SAP Data Warehouse Cloud.
    • Work with the Sales Account Executives to help engage customers to generate pipeline and accelerate opportunities for SAP BTP.

    BI SOLUTION EXPERT / SAP / 2010 – 2018

    • Providing comprehensive enterprise BI and Advanced Analytics solutions by utilizing SAP BusinessObjects portfolio, as well as partner extensions and custom offerings.
    • Sales execution and delivery support for SAP’s advanced analytics platform solutions
    • Business and IT stakeholder collaboration, focusing on key areas such as strategy and vision, defining business metrics, modeling & optimization, and developing BI roadmaps.
    • Contributions to the public knowledge base, authoring technical articles and best practices on my blog at http://myxcelsius.com/

    SKILLS

    • SAP BusinessObjects BI
    • SAP Business Technology Platform
    • SAP BW/4HANA
    • SAP Data Warehouse Cloud
    • SAP Analytics Cloud with Planning
    • SAP HANA On-Prem/Cloud
    • MS Excel
    • Tableau
    • MS Power BI

    EDUCATION / 2019-2021

    M.S. in Applied Business Analytics
    Boston University Metropolitan College

    WORK & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

    Pharma / The TRANSIT dashboard / Merck

    Conceptualize, designed, and developed a series of dashboards and reports as a part of the TRANSIT dashboard initiative at Merck. The dashboards provided operations and sales management with intuitive, interactive access to sales data. Business users were able to visually evaluate sales performance by product, market, and region. The dashboards also helped to identify and isolate variances between actual & budget, recognize sales revenue trends, and better understand the factors (including pricing) that influenced sales. Select executive dashboards were made available on Mobile devices for easy on-the-go consumption. SAP BW, SAP BusinessObjects, SAP Dashboards.

    HR / Workforce Risk Management / SAP

    Collaborated with the SuccessFactors Solution Advisory to conceptualize, design and build a repeatable asset in the form of a PoC. Workforce Risk Management is a comprehensive solution built using SAP Cloud Platform and SAP Analytics Cloud integration. In this scenario, COVID-19-related data was collected using a survey and then was merged and analyzed with HR data to provide deeper insights to better manage Workforce Risk.

    Utilities / Fleet Maintenance Tracker / PG&E/Rizing

    Conducted a discovery workshop in collaboration with Rizing (Partner) to identify the analytics needs of the customer. Later translated the use cases into a fully functioning SAP Analytics Cloud demo connected to SAP HANA Cloud. The demo was key in answering an RFP from the customer which eventually converted into a licensing deal.

    Retail Pharmacy / Store Management and Compensation / Walgreens

    Identified opportunities to leverage SAP PaPM and SAP Analytics Cloud for the cost allocation and vendor negotiation process with the goal of creating a comprehensive, secure, and future proof solution connected to SAP and non-SAP sources.

    Oil & Gas / Enterprise Reporting UI Standardization / Reliance Industries Limited

    Drafted and implemented UI design guidelines document to be used across the enterprise for all Reporting and Dashboards projects. Created standard templates and artwork as a part of the UI design guidelines initiative.

    Executive Demo / Affinity Insight in Retail / Bill McDermott, CEO, SAP

    Designed and developed an Executive Demo Dashboard for the CO-CEO of SAP, Bill McDermott. The demo was presented in the Keynote at the HP 2011 Discover conference in Las Vegas. It included both a desktop and a mobile version which was showcased on an HP Tablet.

    Oil & Gas / Operational Reporting / QatarGas

    Conceptualized, designed, developed, and presented a live POC for a major Oil & Gas company in the middle east. The POC was instrumental in winning the license and services contract.

    Public Sector / Problem Properties Reporting / City of Boston

    Track 911/Code Violations/Mayor’s Hotline/Police incidents using SAP BusinessObjects, SAP HANA, and SAP Dashboards.

    Healthcare / Enterprise Reporting Best Practices / Montefiore

    Successfully executed a live POC project demonstrating SAP BusinessObjects toolset. Worked on 2 healthcare use-cases with data related to EPIC (EMR). Delivered BI implementation best practices to standardize enterprise-wide adoption.