kalyanverma.comKalyan Verma Sr Business Architect Global HANA CoE at SAP

KALYAN VERMA Sr. Principal Consultant at SAP Profile About me Resume Skills & Employers Projects My Work Blog My Blog Recommendations Professional I’m passionate about data visualization. I love to create pixel perfect business dashboards and reports using SAP Business Objects tools. My major areas of expertise include Web Intelligence and Dashboard Design (Xcelsius). I have a wide range of industry expertise (Healthcare, Utilities, Retail, and Banking etc.) and worked with many small, medium and fortune 500 enterprises where my work has been appreciated for its quality and substance. I’m the founder and co-author of MyXcelsius.com, one of the top weblogs on SAP Dashboard Design (Xcelsius) Work Experience January 2015 - Present Sr. Business Architect | Global HANA CoE at SAP Supporting HANA innovation sales cycles. Plan and execute Design-to-Value workshops with customers in the areas of Data Science, IoT and Predictive Analytics. Delivering real-time ROI solutions, driven by optimizing data driven decisions. November 2010 - December 2014 Sr. Principal Consultant at SAP Working closely with other Performance Insight and Optimization (PIO) teams (Science and Industry) to help visualize the Predictive Analysis results. Realized numerous pre-sales POCs and customer projects Jun 2008 - Oct 2010 Sr. BI Analyst at Charter Global Inc. Core activities involved business development and consulting. Worked with some of the largest corporations in the USA. Clients include Macys, The World Bank Group and National Grid April 2007 - June 2008 Software Developer at Anira Solutions Inc. Developed supply chain reports and dashboards for one of the largest fashion retail chains in USA June 2003 - March 2007 Reporting Analyst at Dell Business reporting which involved creating daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly management reports for the C-level staff. Successfully completed an Executive Black belt Project, reducing cancellation % across EMEA region by 25% with a savings of US$ 24 Million Education 1998-2002 University of Madras Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication 1996-1998 Little Flower Jr. College Intermediate Education in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry SAP Business Objects Universe Designer/IDT 0 Dashboard Design (Xcelsius) 0 SAP Lumira 0 SAP Predictive Analytics 0 Web Intelligence 0 Explorer 0 Exploration Views 0 Mobile 0 Administration 0 Design Adobe Photoshop 0 Adobe Illustrator 0 Adobe Fireworks 0 Projects HEALTHCARE | Enterprise Reporting Best Practices Successfully executed a live POC project demonstrating the SAP Business Objects toolset. Worked on 2 healthcare use-cases with data related to EPIC (EMR). Delivered dashboard implementation best practices to standardize development enterprise wide Role Sr. Principal Consultant Duration 4 Weeks Location New Haven, CT ADMINISTRATIVE | Affinity Insight Executive Demo for Bill McDermott Designed and developed an Executive Demo Dashboard for SAP CO-CEO, Bill McDermott which was presented 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 Role Sr. Principal Consultant Duration 3 Weeks Location Boston, MA BANKING | Global Cash-Flow Dashboard Designed and developed a static POC dashboard to demonstrate global cash flow for a major bank in the UK Role Sr. Principal Consultant Duration 4 Weeks Location London, UK RETAIL | Customer Stratification Dashboard Conceptualized, Designed, Developed and Implemented a Customer Stratification Dashboard using SAP Business Objects Dashboards. The dashboard was later connected to a HANA database for improved performance Role Sr. Principal Consultant Duration 5 Weeks Location ST. LOUIS, MO UTILITIES | Inventory Management and Outage Management Reporting Successfully implemented 2 dashboards connected to a SQL server database for a major utilities company in Canada Role Sr. Principal Consultant Duration 24 Weeks Location TORONTO, CANADA OIL & GAS | Operations Dashboard and Reports Live POC Conceptualized, designed, developed and presented a live POC for a major Oil & Gas company in the middle east. The POC was successful in winning the contract which is underway Role Sr. Principal Consultant Duration 12 Weeks Location Doha, Qatar OIL & GAS | Enterprise UI Standardization Drafted and implemented UI design guidelines document to be used across enterprise for all Reporting and Dashboards projects. Created standard templates and artwork as a part of the UI design guidelines initiative Role Sr. Principal Consultant Duration 16 Weeks Location Mumbai, India HEALTHCARE | Project Leadership Dashboard Designed and developed a dashboard solution for the Project Leadership Team to track Clinical Trials across various dimensions. Use Business Objects SDK and MS Silverlight Role Technical Consultant Duration 36 Weeks Location Boston, MA UTILITIES | Electricity Distribution & Gas Reporting Designed and developed multiple dashboards for a major utilities company in the east coast. Implemented dashboards across all departments using parent-child model Role Reports Developer Duration 52 Weeks Location Boston, MA BANKING | Dashboards POC Created a POC and an actual working model of the dashboard using Xcelsius 2008 to monitor commitment amounts and the number of projects across all organizations within the bank. Also developed an Enterprise IT Expense Dashboard Proof of concept using Xcelsius 2008 Role Dashboard Developer Duration 16 Weeks Location Washington, D.C. RETAIL | Supply Chain Reporting Designed and developed a series of Supply Chain Web Intelligence reports and a comprehensive Supply Chain Xcelsius dashboard Role Reports Developer Duration 52 Weeks Location Atlanta, GA Recent Posts 0 January 1, 2013 MyXcelsius.com Read more Ashu Kumar Dashboard Solution Architect, SAP Kalyan is an excellent professional to work with. He is not only one of the strongest dashboard expert in the industry but also a technology enthusiast who is always on top of the latest developments in his area of expertise. I wish him great success in all his endeavors. Joanne Kelley Global Head of Industry Analytics, Utilities and Public Sector, SAP Kalyan worked on an outage management project for a Utility. He did an excellent job of building effective dashboards for the customer. He not only demonstrated outstanding analytic skills in this endeavor but he also showed a superior work ethic, working during many off hours his time to accommodate the customer. I would be delighted to work with Kalyan again on any project Ben Patel Executive Director at Yale New Haven Health System and Yale School of Medicine Kalyan is an excellent Business Objects consultant. He understands the visualization needs of the target audience and then develops an appropriate solution. Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative Valerie Miller Industry Analytics Principal, SAP Kalyan is a very detail oriented person, and knows how to use his network of people to further enhance his abilities. I worked with him on several projects that did not have clear requirements, and Kalyan was able to utilize his strengths to still deliver on time to satisfy the customer. I would recommend Kalyan's work to anyone that needs a strong technical resource that can also communicate and understand business requirements. Kay Patzwald Head Industry Analytics Financial Services, SAP Kalyan is a dedicated colleague who manages to deliver convincing results in a independent manner. In a specific project we worked together he created a dashboard solution based on in-memory data that went beyond the customers expectation and helped to secure the deal. John Vance Sullivan Principal Consultant, SAP Continuous improvement is a resource trait that is decreasing to the classification of short supply. Kalyan is one who breaks this trend by being proactive. He begins with the" End in Mind" and puts the first things First. His thought and action pr...