Jody Simons

Upgraded SAP ECC6 EHP7 to EHP8 across sandbox, development, quality assurance, and production environments. Assisted with system refreshes for sandbox and quality assurance systems.

Provided technical leadership and due diligence for the CompEasy S4/HANA SAP systems, covering a wide range of SAP components including Fiori, FS-PM, FS-PM, and Solution Manager.

Assisted customers transitioning to S/4HANA on RISE with SAP, understanding business goals and proposing fitting solutions. Recommended SAP Enterprise Cloud Services and engineered optimal SAP configurations.

Led the technical integration for the S/4HANA on RISE carve-out project from Anglo American, ensuring SAP services were delivered efficiently and additional services were properly contracted.

Implemented and maintained multiple SAP instances, administered SAP databases, performed client administration, and provided status reports to management.

Upgraded SAP ECC6 EHP7 to EHP8 and SAP BW, PI, Portal from 7.4 to 7.5 across sandbox, development, quality assurance, and production. Assisted with system refreshes.

Led OS/DB migration of SAP landscape from Windows 2012/SQL 2012 to Windows 2016/SQL2016, and provided support for Fiori-based applications.

Provided visionary planning for OS/DB migration for SAP landscape across South Africa, Canada, and UK. Designed technical plans and coordinated migration and upgrade to EHP8.

Executed greenfield implementation for Abdul Latief Jameel Motors in Saudi Arabia, including full 4-tier landscape setup, installation of SAP ECC6 EHP7, Solution Manager, PI, BW, Portal, SLT, SCM, EWM, GRC, and CRM.

Upgraded SAP ECC6 EHP4 to EHP7 and installed and configured SAP Solution Manager 7.1, including downloading installation software and creating XML files for support package stacks.

Implemented SAP PPM 6.0 and updated Solution Manager 7.1 to SPS 13, including downloading support package stacks and installing PPM environment and BI content.

Upgraded SAP HR landscape from ECC6 EHP5 to EHP7, including sandbox, development, quality assurance, and production systems, and completed system refreshes.

Installed and configured SAP Solution Manager 7.1 and new SAP ECC6 EHP6, including support package stack updates and restoration of landscape from legacy database.

Installed and configured SAP Solution Manager 7.1 on SUSE Linux with DB2, including service packs, Web Application Server Java, SLD setup, and work centres for CHARM, RCA, and Service Desk.

Installed and configured SAP ECC6 EHP4 for different Toyota regions in Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, and Zimbabwe, including direct database restores for production.

Led SAP landscape upgrade from R/3 4.6C to ECC6 for multiple SASOL business units including Oil, Technology, Polymers, Natref, and Chemicals.

Earned SAP Certified Enterprise Architect certification in 2026.

Earned SAP Certified HANA Database Administrator certification in 2026.

Completed ITIL COBIT Foundation training in 2014.

Completed Emerging Management Development Program in 2011.

Completed Tivoli Workload Scheduler 8.4 training in 2009.

Completed SAP Basis Academy training in 2007.

Completed ITIL Essentials training in 2007.

Earned Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification in 2001.

Completed N+ IT Technician certification in 2000.

Completed A+ IT Technician certification in 2000.

Completed National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) in 1999.