Girish Kumar Kottakota
Hyderabad
Summary
Dynamic Project Delivery Lead with extensive experience, specializing in SAP BI and Business Objects. Proven track record in optimizing project execution and enhancing team performance. Adept at stakeholder engagement and delivering high-quality solutions, leveraging strong analytical skills and a collaborative approach to achieve successful outcomes.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Delivery Lead
Ernst & Young LLP
02.2024 - Current
- Led dynamic project delivery at Ernst & Young LLP, optimizing execution and improving team performance.
Specialized in SAP BI and Business Objects for data modeling and analytics.
Facilitated stakeholder engagement to promote collaboration and achieve successful outcomes.
Delivered high-quality solutions consistently within established timelines.
Pepsico Ltd - Project / Sustain Team Lead
Infosys Ltd
01.2022 - 01.2024
- Guided project initiation, planning, execution, control, and completion through technical leadership.
- Led development and maintenance activities for project production support.
- Ensured timely completion of timesheets and invoicing processes before deadlines.
- Managed customer interface daily, proactively resolving issues prior to escalation.
- Created functional and technical specification documents to support project requirements.
- Conducted technical reviews on changes to address support issues effectively.
- Tracked open tickets in queue, allocating resources to ensure timely closure.
- Promoted adherence to SLAs, KPIs, and OLAs while fostering continuous improvement.
Pepsico Ltd - SAP BI/BO Consultant / Team Lead
Infosys Ltd
08.2017 - 12.2021
- Led a team to resolve complex issues, ensuring efficient project delivery.
- Prepared ERP specifications, functional specifications, technical specifications, and gap analysis documents.
- Developed and enhanced structures per client requirements, generating reports and transports.
- Addressed data quality issues through systematic analysis and remediation efforts.
- Executed data modeling for Info Objects, Info Cubes, DSOs, Data Sources, DTPs, transformations, multiproviders, and aggregates.
- Designed HANA modeling objects including composite providers, ADSOs, attribute views, analytical views, and calculated views.
- Created standard and custom reports using Query Designer and BEx Analyzer for comprehensive data insights.
- Optimized query performance through aggregate creation, compression, repartitioning of info cubes, and performance tuning.
Thames Water - SAP BI/BO Team Lead
Wipro Technologies
03.2015 - 08.2017
- Led resolution of complex issues alongside team members to maintain operational efficiency.
- Streamlined new inflow requests and small projects into production systems for better management.
- Supported team through escalations, ensuring timely resolution of customer issues.
- Analyzed project requirements to align deliverables with stakeholder expectations.
- Maintained support activities including SMTD updates, issue tracking, and version management.
- Interacted with customers to gather business functionality insights and propose viable reporting solutions.
- Authored technical specifications and design documents to guide development processes.
- Developed backend objects for reporting, enhancing ETL processes and improving data accessibility.
TNT - SAP BW Consultant
Wipro Technologies
01.2014 - 02.2015
- Customized info objects and created Info Cubes and DSO’s for data loading using Transformations and DTP.
- Enhanced query response time by creating indexes on DSO’s to improve lookup performance.
- Developed custom Master Data Extractors for attributes and text data.
- Built complex queries, focusing on performance optimization across all operations.
- Created BEx Queries and Workbooks, utilizing variables and calculated key figures.
- Engaged in comprehensive data management tasks to support efficient logistics operations.
- Ensured accurate data extraction and reporting to facilitate informed decision-making processes.
PWC – SAP BW Consultant
Wipro Technologies
01.2012 - 12.2013
- Executed full life cycle implementation in BI 7.3, encompassing data modeling, extraction, transformation, loading, job scheduling, and monitoring data loads.
- Developed Info Objects, Data Store Objects (DSO), Info Cubes, Multi-Providers, and Process Chains.
- Maintained Process Chains and resolved data load issues efficiently.
- Managed master data for objects including attributes, text, and hierarchies.
- Documented all deliverables and modifications in configuration management processes.
- Created and sustained data for generic Data Sources to streamline reporting processes.
- Oversaw end-to-end flows for marketing, subscriptions, and activities from BI front.
- Utilized BEx Query Designer and BEx Analyzer extensively for report development and web reporting.
Transocean, US - DWH Developer
Wipro Technologies
03.2011 - 12.2011
- Developed ad hoc SSIS packages based on business requirements and data load processing.
- Tested and optimized SSIS packages to enhance performance.
- Identified and resolved application bugs and issues effectively.
- Conducted testing and maintenance for VB6.0 applications.
- Created and executed SSRS reports according to business specifications.
- Produced POC reports utilizing QlikView tool for analysis.
Education
Masters - Software Engineering
Birla Institute of Technology And Science
Pilani Bachelor of Science - Computers
Acharya Nagarjuna University
Krishna Dt, VijayawadaSkills
- SAP BI 35, 70, 73, 75, B4HANA
- Business Objects Enterprise BI 41, 42, 43
- Desktop Intelligence, Web Intelligence
- CMC, Data federator, BI Launchpad
- MSBI(SSIS, SSRS, SSAS)
- Qlikview
- OBIEE
- Tableau
- Power BI
- Power Apps
- Teradata
- AZURE DE
Certification
- ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
- SAP Certified Application Associate - Reporting, Modeling and Data Acquisition with SAP BW/4HANA 2.x
- SAP Certified Application Associate – SAP Analytics Cloud
- PL-300: Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst
- AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Languages
Telugu
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Project Delivery Lead
Ernst & Young LLP
02.2024 - Current
Pepsico Ltd - Project / Sustain Team Lead
Infosys Ltd
01.2022 - 01.2024
Pepsico Ltd - SAP BI/BO Consultant / Team Lead
Infosys Ltd
08.2017 - 12.2021
Thames Water - SAP BI/BO Team Lead
Wipro Technologies
03.2015 - 08.2017
TNT - SAP BW Consultant
Wipro Technologies
01.2014 - 02.2015
PWC – SAP BW Consultant
Wipro Technologies
01.2012 - 12.2013
Transocean, US - DWH Developer
Wipro Technologies
03.2011 - 12.2011
Masters - Software Engineering
Birla Institute of Technology And Science
Bachelor of Science - Computers
Acharya Nagarjuna University
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