Patrick Duchesneau
Senior SAP Development & Integration Lead
Summary
Experienced SAP development lead with 33 years of programming, project leadership, and enterprise integration expertise.
Strongest market fit: SAP leadership modernized with AI-assisted delivery.
Experience
Career Pause
03/2020 - 09/2020
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- Professional break due to the global pandemic
Service Delivery Manager
03/2018 - 07/2018
CGI
- Managed a team of 14 SAP SD consultants and business analysts
- Delivered consulting for SAP optimization and resource planning
SAP Development Team Lead / Architect
01/2021 - 01/2026
Deloitte Canada
- Led and managed SAP development and integration delivery for a team of ABAP and PI/PO consultants in S/4HANA environments
- Owned SAP integration solutions (PI/PO, APIs, middleware) across multiple systems
- Technical lead and escalation point for SAP development and integration challenges
- Planning, prioritization, and coordination across multiple SAP projects; primary client contact on development and integration topics
- Mentorship, technical guidance, and architectural decisions for SAP development and integration strategy
- Maintained proactive feedback loop with project teams to anticipate technical challenges and support end users through releases
SAP Development Manager
06/2008 - 03/2018
Domtar Inc.
- Managed SAP ABAP team and cross-functional SAP integrations
- Led development standards, delivery planning, and production support
SAP Programmer & Team Lead (Freelance)
06/1995 - 06/2008
Various Clients
- Developed custom reports, interfaces, and ABAP conversion programs
- Delivered SAP solutions across multiple client engagements
SAP ABAP Developer (Freelance)
07/2019 - 03/2020
IATA
- High-performance ABAP programs for large-scale SAP data migrations
- Enhanced IDOC frameworks for reliable real-time system communication
- SAP Gateway services integrated with Fiori apps; custom PO approval flows and workflow tuning
- Rebuilt internal SharePoint site structure for document access and collaboration
Math & Science Teacher
09/2020 - 01/2021
École Marie-Laurier
- Taught Mathematics to 5th-grade students and Science to Secondary 1 & 2 students
- Developed adaptive teaching methods and curriculum-aligned lesson plans
Projects
Skills
SAP ABAPSAP GatewayFioriSAPUI5IDOCsBAPIsALVSAP HANASAP PI/POSAP BITYKSAP Conversational AIGPT/OpenAI APIsClaudecustom GPTsAI-assisted developmentSupabasePostgreSQLCI/CDDockerBash automationGitHubAzure DevOpsGitea