Target Audience: Clients with a user base of infrequent or reluctant SAP users who struggle with native SAP screens

Biography: Anthony has 15 years’ SAP implementation experience across multiple industries and utilising multiple SAP & non-SAP technologies. He co-founded Keytree in 2006. His key areas of expertise include technical project management, solution architecture, user interfaces, mobile solutions & systems integration. Anthony was the Technology Lead on the Compass Group iApprove project and is currently leading the Technology Stream on a large SAP implementation project. In between times, he’s found working on new technologies at Keytree’s labs.

Delivering a great user interface using the SAP platform user license Presentation Slides

Biography: With over 10 years of proven business development experience and a post graduate MBA from Teesside University, Craig joined the User Group as its first employee towards the end of 2004. With the board of directors, Craig has led the User Group through intense growth and looks forward to developing the Group to provide even more benefits to all SAP customers in the future.

Infuencing SAP Presentation Slides

Prior to joining the Customer Connection Team she was a Senior CRM Consultant with SAP Deutschland AG&CO KG gaining international experience in various SAP projects.

She holds a master degree in Industrial Engineering.

Infuencing SAP Presentation Slides

Project management, business process management, software evaluation consulting, solution consulting, feasibility studies, presales, business and IT conception

Master in computer science with focus on BA (University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt)

Four years of professional experience in the IT organization at German subsidiaries of U.S. banks

SAP for Insurance Suite and SAP NetWeaver Technology Platform

Infuencing SAP Presentation Slides

Target Audience: Project Managers, Release Managers, Technical and Functional Consultants

Biography: Taryn is experienced in the areas of Business Process Management and Enterprise Architecture, and participated in leading roles in several large implementations of tools, processes and methodologies. These areas include:

• Governance

• Modeling and documentation

• Process measurements and optimization

• Change management

With more than 17 years extensive hands-on experience within BPM area and successfully bridged the gap between business and IT through integration of various methodologies and tools.

Taryn has been instrumental in the founding of EA, BPM / SOA Groups and communities, and have worked closely with customers to address business issues and how solutions can be derived through a combination of methodologies, best practices & tools across various platforms.

Target Audience: Project Managers, Release Managers, Technical and Functional Consultants

Biography: Krishna has over 8 years of experience in Information Technology as SAP Solution Manager & SAP CRM (ITSM) Consultant in diverse industries. Krishna has been involved in multiple full life cycle (E2E) SAP implementations, upgrade and post-support projects.

Krishna is an accomplished strategist and advisor for implementations of these tools with focus on ASAP and RunSAP methodologies, training teams through highly complex processes and methodologies. His Solution Manager Experience has concentrated specifically in ASAP Implementations, Run SAP Implementations (Operations), Service Desk, Change Management etc……….

Krishna has extensive experience in Project Management, tools and techniques, best practices. Involved in ROI and TCO, change management, mentoring and class room training in SAP Solution Manager Functionalities

Target Audience: Customers, Partners

Biography: A Retail industry evangelist, Manish carries over 17 years of qualitative experience in Consulting, Pre-Sales and Channel Engagement in Enterprise Application space.

Manish Chaturvedi joined CitiXsys during its formative years and has been associated with the organization in multiple capacities. Currently managing Product Enablement in the existing channel base of CitiXsys, Manish works closely with the CEO and supports company’s future growth strategies through various organizational and account management activities.

Retail Management Solution for the Small and Mid-size Enterprises

Target Audience: Anyone looking to implement SRM7 or upgrade from an early version of EBP.

Biography: With 10 years of Local Government experience managing SAP and non-SAP projects and programmes, Andrew works as part of the Hertfordshire’s Business Improvement team.

Upgrading to SRM 7 Presentation Slides

Target Audience: Anyone looking to implement SRM7 or upgrade from an early version of EBP.

Biography: Julian manages the support and development HCC’s SAP landscape including ECC6, SRM 7, Business Warehouse, Business Object ESS / MSS and eRecruitment.

Upgrading to SRM 7 Presentation Slides

Target Audience: IT-Manager, SAP Manager, Developers, Members of Center Of Excellent, and Core Competency Center,

Biography: Arndt Hoffmann is the Head of SAP Global Delivery for automated ABAP code optimisation projects for customers like Kimberley-Clark, BMW, Shell and Deutsche Telekom. In this role, he is also responsible for the development of innovative custom code Analyser- and Transformer-Tools.

Prior smartShift, he was a Consultant and Project Manager for PwC focusing on SAP implementation projects.

Deutsche Telekom AG: Automated SAP Application Optimisation – Better Stability, Performance and Maintenance Presentation

Target Audience: C-level executives, all GRC/Risk professionals.

Biography: Chris Johnston is a Solution Principal within SAP EMEA’s Centre of Excellence organization. He focuses on governance, risk management, compliance and enterprise performance. Prior to joining SAP, he worked as an ethical hacker, as a ‘Big 4’ auditor and was one of the first European employees at Virsa Systems, creators of the Access Control product now sold by SAP. Last year, he was amongst the first people globally to be certified as a GRC Professional (GRCP) by the Open Compliance and Ethics Group (OCEG).

What’s New in Risk Management Presentation Slides

Biography: Phil has been promoting IBM Solutions around SAP Applications for 14 years and has working in all Sectors and mid Market Clients across the UK.

He works across all IBM’s Infrastructure Solutions and builds Client solutions based on the unique characteristics of each Client’s use of SAP and their Non Functional Requirements.

Using a Consultative approach he fully understands the requirements, compares and contrasts the options and provides solutions.

SAP In Memory Appliances form a very important answer to obtaining maximum business value for Clients seeking to make better business based decisions and IBM Technologies play a significant part in these SAP Analytic Appliances.

SAP In Memory Appliances Presentation Slides

Building Real-Time Analytics Apps with HANA Presentations

Target Audience: Anyone interested in understanding SAP’s roadmap for the retail industry.

Biography: Louise is a Principal Business Consultant with extensive experience within the retail industry. She has spent the last 12 years helping retailers implement and drive business benefit from SAP solutions.

SAP Roadmap for Retail Presentation Slides

Prior to joining SAP UK and Ireland in September 2011, Steve served as Chief Operating Officer for SAP North America, where he led the , led the Premier Customer Network Center of Excellence, the Line of Business Center of Excellence, Private Equity Sales, Business Operations, Ecosystems & Alliances, Small and Midsize Enterprises (SME), Value Engineering, Solution Advisors, and Inside Sales teams.

Steve previously served as executive vice president of Enterprise Sales, responsible for overseeing the enterprise business for SAP North America. In this role, Steve drove industry-specific sales along with customer satisfaction for all large and midsize companies. Prior to that, Steve led Enterprise Sales in both the Midwest and Southwest regions.

Steve joined SAP in 2005 after a12-year tenure with PeopleSoft, where he held various executive sales management roles, including vice president and general manager of the company’s Midwest region office in Chicago.

Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration of computer information systems from Georgia State University. He is currently a Committee Member of The Prince’s Trust Technology Leadership Group, of which SAP UK and Ireland is Patron.

Business in the Moment Graphics

Target Audience: Anyone managing fast moving supply chains with constant innovation and aspiring to work smart.

Biography: As CIO of one of the UK’s largest independent drinks manufacturers, including Crabbies alcoholic ginger beer, Maureen Allison explains how APO is pivotal to success.

Lean APO Presentation Slides

Target Audience: Business Analysts, Quality Managers, Testers, Technology Partners and SI´s

Biography: David joined Micro Focus in early 2010, having previously held a number of senior positions at IBM, including Global Management of Infrastructure Sales to Financial Services; managing the business development of IBM’s EMEA Linux business and acting as CEO Executive Assistant. Prior to IBM, David held a number of technology and engineering positions in the aerospace and oil sectors. David was previously a director in a children’s charity, and continues to support fund raising activity.

“End to End Quality Lifecycle Solutions for SAP users” Presentation Slides

Target Audience: Everyone considering designing, building or using SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards to make business decisions.

Biography: Gareth Cross is the Capgemini SAP BusinessObjects capability lead. Gareth has consulting and client side experience in managing the design and delivery of SAP BI solutions across multiple business functions.

Delivering Value with SAP Dashboards Presentation Slides

Target Audience: SAP User Community, Senior Management, Supply Chain and Operations Directors, Business System Managers, IT Directors, Programme Directors, Change Managers,

Biography: A logistics professional who has worked with SAP in the drinks industry for more than 15 years. Accountable for the alignment of IT strategy to business objectives and priorities, integration of new customers for KNDL, management of the business project portfolio and the Business Systems project management team.

Achieving Gold. The 2011 UK&I SAP Quality Awards Gold Winner Success Story

Target Audience: Companies that focus on mobilising their workforce specifically in the service and sales industry. In addition, any management position who wants to know how their business is performing and can obtain all management information on the move.

Biography: Yann and Craig are two passionate people who love showcasing the coresuite add-ons and provide great ideas helping to improve your business

Coresuite Mobility presentation slides

Biography: John has been working within the field of SAP technologies for the past 12 years, the last 4 of which as a NetWeaver technology consultant for SAP.

SAP’s Database: Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise – The transactional foundation for the HANA Framework Presentation Slides

Target Audience: IT decision makers, corporate planners, finance decision makers

Biography: Joined AZ in 2005 as Group SAP FI/ CO Senior Analyst and is since 2008 AZ Business Intelligence Manager responsible for AZ’s global SAP BI system

Target Audience: IT Management

Design and Architecture

Systems Administration and Security

Biography: Melchior joined oXya in 2001. As CTO of oXya U.S., he is responsible for managing the company’s projects including the technical specification definition and coordination of SAP teams. He also plays the key roles of mentoring and coaching new consultants joining oXya, assisting them with the development of SAP expertise and management of their projects.

When he first joined oXya as a project and account manager, Melchior rapidly became a key contributor to oXya’s development at major customer sites and played a lead role in establishing and implementing best practice procedures. For the past few years, Melchior has been instrumental in developing oXya’s presence in the US, overseeing a series of large SAP projects and contracts.

Benefits of a SAP landscape in the cloud Presentation Slides

Target Audience: SAP Business One users and organisations who are looking at SAP Business One for their subsidiaries or branch offices.

Biography: Codestone’s Senior Consultant, David Knight is one of the EMEAs regions most highly regarded and experienced SAP Business One Consultants.

Since working with SAP Business One from its UK launch in 2003 David has completed over 150 successful implementations of the fully integrated business management solution. David acts as a conduit between SAP Business One customers and the SAP development team, relaying customer’s issues and wish lists. David has also recently been invited by SAP to consult and test on the latest SAP Business One version in development.

Codestone’s “Tips and Tricks” for SAP Business One Presentation Slides

Target Audience: Business line directors and IT directors of Large Organisations looking to enable smaller satellites and partner organisations, medium size businesses, and smaller businesses that wonder if Business by Design is a growth supporting platform.

Biography: Christian has worked in the Information technology space for 20+ years, covering both consumer and provider roles.

He has developed thought leadership for data management, information architecture and emerging technologies. He currently lives in London and is the Director for Solutions and Utopia Inc – Europe.

Business on demand, the paradigm shift for medium enterprise Presentation Slides

Target Audience: SAP Business One users that want to get the best out of their system.

Biography: Jose has been with Sapphire for nearly three years, during which time he has been involved in a variety of key SAP Business One projects.

Prior to joining the Sapphire team Jose gained valuable SAP Business One experience as a consultant and branch manager for a partner based in South Africa.

SAP Business One Hints & Tips Presentation Slides

BOUG currently has 157 member organisations which will now automatically transfer to the UK & Ireland SAP User Group.  The combined group will have a membership of over 600 individual public and private sector organisations.  The creation of one sole user group is aimed at better supporting the needs of both SAP and BusinessObjects users, helping them to extract as much value from their deployments as possible.

Figures released by SUGEN (SAP User Group Executive Network) last year revealed that 1 in 3 BusinessObjects customers felt their needs weren’t being met by SAP, demonstrating a need for greater engagement and collaboration.  As part of SUGEN, the UK & Ireland User Group is now working very closely with SAP to address customer needs.  For instance, earlier this year UKISUG announced that it was one of four global user groups taking part in SAP’s Customer Connection program for Continuous Improvement.  This is aimed at giving SAP users more say in the company’s product development.

Alan Bowling, chairman of the UK & Ireland SAP User Group, said: “We’d like to welcome BOUG into the wider User Group family.  With BusinessObjects being SAP’s main Business Intelligence product going forward, this merger makes complete sense for users of either or both products. SAP has been highlighting the benefits of using BusinessObjects in combination with the core ERP suite: we’ll be working hard to ensure the value of this is demonstrated to, and realised by, our enlarged community.  Bringing BOUG into the fold means its members can gain greater access to, and influence over, SAP.  At the same time, our existing members stand to benefit from being able to network and learn from the experience of more real-life BusinessObjects users.”

John Weikert, chairman of the Business Objects User Group UK, said: “The BOUG will continue to provide a community and services to members using SAP BusinessObjects technology, whether or not they are also using other mainstream SAP products. Being part of the wider SAP User Group community stands to greatly benefit our members.  They will now be able to have greater access to SAP and enjoy greater visibility and influence over upcoming product roadmaps, through initiatives such as SAP’s Customer Connection programme.”

BOUG members will be eligible to receive a discounted rate to attend this year’s annual User Group Conference, which is taking place in Birmingham from the 20^th to 22^nd November 2011.  Keynote speakers include Timo Elliott, 20-year BusinessObjects veteran and Business Intelligence (BI) expert, who will be explaining why many BI projects fail and what users can do to get better value from them.  His keynote “Business Analytics: The Big Leap Forward” will form the start of a full BusinessObjects stream, looking at how users can maximise the potential of the product.

Most recently was an active member of ESS MSS Implementation team in Amey.  Daniel, from an Aircraft Maintenance Engineering background had developed a keen interest in SAP and has successfully managed SAP implementations, development and support over the past 8 years.

HR Self Services Implementation – Lessons Learnt Presentation Slides

Meet the Developers Presentation Slides

Exposure to various facets of the Business applications software, such as, Development, Quality Assurance, Consulting, Pre-sales, etc.

Meet the Developers Presentation Slides

Meet the Developers Presentation Slides

SAP Mentor and an active SDN community member. Mark is the Finance Capability Lead at Bluefin Solutions which covers the full breadth of the SAP product catalogue for Finance users.ons which covers the full breadth of the SAP product catalogue for Finance users.

Why it is time for you to implement SAP FSCM Presentation Slides

Super Users – Would your organisation benefit from them? Presentation Slides

As a senior member of the SAP Business One Solution Expert team his responsibilities include bringing new product releases to market.

SAP Business One – What’s new in 2011 Presentation Slides

This lead to joining a start up company called Business Objects in 1994, through which he gained a deep insight into technology innovation, specialising in BI and IT architectures. This has continued in SAP (after the Business Objects acquisition), where he now specialises in technology and innovation, most recently embracing SAP HANA.

Real Time Business intelligence Presentation Slides

SAP HANA SPS3 & NetWeaver BW 7.3 Presentation Slides

Darren has worked in the IT industry for 20 years with the last 15 years specialising in the design, development and creation of products that make the art of SAP HR and Payroll faster and easier. The products that Darren has developed over his time in SAP have simplified the whole HR / Payroll analysis and reporting process.

HR / Payroll Reporting made Easy Presentation Slides

Extensive expertise in helping organisations to successfully implement major customer-focused change initiatives enabled by new technology, renewed business processes and structures. Delivered major outsourcing projects and used to working to tight deadlines.

SAP in a FLASH! Presentation Slides

In this role he is supporting Teradata to SAP NetWeaver BW integration projects in the EMEA region. Klaus-Peter has more than 9 years implementation experience with SAP BW.

Efficiently Maximizing Retail value across distributed data warehouse systems Presentation Slides

Global Best practices on Invoice Management: Streamlining AP processes at the world’s biggest brewer Presentation Slides

Global Best practices on Invoice Management: Streamlining AP processes at the world’s biggest brewer Presentation Slides

How to manage HR Data through cycles of change without impact to end dates with the use of WinShuttle Presentation Slides

Darren is responsible for assisting customers worldwide to embrace, utilise and deploy SAP technology for innovation & business agility. His areas of expertise include a wide variety of topics & technologies ranging from helping to define SAP’s Cloud strategy through to the underlying technology capabilities like Business Process Management and Mobility. He joined SAP in 2007, bringing more than 18 years of experience as a technical lead and solution architect / product manager while working with Fortune 100 customers around the world at BEA Systems, Microsoft, and Borland. Darren speaks frequently at international events, has more air miles than he cares to admit and is working on next generation cloning technology for himself. On a more serious note he is a doting husband and father with 2 fantastic children he keep him on his toes!, an SAP evangelist, technology geek, practising martial artist (Taekwondo, Hapkido and Wing Tsun) and can be followed at @darrencrowder.

SAP’s Strategy & Vision Presentation Slides

Biography: Guy Murphy – Solution Principal – EMEA Center of Excellence Technology and Enterprise Information Management.  Guy works with strategic accounts across the EMEA regionas a trusted advisor articulating and guiding customers on SAP’s vision in relation to the SAP Technology Platforms. Guy has more than 17 years of experience having worked for BEA Systems, Cognos & Hyperion.

SAP Vision of Next Generation Platforms Presentation Slides

Implementation of SAP’s Compliant User Provisioning solution at Vodafone Presentation Slides

He joined SAP in 2007 after working for over 15 years in a variety of Consulting and Systems Integration architecture roles. He has worked as a lead consultant with a variety of utility, transport and public sector organisations as an enterprise architect implementing architecture governance. Simon was a member of the core team that created the SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework that provided a key foundation to TOGAF 9.0. He has been involved in creating many of the EA service offerings and methods at SAP. He is a speaker at exhibitions and conferences and published several papers on the topic of Enterprise Architecture.

Setting up an Effective Enterprise Architecture capability Presentation Slides

Target Audience: Senior managers and executives in areas such as Supply Chain, Procurement IS and business strategy interested in ensuring that they manage supplier and supply chain risks appropriately and in such a way as to drive superior business performance.

Biography: Sean Culey is a Member of the European Leadership Team of the Supply Chain Council and CEO of SEVEN Collaborative Solutions.

Sean has spent the last 20 years working in Australia, America, Africa and also across Europe for leading companies such as Cadbury Schweppes, Sony, BAE Systems, Kraft Foods, Tata Steel, Warburtons, Dr Pepper / 7-UP, Redland, Smith & Nephew and Dunlop.

He has developed a reputation as a supply chain ‘trouble-shooter’, known for his ability to create customer focused supply chain processes and teams. He designed and developed ‘demand-driven, sense and respond’ processes, tools and ways of working, that linked S&OP to order fulfilment, years before these terms became commonplace. He has also implemented them worldwide utilising SAP technology and has been working with SAP since 1994.

Sean is also an NLP practitioner and skilled at making supply chain teams more integrated and effective. He is a frequent speaker at conferences, and a prolific article writer with material printed in publications such as the European Business Review, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Finance magazines.

He is currently finishing a business book titled; ‘Operationalizing Excellence – the 7 Keys to Unlocking Organisational Greatness’ which is due to be published early 2012.

Taking a Strategic Approach to Supply Chain Risk Management – Aligning Supplier and Customer Strategies Presentation Slides

Target Audience: SAP LE Customers with diverse spread of head office and subsidiary IT and business operations.

Biography: Mark Ferguson has worked in and around the SAP ecosystem for 10 years plus.

Originally specialised in Retail and Manufacturing, and is now exclusively focused on SAP’s “LE” (large enterprise) customers and their needs for a cloud based 2-tier ERP solution suite: Business ByDesign.

Target Audience: Excel Users.

Biography: Alan Gregory is a Senior Consultant with Global Software. He has been with the company since February 2006. 

Prior to working with Global, Alan was a lead consultant for the primary Crystal Decisions partners in the UK delivering solutions using Crystal Reports and Enterprise Reporting.

Alan specializes in both Excel Automation and BI Reporting. Over the years he has acquired an in-depth knowledge of ERP systems and how to optimize the manipulation, retrieval and delivery of data to the desktop.

Microsoft® Excel Automation Secrets: Beyond Spreadsheeting Presentation Slides

Biography: Maureen Gregory is the UK and IE Local Product Manager specialising in HCM and Payroll and is responsible for ensuring that the payroll product offered by SAP remains legally compliant.
Maureen has been with SAP UKI for 15 years starting as a senior Payroll consultant working on many large payroll implementations before transferring to Product Management in August 1999.
Prior to joining SAP, Maureen spent many years working in the payroll area of the business and then as a business analyst within the Finance area. She brings over 20 years experience into the SAP Product.
She plays an active role in the internal payroll department of SAP and is therefore able to speak as a true current user of the product.

What’s New in GB Payroll Presentation Slides

Meet the Developers Presentation Slides

Biography: Talent Management Solution Architect and Subject Matter Expert in Visualization Solutions by Nakisa (VSN).

Over 20 implementations at clients such as BBC, Royal Mail, Thames Water, adidas and ArcelorMittal in territories including the UK, Belgium, Germany, Thailand, Switzerland, Denmark and France. Works with Nakisa regularly to improve products, introduce new functionality, drive certification programme and co-innovate. Top contributor to the SAP Developers Network (SDN) Nakisa Forum, regular blogger and Tweeter on Nakisa topics. Delivered the only EhP4 Talent Management implementation featuring Nakisa SuccessionPlanning in the UK.

Customer benefits and experiences of using SAP HCM Talent Management and Visualization Solutions by Nakisa (VSN) Presentation Slides

Biography: Whilst usually focussed on the delivery of SAP ECC solutions,

it has been an interesting learning curve in the development of the Click Roster solution design and build. Currently I am leading the solution design to build a Global Rostering Solution capability for Serco’s Empower Programme.

Empowering the Organisation: implementing and realising benefits from a workforce rostering solution Presentation Slides

Biography: Founder and Chief Executive of Leadent Solutions, Alastair has many years consulting experience and is an expert in supply chain and service optimisation.

Empowering the Organisation: implementing and realising benefits from a workforce rostering solution Presentation Slides

Biography: Andy has over 17 years experience of SAP software, leading teams in SI implementations and Operations deployments. 

Originally an SAP Developer and Technology specialist, Andy has been working with Solution Manager since 2002.  Andy now focuses on increasing adoption and use of Solution Manager as well as working with customers to define their individual Solution Manager roadmaps and providing customers with a portfolio of pre-defined services to enable them in adopting SAP’s ALM methodology.

Solution Manager 7.1 E2E Test Management Presentation Slides

New Solution Manager 7.1 Change Request Management Presentation Slides

What’s New in 7.1 IT Service Management Presentation Slides

Presentation Title: New Test Automation Framework and E2E Test Management in Solution Manager 7.1

Target Audience: Test Managers, Project Managers, Centre of Expertise / Support Managers, Project / Testing Teams, Change and Release Managers.

Biography: Clair has over 12 years experience with SAP, leading teams in End User environments,

SI implementations and Application Management. Originally an Order to Cash specialist, Clair has been working with Solution Manager since 2003 and now focuses on increasing awareness and use of Solution Manager as well as working with customers on implementing their individual Solution Manager roadmaps.

Solution Manager 7.1 E2E Test Management Presentation Slides

Solution Manager Highlights and Your ALM Roadmap Presentation

Solution Documentation Presentation Slides

Biography: Mike Bonsor has been a part of the SThree landscape since they took the decision to implement SAP in 2005.

Originally implementing the product, then managing the support function post go live, Mike has seen many subsequent projects enhance the value of SThree’s investment in SAP. Mike is currently overseeing the final planning of a three year project designed to make SThree’s SAP utilisation a thing of beauty!

SThree’s journey to BPC Presentation Slides

Biography: Richard has worked in the SAP space for 15 years, including nearly 8 years at SAP UK.

At IBM Richard is involved with a number of blue-chip companies, helping them to understand the impact and benefits of architectural change, and developing business cases and models to support this based on TCO, ROI and time to benefit.

Biography: Alpesh’s career started over 19 years ago within the financial services, telecoms and media and entertainment working on implementing business driven IT solutions.

He has worked with large corporate clients around innovation, strategy and delivery.  A founder of Fintricity, the company specialises in Social Media and Social Business and its application within companies and connecting with audiences.  His business works with enterprises to help them understand and implement social business for both internally and externally facing initiatives.  His company provides expertise in business change, programme delivery and technology development and deployment.

Social Business – How it will change the Enterprise – Alpesh Doshi

Biography: Neil contributes to the Pension Regulator’s work to ensure employers comply with the forthcoming pension duties. Neil’s focus is large employers.

Automatic Enrolment Duties Presentation

Biography: Catherine contributes to the Pension Regulator’s work to ensure employers comply with the forthcoming pension duties. Her focus is software developers.

Automatic Enrolment Duties Presentation

Biography: James works for SAP (UK) Ltd as a Presales Business Consultant in ERP Financials.
Over the past 16 years he has implemented SAP Financials on many SAP projects covering a number of different industry sectors. Before becoming an SAP Financial Consultant James qualified as an accountant whilst working in industry.

Hot Topics in the World of Finance Presentation Slides

Hot Topics in the World of Finance Presentation Slides

Biography: Over 25 years experience of solution implementation and sales in multiple areas of business support solutions. Specialising in Procurement, Sourcing, Contract Management and Spend Analytics

What’s New in SAP Procurement Solution Portfolio Presentation Slides

Biography: An extremely knowledgeable and flexible individual with several years SAP experience in roles ranging from

business analysis and system configuration through to team lead, Integration & Project Management roles. Currently managing the global SAP Support and Project Delivery team within the Supply Chain area for Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics.

Prior to Novartis worked as a SAP Consultant on the deployment of SAP in various industries across Europe.

Previous business experience as a Chemical Engineer working primarily in Fine Chemical sector as a Production Manager

In both business and consultancy roles has always had a strong interest in improving the logistics supply chain using SAP as a tool. This has included improvements to business procurement processes, better control of inventory by improved use of MRP and effective distribution of product to meet customer demands.

Biography: Career involvement of customer focussed business interactions.

Held the position of UK Customer Services & Distribution Manager, and have an in depth business process knowledge in the Vaccines vertical.. I have worked at Novartis for 11 years with, 8 years ERP Sales & Distribution business user experience,   SD Business Analyst, with the last 3years as global ERP Training Manager with Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics

ERP Governance, Sustain & Training Presentation Slides

Biography: Simon has been Enterprise Performance Management specialist for nearly 15 years. 

He currently manages SAP’s solution sales team for their Finance, Line of Business solutions. Simon combines both technical product expertise and solution functionality. He has been involved in highly successful projects across public and private sector – including Nokia, Thames Water, AXA and at the Department for Work and Pensions.

What’s New in EPM Presentation Slides

Accelerating E-Invoice adoption and roll-out with SAP Presentation Slides

Biography: Gavin Targonski: Head of Information and Integration architecture driving the integrated single view of information assets at British Gas for the last 16 months.

Biography: BI Solution Director for Atos, Daniel has over 10 years experience working with SAP BW and 

BusinessObjects and 20 years industry experience in manufacturing and retail. In recent years Daniel has successfully been instrumental in guiding and supporting many global clients in their combined SAP BW and BusinessObjects BI strategy and implementation.

Empowering business users with OnDemand BI solutions Presentation Slides

Biography: Michelle has worked with SAP HR for 13 years in various roles from end user to implementation consultant and is now UKI HR Solution Principal

What’s new in SAP HR Presentation Slides

Biography: Annika is a specialist in SAP HR, focussing on Talent Management. Prior to this, she worked on a variety of projects in SAP’s HR department.

Talent Management Presentation Slides

Biography: Dirk Burkamp is Central Cluster Learning Technology Leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers, working at both a cluster and territory level consulting on strategy,

and how best to accelerate the adoption and maximize the value of learning technology within the organization. (The Central Cluster’s virtual organisation supports 92 territories mainly in EMEA+India and Russia).

Previously Dirk worked as a learning technology and knowledge management consultant and head of software development for various companies. He has a strong HR business acumen supported by a long-term technology experience.

A learner centric learning management system based on of SAP Learning Solution (LSO) Presentation Slides

Biography: Nik Huddart has been involved with BI of one form or another for over 15 years,for a variety of companies in the Manufacturing, Telco and Insurance arenas. He has managed and built BI teams, and helped shape BI strategies but still been technical throughout.

Data Services in the real world – an honest users view Presentation Slides

Biography: As a project manager with a technical background, Grant has successfully managed a recent technical upgrade which moved Centrica to the latest ECC6, BI7 & PI7 versions and is now working on a business focussed ESS/MSS implementation. Previously, Grant has worked on various patching deliveries as well as the migration of a multi-system SAP instance from a physical solution in the UK to a virtualised service based offering based in Germany.

Implementing ERP Enhancement Package 5 through the SAP Ramp-Up programme Presentation Slides

Biography: Anne has been with SAP for 15 years as a Solution Architect working with customers in a variety of industries including Telco, Transport, Professional Services and Public Sector.  For the last 3 years she has been focussing on the flagship of SAP’s On-Demand portfolio – Business ByDesign.

Biography: Neil has been involved with the development and support of SAP Financials since its initial implementation in 2001. He has been involved in HR Payroll and Travel module since the implementation in 2007 and is responsible SAP Users and Authorisations.

The adoption and use of Variance Monitor (EPI-USE Labs) for SAP HCM testing and reconciliation by Worcestershire County Council Presentation Slides

Biography: Di has been involved with the development and support of SAP Payroll since the initial implementation of HR Payroll in 2007. More recently she was involved in the conversion of Academy Schools. She is now responsible for Payroll developments and works for Worcestershire County Councils SAP Development Team.

The adoption and use of Variance Monitor (EPI-USE Labs) for SAP HCM testing and reconciliation by Worcestershire County Council Presentation Slides

Biography: Richard Neale is Head of Business Development at SAP UK & Ireland. Prior to this, he worked in a number of product marketing roles for more than 13 years at Business Objects and has been part of the Business Intelligence market for about 18 years. Before his move into the IT industry, Richard was an environmental scientist.

Biography: Raimondo gained wide experience at Unisys as Order-to-Billing Manager in Shared Services Centres in both EMEA and Asia-Pacific, and as Credit Manager at Cascade Europe. In 2006, Raimondo joined former SigmaKalon as Credit Manager, which involved implementing AutoBank for SAP and SAP FSCM Collections & Dispute Management. Since the acquisition by PPG Industries, Raimondo has also implemented AutoBank Next Generation for the subsidiaries using Oracle.

Optimise the invoice-to-cash cycle: Improve visibility and control over cash Presentation Slides

Target Audience: How to manage introduction of leading edge Master Data Management technology and processes on a global basis with support of external QA partner.

Organisations that are or have implemented SAP solutions and would like to ensure that ROI is at the heart of their SAP transformation programme.

Understand how to obtain the best working relationship with their chosen partner through an appropriate QA approach.

Want to understand the different QA services that can be brought to bear.

What is the best QA service for your organisation depending on your own capabilities and resourcing strategies.

How to obtain the best coaching to be able to deliver the programme quickly and effectively.

Biography: Jon has over 25 years experience in Business Intelligence, Application Architecture, Data Architecture and Systems Development in blue chip multinational organisations. He has designed and implemented data warehouses in Financial and Marketing functions as well as developing the Master Data Management Strategy for BAT in 2008.  Since 2005 Jon has been responsible for the implementation and management of master reference data during BAT’s ERP consolidation exercise. During the past year he has been leading the data team for the One SAP Global Template project, establishing master data definitions and processes, a data migration strategy and a sustainable data architecture.  BAT have chosen the Master Data Governance solution from SAP to manage their master data and will be implementing MDG-M (Materials) in the first release of One SAP.

How to improve ROI for your SAP Programme – Value of Independent Quality Assurance Presentation Slides

• Don’t practice Enterprise Architecture and what to understand how to get started

• Currently do practice Enterprise Architecture, but are not sure they do it well or wish to understand how they can better deliver or realise the benefits.

Biography: James has 20 years Management Consulting experience in SAP Implementations, as Smiths Consulting Director,

he has overall responsibility for ongoing development of the Smiths Consulting service lines and manages the engagement management team.

Accelerated Enterprise Architecture for Rapid, Measurable Benefits Presentation Slides

Biography: Adrian has been at SAP for over ten years working on the rollout of new technologies within SAP, within the partner ecosystem, and ultimately to SAP customers. This has included working within SAP Portals, the Global NetWeaver Initiative and the Customer Advisory Office team in the customer adoption of Enterprise SOA.

Adrian is currently head of the Technology and Innovation team for SAP UK and Ireland.

Adrian graduated with a B.Sc (Hons) in Computing Science in 1988. He has worked in the UK, USA and Australia for companies such as GE Capital (Retailer Financial Services), Lincoln National Corporation, Roadway Express.

What’s New in Mobility Presentation Slides

Biography: Ron has worked in the IT arena for 30 years and with the SAP product suite for the last 20 years,

specialising in Implementation Programme Management in large multinational environments. Having implemented SAP in 2001 Unipart is now further expanding it’s SAP services and solution sets across a number of the Group companies. Ron also heads up IT Shared Services for the Unipart Logistics Division.

Biography: Paul has worked for Manchester City Council for over 20 years with a background in Accountancy, Systems Development, Project Management and SAP Implementation.

Paul has spent the last four years working in SAP Business Support, bringing in many improvements to their SAP solution and most recently project managed the implementation of the Pivot mobile solution. He has recently moved over to the Corporate Data Team which has SAP and a number of other Core Systems, Governance as part of their remit

Manchester City Council – SAP on a BlackBerry Presentation Slides

Biography: BSc (Hons) degree in Mathematics; AICM (Cert) – certificate in credit management, Institute of Credit Management; 11 years experience

with L’Oréal working in Cashiers, Customer Services & Credit Control – responsibilities included processing & uploading of cheque payments; creating and managing sales orders; creating new sales ledger customer accounts; managing Direct Debit payment system; allocating customer payments. As key user, now responsible for testing SAP upgrades, ad hoc developments and issue fixes; 1st line of support for customer services and credit control users; training new starters & any new developments; additional project work.

Winshuttle and L’Oréal UK & Ireland: Improving business processes Presentation Slides

Biography: Tobias is an experienced Project Manager within the service and Plant Maintenance sector.  He has 12 years SAP experience and currently works for ePocket Solutions as a Project and Integration Manager.

He was the project manager at Niskayah for their implementation of a Mobile Service Solution integrated to SAP CRM using a third party Mobile Service Solution from ePocket Solutions.

Mobilising SAP CRM for Field Service: experiences, benefits and lessons learned Presentation Slides

Biography: Ian has considerable experience in successfully delivering major change projects. Ian recognises that effective leadership to drive the integration of people, processes and technology is the key to achieving fundamental and sustainable business performance improvement.  He has worked for Unipart for over 30 years and has worked on a major SAP implementation for the business. Ian is an experienced program and project manager with a broad commercial background having also worked in line management roles within Finance, IT, Purchasing, Logistics and Continuous Improvement.

Mastering Lean Supply – The Unipart Way Presentation Slides

Target Audience: Anybody in charge of implementing BI projects who would like the opportunity to take a step back from day-to-day technology concerns to remind themselves of the big-picture and the key drivers of BI success.Biography: Timo Elliott is a 20-year veteran of SAP BusinessObjects, and has spent the last quarter-century working with customers around the world on information strategy. He works closely with SAP research and innovation centers around the world to evangelize new technology products and trends.  His popular Business Analytics blog at http://timoelliott.com tracks innovation in analytics and social media, including topics such as augmented corporate reality, collaborative decision-making, and social network analysis.  A popular and engaging speaker, Elliott presents regularly to IT and business audiences at international conferences, on subjects such as why BI projects fail and what to do about it, and the intersection of BI and enterprise 2.0.  Prior to Business Objects, Elliott was a computer consultant in Hong Kong and led analytics projects for Shell in New Zealand. He holds a first-class honors degree in Economics with Statistics from Bristol University, England.

Why BI Projects Fail – And What to Do About It Presentation Slides

Business Analytics: The Big Leap Forward Presentation Slides

Delivering a great user interface using the SAP platform user license Presentation Slides

We will be announcing further speaker details over the coming months –  so watch this space!

Maufacturing Industries Roadmap Presentation Slides

Biography: Based in Newcastle, Phil works in the Real Time Information Team within HMRC.  For many years, Phil has been a regular speaker on tax, NICs and other employer responsibilities at payroll conferences and events. This role earned him the Strathearn Lifetime Achievement Award at PAY magazine’s 2007 awards ceremony and, in the last two years, Phil has been in the top three in Payroll World magazine’s ‘Payroll Top 50’, topping the poll in 2009.

HMRC RTI Update Presentation Slides

Biography: Ian Scott has worked at SAP for 15 years, always in the Supply chain area. He has worked his way down from doing real implementation work to now being Head of Supply Chain for the UK and is a great fan of SAP’s SCM products. Prior to life at SAP, employment was provided by; a warehousing and distribution specialist software house; a large Third party logistics company; and running a distribution operation for an automotive components supplier. His free-time is taken up with motorcycling, scuba diving and fighting a rearguard action against the weeds in the garden.

SAP Supply Chain Management – What’s new? Presentation Slides

Biography: Richard is currently the global SAP manager at Scapa responsible for Europe and North America and has over a decade of experience on SAP. Before embracing SAP Richard fulfilled management positions in production, quality and supply chain management, worked in change management and training roles, and spent some years working as a management consultant.

Segregation of Duties on Order to Cash and Procure to Pay Presentation Slides

“Many customers still don’t necessarily see BusinessObjects as an SAP company, which means that they are missing out on the value that the global SAP user groups could offer to them,” said Craig Dale, chief executive of the SAP UK & Ireland User Group. “Through the charter the aim is to understand what BusinessObjects users want from SAP and from the user groups, so that we are then able to provide them with the education, influence and networking opportunities they desire.”

Through working on the charter SUGEN members will also be sharing experience on how the different BusinessObjects communities have been built and how the different user group memberships have been structured. This will all help SUGEN and SAP better define programmes that will provide greater value for BusinessObjects customers.

The first initiative of the charter is a 360˚ customer survey, which has been distributed to all SAP BusinessObjects users worldwide. The survey will collect information on the needs of SAP BusinessObjects customers including education, networking and product influence. The charter’s subsequent initiatives will then be based on the survey results to improve SAP BusinessObjects service offerings throughout the user group community.

“Being part of the SAP user group community stands to greatly benefit BusinessObjects users, as it will give them with greater access to SAP and provide them with greater visibility of upcoming product roadmaps. At the same time existing user group members will also stand to benefit from being able to network directly with more real-life BusinessObjects users, as they look towards SAP Business Intelligence deployments in the future,” added Paul Aitkenhead, co-chair BI Special Interest Group (SIG), SAP UK & Ireland User Group.