SAP MENTORS

Monday Keynote Presentation:
Web Dynpro ABAP - Enhancements with SAP NetWeaver 7.0 and Beyond
Monday Demo Track:
SAP NetWeaver Business Client
Monday Track 1:
What’s new in the ABAP Development Environment in Enhancement Package 2
Wednesday Workshop:
Web Dynpro ABAP Introduction to Advanced Techniques

Thomas Jung is an SAP NetWeaver Solution Manager focusing on Custom Development - particularly in the areas of ABAP, MDM APIs, and UI Development Tools and Strategy. Before joining SAP Labs in 2006, Thomas was an applications developer for a SAP customer company. He was involved in SAP implementations at this customer as an ABAP Developer for nearly 10 years. He is also the co-author of the SAP Press Books, Advanced BSP Programming and Next Generation ABAP Development.

Monday Track 1:
How to Deploy Solution Manager to Manage a Large Landscape and Cut Support Costs
Tuesday Demo Track:
SolMan Top 10 Tips for Saving Time and Money
 

Tony has been working with SAP software since 1986. He installed the first SAP R/2 system in Australia for Mobil Oil in 1989. Tony has several years of Basis experience with large companies including National Australia Bank, Telstra, Coles Myer and BHP Billiton. Tony is keen on SAP NetWeaver system and landscape design, extracting the best out of the database, operating system, disk subsystem, and server platform. He is very keen to vitrualise, consolidate and reduce downtime. Most recently, Tony has deployed SAP Solution Manager for Australia Post as an initiative to reduce support costs, introduce proactive capability, and manage change. This year Tony presented 5 sessions during SAP TechEd 2009 in Phoenix as an SAP Mentor. His presentations always contain lots of hands on content and a story from the field.

Monday Track 1:
Maximising Your SAP Investment for Compliant User Provisioning
Tuesday Track 2:
Getting the Business Involved: Roles and Responsibilities for SAP Security

Gretchen Lindquist has worked in SAP security for Halliburton since their first SAP implementation project which kicked off in January 1997. Gretchen has worked on a wide range of SAP deployment and upgrade projects, most recently the deployment of a web-based user provisioning toolset. Currently her main focus is on regulatory compliance, particularly the controls and systems that are in scope for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx) compliance. Gretchen has held a variety of roles as a volunteer for the Americas’ SAP User Group (ASUG) and she is proud to be an SAP Mentor again in 2009-2010. Her blogs can be read on SDN and on ASUG.com. Prior to working on the SAP implementation project, Gretchen was a financial analyst for Halliburton’s IT department. She also worked in general accounting for the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Co, where she deployed a data management toolset in several McKinsey offices both inside and outside the USA. Gretchen is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and holds bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.

Monday Demo Track:
Introduction to BusinessObjects BI Tools
Wednesday Workshop:
BusinessObjects BI Tools - In a Single Day

Ingo Hilgefort started in 1999 with Seagate Software/Crystal Decisions as a trainer and consultant. He moved to Walldorf for Crystal Decisions by the end of 2000 and worked with the SAP NetWeaver BI development team on integrating Crystal Reports with SAP BW. He then relocated to Vancouver in 2004 and worked as a product manager/program manager (engineering) on the integration of BusinessObjects products with SAP products. He now focuses on the topic of Embedded Analytics for the SAP Solutions. He is the author of the SAP PRESS book Integrating BusinessObjects XI 3.0 BI Tools with SAP NetWeaver and the new upcoming book Reporting and Analysis with BusinessObjects. You can read Ingo’s blog on SAP BusinessObjects and SAP at http://ingohilgefort.blogspot.com or the SDN community.

Monday Track 1:
The Right Way to Enhance SAP
Monday Demo Track:
SAP Web Survey

Graham Robinson is an Independent Consultant with over 30 years in the Australian IT industry. Graham specialises in delivering practical, innovative and cost-effective solutions to his clients to help them maximise returns on their IT investments. Graham has led technical support teams in the Banking and Finance, Public and IT Sectors. Graham’s ongoing contributions to the SAP Developer Network have been acknowledged with his appointment as an SAP Mentor.

Monday Track 1:
The Evolution of Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)
Tuesday Keynote Presentation:
Find Out How US Companies are Influencing SAP in User Interface

Karin has been working in IT for 20 years with the past 9 years working with SAP. She started out in Basis and moved on to SAP Archiving. She has been an ASUG volunteer for 5 years and a SAP Mentor for 3 years. She has given many presentations over the years at ASUG, SAP TechEd and SAP Insider Conferences. She is currently working on the SAP Basis Team at Valero Energy Corporation in San Antonio, TX.