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    Emery Streit

    Author Emery Streit

    Manager, Customer Service Operations Emery Streit is currently the Manager of Customer Service Operations for itelligence, North America specializing in customer satisfaction and support processes/tools for SAP Centers of Excellence. He has over 15 years of experience with IT Service Management and ITIL processes, governance and recently SAP… View all 2 posts
    Mario Randel

    Author Mario Randel

    SAP BI Solution Advisor I am a Senior Consultant, Project Manager and Solution Advisor in the area of SAP Business Intelligence at itelligence North America and worked previously for itelligence Germany. I committed myself to always present customers the right and best available solution. Before my time at… View all 3 posts
    marioluetkebohle

    Author Mario Lütkebohle

    Consultant View all 4 posts
    tolivermcilhany

    Author Toliver McIlhany

    Lead Architect, Managed Services, Customer Engagements Toliver brings 18 years of SAP experience to itelligence, in the areas of Project Systems, Asset Management, and Materials Management including SCM functional. In addition, he has lead enterprise SAP end user training solutions. He has participated in multiple end to end SAP implementations… View all 0 posts
    torbenseebach

    Author Torben Seebach

    Principal Consultant Catalyst and Business Analytics expert with a focus on emerging technologies and new approaches to data science. Specialties in Visualisation, Usability, Datawarehousing and Qlik. View all 1 posts
    Doty Sinclair

    Author Doty Sinclair

    Vice President, HR Solutions Doty Sinclair serves as the Vice President of HR Solutions in the HR line of business for itelligence. She is an experienced professional in all areas of enterprise talent and learning management, including HR strategic process design and improvement, learning strategy design, and HR… View all 12 posts
    Matt Eastby

    Author Matt Eastby

    Design Consultant Matt Eastby is a finance professional with more than 17 years’ experience, including people and project management across multiple areas of accounting and finance. He specializes in financial system solutions, with a strong focus on business planning and consolidation software. He has worked closely… View all 2 posts
    Markus Kellermeyer

    Author Markus Kellermeyer

    Head of itelligence's German Technology Consulting Business Current Function: Since 2003 Head of itelligence's German Technology Consulting Business. I started at itelligence in 1994 (formerly "Schmidt, Vogel & Partner") and held several functions from SAP R/3 Basis consultant, internal IT responsibility to the current business responsibility. View all 3 posts
    Marcus Held

    Author Marcus Held

    Vice President Global Head Managed Services Sales I started my SAP related career as system consultant for SAP R/3 in 1995. After leading several international projects within the following 13 years, I started working for itelligence in 2008. In 2008 I started working for itelligence as International Outsourcing Account Manager for… View all 1 posts
    Mark Lowe

    Author Mark Lowe

    BI AMS Lead/SAP BusinessObjects Consultant Mark is a 20 year IT professional, specializing in SAP Business Intelligence solutions. Mark has a proven track record in the implementation and administration of SAP BusinessObjects, including data analysis, report/dashboard development and design. He’s performed numerous implementations and upgrades of SAP BusinessObjects for… View all 2 posts
    Rinky Karthik

    Author Rinky Karthik

    Project Manager, HCM SuccessFactors Rinky Karthik serves as a Project Manager, HCM SuccessFactors, for the People LoB for itelligence and has 16 years of SAP HCM and SuccessFactors experience. This includes many global implementations, including support and upgrade of various SAP on-premise modules and SuccessFactors modules in diverse… View all 8 posts
    Johann Heydenrych

    Author Johann Heydenrych

    Senior Vice President of SAP Solutions at itelligence As Senior Vice-President of SAP Solutions at itelligence, Johann Heydenrych is responsible for the development and accreditation of vertical industry solutions as well as sales, implementation, support and training of such solutions. He is also responsible for Pre-Sales and Sales Support Activities across all… View all 1 posts
    Bill Strasser

    Author Bill Strasser

    Vice President, Managed Services Engagements Bill Strasser is Vice President of Managed Services Customer Engagements at itelligence. With more than 18 years of IT & Supply Chain leadership in Automotive, Manufacturing and Medical Device, he is responsible for itelligence’s Managed Services Pre-Sales, including Managed Cloud and Application Management Services… View all 6 posts
    Gökce Elci

    Author Gökce Elci

    Industry Sales Manager View all 3 posts
    Jim Link

    Author Jim Link

    Design Consultant Jim brings 10+ years of SAP experience to itelligence, with exposure to BPC, SEM-BCS, SEM-BPS, BW and FI/CO. Jim’s industry experience includes real estate, banking, power and utilities, and food products and he has acted in many different roles ranging from business subject matter… View all 5 posts
    Leif Petter Haagestad

    Author Leif Petter Haagestad

    Competence manager itelligence NO I have many years of experience as a solution architect in SAP. Starting off as a software developer at SAP in 1988. Working as a consulting manager building up the consulting department at SAP-Norway until the turn of the century. After that having worked… View all 1 posts
    Janina Kleiber

    Author Janina Kleiber

    Global Business Solutions View all 3 posts
    Ingo Kiesewetter

    Author Ingo Kiesewetter

    Vice President, Technology Platform With more than 15 years of experience Ingo covers the technical side of SAP from infrastructure, 'Basis' to development and technical project management. In his current role as an Engagement Manager at itelligence he oversees the delivery of technical projects at a number of… View all 6 posts
    Bob Meyer

    Author Bob Meyer

    Bob Meyer serves as the Vice President of the SAP Hybris line of business at itelligence. Bob has been in the technology space for over 25 years. For the past 19+ years Bob has been focused on delivering ecommerce solutions for B2C and B2B… View all 2 posts
    Brandon Evans

    Author Brandon Evans

    Director, Products and Solutions Brandon has over 10 years of industry experience in wholesale, discrete and process manufacturing, specifically in the areas of procurement, inventory, material planning, and internal warehouse processes. Over the past 6 years, Brandon has built trust with our customers through consulting, managed services, presales,… View all 4 posts
    Alex Kahsar

    Author Alex Kahsar

    Solution Engineer Alex Kahsar is a Solution Engineer with the Presales and Solutions team at itelligence, where is has worked for the last 5 years. This team is chartered with finding the right solution for prospective customers and delivering high quality SAP demonstrations while establishing industry… View all 1 posts
    Christine Turner

    Author Christine Turner

    Sr. SAP Maintenance Support Analyst Christine Turner provides first and second level world-class customer maintenance support for all modules of SAP. She has been with itelligence Maintenance for 10+ years. She has 22+ years of experience in Finance, as well as over 27 years systems experience. Christine has worked… View all 1 posts
    Thomas Nørmark

    Author Thomas Nørmark

    Director, Innovation & Technology I am a LoB director at itelligence Nordic, located in Denmark. I work in both management, product development, consulting and innovation. Since 2004, I have been working in several huge implementation projects as team lead, architect and implementation consultant. Recently I have started focusing… View all 0 posts
    Dan De Bord

    Author Dan De Bord

    Senior EC Consultant With over 18 years of SAP experience, Dan De Bord is a seasoned and experienced Solutions Consultant and has been involved in over 40 SAP projects which includes 9 upgrades, and 50% of his SAP projects have included HR/Payroll components. With much of his… View all 4 posts
    Rick Cobb

    Author Rick Cobb

    Senior Vice President Rick Cobb is itelligence North America’s Senior Vice-President for Marketing and Business Development. He is responsible for strategy and oversight of marketing and business development. He leads a team of people who help form the strategy and execute the marketing tactics. He has 22… View all 0 posts
    christianschmidt

    Author Christian Schmidt

    Director Global Business Analytics for itelligence. I am the Director Global Business Analytics for itelligence. View all 1 posts
    Andy Steer

    Author Andy Steer

    Chief Technology Officer I have responsibility for defining and driving the evolution of the business in step with our customers and partners. I spend most of my time listening and learning from 3 sets of people; our customers, our partners and our employees to ensure that we… View all 16 posts
    Nathan Weaver

    Author Nathan Weaver

    Senior Director, SAP HANA Engagements Nathan has been working with SAP solutions, as a customer or a consultant, since 1995. Throughout his career, he has served in roles that include SAP Basis Administrator, Technical Team Lead, Project Manager, Leader of SAP Center of Excellence, IT Business Relationship Manager as… View all 8 posts
    Joseph Gadino

    Author Joseph Gadino

    Senior Director, Customer Engagements Joe is a Senior Director of Customer Engagement for itelligence North America. He serves as a single point of contact for global delivery of SAP solutions to top tier accounts. Joe maintains high level, customer relationships from the time an account contacts itelligence through… View all 1 posts
    Ina Felsheim

    Author Ina Felsheim

    SAP Guest Blogger As a senior director, solution management at SAP, Ina drives global engagement in analtyiycs and information management. She defines strategic projects and drives them to completion by working across all aspects of the organization. She is responsible for defining global go-to-market strategies for solution… View all 1 posts
    Lars Janitz

    Author Lars Janitz

    Executive Vice President Head of Global Managed Services Global business responsibility for Application Management Services - based on long-term experience in this area incl. Global VP AMS at SAP (2002-2011) - Overall regional business responsibility in region Central & Eastern Europe - Generally interested in IT strategy concepts, especially IT operations with… View all 2 posts
    Zeni Thakkar

    Author Zeni Thakkar

    Senior Director, Sales Solutions Zeni Thakkar serves as the Senior Director of Sales Solutions in the Hybris/Customer Engagement line of business for itelligence. She has 13 years of experience, focused on sales and service related SAP products and processes. Her responsibilities include growth and management of Customer Engagement… View all 6 posts
    Ulrich Meine

    Author Ulrich Meine

    Director Global Managed Services Ulrich Meine has been working in the information technology industry for about 20 years. He held several positions at IT service companies as well as in other industries. His work always focussed on SAP technology and data center system operations. He joined itelligence in… View all 9 posts
    Crystal Wentz

    Author Crystal Wentz

    Content Marketing Manager Crystal is an experienced marketing professional, specializing in B2B marketing. She focuses on itelligence's finance and analytics lines of business, including EPM, GRC, BI and BPC. View all 2 posts
    Abhishek Singh

    Author Abhishek Singh

    SAP HANA Analytics Solution Architect Abhishek (Abhi) Singh is a SAP HANA Analytics Solution Architect at itelligence. With over 10 years of experience, he specializes in implementing Business Intelligence solutions utilizing SAP HANA, BusinessObjects, Data Services and BW. He is passionate about Analytics and has led several projects for… View all 1 posts
    Nicola Fankhauser

    Author Nicola Fankhauser

    Senior Professional SAP Consultant, Teamlead Business Unit Business Technology View all 1 posts
    David Milburn

    Author David Milburn

    Business Development Manager, BIG DATA & Analytics View all 0 posts
    Scott Chambers

    Author Scott Chambers

    Director EPM Technical Services / AMS Scott Chambers is the Director EPM Technical Services / AMS at itelligence, North America specializing in SAP Analytics and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions. He has 20 years of technology and business experience focused in IT, project management, operations and data processing management. Scott… View all 3 posts
    Heinz Feil

    Author Heinz Feil

    Head of IT Head of IT, itelligence AG, NTT Data Business Solutions Started IT Business in 1998 as SAP Consultant later on Project Manager. Another 4 years as SAP Inhouse Consultant. Since 2009 Head of IT responsible for Corporate Applications and Systems worldwide and IT Infrastructure/Services in… View all 6 posts
    Robert Chicvak

    Author Robert Chicvak

    Supply Chain Optimization and Predictive Analytics Bob Chicvak utilizes predictive analytics to optimize the complete supply chain. His work includes: inventory reduction while increasing customer service levels, customers at risk of churn, SKU rationalization, promotion effectiveness, product mix and predictive maintenance. A recent project at a CPG client reduced inventory… View all 7 posts
    Mark Albrecht

    Author Mark Albrecht

    As Vice President Global Business Solution at itelligence AG, I am responsible for the adoption and deployment of new SAP Technology into the worldwide organization of itelligence and NTT Data. I have held this responsibility for more than 5 years. While maintaining global solution… View all 3 posts
    Tom Saeys

    Author Tom Saeys

    Higher Education Solution Architect, Global Solutions Team I’m a Higher Education Solution Architect working in the Global Solutions Team. Together with the Education Competence Center We leverage the it.education solution to a Global Standardarized Solution. I have +15 years of experience in SAP Higher Education and a natural interest in new… View all 3 posts
    Cheryl Bogenschutz

    Author Cheryl Bogenschutz

    Senior Director Strategic Engagements Cheryl Bogenschutz is currently the Senior Director of Strategic Engagements for itelligence. Cheryl has been in IT leadership positions for over 30 years. Her IT career has spanned a variety of industries including Paper, Automotive and Retail where she worked on both operational and… View all 14 posts
    Simen Huuse

    Author Simen Huuse

    Principal Expert, Innovation & Technology Simen is Norwegian native, currently stationed in Palo Alto, California. At itelligence he is a Principal Expert for Innovation and Technology and part of the Global Business Solution Team. He loves innovating with SAP tools, and has done so for over 10 years. He… View all 7 posts
    Akos Beres

    Author Akos Beres

    Design Consultant Akos has more than eight years of SAP experience, with exposure to BPC, BW, FI/CO, as well as other financial planning, consolidation and reporting solutions such as Hyperion Essbase, HFM, Cognos and MicroStrategy. Akos' industry experience includes retail, distribution, warehousing, manufacturing and R&D. He… View all 3 posts
    Oddmar Lid

    Author Oddmar Lid

    Business Analytics Consultant I'm a Business Analytics Team Lead and Consultant at itelligence in Norway. I have a long experience with Information Management in general and the various SAP BW/BI tools used within the sphere of Business Analytics. View all 1 posts
    Thomas Kierkgaard

    Author Thomas Kierkgaard

    Solution Engineering Architect Thomas Kierkgaard is a product architect at itelligence Nordics with more than 10 years of master data, development, integration and eCommerse consulting experience. For the last four years, Thomas has worked on implementations, development, roadmaps and architecture in relation to the Nordic iPI products.… View all 4 posts
    Paul Rodriguez

    Author Paul Rodriguez

    Paul is a Financial Consolidations and Financial Planning expert with over 7 years’ experience with SAP Business Planning and Consolidations (BPC) SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW), and ERP systems. He also has experience with other reporting and analytics tools such as Hyperion Financial Management… View all 0 posts
    Martin Tieves

    Author Martin Tieves

    Technology Consultant (Process/ Cloud Integration) With focus on process and cloud integration I am working for the itelligence AG since 2013. In this regard I have specialized on the platforms SAP NetWeaver Process Integration and SAP HANA Cloud Integration. Especially, the fast growing field of hybrid cloud solutions is… View all 2 posts
    Klaus-Christoph Müller

    Author Klaus-Christoph Müller

    Director Global Business Solutions Berlin-based Klaus-Christoph Müller is Director Global Business Solutions at itelligence. Focusing on the development of industry solutions at itelligence, he has a long history in business development and strategic consultancy, as well as in solution development and presales. Starting in the automotive industry and… View all 8 posts
    Kris Steegmans

    Author Kris Steegmans

    SLcM consultant I am an SLcM consultant, specialised in the Student LifeCycle Management solution of SAP. Within this solution my expertise lies mainly in the field of Study Progress, Study Guidance, Registration of exam results, Graduation and Certification. View all 3 posts
    Darshan Shah

    Author Darshan Shah

    Senior Vice President Darshan Shah is the Senior Vice President of the itelligence consulting organization. His team has delivered 100+ successful SAP Projects just in last 4 years. Under Darshan's leadership itelligence is successfully enabling customers in Digital Transformation with S/4HANA platform . Darshan has authored various… View all 2 posts
    Achim Beckmann

    Author Achim Beckmann

    Director hybris / Omni Channel Practice | PMP® | hybris & NetWeaver Portal Consulting View all 2 posts
    Wolfgang Harbaum

    Author Wolfgang Harbaum

    Account & Solution Management Trade Account & Global Solution Management Trade industry I have gained more than 30 years of experience regarding IT systems in wholesale distribution and retail sector. Within these 30 years I work for more than 20 years with SAP systems. I built up the merchandise… View all 1 posts
    Ansgar Weege

    Author Ansgar Weege

    Consultant My name is Ansgar Weege. I'm working as a consultant for MM and WPB at itelligence AG. View all 1 posts
    Raghav Nookala

    Author Raghav Nookala

    Director, Data Lifecycle Management Raghav Nookala is the Director for Data Life Cycle Management at itelligence. Raghav is a thought leader in the data migration and governance arena. He has nearly 20 years of SAP experience as an Enterprise Architect, Data Migration Specialist, Program and Project Manager. View all 3 posts
    Kevin Nierle

    Author Kevin Nierle

    Engagement Manager Kevin Nierle is an Engagement Manager at itelligence specializing in Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solutions, including SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC), BusinessObjects Cloud, as well as BPC Embedded and BPC Optimized for S/4 HANA Finance. Kevin has been a key member of the… View all 6 posts
    Mark Arts

    Author Mark Arts

    Operations Director Education Mark Arts studeerde in 1999 af aan de Universiteit Maastricht in de richting International Business Studies. Hij bleef er vervolgens werkzaam als docent binnen de vakgroep Marketing en stroomde later door als projectmanager. In die hoedanigheid was hij tussen 2002 en 2006 verantwoordelijk voor… View all 6 posts
    Inga Vogel

    Author Inga Vogel

    Head of International Marketing Head of International Marketing, responsible for the content/campaign factory as well as liaison between our global marketing community, external and internal partners. View all 1 posts
    Gail Carr

    Author Gail Carr

    Manager of SAP Maintenance Gail Carr is currently the Manger of the SAP Maintenance department for itelligence. Gail has been in IT leadership positions for over 35 years. Her IT career has spanned a variety of industries including food, automotive, aluminum, and retail where she held positions such… View all 2 posts
    Rahul Urs

    Author Rahul Urs

    SAP Security & GRC Solution Architect Rahul Urs is a solution architect at itelligence who specializes in SAP security, SAP HANA, GRC solutions and BW/BOE. He leads a wide variety of projects, focusing on streamlining SAP GRC, SAP HANA, and SAP security to support compliance and new technology initiatives. Rahul… View all 16 posts
    Don Mackenzie

    Author Don Mackenzie

    Consumer Products Industry Solution Principal Don’s career spans 37 years and 3 countries of residence. He has deep expertise in accounting, costing, production, sales, distribution and logistics functional disciplines for food, beverage and life sciences industry contexts. In his role as Industry Solution Principal at itelligence, he works with… View all 4 posts
    Andreas Leidloff

    Author Andreas Leidloff

    Strategic Integration and Operations Eastern Europe With more than 25 years of experience in the SAP business I'm responsible for the itelligence SAP business in Greater China. In this role my main target is to further strengthen our role as global SAP provider with strong regional presence in Europe, Americas… View all 1 posts
    Igor Zuev

    Author Igor Zuev

    Senior Consultant, SAP BI & HANA solutions lead I received my honours degree at Ural State Technical University (Russian Federation) in the end of June 2011. I have studied computer engineering at the radio-engineering department. During the past five years I have developed my knowledge in the field of IT, web technologies… View all 0 posts
    Karthik Palanisamy

    Author Karthik Palanisamy

    Vice President, Analytics Karthik has been an evangelist for analytics/ BI from both the business and technology perspective. He has experience with starting as well as developing analytics organizations/practices and driving change within companies to become an analytics focused organization. His experience covers both SAP and Non-SAP… View all 7 posts
    Hans Kourimsky

    Author Hans Kourimsky

    SCM Line Of Business Director Hans Kourimsky is the business director for supply chain management at itelligence France. Since 2000, he has been active in supply chain implementations of SAP software. As a specialist with long-term and far-reaching expertise, Kourimsky is in charge of strategic development and presales and… View all 1 posts
    Stefan Hoffmann

    Author Stefan Hoffmann

    Wholesale Industry Solution Principal Stefan Hoffmann is an Industry Solution Principal for itelligence North America focused on the Wholesale Distribution Industry. In this role he specializes in helping wholesale distributors with enterprise resource planning and digital technology and process transformation. Hoffmann has more than 25 years of experience… View all 3 posts
    Anders Bang Andersen

    Author Anders Bang Andersen

    Business Process oriented SAP FI/CO consultant Business Process oriented SAP FI/CO consultant. Like to keep it simple. View all 1 posts
    Lars Olesen

    Author Lars Olesen

    Director, Head of Development Nordic Region I'm Development Director at itelligence Nordic, where I am responsible for itelligence Nordic´s own developed solutions. I have been working in the SAP consulting business since 1995 as implementation consultant, solution architect, team lead and project manager. I have worked in many different projects… View all 1 posts
    Bret Applegate

    Author Bret Applegate

    Senior Manager, Managed Services Customer Engagements Bret Applegate is a senior SAP Technical Professional with 15 years of IT industry experience, serving in a variety of roles ranging from SAP Basis Consultant, SAP Basis Lead, SAP Technical Architect, Hosting Delivery Manager for the itelligence Managed Cloud division, and, finally, in… View all 4 posts
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