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Some of you have started your Digital Transformation journey—yay! However, most of the customers I talk to are either just beginning to define their transformation or have not yet started. If you are one of the…
An Introduction to SAP BW/4 HANA
In the first blog in this series, I discussed the challenges faced by SAP customers with respects to the technical debt built up over many years to deliver operational reporting and some form of data warehousing. I…
Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too: Innovation + Stability in SAP BusinessObjects Lumira 2.0
We’ve been telling you a lot about SAP Lumira 2.0, including all of the new features and UX. As you can see from the videos and screen shots, the user experience is significantly improved. User…
Why Your CFO and CHRO Need to Work Together
Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) tend to focus on budgets, forecasts and all things financial in the organization. In contrast, Chief Human Resource Officers (CHRO) focus on the people side of the business, and sometimes the…
Struggling to Make Data Actionable?
I’m often asked the reasons why a business would need some form of data platform. The answer is ultimately it needs information to support decision making. The systems delivering such information over the years have…
Introducing SAP BusinessObjects Lumira 2.0
The SAP Analytics strategy revolves around Insight, Decision, and Action. In a nutshell, we want to help you uncover new insights to help transform your business—and then turn those insights into new decisions and actions….
Stop Doing Human Resources and Finance Planning in Silos
For many companies today, headcount planning and financial forecasting are two independent processes, managed and facilitated by HR and Finance. These processes are not synchronized and do not allow visibility to see the effects of…
“Move over Swanson, I’m driving!” | Business-Driven Business Intelligence
Some of you may remember the scene from the movie Caddyshack, where the character Al Czervik, played by Rodney Dangerfield, takes over piloting the yacht from Captain Swanson. Calamity and hilarity soon ensue, as the…
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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 7 posts
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
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 6 posts
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 9 posts
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 3 posts
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
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 2 posts
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
Author Mario Lütkebohle
Consultant Seit 25 Jahren IT-Technologieberater, Produktentwickler und IT-Forscher mit den Schwerpunktthemen Logistik und technische Integration. View all 4 posts
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
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 7 posts
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 4 posts
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 13 posts
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
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
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
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
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
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 17 posts
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
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
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
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
Author Kevin Biggs
Director of Managed Services Customer Engagements, Managed Cloud Kevin is the Director of Customer Engagements – Managed Cloud. He manages the pre-sales activities, which includes the architecture, services and pricing for new prospects considering the itelligence managed cloud platform, and enhancements to current clients already utilizing the itelligence managed cloud platform. He… View all 0 posts
Author Emery Streit
Practice Manager, SAP Solution Manager Emery Streit is currently the Practice Lead for the itelligence North America SAP Solution Manager program. He specializes in Application Lifecycle Management and support processes/tools for SAP Centers of Excellence. He has over 15 years of experience with IT Service Management and ITIL processes,… View all 6 posts
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
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
Author Brandon Evans
Director, Products and Solutions Brandon has over 12 years of industry experience in wholesale, discrete and process manufacturing. He has focused specifically in the areas of supply chain - procurement, inventory, material planning, and internal warehouse processes. Over the past 8 years, Brandon has built trust with our… View all 6 posts
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
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
Author Ingo Jochim
Manager - Cloud Implementation Ingo Jochim has worked for itelligence as Senior Architect in Dresden since 2010, focusing on implementation and automation of large cloud environments. Ingo has more than 15 years experience in data center operations and likes Enduro off-road races. View all 1 posts
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 1 posts
Author Bev Desjardins
Solution Architect, Supply Chain Beverly “Bev” Desjardins is a Solution Architect at itelligence. She is a Supply Chain Professional with 30 years of experience in Paper, Chemical, Steel, Consumer Office Products and Wholesale distribution companies. Her 16+ years of SAP experience covers the entire SAP project life cycle… View all 2 posts
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
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
Author Norbert Rotter
Chief Executive Officer A qualified bank clerk, Norbert Rotter studied business administration at the University of Paderborn and the University of Limerick, Ireland. In 1995, he began his extensive career at the Bielefeld office of the global audit company KPMG Deutsche Treuhandgesellschaft AG, where he was responsible… View all 1 posts
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
Author Torben Seebach
Director Business Analytics Catalyst and Business Analytics expert with a focus on emerging technologies and new approaches to data science. Specialties in Visualisation, Usability, BigData, Datawarehousing and Qlik. Qlik Luminary and part of the Early Adopters group. View all 1 posts
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
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
Author Sadi Fieldsend
Senior Director, Customer Engagements Sadi Fieldsend is the Senior Director of Customer Engagements for itelligence. She is responsible for managing SAP centric requirements by providing strategic advice for deploying the right technology platform aligned with achieving business requirements, and ensuring successful project execution, building strong customer partnerships, and… View all 7 posts
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
Author Rockford Patrick
Solution Manager Architect Rocky is a key member on itelligence’s Solution Manager Team, enabling customers to realize the possibilities that Solution Manager can deliver in their ALM journey. Rocky joined itelligence in 2008 and has had many roles throughout the organization: Consultant, Operations Lead, Process Delivery Manager, Operations Delivery… View all 1 posts
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
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 3 posts
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
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
Author Henrik Bruentrup
Global Business Solutions Bielefeld-based Henrik Bruentrup has been active in multiple international projects as well as the maintenance of a global Demo landscape. His focus hereby lies on Frontend/Gateway related activities, consisting of the setup, implementation and maintenance of SAP’s new UX Fiori 2.0 and the integration… View all 1 posts
Author Michael Romaniello
Solution Architect, AMS Michael Romaniello is a Solution Architect as part of the AMS Advisory Services team. He is an experienced IT professional who has worked with SAP since 2004 in the Industrial Products, Chemicals, and Pharmaceuticals industries, among others. He has primarily worked with the Sales… View all 1 posts
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
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
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
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
Author Dan Cupersmith
Dan has been a key member of itelligence since 2006 and is responsible for go to market strategy for SAP EPM solutions. Dan possesses diverse experience in all aspects of the SAP implementation process, from proof of concept through pilot configuration, business process analysis,… View all 2 posts
Author Matt Wischer
Solution Architect, Advisory Services Matt Wischer is a Solution Architect at itelligence with more than 19 years of IT experience in Supply Chain Management and over 17 years of experience with SAP application development, implementation, and support. His primary focus is on Materials Management and Logistics Execution, including… View all 0 posts
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 11 posts
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Author Christian Schmidt
Director Global Business Analytics for itelligence. I am the Director Global Business Analytics for itelligence. View all 1 posts
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
Author Nicola Fankhauser
Senior Professional SAP Consultant, Teamlead Business Unit Business Technology View all 1 posts
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
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 16 posts
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
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
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
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 10 posts
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
Author Harish Menta
Senior Solution Architect Harish Menta is Senior Solution Architect. He has more than 13 years of SAP experience and has been part of full-cycle implementations, rollout, and support projects as FI/CO lead. He works in Advisory Services and Digital Transformation Team and plays a critical role in… View all 0 posts
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 4 posts
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