Meet the SAPinsider Experts

Gain insights and connect with the world’s leading SAPinsider Experts, in the largest and fastest-growing SAP membership group.

Experts

  • Joerg Boeke

    Joerg Boeke is an SAP BW / HANA solution architect and senior consultant working with BIAnalyst GmbH & Co.KG, with 24 years experience in SAP BW and 10 years experience in SAP HANA , having worked on it since SAP BW 1.2A and first HANA version until recent versions. He offers significant expertise in the SAP BW / HANA, analytical area, including design, data integration, data visualization, performance optimization, and the cleanup of existing SAP BW as well as HANA systems. He is the author of SAP BW 7.x Reporting – Visualize your data,SAP BI Analysis Office - a Practical Guide, SAP HANA SQL-Script

  • Craig L. Brown, Sr.
    Expert since 2022

    As the Principal of one of a few US based certified SAP ALM Hub Partner and Tricentis TOSCA Certified Implementation Partner, Craig Brown leads the Transformation Architect team at Xceleon. A proven leader and an invaluable resource in Information Technology, government, public, and private entities utilize his management skills and keen ability to identify technology-based value opportunities. His 33-year career started in the United States Army as a highly decorated enlisted soldier who globally managed troops to deliver classified mission-critical communications during both peace and wartime efforts. After his honorable service was complete, he joined the private sector, where he held positions that utilized his vast knowledge in technology, management, and process design & application development. His management skills make him a natural leader when guiding resources from multiple business units, as he incorporates processes across various platforms. As a volunteer, Craig has served with SAP's ASUG Solution Manager Special Interest Group (SIG) as the Solution Manager Community Facilitator, focusing on the SAP Solution Manager influence counsel for nine years. In addition to educating the SAP Community about SAP Solution Manager's latest and greatest features and benefits, he also teaches certified application lifecycle management tools tightly integrated with SAP Solution Manager to facilitate value-driven projects and solutions. Craig is also the ASUG IT Operations Alliance Community's Task Force Lead and an SAP Insider Expert focused on application lifecycle management. SAP chose Craig to speak at the 40TH annual SAP Max Attention Summit in Waldorf, Germany, where he outlined the benefits of deploying a fully integrated ITSM system through Solution Manager and the value it enabled for his employer. Craig Brown is a visionary leader in the IT industry and a proven asset to any organization he serves, leveraging his vast knowledge and expertise to drive success.

  • Satwik Das

    Satwik Das is an Associate Partner at TruQua, an IBM company. He has more than 17 years of experience leading and managing large-scale SAP analytics, financial planning, and finance transformation projects. He has extensive experience in SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW), SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (SAP BPC), and various reporting tools, and he has…

  • Prathyusha Garimella

    Prathyusha is a seasoned SAP EIM Portfolio Expert working at SAP America, Inc. with a passion for pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. She holds a track record of driving transformative solutions and optimizing technology landscapes and her extensive experience spans across various industries, helping organizations unlock value and achieve operational excellence. Following are some…

  • Ingo Hilgefort
    Expert since 2019

    Ingo is an experienced product manager working in the analytics & BI software industry for over 15 years now. He always has been focusing on cross-product solutions and focusing on the “big picture” scenarios by keeping the customer experience and requirements in mind. In addition to his experience in product management and engineering, Ingo has…

  • Akash Kumar

    Akash Kumar is an author, speaker, and techie for emerging and disruptive technology topics with a focus on Intelligent Enterprise. He is currently working as Solution Architect with HCL and supporting new products, services, and offerings on the Industry Cloud. He has supported multiple customers in digital transformation by creating business use cases and technology roadmaps, migrating from old to new technology such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform, and SAP Analytics, implementing new business model on artificial intelligence/machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and blockchain, and enabling business process simplification with Celonis and task automation with robotic process automation. He is the author of PlanViz: Improving SAP HANA Performance (SAP Press) and Building and Extending SAP HANA Live Views (SAP Press). He has a bachelor's degree in computer science and holds numerous certifications, including Scrum Master, Agile, IoT, Devops, SAP HANA, SAP Cloud Platform, SAP Activate, and SAP S/4HANA.

  • David Maloney

    Dave Maloney is the North American VP for BTP Everywhere and is focused on helping SAP customers gain as much out of their SAP investment through consistent leverage of the SAP Business Technology Platform. Accelerating Cloud adoption & renewals through BTP is Dave’s measure of success – including SAP Store, Solution Extension & Solution Integration…

  • Shashank Paritala
    Expert since 2024

    Shashank Paritala - Practice Manager for Analytics and Data Monetization at Avvale, bringing extensive experience in the SAP Analytics Stack, including BW, Datasphere, and SAC, along with broad functional knowledge across various industries.

  • Nick Parkin

    In 2001, Nick Parkin established Proceed Group in response to a growing need identified by SAP UK. Their customers were grappling with rapidly increasing data volumes, which posed significant challenges. Proceed Group was created to provide expert data archiving solutions for these clients. As word of the company’s success spread, additional SAP regions began seeking…

  • Aric Quinones
    Expert since 2022

    Aric is a Managing Director at Protiviti who leads the SAP Practice and Technology Consulting Practice in the East. For over 20 years, Aric has been helping clients manage digital transformations with the implementation and maintenance of SAP and the surrounding ecosystem. He is one of Protiviti’s firm-wide experts in S/4, Central Finance, Finance Transformation,…