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Marc Auro
Expert since 2023
Throughout his career, he has successfully led and executed more than 25 SAP rollouts across all five continents. Additionally, he has spearheaded full life-cycle SAP projects, including Finance, Cash Management, Electronic Invoicing and Controlling implementations.
Javaid Awan
Javaid Awan has deep process, configuration, and technical knowledge of finance and supply chain with over 25 years of experience in business and IT roles. Awan has held several senior positions as a Financial Controller, CIO, Head of Shared Services, Head of Business Transformation, Head of DevOps, and has implemented both SAP and non-SAP solutions…
Steve Birgfeld
Highly accomplished Information Technology and Business Operations Leader with 25+ years of demonstrated achievements in delivering superior technological and operational improvements for multibillion-dollar companies. Results-driven professional known for performing technology/financial analysis for matching IT requirements to strategic business goals. Creative problem solver, decision maker, team mentor and communicator with a proven ability to develop tactical…
Shashidhar Garimella
Shashidhar Garimella is an accomplished Principal Architect at SAP America Inc., known for his exceptional skills and expertise in the field of Enterprise Software Solutions. With a career spanning over a decade, Shashidhar has made significant contributions to the areas of SAP Analytics (BW, BW/4, DWC), Enterprise Information Management (EIM)- DI, SLT, SDI, Financial Planning(BPC,…
Rahul Goyal
Expert since 2023
HEAD of ERP, HRIS & ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS | CPA-MBA-MS | Finance, Accounting & data science expert for software firms | ERP, AI, ML, RPA, GAAP | 20 years of experience scaling businesses from $1M to $1B revenue, on-premise to cloud
Rohana Gunawardena
Rohana Gunawardena heads the SAP practice division at Exium Inc. Exium is a leading business and technology consulting firm that enables companies to achieve their strategic business goals. Exium specializes in delivering superior IT solutions using ERP systems, with special focus on SAP products. Rohana has been working with SAP since 1992. During his career…
Heiko Hecht
Expert since 2021
Heiko started working with SAP software in 1994. Heiko serves as a subject matter expert for Financial Accounting, System Upgrades/Transformations, Compliance, Process Discovery/Mining, ESG and Solution Documentation with SAP Solution Manager. Heiko is responsible for the collaboration with SAP and the roll out of SAP TRAC (Total ROI Analysis Campaign) and SAP STAR (System Transformation…
Brian Kalish
- SAP Finance
- SAP Financial Planning
In addition to Brian’s robust consulting and advisory practice, he is available as a public speaker addressing many of the most topical issues facing Treasury and FP&A professionals today. He has spoken all over the world to audiences both large and small. He also writes in a regular basis. He is an Expert-in-Residence (EIR) at…
Chris Ortega
Expert since 2022
Hello, I’m Chris E. Ortega, the CEO of Fresh FP&A and we provide Fractional CFO and Advisory Services for businesses that allows them to transform and scale their finance organization. We have a proven track record in scaling finance organizations for Seed to Enterprise domestic and international businesses. Wide ranging leadership in public accounting, corporate…
Suitao Yang
Expert since 2023
I help companies across various industries transform financial processes and systems to align with their overarching business objectives, leveraging digital technologies such as SAP, Oracle, Blackline to bring automation and RPA solutions. I have over 8 years of comprehensive experience in consulting and industrial roles, specializing in Finance and Accounting Transformation, Cost and Profitability Management, Analytics, Process Improvement, Risk and Internal Controls, and Controllership Digitalization. My core competencies include Financial Planning and Analysis, Consolidation & Reporting, Cost Allocation and Modeling, Product Costing, Financial Closing, Technology Implementation (Blackline, BPC, SAP ECC and S/4, and HFM etc.), Revenue Recognition, Intercompany, and Business Performance Management for publicly listed companies.