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

  • Maria Villar

    As head of Enterprise Data Strategy & Transformation at SAP, Maria Villar advises SAP customers on the crucial role of data management in their digital transformation, leveraging over 20 years of practical, operational experience as the chief data officer of three companies, including SAP from 2009-2017. Read her recent works on managing data in the…

  • David Vincent

    David has over twenty-one years of experience delivering Security, Audit, Risk, & Compliance services while employed with some of the largest professional service providing firms in the world – Arthur Andersen, KPMG, PwC, and IBM. He has delivered hundreds of ERP Security Risk & Compliance Assessments & Remediation services, and over 100 GRC technology solution…

  • Derek Vincent

  • Sam Vincent

    Sam has 25 years of experience in IT, with over 23 years focused on SAP-Basis Consultancy, SAP systems architecting, and support roles, including implementations, support, version upgrades, training, team management, and functional work. They have worked on multiple end-to-end implementations across various hardware platforms, including Cloud AWS and Azure, operating systems, and databases. Sam's experience includes large-scale implementations and high-availability systems, particularly in Telecom, Finance, Insurance, Automobiles, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Transport Management sectors in Australia.

  • Sam Vincent

    Sam Vincent is an experienced SAP Technical Manager at Linfox, with over 24 years of IT expertise. Throughout his career, Sam has focused on SAP-Basis Consultancy, systems architecting, and support, demonstrating his proficiency in implementations, version upgrades, training, team management, and functional work. Sam has successfully worked on numerous end-to-end implementations across various industries, including finance, insurance, automobiles, manufacturing, logistics, and transport management. He has been involved in large-scale projects, handling high availability systems and leveraging different hardware platforms, cloud services like AWS and Azure, operating systems, and databases. With extensive technical knowledge, Sam excels in SAP architecture, design, disaster recovery, and upgrades, encompassing a range of SAP platforms such as HANA, SLT, Netweaver, SAP ECC 6, SAP NW 7.5, SAP Enterprise portal, SAP SRM, Business Intelligence (BI), Business Objects, SAP Netweaver Process Integration, and SAP Solution Manager.

  • Akseli Virtanen

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  • AV Vivekanandha

    With 10 years of SAP experience, AV helps his customers to migrate their SAP landscape to AWS cloud. He drives modernization of SAP landscapes using AWS cloud technologies, including the formation of SAP-based Data Lakes. In addition to these focus areas, AV is particularly passionate about automation and SysOps methodologies. When he is not working,…

  • David Vives

    Graduated in Mathematics from UPC (Spain) with a Master’s Degree in Management of IT Departments. Over 25 years of experience leading and developing SAP consulting services in global companies. SAP passionate, always trying to discover new SAP solutions and automate business processes. Currently acting as a Managing Partner of CUVIV.

  • Ray Vizza

    Ray is a Principal at KPMG on the Indirect Tax Technology Team.  He helps companies solve complex indirect tax requirements through creative tax technology solutions.  He has many years of experience implementing tax engines with the leading ERP systems both domestically and globally.  He also speaks regularly at tax engine  user conferences and at other…

  • Paul Vogt

    Paul is a seasoned strategist in the Auto ID industry. He has worked across sales, marketing, channel, product, and services management. For the last five years, Paul has led the Partner Strategies Group at Loftware. He previously worked at Zebra Technologies where he was part of the EMEA management team that drove the expansion of…