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Anand Seetharaju is a certified SAP S/4HANA financial and management accounting consultant. He holds active CPA and CMA licenses and has more than 25 years of experience in business process design, consulting, and implementation of accounting systems. He has led several SAP S/4HANA Finance and Central Finance transformation projects and has presented several topics at SAP conferences. Additionally, he has extensive implementation experience with the SAP classic general ledger, new general ledger, and SAP S/4HANA general ledger, including the conversion from a classic general ledger. Anand’s experience includes global SAP finance and controlling implementations and rollouts with an emphasis on Central Finance, receivables management, revenue accounting and reporting, cash and liquidity management, profitability analysis, project systems, product costing, material ledger, capital asset management, leasing, global tax, and legal reporting.

Johan is a Partner at Infogility leading the SAP S/4HANA Finance practice. Johan is a highly visible SAP Solution Architect, with demonstrated and proven experience with all SAP S/4 Financials, BPC processes, and information technology transformation. He is known and respected as a supply chain Financials visionary with expert level understanding of global supply chain Financials business and technology trends.

He has over 30 years’ experience working on Global Multi-National Rollouts of SAP throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.

He is a highly effective team leader, capable of leading large teams of professionals and has a proven success record on multiple global implementations servicing clients in a wide range of industries.

Johan is an experienced solutions Architect used by SAP America and Accenture as an Architect performing system modelling, Design, analysis and implementations across the SAP footprint.

Senior SAP S/4HANA FI/CO consultant and project manager with 20 years consulting, implementation, training, and project management experience including:
• SAP Press author of 'Configuring SAP S/4HANA Finance'
• 4 full life-cycle SAP implementations
• Extensive team lead/project management experience
• Experienced in various business sectors: manufacturing, pharmaceutical, chemicals, medical devices, financial services, FMCG, IT, public Sector, automotive, commodity trading
• Extensive global rollout and country localization experience
• Leadership experience as direct liaison between the business community and IT

Tom King recently retired from Milliken, a leading global manufacturer of specialty textiles, floor covering, and chemicals based in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was lead SAP CO analyst and has more than 30 years of experience in manufacturing and product costing. Tom has published three SAP books with Espresso Tutorials:

-   Practical Guide to SAP CO Templates

-   SAP S/4HANA Product Cost Planning Configuration and Master Data

-   SAP S/4HANA Product Cost Planning Costing with Quantity Structure

 

Birgit Oettinger is Product Owner for Management Accounting at SAP SE. In this role she is closely involved in key innovation topics for S/4HANA Finance. Birgit has 20 years of experience in the area of SAP Financials and got her start at SAP as an FI/CO consultant with focus on product costing and integration topics. She has been responsible for a wide range of products and areas in Financials and gained deep insights into various Cloud and On Premise solutions.

Ashish Sampat is a qualified finance and costing professional with over two decades of industry experience in the SAP Finance and Controlling space. Ashish has been an SAP consultant for most of his career with various consulting organizations and now works as an independent SAP FI/CO consultant. He has provided solutions in several areas of SAP Controlling including product costing, Material Ledger, and cost center accounting to global clients in consumer packed goods, life sciences, and industrial sectors. Born and educated in India, Ashish now lives in suburban Chicago with his wife and two kids. Ashish is the author of First Steps in SAP Controlling (CO) and Expert Tips to Unleash the Full Potential of SAP Controlling.

Mohamed Elshinnawy began his career as an accountant and has worked as an SAP consultant for more than 7 years. He has worked on several implementations in Egypt and the Middle East, in addition to global projects in cooperation with teams from the U.S. and Europe. He also works as an SAP trainer for IT and accounting professionals as well as for new graduates starting their SAP career. He has worked for several SAP partners including IBM, his current employer.

John Pringle is the SAP FICO Competency Group Lead with Illumiti, an SAP Partner and a leading niche SAP systems integration and management consulting company based in Toronto, Canada. He is the product owner for the SAP all-in-one Mining Solution, one of Illumiti’s all-in-one SAP solutions. John has been working in SAP consulting for over 15 years and has previously worked for PwC, IBM and Accenture. He has implemented SAP solutions in a number of industries including mining, automotive, food processing, semi-conductor manufacturing and industrial and building products. He is experienced in implementing most areas within SAP FICO as well as areas in PS, MM, SD and PP. John has an MBA in Finance and International Business from Schulich School of Business in Toronto and is a CMA and CPA. John can be contacted at jpringle@illumiti.com or on LinkedIn. 

 

Rosana Fonseca is an independent SAP Financials consultant since 2000. She is SAP certified in FICO with extensive experience in SAP global projects. Originally from Brazil, she is a Canadian citizen and lives in Toronto.

Scott Cairncross is the founder of TruQua and specializes in business planning and consolidations and has a deep knowledge of SAP NetWeaver BW, SAP BusinessObjects, and the EPM Suite. Scott focuses on helping customers successfully implement SAP BusinessObjects, SAP EPM, and SAP NetWeaver BW. Scott is also heavily focused on bringing SAP Data into Rich Internet Applications, leveraging Flex, Cocoa, and Rich Java Tools, such as Google Web Toolkit, on both PCs and devices. Scott has participated in numerous SAP NetWeaver BW, SAP BusinessObjects, and EPM go-lives and is a regular speaker at SAP events.

 

Gary Cokins (Cornell University BS IE/OR, 1971; Northwestern University Kellogg MBA 1974) is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author in advanced cost management and enterprise performance and risk management systems. He is the founder of Analytics-Based Performance Management LLC, an advisory firm located in Cary, North Carolina at www.garycokins.com . He began his career in industry with a Fortune 100 company in CFO and operations roles. He then worked 15 years in consulting with Deloitte, KPMG, and EDS. From 1997 until recently Gary was a Principal Consultant with SAS, a leading provider of enterprise performance management and business analytics and intelligence software. His two most recent books are Performance Management: Finding the Missing Pieces to Close the Intelligence Gap (ISBN 0-471-57690-5) and Performance Management: Integrating Strategy Execution, Methodologies, Risk, and Analytics (ISBN 978-0-470-44998-1). His most recent book is Predictive Business Analytics (ISBN 978-1-118-17556-9), published by John Wiley & Sons. Mr. Cokins can be contacted at gcokins@garycokins.com.

Sydnie McConnell is the lead SAP business systems analyst for Finance at Woodward, which integrates leading-edge technologies into fuel, combustion, fluid, actuation, and electronic control systems for the aerospace and energy markets. Sydnie has over 14 years of experience with SAP Financials, both as a cost accountant and a systems analyst. She’s worked on a variety of complex projects, focusing on SAP Controlling, including global SAP ERP and BPC implementations. 

Jörg Siebert has worked as consultant, trainer and product manager and has more than 16 years of experience with accounting software. For the last 10 years he worked at SAP Germany in Walldorf with a focus on SAP ERP Financials. He has written several books including The SAP General Ledger and SAP ERP Financials User's Guide. In 2011 he started his own publishing company www.espresso-tutorials.com - E-Books for SAP Software.  

Anurag Barua is a digital & business transformation architect currently working for SAP America. He has spent the last 21 years in the SAP eco-system leading advising nearly 40 customers globally. His SAP competencies include FI and CO, FP&A with SAP BPC, logistics & supply chain management, SAP BW, SAP BusinessObjects, data management & governance; SAP Fiori and GRC. Anurag speaks at SAP conferences, has written 4 SAP books and over a 100 white papers. He holds an MBA in Finance. Contact Anurag at Anurag.barua@gmail.com.

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Julien Delvat is Sr Program Manager for Finance Transformation at Google. He has more than 10 years of SAP Controlling experience and started as a developer for CO maintenance and development at SAP Labs France. Julien is a frequent speaker at SAP conferences and is the Chair of the ASUG Managerial Accounting Special Interest Group. He lives in CA with his wife and two children.

 

Rogerio Faleiros is an independent SAP consultant specializing in controlling functionality. He has worked with SAP technology since 2005, implementing controlling solutions in the food processing, chemical, construction and agribusiness industries. Since 2008, Rogerio has been working with IFRS and integration with CO-PC minimizing the impact of the changes in SAP for companies in the United States, Brazil, and Germany. Rogerio has an MBA in IT from Getulio Vargas Foundation and is a frequent presenter providing training for new consultants in Brazil. Rogerio is the author of Configuring Controlling in SAP ERP and Introducing the Material Ledger in SAP S/4 HANA (2018). You can reach Rogerio at rogerio@rogeriofaleiros.com also or connect with him on LinkedIn.

Janet Salmon is the Chief Product Owner for Management Accounting at SAP AG. Janet is known to many SAP Financials professionals for her writings on Controlling and related subjects in SAP Financials Expert. She recently published her first book for SAP PRESS Controlling with SAP – Practical Guide. Janet has overseen many SAP Controlling functionality product developments both as a Product and Solution Manager. Most recently she spearheaded changes to the user interfaces within Controlling and data transfer from Controlling to SAP HANA.

Ross Christoph is responsible for SAP product costing at Eli Lilly and Company globally. Eli Lilly manufactures in 13 countries, and markets products in 125 countries. Ross has been with Eli Lilly since 1999 and participated in the implementations of SAP product costing internationally.

Previously Ross worked at other manufacturing companies focused on internal accounting and financial roles since 1979 and become involved with SAP projects in 1992. Ross is a Certified Management Accountant.

Martin Munzel is an internationally recognized speaker, author, and SAP consultant specializing in SAP Controlling functionality. He has more than 18 years of experience working with SAP, both as an external and in-house consultant. Martin has extensive experience implementing SAP FI/CO solutions in Europe, Asia, and North America in the manufacturing and wholesale industries as well as in the public sector. He regularly speaks at international SAP conferences and delivers training for consultants and SAP users. Martin is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Espresso Tutorials, a publishing company focused on short and concise SAP textbooks. He is the author of New SAP Controlling Planning Interface, First Steps in SAP, as well as a number of best-selling German titles. Contact Martin at martin.munzel@espresso-tutorials.com or on LinkedIn.

 

Paul Ovigele has worked as an ERP financials consultant since 1997 in both North America and Europe, specializing in implementing the Financial Accounting and Controlling modules and all integration areas for companies in various industries. Paul delivers training sessions to finance professionals at both functional and managerial levels, and is published in Financials Expert where he also serves as a technical adviser. He has presented at SAP financial conferences in both Europe and the United States. Paul is the author of Material Ledger in SAP S/4HANA (2023).