In this episode, David Chaviano welcomes Geert-Jan Klaps, SAP innovation architect at thevaluechain in Belgium. Geert-Jan gives insights in the work of an SAP developer such as experts for back-end, front-end or integration development and outlines the required skills and expertise. He shares experiences and good practices as well as general career opportunities as a developer within the SAP ecosystem. Additionally, David and Geert-Jan talk about the available learning and knowledge resource...

In this episode, David Chaviano welcomes Peter Langner, an experienced SAP consultant, trainer and founder of ADventas Consulting, to talk about opportunities for young graduates and people with working experience to start a career as an SAP consultant. Peter gives insights in the job and tasks of a consultant, what skills are needed, and he shares some tips on what is important when starting your career and working in customer projects.

In this episode, David Chaviano welcomes Alejandro Gómez Rey, SAP trainer and learning room lead, and Laura, a student boosting her career by gaining SAP skills. Both give insights into the learning journey “Boost Your Career with SAP Skills” on learning.sap.com. This learning journey gives an overview on what SAP actually is all about, where the software SAP develops is used, and why it makes sense to invest in building SAP skills.

learning.sap.com stands for SAP’s future digital learning experience where the entire ecosystem can easily access and share all knowledge around SAP products and technologies. To get the latest insights, in this episode David Chaviano welcomes Stefan Ritter, head of product management and design for SAP Learning and one of the driving forces for learning.sap.com. Stefan and David talk about the successes you can already see and experience and give some insights of what can be expected in the...

In this episode David Chaviano welcomes Alejandro Gómez Rey to talk about SAP Integrated Business Planning – “IBP”. Alejandro is working with a huge intrinsically driven interest in the area of supply chain management and SAP Integrated Business Planning since 2014 and he is a trainer and learning room lead on SAP Learning Hub. In this podcast episode, David and Alejandro talk about supply chain planning and what role SAP Integrated Business Planning plays, by whom it is used, and Alejandro...

In this episode David Chaviano welcomes Pierre Lansalot-Basou to talk about SAP Analytics Cloud – “SAC”. Pierre joined SAP France in 2004 and mainly works as a trainer for customers and internal audiences on topics such as System Administration on SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Intelligence-BI4 and SAP Analytics Cloud. He is also acting as an SAP Learning Room Lead on SAP Analytics Cloud. In this podcast, Pierre gives a quick overview on SAP Analytics Cloud and its three pillars, and he shares...

The Welcome Room on SAP Learning Hub is the place where all learners find information about how to get started with SAP Learning Hub and on topics such as choosing the right learning path or getting certified. Learners can exchange experiences, ask questions, or provide answers to their learning peers. Margit Wagner is an expert for learner engagement and acting as a Learning Room administrator and moderator. In today’s episode she gives an overview on the Welcome Room, how to join and...

In this episode, David Chaviano welcomes two guests from SAP Signavio to talk about Business Process Intelligence and BPM. Founder, former CEO and Co-managing Director of SAP Signavio Dr. Gero Decker shares Signavio’s origin story and insights on the combined Process Transformation Suite of SAP and Signavio. Hannah Sperling offers first-hand experience and advice for aspiring IT and Process Professionals, while sharing resources on how to get started in the interdisciplinary field of BPM with...

In this episode David Chaviano welcomes Fabienne Bourdelle to talk about Supply Chain. Fabienne looks back on a long career as an SAP consultant, especially in the Supply Chain area. Later she joined the SAP learning and training organization and became a trainer for this topic – today with focus on SAP S/4HANA and Ariba. She gives many insights and shares great examples for all those interested in Supply Chain – new students as well as experienced ERP experts. And of course, at the end of...

In today’s episode it’s all about SAP Business Technology Platform – BTP. David Chaviano virtually met his colleague Alice Chang, an experienced trainer and expert for SAP Business Technology Platform and a strong focus on data security topics. Alice gives a brief overview on BTP, how newbies get started best, how to get certified and how to develop secure business apps on the platform. And as always, at the end some final words of wisdom are shared.

David Chaviano welcomes Kate Wilson again. This time she gives an overview on what RISE with SAP is and what learning content is available on SAP Learning Hub and other sources. Kate is an experienced trainer and learning room lead on SAP Learning Hub with focus on SAP S/4HANA private and public cloud edition as well as RISE with SAP.

In this episode David Chaviano welcomes Kate Wilson, experienced trainer and learning room lead on SAP Learning Hub with focus on SAP S/4HANA private and public cloud edition. Kate gives a brief introduction what SAP S/4HANA essentially is and shares insights for new and experienced learners on how to get started, staying current and certified as well as how to make best use of the digital learning opportunities in SAP Learning Hub.

Another great and personal look behind the scenes of the SAP learning systems landscape! Paul Maguire is heading the Global Learning Systems Experience Engineering team that is responsible for development and maintenance of SAP’s learning systems landscape. Paul shares his personal experiences of change and challenges when going into the role of a people manager with a development team that makes business dreams become reality while creating new digital learner experiences. He gives insights...

This episode is our first on SAP SuccessFactors. David Chaviano welcomes Kerry Meagher to deep dive in what SAP SuccessFactors is all about. Kerry started her career at Accenture and later Plateau, the predecessor of SuccessFactors Learning. She is now with SAP more than ten years. Kerry gives a brief introduction on SAP SuccessFactors, gives insights in how to get certified, the Admin Learning Center, how to get support in the SuccessFactors Learning Room and how to stay current.

In this episode, David Chaviano talks to Tim Fabiniak. Tim has been working as a trainer and expert in SAP Ariba for more than 14 years. In addition, he is an active moderator of the SAP Ariba Learning Room on SAP Learning Hub. Tim gives insights in what exactly SAP Ariba is all about and how you can start learning more about it, the integration with SAP S/4HANA and interfacing with other systems. He also shares some helpful information on learning and qualification topics such as getting...

In this episode we will look a bit behind the scenes at the unsung heroes who keep SAP Learning platforms up and running and support our learners. David Chaviano talks to Daniela Kelemen, head of the Learning Systems Operations and Support team, being responsible for operating and supporting SAP Learning platforms and solutions. These are the SAP Training Shop, the SAP Learning Hub, SAP Certification, and the new SAP Learning platform (beta). Daniela gives detailed insights on how the...

In this episode, David Chaviano talks to Suzanne Heiob from the SAP Learning Product Management team. As product owner, Suzanne is responsible for the SAP Certification topic worldwide at SAP. Suzanne gives detailed insights on how the certification process works, what needs to be considered and how to pass the exam.

In this episode, David Chaviano talks to Mark Green. Mark is an SAP instructor and learning content developer focusing on the SAP HANA learning portfolio. In addition, he is an active moderator of the SAP HANA Modeling Learning Room on SAP Learning Hub. Mark gives insights in how you can start learning about SAP HANA and SAP HANA modeling, the difference between SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA, how to make best usage of the SAP HANA Modeling Learning Room and how to prepare to get certified in that...

In this episode, David Chaviano talks to Stefanos Pougkas. Stefanos is an SAP learning architect and designs courses in the financial leaning portfolio – mainly financial- and management-accounting. In addition, he is an active moderator of the financials Learning Room on SAP Learning Hub. Stefanos gives insights in how you can start learning about SAP finance, how to make best usage of the finance Learning Room and how to prepare to get certified in that topic area.

David Chaviano gives a quick overview on learning offerings available in the SAP Learning Hub, the digital solution for SAP software skills. We talk about editions, social learning, access to content and live sessions and more. As David is a member of the solution management team and moderating the Welcome Room on SAP Learning Hub, he is the perfect match to continue this podcast series as your host talking to great SAP experts and trainers.

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