Background

Author of SAP textbook covering cross functional process "cash-to-cash" exercises and supplemental ERPsim process and strategies designed for inexperience SAP end-users, not, computer science nor information systems "power users". www.TheCourseWebsite.com Enthusiastic, and persuasive ERP / SAP process trainer and analyst with experience teaching across all areas of business and direct experience with sales/marketing, project implementation, strategy, operations and supply chain management, leadership, and change management. Extensive experience working with, influencing, and instructing a diverse group of individuals (including millennials) on the unified use of business technologies (hardware, software, and wetware) to enhance an organization’s competitive advantage.

Job experience

• January 2016 - present
  Technical Author, SAP End-User Trainer, ERPsim Facilitator (ECC & S/4HANA w/Fiori)
  Self Employed
  

  Milwaukee, WI

  General SAP/Analytics Training:
  - Focus on the standard line-of-business end-user (not IT/MIS/Technical users nor data scientists)
  - SAP S/4 HANA, SAP Fiori, SAP Lumira (with or without HANA), SAP ECC, MS Excel (data modeling, analytics, optimization)
  - Training and change management: SAP ECC to SAP S/4 HANA with Fiori
  - From basic navigation to "power users", no configuration or database management, etc.
  Team Building, Recruiting, Leadership Development
  - Using a strategically-oriented business simulation, work as a team to solve actual business problems using "real time" data, in "real world" situations
  ERPsim Training
  - "Train the trainer" workshops for SAP University Alliance members, complete with ERPsim CID
  - Curriculum development and curriculum resources (including YouTube videos: https://tinyurl.com/myzehvo)
  - Incorporating the SAP "Cash to Cash Business Cycle" into your ERP course
  - Teaching quantitative strategy, without "giving away" the answers
  Cross-functional Processes, Concepts, and Strategy
  - Using top level, "birds-eye-view" real-time data, see how the functional areas interact with each other (from S&OP to cost centers to finance)
  - Simulated market provides "real time" data every simulated day--participants must quickly make strategic decisions
  - Perfect for those preparing for the SAP TERP10 Certification
  Academics
  - Available to teach undergraduate and graduate level courses online or on-campus
  - Courses are --not-- designed for MIS/IT students but the standard inexperienced business student
  - ERP/SAP courses using ERPsim's Manufacturing Game (including SAP HANA and SAP Lumira)
  - Excel-oriented analytics: data modeling and optimization, advanced Excel techniques
  Author
  - Technical writer focusing on non-technical readers, with no previous technical experience
  - Well written step-by-step, hands-on guides to navigating the software and understanding the results
  - Original ERPsim textbook and curriculum: www.TheCourseWebsite.com.

• January 2015 - present
  Adjunct Faculty
  Marquette University
  

  Milwaukee, WI - College of Business Administration

  ● Business strategy course focusing on ERPsim's Manufacturing Game using SAP
  ● Course simultaneously and seamlessly teaches ERP, SAP, and business strategy while requiring students to demonstrate their understanding of course concepts
  ● Student project includes analyzing ERP implementation failures and creating an appropriate change management methodology to "solve" the failure issues
  ● Completely original course curriculum including original SAP exercises, textbook, quizzes, and lectures
  ● Developed and authored course textbook with SAP Labs and required course content
  ● Original SAP "Cash-to-Cash" exercises augment student learning within SAP

Education

• University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
  

  2006 - 2009

  MBA - Masters of Business Administration
• Northern Kentucky University
  

  1992 - 1996

  Bachelor of Arts in European History

• ERPsim Level II
  HEC Montreal
  

  - present
• SAP TERP10
  SAP
  

  - present