ASUG Chap
Wojcik Conference Center at Harper College
1200 W. Algonquin Rd. Bldg. W
Palatine, IL 60067
8:00 am to 3:45 pm
Time/Room
7:30 am
8:00 – 8:30 am
8:30 – 8:45 am
Topic
Speaker
Registration Opens
Networking over Breakfast sponsored by ACS
Welcome and opening remarks
8:45 – 9:25 am
Keynote session: Adopting SAP Business Suite 7
Marco Valencia
VP North America Upgrade
Competency Center (UCC)
SAP America, Inc
9:30 – 9:50 am
Open Text (Host Sponsor): Overview of the SAP and Open
Text Partnership
Chris Bauer
SAP America, Inc
&
Open Text Corporation
9:55 – 10:10 am
Learn how leading SAP customers are using GuiXT by
Synactive Solutions
Carlos A. Noriega
GuiXT Product Specialist
Synactive, Inc.
10:15 – 10:25 am
Introduction to ACS
10:25 – 10:40 am
Break and proceed to breakout sessions
ECC/HR Upgrade Combined w/Unicode Conversion
Dean Germeyer, SR VP
ACS AMS
Brian Pearson
USA Lead SAP Basis Administrator
Mike Ganjani
Manager, Technical Services
Hospira, Inc.
10:40 – 11:30 am
SOA and BPM - what should organizations undertake first?
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
Rao Subba
Senior Architect
Hospira, Inc.
11:30 – 12:30 pm
SAP Business Information Delivery Strategy
Tony Tranchita
SAP NetWeaver Solutions Engineer
SAP America, Inc
Maximizing your Supply Chain Analytical Strategy
George Sloan
Business Process Manager
Global Supply Chain Analytical Team
Nalco
BP’s experiences with the Amazon cloud
Rick Pittard
IT&S Enterprise Systems, Strategy and
Architecture
BP
Lunch sponsored by GUIxt
SAP Upgrade Value Workshop (12:30 pm – 3:20 pm)
12:30 – 1:20 pm
Deepa Bhaskaran
Program Director
Global Upgrade Office
SAP
Hit the ground running in SAP NetWeaver Business
Process Management (BPM)
Tony Tranchita
SAP NetWeaver Solutions Engineer
SAP America, Inc
Enhancing BI with Business Objects: Questions you should
ask and answer before deiciding your reporting platform
Chirag Shah
National Practice Director
BO, BI, BPC & GRC
ACS SAP Solutions
SAP MII: Synchronizing your Enterprise with Manufacturing
for Operational Excellence
Steve Nygren
SAP America, Inc
The Process Enterprise: How Strategic Process
Transformation Changes The Business
Tom Coleman
CIO
Sloan Valve
Real Experience. Real Advantage.
SAP Upgrade Value Workshop contd.
1:30 – 2:20 pm
Optimizing AP and Other Business Processes within SAP
Jean Hills
Senior Solution Consultant
Open Text Corporation
SAP Business User Portfolio Update (1:30 pm – 3:20 pm)
Dave Utley
SAP America, Inc
The winning strategy for growth - Ensure a Stable &
Predictable Environment
Fred Robin
Director of Enterprise Architecture
Teklink International Inc.
Reduce the cost of upgrades and hot packs while
improving quality.
Jeff Duly
Corning
SAP Upgrade Value Workshop contd.
SAP Business User Portfolio Update contd.
Looking to make your ERP more user friendly?
Carlos A. Noriega
GuiXT Product Specialist
Synactive, Inc.
Syclo: SAP's New Mobile Strategy
Jon Schmidt
Syclo Global Business Development
2:30 – 3:20 pm
Efficient Services Procurement Integrated with the Contract
Review Process at Astellas US
Robert Saini
Director of Purchasing
Astellas US LLC
Dobson Schofield
Principal
Capgemini US, LLC
3:30 – 3:45 pm
Closing and raffle
Real Experience. Real Advantage.