Samuli Kaskiis the Member of the Month for May 2013. We connected via Skype yesterday afternoon and talked for an hour and a half - another long interview that I enjoyed! As soon as Samuli and I started talking about French politics, I knew we would run over ;-)

Samuli is “fresh from the plane” if I may say (I hope he won’t mind!) – he moved to the US in September 2012 to work for a medical device company. It is always nice to chat with fellow European expatriates in the US.

He has been very helpful in the Discussions, covering many topics. He is very goal oriented and comes to SCN with a mission: help people (and he's probably going to complete one of the new SCN missions very quickly!). He focuses on discussions where he can bring value, and seems to be helping people at a cadence that many would envy, and for sure many are thankful for that. I knew before talking to Samuli that badges and points are not what drives him, but it was still good to get his feedback on SCN gamification.

In general I love talking with the Members of the Month, their dedication is inspiring and I always learn something technical, such as the concept of an SAP-provided enhancement framework as explained to me by Samuli, something I realized I already knew thanks to Amy King, Member of the Month in February 2013. Thank you guys!

Samuli, can you tell us a bit about yourself, where you live, who you work for, and other things you would like to share with the community (hobbies, fun facts)?

I am married and I live in Irvine, Orange Country, Southern California. I moved here from Finland in September 2012, my wife followed soon after. I work as a Senior SAP Portal Developer for Applied Medical, a company manufacturing medical devices right here in California. One year ago I decided to leave the SAP consulting business in which I had worked for 15 years and decided that it was time to work for a SAP customer. Actually not that much has changed, I still work with SAP technologies and create new solutions to support business needs. I started programming some 30 years ago with Basic, moved on to the 68k assembly language (Amiga forever) followed by the x86 assembly language and C and Java programming languages. In early 2000’s I got into ABAP and that is what I have been using for the past years, at least at work.

As much as I enjoy working with computers I also enjoy very primitive tasks, such as going to the cottage and cutting down trees. I love to travel, which I have done quite extensively. Recently on my visa application I listed 27 countries that I had visited in the past 5 years. Now that I live here in the United States, I will not be travelling as much but I will probably be able to visit places that would have been hard to visit had I stayed in Finland. I enjoy wine and good food (when someone else makes it), I try to work out but that is something I have neglected for the past year.

Note from Laure:

When asked about his favorite place – a tough question for someone who travels so much – Samuli replied with "Nice", a French city by the Mediterranean sea. [pronounced like “niece”] In Nice you enjoy the French Riviera atmosphere, the central location that makes it easy travel to other Mediterranean countries such as Spain, Italy, Greek islands, etc.

When did you become a member of SCN and what brought you to this community?

I joined SCN (SDN at the time) in 2005. I do not remember exactly why, I think I received an e-mail invitation from SAP after having been featured in a local edition of the SAP Info magazine, in Finland. They ran a story on my recent SAP NetWeaver certification at the time.

Ever since joining I have used SCN mainly to search information but sometimes also just to get new ideas and see what SAP has come up with. Recently, after having left the SAP consulting business behind, I have had more time to also contribute to SCN in the form of answering questions. I was quite inactive during my consulting career, mainly due to lack of time and also because sharing knowledge as a consultant has its pros and cons. [Note from Laure: read what Stephen Millard has to say about this!] During the past year I have spent more time on SCN than before.

I usually look for discussions where I can help, and I don’t spend time answering questions that don’t bring value to SCN because they’ve been discussed in the past and the answer is already out there on SCN.

Note from Laure: In a Moderator jargon, we would say that Samuli doesn’t spoon feed people ;-) Search before you post!

Your first post on SCN (under a different user ID) was in 2005 and it was you helping someone, not even asking something! That’s unusual for a “newbie”. Can you tell us if you joined SCN at that time to help, or if you were there watching before you decided to step in and help others?

To be honest I do not remember. I probably didn’t hesitate to chip in right away. I usually don’t, even if sometimes waiting and maturing an idea would be wiser.

Since then, you’ve been super active in the discussions, helping people in various areas. So many areas that I’m wondering how you do it all – but that’s for another question later in this interview. My question is: I know your expertise is SAP NetWeaver, but I’ve seen you active in Solution Manager, Business Workflow even, etc. Can you list all the spaces you’re active in on SCN and tell us why you have such broad interests?

I’m most active in the following spaces: ABAP Development, SAP NetWeaver Application Server, SAP ERP Human Capital Management, SAP NetWeaver Portal: Administration and Development, SAP NetWeaver Portal, Web Dynpro ABAP, SAP NetWeaver Administrator, SAP NetWeaver Single Sign-On, SAP Solution Manager, SAP NetWeaver Technology and Security.

I like to help in other spaces, but these are the ones where I am most active. The main reason for having such a broad interest is that they are all topics I’m familiar with, i.e. I have worked or am currently working with the solutions/technologies. The common thread between all these topics is Technology.

I have always had many hats on, developer and basis being the ones that stand out the most.  Out of the ones I listed I do not have a favorite one, maybe the Portal ones are the ones I enjoy the most.

How does SCN help you in your daily activities?

I mainly use SCN to search for information that I vaguely remember but which I need to look up to get the details. I also enjoy reading blogs and articles on subjects that interest me.

I use the activity streams to be kept up to date in my spaces of interest. I follow the most active contributors of “my” spaces, people that I select because I appreciate their content (my selection criteria is not points). Also, by nature, content from SAP employees is good and reliable.

Do you participate in events, where you may meet some of the people you know on SCN?

Yes I do. I used to attend TechEd every year when I was a consultant. Last year I didn’t make it but hopefully this year I’ll be able to go to Las Vegas. Recently, in February, I came to SAP Labs in Palo Alto to attend the User Interaction Customer Summit for SAP partners and customers, it was a one-day summit with customer success highlights, sessions about the future of the NetWeaver platform, and a part about user interface that was too short in my opinion.

I also attend ASUG meetings locally in Irvine, CA.

How do you find the time to contribute to SCN?

I usually wake up at 6am and go through my activity feed while drinking orange juice, before going to the gym to work out. Then I open SCN again when I’m in the office and I usually spend about an hour answering questions and going through my activity feed. I keep SCN open the whole day and whenever I need a break from work I have a look at my activity feed. Then, depending on the day, I might still come back in the evening at home just to check the latest activity. On a typical day I would say I spend 1-3 hours on SCN. On weekends I usually do not even logon to SCN.

What do you like most about the community in general?

I enjoy the people and quality content.

What technology recently had you most enthusiastic about?

It has to be SAP PLM 7.02 Web UI and Floorplan Manager for ABAP, because they are new. I’m also interested in SAPUI5 but since there is no business requirement for it in our company right now, it will have to wait.

You have three certifications, the most recent one is from March 2012 on SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Security. Do you have any statement or feedback about SAP certifications in general? Do you read what the community has to say about certifications, e.g. in the Career Center?

This latest certification was taken for free, a gift from SAP for being a topic leader. I do not even remember which space it was and it was with a SCN account that I do not have access to anymore. Regarding the certification process, I think it serves its purpose. The questions, at least on the professional level, are hard enough however I do think that there could be some other tests besides the multiple choice questions that anyone can memorize.

What do you think about the recent introduction of game mechanics on SCN (see Chip’s  blog)? We just went live with it last Sunday, April 28!

My initial reaction was quite pessimistic (someone may even say negative) but seeing the result it looks like it has its place. I do not plan to participate myself in the gaming part of it but I do enjoy the UI changes. If “Gamification” helps attract more contributing users to SCN I’m all for it.

If a new member came to you and asked for your advice on how to be an active and respected member of SCN, what would you say?

First of all I would advise the new member to always respect the rules of engagement. The second advice I would give would be to concentrate on the quality and not on the quantity.

Is there an SCN member you admire (OK… you can name a few)?

For years now I have enjoyed contributions from Detlev Beutner, Gregor Wolf and Dagfinn Parnas. Since then I have been following Thomas Jung who is now mostly active in HANA and UI5 areas. Currently there are about 20 people I follow on SCN for various reasons.

Easy question: Mac or Windows? Or Android?

I’m not a fan of Macs although I do enjoy other Apple products such as the iPad and the iPod. However, I do have an Android phone since I’m a sucker for the physical QWERTY keyboard. In other words I would have to say Windows although I would say Linux if I had it my way.

Note from Laure:

Here, we had to talk about Nokia since Samuli is Finnish. Nokia was a big deal of course in Finland, you had to own one, otherwise you were a “traitor”. Samuli and I agree that Nokia got too comfortable and rested on their laurels instead of investing and innovating. When asked about other well-known Finnish brands, Samuli mentioned  Marimekko, a designer brand. I have to check it out myself as I just discovered there is a store close to my place!

Are you on Twitter?

No, and I’m not on Facebook either. I try to avoid some as much as I can. My wife always teases me when I spend time on SCN or BMW forums, she says that I’m compensating for the lack of Facebook

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BIF Blogger (link to your BIF blog)	Country	Twitter	My SAP Topic	BIF from	BIF to 1	BIF to 2	BIF to 3	BIF to 4	BIF to 5	BIF to 6	BIF to 7	BIF to 8
Moshe Naveh	Israel	@MosheNaveh	SCN Community	Moshe Naveh	Jeanne Carboni	Gali Kling Schneider	Oxana Noa Zubarev	Richard Lin	Laure Cetin	Mark Marcus	Marilyn Pratt	Krysten Gentile
Tammy Powlas	United States	@tpowlas	SCN	Moshe Naveh	Gretchen Lindquist	Bhanu Gupta
Sue Keohan	United States	@skeohan	SAP Workflow	Moshe Naveh	John Soden	Kathy Crouch	Amy King	Rick Bakker
Gali Kling Schneider	Israel	@GKS	SCN Community	Moshe Naveh	Amir Blich	Mickey Steiner	Yariv Zur	Mor Sagmon	Shay Barry
Greg Myers	USA	@gpmyers	SCN Community	Krysten Bradley	Kristen Scheffler	Tridip Chakraborthy	Tom Cenens	Aslan Noghre Kar
Gretchen Lindquist	USA	@Gretchen L0703	GRC	Tammy Powlas	Kristen Scheffler	Anita Yuen
Kristen Scheffler	USA	@KrScheffler	Software Support and Maintenance	Gretchen Lindquist and Greg Myers	Tridip Chakraborthy	Luke Marson	Christopher Vozella	Stephen Millard
Oxana Noa Zubarev	Israel	@OxanaNoa	SCN Community	Moshe Naveh	Karen Golub	Eyal Katz	Alona Oshri	Yauheniya Leonovich	Bala Prabahar	Miriam Lamey	Mark Chalfen
Zimkhita Buwa	South Africa	@zimbuwa	SCN Community	Moshe Naveh	Clint Vosloo	Natasha Cook	Dorothy Cradle	Chris Kernaghan
Luke Marson	Belgium	@lukemarson	SAP HCM Talent Management, Nakisa & SuccessFactors	Kristen Scheffler	Martin Gillet	Jarret Pazahanick	Chris Paine
Mor Sagmon	Israel	@morsagmon	SAP Research	Gali Kling Schneider	Hal Wrobel	Adir Katz	Edna Tamir-Dahan	Erez Sobol	Gil Bickel
Chris Paine	Australia	@wombling	SAP HCM and SuccessFactors (plus a bit of WDA and Cloud)	Luke Marson	Sascha Wenninger	Joanna Chan	Karsten Arold
Krysten Gentile	USA	@KrystenGentile	SCN Community	Moshe Naveh	Sylvia Santelli	Greg Myers	Tim Nguyen	Bonnie Richards
Marilyn Pratt	Teaneck, NJ	@marilynpratt	SCN Community Empathy	Moshe Naveh	Audrey Stevenson	Jelena Perfiljeva	Thorsten Franz	Matthias Steiner	Jonathan Becher
Tom Van Doorslaer	Belgium	@TomVanDoorslaer	Technology innovation, Mobile, Cloud, Developer space, ...	Moshe Naveh	Thorsten Franz	Fred Verheul	Frank Koehntop
Thorsten Franz	Bonn, Germany	@thorstenster	Architecture	Tom Van Doorslaer Marilyn Pratt	Tobias Trapp	Moya Watson	Stephen Johannes	Ferenc Tabori
Eyal Katz	Israel		eChannels	Oxana Noa Zubarev	Idit Herzog	Chiranjivi R D
Alona Oshri	Israel		SCN Community	Oxana Noa Zubarev	Dedi Metser	Katya Shmuel	Jason Lax
Matthias Steiner	Germany	@steinermatt	Cloud, Java	Marilyn Pratt	Jon Reed	DJ Adams	Dick Hirsch	Matt Harding	Alisdair Templeton	Oliver Kohl	Sue Keohan	Björn Görke
Anita Yuen	Canada	@anitawky	SCN Community	Charlotte Han	Gail Moody	Jeffrey Gerace	Sylvana Chang		Ronald Konijnenburg
Shay Barry	Israel	@shayb100	eChannels / SAP Store	Gali Kling Schneider	Shweta Kesarwani	Scott Jones	Oren Haze	Etay Gafni
Björn Goerke	Germany	@_bgoerke	NetWeaver	Matthias Steiner	Michael Bechauf	Thomas Grassl	Michael Heckner
Jason Lax	Israel	@jasonlax	SCN	Alona Oshri	Keith Elliott	Mark Yolton	Mariana Mihaylova
Fred Verheul	Netherlands	@fredverheul	SCN	Tom van Doorslaer	Caspar Laar	Kumud Singh	Ethan Jewett
Tim Guest	Manchester	@TimTheGuest	Business One	Susan Keohan	John Appleby	Richard Duffy	Chip Rodgers	Jarret Pazahanick
Frank Koehntopp	Germany	@koehntopp	Security	Tom van Doorslaer	Julius von dem Bussche	Abesh Bhattacharjee	Luis Felipe Lanz
Anne Hardy	France	@annehardy	Developers	Moshe Naveh	Gigi Read	Juergen Schmerder	Rui Nogueira	Julien Vayssiere	Vitaliy Rudnytskiy	Inga Bereza	Uwe Kylau
Abesh Bhattacharjee	India	@abesh	About SCN	Dipankar Saha	Somnath Manna	Craig Cmehil	Martin Gillet	Graham Robinson
Mickey Steiner	Israel	@SteinerMickey		Gali Kling Schneider	Shai Shermister	Itamar Koren	Kirsten Sutton	Mario Herger
Jelena Perfiljeva	USA		About SCN	Marilyn Pratt	Otto Gold	Thomas Zloch
Moya Watson	California USA	@moyalynne	Whiskey and a hammer	Thorsten Franz	Karin Tillotson	Greg Chase	Jim Spath
Yariv Zur	Israel	@vlvl	Portal, UI, What Not.	Gali Kling Schneider	Filip Misovski	Aviad Rivlin	Thomas Jung
Sylvana Chang	USA	@sylvanachang	About SCN	Anita Yuen	Shengtao Tan	Ronald Konijnenburg
Jocelyn Dart	Austrlia	@jocdart	Professional Services	Sue Keohan	Alan Rickayzen	Ginger Gatling	Graham Robinson	Matt Harding
Thomas Jung	USA	@thomas_jung	HANA	Yariv Zur	Ed Herrmann	Lori Vanourek	Rich Heilman
Kirsten Sutton	Canada	@KirstenSutton	SAP Labs Canada	Mickey Steiner	Jason Cao	Jayme Smithers	Jon Druker	James Phu	Julie Barrier
DJ Adams	England	@qmacro	About SCN	Matthias Steiner	John Patterson	Jason Scott
Tom Cenens	Belgium	@tomcenens	About SCN	Mark Finnern	Natascha Thomson	Dilek Adak	Raquel Cunha
Ronald Konijnenburg	Netherlands	@Konijnenburg	About SCN	Sylvana Chang	Juergen Schmerder	John Appleby	Blag
John Moy	Australia	@jhmoy	About SCN	Joanna Chan	Marc Van Heerden	Andre Olivier
Matt Harding	Australia	@mattharding	About SCN	Custodio de Oliveira	Tony de Thomasis
Rich Heilman	USA	@richheilman	About SCN	Thomas Jung	Michael Eacrett	Jens Koerner
Blag	Canada	@Blag	Developers	Abesh Bhattacharjee	Jim Spath
Andre Olivier	Australia	@andreo77	About SCN	John Moy	Chris Bishop	Brad Pokroy
Karin Tillotson	USA	@karin_tillotson	About SCN	Moya Watson	Dagfinn Parnas	Chip Rodgers	Gail Moody-Byrd
Graham Robinson	Australia	@grahamrobbo		Abesh, Jocelyn Dart	Tara Rosenzweig	Annie Chan	Alexandra Carvalho
Alexandra Carvalho	Australia	@alextwittau	Business Intelligence SCN Community	Graham Robinson	Sanjiv Bansal	Axel Memminger	Simon Turnbull	http://mce_host/docs/DOC-30977/renato_s_silva@hotmail.com   Renato Silva
Kumud Singh	India	@singhkumud	About SCN	Fred	David Hull	Jan Penninkhof	Jim Spath	Vinod Kumar
Tobias Trapp	Germany	@ttrapp	Architecture	Thorsten Franz	Roel van den Berge	Daniel Koller	Hendrik Neumann
VinodKumar	India		ABAP Development	Kumud Singh	Kesavadas Thekkillath	Suhas Saha	Ravi Sankar Venna
John Patterson	Australia	@jasper_07		Peter Chapman	Sarat Atluri	Simon Kemp
Jan Penninkhof	Netherlands	@jpenninkhof	Netweaver, Cloud	Kumud Singh	Ohad Yassin	Joris van de Vis	Leon Boeijen	Gregor Wolf
Chris Kernaghan	Northern Ireland	@BoobBoo	SAP Basis	Makus Doehr	Dieter Krieger	James Ibbotson
Raquel Cunha	Brazil	@raquelsolman	SAP Solution Manager	Tom Cenens	Marlo Simon	Marcelo Ramos	Tony de Thomasis
Custodio de Oliveira	Australia	@zcust01	Development	Matt Harding	Glen Simpson	Marcelo Ramos	Henrique Pinto	Ronildo Santos
Stephen Johannes	United States	@sjohannes	About SCN	Thorsten Franz	Gregor Wolf	Jamie Oswald	Harshit Kumar
Karen Golub	Israel	@karengolub	SAP	Oxana Noa Zubarev	Regina Kreimer
Simon Kemp	Australia	@skemp	Netweaver Portal	John Patterson	Tobias Hofmann	Sandip Agarwalla	Dong Pan
Vanya Maneva	Bulgaria		SAP NetWeaver Cloud	Ekaterina Anachkova	Krasimir Semerdzhiev
Stephen Millard	UK	@sap_stephen	VSN	Kristen Scheffler	Stephen Burr	MatthewStapleton
Thomas Zloch	Germany		ABAP Development	Jelena Perfiljeva	Matthew Billingham	Clemens Li	Sandra Rossi	Jürgen L
Marc van Heerden	Australia	@marc_vanheerden	Finance	John Moy	Richard Cooper	Rob Makinson
Anthony Bennett	Australia	@AJB_000	About SCN	Joanna Chan	leigh.mason	Stephen Kringas
James Ibbotson	England	@Jamesy_boy	About SCN	Chris K	George Credland
Tridip Chkraborthy	USA	@tridipchakra	About SCN	Greg Myers Kristen Scheffler	Henner Schliebs	Prashant Mendki	Carolyn Beal	Emily Rakowski	Ramakrishna Potluri	William Newman	Maxine Whyte	Natascha Thomson Sylvia Santelli Tom Matys Rebecca Hughes Andreas Muno Soumojit Das
Glen Simpson	Australia	@glensimpson	About SCN	Custodio de Oliveira	Marco Furlanetto	Mark Pyc/docs/DOC-30977/edit?containerType=14&container=2246
Ohad Yassin	Israel	@ohadyas	NetWeaver, Cloud, Portal	Jan Penninkhof	Vitaly Vainer	Eran Nelinger	Nir Koren	Alexis Naibo	Philipp Skogstad
Dick Hirsch	Austria	@rhirsch	Cloud	Matthias Steiner	Brian Bernard,	Alan Rickayzen,	Rukhshaan Omar.
Katya Shmuel	Israel	@katyashmuel	BI project management and analitics	Alona Oshri	Nadine Ebert	Nathan Genez	Hussain Sehorewala
Aviad Rivlin	Israel	@AviadRivlin	SAP NetWeaver Portal	Peter Di Giulio	Dong Pan	Thomas O. Rasmussen
Alan Rickayzen	UK	@alanrick	BPM, Workflow	Sue, Keohan, Jocelyn Dart, Dick Hirsch	Stefan Henke	Philip Kisloff	Sascha Wenninger	Anjan Paul
Greg Chase	USA	@grechase		Moya Watson	Andreas Eissmann	Judson Wickham	Sina Moatamed	Twan van den Broke	Owen Pettiford
Hendrik Neumann	Germany	@h_neumann	About SCN	Tobias Trapp	Uwe Fetzer	Peter Langner	Patrick Meurer
Marco Furlanetto	Australia	@marculera	About SCN	Glen Simpson	Guilherme Lage	Giovani Degani
Ekaterina Anachkova	Bulgaria		IMS XPI	Vanya Maneva	Elisaveta Vladova	Desislava Chocheva
Eran Nelinger	Israel	@EranNelinger	NWCP	Oleg Kossoy	Ram Alon
Jamie Oswald	USA	@oswaldxxl	BusinessObjects	Stephen Johannes	Josh Fletcher	Corey Adams
Dell Stinnett	USA	@dellstinnett	BusinessObjects and Crystal Reports	Alona Oshri	Jyoti Prakash
Annie Chan	Australia	@hi5annie	SAP Basis	Graham Robinson	Jansi Rani Murugesan	Flavie Dode
Henrique Pinto	Brazil	@henriquespinto	HANA, Portuguese	Custodio de Oliveira	Fernando Ros	Fabio Fernandes	Michal Krawczyk
Blog It Forward - Ravi Sankar Venna	United Kingdom	Sorry guys, no twitter account	About SCN	Vinod Kumar	Susan Martin	Thomas Dulaney	Bhanu Gupta	Jarret Pazahanick	Marssel Vilaça
Audrey Stevenson	USA	@oddss	SCN Community	Natascha Thomson	Heike van Geel	Christian Happel	Christian Horak
MayaBahar	Israel	@mayaub	SCN Community	Katya Shmuel	Jacob Klein	Matt Johnson	Safeer Mohiuddin	Daniel Wroblewski
Safeer Mohiuddin	USA	@SafeerMohiuddin	About SCN	Maya Bahar	Ning-Jing Gao	Ella Morgulis	blog-it-forward--carlos-roggan
Jürgen L.	Germany		SCN MM Community	Thomas Zloch	Dogboy 49	Arminda Jack
Greg Misiorek	USA/Poland	@greg_not_so	FI HANA	Thomas Zloch Tammy Powlas Moshe Naveh Marilyn Pratt	Jim Spath	Jon Reed	Vitaliy Rudnytskiy
Stephen Kringas	Australia	@skringas	UI Technology	Anthony Bennett	Pran Bhas	Praneel Kumar
Uwe Fetzer	Germany	@se38	ABAP	Hendrik Neumann	Ivan Femia	Abdulbasit Gulsen
Jansi Rani Murugesan	India	@shivjansi	Solution Manager	Annie Chan	Dolores Correa	Prakhar Saxena
Corey Adams	New Zealand	@oz_bob	Business Objects	Jamie Oswald	Gabe Orthous	Glenn Roberts	Blog It Forward- Richard PomeroyRichard Pomeroy
Pat Flanders	USA	@bpxpat	SAP/SCN	Shweta Kesarwani	Matt Loewe	Chrissy Bryant	Christinen Merten
Martin English	Australia	@Martin_English	#sapadmin / BASIS
Bala Prabahar	USA	@praba01	Basis	Oxana Noa Zubarev	Ivan Femia
http://scn.sap.com/people/matt.balent	USA		PowerBuilder	Sue Dunnell
Twan van den Broek	NL	@tbroek	About SCN	Greg Chase	Leo van Hengel	T. Castelijns	John Astill	Nigel James	Darren Hague
Akhilesh Singh	india	@akhilesh26singh	saphcm functional	sujith
Natascha Thomson	USA	@nathomson	Social Media	Audrey Stevenson Tom Cenens Tridip Chakraborthy	Rachna Lal	Michelle Crapo	Aslan Noghre Kar	Joseph Kelly
Rachna Lal	USA	@rachnared	Social Media	Natascha Thomson	Nancy Uy	Joseph Kelly
Roel van den Berge	NL	@roelvdberge	About SCN	Tobias Trapp	Wim Snoep	Phil Loewen	Otto Gold	Rui Nogueira
Mark Teichmann	DE	@thulium3	SAP for Mobile	Blog it Forward - Peter Langner	Bjorn Vilhjalmsson	Steffen Fröhlich
Ivan Femia	Italy	@ivanfemia	About SCN	Uwe FetzerBala Prabahar	Patrizia Rossi	Alessandro Spadoni	Andrea Olivieri
Stephen Burr	UK	@BurrStephen	SAP HCM & SOVN/STVN (Nakisa)	Stephen Millard	Steve Bogner	Jeremy Masters
Rui Nogueira	DE	@ruinogueira	SAP Innojam, Code Exchange	Anne Hardy, Roel van den Berge	Karin Schattka	Julien Vayssiere	Sergio Ferrari	Patrizia Rossi
Ted Castelijns	NL	@tcasteli	About SCN	Twan van den Broek	Jan Laros	A. Zandberg	Harish T K
Patrizia Rossi	Italy	@patty_1982	About SCN	Ivan Femia  Rui Nogueira	Tzanko Stefanov	Andreas Profitlich	DJ Adams
Andrea Olivieri	Italy	@Andrea_Olivieri	About SCN	Ivan Femia	Fabio Di Micco	Raúl Vides Mosquera Pumaricra	Sergio Cipolla
Alessandro Spadoni	Italy	@alespad	About SCN	Ivan Femia	Luca Grilli	Guillaume Garcia	Fabio Di Micco
Josh Bentley	USA	bentley_josh	About SCN	Mark Marcus	Marilyn Pratt	Martin Lang
Heike van Geel	USA	@heikevangeel	About Design Thinking	Audrey Stevenson	Deepa Iyer	Tobias Hildenbrand	Olena Demeter	http://scn.sap.com/people/cesar.rodriguez7	Laure Cetin
sue dunnell	USA	@suedunnell	About SCN	Moshe Naveh	John Strano	Dave Fish
Ernest ReebErnest Reeb (BIF)	USA	@ernestreeb	Sustainability/ EHSM	Mark Marcus	Domingo Pacheco
Carsten Boennen	Germany		About SCN	Safeer Mohiuddin	Owen Pettiford	Holger Bruchelt	Martin Bachmann
Hannah Datz	USA	@hannahdatz	About SCN	Mark Marcus	Carlye Bartel	Victoria Brown	Scott Druckenmiller	Aran Moultrop	Dennis Ruffing
Sandip Agarwalla	India	Not a twitter fan	Portal,BPM,Web Dynpro Java	Blog It Forward - Simon Kemp	Abhilash Gampa	Jun Wu
Dustin Anderson	USA	IP, EC&O	About SCN	Mark Marcus	Carson Diltz	johnny clemmons
Blog It Forward - Drew LeBlanc	USA   USA	@DrewLeBlancSAP	About SCN	Mark Marcus	Aaron Boucher	Erin McGee
Matt Loewe	USA	@MattLoewe	SCN	Pat Flanders	Talila Baron	Catherine LaCroix
Carlos Roggan	Germany		about scn	Blog It Forward - Safeer Mohiuddin	Wayne Brown
Blog it forward - Shelley Schwartz	USA	@shelleyschwartz9	About SCN	Mark Marcus	Aaron Boucher	Tom Savioe
Jacob Schur	USA	@JacobSchur	About SCN	Mark Marcus	Philip Bayliss	Les Mar	Mike Duddy
Wim Snoep	NL	@wsnoep	Mobile / UI / Portal	Roel van den Berge	Wolfgang Schwach	Sven van Leuken	Ronald Moonen
Nicholas Meyer	USA	@EPM_Nick	About SCN	Mark Marcus
Richard Cooper	Australia	@42coop	About SCN	Marc van Heerden
Marssel Vilaça	Brazil	@FI_Ghter	About SCN	Ravi Sankar Venna	Narasimhulu Konnipati	Murali Babu Nallamothu	Ajay Maheshwari	Atif Farooq	Eli Klovski	Antonio Amorim	Guilherme Fascetti
Subhankar Pattanayak	India	@subhankarp	About SCN	Mark Marcus
Blog It Forward - Guilhem Devautour	India	@GuilhemDev	About SCN	Mark Marcus	@Franck ALFERO	Manas Kumar Sahoo
Jacob Vaidyan	UK	@JacobVaidyan	About SCN	Mark Marcus	@ Akhilesh Mahto	Kalim Khan
Laure Cetin	USA	@LaureCetin	SCN	Moshe Naveh Rachna Lal Heike van Geel	Fareez Ahamed	Harish Krishnan	Ronald Moonen
Olena Demeter	USA	@olenademeter	About SCN	Heike van Geel	Michel Serie	Stephan Reichart	Michael Fry	Nadine Gaertner	Evan Welsh
Richard Lin	USA	@rlinsap	About SCN	Moshe Naveh	Ajay Maheshwari	Bhanu Kumar	Eduardo Rezende
Blog It Forward- Richard Pomeroy	NZ			Richard Pomeroy	Connor Dijst	Nicole Seselj
Gabe Orthous	USA	@orthous	Business Intelligence	Corey Adams	Heather Sinwitz	Dallas Marks	Jim Brogden	Mac Holden
Jason Cao	Canada	@JayChaos	About SCN	Kirsten Sutton	Don Wakefield	Steve Unger	Woody Nguyen
Steffen Fröhlich	Germany	@citoki	ABAP	Mark Teichmann	Kumar Mayuresh	kishan P
Kumar Mayuresh	INDIA	@kumarmayuresh	ABAP, HANA, About SCN	Dipankar Saha	Somnath Manna	Hester Hilbrecht	Yaseen AbdulRahiman	Kishan P	Akhilesh Singh	Harshad
Dan Wroblewski	Israel		SAP HANA Developer Guide	Maya Bahar	Michelle Kemp	Ralph Schroeder	Katalin Ocsai
Joyce Swanke	USA	Joyce Swanke	Industry Principal Training	Mark Marcus
Gerry Yeo	USA	@g_yeo	About SCN	Joyce Swanke	Randy Evins	Andrea France	Matt Garvis	Liz Hall	Colin Haig	Steve Kadolph	Carrie Van Sickle	Jon Wurfl
Huseyin Bilgen	Turkey	@hbilgen	About SCN	Tobias Hofmann	Arman Eker	Jan Stallkamp
Yaseen AbdulRahiman	INDIA	@yaseen_ar	About SCN	Michelle Kemp	Maya Bahar
Abdulbasit Gulsen	Turkey	@abdulbasitg	About SCN	Uwe Fetzer	Ibrahim Gunduz	Ömer Haziroglu
Blog It Forward - Leigh Mason	Australia	@whatisthemason	About SCN	Blog It Forward - Anthony Bennett	Jason Bell	Des Fisher
Deepa Iyer	USA	@IyerD	SAP Discovery System, Design Thinking, Services Innovation	Heike van Geel	Daniel  Brunnett	Jeremy Thomas
Joshua Fletcher	Australia	@josh_fletcher	SAP BusinessObjects and Data Warehousing	Jamie Oswald	Clint Vosloo	Vijay Vijayasankar
Woody Nguyen	Vietnam	@minhnaht	SAP HCM	Jason Cao	Tahir Muzzammil	akhilesh singh	yellow.com
Glenn Roberts	New Zealand/South Africa	@gdr_nz	BI / Analytics	Corey Adams	Pete Mart	Alden Blewden
Pat Flanders	USA	@bpxpat	About SCN	Shweta Kesarwani	Christine Merten	Matt Loewe	Chrissy Bryant
Salina Siu	Vancouver, Canada	@salinasiu	Social Media	Jason Cao	Nic Smith	Sam Ko	John Morris	Karl von Beckmann
Blog It Forward - Sourabh Jain	Pune, India	@sourabh66	Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM)	Blog It Forward - Moshe Naveh	Ninad Tawade, Snehil Pansari, vinay raghuvanshi, Kovil Nimje, Arun Negi, Deepalok Roy Chowdhury, Ravish Harimittar
Pavithra	Bangalore		SAP GRC	Pavithra	Moshe Naveh	Susan Keohan
Nigel James	Australia	@squarecloud	About SCN		Twan van Den Broek	Paul Snyman	Dan McNamara	cathy thomas
Amlan Banerjee	India	@amlan_banerjee	About SCN	Moshe Naveh	William Eastman	Rajesh Gumpena	vikram reddy	debashish mishra	Sachin Kulkarni	BANASRI MITRA
John Barton	USA	@johnsbarton	About SCN	Blog It Forward - Jason Cao	Douglas Hoover	Michael Breen
Matt Champion	UK	@championmatt	About SCN	Blog It Forward - Jason Cao	Adrian Simpson	Steve Mawby	Richard Stokes	Ellie Lamey
Tim Hoebeek	Belgium	@timhoebeek	About SCN	Jason Cao	aditya varrier	Yellow .Com (Bhanu Kumar)	kishan P (Kishan Prashanth)

When you're reading this, you have probably heard about the Blog it Forward Community Challenge on SCN (BIF). It was launched by Moshe Naveh last year and the idea is to get to know our community members in a different way. Guaranteed fun!

My name is Tim Hoebeek and I'm an  Enterprise Architect at SAP Belgium. Belgium is a great country to live if you like beer and/or chocolate and don't mind lousy weather

Above a small selection of Belgian chocolate and Belgian beer. It's different from the BIF challenge, but trying them all is also challenging

It was blogged forward to me by Jason Cao in his BIF post and I got three interesting questions from Jason:

1. What inspires you?
2. What have you accomplished recently that you're really proud of?
3. If you could be a superhero, who would you be?

What inspires me?

I'm inspired by discovering and learning new things, to boldly go where I have never been before

This is something that works for me in both my professional and private life. I want to learn new things, read books on different topics, etc. But I also want to visit different countries, meet different people with different backgrounds and cultures. If it's new to me, you've got my attention!

What I recently accomplished?

Last week I presented a framework I made on how to evaluate the alignment of the application, platform and infrastructure architectures of a company to the business architecture of that company. The former need to make sure that the planned value (the company's strategy, embodied in the business architecture) gets realized and that changes across the company do not destroy value.

I did this as the final presentation before a jury to become a certified LEAD Enterprise Architect and Business Architect. It has been a very interesting and rewarding journey for me!

What superhero would you like to be?

I'm not sure I would want to be a superhero. I certainly would not want to be a superstar, so I would at least need some kind of disguise...

I guess I would go for Superman, that's the first superhero I learned about when I was younger and being invincible (except for a Kryptonite allergy), is quite the bargain. Wearing a cape would then be the least of my worries...

This BIF challenge is a great way to get to know others in the community. If you are interested in participating in the BIF challenge you can let our community know here.

Therefore I would like to blog it forward to aditya varrier, Yellow .Com (Bhanu Kumar) and kishan P (Kishan Prashanth).

I would be interested to know the following:

1. What inspires you?
2. What is typical about your culture/country/environment?
3. What is the most fun thing you ever experienced?

I'm looking forward to your answers and will be following the Blog It Forward Chain!

A tip of the hat to Jason Cao for including me in the blog-it-forward meme here on SCN.

Inspiration? Accomplishment? Super-powers?

Grab a cup of tea and share a moment...

Inspiration

Right there, on August 31^st, 2010, on page eighteen of “Thomas Jefferson Education for Teens” by Oliver Demille and Shannon Brooks, was the moment of inspiration. I’ll share with you from the text: Level One is to read the book and take notes in it. Yes, write in the book! Well, of course.  What an epiphany.  It’s my book; why shouldn’t I write in it?  Where else will I capture my thoughts of the moment and have debates with the author and figure things out.  What else am I going to do, remember all these things?  No! Act now!  Write it down.  Reading with a pen in my hand turns it into a conversation.  Oh, and the things I’ve said to and asked of some important people. Malcom Gladwell wouldn’t be pleased with my rebuttals; Walker Percy is taking his time getting back to me.

And then again, in Montreal, February 2012, in a workshop on how to be creative (doesn’t that sound like an oxymoron?), during an exercise with post-it notes used to brainstorm: lightning! This is me, this is what I am! I’m a creative! And allthis time I’ve been good at the analytic, the technical, the computational, all floating on top of an undercurrent of creative expression trying to get out. Inspiration is in these little discoveries, these Seth Godin-esque insights from just a bit off-center that open the floodgates.

Accomplishment

Have you ever truly finished a project?  Some people specialize at that final ten percent that takes as much effort (and perhaps more skill) as the heavy lifting accomplished in the first ninety percent.  Paint a room? Don’t forget to do the trim; wash the dishes after dinner; or, in my case, tune the guitar once it’s made.  You’re looking at a project that took me over three years of fits, starts, and effort. I built this guitar for one of my children from finding the plans, doing the woodwork, tapping in the frets, applying the veneer, painting, sanding and buffing the finish, wiring the pickups and drilling for the tuners.  It works.  I’m proud. And I doubt I’ll attempt another for a long, long time.

Super-Powers

Oh, but if I were to have a super power, it would be memory recall and the ability to make connections among what I once knew.  I’m talking beyond “where did I leave my glasses?” or “who was the 45^th president?”* or even remembering the name of the guy who walked up to me at the conference saying “Dennis!  How are you? Haven’t seen you since gave us that presentation back in February!”  No, I'm talking about instant recall of that article you read, that way you solved the problem in the past, the spiritual insight from the sermon, that economic truth, and the ability to relate whatever it was to the situation at hand.  For if knowledge is power, and past experience is a collection of knowledge, then connecting knowledge and experience is a super power, through which I could help someone, solve the challenge, connect two people together, see through the charlatans, and perhaps impress someone with the apt quip from Shakespeare, but alas, expectation is the root of all heartache.

Me? I pine for memory and my glasses.

*did I get you there? And seriously, if you come across my glasses, let me know.

How many types of buffering data are there Based on which they are categorized

Hi,

I would like to know the issues faced in the maintenance/support phase of the SAP FICO projects.

Explanation with few examples will be highly helpful.

Thanks,

Srpoli

Edited by: srpoli on Nov 12, 2010 4:47 AM

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