Thoughts on SuccessFactors, Holiday Wish Lists for SAP HCM, and UNICEF

In this special Holiday Edition of SAP HCM Insights we talk about SAP's proposed acquisition of SuccessFactors and what it means for SAP and its clients, and we also review our Holiday Wish List for SAP HCM.

We also invite everyone to join in the holiday tradition of giving by supporting our SAP HCM Insights Fund at UNICEF to help children in need throughout the world. We've setup the fund at UNICEF wth a goal of $6,000 this holiday season - if you feel inclined to contribute to help children in need please join us! Here's the link: http://inside.unicefusa.org/goto/insights

Several of us are speaking and presenting at conferences in 2012 - here's a list with links to them:

Mastering SAP HR/Payroll - Sydney, Australia - Feb 27-29, 2012 - Steve Bogner and Martin Gillet presenting

Mastering SAP HR/Payroll - Johannesburg, South Africa - Apr 16-18, 2012 - Martin Gillet presenting

HR 2012 by SAP Insider - Las Vegas, US - Mar 13-16, 2012 - Steve Bogner, Mark Ingram, Brandon Toombs presenting

SAPPHIRENOW/ASUG - Orlando, US - May 14-16, 2012 - Martin Gillet and Jarret Pazahanick and several others attending

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Meet the Podcast Team

Steve Bogner

Steve is Managing Partner at Insight Consulting Partners and has worked with SAP HR/Payroll since 1993. Focusing on core-HR, Payroll and Project Management around SAP and SuccessFactors HCM, he has worked with all sizes and types of companies. Steve presents at conferences around the world and is an SAP Mentor alumnus. Read his blogs at www.insightcp.com/blog and periodic musings on Twitter at SteveBogner

 

Becky MurrayRebecca Murray

Rebecca Murray is a founder and Managing Partner at Illumiti HCM. Rebecca is an experienced HCM Consultant, helping companies develop and continuously maintain optimal and high-performing workforces. She specializes in the design and integration of talent management and ESS and MSS solutions. Rebecca helps clients across the world implement sustainable global workforce development strategies. She applies her insight and knowledge to each endeavor and excels in delivering a positive user experience. Rebecca holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering and a Masters degree in Business Administration. She is also a SuccessFactors Certified Professional Consultant and a Boomi Certified Process Developer. Follow her on Twitter at @Rebecca_Murray3.

Sven Ringling

Sven Ringling is SAP HXM Solution Advisor at ORBIS People GmbH (www.orbis-people.de), a consultancy for Digital HR with SAP's HXM portfolio including SAP SuccessFactors, Qualtrics, H4S4 and SAP HCM. He advises customers on their digital HR transformation journey from strategy and roadmap to implementation and continuous improvement. Sven started his career in 1996 as an SAP HR consultant at IDS Scheer in Germany. He subsequently co-founded SAP HCM consultancies in Germany and the UK and led their cloud transformation initiatives. He has worked with >100 customers across a variety of countries and has been a speaker on Digital HR on conferences on 4 continents. His books and articles published in German, English, and Chinese cover SAP HCM, SAP Concur, Qualtrics and SAP SuccessFactors. Sven is on Twitter at svenringling.

Brandon Toombs

Brandon has worked in HR technology 20+ years. He specializes in Employee Central with over 30 implementations under his belt.  His clients include airlines, retail, manufacturing, oil and gas, financial services, and public sector. Brandon has held many project roles - change management, project management, trainer, functional analysis, and a developer. He brings a unique blend of business, functional and technical expertise. He has presented at numerous conferences, is co-author of the latest version of the SAP Press Employee Central book and hosts the only known YouTube channel devoted to Employee Central. Brandon is a passionate believer in the potential of Human Capital processes and technology to supercharge performance of organizations. He can be found on Twitter at BrandonToombs.