2015 was an amazing year for me. In addition to my volunteer work and conference presentations with ASUG, there were some exceptional events. In April, I was accepted into the SAP Mentor program. Then in May, I accompanied Eric Vallo to SAP Paris to learn more about the future of the BI platform and its SDK’s. 2015 marked my return to the SAP Insider BI conference, which I had not attended since 2012. I also got to participate in SAP Lumira testing for partners at SAP Labs in Palo Alto, California. I also got to meet author Steven Johnson, who was the keynote at the 2015 ASUG SAP BusinessObjects and Analytics User Conference.
If there was a low point, it was this blog getting hacked. Twice. Unfortunately, the effort spent fixing my blog meant less time for writing new articles. I finally gave up and moved this blog to a new web hosting service. I’d like to apologize to all of my readers for the site outages and lack of new content.
Truly an exceptional year and I am grateful for EV Technologies and all of the SAP customers I met this year.
2015 Travel Destinations (courtesy TripIt)
- Austin, Texas (ASUG SAP Analytics and BusinessObjects User Conference)
- Cleveland, Ohio (SAP BI 4.1 Upgrade)
- Detroit, Michigan (SAP BI 4.1 Upgrade)
- Fort Worth, Texas (ASUG volunteer meeting)
- Los Angeles, California (Web Intelligence and Information Design Tool training)
- Las Vegas, Nevada (SAP Insider BI 2015 and HANA 2015, SAP TechEd user conferences)
- Orlando, Florida (ASUG Annual Meeting and SAP SAPPHIRE)
- Palo Alto, California (SAP partner test for Lumira at SAP Labs)
- Paris, France (Tour SAP, May 16-20, 2015)
Speaking Events
BI to Go! A Guide to Mobilizing SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Reports
ASUG Kentucky Chapter Meeting
February 27, 2015
BI to Go! A Guide to Mobilizing SAP BusinessObjects Web Intelligence Reports
SAP Insider BI 2015
February 27, 2015
Analytic Storytelling with Web Intelligence
ASUG SAP Analytics and BusinessObjects User Conference
August 31, 2015
Taking SAP BusinessObjects from Stock to Custom
ASUG SAP Analytics and BusinessObjects User Conference
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Using the Best Ingredients for the SAP BI Platform
ASUG SAP Analytics and BusinessObjects User Conference
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Universe Design: Evolution, Intelligent Design, or Just a Big Mess?
ASUG SAP Analytics and BusinessObjects User Conference
Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Books Read and Reviewed
- The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics by Dona Wong
- The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
- Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
- Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business by Danny Meyer
- Winners Dream by Bill McDermott
- Becoming Steve Jobs by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli
- Love Works by Joel Manby
- Do the KIND Thing by Daniel Lubetzky
- How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson
