I drive Bowdark growth by setting a clear product/service/solution vision, leading the creation of artifacts demonstrating that vision (e.g. software products, alpha-level demonstrations of capabilities, writings and other media in support of the vision principles), and translate that vision into sales and marketing collateral

We use the AppHaus as a place to design, innovate, and unleash our customers' creative power. As the Meister I lead hackathons, design sessions, and make things that let people touch, feel, and understand SAP and cloud technologies. Talk to me about stopping by for a visit! Food/snacks/whatever are on me, and I promise to apply all 1000% of my laserlike nerd focus to our discussion of anything and everything.

Create. Write. Repeat.Two books produced: https://www.sap-press.com/sapui5-and-sap-fiori-the-psychology-of-ux-design_4513/ and https://www.amazon.com/Mindset-Perspectives-Development-Tricks-Projects-ebook/dp/B073Z1GC3W. A third on the way!Super cool speaking engagements. See the publications section of my profile for more. Innovation wins, internally and with customers. SAPUI5/Fiori, Google Maps, SAP Cloud Platform, SAP Web IDE, Google Cloud Platform. Multiple successful stories of "I don't even know how we're going to do anything about this" to "Done".

I was in the engine room at Wonderly at the beginning. I made the pre-pre-alpha idea validation, tinkered with and helped design and build the alpha, beta, and first production releases of Bella Scena.I created, set up, or touched every part of the stack, all the way from Google Cloud infrastructure to MySQL DB to Firebase realtime to Python/Django App Engine servers to Stripe/Google/Microsoft integrations to frontend React code to UX design.I specialize in blazing trails to new features, figuring out bumps and warts, and then guiding teams to fine-tune and productionize those features. Or - if I'm blazing those trails alone - I just go ahead and productionize them myself.I worked at Wonderly in addition to my duties at Mindset. I love bringing one world into the other, and they're both the better for it.

As Director of ERP Integration at Clear Software, I focused intensely on product development in several ways: -Solution architecture for customers implementing ClearUI-Direct product development for ClearUI in Python/Django/React.js-Pitch in with sales and marketing teams to help shape messaging and speak/write about ClearUI-As with any startup - whatever the team needs to make things happenClear makes the awesome ClearUI product - a streamlined ERP user experience that lets customers get moving quickly, without needing custom code.

As lead application developer, I contributed R&D, lightweight interface design, front and back-end programming, and idea generation for future products/features. When necessary, I lead other staff in implementing our solutions.As a company, Mindset is creating a name for itself in the SAP application development world. Their long-range plans include applications with technology focuses on:-Responsive HTML5/CSS/Javascript-jQuery-Bootstrap-Google Apps Script-Google App Engine (mainly Python flavor)-iOS and Android, Android Wear-SAPUI5/Fiori-SAP HANA-SAP HANA Cloud Platform (Java applications)-SAP ABAPThe SAP/Google mashup CloudSimple was published on both the SAP App Store and the Google Sheets Add-ons Store. It integrates back end SAP data with Google Sheets to provide a seamless reporting and data maintenance tool, right inside a cloud-based spreadsheet environment.

Deliver project work and system sustainment work simultaneously in an SAP in-sourced model:-SAP Transportation Management (TM) 8.0 and 9.0--Design TM determinations and other custom code--Troubleshoot process controller strategies, BRF+, and standard calculation issues--Advise teammates on TM development methodology and architecture--Received 3 weeks of TM technical and functional training from Novigo (formerly GOPA ITC)-SAP ERP (ECC)--Lead ABAP implementation of EHP6 for ECC – defect and source code remediation--Lead SPAU and SPDD remediation for 2 major releases of production systems--Routine support work on batch processing --Workflows for automated user provisioning

Develop and enhance software for massive project implementing SAP software to Cargill's many and varied business units. Work extensively with on-shore and off-shore development and functional teams, collaborating on designs and builds of RICEFW objects through 3 major iterations of the rollout of Cargill's SAP implementation.Technical SAP Skills used in this position:-SAP ABAP-Object-oriented ABAP-ALV (grid, tree)-RFC-BAPI-BADI implementations-some SmartFormsConcentration on SAP Transportation Management (TM) 7.0 and 8.0-Extension and development based on BOPF model of system objects: -TOR (Transportation Order) -TRQ (Transportation Request) -FSD (Freight Settlement Document, formerly SFIR) -Freight Agreements -Transportation Lanes-Development work in sales order and delivery integration with SAP ECC-Experience in WebDynpro and FPM (Floor Plan Manager) web programming

Created, maintained, and supported software for Financial Reporting department. Worked closely with business analysts and accounting resources in an agile programming environment. Developed both classic ASP and ASP .NET web applications, developed and maintained Crystal Reports, and pitched in to help wherever else necessary in a fast-paced, closely-tied-to-the-business technology department. Skills developed for this position:-C# language: client-side interactive applications, .NET webforms, and system services to support purchased software-Oracle SQL and PL/SQL for creating tables, views, indices, stored procedures, and other DBMS artifacts-Crystal Reports to present and format this data-.NET and classic ASP web applications back-ended in Oracle-VBScript for client and server administration tasks-XML/XSLT-Excel/Access VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)