I was completely flabbergasted when I heard the news today that I had been awarded SAP Mentorship. Let me first of all congratulate all other new SAP Mentors, namely:

• Srini Tanikella
• Leonardo de Araujo
• Vijay Vijayasankar
• Shabarish Vijayakumar
• Martin Gillet

I can’t deny that I was -and still am- surprised about the appointment, because I’ve never exactly been backward in coming forward as far as opinions on most things SAP are concerned. I’ve been working with SAP software since 1997 and since 2004 I am freelancing as SAP Development Consultant. Naturally, all changes and movements in the SAP ecosystem will affect me and my work sooner or later, so I try to keep up to speed as good as I can. More importantly: I try to feed back into the “SAP Land” to my best knowledge and ability.

One thing that I’m constantly trying to distill out of the feeds and blogs that I read or the podcasts I listen to is to emphasise the “real SAP consulting world”. By “real” I mean the world that most SAP consultants face at their clients, implementing the stuff. And that’s one reason why I am so glad to be part of SAP Mentors now, because that’s what most of the mentors do on a day-to-day basis: we’re in the trenches, using and developing SAP, experiencing the pros and cons first hand. Make no mistake, our opinions and views are not the be all and end all, but they are ONE important facet of a complex ecosystem.

Looking ahead, I hope that SAP Mentorship will enable me to contribute to an even larger audience with a stronger voice. I also hope that my contributions will help new and aspiring SAP consultants by giving them down-to-earth advice.

Thank You for appointing me !