Introducing Our Newest SAP Mentors - April 2016

[Jason_Cao]

Who could have imagined that when we asked the SAP community to apply or nominate others to join the SAP Mentors program, that we would have close to 400 candidates from 53 countries to choose from?! This is amazing! It confirms that the SAP community is huge and vibrant. At the same time, it's also a signal that legitimizes the awareness and trust the SAP Mentors have created in the broader SAP ecosystem.

The SAP Mentors program is going through a transformation, and this includes the way we are recruiting new Mentors:

1. Transparency about our gaps - our Mentors Wanted posters lists specific attributes and profiles of people we're looking for. "Mentor Magic" is always important, and we are looking beyond the SCN to ensure the SAP Mentors community is diverse and representative of the SAP world. 
2. Continuous recruitment - with the year-round nomination system, we can keep our eyes and ears open to identify new influencers and interested candidates, while building up a list of potential Mentors. Candidates who weren't chosen in this round can still be eligible in our next intake in August.
3. Wisdom of the crowd - our community knows best and that's why we've entrusted you to nominate our future SAP Mentors. When it comes to selecting the new Mentors, we're following the same rule and sharing this responsibility to the newly elected SAP Mentors Advisory Board.

I would like to thank each and every member of the Advisory Board for spending countless hours reviewing profiles and credentials of hundreds of candidates. Because we didn't know every candidate personally, and not every candidate had a SCN profile or content, we had to use our best judgement. Having so many candidates who are SAP experts and influencers in the SAP ecosystem made our job difficult. However, we were also glad to have such a deep pool of talented and community-minded individuals to pick from.  After several rounds of voting by the Board to create short lists of candidates, followed by deliberation, here is the outcome:

• andre.fischer to personally introduce themselves to the SCN community.

[_IvanFemia_]

Congratulations for your nomination!

welcome back dagfinn.parnas

[kalyan_muthyala]

Congratulations to all :smile: SAP mentors.

We always look forward for your valuable contributions interms of blogs, suggestions and solutions.

On a personal note: I am very happy to see jyoti.prakash6 alias JP as SAP mentor. I have seen JP spending good amount of time on SCN resolving/answering questions and guiding people. His professional approach to resolve issues and zeal to provide best solutions has finally paid-off. Good luck JP and eagerly looking forward for your blogs. Feeling lucky to know you personally. Thanks

[sanilbhandari]

Congratulations to all the new Mentors!!

regards

Sanil Bhandari

[Former Member]

Thanks Ivan,

Truely looking forward to work with the mentor program again and connecting with all the mentors.

[Anupam1]

Congratulations to all new Mentors !!!

Many Congratulations my friend jyoti.prakash6 to be nominated as SAP mentor.

We have been connected since our Post graduation days & he has been mentoring me since then. I appreciate his efforts & enthusiasms to learn new things & sharing it with his colleagues &  on the forum like SCN.  I once again wants to give you my best wishes for this achievement. 

Regards

Anupam

[vbaranovskiy5]

Feel great to join SAP Mentors Team! - I'll do my best to support the Initiative.

[KatiNonhebel]

WELCOME!!! :smile:

[TammyPowlas]

Welcome back dagfinn.parnas and warm welcome to all.

[Former Member]

Congratulations to all new member!

Heartiest congratulations to jyoti.prakash6 . Its a pleasure to know you personally and work with you. Your professionalism is quite admirable. I like your approach of problem solving and your great enthusiasm to share the vast knowledge.

Thanks for all the support and best wishes ahead.

[former_member182046]

Hey Dagfinn,

I'm glad you're back! I've kept following your work and always thought: That guy is such a Mentor and will always be. :smile:

Cheers,

Thorsten

[former_member182046]

Congratulations to the new Mentors (Mentor cubs, as we like to call the new members of the wolfpack)! I look forward to meeting you in person. :smile:

Cheers,

Thorsten

[Lakshmipathi]

Hearty congratulations JP and wish you All the Best

Cheers

G. Lakshmipathi

[Former Member]

Congratulations to all the new mentors :smile:

Awesome achievement and thank you for all your help and guidance

Regards

Rishab

[TomCenens]

Congratz to the new SAP Mentors! Looking forward to meet up.

[raphael_almeida]

Congratulations to all new SAP mentors listed here (Especially for veselina.peykova and engswee.yeoh, because I follow their work here on SCN for a while).

May you all have a lot of success in this new phase :grin:

Cheers,

Raphael Pacheco.

[engswee]

Thanks Raphael for the kind words :wink:

And thanks to all, especially the Mentor Advisory Board for the honour and privilege to be a mentor cub (in the words of Thorsten Franz) :smile:

Looking forward to working with you all.

Regards,

Eng Swee

[caroleighdeneen]

Warm congratulations to all the new mentors  - what an impressive group. So glad to see veselina.peykova on this list! Another Member of the Month to Mentor journey, reminds me of matt.fraser, florian.henninger and mike.howles4.

[lukemarson]

A small but rich list of new SAP Mentors. Congratulations to all!

[Marssel700]

Congratulations new Mentors! :smile:

Glad to see new and familiar names here!

[Former Member]

congrats to all

[seg_hr_it]

Wonderful news :smile: Thanks a lot :smile:

I will try my best to be a good member :grin:

[Jelena]

Congratulations and welcome to the group! So good to see solid representation from SD/Logistics. Not being the only JP anymore is totally worth it. :smile:

[Former Member]

Congratulations!

[raquel_pereiradacunha]

Congratulations to all new SAP Mentors. Welcome aboard! :smile:

[yakcinar]

Congratulations to all experienced and new SAP Mentors.

Regards,

Yuksel AKCINAR

[former_member187060]

Congratulations to all... :smile:

Regards,

Siraj.

[Matt_Fraser]

Congratulations, all, and welcome! Now let the haz... er, initiations begin! :twisted: Very happy to see veselina.peykova on this list, and looking forward to getting to know the rest of you.

Cheers,

Matt

[HuseyinBilgen]

Congrats guys and ladies!

May the Force be with you, always

[Former Member]

Hearty congratulation to all mentor and to JP sir.

Regards

Bijay

[#31]

Congratulations, looking forward to meeting you.

Regards,

Tamas

[William_Laverde]

Congratulations to the new Mentors and I look forward to working with you.

[jpfriends079]

Hello tammy.powlas3

Thank you for your wishing. And it means a lot.

Best Regards, JP

[jpfriends079]

Good Morning lakshmipathi.ganesan Sir,

As I always mention, you are my true "Mentor", who is my idol in SCN and simply genius.

Thank you very much for your wishes.

Best Regards, JP

[jpfriends079]

Thanks kalyan.muthyala for the mention. All the very best.

[jpfriends079]

anupam_kumar Thank you Buddy. Stay blessed.

[jpfriends079]

aasim.ali Thanks for your wishes. Please start collaborating in SCN. All the very best.

[deep_khanra]

Many Many congratulation JP sir , wish you all the best.

have a nice journey,

Deep

[Florian]

Congratulations to all of you. Looking forward to talk to you.

~Florian

[ChrisSolomon]

Congrats to all and welcome to the club!

Dagfinn....glad to have you "active" again...as if you ever were not. haha

[jpfriends079]

Hi jelena.perfiljeva

Thanks the wishes and mention.

Best Regards, JP

[jpfriends079]

Hi deep.khanra and bijay.kumar2

Thank you.

Best Wishes, JP

[Jocelyn_Dart]

Congratulations all! Eng Swee & Andre are exceptional.

Veselina - an extra welcome to our lone new female Mentor!

As ever we need more women in tech leading the way for the next generation!

cheers

Jocelyn

[Former Member]

Thank you for the kind words Thorsten. Means a lot especially coming from someone with such a track record as your self.

[Former Member]

Thank you Chris! The alumni program was all fine and dandy, but glad to be back :smile:

[Former Member]

Thank you tammy.powlas Very happy to be back

[Former Member]

Congrats to all of You guys. Well deserved and keep up the good work!

[venkateshorusu]

Hearty Congratulations - woody.nguyen

[ankurgodre]

Congratulations to all the new SAP mentors!!

BR

Ankur

[Former Member]

Congratulations and a very warm Caribbean welcome to all the new SAP Mentors! Hope to meet all or most of you at Sapphire.

Happy to see another woman joining the wolf pack :smile:

- One Love

[christian_gnther3]

Congratulations :smile: Being an Alumni in the Mentor space I can only say: Make the best out of this election. Being a Mentor is a great experience. You will get to know so many great people and have, albeit the opportunity to actively engage and sometimes confront SAP's management, the best fun with the wolfpack. Being elected is something you can be proud of.

At the same time, there is of course some expectation on you. But, and that's for sure, being nominated and elected means, you already provide what is needed. Very good knowledge, kind manner and an engaging personality.

My best wishes to all Mentors.