Perhaps you've heard of Humans of New York (HONY), the five-year-old vibrant photograph-blog-turned-#1-New-York-Times-best-selling-book run by a man named Brandon that provides a worldwide audience with daily glimpses into the lives of the people in New York City. Inspired by HONY, we decided to do our own spinoff and call it Humans of SAPsv. Each week, through the end of December, we'll feature three employees complete with their picture, name, title, Twitter handle, and snippets of their passion for SAP, their commitment to their colleagues and community, and what inspires them both inside and outside of SAP.
If you're interested in the chance to be featured in Humans of SAPsv, please email Magen Petit. Enjoy learning more about your colleagues and share your comments below!
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Dan Lahl Vice President of Product Marketing, SAP HCP @danlahl | Margaret Laffan Director, HANA Platform Adoption | Milton Lee Senior Project Financial Analyst |
What are you passionate about at SAP? What was the first program you were involved in at SAP?Successfully bringing the Sybase Product set into the SAP family and launching the Real Time Data Platform. We initially created a full database management platform product set that included all the traditional Sybase Products along with HANA. In addition, we have been wildly successful with ASE under Business Suite. Since Business Suite and ASE have been certified to work together, ASE has been successfully deployed at literally thousands of customers. The keys to this success are three fundamental things: a great product marketing team, collegial product management colleagues, and great products. I have been fortunate to be blessed with all three, and these things more than anything else, have contributed to any success I have experienced in my career at SAP. What is something not many people know about you? What is your favorite movie? Adaptation (2002). The metanarrative is mind blowing. It’s a quirky movie about a real-life person, Charlie Kaufman, trying to adapt a book called “The Orchid Thief” into a movie. If you want to understand how the metanarratives of movies work–or don’t work in this case–rent Adaptation, you will enjoy it immensely. | What are you passionate about at SAP? Outside of SAP leading the way, our great technology, business knowledge, and talented people, I am passionate about how we, as a company, can change people’s lives. Last year, I spent a month in Colombia via the Social Sabbatical program. We worked with an NGO that needed both sales and marketing consultants to develop the next stage of their business plan. To participate firsthand in making a difference with a company that was directly changing people’s lives by offering income opportunities and a better quality of life was many things, including humbling, rewarding, and very exciting. What’s your favorite thing about working at SAP? If you could have one super power, what would it be? What’s your favorite TV Series? | What are you passionate about at SAP? People, innovative technology, and our customers. The true combination of a run simple organization. Because of my SAP colleagues and our software, we can help our customers do well. Therefore, I am most passionate about winning at SAP.What’s your favorite thing about working at SAP? Currently, my role in the West Delivery team is to service our customers. My favorite is that we have all different kinds of resources and products to help each of our customers solve their pain points and grow. It is awesome to be at a company where we have the tools to succeed, which is my favorite part about working at SAP.What’s something not many people would know about you? By the age of 20, I managed two restaurants. I started out as a dishwasher. What I learned was it’s not where you start, it’s where you will end up and having a passion in customer service and food helps.If you could do anything you wanted right now, what would it be and why? I would go live and work abroad at various SAP locations. Being a curious person, I look forward to meeting and learning from other SAP colleagues around the world. |
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