Craig Cmehil

Lead for the SAP Community and influencer programs such as SAP Mentors, SAP Mentors Alumni and SAP Technology Ambassadors.

My current role is around driving strategy, direction and guidance for overall developer evangelism, enablement and engagement throughout the ever expanding SAP ecosystem. Working closely with counterparts at various technology companies the goal is to guide developer evangelists at SAP and create a more robust engagement model. I am also responsible for helping shape messaging, product information and content for various areas as well as identifying showcases, demos and information relevant to developers.

Responsible for developer engagement and enablement activities with SAP technologies and products around the world through my role as head of the evangelism segment within Developer Relations. My role leads me to create interactive event formats, speaking or enabling SAP developers to work hand in hand with customers and partners.

While with the company I helped to provide insights into social and mobile integrations as well as insights into social media and marketing approaches.

In my role I am responsible for working with various influencers around the topics of Innovation, Technology and Mobility. Helping to ensure these influencers have the access and information they need in order to fully understand what SAP is doing and why.

This role will have a strong focus on community initiatives such as open source and collaborative business process modeling in order to better utilize and address community momentum in support of SAP’s evolving product strategy.

User and Developer turned Evangelist for SAP Technologies, in my current role at SAP AG I help to enhance the various collaboration areas within the Community Network such as Wiki, Weblogs, Podcasts and forums. Primary goals are to bring together vibrant, enthusiastic and intelligent individuals to strengthen and enhance the SAP community of developers, business specialists and experts, and to enforce the open and willingness of SAP to communicate with the external world.

Worked with web-based applications for global projects within the company and was involved in the administration and monitoring of our SAP R/3 and NetWeaver servers. My responsibilities had included: • Coordination and management of our global web content management system. • Coordination and management of a team of 5 individuals working with a variety of tools to produce friendly user interfaces to several different products and platforms. • Monitoring and maintaining of 100+ R/3 and NetWeaver servers wit

· Increased the productivity and efficiency of our company intranet · Integrated our regional intranet into a global intranet · Co-coordinated our North American Regional website team, and work closely with our Ad Agency and PR Firm. Primary programming language: Borland Delphi v5.0 Professional Client/Server, heavy emphasis on web applications combining CGI and PERL to Delphi applications.

· Evaluated user needs in regards to database applications and created appropriate software to meet those needs. · Maintained company intranet and FTP servers · Acted as technical supervisor on regional website · Assisted in the setup of several Microsoft NT servers, Domino servers, Microsoft IIS, and ILS servers · Created several database applications and web related applications · Designed an online work order system which integrated with our database and email systems · Implemented a user configurable on

· Maintained the general operations of an AS/400 system, Novell network, several NT servers and server tape backups · Installed and setup new work stations · Troubleshooting of end user problems, MAPICS and general PC issues · Created offline web browsing solutions for users needing information without web access · Created database applications, various computer programs and CGI programs for use on the company intranet · Trained users in various Microsoft Office applications and Lotus Notes as well as custo