Mark Walker - Software Development on the SAP HANA Platform

Mark Walker has been working with computers since a very early age, starting out with programming the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. After graduating from Cardiff University, he moved to France, starting a 17-year (so far) career in SAP development, first on the SAP ERP, then moving to SAP BW in 2004. He specializes in process optimization, especially in the SAP BPS and BI-IP modules. He's been following SAP HANA since its release in 2011, and is a certified HANA Application Associate since early 2012.

Mark has been working for the last six years for Censio, a consultancy in Paris, France, which has expertise in SAP, Microstrategy, Business Objects, and Microsoft BI technologies. During that time he's worked on several end-to-end projects for some prestigious clients, and done some missions in SAP's name.

In November 2012, he published SAP HANA Starter , Packt Publishing , a small book about getting a foothold in the SAP HANA world.

I would like to thank all those people who have helped me throughout my career, and especially my wife, who puts up with the many hundreds of hours I spend in front of a keyboard, tinkering.

Sridhar Sunkaraneni is a senior business intelligence / SAP business planning and consolidation consultant. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science from University systems of Maryland, USA.

Sridhar has more than eight years of experience in Information Technology and has been working with SAP products since 2005. He is certified by SAP AG for the SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence and SAP Business Objects Data Integrator, SAP HANA products. Sridhar has expertise providing solutions in the areas of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (BW), SAP SAP BI, SAP HANA, and SAP BPC.

I want to thank the entire team of Packt Publishing who coordinated the process of publishing this book.

Joselyn Quintero Veliz is a Venezuelan Financial Expert and SAP Financials Senior Consultant, with professional experience in technology, oil, construction, manufacturing, and banking industries. Managing both business and technology environments, she is able to transform financial requirements into successful IT solutions. She possesses a certification of In-Memory Technology Databases for SAP HANA, issued by the Hasso Plattner Institute in Postdam, Germany.

At this moment, Joselyn works as SAP Process Excellence Senior Consultant in Deloitte, helping companies to take advantage of the latest SAP technologies to reach ambitious business goals.

In her free time, Joselyn spreads her personal financial knowledge in Latin America, through her website www.joselynquintero.com. Joselyn also works in philanthropic initiatives as Spanish translator in Animal Foundation Platform, promoting the ethical treatment and reducing violence against stray animals.

I want to first thank the author of the book for sharing valuable knowledge in these pages, providing useful information for people around the world. Secondly, thanks to Packt Publishing for promoting high-level knowledge, and for inviting me to be part of this project. Last, but not least, I appreciate my family and friends for the support and the patience, and for not being around for the hours this book required my focus. We worked as a team, and we made it!