SaaS and cloud programmer with more than three decades of industry experience in enterprise software design, integration, and consulting.   Has significant technical experience with ERP solutions from major enterprise software providers and has worked with cloud computing platforms from leading cloud service providers.  Specialties include enterprise resource planning systems as well as their associated modules for hi-tech, manufacturing, oil and gas, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries.

Formal Education

  • MBA in Computer Science and Business, University of Karlsruhe

Career Highlights

  • Participated in hundreds of large-scale software implementation projects for mid-size and Fortune 500 companies globally
  • Managed teams of as many as two hundred developers in large scale enterprise software add-on development projects
  • While an employee of a major enterprise software company, collaborated with the company's founders on key software development and led strategic customers and products for Logistics and Finance User Groups
  • Developed and authored enterprise resource planning system courses for a private U.S. university and led various enterprise training classes
  • Headed PMO for a merger and acquisition with standardization and consolidation of over twenty enterprise resource planning systems for a major multinational energy company
  • Silver Services Partner for major enterprise software providers

Expert Qualifications

  • Expert witness for plaintiffs and defendants in litigation involving a number of major companies, including Bath Saver, Crestron, Samsung, SAP, TATA Consultancy Services, and U-Haul
  • Testifying expert for the defense of a major SAP services partner in a $100 million claim of failed software implementation brought by one of the largest law firms in the world, including testimony in a deposition and before an arbitration panel of three retired judges
  • On behalf of the plaintiff to an antitrust matter, analyzed the involved SAP systems for manipulations and irregular transactions, analyzed software and software services contracts, and consulted with attorneys
  • Expert for defendant SAP America in a claim of a failed software implementation, including providing SAP training to the attorneys

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Frequently Asked Questions

What types of cases can this expert support?

This expert handles disputes involving enterprise software implementation, cloud infrastructure, and financial systems. They've testified for both plaintiffs and defendants in cases with major companies—including a $100 million failed SAP implementation case. They can speak to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, and major ERP systems from SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, and Salesforce.

What is this expert's technical background?

30+ years in enterprise software. They started as a programmer, moved into architecture and systems integration, and managed teams of 200+ developers on large SAP projects. They worked at SAP in the early days, have an MBA in Computer Science and Business from University of Karlsruhe, and developed SAP training curriculum for a U.S. university.

What technologies does this expert specialize in?

They code in C++, Java, Python, ABAP, and COBOL. They've worked on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud infrastructure. They know SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft systems—particularly SAP across manufacturing, oil and gas, pharma, and hi-tech sectors—with strong knowledge of databases, system integration, and EDI.