Jon Reed
Independent SAP Analyst
Jon Reed is an independent SAP analyst who writes on SAP consulting trends. He is the President of JonERP.com, an interactive Web site that features Jon's SAP Career Blog and his podcasts for SAP professionals. Jon has been publishing SAP career and market analysis for more than a decade, and he serves as the career expert for SearchSAP's "Ask the Expert" panel. He is the author of the SAP Consultant Handbook.

Amir Blich
Director, Business Development – SAP Community Network
Amir Blich is responsible for business development for the SAP online communities since 2003 and is part of the SDN founding team. During this time, Amir launched several premium programs including Virtual SAP TechEd and the recent SDN Subscriptions program, offering NetWeaver development licenses for purchase online. Amir joined SAP in 2001 as a lead product manager. Prior to joining SAP, Amir held business development and engineering management positions at several high-tech companies.

Mario Herger
Community Alchemist – SAP Community Network
Mario Herger started with SAP as developer in 1998 in the BW Content team and later in the xApp/CAF-team as a developer and product manager. In 2005, Mario became the development manager for the Analytics team in Palo Alto, CA. In 2006, he joined the SDN/BPX collaboration team working on programs including WIKI, monetization, and BPX initiatives. Since May of 2007, Mario works in the CN Business Development team as a Community Network Alchemist.