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Marco ten Vaanholt

Marco ten Vaanholt SAP Employee
Company: SAP
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Currently I head up the Global BPX Community program and am responsible for the Solution Management Office for the Community Network


Previously I managed global product-management for Yahoo’s web-based advertising systems (CRM, contract, order, creative management, & B2C reporting systems).

I have a deep affinity for community management, new media and trends and super passionate about the web.

Previous I worked at Oracle in various roles. My teams developed, launched and managed two successful web-based, global CRMonDemand start-up initiatives for Oracle. I managed multiple, multimillion dollar global CRM and ERP projects and worked as an senior application consultant.

InnoCentive@SAP and A Truly Global Response from Solvers
I just found out a stunning mashup that describes the truly globalness of the solver network for the challenges that SAP posted in the Technology and Innovation pavillion  Sep. 18, 2008
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The BPX Community Book Finally here !...BPX Education and Certification #2
This is a follow up from my blog a while back on the BPX Community Book, how it connects with the BPX education and certification. The community has evolved, SAP has evolved and we are making solid progress. Sep. 2, 2008
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My Session BPM104 at TechEd this year ! BPX community day and more..
Just a heads up on the preparation for TechEd from me... what is on tap and what we will be doing.... Aug. 21, 2008
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BPX skills and to wiki book or not to wiki ...Help us create it.
Help us create it. Or as David Meerman ( in Dutch this means... More Man.. funny ) in his blog series writes: http://www.webinknow.com/2008/05/new-rules-of-ma.html There are new Rules of Marketing & PR and the global market. So here is our try at it.... hoping you will like it and participate in this experiment.  Jun. 2, 2008
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The link between skills and pay : new trends that are influencing people's career decisions
Have you wondered where the future is in regards to skills you have and you need in the future. I have.... I came accross a very interesting article and it made me wonder. May. 19, 2008
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Will enterprises without a communtiy strategy succeed in the next 10 years ?
Will enterprises without a communtiy strategy succeed in the next 10 years ? May. 12, 2008
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New arrivals and our BPX-ASUG community day at Sapphire and more
This blog will cover the excitement of preparing for Sapphire BPX day, sharing some details about the day with you. Having a growing community at the same time.  Apr. 21, 2008
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Everybody's welcome, nobody is perfect, anything is possible
This is a topic dear to my heart: Community Social Responsibiity ( CSR but then related to our community ). In this blog I am addressing my thoughts on how we should build out the BPX community from a social responsibility perspective.  Mar. 20, 2008
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BPX Education and certification
This blog is to help people with the question on how to get more information around BPX education and certification  Mar. 11, 2008
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Best practices for any business and IT project…and how to align business and IT better
I was part of an interactive session today at the CRM conference in Las Vegas and three different customers from SAP spoke about how they aligned their IT and Business to have more successful projects ( is that not the ever asked question anyways ?)  Mar. 4, 2008
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The CRM BPX community meet up in Vegas - next week Mar 3-5
I am very excited about next week. One of our latest BPX community additions, the CRM BPX community is having one of their largest meetups at Ceasars Palace in Las Vegas.  Feb. 27, 2008
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Business Objects Diamond and SAP BPX Communities - New Opportunities for Collaboration
This is only the beginning of a great collaborative opportunity for Business Objects and SAP. BPX and Diamond communities can be the first to drive it forward!  Jan. 29, 2008
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The BPX and the Future of BPM and BPMN: A webinar with Bruce Silver on February 28th
In this blog I wanted to invite you to join me and Bruce Silver, independent Business Process Management (BPM) analyst for a discussion about a new business role critical to the future of BPM – the Business Process Expert (BPX) on february 28th.  Jan. 25, 2008
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Simple Question and a simple answer: how to keep yourself updated around BPX
Someone just asked me. Marco:"I don't have the time to cruise there and read everything :-), so, I need to get a chain going where I get notified of new content that is worthwhile on BPX; ideally I get it sent to me when it arrives.. Can you help ? OK here is my short answer. Jan. 16, 2008
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Getting the Most Out of the BPX Community
The SAP BPX Community is now 250,000 members strong (and growing). But in order to get the most out of BPX, you need to know your way around. I did a special BPX Community Podcast together with Jon Reed of JonERP.com into the keys to utilizing your BPX Community.  Jan. 10, 2008
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yet another milestone reached today : Learning on Demand and SAP eduction area went live !
SAP Learning on Demand is now live, as a prototype, accessible via the SDN & BPX communities (now over 1 million strong). The concept is to make premium SAP education content more easily available to our community.  Dec. 20, 2007
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Community Network and BPX a year in retrospect
I am recapping a year of BPX in this blog and what is on tap for the new year.  Dec. 14, 2007
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TechEd Bangalore and the BPX community, ESOA session 105 continued
TechEd Bangalore is just around the corner and I want to invite our BPX members from India and surrounding countries to join.  Nov. 14, 2007
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Process Collaboration and Intellectual Property
I will be talking about this question that I get frequently on what level of collaboration we see on the community in regards to process sharing Nov. 2, 2007
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TechEd, Las vegas, My session eSOA 105, and Gliffy launch
This blog is the latest on what is happening around BPX at TechEd, and update on my session with Capgemini at TechEd, session eSOA 105 and the new visio plug in for the wiki to improve business process collaboration. Sep. 25, 2007
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Thank you ASUG members !
This is about my experience with the first BPX-ASUG webcast in history that I did with Deb Boykin from Wyeth Pharma, Paul Kurchina, Director of ASUG communities. Sep. 6, 2007
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ASUG- BPX Community Webcast August 15th
This blog is about a webcast I will be doing with ASUG members next week, August 15th. Aug. 9, 2007
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BPM Think Tank in Burlingame debrief
This blog will describe my first impressions from the OMG BPM Think Tank visit I did in Burlingame last month July Aug. 9, 2007
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Welcome to our 150,000th member
This week, we are announcing that the Business Process Expert (BPX) Community surpassed the 150,000 member mark in just over a year. For SAP and all of us this is a tremendous milestone with an incredible momentum that continues to build. I am very proud to say welcome to our 150,000th member Sandeepkumar Agarwal.  Jun. 21, 2007
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Business Process Expert Certification Levels
3 or 4 levels of certification in the community: BPX bronze level BPX silver level BPX gold level BPX architect May. 1, 2007
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Your Business Process Expert Community is expanding rapidly !
Our community took another exciting step last week. We launched 10 new additional industry areas and a brand new manufacturing area. This was done to further enhance our community and empower and enable the emerging BPX role in the marketplace.  Apr. 22, 2007
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