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Jonathan Becher SAP Employee
Company: SAP
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Jonathan Becher is senior vice president of Enterprise Solution Marketing, including industry, solution, platform, partner, and services marketing. In this role, his is responsible for championing SAP’s strategy of helping organizations close the gap between strategy and execution so that they can optimize business performance. Becher reports dually to Marty Homlish, global chief marketing officer of SAP AG, and John Schwarz, member of the Executive Board of SAP AG. Becher is a frequent speaker at industry events, an active member of the enterprise applications community, and author of multiple papers on a wide range of subjects, including a popular blog. Becher joined SAP from its 2007 acquisition of Pilot Software, where he was president and chief executive officer. Prior to leading Pilot Software, Becher was CEO and president of Accrue Software, the leading Web site analytics company, and president, CEO and co-founder of NeoVista Software, a pioneer in the predictive analytics and data mining markets. Earlier in his career, Becher held a variety of senior roles at MasPar Computer Corporation. Becher holds a master’s degree in computer science from Duke University in North Carolina, and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Virginia.

Measuring Employee Satisfaction
Employee satisfaction is an important key performance indicators and shows up on most balanced scorecards. However, it can be difficult to measure properly. In this post, I share a cautionary story from earlier in my career about using surveys to measure employee satisfaction. Nov. 17, 2009
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Show Me the Measures
Measures are not very useful without associated objectives. You shouldn't just monitor activities using input and output measures. Instead, you should monitor impacts using outcome measures. Nov. 10, 2009
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Strategy vs. Planning
Performance management extends beyond budgeting to strategy management, profitability management and other performance considerations outside of finance. Planning is not the same as budgeting. Nov. 4, 2009
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Scorecards vs. Dashboards
So what is the difference between a scorecard and a dashboard? Oct. 30, 2009
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Important Name Change for Netweaver BI
To remove confusion, the term business intelligence is now associated only with the solutions from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio. Jun. 2, 2009
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SAPPHIRE Reflections - Don Henley and Some Closing Thoughts
Delivering Value – It’s What’s Most Clear May. 22, 2009
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SAPPHIRE Reflections - Going Beyond “Seeing Is Believing”
Test-Drive a Live SAP System May. 22, 2009
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SAPPHIRE Reflections - Can In Memory Analytics Change All?
Reflections on the Keynote by Hasso Plattner May. 22, 2009
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SAPPHIRE Reflections - Product Innovation Meets Value Delivery
Reflections on the Joint Presentation by Jim & Bill May. 21, 2009
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SAPPHIRE Reflections - Fire and Brimstone
Wild weather in Orlando, A Tough Act to Follow May. 21, 2009
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SAPPHIRE Reflections - Explore Your Business
Views from the press conference. Try SAP BusinessObjects Explorer for Yourself May. 21, 2009
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SAPPHIRE Reflections - Seeing Your Way Clear in the New Reality
Reflections on the Keynote by Léo Apotheker May. 21, 2009
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SAPPHIRE Reflections - Welcome to the INSIGHTS from SAPPHIRE Blog
SAPPHIRE 2009, Insights from SAPPHIRE, virtual event May. 21, 2009
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