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Pitch Well, Network, and Lead with SAP Toastmasters
When I was in college, I always wondered why one of my good friends would dress up professionally every Thursday night to go give a speech. “It’s to learn to be a good speaker,” she said. I too wished...
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Building a Network of Mentors for Women at SAP Silicon Valley
Diversity in Silicon Valley remains a crucial conversation. We continue to read news articles about the lack of women in technology roles, on corporate boards, and the inequality in compensation. At...
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Making Cycling a Way of Life at SAP
I started bicycling to work in 2008 and discovered that it was my favorite means of transportation. One day, I had an idea that SAP should support bike commuters the same way they subsidize train and...
View ArticleSAP Employees Spur Sustainable Change
Water conservation in Silicon Valley, attracting young talent, and closing deals are just some of the ways SAP’s sustainable offices impact business. Why did Fabiano Hennemann put a lot of yellow...
View ArticleComputers and the Tyranny of the Present
Ever heard of PCs? Mice? The Internet? Well, Alan Kay is the man credited with inventing them. He spoke to a packed house at SAP Labs in Silicon Valley this week about approaching software design in an...
View ArticleCareer Ladders Project Empowers Youth via STEM Education
SAP continues to empower the youth, generate future leaders in technology, and create career pathways for students though the invested interest in STEM education. On Tuesday, May 19, Oakland Unified...
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We’re Here, We’re Queer, We’re Good for Business
On Friday, June 26, The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that same-sex marriage is right nationwide, joining approximately 20 other countries in liberalizing marriage laws. This past weekend...
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Women at SAP Silicon Valley: Design Team Defies Gender Norm
SAP’s d.Studio design team is 70% female. Coincidence or by design? The high percentage of women in the d.studio runs counter to everything we hear in press reports about how women are...
View ArticleWomen at SAP Silicon Valley: Tech Inspires Me with Puzzles Everyday
What are you working on? That depends on who is asking. I am in query processing for the folks at my office. I am an SAP HANA developer for others at SAP. I am an engineer for my four-year old...
View ArticleWomen at SAP Silicon Valley: The Best Leaders Walk Hand-in-Hand with Their Team
There is a song that haunts me. It’s a camp song, often misattributed to Albert Camus. A song I learned as a teenager that I find myself humming and reflecting on even now, over a decade from when I...
View ArticleFixing Problems Before They Arise in Oil and Gas
As part of its IoT kickstarter program, the SAP Co-Innovation Lab in Silicon Valley partnered with Mtell and Rolta on a solution for predictive machine maintenance in oil and gas. Built on SAP HANA,...
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Five Steps to Diversity by Design
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin I previously described the delights of working in a diverse...
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Women at SAP Silicon Valley: Let’s Do More to Help Women in the Work Place
What a great experience! I was recently part of a panel with the Churchill Club @ SAP, Women Tech Executive Roundtable. I was joined by some fabulous, accomplished women: Judith Bitterli, CMO AVG...
View ArticleMentoring Generation Z Girls in Technology
Recently, my teenage daughter and her friends developed a mobile app for the Technovation contest, and I volunteered to be their coach and mentor. My daughter’s motivations to participate in the...
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