Paul is a Professor in Information Systems and Dean Academic at Holmes Institute. Holmes is a global education company and the largest private education provider in Australia.
Prior to working at Holmes Institute Paul was an Associate Professor in Information Systems at Victoria University and Principle Consultant at Hawking Solutions. He is considered as one of the leading commentators on ERP systems and Business Intelligence and specifically SAP solutions. His knowledge is well respected in both industry and academia and accordingly is often required to assist companies with their SAP strategies and understanding of SAP solutions.
The services Paul offers include:
- Providing an independent view of SAP solutions and implementation approaches
- Assisting companies to maximise the benefits for their SAP investments
- Business Intelligence strategy and implementation.
- SAP Training and curriculum development.
Paul has presented at leading SAP and academic conferences around the world. He has been a Topic Leader on the SAP Community Network. Paul trains and advises academics around the world in regards to ERP systems and Business Intelligence curriculum. He was a past Chairperson and committee member of the SAP Australian User Group (SAUG) for 10 years and was responsible for knowledge transfer. Paul in 2009, 2011, 2012 was voted by the SAP community as one of the Top Ten Most Influential People in SAP for Australia and New Zealand. He was awarded "Outstanding Academic 2010" by SAP.
Paul was a SAP Mentor These are an elite group of highly-engaged and knowledgeable members of the SAP ecosystem. Nominated by peers and selected by SAP, Mentors include technologists, business people, consultants, bloggers, and employees associated with SAP and its customer and partner companies. In total, there are 150 SAP Mentors worldwide, all united by a commitment to stir innovation, increase customer value, and make the culture of SAP more open, transparent, and collaborative. Paul is SAP Mentor number 92 and the first academic in the world to achieve this level of recognition.
The SAP related curriculum Paul has developed is used by universities throughout the world. Paul is also one of Australia's best selling IT authors having written 11 books which are sold around the world. The Microsoft Stable book series has been in publication since 1995. The Microsoft Stable was the first book in Australia to have a supporting website. The book series has had more than $4million in sales to date.
About Paul
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications and Experience
Paul has achieved a number of qualifications and recognition for his expertise.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Business Administration, Victoria University, 2013
- Master of Business Computing, Victoria University, 1996
- Graduate Diploma of Business Information Technology, Swinburne Institute of Technology,1992
- Graduate Diploma of Career Education, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 1988
- Graduate. Diploma of Education, Hawthorn Institute of Education, 1979
- Bachelor of Social Sciences, Footscray Institute of Technology, 1979
Professional Qualifications and Membership
- SAP Certified Consultant Business Intelligence
- SAP Certified Consultant Integrated Business Processes
Awards
- Top Ten Influential People in SAP for ANZ; InsideSAP Magazine (2012)
- Top 1% of most viewed profiles on LinkedIn (2012)
- SAP Community Network Topic Leader, University Alliances; SAP (2011)
- Top Ten Influential People in SAP for ANZ; InsideSAP Magazine (2011)
- SAP Community Network Topic Leader, University Alliances: SAP (2010)
- Outstanding Academic for Australia New Zealand: SAP University Alliances (2010)
- SAP Mentor; SAP (first academic in the world to be awarded SAP Mentor status (2010)
- Luminary in the area of IT; The Global Journal of Enterprise Information System (2010)
- Top Ten Influential People in SAP for ANZ; InsideSAP Magazine (2009)
Industry and Engagement
Qualifications and Experience
Qualifications and Experience
Paul is sought after to provide advice to industry on various aspects of SAP solutions including acting as an expert witness in an Enterprise Systems court case
He has presented at industry and academic events around the world. A sample of these are;
- Presenter, A Business Intelligence Perspective, Village Roadshow, Melbourne, February 2019
- Presenter, SAP Licensing 101, SAP Australian User Group Plenary, Melbourne, November 2018
- Presenter, SAP Licensing 101, SAP Australian User Group Summit, Sydney, August 2018
- Presenter, SAP Licensing 101, Victoria University, August 2018
- Presenter, SAP S/4HANA, Monash University, 2018
- Presenter, SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics, SAUG Melbourne Plenary, Melbourne, November 2017
- Presenter, SAP S/4HANA Embedded Analytics, SAUG Summit, Sydney, September 2017
- Presenter, Uber Reporting, SAUG Summit, Sydney, September 2017
- Presenter, SAP skills to support digital transformation, Sunway University, Malaysia, May 2017
- Presenter, Data Beyond The Hype, Key Insights Conference, Melbourne, March 2017
- Panel Facilitator, expert advice and tips for maximising adoption of SAP BI tools, Key Insights Conference, Melbourne, March 2017
- Keynote, The Digital Economy; Business Intelligence: Where it is heading and future trends, Mastering Business Intelligence, Johannesburg, March, 2017
- Presenter, Maximising Reporting Effectiveness Through Standardisation, Mastering Business Intelligence, Johannesburg, March, 2017
- Presenter, Skills To Support Digital Transformation, University of Pretoria, March 2017
- Presenter, IBCS - How you can adopt a global standard for reporting to benefit your organisation, SAP Australian User Group Summit, Sydney, September, 2016
- Presenter, Learning SAPese: A strange foreign language, SAP Australian User Group Summit, Sydney, September, 2016
- Presenter, Big Data and Implications - presentation to elite German athletes, Hochschule Ansbach, Germany, July 2016
- Keynote, The Future of Business Intelligence, Complete Stream Conference, Melbourne, April, 2016
- Presenter, The Complete Report Checklist, Complete Stream Conference, Melbourne, April, 2016
- Presenter, Forget the hype – how to find real value in Big Data, SAP Australian User Group Summit, Sydney, August, 2015
- Presenter, Supercharge your reports – how they can add real value, SAP Australian User Group Summit, Sydney, August, 2015
Research
Qualifications and Experience
Research
Paul has a proven track record in producing high quality research, both as a sole investigator and as part of larger research teams resulting in the publication of more than 120 research publications. These include top level journal articles, industry reports and conference pa[pers. The focus of his research publications is different aspects of enterprise systems (SAP) and in particular Business Intelligence. His research has had more than 1.600 citations and he has a h-index of 19.