Jens Straten
Cupertino, California, US
Cupertino, California, US
Startup Experience
First time founder
Age Group
36-55
About Jens
Jens Straten is the founder of Straten Consulting, a SAP Partner Edge company, specializing in the design and development of SAP add-on products including IDoc Medic. IDoc Medic is the only SAP certified IDoc error handling solution in use by customers in the United States and Europe.
Quote
Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again. - Richard Branson
Enterprise Architect
Soltius
December 2013 - August 2015
● Executes successful SAP HANA pre-sales engagements at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Auckland Council, LIC and others ● In charge of Enterprise Architecture & Management Consulting activities at Air New Zealand, Foodstuff and others ● Accountable for Soltius in-house Enterprise Architecture strategy ● Responsible for planning and configuration of demo systems (e.g. SAP S/4 HANA, SAP ERP on HANA) ● Explores new SAP technologies and products including SAP S/4 HANA, SAP CAR, SAP Cloud Solutions, Internet of Things and others
CEO & Founder
Straten Consulting
June 2007 - Today
● Accountable for company business plan including budget planning and approval ● Executes pre-sales activities to improve product and service sales ● Controls the relationship with global partners including SAP SE ● Responsible for in-house Enterprise Architecture activities including system landscape architecture, planning of system installations & upgrades, product evaluation & selection, vendor selection and more ● Conducts executive product demos to customers ● Leads architecture and implementation of IDoc Medic and other software solutions ● Manages solution certification with SAP SE ● Supervises production support ● Provides training to client resources (online and on-site) ● Assists with web and social media marketing activities ● Established Straten Consulting
Program Manager / Solution Architect / Enterprise Architect
ACS Systech
October 2005 - May 2007
● Accountable for project leadership and delivery ● In charge of project related client communication including board and c-level management ● Involved in Pre-Sales activities ● Responsible for in-house Enterprise Architecture including system landscape architecture and upgrade strategy ● Charged with discovering and exploring new SAP technologies
Project Manager
Answerthink
April 2004 - September 2005
● Accountable for project leadership and delivery ● In charge of project related client communication including board and c-level management ● Tasked with the delivery of functional and technical work on client projects ● Involved in Pre-Sales activities ● Responsible for in-house Enterprise Architecture including system landscape architecture and upgrade strategy ● Charged with discovering and exploring new SAP technologies
Senior Consultant / Project Manager / Solution Architect
EZCommerce
August 1995 - April 2004
● Tasked with the delivery of functional and technical work on client projects ● Responsible for in-house Enterprise Architecture including system landscape architecture and upgrade strategy ● Charged with discovering and exploring new SAP technologies ● Involved in Pre-Sales activities
Consultant
Siemens-Nixdorf
March 1994 - August 1995
● Tasked with the delivery of functional and technical work on client projects
Application Designer / Developer
pro-Datensysteme
January 1992 - March 1994
● Tasked with the delivery of functional and technical work on client projects ● Responsible for client communications to address issues
TU Braunschweig
Equivalent to Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science
1989 - 1994
Ratsgymnasium Goslar
Abitur, Physics & English
1975 - 1989
Anaplan Advanced
Anaplan
Anaplan Fundamentals
Anaplan
SAP FI, MM, SD, ABAP and BASIS
Siemens-Nixdorf