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William Newman

As Managing Principal and Owner of this privately-held consultancy, Mr. Newman provides independent advisory to both service providers and industry manufacturers in the areas of strategy, operations, risk management, and technology. Industry clients spanned the discrete manufacturing (automotive, consumer product, industrial machinery), public sector, and utilities segments. Accomplished consultant in the ERP Advisory and SAP applications development, program advisory, and business strategy fields for over 10 years. I am a frequent speaker at SAP Insider, ASUG, and SAPPHIRE events in North America and Europe since 2005. Managed several system integrator partnerships with SAP including Volkswagen/gedas (now T-systems), BearingPoint, DMR Consulting (now Fujitsu Consulting), and Booz Allen Hamilton. I also serve on the adjunct faculty at University of Michigan, Dearborn in the Graduate School of Management in the fields of strat-egy, operations, product development and marketing policy. I am a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) since 1995 and a member of the Michigan Association of CPAs since 1999.