HUGmn is proud to host techday2010 at Solera, Minneapolis' premiere Spanish tapas restaurant. Operated by renowned local chef Tim McKee, Solera has received numerous accolades since its opening in 2003. Current Executive Chef J.P. Samuelson recently joined Solera after leaving his eponymous restaurant on Lake & Lyndale. We've reserved the 2nd and 3rd floors for our events. Click the image below to get detailed driving directions.
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Oracle ACE Director,

InterRel

Oracle ACE Director,

Applied OLAP

Director,

Oracle/Hyperion Product Marketing

John von Allmen - DataFusion Consulting

Dan Franchesina - Emerging Solutions

Anund Gajula - KPMG

Jim Heflin - Ranzal & Associates

D.J. Hoelscher - HCG

Allan Lee & Karen Zubetz - Oracle

Dan Olson - Star Collaborative

Steve Player - The Player Group

Casey Ratliff - eCapital Advisors

Sean Bernhoit - Linium
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Michael J. Malwitz is Director - Product Strategy responsible for Oracle’s Hyperion Financial Consolidation and Reporting Products, joining Hyperion in 1999 and Oracle in July 2007 through the purchase of Hyperion by Oracle.  Prior to Hyperion, he was Director of Financial Information Systems at a Fortune 500 company and, over 13 years, held management positions in internal audit, contracts, financial planning and analysis for the same company.  He holds degrees from Florida State University and New York University in Business and Accounting.

Oracle ACE Director,

Linium

Mr. Helmer is with Linium and is one of the nation’s consulting leaders in Oracle-Hyperion Business Intelligence Infrastructure services. He is a recognized expert in the area of world class Hyperion Windows and Unix implementations and a champion for the free exchange of information on best IT practices around Oracle IT solutions. Services include architecture/design/sizing, installation/configuration, enterprise assessments, performance tuning, disaster recovery, IT knowledge transfer classes, and high availability/clustering.

Oracle ACE Director Edward Roske, CEO of InterRel Consulting, is co-author of the bestselling book "Look Smarter than You Are with Hyperion Essbase." Edward is the Oracle Application User's Group Essbase Domain Lead and the Hyperion co-chair for Oracle Developers Tools Users Group's annual Kaleidoscope conference. He has overseen successful Hyperion implementations at over 200 companies and his optimizations have resulted in Essbase calculation improvements of up to 99.989%. Edward is a regular speaker on Hyperion products at conferences around the world and he is noted for his humorous slant to technically boring BI and EPM information. He is most proud of the time that he wrote the screenplay for a musical about implementing Hyperion System 9 and performed it to packed theatres in Las Vegas and Orlando. He also likes puppies.

Tim is one of the world's most experienced professionals with Hyperion Essbase APIs and architected and managed development of the Hyperion Objects and Hyperion Application Builder.Net products. Tim's dedication to sharing his knowledge within the Hyperion community is clearly evidenced by his prolific contributions to the popular Network54 and HDN forums. Further, he was a speaker at every annual Arbor/Hyperion Solutions conference between 1996 and 2006 and at many regional Hyperion User Group meetings. Tim is a CPA, was one of the first 5 Microsoft Excel MVPs in the world, one of the first 10 MCSDs in the world, a speaker at Microsoft Tech*Ed and has co-authored 2 books on Microsoft Excel. Tim is also a bicycle commuter who averages about 20 miles per day, is an accomplished rock climber and is a volunteer AngelFlight pilot.

HUGmn exists to give those that use Hyperion the connections and knowledge they need to become - or remain - experts and power users. Members don't need to go looking for innovators, because innovators are members, too. By bringing together those who develop and those who implement and use, HUGmn ensures that its constituency is well-rounded and makes the best use of its software and people.

Officially integrated in early 2008, HUGmn currently has over 120 active members, and hosts several meetings a year. techday2010 is the first meeting of this year, and brings several of Hyperion's greatest champions to Minnesota to present.

HUGmn's web address is http://www.hugmn.org.

Casey Ratliff, eCapital Advisors

'best practices for updating Oracle EPM to version 11'

D.J. Hoelscher, HCG
'what's new in Essbase 11 and introduction to Essbase Studio'

Tim Tow - OACE, Applied OLAP

'tips for a successful Essbase 11 installation process'
Dan Olson, Star Collaborative
'increase performance and sustain adoption with these top 7 change management tools'

John von Allmen, Data Fusion Consulting

'what's new in FDM v.11'

Registration (Third Floor); Continental Breakfast & Vendor Expo

HUGmn board kick-off; Introduce Feature Speakers and Vendors
Lunch & Vendor Expo

Eric Helmer - OACE, Linium
'Oracle EPM 11 system administration - what you need to know'

News from Oracle, Alan Lee & Karen Zubetz

'what to look forward to in Essbase Version 11.1.1.2 (AL); Oracle BI Essbase Integrator (KV)'

Anund Gajula, KPMG

'EPM - governance, risk, and compliance'

Dan Franchesina, Emerging Solutions

'streamlining your application maintenance using EPMA'

Edward Roske - OACE, InterRel

'integrating Essbase & OBIEE+ with your data warehouse strategy'

Michael Malwitz, Oracle/Hyperion

'HFM: what's new and what's coming'

Jim Heflin, Ranzal & Associates

'performance tuning HFM in the field'

Tim Tow - OACE, Applied OLAP

'efficient Essbase reporting using APIs (including Dodeca overview)'

Sean Bernhoit , Linium
'integrated strategic and business level planning'

Steve Player, The Player Group

'how to master business forecasting''

Edward Roske - OACE, InterRel

'top ten Hyperion Planning end user features that you're not using'

Anthony Manfredi, Hackett Technology Solutions

'Oracle EPM 11 Infrasructure - Q&A'

Michael Malwitz, Oracle/Hyperion

'hot topics in financial reporting (IFRS, XBRL & more)'
Cocktail Reception at Solera


techday2010 brings together a fantastic line-up of presenters, including
three Oracle ACE Directors, Oracle Executives and subject matter experts
on Oracle Hyperion EPM, Essbase, Planning, HFM, FDM,
and other interesting topics including
ensuring project success and sustenance with change management tools,
integrating strategic and business level planning,
and mastering business forecasting.

This year's event takes place March 11 from 730AM to 430PM at Solera.
The event begins with registration and a continental breakfast,
compliments of Star Analytics, and ends with an
"Ask the Oracle ACE Directors" session and cocktail reception,
compliments of HCG.

Have questions or comments? aklimek@harbinger-group.com.

 

The HUGmn Board of Directors would like to thank everyone for their interest in our first annual tech day. We are excited about planning for the larger event next year!
Due to the outstanding response to our event, registration has been closed.
No walk-ins can be accommodated tomorrow.