If your primary work focus is developing and/or administrating Hyperion applications, Essbase cubes, or Hyperion reporting solutions, then the ODTUG Hyperion SIG is the place for you. Join the ODTUG Hyperion SIG as we grow to become the best source for Hyperion and Essbase information anywhere. ODTUG is a real world user group for real world technologists, providing community, technical resources, and support for a wide range of technologists working with the Oracle platforms. The Hyperion SIG is dedicated to helping Hyperion users find ways to network together, enhance training opportunities, and bring tips and tricks to the Hyperion SIG community.
Meet the Hyperion SIG Board of Directors
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Deanna Sunde - President Deanna Sunde is a senior director within the EPM Planning and Essbase practice of the Hackett Group, has been implementing Hyperion products for twelve years, and is certified in Essbase and Planning. With over twenty-five years in finance, accounting, and information technology, she has both functional and technical expertise and has held management positions at The Hackett Group, NBC Universal, and Princess Cruises. She implemented Oracle Financials while at Princess and has been a frequent speaker at ODTUG, OAUG, and SROAUG conferences. Deanna was on the board of directors for the Southwest Regional OAUG (SROAUG) for six years. She holds an MBA in finance, a BS in economics, and is a former CPA and has consulted in the travel, hospitality, media, entertainment, health care, real estate, energy, oil & gas, communications, and banking industries. |
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Sarah Craynon Zumbrum - Secretary Sarah is an Oracle Certified Implementation Specialist with Finit Solutions, headquartered in Media, PA. She has previously worked in-house as a business intelligence architect and as an EPM consultant, specializing in the Hyperion suite of tools. She has been a speaker at ODTUG's Kscope and OAUG's Connection Point. She is a recent graduate of ODTUG's Leadership Program and strives to implement user group leadership lessons learned from her time in the program. She resides with her husband in Atlanta, GA. |
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Courtney Foster Courtney Foster specializes in Hyperion Essbase and Strategic Finance development and administration. Courtney has ten years of combined professional experience in the financial services and land development industry. Courtney’s areas of expertise include leveraging strong core knowledge of financial analysis into the effective design, development, and administration of Hyperion Essbase and Strategic Finance systems. Courtney is a current member of the Hyperion SIG and was elected to the board for a passion for all things Essbase. |
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Kevin Cox Kevin Cox is a financial analysis systems manager at Lennox International in Richardson, TX. He has built, optimized, maintained, and generally worked with financial analysis systems for twenty years, with seventeen of those years focused on squeezing as much information as possible out of Essbase and the systems built around it. He has previously worked at Target and ThinkFast Consulting/Palladium Group. |
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Amy L. Del Rosario A native Seattle-ite and fanatical dog lover, Amy Del Rosario became a disciple of Essbase from the moment she learned of its awe-inspiring power and has been working with Oracle Hyperion products for over 10 years. Prior to her indoctrination into the world of Hyperion, Amy was attempting to climb the corporate ladder at one of the largest accounting firms in the world; the firm no longer exists. As a result of ODTUG embracing Essbase, Amy attended Kscope08 and was so overwhelmed and energized by the experience that she has participated in four of the last six Kscope conferences. Amy has devoted the past three years to developing her practice as an independent Oracle Hyperion Planning/Essbase consulting specialist, investing in, and benefitting from her relationships rooted in the Oracle community. Her hard work is paying off, and she is finally at a point in her career where she has the flexibility to dedicate the time and energy necessary to serve the Hyperion community that has become her own. |
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Elizabeth Ferrell Elizabeth has been working with Hyperion products for the last thirteen years, is an accountant by training, but has been serving in IT functions since discovering Hyperion. Elizabeth is the Financial Services Manager for The Kroger Co. managing the Analytics Technology COE teams in Cincinnati, OH and Portland, OR. Her current focus centers on Essbase and Dodeca but she has worked in Hyperion Planning, HFM, FDM, HFR and completed over five implementations and upgrades. |
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Eric Helmer Eric Helmer has extensive experience managing large complex corporate Hyperion/Oracle EPM IT implementations and projects. In the last nine years, Eric has specialized in delivering successful corporate integrated Oracle EPM and Business Intelligence IT projects throughout the US, England, Ireland, India, Singapore, and Thailand. Eric has provided technical consulting services for many of the fortune 500 companies in every aspect of Oracle EPM implementations including global architecture/design, installation/configuration, backup/recovery, high availability, and customized IT educational services. He has been involved in leading the highest number of Oracle’s largest EPM implementations in its history. Eric has trained world-class IT support groups to be completely autonomous by offering a suite of knowledge transfer classes on Oracle design, installation, methodology, automation, backup/recovery, high availability, and troubleshooting. The Oracle Corporation has awarded Eric the title of Oracle ACE Director in 2009 and he has been spotlighted in Oracle Magazine. He is also a current board member and domain lead on the Oracle Application Users Group (OAUG), Hyperion Special Interest Group, ODTUG Hyperion SIG, and is helping to lead efforts in the regional OAUG Connection Point® conferences throughout the nation. Eric is the creator of the popular EPM IT Blog: The I.T. Side, http://erichelmer.wordpress.com |
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Michael LaBarge Michael LaBarge has over twelve years of experience developing Essbase applications supporting FP&A, general accounting, engineering, and customer service and has been the IT lead for Hyperion at Cessna since it was implemented in 2000. He has extensive experience developing complex forecasting calculation scripts and implementing partitioning across multiple Essbase and Planning cubes. In addition to development and administration of numerous Essbase models, he has coordinated hardware and software installation, configuration, and upgrades related to Hyperion applications. He also has experience with Hyperion Planning and Web Analysis. |
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Henry Robin Henry is a Sr Reporting Systems Analyst at ConocoPhillips, with over 20 years of experience supporting Reporting, Budgeting and Planning. He has worked with Essbase for 13 years and is responsible for developing and maintaining applications for his business unit. He also provides training for new users and consults with other business units in the company when requested. He looks forward to serving the Hyperion community as a member of the Hyperion SIG board. |
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