Lars Fasel is the Chief Executive Officer of LINKIES. Management Consulting of America Inc. and represents LINKIES. in Texas. Lars has been working in the IT area for over 20 years in multiple disciplines. For over 15 years his focus is on all areas of SAP technology, including SAP products, SAP ERP, the entire NetWeaver stack (Portals, BW), SAP GRC, Business Objects BI, and Data Services.  Due to Lars' broad IT knowledge he served as a trusted advisor for many Fortune 500 companies to develop IT strategies and designs that worked right from the start. He advised and assisted CIOs and CTOs in implementing their visions by determining feasibility and practicality of solutions.  Lars stands apart from other strategic architects due to his extensive hands on experience. He has proven this countless times where other top consultants were unsuccessful. Be it complex OS/DB migrations for very large systems with extreme downtime requirements, security optimizations, downtime reduction and avoidance, performance optimizations, integration solutions, upgrades, high availability and virtualization solutions.

Mario Linkies is the founder and President of LINKIES. Management Consulting. Mario has extensive international consulting experience as a leading management consultant with a primary focus on enterprise risk management, SAP authorizations, IT security solutions, in particular, providing comprehensive strategic consulting services in regards to corporate governance. Marios 20 years of experience in the areas of SAP business and management consulting, risk and compliance, security and authorizations, as well as environmental services make him a top performer in his industry.  After completing his finance and banking studies at the Berlin Humboldt University, Mario worked for Shell Chemicals Europe in Germany and The Netherlands, and as a Senior Manager for Deloitte in Canada. As Director, he established the risk management and security consultancy on a global scale for the entire SAP group. He also worked as a Chief Executive Officer for two companies in Canada and Germany.  Mario Linkies provides consulting services on a global scale, supports national and international clients in different industries, and continuously fosters awareness for risk management, compliance and security topics in numerous initiatives. He is the initiator and an author of international bestselling books on SAP® Security, Authorizations, and Risk Management.