up of more than 140 000 individuals at 3 700 companies in more than 17 industries across the sap ecosystem asug is the world s largest independent sap users group . our members are professionals and personalities of varied skills and experience levels . many of them are technical and business process experts and respected thought leaders in the sap ecosystem . they represent a wide variety of organizations from small businesses to global corporations to distinguished universities . asug type not for profit founded 1991 headquarters chicago united states key people board of directors ceo geoff scott ceo volunteer board members paul phipps chairman keith sturgill vice chairperson paul roche finance chairperson mike stoko past chairperson anthony j. bosco jr. director geoff corb director timothy t.j. graven director rudy hendricks director sharon keiser director mark leclair director sherryanne h. meyer director david wascom director stephen g. shander sap representative industry technology services asug is an independent community of sap experts in north america that delivers events education influence and networking to its members website www.asug.com contents 1 history 2 mission 3 membership 4 communities 4.1 special interest groups sigs 4.2 chapters 5 asug events 5.1 asug annual conference 5.2 asug sap analytics & businessobjects conference 5.3 asug sap business one summit 5.4 asug community focus 6 leadership 7 references history edit in 1990 sap customers who attended the sap annual conference sapphire met to form an sap users group . 1 in 1991 the americas sap users group asug was created and now ranks as the largest independent not for profit organization of sap customer companies 2 and sap solution providers in the world . 3 asug works closely with sap in order to deliver education networking and influence to asug members . the strength of the partnership between sap and asug is seen in many areas most notably in the areas of product influence and the co location of asug annual conference 3 with sap s annual sapphire now event . 4 furthermore asug is one of the 12 members of the sap user group executive network sugen which is the international voice that unites regional sap user groups in an open and honest dialogue . mission edit asug provides a forum for members to communicate mutual concerns to sap 5 influence software development 6 exchange ideas and best practices 7 and establish future priorities . 8 asug is dedicated to the understanding 9 productive use 10 and advancement of sap and sap businessobjects products and services . 11 membership edit 3 700 plus asug member companies sap americas customers certified and non certified sap partners independent consultants 71 % of installation members sap customers represent small and medium enterprises sme reporting less than 1.5 billion in revenue 12 21 % of asug members are sap partners and solution providers there are more than 140 000 individuals registered as asug members as of october 2007 also asug offers international memberships so any licensed sap customer company can join asug 13 on january 1 2010 the global businessobjects network gbn the user community for customers of the sap businessobjects solution portfolio 14 merged with asug its parent organization asug expanded its membership offering to accommodate sap businessobjects customers and offers membership to those sap businessobjects users who operate in a non erp data environment communities edit members form communities via asug special interest groups sigs and regionally based chapters in north america . 15 special interest groups sigs edit members of sigs receive educational networking and influence opportunities . ninety one sigs align with sap and sap businessobjects products and services in the following areas 16 business processes technology industry chapters edit these communities are organized geographically into 38 chapters throughout the u.s. and canada for face to face education and networking opportunities . chapters host quarterly face to face meetings as part of membership benefits . asug events edit several educational events are held each year by asug . asug annual conference edit this event delivers customer driven education expert insight exchange and the opportunity to engage with sap users and partners throughout the americas . the asug annual conference touches on all sap products and services . the 2014 asug annual conference is taking place june 3 5 in orlando . asug sap analytics & businessobjects conference edit the asug sap analytics and businessobjects user conference is the only customer led businessobjects user event of the year featuring sessions on topics such as bi strategy ; sap businessobjects dashboards xcelsius integration design and development ; universe design and development ; sap businessobjects web intelligence ; sap crystal reports ; and data management . the 2014 asug sap analytics and businessobjects user conference will take place september 22 24 at the omni fort worth in fort worth texas . asug sap business one summit edit the 2014 sap business one summit asug sap business one summit celebrates its fifth anniversary in 2014 . this asug event taking place september 15 17 in schaumburg il delivers education influence and networking opportunities tailored to sap business one professionals . asug community focus edit 2014 asug community focus summit asug community focus brings together business and technical professionals in the sap supply chain management scm enterprise asset management eam product lifecycle management plm and services & support communities . insights concepts and content from experts will address the challenges and opportunities and present new innovations tailored to the needs of these communities.the event takes place in princeton nj october 6 & 7 2014 . leadership edit asug is steered by a board of directors 17 which comprises asug volunteers elected by our membership an sap representative and a full time ceo . the board sets the strategy and direction of the organization across all areas and works closely with sap 18 to identify areas for growth and new opportunities . daily operations are managed by the chief executive officer and the management team 4 who are charged with delivering on the board s vision and serving the membership on a daily basis . from the american business awards aba in 2012 asug earned a silver award in the company of the year business services category . references edit what is asug . 2002 may 9 . searchsap.com definitions . retrieved on 2008 10 18 . bell erin 2008 september 28 . 1 . echannelline.com retrieved on 2008 10 18 americas sap users group archived december 14 2008 at the wayback machine . . 2008 september 15 . sap.info retrieved on 2008 10 18 . events in america . crm2day.com retrieved on 2008 10 29 . kanaracus chris 2008 august 13 . sap users support debate pcworld.com retrieved on 2008 10 29 . influencing sap user group helps define sap strategy . . 2006 november 29 . searchsap.com retrieved on 2008 10 29 . reiser clint 2008 september 22 . sap eam pragmatic insights from asug fall focus archived july 7 2011 at the wayback machine . . arc advisory group retrieved on 2008 10 29 . the sap user groups archived december 14 2008 at the wayback machine . . 2008 august 13 . sap.info retrieved on 2008 10 29 . encrisp llc partners with university of wisconsin milwaukee and asug s university alliance ... 2008 august 15 . pr web release newswire retrieved on 2008 10 29 one city one process one system permanent dead link . september 2008 edition . sap spectrum retrieved on 2008 10 29 wailgum thomas 2008 july 18 . sap user group launches database to help companies . . cio.com retrieved on 2008 10 18 . 2007 asug annual report permanent dead link asug.com retrieved on 2008 10 29 martens china 2006 february 27 . sap user group opens up to attract new members archived march 2 2007 at the wayback machine . . computerworld.com retrieved on 2008 10 29 2 reuters.com retrieved on 2009 9 29 what we do.asug.com retrieved on 2008 10 29 sap user group head looks to the future . january 2008 . nucleus research retrieved on 2008 10 29 asug leadership asug.com retrieved on 2008 10 29 wailgum thomas 2008 july 28 . users group leader preaches collaboration not rebellion . cio.com retrieved on 2008 10 29 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title americas % 27 sap users % 27 group & oldid 743840119 categories user groupssap sehidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2016articles with permanently dead external linkspages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 15 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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