Ken Kroes with Anil Thakur
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To my wife Donna and children Megan and Jarid; thanks for your support over the past several months.
-KK
Acknowledgments
The authors wish to acknowledge and thank Matt Carleson and Stacy Hiquet for their continued support and vision throughout the development of this book and the entire SAP series, and Jawahara Saidullah, Estelle Manticas, and Cathleen Snyder, for their patience and moral support throughout the writing process.
Finally, the authors wish to thank SAP America.
About the Authors
Ken Kroes has over 17 years of programming and consulting experience and has worked as an independent SAP consultant in both R/2 and R/3 for many large clients. Since completing his engineering degree at the University of Calgary, Canada, Ken has worked in a variety of business areas and is currently specializing in implementing SAP for clients with build-to-order (configurable) products and Internet applications. Contact Ken at kenkroes@bigfoot.com.
Anil Thakur operates a boutique consulting firm specializing in Web-enabling ERP Implementation. He has worked as a senior consultant offering ERP and E-commerce expertise to Fortune 500 companies such as Kodak and Hewlett-Packard. In addition, he performs independent code reviews, writes white papers on integrating SAP to E-commerce environments, and makes technical presentations at various client sites.
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