Dr. Volker Stiehl studied computer science at the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. After 12 years as developer and consultant at Siemens, he joined SAP in 2004. As Chief Product Expert, Volker is currently a member of the product management team for SAP Net Weaver Process Integration, SAP's reliable/high performance SOA middleware product for system integrations. Volker is a regular speaker at various national and international conferences and also a lecturer at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Mosbach.