Eric Vallo is an SAP Mentor, co-host of the Diversified Semantic Layer Podcast Network, and an SAP Certified Associate that has been working in business intelligence for the last 14 years with other emphasis on web technologies and enterprise architecture. He has had a career which has spanned Fortune 50 and 500 companies, as well as small businesses, working in telecommunications, finance, health care, and government. After a number of years as an application developer, he moved into architecture and leadership roles, which has afforded the opportunity to work with many different teams at different levels, creating business intelligence solutions for tens of thousands of users. Eric is Chief Architect at EV Technologies, Inc., with a focus on SAP services and SAP BusinessObjects integrated products. Eric is also a co-author with Greg Myers on the SAP BusinessObjects BI System Administration book published by SAP Press. While not hanging out on the bleeding edge, Eric spends his time with his wife and two children and enjoys cycling (whenever everybody will let him get away).