About the Author

Danielle Larocca Signorile, an independent executive SAP consultant, has written a handful of books on SAP technologies. Danielle is a featured speaker at many SAP conferences throughout the United States. Her articles have been published in multiple trade magazines, including SAP Professional Journal, SAP Insider, and SAP HR Expert, a publication on which she served as an advisor and columnist for the “Ask the Expert” section. Danielle has also been interviewed for HR Executive Magazine. She earned a bachelor of science degree in psychology and holds certificates and certifications for many areas of SAP, including Human Resources, ABAP Programming, and Basis Technologies. Danielle is an ABAP programmer as well as an expert on SAP query-based reporting and the Human Capital Management module. Danielle has documented and instructed people on multiple computer languages and applications, including ABAP, Visual Basic, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP. Danielle is also an avid technical and leisure reader. She is currently working for the 12^th-largest employer in the world, Compass Group, as vice president of HR Information Systems for the Americas Division.

Danielle is originally from Massapequa, Long Island, New York. She and her husband James and their chocolate Labrador retriever, Casey, live in Weddington, North Carolina. They can be reached at [email protected].