Volker StiehlVolker Stiehl studied Computer Sciences at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. When he joined SAP in 2004, his primary focus was on presales activities involving the Java EE stack of the SAP Web Application Server. In summr 2005, he joined the product management team of the Composite Application Framework where he was responsible for preparing specifications for composite applications development. With the introduction of SAP NetWeaver CE, his area of responsibility was extended to include the design of composite application architectures and their implementation using composition tools, such as the Composite Application Framework, Guided Procedures framework, or the SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer. Volker Stiehl speaks regularly at various conferences, such as SAP TechEd, SAPPHIRE, and JavaOne, about the topics related to the architecture and development of composite applications. Prior to joining SAP, he worked at Siemens as a consultant for distributed J2EE-based architectures and integration architectures using SAP integration technologies. Read More Read Less