Community Captains

2025 Q2 Captains are here!
Kristine Young is a recent Customer Success Hero award recipient and a Customer Success Manager with Board, responsible for overseeing customer relationships and ensuring success in the APAC region. In 2016, she transitioned from being a Board customer who was responsible for implementing their Financial Planning and…
Customer Success: Enabling strategic pathways to drive optimal results
Today we’re talking to Kristine Young, award-winning APAC customer success manager (CSM). Kristine’s unique perspective comes from first being a customer who implemented Board for retail and wholesale planning and reporting, transitioning to a consultant with the Board professional services team, and now working as a Board…
3 Q's with Kevin Kowalski, Solution Architect
Featuring: Kevin Kowalski, Soultion Architect and Community Captain Solution Architects play a key role in the Board ecosystem. Listen in as Kevin shares a view into his role, who makes a good candidate for the team—and here more about an upcoming Tech Friday learning opportunity in France. Quick reference: 0:33 A day in…
‘Run as administrator’ feature: What you need to know
Featuring: Community Captain Björn Reuber, Product Support Tech Lead, Board In my 15 years as a Board support tech lead, one of the most misunderstood features I’ve experienced is the ‘Run as administrator’ option for selections. Many people mistakenly believe that it will apply only to the entities mentioned in the step,…
Enhancing Knowledge Sharing with Attollo Board Compass
Featuring: Community Captain Samir Jones, Business Intelligence Consultant, Attollo AB Today, we’re welcoming one of the final Community Captains of 2024 —Samir Jones— as he shares his insights on gathering valuable insights and knowledge sharing! Throughout his career, Samir has worked at various companies, where he…
New Microlearning - Board 14 Essentials for End Users
This course is different than Level 100. End-users, this short course is for you in Board Academy. In the video, Mindy shares the benefits of microlearning and other courses coming from Board Academy in 2025. Highlights from the new course include basic navigation and drill down tips, creating presentations from your Board…
Mastering Debugging in Board: A Core Skill for Developers
Featuring: Community Captain Leone Scaburri, Solution Architect within the Center of Excellence (CoE) for Professional Services, Board Today, we’re welcoming one of our 2025 Q1 Captains —Leone Scaburri— as he shares his insights on why debugging is important as a core skill for Board developers! Leone has been with Board…
Announcing the 2025 Q1 Community Captains!
We're thrilled to announce the 2025 Q1 Community Captains! As we move forward into a new year with new challenges and opportunities, our Captains will help lead the way through active knowledge sharing and engagement in our growing Board Community. These new members join an amazing group of returning Captains,…
Welcome, 2025 Q1 Community Captains!
Before we introduce you to the new Captains, let's recognize our returning members from last year as 📢Year 2 Community Captains! We're looking forward to learning more this year from @Nico Weber @Samson Sunny @Bart Scott @Björn Reuber @Helmut Heimann @Lucas Charello @ANKITA SAHA @Laura Villar @Sergi Fernández @Mindy Waltz…
Debugging and Favorite Board Features
Featuring: Community Captain Enric Gil Garcia, Senior Software Engineer, Wipro Today, we’re welcoming one of the final Community Captains of 2024 —Enric Gil Garcia— as he shares his insights on debugging and his favorite Board features! Enric has been working as a Board consultant for over eight years and has helped…
There are many great features in Board. Here are three you don’t want to miss!
Featuring: Community Captain Umesh Bugata, Senior Software Engineer, Wipro Today, we’re welcoming one of the final Community Captains of 2024 —Umesh Bugata— as he shares three of Board's features that you don't want to miss! Umesh has two years of experience with Board, with four years of experience with several BI…
About Community Captains
Welcome to the Board Community Captains program! Here, members of the Board Community come together to enable the ecosystem, support extended learning, and inspire others to do the same. What is a Board Community Captain? Board Community Captains are esteemed Community members who exemplify leadership, dedication, and a…
Introducing Q4 Community Captains!
I'm thrilled to introduce our Q4 Community Captains! As we continue to build on our foundation of excellence, your contributions are helping to lay the groundwork for the entire community. Welcome Q4 Community Captains Laura Villar is a Business Intelligence Consultant at Holistic Data Solutions since June 2022,…
Practical Perspectives: Insights to Empower Your Journey
Featuring: Community Captain Ankita Saha, Consultant, Deloitte Consulting India Private Limited Today, we’re welcoming one of our newest Community Captains—Ankita Saha—as she shares her Board experiences and insights with the Community. Ankita has over two years of hands-on experience with the Board platform, where she has…
3 Q's with Board's Head of Customer Marketing Sandra Bartl
Featuring: Sandra Bartl, Head of Customer Marketing and Community Captain. Welcome to another installment of Community Voices: 3 Q's—today we're featuring Board's Head of Customer Marketing, Sandra Bartl, and we're discussing three questions about how how to join the Board Advocacy program and what its benefits are for its…
Importance of current documentation for Board system agility and growth
Author: Harry Sun, Community Captain and Senior Purchasing Specialist at MasterPet. We began the development and implementation of our BOARD IBP system one year ago. The BOARD Integrated Business Planning (IBP) system is highly flexible, offering users the ability to customize workflows, calculations, and various processes…
Welcome the Q4 Board Community Captains!
Welcome Q4 Board Community Captains! We are excited to have you join the program and the movement that is committed to elevating the Board ecosystem through education, collaboration, and enablement. Board Community Captains encompass diverse experiences, sharing insights and expertise across various backgrounds and use…
3 Questions with Laura Villar, Business Intelligence Consultant
Featuring: Laura Villar—Holistic Data Solutions, Business Intelligence Consultant and Community Captain. Today, we're talking talking about how to set a project up for success at the start and manage it effectively ongoing. Listen as Community Captain—Laura Villar—shares her experience. Quick reference: 1:00 Main benefits…
Save Time and Resources with Board
Featuring: Community Captain Sergi Fernández — Business Intelligence Consultant, Holistic Data Solutions SL. In today’s fast-paced business environment, efficiency isn’t just a luxury; it’s a necessity. Companies are constantly on the lookout for ways to optimize their processes and leverage technology to drive performance…
3 Questions with Bart Scott
Featuring: Bart Scott—Senior Partner, CFO Solutions LLC and Community Captain. In today's 3 Q's, we're talking all things B14. Listen to hear what Community Captain—Bart Scott—has to say about timing and ensuring a smooth transition. Quick reference: 1:08 When is a good time to upgrade to B14? 3:22 What is a top feature of…
Introducing the Q3 Board Community Captains!
We are thrilled to welcome our latest Board Community Captains to the program! You've likely already seen some of their give-back contributions in action (Thanks—Thomas, Lucas, and Mindy)—and soon you'll have new learnings to explore from each of this group of talented individuals, dedicated to enabling the ecosystem and…
Meet Q3's newest Community Captains!
A warm welcome goes out to our Q3 Community Captains! Your contributions and commitment to excellence are an accelerator for all members. Get to know our Captains: Lucas Charello has been working with Board at Kiwika for two years and also has a broad background in international project management acquired in the…
Three favorite Board features to improve your build
Author: Lucas Charello, Community Captain and Board Specialist/Project Manager at Kiwika. Hello Community! My name is Lucas Charello, and I’ve been working at Kiwika for almost two years as a Board Specialist and Project manager. Today, I’m excited to share my personal experiences with three of my favorite Board features…
Community Voices: Q&A With Samson Sunny
Featuring: Community Captain Samson Sunny, Premium Support Specialist Welcome to another installment of Community Voices! Today we're featuring Samson Sunny, a Premium Support Specialist at Board and one of our Community Captains, to discuss some of the hottest topics with the Board Support experience and the new B14…
3 Q's with Board's Director of Academy Mindy Waltz
Featuring: Mindy Waltz, Board Director of Academy. Welcome to another installment of Community Voices: 3 Q's—today we're featuring Board's Director of Academy, Mindy Waltz, and we're discussing three questions about how the Board Academy is supporting the recent B14 release! Quick reference: 1:29 - What can members expect…
Maximizing your Board Support experience
Author: Björn Reuber, Community Captain and L3 Support Team Lead at Board. As a support leader with 14+ years of Board experience, one of the biggest advantages I see of our software is that you can do whatever you want with it (great!), but this might also be one of the biggest challenges from a support perspective…
Community Voices: 3 Q's with customer Thomas Ussling
Featuring: Thomas Ussling, Community Captain and Board Lead Developer at Strato AG. Welcome to Community Voices: 3 Q's—featuring a long-time Board enthusiast and dedicated customer, Thomas Ussling. We asked Thomas three questions about Board. Press play to hear what he had to say! Quick reference: 1:25 - What is a key…
Four tips to maximize value from the Board Community
Author: Helmut Helmann, Community Captain. The Board Community exists to support members in their platform journey. As an active member myself, today I’m sharing four tips to maximize your Community experience. Active participation maximizes the benefits of the Community The value of Community increases as we all…
Honoring Excellence: Welcoming the Inaugural Board Community Captains
Congratulations to our inaugural Board Community Captains! We are thrilled to recognize this remarkable group of dedicated members—committed to excellence in everyday practice, enabling the ecosystem, supporting extended learning, and inspiring others to do the same. Learn more about Q1 Captains here. What is a Board…
Topic Thought Starters
There are many topics of interest to the Board Community. With a goal of expanding member's Board practice through thoughtful knowledge sharing from real-life example of Board in action—we welcome all ideas and can work together to refine topics. Getting started is often the hardest part! What should I write about? What do…

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