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1 Autism At Work José H Velasco VP Operations and Strategy About SAP and SAP Autism at Work Autism at Work Background In May of 2013, SAP Announced its objective to have 1% its global workforce represented by employees in the autism spectrum. About 650 Jobs SAP Vision Make the World Run Better and Improve People s Lives About SAP World Leader in Enterprise Software with 73,000 Employees, presence in 130 Countries, and with more than 280,000 Customers ruining through their SAP systems 75% of the world s GDP 1

2 Partners Reality? 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 3 Partners About Autism at Work 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 4 2

3 Partners SAP Announcement SAP Objective: 1% of Workforce in Autism Spectrum 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 5 SAP Autism at Work Roadmap LEARN VIA PILOTS AT LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE Create Good Practices. Onboard 3-12 New Colleagues with Autism Per Location PROCESS OPTIMIZATION & SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES From Good to Better Practices Fine tune processes & scale partnerships to reach sustainability objectives PROCESS MATURITY ONBOARDING EQUIVALENCY From Better to Best Practices. The organization has few special processes to hire people with Autism Change Management Best Practices, Sharing Learnings, Inspire 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 6 3

4 SAP Autism at Work Today Pilots 55 Colleagues with Autism In Canada, Ireland, India, Germany, U.S. Software Developer Information Developer/KM Software Testing Business Analyst IT Technical Support System Administrator Marketing Operations Associate IT Project Management Customer Support Graphic Designer Media / Communications Data Analyst Associate Consultant 2015 Expansion Employees with ASD Globally by year s end New Locations: Brazil and Czech Republic New Business Units : Success Factors, Ariba,. New Roles: HR / Finance-Administration 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. In-Spite-of and Because-of Autism Resiliency, Resourcefulness, and an intense desire to work Possible Traits in People with Autism Transparent and Unambiguous Communications Ability to see patterns, spot deviations in systems/ data Strong Affinity with Software Development Attention to details. Perseverance over long periods of time High diligence and low tolerance for mistakes. 4 7

5 Partners Autism at Work Impact 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 9 Impacting Our Ability to Capture the Best Talent Partners Patrick Viesti Project Management Associate SAP IT Elijah Martinez Integration Specialist SAP Integration & Orchestration Janis Oberman Quality Specialist SAP Internet of Things Before SAP Graduated Cum Laude with a BA in Communications Unemployed for 2+ years. Before SAP Graduated Cum Laude with a B.S. in Physics Unemployed for 2+ years. Before SAP Master of Arts, Multimedia 25 years of Industry Experience Underemployed for 13 years. Highlights Speaker at United Nations, CBS, Al-Jazeera America Highlights Published SCN documents seen more than 6,500 times Highlights Winner of SAP DKOM 11months on Job 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 10 5

6 Partners Impacting Our Community 18 Special Education Teachers from Souderton High School Spent the day at SAP Learning how they can improve education of students who are in the autism spectrum 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 11 Impacting our Team Experience New Colleagues with Autism and their SAP Employee-Mentors Volunteering their time Creating Art for a Hospital 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 12 6

7 Impacting our Company Identity Lunch with SAP Autism at Work Mentors, Colleagues with Autism, SAP America President Jennifer Morgan, SAP America COO, Rick Knowles and SVP Silvio Bessa 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 13 Impacting Our Vision to Make the World Run Better EVP Tanja Rueckert with UN Secretary General Bai Ki-Moon at The United Nations Autism Awareness Day TED Speaker Temple Grandin SAP Bay Area Employee Event Delaware Governor Jack Markel Kicks off Testifying at U.S. Congress Foreign Affairs Committee 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. Autism at Work Event in Philadelphia Hearing on the Global Challenge of Autism 14 7

8 Impacting New Ways of Thinking WEB PRINT TV CBS This Morning National Coverage - 4 Million Viewers NBC Bay Area Regional Coverage CBS Central Texas Local Coverage 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 15 Partners About Our Partners 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 16 8

9 Our Partners in the United States GLOBAL Palo Alto, CA Newtown Square, PA 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 17 Process in The United States 1 Position Search at SAP Requisitions Developers Software Testers 2 Candidate Search Voc. Rehab SAP Universities, Colleges Screening Phone Interviews References 4+ weeks SAP 3 Candidate Search & Pre-Screening Specialisterne slide Depicts 2013 SAP AG. This All rights reserved. 5 4 Soft Skills Training & Lego Hangout 1-Week Soft Skills Social Communications Interviewing Disclosure 1-Day Lego Hangout Meet & Greet Robots & Pizza 2 weeks Pre-Employment Training Administrative Period For Candidates 5 Weeks Training Admin Forms / Paperwork Facilities / IT Managers / Job Coach Comm. Plan Support Circle Prep For Host Teams Awareness Training (extended) For Other Employees Autism Awareness (Brief) 5 weeks PA/CA Vocational Rehab. 3+ weeks Expandability / The Arc the Second/Third Hiring Wave. On the First Wave Specialisterne was Involved in Every Step 9 18

10 New Employee Support Circles HR Business Partner Team Manager Voc-Rehab Counselor Team Buddy New Colleague s Workplace Support Circle Job / Life Skills Coach New Colleague s Personal-Life Support Circle Personal Counselor AaW Mentor Family 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 19 Support Model Transitions Community Services Trainer Community Services Job Coach SAP Buddy, Manager, HRBP, Mentor Candidate Success Factors Employee 5 Week Candidate Training Coaching First 90 Days of Employment Beyond the first 90 Days of Employment During this time Candidates are trained at SAP funded by the State of Pennsylvania or California Training is Delivered by Expandability in Palo Alto or The Arc in Philadelphia Training Methodology by Specialisterne Selected Candidates become SAP Employees Transition Specialist (Job Coach) is available to SAP Manager and employees in addition to new colleague Transition is safeguarded by Expandability in Palo Alto and The Arc In Philadelphia Expandability Available 7x24 Employee is supported by Manager, Team Buddy, Mentor and Autism at Work program Job Coach is available for any situation that may need attention SAP AG. All rights reserved

11 Key Lessons from First Pilot 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 21 You Need Strong Partnerships 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved

12 You Need Executive and Employee Support Rodolpho Carduneto President, SAP America Volunteers SAP Autism at Work 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 23 Gradual Immersion Works Candidate Training Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Direct Team Indirect Team All Employees 12

13 Improve Process With Help of New Colleagues People Just Need an Opportunity 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved

14 Myth Busters 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 27 PartnersOrganization / Communication Patrick - SAP Project Management Associate SAP IT 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved

15 Partners SAP and Specialisterne Persistency George Brown Software Tester- SAP 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 29 Generosity Ben Hartranft 9 th Grader, Fund Raising Champion Soup Kitchen Volunteer 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved

16 Last Thoughts 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved. 31 Partners Extraordinary O 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved

17 We All Can Be Autism At Work Thank You 2013 SAP AG. All rights reserved

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