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Paolo Juvara

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CEO, Openbravo

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Paolo is the CEO of Openbravo, the leading open source ERP provider.

He leads Openbravo to fulfil its vision to enable every company to use an ERP. Paolo believes that today the best way to deliver complex IT solutions is ...

Paolo is the CEO of Openbravo, the leading open source ERP provider.

He leads Openbravo to fulfil its vision to enable every company to use an ERP. Paolo believes that today the best way to deliver complex IT solutions is through collaboration and that open source software development and distribution is the most efficient way to create an ecosystem of domain experts and service providers that can deliver the business value that organizations expect from their ERP.

Paolo joined Openbravo in 2007 leading the product development organization and assumed the CEO role in November 2010.

Prior to joining Openbravo, Paolo was based in Redwood Shores, California, working for Oracle Corporation for over fourteen years in applications development. Most recently he was a Senior Director leading the development of the Service product line. He also held a broad range of development and management roles within Oracle's Applications business, including positions in the Financials, Supply Chain Management, CRM and Business Intelligence development teams. Paolo also worked in Paris, France, as part of Oracle's Globalization team.

Originally Italian, Paolo graduated from Politecnico di Milano with a degree in Electronic Engineering and a specialization in Software Engineering.

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Dec. 9, 2011

Paolo Juvara recommends this answer by Andrew Baker

How large should your company be before you consider an internal social network?

I don't think that size alone is the key criteria for such a decision.
Furthermore, I don't think it's a given that an organization even consider an internal social network. This technology is not a panacea. It facilitates communication, yes, but it facilitates some level of ... more

Information Technology

Internal Community

March 24, 2011

Paolo Juvara and 17 other people answered this question

Who is attending SugarCon 2011 and would like to meet up with the Focus Expert Services Team?

I would love to attend.

Feb. 18, 2011

Paolo Juvara and 3 other people answered this question

How important are industry analysts when you purchase an ERP system?

In our experience, the weight of industry analysts also depends on the company size. For medium to large organizations, industry analysts are indeed very important in narrowing down the field.
Smaller organizations often have trusted local IT service providers and refer to them for their ERP ... more

Enterprise Resource Planning

Enterprise Software

Feb. 13, 2011

Paolo Juvara and 6 other people answered this question

Given the supposed improvements in ERP flexibility, is customization still a major problem?

The issue of customization has been plaguing the ERP software industry since its inception. Organizations deploy an ERP, they customize it to fit their needs only to then discover that the cost of applying maintenance - let alone major upgrades - is prohibitive.
This forces them ... more

Information Technology

Feb. 12, 2011

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How often do corporations exchange/update their ERP systems?

Feb. 1, 2011

Paolo Juvara answered this question

This point forward, should all ERP implementations have multi-currency capability?

I believe the answer to this question is an absolute yes.
In the current globalized economy, even small organizations find themselves dealing with suppliers, customers as well as collaborators in every part of the globe and need to be able, at a minimum, to issue and ... more

Erp & Crm Software.

Feb. 1, 2011

Paolo Juvara and 6 other people answered this question

What's the best project management tool for a basic ERP project with fewer than 10 users?

Most ERPs, including Openbravo, have an embedded project management system. The focus of the project management system of an ERP is around accounting and billing (collecting time and expenses related to a project and either invoice them to a client or account for them on ... more

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Jan. 19, 2011

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Does anyone have practical experience with implementations of Open Source ERP and Accounting systems

My personal experiences have been pretty good, and I feel there is tremendous potential to disrupt the current market. I wanted to hear about open source solutions that other people have had experience with in the real business world. We already know about infrastructure, utilities, ... more

General Management

Information Technology

Erp & Crm Software.

Jan. 19, 2011

Paolo Juvara and 6 other people answered this question

What ingredients are important to effective ERP demonstrations?

I love Steve's answer and analogy on buying a house.
Here is where open source ERP solutions could provide an advantage.
Continuing with the analogy of buying a house, if having a fireplace is important to you wouldn't it be great to be able to try it ... more

Jan. 19, 2011

Paolo Juvara and 2 other people answered this question

What mobile apps should be added to ERP offerings in 2011?

When it comes to mobility, you need to consider the great debate of native apps vs. web access.
Native apps make it easier to exploit the capabilities of the mobile device (access to the camera for bar code scanning, access to GPS for geo location services, ... more

Erp & Crm Software.

Jan. 10, 2011

Paolo Juvara and 1 other person answered this question

What pricing should I expect for ERP solutions (on demand or licensed)?

ERP pricing is typically very complex. Different vendors have different pricing models, some of them based on users (either named users - i.e. the people who have access to the system - or concurrent users - i.e. the number of people that can connect to ... more

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

Jan. 7, 2011

Paolo Juvara and 5 other people answered this question

Affordable & scalable Web/SaaS based ERP for 2 Year Old Start-Up in Engineering Segment?

Anupam,
you might also want to have a look at Openbravo (www.openbravo.com). Obviously this is an interested recommendation (I am Openbravo's CEO) but our cloud ERP has been successfully deployed in Indian engineering companies before and one of our local partners would be able to assist ... more

Business Finance

Jan. 7, 2011

Paolo Juvara and 7 other people answered this question

At what point should a small company (2-50 employees) start considering an ERP installation?

John,
excellent and very relevant question.
In my experience the answer depends by many factors including the sector, the geography, the culture and the growth rate of the company.
Different sectors influence the adoption point because they have different regulatory compliance needs; the more regulated the industry, the ... more

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