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Our freelancer of the week is María Silvia Domeniconi. The SAP Consultant grew up and lives in Argentina and has been a freelancer for three years now. “There has not been one client who has not offered me to stay in the company as a permanent employee”, she tells us in the interview. But she prefers to keep freelancing. And it goes without saying: She does it with passion and success!
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FREELANCER INSIDES María Silvia Domeniconi – SAP Consultant More interviews with freelancers on www.freelancermap.com... © freelancermap.com info@freelancermap.com 7/21/2015
Our freelancer of the week is María Silvia Domeniconi. Consultant grew up and lives in Argentina and has been a freelancer for three years now. “There has not been one client who has not offered me to stay in the company as a permanent employee”, she tells us in the interview. But she prefers to keep freelancing. And it goes without saying: She does it with passion and success! The SAP info@freelancermap.com 7/21/2015
1) First off, can you tell us a bit about yourself? My name is María Silvia Domeniconi. I am an SAP Consultant with expertise in full cycle implementation projects. In my beginnings, I certificated in FI and CO modules and continued developing my skills within this area. I am from Argentina (San Luis) and I have worked most of my career life in Buenos Aires, but recently I moved to my hometown San Luis. I have been freelancing since 2012. As of this new phase of my career as a freelancer I have worked for the International Development Bank (Washington DC), Mercadolibre (Buenos Aires) and also for the “New Enterprises from Ys"og Entrepreneurs from San Luiss Government Programved to my home town San Luis. I have been freelancing since I and CO modulesoung Entrepreneurs" Government Program in San Luis. info@freelancermap.com 7/21/2015
2) If you would search for your profile on Google, which are the three keywords you would type in the search bar? SAP; FICO; Consultant. info@freelancermap.com 7/21/2015
3) What was your inspiration and when did you actually decide to become a freelancer? I started to think about becoming a freelancer after working as an internal consultant in ExxonMobil Corporation (I was the Supervisor of the SAP Support Team in the Tax and Reporting Analysis Center) as I was looking for more challenging opportunities. I started freelancing part time while I was working for a company (Grupo Slots) as a permanent ERP analyst. But as of 2014 I freelance full time. info@freelancermap.com 7/21/2015
4) What kind of services have your clients asked you to provide? I am an experienced Consultant with over 7 years of experience in SAP Configuration, Implementation, Training, Documentation, Test Management as well as in site or remote Support of SAP FI, encompassing various projects, some of which are full implementation cycles from Blue Printing to Realization and Go- Live. I have also skills in controlling, planning and tracking the tasks planned in each phase of a project and I have proved to have initiative, multi-tasking skills, commitment, leadership and a result- oriented approach with strong customer focus together with the ability to deal with complex and challenging situations. info@freelancermap.com 7/21/2015
4) What kind of services have your clients asked you to provide? (Con´d) For example, my last client Mercadolibre required my services for activities such as defining the scope of several improvement projects and also its managing, finding problems solutions for customizing, developing functional specifications, developing user manuals, etc. none standards programs, info@freelancermap.com 7/21/2015
5) Do you use other freelancers or companies to provide skills that you don’t possess? I am frequently in contact with other SAP and non SAP professionals experienced in other areas I haven´t worked on. They are a valuable source for me. I commonly contact colleagues I have worked with and represent a proven quality type of professional in responsibility, strong customer orientation, technical and business knowledge among other things. terms of professionalism, info@freelancermap.com 7/21/2015
6) Now tell us, how do you find new clients that are interested in your services? I find my clients through many different ways. For example, I have applied for searches in business networks, I permanently receive job offers by mail, some colleagues also contact me when they need a FICO resource and I also took the initiative and contacted people from the Government of San Luis (by telephone). info@freelancermap.com 7/21/2015
7) What about freelancermap.com? Can you tell us a little bit about your experience with our IT-network? I check freelancermap frequently. I think it is an excellent site for finding job opportunities. Nevertheless, in my case I haven’t found the type of contract for those jobs that matches my skills since at this moment I am looking for part time remote work and, as I have experienced, I believe the IT market is not prepared yet to relay on all the tools or applications that are available nowadays for developing this type of work relationship (such as skype, gmail hangout tool, others). Fortunately, the times I worked remotely for a client, they called me for further work assignments, as they were very satisfied with my work. info@freelancermap.com 7/21/2015
8) How do you set yourself apart from your competitors? What makes you special? There are a lot of SAP Consultants in the market but there are very few who have had the opportunity of participating in so many full cycle projects as I have. The experience you obtain in that kind of projects is wide and you grow a grate deal in every aspect. But knowledge is not everything. You need to be compromised, assume client’s goals as your own, understand the psychological factors in the team you are working with and always attempt to deliver a high quality work. There has not been one client who has not offered me to stay in the company as a permanent employee. info@freelancermap.com 7/21/2015
9) What are the top three books, blogs or magazines you read to stay up to date in the IT-market? Linkedin newsletters, Twitter, www.mundosap.com info@freelancermap.com 7/21/2015
10) Freestyle! Is there anything you would like to tell our readers? I am new in freelancing, and there are a lot of blogs and forums sharing tips for freelancers. I find them very useful and I am glad to find I am already fulfilling the most important aspects. I have worked in several projects among different industries and that is one of my strengths. Clearly, this step in my career comes with new challenges and that is very motivating for me. Nowadays in Argentina, the monetary type of exchange makes us very competitive in terms of rates among the world. I am offering part time remote services at a competitive and fair rate considering my expertise and experience. Those interested can contact me via email. info@freelancermap.com 7/21/2015
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