PATRICK MINNOCK - SAP PRICING EXPERT AND VOLUNTEER

by Jackie Montesinos Suarez, SAP Corporate Social Responsibility

Meet Patrick Minnock, SAP US Pricing Expert and Volunteer. An employee who goes above and beyond the call of duty to enable social impact in his local community. He is a remarkable contributor with longtime SAP non-profit partner Junior Achievement (JA) in Newtown Square. Patrick is being recognized for his exemplary service to the program, where he led a group of seven SAP employee volunteers in coaching and mentoring 18 students from several high schools around the area that participate in the program. 

The JA program is an entrepreneurial opportunity of a lifetime for high school students, giving them the chance to develop, run and liquidate an entire organization in 18 short weeks. Groups meet weekly to build their company by electing leaders, choosing a product, marketing and selling that product and inevitably selling off all assets to close the business. As a crescendo to the 4+ months of hard work, the students compete regionally via trade booths, interviews and presentations to win awards.

Not only did Patrick lead SAP’s group of mentors (Chelsea Crawford, Michael Fraim, Rebecca Hamilton, Brian Jones, Caleb Luther, Alex Pearl, and Abby Shagin) to support the students, he also led the high school students to victory at the Delaware Valley JA Company Program Competition. “It was Patrick’s energetic and humble approach that earned him the respect of the volunteers like me and the student participants, while guiding the SAP JA Company Team to its first ever 1st place finish in this competition,” said Alex Pearl, Director of Operations for Operations for SAP NA Education and volunteer.

This year’s SAP Corporate Social Responsibility Sponsored team, StayHot, sold coffee cozies to combat the billions of pounds of paper waste produced by those you get from most coffee shops. The team was able to sell close to 11,000 cozies and secured revenue of nearly $7,500, with a quarter of proceeds donated the Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) in Pennsylvania.

At the Delaware Valley JA Company Program Competition Patrick’s team was awarded multiple awards for StayHot including “Overall Best Company”, “Best Company Stage Presentation” and second place for “Best President” and “Employee of the Year”.

Patrick is proud to speak of the hard work put into this project.

“I want people to realize high level of work and dedication these high school students really put into this. The idea and business plans were 100% conceived by them!” Patrick also emphasized the students’ growth during the 15 week process. Students who were shy became assertive by the end of the program. Five students were chosen to present at the competition and all 18 presented themselves in a professional manner.

Thank you Patrick for your admirable and inspirational work!

"Patrick and this program have taught me that the leaders with the biggest impact are often the ones who inspire leadership in others,” said Abby Shagin, SAP volunteer for the JA program. Volunteer Brian Jones agrees, “Patrick was the driving force behind the success at this year’s JA@SAP program. His energy and commitment enabled the volunteers and students to have a very successful year.”