Configure It Done

This bonus episode from the Configure IT Done podcast is powered by Precision Sourcing - Award Winning Technology, Data & SAP Recruitment Experts.

In this episode, join industry experts, Sara and Jay from the SAP team at Precision Sourcing, tell us the brutal truth as they delve into the trends, challenges and insights they have seen in the Q3 2024 market for both clients and candidates.

Get their thoughts and predictions on the market for the year ahead 2024 and 2025.

Hosts: Jay Wynter & Sara De Cruz

Reach out to the team at Precision Sourcing to read the report.

Welcome to the 'ConfigureITDone' Podcast. This is where thought leaders in the SAP space share their insight, methodology, learnings, and unique stories on how to successfully lead large scale SAP Programs.

Today Jay and Bethany chat with Ashley Saltzman aka The Man Who Defuses Bombs! In this episode Ashley chats about his experience and shares invaluable insights on the business and commercial aspects of project delivery. With a track record of defusing complex situations, Ashley brings a wealth of knowledge to the podcast today.

Ashley has over 26 years of commercial negotiation and dispute resolution experience at top-notch global corporations like SAP, IBM, and MYOB.                                                           As the former Head of Escalations & Disputes at SAP, Ashley has a knack for resolving multimillion-dollar commercial disputes — up to a whopping $40 million. Ashley was a key player and go-to guy at IBM in their Dispute Resolution team, resolving over 500 major disputes in the Australia/New Zealand region. His expertise then led him to SAP, where he spent 7½ years and during this time, he managed to untangle over 160 cases across Asia Pacific Japan and the United Kingdom and Ireland, solidifying his reputation as the ultimate problem-solver.

This podcast is in partnership with The Black Dog Institute which aims to create a mentally healthier world for everyone. If you wish to support the cause please donate via the link Black Dog Institute - Precision Sourcing

Hosts: Jay Wynter and Bethany Nrekic

Guest: Ashley Saltzman

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This podcast is powered by Precision Sourcing - Award Winning Technology, Data & SAP Recruitment Experts.

In this podcast episode, join industry experts, Sara and Chay from the SAP team at Precision Sourcing, as they delve into the trends and challenges they have seen in the Q2 2024 market for both clients and candidates.

Get their thoughts and predictions on the market for the year ahead 2024 and 2025.

Hosts: Chay Walbeoff & Sara De Cruz

Read the market report here - https://www.precisionsourcing.com.au/market-reports/

Welcome to the 'ConfigureITDone' Podcast. This is where thought leaders in the SAP space share their insight, methodology, learnings, and unique stories on how to successfully lead large scale SAP Programs.

Today Jay and Chris chat with Mark O’Brien, General Manager for Digital Technology & Innovation (CIO) at CITIC Pacific Mining, Australia's largest magnetite mining and processing operation.

In this episode they dive into the world of A.I. where Mark separates the myth from reality and tells us why we don't need to worry about A.I. stealing our jobs any time soon!

With an involvement in mining technology that stretches over 30 years, Mark is also Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for Global Mining Guidelines (GMG), the Inaugural Chair of the GMG AI in Mining Working Group, Chair of the SAP Australia User Group (SAUG) Working Group on AI, as well as a regular contributor to national and international collaborations around mining technology. Alongside his board work, he also provides advisory services on leadership, technology, AI and cybersecurity.

This podcast is in partnership with The Black Dog Institute which aims to create a mentally healthier world for everyone. If you wish to support the cause please donate via the link Black Dog Institute - Precision Sourcing

His educational background has ranged from Mathematics and Computer Science to AI, Philosophy and Ethics, and he is currently undertaking PhD research studying AI and Machine Ethics.

Hosts: Jay Wynter and Chris Reid

Guest: Mark O’Brien

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Production and Artwork: Ciara O’Connor

Welcome to the 'ConfigureITDone' Podcast. This is where thought leaders in the SAP space share their insight, methodology, learnings, and unique stories on how to successfully lead large scale SAP Programs.

Today Jay and Chris chat with Robin Apfel, CEO of Jarvis Business Consulting.

Robin has decades of experience as a serial entrepreneur and business leader. His career has been characterised by leading and growing teams. Robin’s passion is creating environments where people have fun and deliver exceptional results.

This podcast is in partnership with The Black Dog Institute which aims to create a mentally healthier world for everyone. If you wish to support the cause please donate via the link Black Dog Institute - Precision Sourcing 

Hosts: Jay Wynter and Chris Reid

Guest: Robin Apfel

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Production and Artwork: Andriana Grbevska

Welcome to the 'ConfigureITDone' Podcast. This is where thought leaders in the SAP space share their insight, methodology, learnings, and unique stories on how to successfully lead large scale SAP Programs.

Today Jay and Chris chat with Karen Zwissler, CEO of SAP Australian User Group.

Karen is passionate about bringing collaborative communities together – speaking a few languages helps with bridging the international distances.  She's been fortunate to have had a privileged international career with SAP – USA, Asia , Europe and since 2007 Sydney. She believes social responsibility and purpose led initiatives should be the core of every organisation. Also, sees enormous value add if academia, governments and industries are coming together driving joint business cases.

This podcast is in partnership with The Black Dog Institute which aims to create a mentally healthier world for everyone. If you wish to support the cause please donate via the link Black Dog Institute - Precision Sourcing 

Hosts: Jay Wynter and Chris Reid

Guest: Karen Zwissler

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Production and Artwork: Andriana Grbevska

Welcome to the 'ConfigureITDone' Podcast. This is where thought leaders in the SAP space share their insight, methodology, learnings, and unique stories on how to successfully lead large scale SAP Programs.

Today Jay chats to Mark O'Donnell, Senior Vice President, SAP BTP Operations at Rizing.

Mark is an operations and people leader with a diverse set of experiences from within the SAP ecosystem. He is passionate about building and maintaining high performing professional services / consulting business, capable of both growth and customer innovation. With over fifteen years SAP industry experience as both a user and consultant Mark has most recently spent his time focused on the experience management and the business technology platform. Today we explore a little about the continued emergence of employee experience as a key driver for business, it's connection to customer experience and business results and some of Marks views on how this and other developments within the business technology platform are creating new opportunities for innovation and business value.

This podcast is in partnership with The Black Dog Institute which aims to create a mentally healthier world for everyone. If you wish to support the cause please donate via the link Black Dog Institute - Precision Sourcing 

Hosts: Jay Wynter

Guest: Mark O'Donnell

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Welcome to the 'ConfigureITDone' Podcast. This is where thought leaders in the SAP space share their insight, methodology, learnings, and unique stories on how to successfully lead large scale SAP Programs.

Ben Price is the Managing Partner of Covantage Limited Pty. Covantage is a boutique Consulting company operating in the Travel, Expense, and Invoice areas of technology. Prior to Covantage, Ben was the Chief Operating Officer for SAP Concur. He was responsible for all parts of the customer journey with a highlighted focus on Outcomes, Utilisation and Customer Storytelling. Ben has held many senior leadership roles in Customer Engagement and Success Consulting areas during his SAP career. His immediately preceding role was as SAP APJ Chief Customer Officer. The role had leading indicators including Value Advisory Board, Customer Value Stories, and leading SAP efforts at customer success outcomes. With more than 25 years of business experience he enjoys driving customer interaction. Ben has continued to take on roles that maximise customer engagement. He has successful run change management program at scale. Ben is a passionate believer in the team of a team and is a keen enthusiast of the Design Thinking approach. 

Matthew Goss is a Managing Partner with Covantage, which is specialist SAP Concur consulting firm. Matthew previously spent 23 years with SAP Concur in senior management positions across the business. He started his career with Concur leading the regional SAP Concur consulting practice for where he oversaw all of the Concur projects delivered in the Asia Pacific Japan region. He then led SAP Concur Australia/ New Zealand business, and in his last role was appointed Senior Vice President leading SAP Concur in Asia Pacific Japan. Matthew is now focussed on working directly with Concur customers to ensure they achieve the maximum business value from their Concur solutions, from initial implementation through to optimisation projects.

This podcast is in partnership with The Black Dog Institute which aims to create a mentally healthier world for everyone. If you wish to support the cause please donate via the link Black Dog Institute - Precision Sourcing 

Hosts: Jay Wynter

Guest: Ben Price and Matt Goss

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Production and Artwork: Andriana Grbevska

Welcome to the 'ConfigureITDone' Podcast. This is where thought leaders in the SAP space share their insight, methodology, learnings, and unique stories on how to successfully lead large scale SAP Programs.

Today we chat with Chris Connelly, RVP Service Delivery, S/4HANA Cloud - ADJ at SAP.

The key topic in the Podcast include:

This podcast is in partnership with The Black Dog Institute which aims to create a mentally healthier world for everyone. If you wish to support the cause please donate via the link Black Dog Institute - Precision Sourcing 

Hosts: Jay Wynter

Guest: Wayne Morrision

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Production and Artwork: Andriana Grbevska

Welcome to the 'ConfigureITDone' Podcast. This is where thought leaders in the SAP space share their insight, methodology, learnings, and unique stories on how to successfully lead large scale SAP Programs.

Today we chat with Chris Connelly, RVP Service Delivery, S/4HANA Cloud - ADJ at SAP.

The key topic in the Podcast include:

This podcast is in partnership with The Black Dog Institute which aims to create a mentally healthier world for everyone. If you wish to support the cause please donate via the link Black Dog Institute - Precision Sourcing 

Hosts: Jay Wynter and Seb Bliss

Guest: Chris Connelly

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Production and Artwork: Andriana Grbevska