SAP Experts

Guest: Himanshu Sewalkar – Senior Director, Source to Pay, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

Host: Akshi Mohla – Director, Innovation & Incubation Hub, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

COVID-19 was a sobering experience for companies, globally. It exposed the need for rapid digitization; however, with digitization also comes an increased risk in cybersecurity. Times like these establish that a company’s success depends on its ability to balance the pace of its digitization with a precise focus on cybersecurity initiatives. Himanshu Sewalkar joins us to shed a light on how this balance can be achieved.

Himanshu is a Senior Director at SAP’s Global Industry & Value Advisory. His professional mission is to help enterprises achieve more using SAP’s technology. He does that by focusing on SAP’s portfolio of source-to-pay solution capabilities. Himanshu has a track record of delivering on large scale enterprise technology transformation programs across the globe combined with 18+ years of experience from software engineering & architecture, product management, digital business services and value advisory.

Himanshu is passionate about helping people becoming more efficient and successful in their jobs and particularly be prudent with their personal finance. Outside of work, he likes to spend a lot of time reading books. He is a disciple of Warren Buffet & Charlie Munger. Value investing is his passion and he practices that in his personal portfolio.

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Assets authored by Himanshu:

1. Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Your Intelligent, Sustainable Enterprise: https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/07/063b10ba-347e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html
2. Match Winning Tips For Digital Transformation with S/4HANA: https://blogs.sap.com/2018/07/15/match-winning-tips-for-digital-transformation-withs4hana/
3. Get a third umpire in your ERP system ………….Howzat?: https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/07/063b10ba-347e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html
4. In the times of Artificial Intelligence – I want my son to be the master of these three skills: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/times-artificial-intelligence-i-want-my-son-master-three-sewalkar/
5. An Enterprise Technology Primer on Blockchain & Cryptocurrency: https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/05/e29b627e-2c7e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html
6. Making a difference with guided sourcing: https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/03/22728b9a-1c7e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html
7. SAP Source to Pay Value Paper: https://www.sap.com/documents/2021/06/269090f4-e67d-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html

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Guest: Dr. Martin Kotula – Global VP, Value Content & Thought Leadership | Head of Value Advisory for Spend Management, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

Host: Akshi Mohla – Director, Innovation & Incubation Hub, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

Halloween is still a ways away, yet over the past few months, across the globe, we have been haunted by the nightmare of inflation. Prices are increasing, and not just for raw materials but also for consumer goods, thus raising concerns for businesses and private households alike. Dr. Martin Kotula joins us today to share how we can combat global inflation with technology.

Dr. Martin Kotula is a Global VP for Value Content & Thought Leadership as well as the Head of Value Advisory for Spend Management at SAP. He helps customers drive digital transformation across source-to-pay and supply-chain processes. Passionate about digitalization, customer success, new innovations, and technologies, Martin is a known author, publishing several academic and business articles. He has significant experience overseeing cost and efficiency improvement programs, category optimization, organizational restructuring, and operations management.

Martin holds a doctorate degree from Aston University, where his thesis focused on risk management in strategic sourcing, and an MBA from Tias Nimbas University. Before he joined SAP, he worked as a management consultant and as a category manager within strategic sourcing.

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Assets:

1. SAP Value Insights: Combatting Global Inflation – How Technology Helps: https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/01/b2a4f627-117e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html
2. SAP Sourcing and Procurement Value Paper: https://www.sap.com/documents/2021/06/269090f4-e67d-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html
3. Drive supply chain resiliency with SAP Business Network – Tony Harris: https://podcast.opensap.info/sap-experts/2022/05/09/episode-110-drive-supply-chain-resiliency-with-sap-business-network-tony-harris/

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Guest: Shilpa Rani – Director, Hire to Retire, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

Host: Akshi Mohla – Business Development Director, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

Human Resource organizations are experiencing the first impacts of what is shaping up to be a paradigm shift as the world transitions towards a digital economy. To add to the mix, in a world that is just about recovering from a Global Pandemic, while simultaneously facing uncertainties caused by inflation, how can HR leaders pivot their organizations to become true strategic business partners?

To shed a light on this topic, I am joined by Shilpa Rani. She is a part of the Global Industry and Value Advisory team and working as a Director for Hire to Retire process in Value Content and Thought leadership. Prior to her existing role, she worked in HCM functional consulting and core HR areas. Throughout her 11+ years career at SAP and Infosys, she has challenged herself to take on multiple opportunities across HR consulting, value management, people management and organizational development. Her passion for HR is what keeps her going. She loves helping customers realize the full value potential of employee experience.

Shilpa holds a Masters in Human Resources, and a Bachelors in Computer Science Engineering. She lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and 5-year-old son.

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Assets authored by Shilpa:
Transform Human resources with SAP Solutions: https://www.sap.com/documents/2022/03/02baea19-1b7e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html
Top 5 Value Areas for SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite: https://www.sap.com/documents/2021/03/481ae65c-d77d-0010-87a3-c30de2ffd8ff.html
Data-driven insights for Hire to Retire: https://www.sap.com/documents/2021/04/3e3db706-da7d-0010-87a3-c30de2ffd8ff.html

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Guest: Vikram Rawal – ERP Enterprise Architect, Roche

Host: Akshi Mohla – Business Development Director, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

Hello and welcome to yet another episode of SAP Experts Podcast! My name is Akshi Mohla, and I could not be more excited about today’s episode.

It is not everyday that you deep dive into the world of enterprise architecture and emerging technologies, and that too with someone from a pioneer in healthcare like Roche. With its purpose of “doing now what patients need next” and their 125-year history, Roche remains committed to driving innovations that transform the lives of patients, globally.

Today, I am joined by Vikram Rawal, an ERP Enterprise Architect at Roche, with a key focus on ERP, Emerging Technologies, User Experience and Architecture in SAFe.

He has 15+ years of IT experience in various domains, including architecture, team leadership, project management, innovation management and application development.

He holds a master’s in information technology, as well as certifications in TOGAF 9.2, SAFe Architect, SAFe Product Manager/Product Owner, Professional Scrum Master 1, SAP NetWeaver ABAP and Java Programmer.

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Learn more about Roche:
SAP Success Story: https://www.sap.com/about/customer-stories/roche.html
Website: https://www.roche.com/

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Guest: Frank Sofia – Head of Americas Executive Talent Attraction, SAP

Host: Akshi Mohla – Business Development Director, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

In his book, Good to Great, Jim Collins emphasized the importance of “who” over “what” – by stating that “those who build great organizations make sure they have the right people on the bus and the right people in the key seats before they figure out where to drive the bus”.

But in today’s rapidly evolving corporate culture, underscored by gig economy, great resignation, hybrid workplaces, how do organizations go about navigating the selective talent pool, in order to bring the right people to the right seats?

To shed a light on this very topic, I am joined by Frank Sofia. He is the Head of Executive Talent Attraction for the Americas, across all markets and lines of business. Prior to his current role, Frank served as the VP of Strategic Workforce Planning for North America Sales.

Throughout his 16-year career at SAP Frank has challenged himself to take on new opportunities across HR functions to gain deep expertise in HR Strategy, Workforce planning, Recruiting, Change management and Organizational development. He is incredibly passionate about HR transformation and enabling others to achieve their goals.

Frank holds a Masters in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from West Chester University and a BA in Psychology from Temple University.

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Guest: Dr. Martin Kotula – Global Vice President –  Value Content & Thought Leadership  – Industry & Value Advisory

Host: Jonathan Fogarty – Industry Advisor – Utilities – ANZ

Hello and welcome to the SAP Experts Podcast, my name is Jonathan Fogarty and it is an absolute privilege to be hosting another episode of SAP Experts.

My guest today is Dr. Martin Kotula: Global Vice President of Value Content & Thought Leadership for the Global Industry and Value Advisory team @ SAP

Martin is going to take us through some of the bigger trends in technology and how enterprises will be impacted in the near, medium and long term by these trends. It’s a complex and rapidly changing world at the moment and for the CIO they have never been challenged with the velocity and size of change that is facing them today.

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Guest: Markus Bechmann: Global VP -Innovation and New Business Models for the Utilities industry at SAP

Host: Jonathan Fogarty – Industry Advisor – Utilities – ANZ

Hello and welcome to the SAP Experts Podcast, my name is Jonathan Fogarty and I am absolutely delighted to be hosting another episode!

Today we are going to talk about the pressure on Utilities companies to respond to an incredible list of challenges that are being thrown at them. From de-carbonisation and the increased demand for green energy, to how they maintain and modernise their massive infrastructure networks all with the backdrop of increasing turbulence in Europe, and maybe just as importantly, how SAP is developing their strategy to support this Industry.

Joining me to help make sense of it all is Markus Bechmann: Global VP -Innovation and New Business Models for the Utilities industry at SAP.

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Reference Article:
International Utilities Conference: https://tacinsights.eventsair.com/international-sap-conference-for-utilities-2022/

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Guests:

1. Achim Voermanek – Global Vice President, SAP Intelligent Spend Community Strategy
2. Dawn Tiura – CEO & President, SIG
3. Geoff Scott – CEO & Chief Community Champion, ASUG

Host: Akshi Mohla – Business Development Director, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

While pursuing your digital transformation, strategizing and prioritizing your next steps in order to cross the innovation chasm is a daunting task. However, you are not alone on your transformation journey…

SAP user groups and communities are here to enable SAP and SAP users, as well as partners to form strategic partnerships, exchange best practices and share experiences, while providing technical and functional feedback to SAP.

Which is why, today’s podcast features a panel of three distinguished leaders of SAP user communities. We have Achim Voermanek, the Global Vice President of SAP Intelligent Spend Community Strategy; Dawn Tiura, the CEO and President of Sourcing Industry Group (SIG) and Geoff Scott, the CEO and Chief Community Champion at Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG).  

We will talk about the role of communities, the value they bring to their members, how they ensure engagement in a hybrid world, and so much more!

As always, my name Akshi Mohla, and you’re listening to SAP Experts Podcast. And since, today’s episode is all about community, don’t forget to subscribe and be a part of the SAP Experts Podcast community.

Learn more about SAP Customer Engagement: https://www.sap.com/about/customer-involvement.html
Learn more about ASUG: https://www.asug.com/
Learn more about SIG: https://sig.org/

Achim Voermanek is a Global Vice President in SAP’s Procurement Product Strategy. He is responsible for regional and global aspects of that strategy, and for customer engagements during the innovation lifecycle. He has worked in various leadership roles in Germany and the USA at SAP, SAP Ariba and other companies in the B2B market, and lives in San Francisco with his family.
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Dawn Tiura is the President and CEO of Sourcing Industry Group (SIG), the world’s premier membership association representing Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies with a combined spend of $17 trillion USD in sourcing and outsourcing. Dawn has a passion to improve sustainability in global supply chains, she helps organizations to meet the 17 Sustainable Development Goals as part of SIG’s UN Alliance and is an ambassador to the Sustainable Procurement Pledge.
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As CEO of ASUG, Geoff Scott believes that the connections we make for our members have the potential to become career-defining relationships that inspire innovation and success for their organizations. His forward-thinking leadership prioritizes helping ASUG members make the most of their investment in SAP technologies. Geoff works closely with customers, members, the SAP Executive Board, and the extensive partner ecosystem to amplify the voice of the SAP customer. Additionally, he enjoys the time he’s able to spend with our members at ASUG conferences, events, as well as in informal meetings.
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Guest: Alexander Greb – Vice President – Digital Transformation Consulting, Westernacher Consulting
Host: Akshi Mohla – Business Development Director, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

On August 21, 2019, Alexander Greb launched the very first episode of SAP Experts Podcast. And today marks the episode 111 of the podcast. We had to bring the original founder back for this special number episode!

Today, Alexander will share what it was like to launch a technology podcast, with a relatable, coffee-chat format back when it was still something niche in the SaaS world. We also discuss the three-legged-stool that SAP, our partners and our customers form while crossing the transformation chasm.

As Customer Advisory Lead and renowned Tech Evangelist, Alexander has collected vast experience in customer centric strategy implementation, processes, and technology at SAP and several leading business consulting companies for the past two decades. Having implemented digital transformation programs with strategic customers from the shop floor up to C-Level has helped him to gain in-depth knowledge of Best Practices that help customers gain “the unfair competitive advantage”.

Being the author of several publications in Digitalist Magazine and Forbes as well as keynote speaker at global conferences and events such as SAPPHIRE, have made him a sought after Thought Leader and Trusted Advisor for many of SAP’s customers. At Westernacher Consulting he is responsible for sharpening Westernacher’s profile as value-driven “To-Go SAP-Consulting and Implementation Partner” for customers that are not satisfied by approaching their Digitalization Initiative as a Lean Migration but want to put the horsepower of Digitalization and SAPs next-gen ERP fully to the street to become Digital Champions.

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Guest: Tony Harris – SVP & Head of Marketing & Solutions, SAP Business Network
Host: Akshi Mohla – Business Development Director, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

In a constantly changing world – which is simultaneously afflicted by a global pandemic and geopolitical uncertainties – supply chain resiliency becomes indispensable. The urgency for a diversified supplier base and increased automation is further underscored by exponentially shifting consumer demands.

How can a one-stop-shop, integrated business network help alleviate these challenges, while also digitizing procurement workflows and connecting all your trading partners and suppliers, in a flexible and scalable manner?

Which is why, today, I am joined by Tony Harris, the Senior Vice President and & Head of Marketing & Solutions at SAP Business Network.

With over 25 years of experience across both Finance and IT, Tony has spent the last 15 years focused on the Procurement solutions sector and is currently Head of Market Strategy for SAP Business Network.

In this role, he leads solution management and marketing teams that form a bridge between SAP solutions and its customers. The team captures market trends, customer challenges, and insights from the field teams to create an outside-in view of the market that helps to drive innovation within SAP Business Network.

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