SAP Experts

Guest: Ana-Maria Manda – Global Digital Experience Hub Lead, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)
Host: Akshi Mohla – Business Development Director, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

What does the future of customer engagements look like? Customers today, more than ever, expect sales ready experiences. They form a perception of your brand, before even interacting in person. So, in a such a world, how do brands differentiate themselves and tell their story? How do they create an interactive digital and virtual experience, that is simultaneously relatable to their customers?

To answer these questions, I am joined by the dynamic Ana-Maria Manda. Ana-Maria is SAP’s Global Business Technology Platform Digital Experience Hub Lead. Originally from Romania, she is now based in Switzerland and joined the SAP family in 2020.

With an educational background in Law, she has a broad expertise in sales and digital transformation. In her role as a Digital Hub Lead, she is responsible for global and regional initiatives focused on creation and consumption of new digital assets for more engaging and impactful customer interactions.

In addition to her Digital Hub Lead role Ana-Maria is a founder and a start-up mentor.

As always, my name Akshi Mohla, and you’re listening to SAP Experts Podcast.

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Guest: Jorge Martinez – Vice President of Operations, Internacional de Inversiones SA de CV (IDEI)
Host: Akshi Mohla – Business Development Director, SAP Global Industry & Value Advisory

Internacional de Inversiones SA de CV (IDEI) is an innovative real-estate developer known for creating some of the most iconic buildings in Mexico. This includes the the Torre KOI skyscraper which is one of Mexico’s largest buildings. To continue to offer best-in-class solutions and enable efficient vendor processes, they chose SAP S/4HANA as their digital transformation solution.

How did IDEI digitize their operations to aid business continuity and agile decision making with SAP? Furthermore, how did they unlock 60% reduction in paper use, while simultaneously achieving revenue growth via dynamic pricing models. And why did the choose to partner with SAP?

My guest today, Jorge Martinez, the Vice President of Operations at IDEI, is joining us to answer the above and so much more! As always, my name Akshi Mohla, and you’re listening to SAP Experts Podcast.

Learn more about IDEI’s digital transformation:
Business Transformation Story: https://www.sap.com/about/customer-stories/s4hana-customer-finder.html?sort=title_asc&search=IDEI&pdf-asset=e84ebb22-f97d-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b&page=1

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Guest: Michael Hilzinger – CIO, Knorr-Bremse
Host: Timo Deiner – Director, Cloud Transformation and Architecture

“SAP S/4HANA is the biggest transformation project in our 110 years company history” – a quote that describes the significance of the change in the company of my today’s guest.

Michael Hilzinger joined me and gave insights on his approach to transform to SAP S/4 HANA. Michael is CIO at the German manufacturer Knorr-Bremse. 110 years ago, they drastically improved the safety of trains by providing brakes and removing the so called “brake vans”, a manually operated braking system.

We spoke about the analogy from back then with a modern SAP S/4HANA system, the role and factors of change management in such a huge transformation and why it’s helpful to improve incrementally instead of a big bang move.

So, if you are interested in firsthand customer insights and perspectives, this episode is made for you. Grab your coffee and tune in.

My name is Timo Deiner, welcome to the SAP Experts Podcast.

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Guest: Eric Carino – Chief Storyteller, SAP Executive Advisory & Architecture.

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

From our very first memories, stories surround us, inspire us and enthrall us. The stories that we hear and the stories that we tell, define us. But can storytelling be a tool in Value Selling, packaging the customer’s desired goals, the art of the possible, and the value of digital transformation – all with a neat little bow?

To answer this, I am joined by Eric Carinp, the Chief Storyteller at SAP Executive Advisory & Architecture.

 In his 18 years at SAP, Eric has been a strategic leader supporting sales pursuits across every Industry. During this time, he has seen the evolution of business and the demands for reinvention that companies are facing today.

As Chief Storyteller, Film Producer, and Director – Eric’s focus is helping others create the most compelling story possible while showing you how to deliver stories that make a difference. Some of his most recent projects include Levi Strauss, Disney, Amgen, Warner Media, T-Mobile, Zoom, Starbucks and U.S. Department of Defense to name a few.

This past month Eric was a featured speaker at 2022 NA Customer Success Summit and has also shared his methods with Global teams, including HXM and Concur Sales, Presales and Solution Architects. 

Outside of SAP, Eric was recently an invited guest speaker at BYU University Law School and just concluded an interview for a national podcast: “Storytelling for Executives”.

As always, my name Akshi Mohla, and you’re listening to SAP Experts Podcast.

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Website: https://sapstorytelling-b071149a2.dispatcher.us1.hana.ondemand.com/webapp/index2551.html (accessible only on SAP network)

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Guest: Karl Doose – Executive Advisor, Customer Success

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

Imagine an endless array of three-dimensional experiences, all merged into one shared, persistent and immersive Virtual Universe – the Metaverse. Is it another fad or the next big thing? Well, either way, buckle up, because in this episode of SAP Experts Podcast, we are off to explore the Metaverse!

Which is why, my guest today is Karl Doose, a speaker and thought leader in the Metaverse space: explaining what it is, exploring its impact and supporting people in understanding how they can participate. He is very enthusiastic about the potential of the Metaverse, as it is closely overlapping with his passions for the entertainment industry as well as web3.

Karl has been with SAP for almost 7 years, having joined via the German Vocational Training Program in 2015. Since then, he became one of the key people to grow SAP’s Innovation Services and Solutions capability, applying intelligent technologies such as Distributed Ledgers or Artificial Intelligence to solve our customers business problems. Subsequently, he built a future-focused strategy for SAP Services to better support our customers on their journey to the cloud and was a catalyst for its execution.

Currently as an executive advisor to leaders within the company, Karl is helping COOs to transform their role into a future-focused Chief Anticipation Officer.

As always, my name Akshi Mohla, and you’re listening to SAP Experts Podcast.

Learn more about Metaverse:

Karl’s Blog: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-f-metaverse-karl-doose/
Accenture Immersive Collaboration Platform: https://www.accenture.com/us-en/services/technology/extended-reality

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Guest: Johannes Langguth – Vice President, Cloud Transformation and Architecture, SAP (MEE region)

Host: Timo Deiner – Director, Cloud Transformation and Architecture

A fresh coffee and a new guest: welcome to the SAP Experts Podcast! Today I am in conversation with my manager, Johannes Langguth. He is Vice President in the Cloud Transformation and Architecture Office in the MEE region at SAP. And we discuss if bringing business onboard is always required for transformation in a company? Should enterprise IT be reactive or is it easier to be proactive?

What if IT becomes an internal platform provider and turns from a cost center to a profit center? What are possible starting points for a transformation? Is an MVP which solves one specific challenge a good start to gain trust? Or is a “top down” approach by modernizing the whole IT landscape a first step to jumpstart transformation more from a strategic perspective?

Lots of questions – and you will find the answers in this episode. My name is Timo Deiner and you are listening to SAP Experts Podcast.

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Guest: Bernd Preuschoff – CEO & Group CDO, protecting people GmbH at uvex group

Host: Timo Deiner – Director, Cloud Transformation and Architecture

Hello and welcome to another episode of the SAP Experts Podcast. Today, we discuss the bold statement “If your muscles don’t ache, it wasn’t transformation”.

The time of buzzwords is over, this episode is all about real challenges. We explore the importance of improving step by step, instead of going for the world championship when you have never even attended a tournament before.

My todays guest is Bernd Preuschoff, the Group CDO at Uvex, CEO at protecting people GmbH. He is a passionate keynote speaker, book author and a very successful professional dancer.  We talked on sustainable innovation, analogies of dancing sports and business and about the collaboration with talents and their expectations towards “digital transformation”.

My name is Timo Deiner working in the Cloud Transformation and Architecture Office at SAP, enjoying good coffee and I’m excited to have Bernd as my guest today.

All of that on SAP Experts Podcast.

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Guests: Michael Esau – Global HR Advisor & Hannah Brier – Customer Engagement Executive

Host: Jonathan Fogarty – Industry Business Architect

In this next edition of the SAP EXPERTS Podcast, Jonathan Fogarty asks the question that seems to be on everybody’s mind at the moment:

Is the “Great Resignation” real? Is it just a new name for an old phenomenon? What should organisations do to prepare, or have I already missed the boat? Helping him make sense of it all are his guests and experienced Podcast hosts in their own right:

Michael Esau – A Global HR Advisor who has spent the last 20 years helping individuals and organisations be the best they could be every day, and

Hannah Brier a Customer Engagement Executive helping drive customers success throughout their cloud transformation.

Strap in, listen up and perhaps you might get the answer you are hoping for!

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Guest: Bernhard Escherich – Strategic Business Development Chief Expert, SAP Industries & Customer Advisory

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

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises – but only performance is reality. This quote by Harold Geneen rings especially true for sports teams as well, wherein the goal is to win.

But what role does a deeper understanding and data around your own team players, as well as the competitors, help in securing the wins? And what can other industries learn from the Sports industry. Since Superbowl was only last night, it is only fair for us to dive into the agile world of Sports Analytics!

My guest today, Bernhard Escherich is an SAP industry expert, with more than 20 years of experience with SAP. He was part of the SAP Sports Industry Business Unit when it began in 2015 until 2020.

He is now the Chief Expert at SAP’s New Business and Industry Strategy team, covering all industries, and helps implement new innovations and business models for SAP’s customers. He is passionate about bringing insights and best practices from elite sports teams and SAP sport solutions to all industries, to enable healthier working environments and lifestyles. He was a water polo player in his youth, and you can still find him at the pool every morning at 6.30am.

Bernhard and I will be discussing topics from a latest SAP whitepaper on Sports Analytics, which I have included in the shownotes, so that you too can keep the Superbowl celebrations going with this deeper dive into everything Sports Analytics! 

As always, my name Akshi Mohla, and you’re listening to SAP Experts Podcast.

Learn more about SAP Sports Analytics:

Whitepaper: https://dam.sap.com/mac/app/p/pdf/asset/preview/p2Zfwwd?ltr=a&rc=10
More Information: https://www.sap.com/industries/sports-entertainment.html

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Guest: Kange Kaneene – Vice President, SAP.iO Foundries North America

Host: Akshi Mohla – Senior Business Development Specialist, SAP S/4HANA Solution Management and GTM

An extra special welcome to the 100th episode of the SAP Experts Podcast! Thank you for being a part of this journey. As we complete our century, we at SAP Experts Podcast are compelled to ponder what the future of work would look like.

The allure of entrepreneurship promises freedom, whereas a more traditional career often means safety, stability, and mentorship. SAP.io not only provides the best of both worlds, but it also bridges the gaps between customers’ niche requirements and start-up innovators.

My guest today, Kange Kaneene, is the Vice President of SAP.iO Foundries North America, which is SAP’s no-equity ask external startup accelerator. SAP.iO Foundries provide technical and go-to-market support to help startups integrate with SAP and accelerate entry into a curated inclusive ecosystem whose offerings can be easily accessed and deployed by SAP customers. 

Kange has spent her career in enterprise software focusing on investments in startups, partnerships, acquisitions, and go-to-market strategy.

She has a passion for diversity and creating equally distributed access to opportunity. She is an angel investor with Pipeline Angels group, a group of female and non-binary investors who invest in female and non-binary founders. She is a scout for GoingVC Partners, a Venture Capital syndicate and she is on the selection committee and a mentor for entrepreneurs as a volunteer for Defy Ventures, a non-profit organization that invests in founders who are currently or formerly incarcerated. Finally, Kange is on the board of KIPP NYC.

Kange has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and a Master of Business Administration from New York University Stern School of Business. She lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn and loves international travel, cooking, Michael Jackson, dance, and theater.

As always, my name Akshi Mohla, and you’re listening to SAP Experts Podcast.

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