SAP Experts

Guest: Michel Haesendonckx – Global Solution Owner, SAP Financial Planning & Analysis

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

“Put your money where your mouth is” may be an old adage. But as we Chase Zero together – a future with zero emissions, zero waste, and zero inequality – the finance industry is increasingly implementing this very adage.

The financial industry recognizes the need for sustainable economic activities, and SAP is here to help.

My guest, Michel Haesendonckx brings the best of both worlds, with 20 years of experience in the area of financial processes and analytics, as well as his focus on sustainable finance.

Michel is Global Solution Owner for Financial Planning & Analysis at SAP with a broad expertise in Finance & Performance Management. He is responsible for driving the go-to-market in this area for SAP and is highly involved in key innovation topics and the overall solution strategy.

Michel also co-authored “SAP S/4HANA Finance: The Reference Guide to What’s New” released in April 2019.

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

Learn how SAP’s customers are succeeding with our sustainable solutions:
https://www.sap.com/about/company/purpose-and-sustainability.html

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Guest: James Veale – Co-Founder of the SAP supported start up: Green Token

Host: Jonathan Fogarty – Industry Business Architect

Hello and welcome to the SAP Experts Podcast, my name is Jonathan Fogarty and it is an absolute privilege to be hosting my first, solo episode of this brilliant show!

My guest today is James Veale, Co-founder of the SAP supported start up: Green Token – who’s mission is to embed sustainability, and equally importantly, traceability, into global supply chains.

James is going to take us through the journey of becoming a start-up through to his mission to provide visibility into where raw materials came from and to help organisations produce products that are ethically sourced and sustainable.

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Guest: Dr. Anne Gfrerer – Owner and Managing Director, Anne Gfrerer Consulting

Host: Timo Deiner – Director, Cloud Transformation and Architecture

A new year and a new episode of the SAP Experts Podcast. I hope that you all had a great start in 2022. My name is Timo Deiner and I’m happy to be your host today. Before we start I’d like to give a very warm welcome to our newest team member: welcome on board Jonathan Fogarty! He is joining us from SAP Australia. Be sure that you don’t miss his episodes. Glad to have you on board, Jonathan!

Dr. Anne Gfrerer joined me in this episode and we were talking about different dimensions of a successful digital transformation. You will hear insights on Digital Readiness, Partnership Readiness and the readiness inside an innovation eco system. Anne recently received her PhD, has an excellent practical background and a huge diverse network. That’s why you will also learn at the end of this episode some of her best practices in building good networks and relationships outside (!) of your corporate filter bubble. So enjoy todays episode with Anne and me.

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Youtube Channel (German): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyMFWsLlsiSYlPrUOvACsg

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Guest: Navrina Singh – Founder & CEO, Credo AI

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

A very Happy New Year to the listeners of SAP Experts Podcast! What better way to kick off the year by reflecting on the exponential rise of intelligent technologies, and how they can be leveraged with ethics at the epicenter.

As companies across the globe, use Artificial Intelligence and other intelligent technologies to enable scalable solutions – they are also scaling their regulatory, legal, and ethical risks.

My guest today, the dynamic Navrina Singh, saw this very need in the market, and took the entrepreneurial leap. Today we will discuss how 2022 will be the year of responsible AI in action, with new accountability structures!

Navrina is the Founder & CEO of Credo AI and a technology leader with over 18 years of experience in Enterprise SaaS, AI and Mobile. She has held multiple product and business leadership roles at Microsoft and Qualcomm and is an executive board member of Mozilla focused on their trustworthy AI charter.

Navrina is also a young global leader with the World economic forum and was on their future council for AI guiding policies and regulations in responsible AI. Navrina holds a Master’s in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MBA from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelors in Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering from India.

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

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Reference Article: https://hbr.org/2020/10/a-practical-guide-to-building-ethical-ai

Guest: Jonathan Fogarty – SAP Business Architect, Podcast Producer & Host, SAP Australia

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

2021 for SAP Experts Podcast – was a fantastic year, full of thought leadership, inspiring conversations and most importantly, YOU, our wonderful, supportive audience.

We began with Alexander Greb’s leadership and also integrated the all-stars team of Victor Hoeck, Steven Spears, Timo Diener and yours truly.

2022 will be even bigger and better – with more deep dives into Software-as-a-service trends and best practices. We will also have another all-star joining the podcast – Jonathan Fogarty, all the way from Australia. And he will be joining me for today’s episode.  

Jonathan has multiple professional personalities. On one hand an experienced Television Host, Commentator and Podcaster. He has worked on some of the world’s most iconic sporting events from Olympic Games to Cricket World Cups.

In his other life, Jonathan is an Industry Solution Architect for SAP with over 25 years’ experience. In this role Jonathan works with SAP’s strategic Energy and Natural Resources customers to navigate their journey to becoming digital enterprises.

And on a personal note, Jonathan lives on the Gold Coast of Australia with his wife Wendy. He has two grown up children and a rescue greyhound named Buddy!

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

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Guest: Jasper Luickx – Solution Advisor, Digital Supply Chain, Intelligent Asset Management/ Maintenancet Specialist at AppGyver

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

At one point, Maintenance and Asset Management may have been viewed as just another cost center within a company. However, today’s customers seek to maintain and maximize the health and performance of their assets via intelligent technologies – such as IoT, machine learning, mobility, as well as advanced and predictive analytics.

Which is why today I’m joined by none other than the innovative Jasper Luickx. Joining us today from Belgium, Jasper is a digital supply chain solution advisor, with a focus on SAP’s asset maintenance and service portfolio.

During his master’s in Management & IT, Jasper interned at a startup in New York as well as SAP. Soon after he joined the SAP Presales Academy, where he was felicitated as the most innovative associate of his cohort. He has been a solution advisor ever since.

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

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Guest: Esmeé Xavier, Marketing, Community and Product Enablement Specialist at AppGyver

Host: Timo Deiner, Innovation Guy, Office of the CTO Germany

My name is Timo Deiner and I like building apps as much as enjoying a good cup of coffee. I am super excited to have Esmeé Xavier in todays episode. She joined the SAPfamily with AppGyver, a company from Helsinki we acquired earlier this year. If you are not familiar with no code low code platforms and you may have missed the recent announcements at Teched 2021, this episode is the perfect match for you: you will learn how easy it is to get started with AppGyver and what challenges you can solve with it.

There is no excuse not to start with it today: AppGyver has a free version and everything you build on that can also be used in production. How cool is that? So, enjoy this episode with Esmeé and me.

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Start building your own apps on www.appgyver.com

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Guests: Esteban Kolsky – Chief Evangelist, SAP CX & Raj Balasundaram – SVP Channels and Strategy, SAP Emarsys

Host: Steven Spears – Product Marketing Manager at SAP CX

My name Steven Spears, great to back with you for another episode together. Customer journey maps are a common way to document the full experience of being your customer. But are we doing it right? I’m joined by Esteban and Raj, two customer experience veterans who are rethinking this process.

We dive into the flaws of how we look at customer journeys today in a very static way. Then discuss the elements of a dynamic customer journey and how it’s a more useful perspective tied to the real world.

All of that on this episode of the SAP Experts Podcast.

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Guests:

1. Lars Elmquist – Global Presales Procurement Hub Lead, SAP Intelligent Spend Management
2. Cyril Rathogwa – Sr. Solution Advisor, SAP Intelligent Spend Management

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

There are some studies which claim that the human attention span continues to decrease and might be as low as 8 seconds – that’s lower than a goldfish. While there are other studies which claim that humans were always cognitively distracted and hyper-alert creatures, which enabled us to accomplish complex tasks while still being aware of our surroundings.

Well, either way, one thing is true – the sheer amount of information around us is increasing, and as a result, we are always competing for the attention of our audiences. How do we create an enthralling enough experience, that could capture an audience for 10 mins, 30 mins, 2 hours?  

Which is why, today, I am joined by two individuals who have mastered the art of creating compelling customer engagements – Cyril Rathogwa and Lars Elmquist!

My guest, Cyril, is a passionate football enthusiast and storyteller. He is a senior solutions adviser in the Intelligent Spend Business Network covering the entire Africa continent.

Cyril has over 15 years procurement experience in different industries. His experience includes consulting, procurement process re-engineering and advising clients in public, retail and financial sectors.

He also brings a vast amount of implementation experience of sourcing, contract management, procurement and inventory management systems, and has led support teams responsible for supporting and providing thought leadership for procurement applications.

Because of his vast knowledge in the procurement areas, Cyril often speaks on wide ranging procurement topics on various public forums.

My guest, Lars, began his SAP journey in 2015, and since the last 3 1/2 year has been the  Global Solution Hub Lead for the Procurement Line of Business. His role is an amalgamation of Community Leadership, Content Management, Corporate Programs & Knowledge Sharing.

Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, Lars is an expert of visual best practices. He uses visuals both in relation to his work, including internal and external presentations, and also privately, in his photography, sketching and whiteboards

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

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Reference for Attention Span Study: https://theoutline.com/post/5969/we-never-had-attention-spans-to-begin-with

Guest: Enrico Schuch – RISE with SAP Demand Generation Lead, Midmarket, SAP Middle and Eastern Europe

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

Rise with SAP enables you to transform your business, holistically, on-your-terms and on-your-timeline. You can design the strategy that’s right for you, while SAP and partners, join forces, to provide you a guided transformational journey.

Which is why, I am very excited to welcome Enrico Schuch to our podcast today, as he is a pro at explaining “Rise with SAP” in simple terms, with easy-to-understand practical use cases.

Enrico is a home-grown SAP talent and began his SAP career as a working student. SAP recognized his talents and passion for sales and offered him a role in S/4HANA Specialized Sales.

In parallel, he pursued a full-time master’s program in supply chain and logistics, while also working full-time and completed the program as the best student of his class.

Since then, Enrico worked his way up to the RISE with SAP demand generation lead for Middle and Eastern Europe with a dedicated focus on the midmarket. And in a full-circle moment, Enrico currently leads a team of 15 working students.

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

Rise with SAP:

1. Upcoming webinar (German): https://events.sap.com/de/rise-with-sap/de/home 
2. Previous webcasts (English): https://webinars.sap.com/sap-user-groups-k4u/en/rise_with_sap
3. Register for Value Starter: https://webinars.sap.com/s4-hana-value-starter-reg-platform/en/home

Reach out to Enrico with your Rise with SAP questions:

• Email: [email protected]
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/enricoschuch/
• Instagram: Enrico_Schuch

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