SUGTalks

This week’s podcast focuses on the SAP and the public sector.

Craig is joined by three guests to discuss the topic: Satpal Biant, Head of Public Sector at SAP UK & Ireland, Jim White, Regional Industry Leader, Public Services, EMEA North, SAP and Cheryl Millyard, One Programme Director at Gloucestershire County Council & UKISUG Board Member.

They cover the IT challenges currently faced by public sector organisations, addressing contract complexity and how to maximise the value from SAP implementations. 

You can read our public sector whitepaper here: https://www.sapusers.org/public-sector-landing

In this week’s mental health focused episode, Craig is once again joined by Simon Nichols, Founder and Wellbeing Director at Thrive, to discuss wellbeing apps. Together they examine both the positives that wellbeing apps can bring to the workplace but also why organisations shouldn’t entirely rely on them. 

To see upcoming UKISUG mental health session click here: https://www.sapusers.org/events/all?type=544

You can learn more about Thrive here: https://itstime2thrive.co.uk/

Our latest senior IT leader interview sees Craig joined by Paul Cooper, Head of Information Systems and member of the Senior Leadership Team at Burton's Biscuit Company. Together they discuss Paul’s career, including how he moved from ‘head of the cherry team’ to the world of SAP, as well as his journey with UKISUG itself and role as Chair.

This week Craig is joined by Rainer Zinow, Senior Vice President, SME Product Management at SAP, to take an in-depth look at Business ByDesign and Business One and how these products sit within the wider SAP ecosystem. 

Our latest senior IT leader interview sees Craig joined by Philip Adams, Head of Group IT at Mercury Engineering, UKISUG Board Member and Ireland SIG Chair. Philip shares and overview of Mercury Engineering’s implementation of SAP as well as his journey to the company. He also discusses how he initially joined UKISUG, and his experiences as overall chairman and current role as Ireland chair.

This week, Craig is joined by Dr. Uwe Grigoleit, Senior Vice President SAP Customer Evolution, to talk about SAP’s Customer Evolution Program, from what it is to how customers can make use of it. Together they also discuss how it brings all the existing ‘move’ programs under one roof and what the benefits for customers are. 

In an episode recorded at UKISUG CONNECT 2022, Craig is joined by Conor Riordan, EMEA Customer Service Director at Pfizer and newly appointed Vice Chair of UKISUG. 

Conor shares his thoughts on the themes discussed at the UKISUG Executive Forum during CONNECT, as well as his hopes and aims for the User Group.

In this week’s mental health focused episode, Craig is once again joined by Simon Nichols, Founder and Wellbeing Director at Thrive. Together they discuss stress management and how to create a positive work environment. 

You can learn more about Thrive at: https://itstime2thrive.co.uk/

In an episode recorded prior to the CONNECT conference this year, Craig is joined by  UKISUG board members Ian Mallinson, IT Director at Warburtons and Costa Petrosellini, SAP Technical Services Manager at Dunelm to discuss how members can get the most from UKISUG. Ian and Costa talk about what lead them to joining the User Group, and how it has helped them, as well as giving their top tips for getting the most out of UKISUG membership. 

This week Craig is joined by Wassilios Lolas, Global VP, Head of Center of Excellence, SAP Signavio, for a deep dive on what Signavio is and how to get the most from it. Wassilios shares his tips on how organisations can use SAP Signavio as part of their wider digital transformation efforts, alongside how to deal with some of the most common business process challenges.