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Speakers

Speakers

SAUG says ‘Thank You’ to the following speakers for supporting SAUG-x 2024:

Uma Anbazhagan, Cloud Architect, SAP

Uma is a cloud architect in SAP's Platform Architecture and Advisory unit, specialising in SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) adoption. She collaborates with partners and customers to develop joint reference architectures and is responsible for enablement, solution positioning, and implementation of architectures for SAP BTP and Hyperscalers.

Sachin B, Development Manager, SAP Labs India

Sachin is an ABAP Cloud enthusiast with 18 years in IT, specialising in enterprise architecture, application development and product management. He advocates for clean core principles and agile methodologies and is a recognised speaker at SAP events, promoting discussions on ABAP Cloud and Custom Code Management to enhance understanding and enablement.

Josh Bentley, Developer Advocate, SAP

A senior technology professional with over 25 years of experience in IT leadership and pre-sales roles, Josh helps deliver customer solutions as part of the SAP Developer Advocates team. He builds relationships and utilises strategic conversations to enable all customer levels, from users to C-Level executives, to recognise product portfolio value.

Martin Burger, Enterprise Architect Expert, Organisation SAP Customer Services & Delivery, Enterprise Architecture Advisory Team APJ & ANZ

Martin is an Enterprise Architect Expert with over 20 years in IT, specializing in cloud transitions and value delivery. He collaborates with clients and colleagues in ANZ to define enterprise architectures and maintain system consistency, leveraging extensive expertise in the health and life sciences sectors.

Jocelyn Dart, User Experience Strategist, SAP Asia

As part of the SAP S/4HANA Regional Implementation group, I assist customers transitioning to S/4HANA across various platforms. Recently, I’ve focused on streamlining upgrades and sharing success patterns through blogs, videos, and courses. I also advocate for product improvements. In my spare time, I sing and enjoy deep water aquarobics

Michael Dayaseela, Director – Analytics, Department of Defence

Michael is a results-driven data and analytics professional with over 20 years of experience in SAP strategic planning, architecture design, and business process improvements. A 2019 SAP Innovation Award winner for analytics process optimisation, he regularly speaks at Australian and international data and analytics forums.

Rajeev Gollapudi, Chief Product Manager, SAP Labs India

Rajeev is responsible for the SAP BTP awareness and adoption in the APJ region. He been helping customers realise the full potential of their SAP BTP investments to address their business challenges. He has been with SAP for 17 years most of which he spent in the product management and GTM activities in the APJ region.​

Jon Gooding, Solution Architect, SAP

Jon, a Solution Expert at SAP, guides clients in leveraging technology for business success. As an SAP Certified Professional, he specialises in the Business Technology Platform, helping clients utilise data, analytics and cloud capabilities. He showcases SAP’s value and assists in designing customer landscapes with both SAP and third-party solutions

Dr Uwe Grigoleit, SVP Customer Evolution Program, SAP Schweiz AG

Uwe is an experienced SAP executive leading the global SAP Customer Evolution team. He helps customers transition to the cloud, adopt new business models, and manage change. With a background in Sales and Development, Uwe played a key role in launching SAP S/4HANA and led Cloud ERP Marketing for 11 years. He holds a PhD in Chemistry and IT and is based in Zurich.

Mukesh Gupta, Vice President – Customer Advocacy, SAP Asia

Mukesh Gupta is Vice President of Customer Advocacy at SAP, supporting user groups in South and Southeast Asia. He is an author of three books, including “Your Startup Mentor” and “Thrive”. Additionally, he writes the blog “Leaders Worth Following” and hosts the podcast “Pushing Beyond the Obvious.”

Paul Hardy, Senior ABAP Developer, Heidelberg Cement

Paul joined Heidelberg Cement in 1990, initially working as an accountant before transitioning to an ABAP programmer during a global SAP rollout in 1997. He has since implemented SAP in the UK, Germany, Israel, and Australia. An SAP Mentor and author of the "ABAP to the Future" series, he is also a renowned public speaker at global SAP events.

Rich Heilman, Developer Advocate, SAP

Rich is a Developer Advocate with the SAP Global Developer & Community Relations team at SAP. In this role, Rich focuses on developer outreach and technology adoption for both the ABAP development and HANA development topics.

Florian Heretsch SVP, Head of Cross Product Engineering & Experience , SAP

Florian leads cross-engineering initiatives in SAP Product Engineering, focusing on Mobile Application Development and S/4 scalability. Formerly head of Mobile Experience & Engineering, he shaped mobile strategy and solutions. With over 20 years at SAP, he has held key roles in technology services, driving innovation and cloud projects.

Marc Huber, Product Management, SAP SE

In his past, Marc was a founder of an AI software company in Germany for predicting fresh food demands in supermarkets and bakeries. Now he is working in Product Management at SAP in the area of application development with genAI assistant.

Shruthi Jayaram, Senior Product Specialist, SAP Australia

Shruthi is a Senior Product Specialist with extensive experience in SAP ALM solutions, including SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Focused Run and SAP Solution Manager. She supports customers across Australia and New Zealand to adopt and utilise SAP Cloud ALM to address their business challenges.

Thomas Jung, Head of Developer Advocacy & Relations, SAP

Thomas is the Head of Developer Advocacy for SAP Developer & Community Relations, continuing his extensive career in SAP technology. He focuses on supporting SAP application developers through tools and languages, emphasising knowledge sharing via various online and in-person channels to enhance developer engagement and community relations.

Tarun Kamal Khiani, Product Manager, SAP Labs India

Tarun is a Product Manager for SAP Build, driving the simplification and enabling a native experience for extension building, unification of the low-code/pro-code offerings under the umbrella of SAP Build.

Sunny Kapoor, Lead Product Manager, Cloud Integration capability of SAP Integration Suite, SAP Labs India

With a focus on enterprise-wide business process integration and digital transformation, Sunny has 14 years of experience, including 8 years of hands-on development and 6 years in product management. This blend of technical acumen and product insight provides him with a holistic understanding of both technical implementation and strategic oversight.

Dharani Karthikeyan, VP Head of Engineering for Analytics, SAP Labs India

Dharani is the head of engineering for Analytics globally at SAP. In her current role, she is responsible for end of end development of Analytics and AI part of SAP Analytics Cloud. She is enthusiast technologist and has been with SAP for past two decades

Sudhir Kataria, Head of IT, JSW MG Motor India

Sudhir is an experienced Digital Transformation leader driving infrastructure, application and data modernisation at JSW MG Motor. He brings 24+ years of IT experience across globally distributed teams and projects, managing delivery of IT strategy, planning, designing, developing, implementing and sustaining cutting edge information solutions to address business requirements and vision.

Kunnal Khanna, Solution Architect, SAP Australia

Kunnal is passionate about evolving technology landscape specially related to analytics. With his experience in analytics and financial planning solution design, he helps organisations to be insight driven organisation leveraging SAP solutions.

Gautham Krishna, Solution Owner / Product Manager, Integration, SAP

Gautham is a seasoned product manager with 10+ years of experience, focused on solving enterprise integration problems for our customers. Specialising in product strategy, commercialisation, go-to-market and technical enablement. Gautham is an active and passionate member of the SAP community and contributes with informative and engaging content on Integration and other related topics.

Jason Luo, Enterprise Architect Expert, SAP Customer Services & Delivery, Enterprise Architecture Advisory Team APJ & ANZ

An experienced architect with 18 years in data and analytics, I specialize in designing innovative technology solutions that support strategic business goals. I am dedicated to driving digital transformation and operational excellence through effective governance and architecture, leveraging a deep understanding of architectural frameworks and patterns.

Stephen McCoy, Project Manager, EnergyAustralia

Stephen is a Project Manager at EnergyAustralia with over 20 years of experience in SAP, focusing on HR, Procurement, and Finance. He has led numerous SAP upgrades and was instrumental in the 2020 S/4HANA digital transformation. Passionate about building effective solutions, he aims to enhance workforce efficiency.

Sandhya Molli, SAP Data & Analytics Lead, EnergyAustralia

Sandhya is a Data, Analytics, and Insights professional with 18 years of experience in data-driven strategy development. She has extensive international consulting experience in Utilities and Manufacturing, implementing complex analytical programs and participating in large-scale SAP transformations in Australia and the UK. She excels in building strategic partnerships and managing stakeholders.

Michelle Moudy, Developer Advocate, SAP

Michelle is focused on Frontend UI topics; particularly topics like Fiori Fundamentals, React/Angular, and Luigi. Her previous role was a frontend developer working with React and Redux. While frontend is her current preference, she is also experienced in backend work.

Judith O’Callaghan, Co-founder, Executive Advisor, Global ERP Advisory

Judith brings over 20 years of SAP and business transformation experience, specializing in ECC to S/4HANA transitions. She has led successful teams in mining, utilities, and supply chain, driving exceptional results and cost savings. Renowned for her collaborative approach, she integrates neuroscience and strategy to ensure people readiness and alignment.

Katan Patel, SAP Cloud Architect/Developer, Shebang Software

Katan brings over 20 years of expertise in SAP Architecture & Development, spanning Europe, the US, and Australia. He excels at identifying clients’ needs, devising tailored technical solutions, and ensuring their successful implementation. He’s passionate about technology & co-organises the SAP Inside Track Events in Brisbane.

Peter Pluim, President, SAP Enterprise Cloud Services, SAP

Peter is a high-impact leader with a track record of driving double-digit revenue growth year after year and exceeding customer expectations in the IT industry in cloud computing & digital transformation space. As President of SAP Enterprise Cloud Services, Peter Pluim is responsible for delivering all private managed cloud deployment options for RISE with SAP.

Mani P S , Product Owner ABAP Enablement and Integration, SAP Labs India

Mani is an ardent ABAP Cloud enthusiast and evangelist having participated in several customer specific enterprise architecture discussions around application development, extensibility with clean core, custom code management. When not integrating the latest ABAP features into reference application(s), Mani is frequently seen in customer/partner events enabling them with the latest innovations ABAP has to offer.

Seshadri Sreenivas Ramanarayanan, Senior Product Manager, SAP Australia

With over 17 years at SAP, Seshadri specialises in workflows and business rules, shaping automation solutions. A seasoned speaker at conferences like TechEd and Sapphire, he provides insights on process automation and digital transformation. He plays a pivotal role in driving SAP’s product strategy to streamline enterprise operations.

Jonathan Rhodes, Global SVP, Head of Product Marketing SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, SAP

As the head of product marketing for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and GROW with SAP, Jonathan leads a dedicated team overseeing the solution and go-to-market strategy. His team collaborates closely with customers to shape future product directions and drive value creation through innovations with SAP’s development teams and partners.

Ramy Salem, Enterprise Architect Expert, SAP Customer Services & Delivery, Enterprise Architecture Advisory Team APJ & ANZ

Global Enterprise Architect driving digital transformation through Data & AI. Guiding global customers for scalable innovation. PhD researcher focusing on leveraging enterprise architecture's role in EA strategy and AI

Ashley Saltzman, Co-founder, Executive Advisor, Global ERP Advisory

Ashley is a seasoned expert in tackling complex commercial challenges in tech, with over 26 years at SAP and IBM. As SAP Head of Commercial Escalations in APJ and UKI, he resolved 160+ troubled S/4HANA projects and 500+ escalations, facilitating smooth transformations and bridging gaps among stakeholders.

Jay Sandanam, Senior Software Engineer - ERP, Air New Zealand

Jay is an SAP Software professional with experience in engineering, manufacturing and IT environments with a proven record of delivering various projects. He successfully implemented SAP BTP services, built innovative solutions and integrations. He is a well-organised and self-directed individual with excellent analytical, organisational, prioritisation and planning skills.

Supreeth Shambhu, SAP Platform Owner & EA, Lion

Supreeth is a SAP Enterprise Architect with over 22 years of experience in maximizing technology investments. He collaborates with C-level executives to create IT roadmaps and strategic investment advice. Currently at Lion, he influences business leaders to enhance capabilities through technology, specializing in SAP logistics, finance processes, and sustainable solutions.

Travis Smith, SAP Domain Architect, SA Power Networks

Travis is the SAP Domain Architect at SA Power Networks and a committee member of the SAP Australian User Group. With 20 years of experience, including 15 in the utilities industry, he has a strong focus on SAP technologies and extensive expertise in technical and architecture roles.

Ajay Soreng, Developer Advocate, SAP

Ajay is a Developer Advocate at SAP, specialising in SAP Cloud Application Programming Model, ABAP Cloud, and ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model. Since 2007, he has worked at SAP Labs India in various roles, including Developer, Scrum Master, and Architect for teams like SAP Business ByDesign and SAP Marketing Cloud.

Varun Thamba, Head of Business AI, SAP Asia Pacific & Japan

With over a decade of experience in driving digital transformation, Varun leads the implementation of SAP's Business AI strategy across Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and India. He collaborates with SAP internal engineering teams and the partner ecosystem to make AI a reality in business processes for customers in APJ.

Jorg Thuijls, Shebang Software

Jorg is an experienced SAP Solution Architect specializing in SAP and web solutions, including BTP strategies, Fiori design, and micro-service architecture. He owns Shebang Software, a niche consulting firm focused on SAP Cloud in Australia, delivering expertise in implementations and innovative solutions for clients.

Mike Wallace, Chapter Lead SE-ERP, Air New Zealand

ERP Chapter Lead and SAP Software professional with over 20 years of experience in the airline industry, specializing in Engineering, Maintenance, and Operations. Proven ability to lead diverse teams, driving cross-functional project success. Explored SAP BTP options, identified optimal solutions, and successfully implemented strategies to meet immediate business needs.

Paul Wang, Senior Project Consultant, SAP Australia

Paul has expertise in AI and business process aspects, driving business AI adoption and activation for customers.

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