Gavin Nichols is a platform innovation specialist who has worked in the industry for over 20 years representing IBM, Oracle, SAP and Microsoft aligning with organisation executives to challenge their outlook and build plans for the future. Has most recently presented at the International SAP Conference for Oil & Gas championing the augmentation of data types to drive better business outcomes. Represents Microsoft as part of the UK Strategic Partnerships Team, disrupting business thinking and approaches for SAP workloads. He holds a BEng Degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Plymouth, England.