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Rizal Ahmed

President, SAPinsider

Rizal (Riz) serves as Wellesley Information Service’s President. He oversees content and business planning, helping WIS’s global customers and partners discover new ways to leverage content for competitive advantage. Prior to WIS, Riz was a Research Associate with Forrester Research and a reporter for the Manila Times in the Philippines. Riz earned dual degrees from Dartmouth College in History and Economics.

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  • Automating the Record to Report and Financial Close Process

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  • Applying Agentic AI in Finance and Accounting

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  • Preparation Strategies for SAP S/4HANA: An Executive Perspective

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  • The State of Automation in the Financial Close Process

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  • Blue Diamond

    The Power of 4: How Blue Diamond Growers Solved Supply Chain Issues

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  • The Case for Tax Technology Transformation: Insights from SAPinsider’s 2024 Study

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  • Webinar: The CIO’s 2024 Transformation Report Card

    January 21, 2025

  • Leadership Lessons for 2025

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  • Close-up Of A Robotic Hand Calculating Bills Using Calculator In Office

    Can Your AI Assistant Help You Close Your Books Faster? Trintech Says Yes

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  • SAP S/4HANA sessions

    Lessons Learned from a Real-World SAP S/4HANA and RISE with SAP Project

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  • Enhanced Financial Controls

    Trends, Real-World Examples, and Benchmarks to Transform Accounts Payable

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  • Tax Technology Innovation and Automation 2024 Benchmark Report

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  • Jens Amail, SNP CEO

    Jens Amail: The SNP CEO on Winning Together

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  • The CIO’s 2024 Transformation Report Card

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  • Transforming Tax and ERP Core as Part of your SAP S/4HANA Transition

    December 11, 2024

    2024 SAP Lessons and Look Ahead to 2025 Priorities: A CIO’s Perspective

    December 19, 2024

  • Finance Transformation Journey with SAP BTP

    Executive Q&A: Unlock the Potential of SAP Business Technology Platform to Drive Transformation and Business ROI

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  • Navigating Treasury Trends: Insights on SAP S/4HANA Treasury and Cash Management

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  • CIO Change Executive Forum SAP

    Thriving in a Shifting Technological Landscape with BlackLine CIO Sumit Johar

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  • Concrete AI Use Case that Generates Significant ROI for the Financial Close

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  • How technology can help resilience in our changing world

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  • Boomi CEO Steve Lucas on Integration and AI innovation

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  • Driving Innovation in Test Automation with Worksoft and its New Leadership  

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  • Boosting Sales and Customer Service with AI and Dataxstream OMS+

    Transforming Finance: Trends and Tips to Revolutionize Accounts Payable with Cutting-Edge Automation

    December 03, 2024

  • SAP Executive Forum CIO

    Planning for SAP S/4HANA: Key Preparation Tasks CIOs and IT Executives Need to Know

    October 31, 2024

  • Even Oprah Has an AI Strategy: AI Hype vs Reality and What it Means for You

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  • Müller

    SAP Leadership in Flux: What it Means to Decision Makers

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  • Technology Executive Forum at SAPinsider EMEA 2024

     

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  • RCH Webinar: The CIO’s 2024 Agenda for SAP, SAP S/4HANA, the Cloud and Beyond

    August 08, 2024

  • Webinar – SAP S/4HANA Finance State of the Market 2024

    August 06, 2024

  • SAPinsider Research Webinar: Automating and Integrating GRC Processes 2024

    July 31, 2024

  • Finance Transformation Journey with SAP BTP

    Integrating and Innovating with SAP BTP

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  • Thomas Saueressig on SAP’s Future in the Cloud

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  • Research Webinar: Global Tax Management 2024

    November 20, 2024

  • Automating and Integrating GRC Processes – Research Report 2024

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  • Global Tax Management 2024 – Benchmark Report

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  • SAP S/4HANA Finance State of the Market 2024 – Benchmark Research Report

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    What CIOs Need to Know about Building a Scalable Reliable Integration Strategy

    July 25, 2024

  • The CIO’s 2024 Agenda for SAP, SAP S/4HANA, the Cloud and Beyond

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    SAP’s CPO Gives the Insider Track on AI with BTP

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    2024 Trends Every SAP Customer Needs To Be Ready for

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    Vitesco’s Electric Transformation With SAP Cloud

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  • AI & Automation in Finance

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    A CIO’S Perspective on Top Cybersecurity Issues, Challenges, and Solutions

    April 18, 2024

  • Maximizing SAP Licensing with VOQUZ Labs

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  • Webinar: Cash Management and Visibility – Benchmark Research

    February 28, 2024

  • Technology Executive Forum at SAPinsider 2024: AI Strategies for Tech Leaders

     

    March 19 - 19, 2024

     

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  • Webinar: Tax Technology Innovation and Automation

    February 08, 2024

  • SAPinsider Buyers Guide Webinar: Governance, Risk, and Compliance

    January 31, 2024

  • SAPinsider Buyers Guide Webinar: Finance Management

    January 24, 2024

  • Why Unlocking SAP Data in Real-Time is a Game Changer for a Seamless Customer Experience and GenAI Capabilities

    October 18, 2023

  • “Our AI is designed to complement human ingenuity, not to replace it.”

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  • “Cloud Migration is More Than Just an Upgrade”

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  • CIO

    Webinar: CIO’s 2023 Agenda for SAP, SAP S/4HANA, the Cloud, and Beyond

    July 18, 2023

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    Building an AI Strategy for your organization: An executive perspective

    June 27, 2023

  • Solve Your Toughest SAP Integration Scenarios

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  • Inside Verizon’s Transformation

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  • SAP S/4HANA in the Cloud

    Debunking the Top Myths and Misconceptions of Running SAP S/4HANA in the Cloud

    April 07, 2023

  • CIO

    CIO’s 2023 Agenda for SAP, SAP S/4HANA, the Cloud, and Beyond

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  • Data Management Strategies

    Webinar: SAP Data Management Strategies

    April 27, 2023

  • Case Study: RISE with SAP – Innovating and Transforming Business

  • Data Management Strategies

    SAP Data Management Strategies

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  • Data Management Partnerships

    SAP Headed for the Datasphere

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  • SAPinsider Vegas 2023 – 5 Reasons You Should Attend This Event

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  • SAP Integration Suite

    Key Considerations for Managing Complex Application Landscapes with SAP Integration Suite

    February 15, 2023

  • Leading the Human Side of Digital Transformation

     

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  • The CIO’s 2022 Transformation Report Card

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  • The CIO’s 2022 Transformation Report Card

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  • Q&A with Sean Donaldson: Creating Value in your Transformation to the Cloud

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    On-Demand: How Leaders Manage Organizational and Technological Change on the Path to S/4HANA and the Cloud

     

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    Viewing SAP Operations Through a Single Pane of Glass with Splunk

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  • cloud

    Proactively Monitor SAP Systems in the Cloud

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  • SAP BTP

    SAP S/4HANA Lessons and ROI from a Leadership Perspective

     

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  • How Business Leaders are Scaling Platforms and Innovation

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  • Executive Roundtable: 5 Steps to Modernize Your SAP Landscape to Fuel Continuous Innovation

  • SAP s/4 HANA

    On-Demand Executive Roundtable: Should You Run SAP S/4HANA on the Microsoft Cloud? Decision Points and Lessons Learned

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    On Demand: How Tech Executives are Leading Organization and Technology Change

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  • tech execs

    How Tech Execs are Leading Organizational Change

    September 15, 2022

  • Mastering SAP 2022 – A Partner’s Perspective

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    How Tech Executives are Leading Organizational and Technology Change – CIO Benchmark Research

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  • Executive Roundtable: How Leaders Are Succeeding with SAP S/4HANA and the Cloud

    June 20, 2022

  • Executive Roundtable: How Leaders Are Succeeding with SAP S/4HANA and the Cloud

    June 20, 2022

  • Process Intelligence: Accelerating the Path to Automation and SAP S/4HANA

    June 09, 2022

  • The CIO 2022 Agenda for SAP, SAP S/4HANA, the Cloud and Beyond Benchmark Report

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  • Mary Sibley

    Your Future with SAP S/4HANA & Finance

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    Future-Proof Remote Finance Teams with Automation

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  • 3 Pillars for long-term automation success

  • Driving greater efficiency, visibility and control with an automated record-to-report process

  • Opening Keynote | 10 Lessons to define and refine your finance automation strategy

  • Welcome & Transformation During a Global Pandemic: Lessons learned from Fisheries and Oceans Canada

  • Video Q&A with Roy Duffin, Managing Director, Accenture

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  • The State of the Market of Financial Management

  • Ask the Expert | Record-to-Report Workshop

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    SAPinsiders Shift Focus

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  • Tax trends panel discussion

  • Executive Q&A: The intelligent finance imperative

  • SAP S/4HANA Finance expert panel discussion

  • Interactive Q&A: Trends in automation and intelligence in finance

  • Future of FP&A panel discussion

  • 2021 Customer Journeys in Finance and Accounting: An executive perspective

  • Keynote | Join the Movement to what’s next – SAP’s digital core

  • Lessons Learned from Irvine Company’s Successful Automation of Supplier Payments

    March 30, 2021

  • 5 Strategies to Successfully Digitize Your Procure-to-Pay Processes

    March 23, 2021

  • Prepare for the Impact and Challenges of Managing VAT in Native SAP S/4HANA

    March 09, 2021

  • Ask the Supply Chain Experts – Insights on Managing Disruption

  • Keynote | CIO’s Perspective on Innovation, Diversity, and Leading in this New World

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    SAPinsider Research: Integrating Supply Chain Planning & Operations

  • Expert Q&A: Modernize your SAP Audit Strategy

  • Keynote | The State of the Market of Financial Management

  • Keynote I SAP S/4HANA and Your Future