Meet the Authors

Sumit has over 20 years’ experience in the IT industry with primarily focus on large Business Transformation programs where SAP is a core platform and organisation sustainability via continues improvement while managing teams spread across the globe.

He has done executive MBA Technology from AGSM-UNSW. He is a certified MSP, PMP practitioner and SAP Solution Consultant.

Sumit’s career in to date has covered ERP functional consulting, Solution design leadership and project management with specific industry experience in manufacturing, retail, chemicals, utilities, government and the airline industry. During his career has enjoyed a number of challenging roles progressed from consultant, Team Lead, Solution Architect, project management and program management.

Sunil is a distinguished SAP professional with extensive experience spanning decades, having worked in various countries including Australia, USA, New Zealand, Singapore, and India. In his current role of the SAP Technical Services Manager at SA Power Networks, Sunil plays a vital role in overseeing and managing the technical aspects of SAP systems within the organization. With his deep knowledge and expertise in SAP, Sunil ensures the smooth operation and optimization of SAP landscapes to support SA Power Networks’ critical business processes.

Outside of his professional responsibilities, Sunil finds solace in the enchanting melodies of Hindustani classical music, appreciating its intricate nuances and cultural significance. As a passionate cricket enthusiast, he avidly follows the sport, revelling in the excitement and camaraderie it brings. Furthermore, Sunil takes delight in the art of brewing and savouring a perfect cup of tea, relishing the tranquillity and rejuvenation it offers.

Sunil Srivastava is CTO & SVP at Pandora. In his role, he oversees the Core Technology organization from Copenhagen. He is responsible for Pandora’s global technology services and strategy that support its mission of digital transformation that drive growth with its Phoenix strategy. In his 29 years working in Technology he has spent the first half in Enterprise companies like Oracle and the rest in Consumer companies. Prior to Pandora his recent leadership roles include CTO at Travoom and Senior Director of Technology at Nordstrom. Sunil has transformed Technology into a competitive advantage by prioritizing the development of talent, culture, and engineering excellence. Sunil is born in Singapore and spent most of his career and education in the US. He holds a Master of Engineering degree in Computer Science from Cornell University, an MBA from the University of Washington Business School, and a Bachelor of Engineering from Wichita State University.

Experienced Content management and editorial specialist with a demonstrated history of expertise in editing and writing. Skilled in Journalism, Management, Academic Publishing, Editing, and Feature Writing, SEO, content strategy and content management. Strong media and communication professional with a Master of Arts degree in English Literature from Delhi University.
Core competencies include: • Editing • Writing • Digital/Print Content Management • Content Strategy
• Content Review and Selection • Journalism • Search Engine Optimization • Google Analytics

Suraj Gauli is a Senior Manager in the PwC S4 HANA Cloud Platform and Intigration team. He has 15+ years of experience in advisory firm, retails, consumer products, transportation, automobile, semiconductor and healthcare IT services consulting with exposure to business project transformation management.

Suraj has excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail and proven ability to streamline IT service management and Information Technology Infrastructure Library process integration.

Suraj has expertise in the design and delivery of cost-effective, high-performance technology solutions in areas of ERP Arena and other associated technologies in support of dynamic needs of business in all functional and technological spaces. Adept at managing multiple concurrent projects spanning across global locations. Suraj’s team is responsible to secure a solid and sustainable S/4 HANA Cloud solution implementation and focus on future innovations which will bring additional value (e.g. RPA, ML, AI, IoT, etc.) and evaluate their fit to the latest solution and processes.

Susan Stapleton is the Vice President, Partner Advisory at Pathlock. Known as a leader in GRC, she provides strategic guidance to customers to leverage their GRC implementations by increasing the scope of compliance across enterprise applications and automating compliance activities. Susan specializes in the area of sustainable access compliance across enterprise applications and business processes.

A senior finance professional with over 20 years of experience in Top 50 ASX listed companies in the Financial Services industry and Transport sector. Joined Aurizon Holdings Limited in 2010 just prior to the company’s initial public offering and listing as part of a new finance team, responsible for governance and reporting. My current role is Finance Governance Lead for Aurizon Group Finance responsible for Delegations of Authority, Segregation of Duties, Internal Controls and Finance Policies. Previously worked with Suncorp Group Limited (Finance, Banking & Insurance), across several roles including Financial and Regulatory reporting for the Group, Banking and Treasury Operations, and the Banking Group. During my time at Suncorp Group the company underwent several mergers, and I was involved in several projects to integrate accounting systems and reporting. Completed a Bachelor of Business degree (Acct major) at QUT in Brisbane. Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA) and Associate member of the Governance Institute of Australia. 

Sven-Olof Åhman is working as SAP Alliance Director Nordics at SUSE and with +25 years as IT evangelist he can translate business demands into IT solutions and back. In specific, Sven-Olof can share his knowledge to the SAP ecosystem around choice of platform, migration to the cloud and how to receive operational excellence for your SAP landscape.

Swarna Padmini Rajamani is an accomplished professional serving as the Vice President of Strategy and Planning and a key member of the Executive Committee at CRCL LLP. She handles Strategy, Mergers & Accusations, and is responsible for crafting comprehensive business plans. She is a key stakeholder who spearheaded the greenfield SAP implementation at the organization and is supporting the company’s ambitious expansion plans over the next three years.

Szymon is technical S/4HANA, ABAP and Fiori consultant guiding AvoTechs customers on how to develop, extend, integrate and squeeze most out of SAP technologies to put business first.
Szymon supported many successful SAP projects as a developer, development lead, trainer in new SAP technologies, development coach and evangelist of new SAP technologies. He is a T-shape skill person, supporting business, functional and technical teams, debugging ABAP one day and presenting to C-suite on another is his bread and butter.

Tammy is a volunteer for the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG) and an SAP Mentor, Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), with SAP certifications in BW, FI, CO, SEM. Top contributor to SAP Community from 2011 to 2016. Served on the SAP Mentors advisory board. SAP Community Moderator. ASUG SAP TechEd Design Team. Member of the SAP Community Reputation Advisory Board.

Tara Gambill is the Senior Director of Enterprise Systems at MOD Pizza and is responsible for IT strategy and implementation of shared initiatives across the MOD enterprise. MOD Pizza is a fast-casual pizza restaurant chain based in the United States. Founded in Seattle, Washington in 2008, MOD has more than 500 system-wide locations.

She is a technology leader with over twenty years’ experience in enterprise architecture, software/solution implementation & team development. At MOD Pizza, Tara led the delivery of the S/4 HANA Public Cloud ERP System, the SuccessFactors HCM Platform and continued to shape the cloud-only systems landscape through implementations of On-Line Ordering, Loyalty, Store and Service Management platforms. She also led the introduction & implementation of an Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS).

She guides & supports the company’s digital transformation, through realization and delivery of SaaS solutions across the organization, translating the company’s strategic vision into an actionable technology roadmap that supports continued growth for MOD. She is also a board member of ASUG (America’s SAP User Group).

Tara was previously an Enterprise Architect at Coinstar (later Outerwall), working in all areas of IT and helped establish their first Enterprise Architecture Review Board. She graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in Anthropology and is TOGAF 9 certified.

Tatiana Tostado is a Senior Director for the SAP Business Technology Platform COE and is helping to lead SAP’s transformation to the Cloud. Tatiana is focused on helping internal and external customers understand the value that BTP brings to customers’ business transformation as part of their move to S/4 HANA.

Tatiana started her career at SAP 12 years ago in sales, helping strategic customers understand the value that enterprise analytics brings to decision making. After a number of successful years in her role, she was invited to join the operations team and then after invited to join the SAP Business Technology Platform COE team.

Therese Munsayac is an experienced Operations Analyst currently serving as a SAP SuccessFactors HRIS Analyst at Nutrien Ag Solutions. With a demonstrated history of working in diverse industries, Therese brings a wealth of expertise to her role.

She possesses strong skills in business process improvement, documentation, business analysis, and business process mapping. Therese’s ability to identify areas for improvement and streamline operations has been instrumental in driving efficiency and effectiveness within organizations.

At TJC, we believe that, being focused on SAP niche market for 25 years, we bring clear value to the market on Move to S/4, SAF-T, DVM, data archiving, aging, big data archiving, tax audit preparation, document management, SAP ILM, system decommissioning and retention management.
We have customers in Europe, America, Asia and Pacific.
We rely on both classic and cloud technologies (SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry, DevOps, …)
My goal is to help customers and SAP Competence Centre professionals by providing dedicated consulting and SAP-Certified software solutions.

Specialties: SAP, Move to S4, S/4HANA, SCP, Consulting, Training, Expertise, Audit, DVM, Archiving, ILM, SAP ILM for GdPR, Legacy system archiving (decommissioning) EHS, retention management, data archiving, SAF-T, SII.

Quote: ”It takes genius to know what to do, it takes talent to know how to do it, but it takes virtue to truly do what needs to be done.” Vauvenargues.

Thilo is a product manager in the Mobile Experience & Engineering unit of SAP SE and focused on the newly released SAP Mobile Start app. With about 20 years of industry experience in business software, Thilo has a strong focus on mobility and user-experience. Prior to his role as the product manager for SAP Mobile Start, Thilo led several mobile development projects at SAP as a product owner, including the development of SAP Mobile Start.