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Rex Ahlstrom
As Syniti’s CTO, EVP Innovation & Growth, Rex calls on his 30+ years’ experience in the technology space to help shape the company’s product strategy. Having earned a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from John Hopkins University and Bachelor from Drexel University, Rex’s early career involved a number of senior leadership positions inside the…
Marc Auro
Expert since 2023
Throughout his career, he has successfully led and executed more than 25 SAP rollouts across all five continents. Additionally, he has spearheaded full life-cycle SAP projects, including Finance, Cash Management, Electronic Invoicing and Controlling implementations.
Nithyasree Balasubramanian
Expert since 2023
Nithya is an SAP Cloud Architect and an SAP BTP expert from Deloitte. She has experience with full cycle implementations handling some of the latest products of SAP like S/4 HANA Cloud, services of SAP BTP like SAP Process Automation, iRPA, CPI, Integration Suite, SuccessFactors, Ariba among others. Passionate about automating the SAP Software Products, her main goal is to build and deploy powerful conversational interfaces to revolutionize the customer experience.
Varun Bhatt
Varun is a seasoned Technology Executive with 23 years of business and SAP technology transformation leadership across consulting advisory, enterprise, and solution architecture disciplines. Varun is a highly versatile professional with strategic and operational skills in technology and commercial disciplines and has proven success in architecting solutions to support global business transformation initiatives across the…
Craig L. Brown, Sr.
Expert since 2022
As the Principal of one of a few US based certified SAP ALM Hub Partner and Tricentis TOSCA Certified Implementation Partner, Craig Brown leads the Transformation Architect team at Xceleon. A proven leader and an invaluable resource in Information Technology, government, public, and private entities utilize his management skills and keen ability to identify technology-based value opportunities. His 33-year career started in the United States Army as a highly decorated enlisted soldier who globally managed troops to deliver classified mission-critical communications during both peace and wartime efforts. After his honorable service was complete, he joined the private sector, where he held positions that utilized his vast knowledge in technology, management, and process design & application development. His management skills make him a natural leader when guiding resources from multiple business units, as he incorporates processes across various platforms. As a volunteer, Craig has served with SAP's ASUG Solution Manager Special Interest Group (SIG) as the Solution Manager Community Facilitator, focusing on the SAP Solution Manager influence counsel for nine years. In addition to educating the SAP Community about SAP Solution Manager's latest and greatest features and benefits, he also teaches certified application lifecycle management tools tightly integrated with SAP Solution Manager to facilitate value-driven projects and solutions. Craig is also the ASUG IT Operations Alliance Community's Task Force Lead and an SAP Insider Expert focused on application lifecycle management. SAP chose Craig to speak at the 40TH annual SAP Max Attention Summit in Waldorf, Germany, where he outlined the benefits of deploying a fully integrated ITSM system through Solution Manager and the value it enabled for his employer. Craig Brown is a visionary leader in the IT industry and a proven asset to any organization he serves, leveraging his vast knowledge and expertise to drive success.
Indrajit Roy Chowdhury
Expert since 2023
Indrajit is a SCM solution architect and technology leader helping organization's achieve digital transformation using SAP suite of products. Comprehensive 19 years’ experience in leading large-scale global business transformation projects in the supply chain management area using SAP S/4 HANA and Ariba. Held various leadership position as enterprise architect, supply chain lead, source to pay track lead, spearheading multiple high visibility projects and initiatives highlighting strong project management, client management, and technical and functional business process knowledge. Change agent & problem solver with a passion for technology, skilled in grasping the big picture, conceptualizing, developing, implementing solutions & collaborating closely with business leaders & senior level executives in the parent and customer organization. Customer/Stakeholder obsession to resolve pain points, loves storytelling to influence and build consensus. Provide thought leadership by publishing articles and speaking engagements etc.
Prathyusha Garimella
Prathyusha is a seasoned SAP EIM Portfolio Expert working at SAP America, Inc. with a passion for pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. She holds a track record of driving transformative solutions and optimizing technology landscapes and her extensive experience spans across various industries, helping organizations unlock value and achieve operational excellence. Following are some…
Suraj Gauli
Expert since 2023
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…
Akash Kumar
Akash Kumar is an author, speaker, and techie for emerging and disruptive technology topics with a focus on Intelligent Enterprise. He is currently working as Solution Architect with HCL and supporting new products, services, and offerings on the Industry Cloud. He has supported multiple customers in digital transformation by creating business use cases and technology roadmaps, migrating from old to new technology such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform, and SAP Analytics, implementing new business model on artificial intelligence/machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and blockchain, and enabling business process simplification with Celonis and task automation with robotic process automation. He is the author of PlanViz: Improving SAP HANA Performance (SAP Press) and Building and Extending SAP HANA Live Views (SAP Press). He has a bachelor's degree in computer science and holds numerous certifications, including Scrum Master, Agile, IoT, Devops, SAP HANA, SAP Cloud Platform, SAP Activate, and SAP S/4HANA.
Scott McCullough
Scott has 27 years of IT experience with a quarter century directly supporting/running SAP. Scott spent eleven of those years as a customer supporting SAP from the hardware up to SAP Basis for a global manufacturing company. For the past 13 years, Scott has been assisting NetApp customers and partners who run SAP and…