Personnel announcements October 2020
SAP poaches Microsoft Germany boss
Sabine Bendiek, currently Managing Director of Microsoft Germany, will move to SAP in Walldorf as Head of Human Resources. The post of Chief Human Resources Officer has been vacant since the surprise departure of Stefan Ries at the end of May - now SAP has gained an experienced manager who has spent almost her entire professional life working with technology.
She has also taken positions on topics such as digital transformation and modern leadership culture, both at Microsoft and in the public arena. Bendiek graduated from the University of Mannheim with a degree in business administration.
She is also a graduate of the Management Sciences program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge. Early stations in her career were McKinsey, Booz Allen Hamilton and Siemens Nixdorf, where she lived to see Heinz Nixdorf, who died in 1986.
She was then responsible for Small and Medium Business in Germany, Switzerland and Austria at Dell. In January 2016, she became the first woman to take over as CEO at Microsoft Germany. She has not yet attracted attention as a specialist in human resources, but Bendiek's leadership experience could benefit SAP.
In the past two years, the Management Board has shrunk from nine to five people. Now the board is getting bigger and more female: With Sabine Bendiek as Head of Human Resources and Adaire Fox-Martin as Head of Sales, there will once again be two women at the top management level.
Guido Schneider founds SAP licensing consultancy SLC 365
Guido Schneider, a long-time SAP expert, licensing expert, author and publisher of several reference books, will once again offer independent SAP licensing consulting services with his company Software License Compliance (SLC) 365.
Compliance at all times and support for S/4 Hana migration are the new company's key business areas. The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Schneider has been advising SAP customers worldwide in the areas of security, identity management and governance, risk & compliance (GRC) since 1996.
After starting his career in Walldorf, he founded SecurIntegration in Cologne in 2001. He started the company's transformation into an SAP software asset management software (SAM) company in 2009. In 2016, Aspera acquired the company.
There, as a senior consultant, Schneider steered the strategic direction of all activities in SAP license management for five years and advised medium-sized, DAX-listed companies as well as major international corporations. The new company SLC 365 stands for 365 days of compliance a year.
With this claim, Schneider supports customers worldwide and platform-independently in all questions related to the migration to S/4 Hana and indirect use. His knowledge of the SAP licensing landscape combined with in-depth system knowledge enables him to advise each company individually.
Accompanying customers efficiently and securely through negotiations and audits with SAP will also be the central concern with SLC 365.
New Chief Ecosystem Officer at Celonis
Malhar Kamdar joins Celonis. As chief ecosystem officer, Kamdar is expected to accelerate Celonis' expansion and further develop the company's ecosystem strategy. Malhar Kamdar joins Celonis from Oracle.
There, he was responsible for the international consulting business as Senior Vice President for EMEA, APAC and Japan, working across industries with global and local customers and ecosystem players. He was able to position applications and cloud technology solutions to become a driving force for customer success.
"Celonis' process excellence platform is just one part of the success story"Kamdar says.
"To continue driving non-linear growth, a vibrant and widespread customer, partner and stakeholder ecosystem is important. I am convinced that Celonis and its ecosystem will fundamentally change the way organizations and people operate."
Kamdar attended London Business School and holds a master's degree in computer engineering from École polytechnique fédérale Lausanne. Prior to joining Oracle, he also held leadership positions at BEA Systems and
Albert Wunderlich becomes Managing Director of cbs Switzerland
Albert Wunderlich, 41, will succeed Manfred Oppitz in the role of Managing Director cbs Corporate Business Solutions Switzerland. Wunderlich and his team will further strengthen cbs' activities in Switzerland.
He had started his consulting career as a cbs trainee twelve years ago, successfully supported many SAP transformation projects, and had already moved to Switzerland in 2016. Oppitz had laid the organizational and sales foundations of the Swiss branch. He left cbs on June 30.
Ilcan Koral will be responsible for the market development of cbs Switzerland as Head of Business Development. Born in Switzerland, he has been working in SAP business since 1998 and has focused on project management and business development in recent years. Albert Wunderlich studied at the University of Mannheim.
He has been working as a consultant for twelve years, focusing on the optimization of SAP strategies and processes. As process consultants and SAP specialists, cbs supports international corporations worldwide. The goal is enterprise-wide solutions. cbs offers a complete package for business transformation.
Blackline announces CEO succession
Marc Huffman will be named Blackline's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective January 1, 2021. Marc Huffman currently serves as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO).
Therese Tucker, who has held the position of CEO since Blackline's inception in 2001, will continue to serve on the company's board as chairman.
Marc Huffman is an experienced SaaS (Software as a Service) executive with more than 25 years of expertise in successful software companies. He joined Blackline in early 2018 as Chief Operating Officer and was named President in February 2020.
Huffman leads the company's global sales, marketing, technology and all customer-facing departments.
Since its launch, Blackline has expanded its sales and customer teams, signed a global reseller agreement with SAP, established a subsidiary in Japan, and agreed on a number of strategic alliances with consulting and advisory firms.
"I look forward to leading Blackline through its next phase of growth", says Marc Huffman.
"We have the team and a plan. Now we're focused on implementation."
Ivan Pittaluga has been appointed Arcserve's chief technology officer. As CTO, he will lead the global strategy and development of Arcserve's portfolio of solutions for IT security issues, including backup, disaster recovery, migration and archiving.
Alexander Bernhard becomes sole managing director of Swan, a German project house for SAP logistics. His company founding and managing partner André Nowinski leaves the company after almost ten years to take on a new professional challenge.
Frank Nellissen becomes the new Managing Director and CFO of the PlusServer Group. With a doctorate in economics, he brings with him many years of experience in international technology companies, knows the IT business well and is experienced in scaling growth companies.
Michael Bludau completes the management team of Kyocera Solutions. In addition to his many years of experience as a tax consultant and positions at PWC and Electronic Partner, Bludau brings in-depth know-how in dealing with Japanese trade structures.
Todd McElhatton has been named chief financial officer of Zuora. McElhatton, who currently still serves as chief financial officer of the SAP Cloud Business Group, brings more than 25 years of corporate finance leadership experience to his new role at Zuora.
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