Expert Speakers

Learn from the top independent experts in the SAP ERP community:

Adolf Allesch
Clarify your understanding of what SAP ERP is — and what it isn’t — with Adolf Allesch, Global SAP NetWeaver Lead Partner for IBM’s Global Business Service. A frequent and popular speaker at SAP Insider events, Adolf draws on 15 years of continuous SAP consulting experience to bring you proven approaches for deciding if, when, and how to upgrade to SAP ERP, as well as how to put the right strategy in place for doing so. He also shares important insights into the functional and integration capabilities and trade-offs of the SAP NetWeaver platform upon which SAP ERP is built.

Tony Bright
Take a detailed tour of SAP ERP’s functional capabilities with Tony Bright. As a Partner and Global SAP Upgrade Initiative Lead for Deloitte Consulting, Tony provides battle-tested recommendations to guide you in making a case for if and when to upgrade to SAP ERP. He walks you through a step-by-step approach for how to plan and execute your upgrade project and sheds light on considerations and variables that, if overlooked, can derail even the most carefully thought-out project plan. Tony delivers proven approaches and best practices on what works and what doesn’t.

Joseph R. Svoboda
Collect important real-world insights and benchmarks drawn from hundreds of SAP ERP Ramp-Up customers and early adopters to formulate your own upgrade decisions with the help of Joe Svoboda, Practice Manager of the National Competency Center for SAP America. Joe shares lessons learned from real-world SAP ERP upgrade experiences, including project timelines, system downtime, the effort required to migrate custom modifications and scenarios that can impact hardware investments. Get hard-hitting advice on when and how to leverage SAP Solution Manager, as well as other SAP and third party tools at your disposal.

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