Meet the Experts
Gain insights and connect with the world’s leading SAP experts, in the largest and fastest-growing SAP membership group.
Experts
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Frank Florian
"Frank Florian is a visionary leader and coach in digital and business transformation, boasting over 25 years of global experience in delivering comprehensive SAP programs. His career is marked by the successful implementation of over twelve SAP projects, including several S/4 HANA migrations. Where he championed industry best practices and process optimization. With a proven track record in spearheading large-scale transformation projects, Frank excels in building cohesive teams, forging strategic alliances, and providing decisive operational leadership in dynamic and uncertain environments. His commitment to innovation, coupled with his expertise in financial systems re-engineering and a keen entrepreneurial mindset, makes him a dynamic force in navigating and leading organizations through the complexities of digital transformation.
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Frank Forgione
Frank is a seasoned Business and IT leader with a robust track record spanning over 25 years in senior executive roles. At the helm of Fonterra’s Software Engineering division, Frank’s expertise extends across prominent corporations, having served as General Manager of EDI and eLetter Business at Australia Post, Chapter Lead at Telstra, Project Transformation Consultant at NZ Post, and International Services Manager at Varian Australia. Renowned for his business acumen and innovation, Frank holds several process patents in personalized ticketing production and targeted marketing. His unwavering commitment to service excellence and innovation has been a hallmark of his career in IT, Health, BPO, and BPM sectors. As a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Frank’s academic credentials include a Master’s Degree in Management, a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management, and tertiary qualifications in Electronics and Medical Electronics.
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Amanda Forsyth
Amanda is a Project Management professional with extensive experience in multi-disciplined teams and complex programmes of work. With over 10+ years’ experience, responsible for delivering complex service offerings and change for corporate clients across the financial, banking, legal and utilities sectors. Amanda has spent the past 4 years working with Powerco in NZ. More recently supporting Rudy Gesterkamp, Andrew Coates and the Finance team implement their SAP extension solutions, SAC Planning for Budgeting and Forecasting and Blackline for their General Ledger Reconciliation.
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Jason Forsyth
I’m a Senior SAP Solution Architect with extensive experience across various Manufacturing and Logistics industries. With over 20 years hands on SAP project experience I ensure customers understand their roadmap to become intelligent enterprises.
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Tara Gambill
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.
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Greg Garland
Greg trained at Ernst and Young in New Zealand and the UK before moving into commercial roles. He has worked in senior finance roles for leading companies across the globe in industries including investment banking, technology, energy and financial services. Specializing in FP&A, finance transformation and process improvement, Greg has lead the establishment of global shared service functions and has been a key member in large-scale SAP implementations, along with the transformation and management of centralised FP&A functions.
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Suraj Gauli
Expert since 2023Suraj 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…
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Scott Geappen
"Scott has worked in leadership and management roles at Hydro Tasmania for over 20 years, centred around production, operations and maintenance. The early days were all things planning, and now the focus has shifted from PM to MM. Scott enjoys gaming: board games, PC or RPG.”
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Martin Geddes
Expert since 2023Martin has over 20 years’ experience working within the IT industry, with a diverse background in Business Development, Service Delivery and Project Management. Having worked for several global IT consultancies during his career, Martin is an expert in guiding organisations to apply methodologies tailored to successful business outcomes.
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