Meet the Experts

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Experts

  • Surendhar Sorriyakumar

    Suren is a certified SAP Finance Lead & Blockchain Architect. He has experience in implementing large-scale business transformational ERP projects across medium to large enterprises for 20+ years. Suren is a techno-optimist and has a passion for innovation and making a real difference in the world of enterprise solutions.

  • Martin Stenzig

  • Martin Stenzig
    Expert since 2022

    Martin Stenzig is the Chief Technology Officer for Rizing. In his role as CTO, He is responsible for driving Innovation by combining the latest Technologies with Rizing’s subject matter expertise to generate measurable benefits for our customers. Martin’s nearly twenty five years of experience with SAP and related technologies has resulted in subject matter expertise in consumer industries, human experience management and enterprise asset management. He has deep domain expertise around the asset management business processes from asset related investment planning to retirement. Martin also has extensive leadership experience through managing teams of 100+ people in various roles with Profit and Loss responsibility. Spoken for several years at SAP trade shows such as Sapphire, ASUG (American SAP User Group), SAP TechEd and other maintenance and project management events around the world.

  • Tim Steuer

    Tim Steuer

    Tim Steuer, Vice President Application Lifecycle Management, SAP SE. As vice president for application lifecycle management (ALM), Tim Steuer leads the customer communications and relations team that drives roll in and rollout of the SAP Cloud ALM solution, SAP Solution Manager, and Focused Run. Tim has over 25 years SAP experience, thereof 20 years in Application Lifecycle management.

  • Ram Tallavajhala

    Ram Tallavajhala serves as the Strategic Client Architect for Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) at Boomi, a premier integration platform as a service (iPaaS) provider. With over 20 years of extensive experience in the technology sector, Ram is instrumental in empowering enterprise accounts across the APJ region to fully leverage the capabilities of the Boomi…

  • Brendan Tanner

    Brendan is a reliable Senior Finance Leader, skilled Business Partner, and trusted leadership advisor, bringing with him a wealth of experience from a senior Big 4 external audit background. Known for his business and people-centric approach, he is a decisive problem solver with a proven track record of delivering high-quality results in a timely manner. His diverse skill-set includes leading significant Finance transformations and implementing Finance technology solutions, such as SAP S/4HANA Cloud and Concur.

  • Rob Tanner

  • Varun Thamba

    Varun is a regional technology leader at SAP, the digital transformation partner for some of the largest and most innovative organisations globally. He has over 10 years of experience in leading digital transformations across industries, powered by best of breed and emerging technologies. In his current role, Varun leads the Business AI and Technology Strategy in the Asia Pacific and Japan region, bringing cutting edge technologies into core business processes impacting top, bottom and green line. He also leads the field strategy and customer programs, working closely with industry leaders, product engineering, partner ecosystem and academia. Varun holds multiple certifications from SAP and is an accomplished keynote speaker, a business mentor and a guest faculty at some leading B-schools.

  • SujI Thampi

  • Jay Thoden Van Velzen

    Jay Thoden van Velzen is Strategic Advisor to the CSO at SAP and a member of the SAP Global Security Leadership Team, specifically focused on cloud security strategy during ongoing cloud transformation. He was at the forefront of SAP’s cloud security transformation through multiple annual initiatives supported by the Executive Board, helped grow the Multicloud Security organization, and brought teams together across the company to drive effective security improvements and organizational accountability. During this time SAP saw rapid Multicloud migration and growth from 2,500 cloud accounts to 15,000, during the global COVID pandemic and geopolitical changes. Jay is an SAP veteran, joining through the BusinessObjects acquisition, and worked in Consulting, Development and Cloud Security Operations, and is now in his fourth Board Area. Through that experience, he is acutely aware, therefore, of the importance of SAP solutions for the business operations of our customers, and the resulting responsibility SAP carries to secure those workloads in the cloud.