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108 digitalization shift . We onboard partners into niche areas to gain trust and once we have identified a backlog of use cases we hand-over delivery to certificated providers .”

Apart from the partner ecosystem , “ SAP also has a strong internal ecosystem of various teams coming together in the jazz orchestra – from technology foresight to startup scouting ,” as Fay explains . “ SAP ’ s Innovation Center Network is working with visionary startups leveraging SAP ’ s business cloud platform , one

EXECUTIVE PROFILE :

Andreas Spahn is a business innovation and technology consultant who is passionate about solving business problems using digital technologies . Self-driven strategist and innovation broker who is extremely well connected within SAP ’ s innovation ecosystem . Andreas supports customers across industries to optimize their business processes and to navigate through the uncertainty of innovation , from ideation to implementation of the innovative ( custom ) solutions . He knows how to play the garnet , from Design Thinking , Business Model Development , Lean Startup , agile Project Management ( PMI certified ), all the way to Scrum . Beyond realizing innovation projects , he set up a strategic partnership with global industry players , like Schaeffler .

FEBRUARY 2021