SAPinsider Technology Executive Forum Issue 1 2021

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP FEATURE 4 After an Extraordinarily Disruptive Year, 2021 Is the Time to RISE R E S E A RC H F E AT U R E 8 SAP Customers Plan to Reinvest in Teams, Skillsets, and Technologies A R TI C L E S A N D CAS E S T U D I E S 16 From Oil & Gas to an Integrated Energy Conglomerate 20 Executive Q&A: Sharon Kaiser on Women in Leadership 26 CIOs React to RISE with SAP 32 Platform Approach Ensures Innovation Flows: The United Kingdom’s largest water utility services provider opts for platform technologies to digitize water 36 Executive Q&A: An Insider Look at Ingevity’s SAP S/4HANA Business Transformation C O N T E N T | I S S U E 1 | 2 0 2 1 PAG E 4 PAG E 26 PAG E 16 PAG E 8 On the cover: (L-R, T-B) Robin Mager, Vice President, SAP S/4HANA, Schaeffler; Sharon Kaiser, CIO and Director of IT, New England Biolabs; Nik Giannakakis, Group CIO, Motor Oil Group; Michael Mullis, VP of IT and CIO, Ingevity. SAPinsiderOnline.com 1