[June 20, 2005]

SAP Headhunters Claim Nine

Nine former execs of Siebel, PeopleSoft, Oracle and BEA join SAP.

By DAVID SIMS
TMCnet CRM Alert Columnist

In a nifty bit of headhunting German software giant SAP AG is announcing it has �attracted the talents� of senior executives formerly employed by competitors, including Oracle, PeopleSoft, Siebel Systems and BEA Systems.

It�s a pretty big statement in Silicon Valley, as SAP�s never been known for targeting top executives, preferring to nick sales and marketing talent.

AMR Research Analyst Bruce Richardson tells Matt Hines that SAP is building a "war chest of talent" in Silicon Valley, �much in the same manner that software giant Microsoft was aggressively recruiting database expertise to its Redmond, Wash., headquarters several years ago,� Hines reports.

Many industry analysts expect some of the the new hires� key clients to migrate to SAP as well.

Among these new SAP employees are key development and marketing executives that have joined the Product & Technology Group managed by Shai Agassi, a member of the Executive Board, SAP AG and a rising star in software.

Thumbnail sketches of the SAP Nine:

Richard Campione, Senior Vice President, Industry Solutions Marketing. Responsible for Industry Solution Marketing with a focus on enabling revenue growth by providing a consolidated view of the market for SAP in the form of Marketing Requirement Documents and by packaging and positioning SAP solutions across all industries. Joins from Siebel Systems where he was group vice president & general manager, Financial Services & Public Sector business.

Mike Mayer, Vice President, IDA Project Development. Responsible for driving information technology infrastructure projects through International Development Associations such as the World Bank, concentrating on emerging markets. Joins from Oracle where he was senior director, International Projects.

Nimish Mehta, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Information Management. Responsible for SAP's Enterprise Information strategy and products, including both structured and unstructured data. Joins from Siebel Systems, where he was group vice president, Customer Data Integration.

Doug Merritt, Executive Vice President and General Manager for Suite Optimization and Program Office. Responsible for leading both the Suite Transformation Office and the Program Office. Joins from Quest Software, and before that vice president/general manager of Human Capital Management at PeopleSoft.

George Paolini, Executive Vice President, Platform Ecosystem Development. Responsible for driving the expansion of the SAP NetWeaver Partner Ecosystem. Joins SAP from Borland, where he served as vice president and general manager and before that Sun Microsystems.

Dan Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, User Experience, Product & Technology Group. Responsible for the user experience for all SAP products. Joins from Oracle where he was vice president R&D, Usability/UI Design.

Gordon Simpson, Vice President, Applied Technology, Product and Technology Group. Responsible for overseeing platform architecture leadership. Joins from BEA Systems where he was deputy chief technology officer and de facto CTO for the integration division.

Bob Stutz, Senior Vice President, Product and Technology Group. Responsible for leading Strategic Application Development as SVP reporting to Peter Kirschbauer, general manager SAP Applications. Joins from Siebel, where he had overall responsibility for the 21 vertical product lines as well as base horizontal products.

John Zepecki, Vice President of Products, SAP xApps. Responsible for SAP xApps solution and development management and supporting SAP's composite application initiatives. Joins SAP from PeopleSoft where he was vice president of development, Enterprise Performance Management at PeopleSoft.

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