Thomas Saueressig

Member of Executive Board at SAP

2024 CODEIUM TECH LEADER: ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE

Background

Thomas Saueressig began his career at SAP almost two decades ago as an intern. Progressing through the ranks, including roles such as SVP & Global Head of IT Services and CIO, he was appointed to the SAP Executive Board in 2019. In this position, Saueressig held responsibility for SAP Product Engineering, overseeing all business software globally.

Named CIO of SAP at the age of 31, he earned a place on the Forbes 40 Under 40 list in 2016. Upon joining the company's executive board, he successfully navigated the 29,000 employees under his direction through the challenges of the pandemic. Presently, Saueressig fosters a culture of disruption to maintain a competitive edge and collaborates with foundational AI companies like Google and OpenAI. This collaboration positions SAP to develop its comparative advantage in building best-in-class business software.

“It’s not just only about generative AI... AI is broader, and the reality is: SAP has done AI for a couple of years now. As of today, we have 130 available AI services in our portfolio, so it's already 130 use cases. Just to give you some context, we currently have approximately 26,000 customers using one of these scenarios."

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