2024 Conference Speakers

Please find the link to the program here.

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De Wet Naude - SAP University Alliances Africa

De Wet joined SAP University Alliances in 2012. He is currently the head of SAP University Alliances / SAP Next-Gen for Sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to his current role, he fulfilled the role of Operations Director at SAP Research CEC Pretoria. He has a passion for skills development, education and research, currently focusing strongly on the empowerment of Africa’s Youth through education. He is a firm believer in the SAP UA vision to inspire the next generation – “to love to learn, research and innovate with business applications”.

 

Previously, he gained substantial experience as consultant in the fields of operations and programme management in multiple corporate and SME environments, among others in the Education, e-Learning, ICT, Financial Services, Public Sector and Fast Moving Consumer Goods. He managed and concluded a number of consulting assignments and consortium projects, related to the disciplines as mentioned above. De Wet Naude obtained an MBA degree from the University of Pretoria in 1996, focusing on project management in Research and Development environments.

 

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Dumisani Moyo - SAP Africa 

I have a strong background in technology sales and client services. I am a technologist at heart, with a deep passion for technology, leadership, and sustainability. With over 2 decades of experience in the tech industry, most of which have been spent in leadership roles, I firmly believe that teamwork, collaboration, and empowering others to reach their full potential are the keys to success.

I have deep experience in technology, go-to-market strategies, marketing, and people management. My expertise spans both hardware infrastructure and software solutions in the following domains and disciplines: Storage, Networking, Hyperconverged systems, Analytics, Digital Supply Chains, Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning and Emerging technologies such as IoT, ML, AI

 

 

 

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Fidelis Ikoroje - SAP UAT Analyst @ JCB World HQs, UI IPE

Fidelis Ikoroje is an experienced SAP Functional Consultant specialising in the implementation, customisation, and testing of SAP solutions, particularly in S/4 HANA MM, SD and SAP GRC. Holding a Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Production Engineering from the University of Ibadan, Fidelis began his journey into SAP in 2021 through the SAP Young Professionals Program (YPP), where he received comprehensive training in SAP S/4HANA and SAP Ariba.

Following his YPP experience, he joined Infotech Risks Security LLC, a technology consulting firm that specialises in SAP Security, Governance, Risks, and Compliance solutions. Despite his functional SAP background, he quickly adapted to SAP Security and became an integral part of the team implementing and supporting SAP Access and Process Control solutions, leveraging his dual expertise in SAP Functional processes.

 

 

Currently, Fidelis is actively engaged in his most significant SAP project as a SAP UAT Analyst for JCB, contributing to Project Bonneville - a global SAP rollout spanning dozens of countries across four continents, which will impact the daily business operations of over 30,000 users. Embracing cloud technology as part of his ongoing professional development, Fidelis holds relevant SAP professional certifications, including S/4HANA Cloud Public Implementation, SAP System Security & Authorization, SAP Access Control, Ariba Sourcing, Sourcing & Procurement.

Beyond his professional career, Fidelis Ikoroje is a proficient writer who has supported international companies through his writing skills since his penultimate year at the University of Ibadan. Having trained over 30 university graduates in copywriting, with many pursuing it as a full-time career, he is dedicated to sharing his knowledge and expertise as a SAP professional and a writer. Married to Oluwadamilola, a Physics graduate of the University of Ibadan, Fidelis is a proud father to a two-year-old daughter.

He attributes his ability to deliver a lecture on the Future of ERP to the inspiration he received from his lecturers, including Prof. Victor Oladokun, Dr. B.O Odedairo among others who taught and introduced him to SAP through the ESEFA University Alliance Program.

 

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Heather Matthews - SAP SE

Experienced, dynamic professional with a solid background in vision building, strategic planning and execution, driving innovative change, and managing successful global programs. Proven track record of results. Passionate about providing an amazing educational experience to learners globally. Program creation and relationship management motivates me.

WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT HER:
"𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦."

"𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘦. 𝘐 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮!"

"𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳."

"𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴-𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴."

 

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Kerstin Haug - Research Associate SAP UCC Munich & PhD Student at Technical University of Munich

 

Milestones:

- Master’s degree in Computer Science from the Technical University of Munich

- Master’s student and subsequently Process Mining consultant at Celonis from November 2016 to September 2019

- Process Owner at Telefonica OHG

- Product Manager at a Fintech startup

- Research Associate at the University Competence Center at TUM since May 2023

- Responsible for teaching environments and curriculum development in data analytics (HANA, Business Warehouse, SAP Signavio, etc.)

- Research focus on Generative AI in the context of Process Mining

 

 

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Nicole Ondrusch - Heilbronn University, SAP Academic Board DACH

Nicole has been on the SAP Academic Board DACH for 4 years and has been the board's spokesperson for 2.5 years. She is also interested in carrying out SAP teaching in co-operation with international partners. Nicole teaches at Heilbronn University and is Vice Dean of the Faculty of Computer Science.

Title: Use of SAP S/4 HANA case studies for own teaching results

Content: Our students are not only assigned to work on the case studies of SAP S/4 HANA Global Bike, but also to penetrate processes in the company. On this basis, they create interactive teaching materials for their fellow students. I will briefly present the results and the teaching methodology in this keynote speech.

 

 

 

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 Sergio De La Cruz - Business Development Manager, HEC Montréal - ERPsim Lab, HEC Montréal

At HEC Montréal, Sergio helps faculty members leverage the SAP-based solutions developed by the ERPsim Lab (ERPsim, Business Builders) to enhance their curricula. An ERPsim Certified Trainer, with Master's-level credentials in Business and Science, Sergio is passionate about empowering educators to succeed.