SAP TechEd Conference Activities
SAP Executive Keynote Speakers
International Congress Center Munich, Exhibition Hall, C1
Wednesday, October 17 · 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Henning Kagermann, Chairman and CEO of SAP AG
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Henning Kagermann is chairman of the Executive Board of SAP AG and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Together with Hasso Plattner, co-founder of SAP, he was co-chairman of the SAP Executive Board and CEO from 1998 to 2003. Following Plattner's election as chairman of the SAP Supervisory Board in May 2003, Kagermann became sole chairman of the SAP Executive Board and CEO. Kagermann has overall responsibility for SAP's strategy, business development and also oversees the areas of development, global communications, internal audit, and top talent management.
Kagermann joined SAP in 1982 and was initially responsible for product development in the areas of cost accounting and controlling. Later, he oversaw the development of all administrative solutions, including human resources, as well as industry-specific development for banking, insurance, public sector, and healthcare. His duties also included finance and administration as well as the management of all SAP regions. He has been a member of the SAP Executive Board since 1991.
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Kagermann studied physics in Brunswick and Munich. He received his doctorate degree in theoretical physics in 1975 from the Technical University of Brunswick, Germany, and was promoted to professor there in 1985. He taught physics and computer science at Technical University of Brunswick and University of Mannheim, both in Germany, from 1980-1992. Kagermann also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Magdeburg, Germany, and was a trustee of the Technical University of Munich from 2001 to 2007. He is also a member of the honorary senate of the Foundation Lindau Nobel Prizewinners Meetings.
Kagermann is currently a member of the supervisory boards of Deutsche Bank AG and Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (Munich Re) in Germany as well as of Nokia, Finland.
Klaus Kreplin, Corporate Officer of the SAP Group and Member of the Executive Council
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As head of the Product & Technology Unit (PTU) SAP NetWeaver, Kreplin is responsible for SAP NetWeaver -- the first fully integrated service-oriented infrastructure platform. Kreplin leads the development of SAP NetWeaver and its components from initial concept to volume shipment, heading up a global organization comprised of nearly 2,500 people located chiefly in Bulgaria, Germany, Israel, India, and the United States.
Prior to his current role, Kreplin held various senior management (SVP) positions at SAP. Kreplin joined SAP in 1997, focusing on business information warehouse software. In 2000, he was appointed SVP for the former mySAP Business Intelligence and mySAP Workplace solutions, with responsibility for joining business information warehouse activities with enterprise portal activities to offer customers integration and a common user interface. In 2001, he was named executive vice president (EVP) for products at SAP Portals (a newly founded and later reintegrated subsidiary of SAP AG), and managing director of SAP Portals Europe, GmbH. In 2004, he was given responsibility for all technologies within SAP.
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Before joining SAP, Kreplin worked at several European IT companies in different roles from developer and researcher to senior manager. Kreplin received his master's degree in computer science from Karlsruhe University, Germany. He is based in Walldorf, Germany.
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