Dr. Wolfgang Faisst Email & Phone Number

Ettlingen, Bw, De

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, De

Karlsruhe, Germany, De

ValueWorks’ vision is to enable founders and executives of software and other digital companies to maximize their company´s value by creating value in a truly data-driven way. ValueWorks provides an industry-specific, integrated and intelligent executive management software from planning to reporting and execution (OKR). It is the first solution truly geared for founders and executives as users of startups, scale-ups and SMEs.With ValueWorks the high manual effort and growing complexity of data collection, planning, reporting and managerial decision making is drastically reduced. The templated approach allows users to create valuable insights and track results across many different platforms without the need for internal IT- or Business Intelligence experts.ValueWorks is the only solution in the market that combines OKRs with KPIs taking the concept of agile goal-steering to the next level (OKR 2.0).

Berlin, De

Walldorf, Bw, De

Defining the strategic product management direction for the SAP Intelligent ERP, the first cloud suite based on artificial intelligence• Creating competitive advantage for SAP’s customers with “next generation business practices & models”• Defining the intelligent evolution of the SAP Suite to leapfrog the competition based on co-innovation with customers, partners and startupsDeveloping the intelligent innovation portfolio for SAP S/4 HANA core industries and focus areas together with the broader product development organization to:• Achieve undisputed thought leadership position for ERP / Suite with customers, partners and analysts• Support acceleration of customer adoption and sales for S/4 HANA and related revenuesWorking with key clients on their “intelligent enterprise agenda” from value assessment to joint business plan creationEvangelizing to senior industry leaders, analyst, partners and customers

Business unit lead and chief executive for SAP XM under the sponsorship of the Products & Innovations board member. Lead for a global team of 100 people with 10 direct reports. • Founder of SAP’s digital advertising business unit & corporate venture on global level, leveraging SAP’s assets to grow into a new business area and business model• General manager: Defined the vision, strategy & business plan and executed the strategy (customer, product, processes)• Successfully market entry, establishment of SAP XM as new brand in the market• Nomination to Hasso Plattner Founders Award, SAP’s innovation award, for creating a role model within SAP for intrapreneurship and innovation beyond the core• Responsible for new business P&L • People leader: Building, motivating and developing of a high-performance organization

Walldorf, Bw, De

Product management head for SAP’s core solution. Led a team of 10 employees reporting to EVP for SAP Business Suite.• Defined the strategic product management direction for the SAP Business Suite on HANA • Shaped scope and direction of SAP’s new anchor product S/4 HANA as cloud suite and infrastructure enabling “digital transformation” together with key SAP stakeholders• Successfully performed SAP’s innovation portfolio review for next generation business applications on SAP HANA• Initiated and shaped SAP’s engagement in the LoB Marketing with two new product offerings (SAP Hybris Marketing and SAP Exchange Media)• Defined initial product strategy and roadmap for SAP Hybris Marketing• Worked with key clients on their “digital agenda” from value assessment to joint business plan creation• Evangelized to senior industry leaders, analyst, partners and customers

Walldorf, Bw, De

Program lead and product management head for the SAP Store, SAP’s eCommerce platform under direct SAP Board sponsorship. Led a global team of 100 employees (18 from own unit) with 5 direct reports.• Initiated, led and created SAP’s digital channel, the “SAP Store” (incl. product strategy and long-term product roadmap, investment priorities, user experience and process definition for online sales and sales force enablement)• Established eCommerce as fourth and low-cost sales channel for SAP and key element of SAP’s operating model by strategy setting and cross-corporation alignment & stakeholder management• SAP business excellence award for process cost reduction and partner experience improvements (2013)• Product P&L responsibility for new business • Responsible for leading the eCommerce platform innovation significant business opportunity and key pillar of SAP’s cloud and mobile initiatives• Evangelized the value proposition within SAP, to senior industry leaders, analyst, partners and customers• Formed and inspired a high-performance organization with approx. 100 employees

Walldorf, Bw, De

Product management head for SAP’s OnDemand Services and co-lead of SAP’s cloud program under direct SAP Board sponsorship. Led a team of 25 with 5 direct reports.• Initiation and co-lead of SAP’s cloud program with key contributions to SAP’s first cloud strategy• OnDemand Target Management (target definition, breakdown and requirements management) - method now being integral part of SAP Lean Development Model• Successfully supported cloud readiness for SAP Business ByDesign along major KPIs (i.e. delivery costs, performance, extensibility) with factor 10+ improvements• Lead for SAP’s first platform-as-a-service program• Shaped SAP’s first platform-as-a-service partner program and blueprint for SAP’s solution partner program in the cloud incl. KPI model, business case creation, commercial model, quality review approach and support model• Designed volume-ready end-to-end process experience for partners and customers

Walldorf, Bw, De

Strategy head for SAP’s services area. Member of extended leadership team within the board area of Gerhard Oswald (Global Service & Support). Led a team of 25 people with 5 direct reports.• Lead for SAP’s global service portfolio planning process across all service units• Set the agenda within SAP for service productization and volume partner models & infrastructure as strategic advisor to board member Gerhard Oswald• Head of SME Service Solution Management: Development of innovative service concepts (e.g. pre-version of the SAP Store, new deployment models, volume partner models & infrastructure, scalable on-demand operations)• Responsibility for strategic partner relations with leading IT players• Attracted top talents from within SAP and from leading players in the market and successfully developed them further into broader roles and higher job levels• Nomination to SAP Global Leadership Development Program as most important SAP’s leadership development program with board sponsorship (2008)

Boston, Ma, Us

Leader within Bain’s IT practice and client project manager. Led teams of up to 10 people from Bain and the client.• Senior manager with complete project responsibility from Bain vs. client• Worked with various C-level representatives of clients on strategic transformation topics for their companies• Leadership of international teams working for top management of leading international companies• Leadership of larger team of consultants and client employees• Initiated and established Bain’s IT practice group in the Germany with various client projects• Consulting experience with technology companies and IT departments at large corporations• Successful consulting of leading IT companies within most important strategic topics (i.e. growth, sales excellence, cost reduction)• Broad experience in digital transformation across different industries (i.e. retail & wholesale, financial services, telco) as well as different functional areas, especially sales / eCommerce

Research team lead and university education leader. Led a team of 15 people of assistant colleagues and students.• Established topic of “virtual corporation” in the German-speaking academic and industry community with numerous publications, articles and speeches• Leadership of software prototypes development (intelligent software agent for company search, enterprise systems interface builder) leading assistant colleagues and students• Multitude publications and presentations within academic and company environment especially about topics like “virtual enterprises” or “supply chain management”• Management of personal computer training (Microsoft Office) for 500-700 undergraduate students per year, leadership of 12 student tutors• Acquired and developed top talents (who then made their PhD and later became executives) as working students for the own team

Master’S Degree, Marketing, Finance, Operation Research, Computer Science, Logistics, Production Engineering

Sap Global Leadership Development Program, Program For Sap Top Executives

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Ph.D. Studies In Management Information Systems

Education record