In this week’s episode, the discussion centers around the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in finance departments, as highlighted in a recent SAP Insights research paper. SAP’s Paul Saunders, the head of product strategy for cloud ERP and chief evangelist, discusses how AI is changing traditional finance roles and responsibilities, the areas being disrupted most, and the human skills needed to critically evaluate AI-driven recommendations and develop insights to bring those recommendations to life.
Guest Speaker: Paul Saunders, Head of Product Strategy and Chief Evangelist Cloud ERP at SAP
With over 25 years of experience as a CTO, CIO and industry analyst Paul has extensive knowledge of ERP. Prior to joining SAP, he was Vice President, Research for Gartner, providing advice to the world’s largest and most influential technology providers. He was also lead author for Gartner’s ERP strategic roadmap and the lead analyst covering SAP.
He has lived half of his life in the UK and half in the United States.
He is a frustrated, failed musician who spent several years working in NYC and Hollywood, CA in the music industry working with major label recording artists and film studios. He has a double platinum disk for his work with a megastar to prove he used to be cool once.
Paul lives in a very remote location in Scotland. Fortunately, he has good internet.
Paul Saunders: LinkedIn, SAP Community
Host: Richard Howells, SAP
Richard Howells has been working in the Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing space for over 30 years. He is responsible for driving the thought leadership and awareness of SAP’s ERP, Finance, and Supply Chain solutions and is an active writer, podcaster, and thought leader on the topics of supply chain, Industry 4.0, digitization, and sustainability.
Richard Howells: LinkedIn, X (Twitter)
Host: Oyku Ilgar, SAP
Oyku Ilgar has been working in the digital supply chain area at SAP since 2017. As a marketer and blogger, she creates written and visual marketing content about ERP and Supply Chain solutions and focuses on the topics of business trends, IoT, Industry 4.0, and sustainability.
Oyku Ilgar: SAP Community, LinkedIn
Useful Links:
- www.sap.com/ERP
- As promised, here are the AI-generated pictures of Paul’s cat
- Research
- Five Ways That AI Is Changing Finance – SAP commissioned this research in partnership with TRENDONE GmbH, a trend-based strategy and innovation consultancy.
- Blog Posts
- AI and ERP – Heaven and Hell? by Paul Saunders
- AI, Aquaman, and Voltaire Are Standing At a Bus Stop by Paul Saunders
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