Artificial intelligence in corporate management – applications in practice

Michael Locher-Tjoa, Managing Director, SAP (Switzerland) AG. Michael Locher-Tjoa has headed SAP (Switzerland) AG as Managing Director since July 2018. His skills at have been at SAP’s disposal since 2013: initially in Germany as Head of Automotive Sales for the automotive supply industry and from 2016 onwards as Head of Services Sales PCS (Process, Consumer Goods and Services Industries). He took on the role of COO at SAP Switzerland in October 2017, having previously held a number of management positions with IBM Germany. Michael Locher completed a degree in process engineering at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences before studying business sciences at the Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences.

Mark Raben, CTO Middle & Eastern Europe, SAP SE. Mark Raben has been SAP SE’s Chief Technology Officer since October 2017 and is responsible for the Central and Eastern European Region. Dutch by birth, he joined the company in 2001 and has been assigned to a number of management positions with SAP in the Netherlands and SAP SE since then. In his present role, he works closely with customers, partners and universities to support companies in transforming their business processes with new technologies. His team recently won the Hasso Plattner Founder’s Award 2018 for the development of an “immersive experience” with a 360-degree view that demonstrates to customers how an intelligent enterprise can be run.

Dr René Fitterer, CTO, SAP (Switzerland) AG. René Fitterer has been Chief Technology Of cer with SAP (Switzerland) AG since February 2017. Since moving to SAP Switzerland in 2010. he has performed a variety of roles in business development, most lately that of Head of Business Development & Value Engineering. In his role of Chief Technology Officer, he aims to enthuse customers about innovations with major potential and help them to draw the maximum value from new technologies and solutions. René Fitterer completed his PhD at the University of St. Gallen in the eld of business informatics. He had previously taken a master’s degree in the subject at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences.

Rita Hörmann, Web Project Manager, D. Swarovski KG. Rita Hörmann has worked at Swarovski since 2016. In her current role as Web Project Manager, she heads IT projects in the area of Documents, Media and Collaboration and is responsible for IT innovation projects related to image recognition, ML learning and other areas. Rita Hörmann was previously engaged in the e-business environment at Swarovski. She completed her studies in applied economics at the University of Innsbruck and in international business and management at the Kufstein University of Applied Sciences.

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