Manfred Kopisch

Background

About Manfred Kopisch

During the last 15 years I have backpacked whenever my vacation time allowed me to. Crossing Scotland from the Atlantic Ocean to the North Sea, crossing Iceland from its southern tip tip to its northern tip, crossing Corsica, crossing Alaska and many backpacking treks in the Sierra Nevada were adventures I thoroughly enjoyed. Now I'm going on my biggest backpacking adventure so far: Crossing the United States from its border with Mexico to Canada. Backpacking 2,650 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail will take over 5 million steps and a lot of planning, preparation, skills and determination to walk them all. The planning and preparation is now complete and I will start walking at the border to Mexico on April 17, 2024- Over more than two decades I have deepened my understanding of which solutions customers in specific industries need to run their businesses. I have grown my knowledge organically across roles in development, product management, product marketing and sales to truly understand our customers' requirements as they get expressed differently in each area. Every new role has provided me with deeper insight that has proven immensely useful in my next role. Putting my focus on individual industries - like High Tech, Telco and Utilities - has allowed my to dive deep into industry specific business processes and bring these deep learnings from customers back to SAP. I truly enjoy being at the intersection of customers with our product management, development and sales. Building a community of High Tech customers - the High Tech Executive Value Network - in recent years has given me the privilege of long lasting relationships with many of our High Tech customers-