Shivanand Hiremath

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About Shivanand Hiremath

Shivanand is a seasoned Digital Transformation leader with a 25+ year track record of architecting and delivering high-impact SAP solutions for global enterprises. His extensive experience across diverse industries, including Energy, Utilities, and Real Estate, has been instrumental in driving business growth and operational excellence for clients such as National Grid Transco, Shell, BP, npower, Sydney Water, Avangrid, Thames Water, Centrica ( British Gas ), RAZA to name a few. As a passionate business growth advocate, he drives technology driven advisory services on digital transformation for organizations using SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and SAP business applications like S/4HANA, CX etc to improve efficiency & user experience, save cost and enable new revenue/operating models. His expertise spans from identifying customer needs and carving out use cases through Design Thinking, translate them into actionable roadmaps. to architecting and delivering innovative BTP based solutions using cutting-edge technologies integrated with SAP's out of box features via agile development By adhering to 'Keep the core clean' principles, he drives the creation and go-to-market strategy for industry-specific S/4HANA templates ( Intelligent Real Estate Enterprise, RaCE) and BTP-based Industry Cloud solutions qualified/endorsed by SAP (SmartBiz Solutions) to accelerate adoption and reduce implementation costs. He fosters strategic partnerships with SAP Industry Business Unit for Co-development and Co-innovation initiatives especially the Utilities and Real Estate business units. He is a Certified Design Thinking Associate. He comes with specialisation in Energy, Utilities, Real Estate Leasing domain covering Middle office, Front office (Customer Engagement) and integration aspects of Backoffice. A strong communicator and team builder, Shivanand is committed to mentoring and developing talent while driving successful project outcomes.