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David Penny
Sr Director Analyst
David Penny is a Senior Director Analyst for ERP & Finance Strategy
His aim is to provide leaders with indispensable insights, advice and tools for their ERP & Finance Strategy
Previous experience
Previously David worked at one of the UK leading SAP Resellers and Partner Managed Cloud providers where he was Head of SAP HANA Managed Cloud services. The group offered a range of RISE and license software and platform solutions for S/4HANA and BW/4HANA.
Professional background
Huawei, Enterprise Channel Director, UK, 4 years
Navisite, Regional Channel Director, 3 years
Opal Wave, Platform Services Director, 2 years
Areas of coverage
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ERP
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CIO Impact on Strategy and Execution
Education
MBA
BEng
CEng
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Which S/4HANA Product or Service Variant best suits my needs? [SAP S/4HANA, S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition, Public Edition]
2. ERP Business case development, [Total Cost of ownership/operation (TCO), realizing AI value, operating models, customization/standardization, technical considerations]
3. What is my best SAP ERP Strategy to minimize risk, cost or time or maximize value, agility and how to achieve ‘Best of Both’ with hybrid cloud
4. Should I embrace or reject RISE with SAP or other SAP Private cloud managed services?
5. Which SAP modernization approach is best aligned to my organization’s expectations and needs? [technical debt, brownfield/greenfield, clean-core]