Bishop Rawstone

Royal Air Force (RAF)

Stonyhurst

SAP S/4HANA (CTO/CIO) Delivery Executive, Business Transformation and SAP Programme Director

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

An accomplished SAP S4HANA Delivery Executive, Public Speaker, Author, Non Executive Director (NED) and SAP ☁️ Program Director

Delivering Global Business IoT, eCom, Digital Transformation Change and Transition Management. Acting as a NED and trusted CxO advisor.

Key skills include:
-  SAP ☁️ Cloud Technologies
-  ERP (SAP ECC and S/4 HANA) Delivery
-  SAP S/4HANA implementation Accelerators
-  SAP SuccessFactors (HR/HCM)
-  SAP Hybris
-  SAP C/4HANA product suite
-  IoT Practitioner
-  Digital Transformational Change
-  Retail eCom, multi/omni channel support
-  Program Management
-  GDPR evaluation and support
-  CxO Advisory
-  Stakeholder engagement
-  Governance
-  Program Recovery
-  Vendor and Partner Selection
-  Global COE and PMO strategies

For over 20 years Mike has been taking ownership and leading corporate strategy acting as an interim CTO/CIO/CDO/CDIO and NED Advisor, leading and supporting Project and Programme Management teams for many blue chip clients and top class consulting companies.

During this time Mike has successfully developed major IoT eCom Analytics and Digital Transformational Change Programmes, underpinned by ERP and IM solution deliveries. Implemented COE and PMO strategies that have resulted in significant business development and growth. Sitting on Steering Committee and development boards Mike has managed SAP S/4HANA template deliveries and roadmaps for retail and manufacturing sectors. Delivered competitive proposals, SI engagements, contracts and vendor selection. Enabling world class business solution support.

Identifying and delivering strategic initiatives that resulted in significant bottom line savings, increased profitability and sustainable growth.

Mike comes very highly endorsed by many peers and colleagues from hands on team members through high profile executives and leaders in their fields. He has a keen sense of ownership and has a strong drive to successfully deliver. Truly a seasoned professional of the highest calibre.

MJDNET

SAP S4HANA Delivery Executive, Public Speaker, Author, Non Executive Director (NED)

SAP S4HANA Programme Advisory

As interim Head of SAP Enterprise Services the core responsibilities included:

-  Directing Managing and supporting concept design roadmaps for a multi-year Transformation Programmes from ECC to SAP S/4HANA .

-  Evaluating and safeguarding inflight programmes, live systems support. Covering multiple SAP estates to include Financials, Compliance, Audit on SAP ECC, Success Factors, Ariba, HR and associated non-SAP systems and environments.

-  Governance and roadmap planning to deliver SAP Azure Cloud environment, SAP programmes on a complex multi system landscape.

During this time Mike has successfully developed major Transformational Change Programme roadmaps, underpinned by ERP and IM solution deliveries. Implemented both COE and PMO strategies that have resulted in significant business development and cost savings. Delivering competitive proposals, SI engagements, contracts and vendor selection. Enabling world class business solution support. Identifying and delivering strategic initiatives that have resulted in significant bottom line savings, increased profitability and sustainable business growth.

Mike comes very highly endorsed and recommend by many peers and colleagues from hands on team members through high profile executives and leaders in their fields. He has a keen sense of ownership and has a strong drive to successfully deliver. Truly a seasoned professional of the highest calibre.

Director (interim advisor) SAP S/4 HANA

Leading the APAC region for a SAP Business Services company — Providing Management Consulting and thought leadership for digital business transformation programme delivery with a practical and hands on business consulting approach for medium size customers using SAP, S4HANA, Infor and Microsoft as the underlying technologies.

SAP S4HANA Business Services

Managing Partner (APAC region)

A highly principled leader with proven results building high-performance delivery teams.

Deep understanding of cultural values and executive management styles in emerging markets.

SE Asia region programme delivery supporting culturally diverse organisations to align and achieve delivery excellence.

A broad industry and functional expertise within Manufacturing and Retail and an unwavering commitment to delivery.

EXECUTIVE HIGHLIGHTS
New Consulting Organisations – repeated success in building new consulting capabilities. Closed numerous transformation service delivery up to $ 120 M USD with Fortune 500 clients in Retail, Retail Fashion, Manufacturing, Energy and Automotive.
Trusted Advisor to CXOs – expert advisor to executives on strategic and operational issues facing their companies underpinned by digital strategy and ERP delivery.
Strategic Partnership – built relationships and alliances with key partners. Hosted events providing thought leadership and executive support.
Rescue Troubled Organisations - returned several entities from significant delay and cost over-run to successful resolution. With extensive technology integration, vendor / supplier management background.
Programme Management SME – key contributor & expert on SAP Global Programmes, methodology, training and delivery excellence.
Director for large engagements ranging from $ 20 – 250 M USD.

Specialties: Areas of expertise:

Global SAP delivery
Developing New Business & Service Offerings
Forming Strategic Partnerships
Leading and Mentoring Teams
Managing Enterprise-wide Change
Complex Programme Delivery
Mentoring and Recovery
Re-engineering & Process Improvements
Acquisition and Merger Integration
Governance, Risk Management and Compliance
Cost Reduction & Profit Optimisation
Technology Refresh & Implementations

Interim SAP Program Director - Digital Business Services SE Asia

Accomplished SAP ☁️ Program Director, Public Speaker, Author, NED - Non Executive Director

Delivering Global Business IoT, eCom, Digital Transformation Change and Transition Management. Acting as a NED and trusted CxO advisor.

Key skills include:
-  SAP ☁️ Cloud Technologies
-  ERP (SAP ECC and S/4 HANA) Delivery
-  SAP S/4HANA implementation Accelerators
-  SAP SuccessFactors (HR/HCM)
-  SAP Hybris
-  SAP C/4HANA product suite
-  IoT Practitioner
-  Digital Transformational Change
-  Retail eCom, multi/omni channel support
-  Program Management
-  GDPR evaluation and support
-  CxO Advisory
-  Stakeholder engagement
-  Governance
-  Program Recovery
-  Vendor and Partner Selection
-  Global COE and PMO strategies

For over 20 years Mike has been taking ownership and leading corporate strategy acting as an interim CTO/CIO/CDO/CDIO and NED Advisor, supporting Project and Programme Management teams for many blue chip clients and top class consulting companies.

During this time Mike has successfully developed major IoT eCom Analytics and Digital Transformational Change Programmes, underpinned by ERP and IM solution deliveries. Implemented COE and PMO strategies that have resulted in significant business development and growth. Sitting on Steering Committee and development boards Mike has managed SAP S/4 template deliveries and roadmaps for retail and manufacturing sectors. Delivered competitive proposals, SI engagements, contracts and vendor selection. Enabling world class business solution support. Identifying and delivering strategic initiatives that have resulted in significant bottom line savings, increased profitability and sustainable business growth.

Mike comes very highly endorsed by many peers and colleagues from hands on team members through high profile executives and leaders in their fields. He has a keen sense of ownership and has a strong drive to successfully deliver. Truly a seasoned professional of the highest calibre.

SAP ☁️ Program Director, Public Speaker, Author, NED - Non Executive Director

Supporting SAP S/4HANA, SuccessFactors and Hybris Global Delivery Programmes

Accountable for managing and delivering large scale transformation engagements.

Acting as Delivery Director for S/4HANA template system solutions to include Hybris, CAR, SuccessFactors and implementation accelerators for Retail and Manufacturing solutions. Defining strategy and roadmap for large scale multi-year SAP on HANA,  S/4HANA and SuccessFactors transformation programmes.

Key Highlights:
SAP S/4HANA template delivery for retail and manufacturing solutions.
SuccessFactors implementation and rollout.

SAP S/4HANA, SuccessFactors and Hybris Programme Delivery

SAP S/4HANA, SuccessFactors and Hybris Global Delivery Programmes

Defining strategy and roadmap for large scale multi-year SAP on HANA and S/4HANA transformation programmes. Delivering S/4HANA template system solutions to include SuccessFactors, Hybris, CAR and implementation accelerators for Retail and Manufacturing solutions.

Key Highlights:
Working with SAP S/4HANA and road mapping S/4 template accelerators reducing delivery times for retail and manufacturing template solutions.
SuccessFactors template delivery.

Ciber Global

Programme Director (SAP S/4HANA, Success Factors and Hybris)

Supporting Digital Innovation, Transformation Change and Strategy.

Leveraging the power of SAP Leonardo to enhance S/4HANA, SuccessFactors and Hybris Global Delivery Programmes. Utilising Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) capabilities to enhance prototypes, development, testing and implementing of automation for business processes.

Defining strategy and roadmap for large scale multi-year SAP S/4HANA transformation programmes.

Delivering S/4HANA template system solutions to include SuccessFactors, Hybris, CAR and implementation accelerators for Retail and Manufacturing solutions.

Key Highlights:
Working with SAP Leonardo, S/4HANA and road mapping S/4 template accelerators reducing delivery times for retail and manufacturing template solutions.

Program Director / Digital Strategist

Infosys Lodestone - FX Practice
Responsible for solutioning, selling and delivering large scale business transformation engagements within the financial and banking sector, predominantly enabled through the delivery of major IM and ERP system solutions.

Key highlights include;
Working with major UK Banking clients to define large scale multi-year IM and ERP transformation programmes.
Developing partnerships with SAP, SuccessFactors, Hadoop, Teradata and Informatica systems to deliver 'Big Data' solutions.

Infosys Consulting

Interim Partner (FX and Banking Practice)

RGP Program Director
Accountable for Business Transformational Change. Approach to SAP Roadmap for SAP HANA and S4HANA (Simple Finance and Simple Logistics).

Key highlights include;
Working with a major Middle Eastern client to evaluate, define and scope an ERP selection for a large scale and multi year transformation. Due to the scale and complexity SAP was recommended as the ERP solution for delivery.

SAP Programme Director (SAP IS-Utilities Programme)

Mike was contracted to de-escalate and turn around a complex SAP IS-Utility Delivery. Acting as interim SAP Programme Director the goal was to bridge the gap between business and delivery. Working with a very diverse cultural environment and differing agenda's, changing timelines and priorities a re-planning was needed to draw focus onto results not problems, align views to delivery not issues and most importantly enable a key team of highly skilled SAP IS-U consultants to work cohesively by setting priorities and bring the program back on track and ensuring a successful delivery.

Saudi Electricity Company

Programme Director (Utilities - SAP Recovery Programme)

Working with a Latin American beverage company. Providing business process evaluation of a full end to end integrated SAP Retail system solution. Covering Manufacturing, Inventory Management through full Supply Chain and Logistics processes to Retail Sales which also included a Direct Store Deliveries (SAP DSD) component which was integrated into mobile device technologies using ActiveSuite XSales.

Bowen & Bowen, Ltd.

Engagement Director (SAP Retail - FMCG Beverages)

Providing Strategic Business Change Management and Programme Governance. Managing business scope, defining and managing SI and Vender selection and evaluation process. Initiating and mobilising business transformation programme.

Key skills include:
-  Business Transformational Change
-  Programme Management
-  Governance
-  Vendor and Partner Selection

The Co-operative Group

Programme Director (Retail Food, Banking, Consumer Goods Business Support and Governance)

Mike was contracted, as an interim Programme Director, to work with SAP UK on a consulting engagement with a major UK Retail client.

Interim Programme Management, Business Support Services.

Key Services:
-  Programme Governance
-  Retail Transformational Change
-  Partner Selection

Programme Director (SAP Retail Business Support and Governance)

Acting as interim Programme Director for SAP MENA (BTS) and delivering a strategic business roadmap for Al Futtaim Motors Group, a key SAP customer in the UAE region headquartered in Dubai.

The Business Transformation Programme Roadmap contained multiple components including;
-  SAP IS-Automotive solution
-  Organisational Change Management

The successful roadmap delivery formed part of a larger scale business initiative which was lead by the head of the motors division. Although only a short term assignment the roadmap was successfully delivered and accepted by Al Futtaim.

Key skills include:
-  Business Transformational Change
-  Programme Management
-  Governance

Programme Director (SAP Automotive Business Transformation)

Acting as Programme Manager for a global insurance group headquartered in Paris. The group is a conglomerate of independently run business that engages in life, health and other forms of insurance and investment management. The group encompasses five operating business segments: Life & Savings, Property & Casualty, International Insurance Asset Management and other Financial Services.

Mike was contracted under a strict confidentiality agreement to assist in the demerger and separation of legal entities from the parent company and programme manage the technical separation of the ERP systems and business data. Under the Solvency II framework Mike managed controlled and reported on the financial, logistics and human resource aspects of the programme.

Key skills include:
-  Business Transformational Change
-  Completion of the system demergers
-  Transfer and consolidation of data
-  Decommissioning of legacy systems well within the timescale and budget

As part of this programme the delivery of specific training within many operational sectors was also a critical factor for the overall programme success.

Programme Manager (SAP Financial/Insurance Business Transformation / Demerger)

Acting as Programme Manager, Mike was engaged directly by the European Head of Business Change to act as the EVO Programme delivery Manager.

The core objective of this business transformation programme was to implement a single integrated operating model supported by an ERP system landscape across Finance, Supply Chain and HRM. On successful delivery Vodafone won the EuroFinance Award for Treasury Excellence in recognition of the successful delivery of the EVO programme.

Key skills include:
-  Programme Delivery Management
-  Programme Transition
-  Transformational Change
-  Partner Selection and evaluation
-  Global COE and PMO strategies

Mike Rolled off the programme after the successful completion of the core design, the COE implementation and the delivery of the central European implementations into Germany, Italy France Netherlands, United Kingdom and Ireland.

Vodafone Global Enterprise

Programme Manager (Global Retail Transformation)

Acting as Oracle Programme Manager, Mike delivered the Oracle transformation programme and facilitated successful phase completion. Accountable to executive management and reporting on behalf of Oracle to the TNT ptogramme board for the overall business transformation programme.

Key skills include:
-  Programme Delivery Management
-  Transformational Change

TNT Express

Programme Manager for Oracle (Business Transformation)

Acting as a Non-Executive Director for The Belize Tractor Company Ltd

The Belize Tractor Company is a privately owned 'Belizean' company based in Belize Central America. It's mission is to provide cost effective agricultural machinery and all types of ground maintenance imports designed to enable small to medium sized farmers, domestic and estate owners in Belize to purchase at very competitive prices. Furthermore we are working with Holy Redeemer Credit Union to provide secured competitive low interest loans to enable customers to spread the capital investment over 3-5 years.

Key services include:
-  Tractor sales
-  Agricultural equipment sales
-  Servicing
-  Business loans (through Holy Redeemer) coming soon

The Belize Tractor Company provides a fully tailored end to end service from concept to delivery. With solutions to include ongoing support and maintenance contracts for its clients throughout Belize Central America.

Belize Tractor Company

Non Executive Director (Agricultural equipment)

Acting as a Non-Executive Director for a property and equity investment company

This company is in the very early stages of a large scale Eco-Friendly property portfolio investment. It's aim is to raise venture capital to provide clients with competitive low risk high yield returns on their capital investment over 3-5 years.

Key benefits to include:
-  Secure investment at very low risk
-  High yield returns
-  Long term income potential

For more information on this venture interested parties will be required to accept and sign a detailed non-disclosure agreement.

Undisclosed

Non Executive Director (property investment)

Acting as Programme Director, Mike was appointed as the single point of contact to the Esprit board of Directors as part of an SAP restructure to de-escalate critical issues within the Esprit programme and facilitate successful phase completion. Accountable to SAP executive management and reporting on behalf of SAP to Esprit board of directors for the overall business transformation programme.

Key Success Criteria:
-  Successful Turn-around of the programme
-  Changing the culture of denial within the programme, which prevented appropriate escalation of issues and risks
-  Structuring steering group and programme board meetings
-  Bringing the budget under control by reducing the overall programme cost estimates
-  Successful phase completion under the new planning timescale and budget.

Mike was responsible for the successful implementation of a single integrated ERP landscape covering Global Wholesale and Retail processes using SAP IS-AFS and Retail, planning and reporting (MAP/BI) and HR/HCM solutions for a user base in excess of 10,000 and an overall programme budget of circa €100M Euros.

Esprit

Programme Director for SAP AG (SAP Global Retail Transformation - Programme Recovery)

Accountable for the transformation of the core ERP systems within the organization. This hinged around the process of upgrading key business systems including supporting the formal acquisition of Hydro in October 2007 and the subsequent business transformation activities.
Technical evaluation of ramp up products SRM6.0/7.0, MDM and cFolders business suite. Delivery of a data migration strategy, contingency planning budgetary estimates, training plans and gap analysis for SAP R/3 4.7 migrations to ECC6 for IS-Oil and IS-Retail and IS-Utilities systems. This also included the implementations of BI, Salesforce CRM and HR/HCM solutions for Key business initiatives covering a user base in excess of 20 thousand and an overall programme budget of circa €80 Million Euros.

Key success include:
-  Programme Delivery Management
-  Smooth merger of the Norsk Hydro oil and gas division into the new operating company
-  System integrations, transfer and consolidation of Hydro data
-  Decommissioning of legacy systems well within the timescale and budget

As part of this programme the delivery of specific LMS computer, web and internet based training within many operational business sectors was also a critical factor for the overall success of the programme.

Mike’s services were retained by the new operating company, StatoilHydro as part of the newly formed COE to provide transitional business support for a further 6 months until September 2008 where he acted in an advisory capacity to StatoilHydro senior management.

Statoil

Programme Manager (SAP Global Oil & Gas / Retail Transformation / Aquisition)

Acting as Programme Manager, Mike was hired to turn around an ailing programme of work to deliver an IS AFS and IS-Retail Solution. Reporting to the CIO and accountable for the technical delivery and Business Change Management process resulting from the acquisition of Reebok in early 2006. Controlling a budget of c.€35M Euros.

Key to the success of this merger:
-  Technical migration of Reebok into the Adidas ERP landscape
-  Developing a global COE
-  Business Change Strategies
-  Transformation workshops and training initiatives

The programme of work also included technical implementations of BI, CRM and HR/HCM solutions as part of the business change initiatives. As a separate technical stream an evaluation and proposal for the technical upgrade the SAP systems to ECC5 was also completed within the Global COE.

The programme was delivered successfully and a technical upgrade for the landscape was initiated for the combined systems with a complete cut-over ahead of schedule and within the budget.

adidas Group

Programme Manager (SAP Retail Recovery / Acquisition and Merger)

Acted as Programme Manager. Delivering Transformational Change, Stakeholder Management, Business engagement and Business Process Re-engineering to accommodate SAP best practices within the Oil and Gas industry. Providing a world class Implementation an SAP R/3 4.7 Enterprise landscape including IS-Oil, IS-Retail Solutions.

INA - Industrija nafte, d.d.

Programme Manager for IBM (SAP Global Oil & Gas Transformation)

Acted as Programme Manager. Delivering Transformational Change, Stakeholder Management, Business engagement and Process re-engineering for a global system implementation.

RS Components

Programme Manager (SAP Retail Business Transformation)

Acted as Programme Manager for deployment of a robust business training roadmap and benefits delivery as a result of the Template roll Out SAP R/3 4.6C with IS-Retail Solution and Roadmap into MySAP 2004

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company

Acted as Programme Manager for the delivery of a major development of Business Transformational Change within a strategic roadmap for the delivery of a Template Roll-out across Europe.

Delphi

Programme Manager (SAP Global Automotive Transformation)

Acted as Programme Manager for a global delivery. Business critical Transformation Change process covering key process re-engineering during the acquisition of Universal (a division of VUE Entertainment) by NBC Europe.

Universal Pictures

Programme Manager (SAP Retail Acquisition and Merger)

Acted as Programme Manager. Delivering Transformational Change, Stakeholder Management, Business engagement and Process re-engineering for a SAP 4.6C system implementation.

Ordnance Survey

Programme Manager (SAP Greenfield Implementation)

SAP Program Director

Acted as Programme Manager. Delivering Transformational Change within a major Programme delivery. Accountable for the successful delivery of a European Template Roll-out of SAP R/3 4.7Enterprise for over 40 countries.

Wrigley

Programme Manager (SAP Global Retail Transformation)

Acted as Project Manager. Successful implementation of SAP R/3 4.6C Financial and Logistics including HCM and CRM systems.

IONA Technologies

Project Manager (SAP Greenfield Implementation)

Acting as a Non-Executive Director for Eco-Belize Ltd

Eco-Belize is a privately owned 'Belizean' ecological development company based in Belize Central America. It's mission is to provide cost effective sustainability solutions that deliver a solid return on the clients initial capital investments (ROI) usually within 3-5 years.

Key services include:
-  Renewable clean energy
-  Water reclamation
-  Permaculture
-  Business and Home Security Automation

Eco-Belize provides a fully tailored end to end service from concept to delivery. With solutions and ongoing support and maintenance contracts for its clients throughout Central America.

Eco-Belize

Non-Executive Director (Ecological development)

Acted as Project Manager. Successful implementation of SAP R/3 4.6C IS-MILL PRODUCTS and APO solutions. Covering all aspects of the Business Transformation, training and process re-engineering as a result of the migrations from the legacy i2 environment.

UPM-Kymmene

Formerly Metsa-Serla
Acted as Project Manager. Planned managed and delivered an SAP R/3 4.6C IS-MILL PRODUCTS and APO solution covering all key business processes. Developed training scenarios to cover the business transformation process.

M-Real - Metsa Serla

Mike was hired to work with the European team to deliver a world class IS‐Automotive solution for the Opel division near Frankfurt Germany. Accountable for the technical delivery of SAP IS‐Automotive via the primary supplier Price Waterhouse Cooper (PWC) with a budget of circa €40M Euros.
Key to the success of this implementation was the business process re‐engineering to allow the business to develop common processes within Financials and Logistics. This was underpinned by business change strategies, transformation workshops and training initiatives that were implemented. The programme was delivered successfully and a technical upgrade for the landscape was initiated for the combined systems with a complete cut‐over ahead of schedule and within the budget.

General Motors

Project Manager (SAP European Automotive Transformation)

Mike was hired to work with the European Global Deployment Team to to support and deliver multiple projects for clients within Retail, Banking, Oil and Gas and Automotive sectors.

Atos Origins

SAP Project Manager

Aeronautical, Aerospace and Avionics Engineering Officer. Supporting UK fixed and rotary wing aircraft avionic systems. The last few years of service was focused on IT and project systems.

Mike Davis

Mike Davis