Brenton O’Callaghan is the Chief Customer Officer at Avantra with over a decade of experience across the IT spectrum with a specific focus on SAP. Brenton and his team are experts in solving real-world IT operations problems for the Avantra global customer base. Brenton has a background in computer science and specializes in customer experience transformation in the software industry powered by data and automation.

Tyler is a senior SAP professional with nearly 20 years of experience managing, deploying and monitoring SAP systems. He is currently leading Avantra’s solutions engineering and is working with SAP teams in enterprises and managed service providers all over the world on their observability and automation strategies. Tyler holds a B.Sc. in Information Science and Technology (IST) from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

John Appleby leads Avantra as the Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Avantra, John served as the Global Head of DDM/HANA Center of Excellence at SAP and as the Global Head of SAPHANA solutions at Bluefin Solutions, subsequently acquired by Mindtree. John is a recognized thought leader in the SAP market and was part of SAP’s Mentors Group. John holds an MA in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge.

Bernd Engist serves as Avantra’s Chief Technology Officer. Since Avantra’s inception nineteen years ago Bernd has been leading its technology vision and product development, ensuring innovation and top-notch quality. Bernd has an MA in electrical and electronics engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Mathias is an experienced partner at UMB, with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. He is skilled in Business Process, SAP Netweaver, SAP ERP, SAP HANA, and Business Analysis and we are delighted to have him join our panel of speakers to provide the managed services perspective on AIOps within IT operations.

Emily J. Wahl is the VP, Infrastructure Operations & Services for Scotts Miracle-Gro, a leading lawn & gardening company. Emily brings more than 10 years of global experience and IT expertise to Scotts Miracle-Gro. She is an IT operational and change leader with knowledge of traditional, virtual and cloud based solutions with a demonstrated ability to develop a strategy, build a portfolio of activities and drive each activity to completion.

Tyler is a senior SAP professional with nearly 20 years of experience managing, deploying and monitoring SAP systems. He is currently leading Avantra’s solutions engineering and is working with SAP teams in enterprises and managed service providers all over the world on their observability and automation strategies. Tyler holds a B.Sc. in Information Science and Technology (IST) from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Bernd Engist serves as Avantra’s Chief Technology Officer. Since Avantra’s inception nineteen years ago Bernd has been leading its technology vision and product development, ensuring innovation and top-notch quality. Bernd has an MA in electrical and electronics engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Brenton O’Callaghan is the Chief Customer Officer at Avantra with over a decade of experience across the IT spectrum with a specific focus on SAP. Brenton and his team are experts in solving real-world IT operations problems for the Avantra global customer base. Brenton has a background in computer science and specializes in customer experience transformation in the software industry powered by data and automation.

Emily J. Wahl is the VP, Infrastructure Operations & Services for Scotts Miracle-Gro, a leading lawn & gardening company. Emily brings more than 10 years of global experience and IT expertise to Scotts Miracle-Gro. She is an IT operational and change leader with knowledge of traditional, virtual and cloud based solutions with a demonstrated ability to develop a strategy, build a portfolio of activities and drive each activity to completion.

Tyler is a senior SAP professional with nearly 20 years of experience managing, deploying and monitoring SAP systems. He is currently leading Avantra’s solutions engineering and is working with SAP teams in enterprises and managed service providers all over the world on their observability and automation strategies. Tyler holds a B.Sc. in Information Science and Technology (IST) from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

John Appleby leads Avantra as the Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Avantra, John served as the Global Head of DDM/HANA Center of Excellence at SAP and as the Global Head of SAPHANA solutions at Bluefin Solutions, subsequently acquired by Mindtree. John is a recognized thought leader in the SAP market and was part of SAP’s Mentors Group. John holds an MA in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge.

Brenton O’Callaghan is the Chief Customer Officer at Avantra with over a decade of experience across the IT spectrum with a specific focus on SAP. Brenton and his team are experts in solving real-world IT operations problems for the Avantra global customer base. Brenton has a background in computer science and specializes in customer experience transformation in the software industry powered by data and automation.