Discover key insights from SNP Transformation World 2026, where industry experts explore SAP S/4HANA migration, AI-ready data, clean core strategies, M&A and the human side of enterprise transformation.
From SNP Transformation World 2026 – SAP’s Thomas Pfiester on AI as a Growth
AcceleratorSAP’s Thomas Pfiester, Head of Customer Engagement & Adoption, reframes AI as a growth accelerator — not just an efficiency play. In this Transformation World 2026 conversation, he explains why the industry has entered a “proof of value” era, how clean, harmonized data forms the foundation for agentic AI, and why executive sponsorship and change management decide whether transformation succeeds. He points to the SAP–SNP partnership as the layer that makes enterprise data AI-ready, and to adoption as the discipline that turns technology investment into measurable business outcomes.
From SNP Transformation World 2026 – Sebastian Wernicke: Data-Inspired vs Data-Driven
Dr. Sebastian Wernicke — Partner and Head of Data Science and AI at Oxera, and best-selling author of “Data Inspired” — challenges how enterprises think about their data. In this Transformation World 2026 interview, he draws the line between being “data-driven” (optimizing for incremental 1% gains) and “data-inspired” (using data to spark genuine transformation). Drawing on decision-architecture lessons from Netflix and Amazon, and his own work in vaccine manufacturing and national genomics, he argues the biggest barrier to AI isn’t technology — it’s culture, and the courage to ask what you might be wrong about.
Aurelien Nourry, Head of the APS Projects department at TotalEnergies, shares how the energy giant decommissioned 17 legacy SAP systems and cut its data footprint from 100TB to roughly 40TB in an 18-month program. In this Transformation World 2026 interview, he explains why dormant “cocoon” legacy systems are a cybersecurity and obsolescence liability, how SNP’s Kyano Datafridge archiving reframed the effort as a business case — not an IT project — and how clean, consolidated data now sets up FinOps discipline and AI readiness.
Alejandro Reyes, Manager and Corporate Controller at Chilean conglomerate Sigdo Koppers, describes an S/4HANA transformation spanning 19 countries in a single global project — delivered in 18 months, roughly half the expected timeline, with a go-live migration completed in 30 hours against a 64-hour window. In this Transformation World 2026 interview, he credits a strong team culture built on respect, care, and family, and explains why clean systems and reliable data are essential as the mining, ports, engineering, and explosives group prepares for M&A and a planned London listing by 2030.
From SNP Transformation World 2026 – SAP’s Stefan Steinle on Clean Core and Agentic Support
Stefan Steinle, EVP and Global Head of Customer Support and Cloud Lifecycle Management at SAP, argues that the most underestimated phase of transformation is what happens after go-live. In this Transformation World 2026 interview, he explains how running well in the cloud under RISE demands a continuous innovation cycle, why Clean Core methodology matters for customers and partners alike, and how a decade-old service data lake now powers proactive, preventive, and increasingly agentic support — with Joule, agent-to-agent communication, and open telemetry predicting and preventing issues before they hit.
Shaik Sikander, COO of Arete Global, discusses a new partnership with SNP and why the Middle East is the world’s fastest-growing SAP transformation market. In this Transformation World 2026 interview, he draws on two decades as an SAP house across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and India — and more than 200 transformations — to argue that success rests on three pillars: data, people, and technology. As an SAP co-innovation partner now leveraging SNP’s Kyano platform, he insists transformation is a continuous journey, and that “culture always beats algorithms.”
Mauricio Serafim, Head of Portfolio Management at Brazilian cooperative bank Sicredi, explains how a business-led SAP transformation delivered value for the bank’s member-owners rather than shareholders. In this Transformation World 2026 interview (in Portuguese), he details why staying current in Brazil’s uniquely complex regulatory environment — SPED, electronic invoicing, Febraban rules, and tax reform — demands a modern, well-structured platform. With more than 172 companies and heavy customization migrated with SNP, he makes the case that a solid, organized data foundation is what makes Sicredi’s AI and innovation agenda possible.
From SNP Transformation World 2026 – Structify’s Alex Reichenbach on AI for Unstructured Data in M&A
Alex Reichenbach, co-founder and CEO of Brooklyn-based Structify, tackles a problem most transformation tools ignore: roughly 80% of enterprise data is unstructured — contracts, emails, documents — and it’s the part that stalls M&A deals. In this Transformation World 2026 interview, he explains how a new SNP–Structify joint venture applies AI to unstructured data at the moment of a divestiture, when a company’s information funnels through a single point, to preserve — and even increase — the value of the newly separated entity.
Martin Humberg, Senior Consultant at E.ON, details the largest S/4HANA project in the energy industry — migrating more than 550 companies onto a single ERP system with SNP. In this Transformation World 2026 interview, he explains how harmonizing 17 legacy systems and their divergent master data and charts of accounts unlocked group-wide procurement scale, faster financial close, and cleaner reporting. Using SNP’s CrystalBridge and a minimized-downtime approach, E.ON cut cut-over windows from three to four days to just two six-hour slots — accelerating its shift from network operator to data-driven digital services company.
SNP Transformation World 2026 – SNP’s Don Mahoney on Kyano, Palantir, and Data Precision
Don Mahoney, Head of Products and Innovation at SNP, explains how the Kyano platform has become tangible for customers — with AI, via Kyano Lorna, now embedded across analysis, migration, and post-transformation utilities. In this Transformation World 2026 interview, he details a new Palantir partnership positioning SNP as the “data precision partner” for large S/4 migrations, integrated CDQ data-quality governance, and Kyano Oros, which unlocks the 80% of enterprise data sitting outside the system of record — the documents and contracts that can determine as much as 10% of a deal’s value.
SNP Transformation World 2026 – Vibra Energia’s Near-Zero Downtime SAP Migration with Aspen Andersen
Aspen Andersen, VP of People, Technology, and ESG at Vibra Energia, explains how Brazil’s largest fuel distributor transformed a business the country literally can’t pause — with nearly 80% of the economy depending on its energy. In this Transformation World 2026 interview, he describes a selective migration that kept 80% of proven legacy processes while freeing 20% to reinvent, a 48-hour cut-over delivered with SNP’s near-zero-downtime approach, and why the final sprint of any transformation is ultimately about people and culture, not technology.
SNP Transformation World 2026 – Mandaco’s Stefan Schneider on AI in the M&A Process
Stefan Schneider of Mandaco — an M&A-focused media house behind “The M&A Review,” the oldest M&A magazine in the DACH region — reflects on a long relationship with SNP dating back to a difficult 2013–2014 integration during his Siemens years. In this Transformation World 2026 interview, he shares takeaways from a panel with PwC, SNP, and Interpass on AI in M&A: even as AI shortens timelines and raises quality, the “human in the loop” matters more than ever, and interpersonal skills increasingly define the successful M&A professional.
