Clas Neumann Senior Vice President SAP Labs Network
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August 09, 2021
Clas Neumann is responsible for strategy and operations for the SAP Labs Network (SLN) – SAP’s global network of research and development centers. Under Neumann’s leadership, the SLN has grown to 20 R&D centers located in 17 countries worldwide. The largest of those are in China, India, Germany, and the USA. In his second role, as the head of SAP’s fast-growth markets strategy, Clas orchestrates the strategic alignment and long-term investments in some emerging markets around the globe. He has more than two decades of experience in Asia-Pacific, with more than 15 years in India and China, and was instrumental in SAP’s market entry into China. Clas has led the Global SAP Labs Network since 2009. Prior to this he was President of SAP Labs India and held additional responsibility as Senior Vice President, Breakthrough Innovation & Products with engineering teams around the globe. Clas serves as an SAP Representative of the Asia-Pacific Association of German Industries (APA), a board member of the East Asian Association (OAV) and as a board member in various Chambers of Industry. He also holds the chair in the EUCC cybersecurity working group in China. He was named “IT Thought Leader of the Year” in China in 2014 for his achievements in the area of smart manufacturing and accompanied several German ministers and the President on trips to Africa, Latin America, and Asia. He co-authored several books and articles on innovation and business practices in emerging markets.
We want to deepen our focus on the Berlin and Asia startup ecosystems and hence we are initiating community partnerships with ecosystem players in both regions. The idea is to support each other for cross-promotion on various communication channels and generally establish a relationship for long term collaboration so our existing AsiaBerlin community can be of help to our community partners in Asia as well.
What we expect
We would be happy if you could support us with 2 + social media posts related to our summit this year in September 2022
One announcement regarding our summit in the mailing Newsletter.
In exchange, we will happy to have the
Your logo on our website (as a community partner)
Announcement in the fortnightly ABS newsletter
1 social media post featuring your company on all our channels
(optional) A blog post interview with your company