Mark Gallagher is a renowned keynote speaker on a range of business topics relating to his experiences gained while working in senior leadership roles within Formula One motor racing over the last 30 years. Since 1998 he has spoken for many hundreds of organizations, ranging from national SME’s up to large, global corporations.

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.

Emily is a certified brand specialist with experience in building DevOps and IT Enterprise brands. Emily brings purposeful branding designed to resonate with the real technological and business challenges facing modern enterprises, building long-term relationships with influencers, partners, customers, and prospects. Emily is passionate about enterprise software and the advancement of women in tech.

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).

Tim Reiss uses his 20+ years of SAP Basis experience to maximize the Avantra user's experience focusing on the North America region. Having worked for a variety of managed service providers Tim understands the challenges Avantra customers face. Leveraging this experience allows him to provide solutions and customizations which fit a variety of needs.

Tyler Constable is a technical SAP specialist working with organizations on improving their SAP operations through proper monitoring and automation. Tyler has over 15 years of SAP experience, primarily in the SAP managed services world and enjoys continuing working with those organizations on implementing strategies through software to provide their end customers the best possible support. He has also worked within both small enterprises to large global organizations with some of the largest and most complex SAP environments.

Peter Asigbetse is a Principal consultant with 20 years experience in SAP development, workflow and integration. Working as part of the Avantra SAP Engineering team where he specializes in helping customers derive value through automation and integration of their on premise and cloud assets. Peter holds a BEng Hons in Aeronautical Engineering and an ATPL (Air Transport Pilot License).

Brenton O’Callaghan heads Avantra’s Customer Office team as Chief Customer Officer, specializing in helping customers solve real business problems. Brenton spent the last decade in the SAP space across a wide range of industries in EMEA, North America and India. Brenton holds a B.Sc in computer science from the University of Cork, Ireland.