Paul Saunders

Paul Saunders has extensive experience in product strategy and information technology leadership, currently serving as Head of Product Strategy S/4HANA and Chief Evangelist Cloud ERP at SAP since August 2021. Prior to this role, Paul was Vice President and Analyst at Gartner from September 2016 to August 2021, and served as Chief Technology Officer and Director of Information Technology at the University of Dundee from May 2013 to August 2016. Further experience includes serving as VP and CIO at Textron, where responsibilities encompassed IT for three industrial business units, and a Director of Service Delivery role in a Fortune 200 organization. Early in the career, Paul held positions such as Lead of Platform Services at YAHOO and Director of Software Development at Greenlee Textron. Paul holds a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems from the University of Phoenix and a Bachelor of Arts in Performance Arts from Middlesex University.