Shawn Du Plessis

As Spinnaker Support’s Vice President, SAP Global Support Services, Mr. du Plessis is responsible for all SAP business development activities, consulting delivery, and organizational development. His focus is to ensure that the SAP support services team continues delivering excellence to clients.

Shawn du Plessis is an SAP veteran with more than 20 years of experience in all aspects of SAP Sales support, SAP management, implementation, business process re-engineering, development process life cycle, managed services, and third-party support. He has extensive knowledge of SAP applications and processes with a strong emphasis in software engineering concepts, design principles, and implementation and support methodologies. Mr. du Plessis began his SAP career as an SAP configuration analyst for Siemens designing and developing new systems for Siemens South Africa. He also spent over 20 years at a consulting company based out of Orange County, California providing implementation leadership and support for many fortune 500 companies. Mr. du Plessis has spent the last 9 years developing third-party support and maintenance practices. Just before joining Spinnaker Support, Mr. du Plessis was at Rimini Street where he built their SAP third-party support practice.

Mr. du Plessis lives in Arizona and enjoys spending time in the outdoors with his family, cycling, boating, camping, and hiking. He holds a Higher National Diploma (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering equivalent) from Johannesburg Technical College, Johannesburg, South Africa.