With 32 years of IT experience and 19 years of SAP experience, Chris has a strong functional background across procurement, manufacturing, finance, estimating, learning, and change leadership. Having more than 25 years of proven success with application development for in-house and software as a service (SaaS) system implementations, operations, and maintenance, Chris has proven her ability to infuse strategy, new technology, and process simplification into the day-to-day (tactical) working environment via thought leadership and active listening.
As the director of SAP center of excellence, Chris manages around 350 SAP skilled resources for support enterprise, business areas, international strategy, and daily operations. She was also responsible for the development of multiple enterprise offerings including SAP Solution Manager, eGRC, eIDM, vulnerability and security team, SAP Business Suite powered by SAP HANA core team, UX, and SAP sandboxes. Her work scope includes managing all basis, basis security, database administration SAP work for corporations, partnership with SAP, and the enterprise supply chain management IT systems including experience with supply chain bolt-on systems, Exostar, and SAP integration.
Chris graduated from Siena College, Albany, NY with a bachelor of science in business administration and finance in 1986.