We are 'SAP Women in Tech'

Brilliant women are changing the game everywhere in the IT industry. In our first series highlighting “SAP Women in Tech”, four female colleagues share their stories of success and struggle, of courage and determination.

Some entered the industry with a degree in computer science, others have a different background. All of them believe in a future where it is a natural choice for women to work in tech.

Sarah Detzler- The Math Rebel

Sarah Detzler has always loved math. Never allowing gender stereotypes to hold her back, she stayed true to her passion and today works as a data scientist at SAP.

Divya- Be Proud of Who You Already Are

Moving from India and continuing her career in Germany was the toughest challenge Divya Chandrika Mohan ever faced. But she never gave up and now works as a product manager for SAP.

Svea’s Leap from Career to Passion

Svea Becker knows all about starting over. A passionate runner, finding her dream job turned out to be more of a marathon than a sprint. After 17 years as an assistant, Svea Becker took her career in a totally different direction. Now she is an SAP Community advocate managing the social network

Meet Tannaz- From Tehran to Tech Giant SAP

A self-determined life has always been Tannaz Piroozi’s dream. She talks about her unique journey from a childhood in Iran to a management role at SAP.

Upcoming Events

September 29: Young Africans in Tech session- "Forging Your Individual Career Path: Non-Technical Roles within Tech Organizations" with Elizabeth Harris

October 6, 2022: Young Africans in Tech session- "Accessing the Tech industry as a vulnerable person" with Lindar Winnie Otieno

October 13, 2022: Young Africans in Tech session- "People, Passion, Persistence!"- with La’Quita Garcia

October 28, 2022: Young Africans in Tech session- "Ask Me Anything"- with Catherine Mbeng

Date: October 28, 2022

Time: 16:00-17:00 CEST

Location: Zoom

Register here!

SAP Women in Tech presents a session from our Young Africans in Tech program- "Ask Me Anything"- with Catherine Mbeng.

Catherine joined SAP in 2022, and today she is responsible for customer and product success, leading a team responsible for driving adoption, consumption, and value realization of the SAP Business Technology with 3000 customers, across over 75 countries. In 2021, sustaining her reputation as a strong leader, her team delivered the highest renewal rate and CCB globally.

Throughout her personal journey, Catherine has made bold choices, from embracing constant life changes to taking unconventional career paths. Growing up between Africa and Europe, Catherine possesses an inquisitive and open mind, a cross-cultural education, and a unique ability to build bridges between languages. Influenced by this upbringing, Catherine has always taken the road less traveled, looking for growth opportunities across diverse roles and areas of the business. She is known for bringing a diversity of perspectives and solutions to business issues.

Catherine believes that her responsibility as a leader is to elevate others around her and change the culture toward a more human and inclusive workplace. She is a mentor to a group of women across SAP and the next generation of young African leaders at SAP.

What will be discussed in this session:

This will be a Ask Me Anything session, Catherine will be answering the following questions, then we will open for questions from the audience:

Can you share your life journey?
What do you love about your job?
How did you manage to get to where you are career-wise?
What obstacles did you have to overcome as a woman of colour in tech?
How do you define success?
How have you been advocating for diversity in tech?
As a mother of two, how were you able to balance family and career?
What is the best advice you can give to other women in tech?

This event is open to all.

Date: October 28, 2022

Time: 16:00-17:00 CEST

Location: Zoom

Register here!

October: Tech Talk session- more information coming soon

November: What Do I do? session- more information coming soon

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Get Ready

Every story has to start somewhere, and regardless of why or how you came got here, this page is meant to help you lay a foundation for your journey. If this leads to you presenting on stage in your next team meeting, developing your leadership skills, or building and extending your network is up to you.

Whether you want to improve your speaking and presenting skills, be found as a potential speaker for events, or if you want to become a multiplier in your region, we provide you with the resources and support to do so.

Inspire Colleagues

SAP Women in Tech offers you a variety of opportunities to talk about topics in your field of expertise through SAP internal and external events. This includes formats like Tech Talks, Unboxing SAP Strategy talks, Women in Tech Meets sessions, and the Young Africans In Tech program.

In addition, we also support women to speak in large events like D-KOM, SAPPHIRE, or the Customer Success Summit.

Conquer the World

We believe that SAP is full of brilliant women, and we need to amplify their expertise to the world. We want to encourage each woman working at SAP to demonstrate her business expertise inside and outside our company. This is an important aspect in inspiring other women to pursue a career in technology and an important aspect in opening up new opportunities for your own career.

SAP Women in Tech has started a number of collaborations with external partners that provide you with different possibilities to engage and speak at international conferences, conduct an interview, write an article in a tech magazine, grow your business network by attending conferences, and much more.