Driving Migration Excellence as the VP Services, ANOW!® Suite at Beta Systems

It's been quite a journey and it's super exciting. I've been with IBM for more than 10 years, so seeing Big Blue from the inside out made me who I am right now. Then in the end I decided to go to something faster, which was TLGG consulting, basically a strategic consulting boutique in the middle of Berlin consulting C-level customers on their company strategy. Right now, I'm bringing together both worlds. At Beta Systems we've got on the one hand innovative technology and on the other hand, we have great people that I'm responsible for, and try to lead the professional service, solution engineering and customer service teams.

It is a mix of both – Beta Systems has a strong presence in the market for over 40 years and is known for its great technology and customer service. With the acquisitions from the last years the company underlines its ambition to be in the forefront of digital transformation. The company culture is a melting pot of start-up and corporate culture bringing together the best of the two worlds: fast decision-making processes and a strong community between all people working for Beta Systems.

My impression from the first 100 days is very positive. The momentum in the SOAP market is real and that’s what we also feel internally. I love how existing customers talk about the ANOW!® Suite and how we convince prospects with our technology but also with our people. Especially the mindset of “getting things done” stands out - that’s what aligns our teams across the globe.

On the one hand, it's our ANOW!® Conversion Factory that helps to assess the migration risk. On the other hand, and that's really important for me to talk to you about is that we still know that this is a people business. Of course, we have professional service involved and those people are the best experts that you can get in the market. They will be close to you, listening to you. We will get through with all the people and it will also be fun. It's a migration, but it's still something positive.

The topic is currently super critical for clients we're talking to. Why? Because most of them are staying with the current solution and they are evaluating whether migration makes sense or not. In the end, it's all about migration risk. The assessment of the migration risk is super difficult. With our ANOW!® Conversion Tool, we can estimate the risk that is behind it. That's what I want to show at the Gartner conference in London.