Approyo Announces Expansion of Company’s Staffing Numbers and Global Reach Strategy

Approyo is excited to announce two new hires to our growing team. The first is Alexandra Goudy as the firm’s new Marketing and Advertising Coordinator. Her responsibilities will range over video, audio, graphics and events. Alexandra holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism with an emphasis in Advertising from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and will be deeply involved in the strategy of selecting platforms and creating Approyo’s advertising campaign.

On the sales and technology side, Approyo is onboarding  Lance Kucifer as the new SAP Sales manager for the western region. Lance brings 10 years of sales experience to Approyo and will be working with companies to assist them in their journey on implementing and using SAP to further their business processes and growth.

“As Approyo expands we will be adding human resources across the globe in order to provide a ‘follow the sun’ system of support which is the natural evolution of growth in the support vertical. I am excited about what the future holds and we continue to see that the team members that we are bringing into the fold are outstanding and second to none. We will continue to strive to expand our reach,” said Christopher Carter CEO of Approyo. “We are currently at 27 staff members and look forward to adding more talent depth as we grow the firm.”

Carter further stated, “Finding rising stars is key in our strategy to have the best and brightest employed at Approyo, and we are proud to also announce a job fair which will be held at our corporate headquarters in Brookfield, Wisconsin in the next few months. We are excited to be inviting several of the major universities in and around the area so we can find those star players right in our own backyard.”our own backyard.”

On-Demand: A Real-Life Journey on the Upgrade to SAP S/4HANA

Did you miss SAP TechEd in Las Vegas? Our CEO Christopher Carter delivered a popular session at the event, A Real-Life Journey on the Upgrade to SAP S/4HANA 1809/1909, to a standing room only crowd.
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Now is your chance to learn and discuss the pitfalls, the success, and the overall upgrade to SAP S/4HANA. We will not dig into the details on failed activities but will give everyone a sense of the timing and skill set needed to be able to accomplish such a herculean task. The Approyo team has moved many different companies to S/4HANA and now is your chance to learn about real-life situations and scenarios for moving to SAP S/4HANA 1809/1909 in this SAP TechEd bonus webinar.
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View this webinar and learn more about:

• Why now is the time to migrate to S/4HANA
• S/4HANA migrations methodology and process
• Common pitfalls and successes
• Creating a successful project plan

Register to watch this recording on-demand

On-Demand: A Real-Life Journey on the Upgrade to SAP S/4HANA

Did you miss SAP TechEd in Las Vegas? Our CEO Christopher Carter delivered a popular session at the event, A Real-Life Journey on the Upgrade to SAP S/4HANA 1809/1909, to a standing room only crowd.
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Now is your chance to learn and discuss the pitfalls, the success, and the overall upgrade to SAP S/4HANA. We will not dig into the details on failed activities but will give everyone a sense of the timing and skill set needed to be able to accomplish such a herculean task. The Approyo team has moved many different companies to S/4HANA and now is your chance to learn about real-life situations and scenarios for moving to SAP S/4HANA 1809/1909 in this SAP TechEd bonus webinar.
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View this webinar and learn more about:

• Why now is the time to migrate to S/4HANA
• S/4HANA migrations methodology and process
• Common pitfalls and successes
• Creating a successful project plan

Register to watch this recording on-demand

Approyo Announces Promotion of Tim Reiss to Vice President of Service Delivery

Approyo is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Tim Reiss as Vice President of Service Delivery.

Mr. Reiss has solid leadership experience with a highly customer-oriented focus. He has broad experience in all SAP delivery activities and developing quality service delivery teams.  As part of his role, Mr. Reiss will develop and implement new delivery policies for the organization and work closely with our clients to ensure their satisfaction.

Prior to Approyo, Tim held a variety of senior positions including Managing and supervising SAP Basis teams and service delivery for Virtustream and Symmetry. 

“Tim is a highly experienced SAP Basis executive, with a solid track record of building and leading high performing teams, as well as a strategic focus on world-class customer care,'' said Christopher M. Carter, CEO of Approyo.  “He has been a great asset to our company over the past year and his skills are exactly what Approyo needs to best leverage the opportunity presented by the market.”

Mr. Reiss had this to say regarding his new position leading the team at Approyo, “It’s exciting times ahead, we have a number of customers in production to support the ever-increasing demand for SAP Basis.” Mr. Reiss continued, “I’m looking forward to the challenges on this journey. I know with the support of Approyo's highly skilled engineering specialists, we’ll continue to lead the way with innovative solutions and firmly establish Approyo as a trusted partner in the SAP market.”

Join the Approyo Team at SAP TechEd Las Vegas

lass="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> SAP TechEd is just around the corner and if you are looking for an educational session that can help ease your entry to SAP S/4HANA, you must add Approyo CEO Christopher Carter's session to your agenda today! Plus our CTO Sean Gilmour will be on-hand at the event and sharing the stage with Dell.
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A Real-Life Journey on the Upgrade to SAP S/4HANA 1809
Wednesday, September 25   
9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Session ID: CAA221
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Join us for a discussion of the methodology and the process used to migrate to SAP S/4HANA 1809. We will discuss the pitfalls, the success, and the overall project. We will not dig into the details on failed activities but will give everyone a sense of the timing and skill set needed to be able to accomplish such a herculean task.
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Integrate SAP Edge Services with Dell Gateways for IoT
Tuesday, September 24
2:00 p.m - 2:30 p.m
Session ID: DS98061
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This demo session shows customers and partners how to minimize efforts for integrating IoT gateways together with SAP Edge Services, into SAP landscapes using a Dell Gateway for IoT with SAP software. Find out how these precustomized IoT gateways can be delivered preinstalled, pretested and prevalidated through SAP Edge Services. Approyo CTO Sean Gilmour will be a special guest for this session.

Meet with the Approyo Team!
Our experts will also be on-hand throughout the show. To secure your 1:1 meeting with an expert and learn why "Approyo > Bacon", click here.

We look forward to seeing you at TechEd!

Approyo CEO Christopher Carter to present at SAP TechEd Las Vegas

We are excited to announce that our CEO Christopher Carter will be speaking at SAP TechEd in Las Vegas on Wednesday, September 25 from 9:30am - 10:15am PST. His session, A Real-Life Journey on the Upgrade to SAP S/4HANA 1809, will look at what it takes for a company to migrate or upgrade to SAP S/4HANA 1809.

This session will look into the process used to migrate to SAP S/4HANA 1809. We will discuss the pitfalls, the success, and the overall project. We will not dig into the details on failed activities but will give everyone a sense of the timing and skill set needed to be able to accomplish such a herculean task.

Make sure you add this to your agenda at SAP TechEd.

SAP TechEd is the single best technical training program of the year offered by SAP. The experiences and content offered at this event are in alignment with both my personal development needs AND the interests of our organization’s development, growth, and success.

Approyo recognized as a Trailblazing Company to Watch in 2019 by The Enterprise World

The Enterprise World, a business magazine, a platform for all the master business minds to share their stories of success, releases their introductory issues.

The Trailblazing Companies to Watch: 2019, the US edition, features the stories of companies pioneering in their industry and present to people innovative and reliable services.

“We are honored to be part of this great list of companies," said Christopher M. Carter, CEO of Approyo. "We have experienced tremendous growth in the first half of 2019 and we look forward to continuing to grow the rest of the year”

Approyo Profile: https://www.theenterpriseworld.com/approyo-simplifying-digital-transformation-for-sap-solutions/

List of Trailblazing Company to Watch:  https://www.theenterpriseworld.com/trailblazing-companies-to-watch-2019

Approyo has been providing solutions powered by SAP HANA®, such as the latest version of SAP S/4HANA®, in the cloud since 2012. Approyo built an entire platform using the best solutions in the market, helping companies move to SAP HANA quickly and benefit immediately.

About The Enterprise World
The Enterprise World, is a business magazine, a platform for all the master business minds to share their stories of success, the loopholes they encountered to become the overnight stars they are now of the enterprise world.

Approyo recognized as an SAP Industry Leader in Three Categories of the 2019 ACQ5 Global Awards

Approyo, a leading enterprise SAP HANA Solutions Provider, announced today it has been recognized in three categories of the 2019 ACQ5 Global Awards by ACQ5. This is the second consecutive year that Approyo has been honored by ACQ5.

• US - SCALE-UP COMPANY OF THE YEAR (IT SERVICES), APPROYO
• US - SAP SOLUTION PROVIDER OF THE YEAR, APPROYO
• US - GAMECHANGER OF THE YEAR, CHRIS CARTER, APPROYO

The ACQ5 Global Awards honor the leading deal teams, firms and professionals whose activities set the standard for our markets. This year, companies and individuals, representing every major market in the world, became finalists for the awards.

"It is an honor to be recognized by ACQ5 for the second year in a row," says Christopher M. Carter CEO of Approyo. "Thank you to the folks at ACQ5 and all of our customers, partners and staff. This achievement continues to validate our success in the SAP ecosystem."

“Experts whose intimate knowledge and expertise in the corporate, cultural, financial and legal arenas are redefining our industry,” says Jake Robson, Group Editor of The ACQ5. “The 2019 ACQ5 Global Award winners represent the best of breed in all industry sectors and have earned these honours by standing out in a group of very impressive finalists. We are lucky enough to work with some of the most influential and enterprising private organizations in the world and are proud to share their message with our readers. Relying on reader insight and experience to provide nominations to the panel remains the cornerstone of our program and to identify industry leaders, individuals, teams and organizations that represent the benchmark of achievement and best practice in the business world.”

View Approyo's full profile: https://www.acq5.com/magazines/29_932

About the ACQ5 Global Awards:
ACQ Global Awards’ Objective as Always: To gather quantitative and qualitative information from and about the sector to be able to give a set of “Best of” awards. One of the industry's favorite awards events was right to anticipate another record-breaking number of votes! The total number of nominations received stood at an amazing 97,416 our highest ever.

The poll was not only designed to reflect actual performance in any particular area of expertise, it was also aimed to reflect direct market share based on a number of criteria. Voters were encouraged to base their decisions on addressing professionalism: experience, value for money & responsiveness in order for ACQ to derive a numerical rating from 1 – 5. In that sense, this poll should be considered a reflection of how professionals view any practice, individual or related sector supplier in terms of overall quality of service.

About ACQ5:
Serving the finance sector since 2003, we provide our Global audience of over 168,000 subscribers with the information behind the headlines.

ACQ5, the English-language magazine news portal is read exclusively by senior executives holding power and authority at major organizations. Our readership are the people who will select and authorize the purchase of your products and services. The magazine is intended for CEO's & CFO's as well as other corporate finance and private equity executives from all corners of the globe.

Approyo CEO Christopher M. Carter accepted into Forbes Technology Council

Christopher M. Carter, CEO of Approyo has been accepted into Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community for world-class CIOs, CTOs, and technology executives.

Christopher was vetted and selected by a review committee based on the depth and diversity of his experience. Criteria for acceptance include a track record of successfully impacting business growth metrics, as well as personal and professional achievements and honors.

“We are honored to welcome Christopher M. Carter into the community,” said Scott Gerber, founder of Forbes Councils, the collective that includes Forbes Technology Council. “Our mission with Forbes Councils is to bring together proven leaders from every industry, creating a curated, social capital-driven network that helps every member grow professionally and make an even greater impact on the business world.”

As an accepted member of the Council, Christopher has access to a variety of exclusive opportunities designed to help him reach peak professional influence. He will connect and collaborate with other respected local leaders in a private forum. Christopher will also be invited to work with a professional editorial team to share his expert insights in original business articles on Forbes.com, and to contribute to published Q&A panels alongside other experts.

Finally, Christopher will benefit from exclusive access to vetted business service partners, membership-branded marketing collateral, and the high-touch support of the Forbes Councils member concierge team.

“I am thrilled to be joining this great community of technology leaders,” said Christopher M. Carter, CEO of Approyo. “The Forbes Technology Council gives great insight into the technology trends of today and into the future. I’m excited about my invitation to this community of innovative minds and looking forward to sharing my insights on the SAP ecosystem and the impact SAP can make.”

ABOUT FORBES COUNCILS
Forbes Councils is a collective of invitation-only communities created in partnership with Forbes and the expert community builders who founded Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC). In Forbes Councils, exceptional business owners and leaders come together with the people and resources that can help them thrive.

For more information about Forbes Technology Council, visit forbestechcouncil.com. To learn more about Forbes Councils, visit forbescouncils.com.

Approyo CEO Chris Carter to speak at the 2019 CloudEXPO

We are excited to announce that Approyo CEO, Chris Carter will be speaking on Wednesday, June 26 at the CloudEXPO in Silicon Valley. Chris's session, The Growth of Cloud Usage in the ERP World, will dive deep into the enterprise cloud computing world.

The Growth of Cloud Usage in the ERP World
GCP, Azure and AWS are dominating the "cloud" world, well now they are attacking the Enterprise with partnerships with SAP. Learn how and why these cloud firms see the enterprise ripe for the attack.

Wednesday, June 26, 4:20pm - 4:55pm
Register: https://sched.co/K6Ut

About the Cloud Expo
Now is the time for a truly global DX event, to bring together the leading minds from the technology world in a conversation about Digital Transformation. DX encompasses the continuing technology revolution, and is addressing society's most important issues throughout the entire $78 trillion 21st-century global economy.

DXWorldEXPO® has organized these issues along 10 tracks, 22 keynotes and general sessions, and a faculty of 222 of the world's top speakers.
DXWorldEXPO® has three major themes on its conference agenda:

Technology - The Revolution Continues
Economy - The 21st Century Emerges
Society - The Big Issues

Global 2000 companies have more than US$40 trillion in annual revenue - more than 50% of the world's entire GDP. The Global 2000 spends a total of US$2.4 trillion annually on enterprise IT. The average Global 2000 company has US$11 billion in annual revenue. The average Global 2000 company spends more than $600 million annually on enterprise IT. Governments throughout the world spend another US$500 billion on IT - much of it dedicated to new Smart City initiatives.

For the past 10 years CloudEXPO® helped drive the migration to modern enterprise IT infrastructures, built upon the foundation of cloud computing. Today's hybrid, multiple cloud IT infrastructures integrate Big Data, analytics, blockchain, the IoT, mobile devices, and the latest in cryptography and enterprise-grade security.

Digital Transformation is the key issue driving the global enterprise IT business. DX is most prominent among Global 2000 enterprises and government institutions.

Key takeaways from the 2019 SAP SAPPHIRE NOW and ASUG Annual Conference with Approyo CEO Chris Carter

Another SAP SAPPHIRE NOW is in the books. As always this year featured lots of news and announcements in the SAP ecosystem. This year, our team hosted an incredible event at the Ice Bar with Worksoft. Over 200 people joined us for a fun night of SAP discussion, drinks and food. In addition, I was able to meet with multiple customers, partners and friends throughout the show. It was great to be able to really talk about the impact of new SAP technology and how the team at Approyo can help. Our team is growing and it really made quite the impact this year.

Here are a few of the key takeaways from my perspective:

Upgrades and Migrations
Everyone coming up to me all week wanted to know one thing. What is the easiest transition to HANA or S/4HANA? In previous years, the question was really "Why should I move to HANA" or "What are the true benefits of moving to HANA?" Now companies from every industry want to understand how they can move to HANA and the easiest path to get there.

The truth is there isn't one answer for all companies. Companies need to work with a partner that really understand the options for moving to HANA or S/4HANA. This can be a major upgrade or full migration. It's not something that companies should take lightly. A failed upgrade or migration can cost your company countless dollars. At the end of the day, you and your team need to understand all the steps and processes that will go into moving to HANA.

SAP Experience Management - X and O Data
The most talked about topic by SAP at the conference was the "new" SAP Experience Management. This is the big new offering from the Qualtrics acquestion last year. Basically SAP wants to the major player in the Experience Management area. They want to help companies truly understand thier data, how people are interacting with their product and services and improve upon the customer experience.

Here is how SAP breaks it down:

"Operational data (O) – like costs, revenues, and sales – show what is happening in your business. But you also need experience data (X) to understand the feelings of the people involved and why things are happening.

SAP Experience Management solutions combine X-data and O-data. By collecting experience data at every meaningful touchpoint, you can analyze and understand experience gaps – and determine what to do about them.

Your company can then automate actions across business functions to drive improvement in customer, employee, product, and brand experiences.

Sap wants to know why it's a part of the X and O data solution why is somebody doing something why are they taking me steps why did they back out of this transaction why are they doing this transaction if they can figure out the why that will be a game-changer but right now I'm not exactly sure how it's all going to melt together with the other tools that they have."

This is something that can truly be a game-changing solution for SAP, SAP customers and the entire SAP ecosystem. I'm not sure all the pieces are there yet but the overall vision is something that can help any organization in any business.

Connect with Approyo
We will be sharing out more thoughts and content from SAP SAPPHIRE NOW throughout the next few weeks. In the mean-time, we invite you to follow us on social media and connect with us. Now is the time to move to these new and exciting SAP solutions and our team has the experience to help you. Contact us today...

Approyo expands team, adds Sean Gilmour as new CTO

​Approyo, a leading enterprise SAP HANA Solutions Provider headquartered in Milwaukee announces the addition of Sean Gilmour as CTO.

Mr. Gilmour joins Approyo with decades of expertise. Most recently he led the Global Applications and Big Data Practice for Dell EMC.

“I have been working on and around SAP for almost 7 years now, and wanted to take it to the next level,” says Sean Gilmour. “I believe Approyo to be one of the top SAP partners globally. I am thrilled to help them continue to grow and doing what I love, says Gilmour.

Gilmour resides in the San Francisco, CA area and will be working directly with our clients, partners and team to help grow the Approyo footprint in the United States and around the globe.

“I would personally like to welcome Sean to the team,” says Chris Carter, CEO of Approyo. “Having worked with and known him for many years, it is a pleasure to have an executive of his caliber and experience inside the organization as we continue to grow. His experience, knowledge, partnerships, as well as his level of technical expertise, are second to none in our SAP ecosystem, which will mean great growth,” says Carter.

Approyo CEO Chris Carter featured in Authority Magazine

Approyo CEO Chris Carter was featured as part of an ongoing series with Authority Magazine on February 27. In this interview with Dr. Ely Weinschneider, Chris shares how he manages to be there for his daughters while running a successful company.

Here is an excerpt from the interview:

"With almost three decades of extraordinary working experience in the SAP industry, Christopher Carter, CEO at Approyo founded the company with the goal of making it easy for customers to embrace SAP HANA. Chris works with businesses around the globe and is known to assist them in their journey to the usage of Big Data in the forms of Hadoop (Cloudera and Hortonwork’s) and SAP HANA. His experience has earned him national recognition by the American SAP Users Group, SAP, Hadoop World, Cloud Expo and more.

Under Chris’s leadership, Approyo has been named to the Inc. 5000 three years in a row (2016–2018) and named one the SAP Solution Provider of the Year in 2018 by ACQ5. In 2018, Chris was awarded the Gamechanger of the year by ACQ5, one of the 10 Most Inspiring Business Leaders by Mirror Review and one of the Rising Entrepreneurs of the Year by The Technology Headlines.

Thank you so much for joining us! Can you tell us your “childhood backstory”?
Absolutely I grew up as the oldest son of 4 boys. I was the first to leave for college. My parents were divorced, and I grew up between my mother and my father’s homes. When I left for college, I wanted to go somewhere warm and as far away from my parents as possible. I joke about that now, but at the time it really seemed fitting because I wanted to leave to become a technologist or baseball player.

Can you share the story about what brought you to this specific point in your career?
What brought me to this point in my life was a lot of life experiences. A ton of trial and error. And many times, not trusting others and doing it myself. It took a long time for me to be able to understand the fact that I could trust others which would help grow myself and my business."

Can you tell us a bit more about what your day to day schedule looks like?
Typically, my day starts at 5 a.m. The first thing I do is listen to the news while I’m getting ready. I try to be out the door by 5:30 a.m. because my local radio station plays The Star-Spangled Banner at that time. I can continue to listen to the local news and any national activities going on once I get to the office. I usually have some good time to myself to get ready for my day, go through my notes that I left for myself from the evening prior, and answer any emails that have come in overnight. From that point, I continue my day with a lot of activities with customers and prospects. I meet with my team in the office and staff across the globe with phone call meetings.

Read the full interview at https://medium.com/authority-magazine/to-be-a-great-parent-you-must-be-able-to-enjoy-life-to-the-fullest-with-those-around-you-and-the-45cb5cbc1b96

About Authority Magazine
Leadership Lessons from Authorities in Business, Film, Sports, and Tech. Authority Mag is devoted primarily to sharing interesting feature interviews of people who are authorities in their industry. We use interviews to draw out stories that are both empowering and actionable.

Approyo CEO Chris Carter appears on DM Radio, Google and Amazon: The Future of Data Centers?

Approyo CEO Chris Carter was a guest on the latest episode of DM radio, "Google and Amazon: The Future of Data Centers?" with host Erik Kavanagh.

About this episode:
Time was, every major corporation built their own data centers! You found an appropriate site with enough power and cooling, bought all the hardware, set up the operating systems, loaded your applications, and then, sooner or later, had yourself a data center. These days, one visionary summed it up like this: “Friends don’t let friends build data centers.” The future is clearly in the Cloud, with Amazon, Microsoft, Google and others vying for those dollars. What does that mean for your organization?

Listen now: http://dmradio.dataversity.net/google-and-amazon-the-future-of-data-centers/ 

Guests:

• Keno Fischer, Julia Computing
• Chris Carter, Approyo
• Patrick Mcfaddin, Datastax

About DM Radio:
DM Radio is a weekly, one-hour live radio show broadcast Thursdays at 3 PM Eastern / 12 PM Pacific. It is owned and produced by The Bloor Group in partnership with DATAVERSITY. It is currently syndicated across three networks and broadcast live on WFOY and GAB Radio Network (please note: These are live radio stations which broadcast 24 hours per day. DM Radio and its affiliates have no control over any other show outside DM Radio.) Each show includes host Eric Kavanagh, a guest Analyst, and several industry experts brought together to discuss hot topics in Data Management. Every show is recorded and converted to a podcast within two US business days of the show. Some shows will keep the conversation going in a Webinar format at a later date or be followed by an article to dive deeper into the topics.

About Eric Kavanagh:
Eric Kavanagh CEO, The Bloor Group  Eric has more than 20 years of experience as a career journalist with a keen focus on enterprise technologies. He designs and moderates a variety of New Media programs, including The Briefing Room, DM Radio, as well as GARP’s Leadership and Research Webinars. His mission is to help people leverage the power of software, methodologies, and politics to get things done.

Approyo Recognized as SAP Industry Expert

Approyo, a leading enterprise SAP HANA Solutions Provider, closed out 2018 by being recognized by multiple industry and international publications. The Wisconsin based company received six awards and recognitions in December focused on Approyo’s growth and expertise in the SAP marketplace throughout the year.

• Approyo named one of the "Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America" by Entrepreneur Magazine's Entrepreneur360 List
• ACQ5 2018 Global Awards
• US - SCALE-UP COMPANY OF THE YEAR (IT SERVICES) 
• US - SAP SOLUTION PROVIDER OF THE YEAR 
• US - GAMECHANGER OF THE YEAR, CHRIS CARTER, APPROYO
• Approyo named a SB100 Winner in the 2018 Best of Small Business Awards
• Approyo named one of the 20 Best Companies to Watch by Insights Success

“It is honor to be recognized by so many different publications for our SAP expertise,” says Chris Carter, CEO of Approyo. “2018 was been a great year of growth for the team at Approyo. Thank you to our team, partners and customers. These awards set the tone for the next year and being recognized as the SAP Solution Provider of the year is an accomplishment that showcases what we bring to the SAP ecosystem and how we can truly help!”

Honorees for the "Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America" by Entrepreneur Magazine were identified based on the results from a comprehensive study of independently owned companies, using a proprietary algorithm and other advanced analytics. The algorithm was built on a balanced scorecard designed to measure five metrics reflecting major pillars of entrepreneurship — innovation, growth, leadership, impact and business valuation.

The Best of Small Business Awards ™ is America’s most prestigious honor that recognizes and celebrates the BEST Small to Mid-Sized Business Visionaries. With over twenty-five notable “Best of Small Business” categories to choose from, The Best of Small Business Awards ™ is the largest Annual Business Recognition Program in the US.

The ACQ5 Global Awards honor the leading deal teams, firms and professionals whose activities set the standard for our markets. This year, companies and individuals, representing every major market in the world, became finalists for the awards.

Read the full announcement on www.approyo.com

Approyo recognized as an Industry Leader in Three Categories of the 2018 ACQ5 Global Awards

Approyo, a leading enterprise SAP HANA Solutions Provider, announced today it has been recognized in three categories of the 2018 ACQ5 2018 Global Awards by ACQ5.

• US - SCALE-UP COMPANY OF THE YEAR (IT SERVICES), APPROYO
• US - SAP SOLUTION PROVIDER OF THE YEAR, APPROYO
• US - GAMECHANGER OF THE YEAR, CHRIS CARTER, APPROYO

The ACQ5 Global Awards honor the leading deal teams, firms and professionals whose activities set the standard for our markets. This year, companies and individuals, representing every major market in the world, became finalists for the awards.

“These awards cap off a great 2018 for Approyo,” says Chris Carter, CEO of Approyo. “I would like to thank our great team, partners and customers who make these awards and recognitions possible. To be recognized in so many categories is a true honor”

“Experts whose intimate knowledge and expertise in the corporate, cultural, financial and legal arenas are redefining our industry,” says Jake Robson, Group Editor of The ACQ5. “The 2018 ACQ5 Global Award winners represent the best of breed in all industry sectors and have earned these honors by standing out in a group of very impressive finalists. We are lucky enough to work with some of the most influential and enterprising private organizations in the world and are proud to share their message with our readers. Relying on reader insight and experience to provide nominations to the panel remains the cornerstone of our program and to identify industry leaders, individuals, teams and organizations that represent the benchmark of achievement and best practice in the business world.”

About the ACQ5 Global Awards:
ACQ Global Awards’ Objective as Always: To gather quantitative and qualitative information from and about the sector to be able to give a set of “Best of” awards. One of the industry's favorite awards events was right to anticipate another record-breaking number of votes! The total number of nominations received stood at an amazing 98,621 our highest ever.

The poll was not only designed to reflect actual performance in any particular area of expertise, it was also aimed to reflect direct market share based on a number of criteria. Voters were encouraged to base their decisions on addressing professionalism: experience, value for money & responsiveness in order for ACQ to derive a numerical rating from 1 – 5. In that sense, this poll should be considered a reflection of how professionals view any practice, individual or related sector supplier in terms of overall quality of service.

About ACQ5:
Serving the finance sector since 2003, we provide our Global audience of over 168,000 subscribers with the information behind the headlines.

ACQ5, the English-language magazine news portal is read exclusively by senior executives holding power and authority at major organizations. Our readership are the people who will select and authorize the purchase of your products and services. The magazine is intended for CEO's & CFO's as well as other corporate finance and private equity executives from all corners of the globe.

View the full announcement on www.approyo.com

Mirror Review names Approyo CEO Chris Carter one of the 10 Most Inspiring Business Leaders of 2018

Mirror Review has recognized Approyo CEO Chris Carter as one of the 10 Most Inspiring Business Leaders of 2018. This recognition is part of the December edition of the Mirror Review Magazine.

The team at Mirror Review has listed Chris Carter, the CEO of Approyo among these inspiring leaders owing to his extraordinary working experience in the SAP and Big Data, as well as his industry, creative mindset, commitments towards driving growth and being a leader.

“I am extremely honored to be named one of the most inspiring leaders by Mirror Review,” said Christopher Carter, CEO of Approyo. “I personally think the entire team at Approyo made this award possible, not just me alone. This achievement continues to validate our success in 2018 and beyond.”

In this story published by Mirror Review, the author has shared the perception of Chris towards business, his secrets towards leading a company towards pinnacle, and his suggestions to the aspiring business leaders. Managing Editor of the magazine, shares, “It takes great courage, futuristic vision, headstrong attitude, and immense amount of patience to successfully lead a company and create a mark in the industry,” shares Anuja Mulmule, Managing Editor of Mirror Review. “Chris is among a very few of the leaders who possess these qualities and among a fewer who leverage these assets.”

The 10 Most Inspiring Business Leaders of 2018 list:
https://www.mirrorreview.com/the-10-most-inspiring-business-leaders-2018/

View the full profile:
https://www.mirrorreview.com/christopher-carter-unlocking-digital-transformation-with-sap-powered-by-approyo/

About Mirror Review
Mirror Review is a magazine company that unwinds the untold stories of Enterprises and their Founders, VPs, CEOs, CXOs, etc., while focusing on the unique services offered by them. As this is a platform for technologists and business people, the company keeps its audience informed with all current affairs in the market. The magazine company focuses on technology sectors such as Big Data, Cloud, IoT, Mobility, Networking, Security, Software, and Virtualization, and has issued numerous successful projects.

Approyo CEO Chris Carter named one of the Successful Leaders in Tech by CIOLook

Approyo is proud to announce that CEO and Founder Chris Carter has been named one of the Successful Leaders in Tech by CIOLook Magazine. The publication sheds light on th most admired tech leaders and their journeys to success, it also provides insights on their mission and vision, their backgrounds, and the traits that make a resilient leader.

"In our edition titled "Successful Leader in Tech," we envision exhibiting the vital contribution of emerging tech leaders who have brought about a disruptive change in their respective industries. With three decades of executive experience in the SAP Industry, the Founder and CEO of Approyo, Christopher Carter has marked his presence in the industry by aiding the commendable provision of optimal SAP solutions. CIO Look recognizes and appreciates his efforts and takes pride to feature him in our very first edition," Pooja M. Bansal, Editor-in-Chief of CIOLook.

“I am extremely honored to be named one of the Successful Leaders in Tech by CIOLook,” said Christopher Carter, CEO of Approyo. “I personally think the entire team at Approyo made this award possible, not just me alone. This achievement continues to validate our success in the SAP marketplace.”

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Magazine: Digital Link: http://magazines.ciolook.com/Successful-Leader-in-Tech-2018/

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Approyo CEO Chris Carter featured on Coffee Break with Game-Changers Radio, Presented by SAP

Approyo CEO Chris Carter was recently featured as a guest on Business Analyst by Day, Data Science Hero by Night - Part 2 of Game-Changing Predictive Machine Learning, Presented by SAP. During this episode, Chris talks about Big Data, Machine Learning, AI and more. Learn more about part 1 here...

About the episode:
Big data has officially crashed into the business world, taking competition to new levels.

Can your business benefit from big data without investing in qualified data-science resources – an entire lab and pedigreed experts – to navigate and take advantage of this new business domain, which includes AI and Machine Learning?

Good news!
Packaged application software has lowered the skills barrier to mining the data. Our panel is proof that anyone can successfully use data analytics tools. Hear what they wish they’d known when they began.

Listen on-demand: https://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/110564/business-analyst-by-day-data-science-hero-by-night-part-2

Featured Guests
Christopher Carter
With almost three decades of extraordinary working experience in the SAP industry, Christopher Carter, CEO at Approyo, founded Approyo with the goal of making it easy for customers to embrace SAP HANA. Chris works with businesses around the globe and is known to assist them in their journey to the usage of Big Data in the forms of Hadoop (Cloudera and Hortonwork’s) and SAP HANA. His experience has earned him a national recognition by the American SAP Users Group, SAP, Hadoop World, Cloud Expo and more. Additionally, Mr. Carter was fortunate to create the first SAP cloud ever used by an SAP client in 2005, and the first Client SAP HANA Production cloud.

Jason Olson
Jason Olson is an Analytics Specialist at Kimberly-Clark Corporation. He has spent the last 15 years working in every area of the Business Intelligence field accumulating end-to-end technical and functional expertise. He earned his BBA from the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater in 2003 and MBA from University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh in 2011. Leveraging his business acumen and technical expertise, Jason bridges the gap between technology and the real business needs in a wide range of business functions. His real passion is having a seat at the table with business users to accomplish their goals, demonstrate the art of possible, and enabling those who know their business best to leverage advanced tools and techniques. Jason’s current focus is on Machine Learning and enabling a diverse user base to leverage.

Samantha Wong
Samantha Wong is a Product Manager for Predictive Analytics at SAP. She has been part of the SAP Analytics team for over 4 years, and in her previous role, she supported customers across the Asia Pacific Japan region to drive actionable insights out of their data. With a Bachelor of Commerce degree specialized in Marketing, and experience in Advertising, Banking, and Insurance, Samantha fits the profile of analyst turned citizen data scientist. Connect with her on LinkedIn for interesting articles and commentary on the ever evolving world of Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning.

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Approyo CEO Chris Carter Interviewed by techcompanynews.com

Approyo CEO Chris Carter recently say down with the folks at techcompanynews.com to talk about why he started Approyo, the big business benefits of SAP HANA, our new partnership with Bohh Labs and many other topics.

View the full interview at: http://techcompanynews.com/approyo-simplifying-sap-hana-adoption/

Q: What is the story behind Approyo, how did you start?
A: I started Approyo after meeting with a colleague at SAP and discussing SAP HANA. At the time, I was retired, and my colleague and friend at SAP came over to talk to me about this new technology called SAP HANA. After sharing a bottle of scotch and talking about my poor golf game, he convinced me it was worth looking at SAP HANA. At this point, I wanted to learn more, so I went to the SAP offices in Palo Alto and Germany to really get my hands-on HANA and see what it can do. I quickly saw that SAP HANA was truly a game changer. My next step was to become one of the early members of the SAP Startup Focus program. This program was a new initiative at SAP geared toward helping innovative start-ups grow their relationship with SAP and jumpstart their business. This program was instrumental in getting Approyo off the ground and growing in our early days. The rest they say is history… Over the years, we continued to build and grow our services, team and environments around SAP HANA. This focus continues to help us stand out in the SAP ecosystem and help companies and other SAP partners implement SAP HANA solutions.

Q: For the third year in a row, Approyo is on the Inc. 5000 list of America’s
fastest growing private companies. How important is it for you?
A: The ranking is very important at it continues to solidify our strategy and mission to become the leading global SAP Cloud Centric Solution provider. It’s not a question of “if” a company will move to the cloud anymore, it’s a question of “when” and “how”. This shift in thinking has helped us reach many clients who need to move their SAP environments to the cloud. When Approyo started, we really had to educate companies about the cloud. After many years of doing this, we are seeing the reward and we are viewed as a trusted advisor and true business partner.

Q: What are the major business benefits of SAP HANA?
A: SAP HANA provides a single in-memory data platform that supports both transactions and analytics on diverse data, a key requirement for applications supporting a modern, real-time digital business. In today’s digital economy, businesses cannot act on stale insights, thus a true in-memory data platform should support real-time processing for transactions and analytics for all a company’s data. This is a key differentiator of the SAP HANA platform against other traditional database vendors.

SAP HANA natively provides capabilities for machine learning, spatial processing, graph, streaming analytics, time series, text analytics/search, and cognitive services all within the same platform. Applications on SAP HANA can provide real-time actionable insights from a wide-variety of data types.
Combining these innovative technologies with SAP HANA’s advanced application development, modeling and custom algorithm support inside the database layer, more business logic can be executed close to the data. Specifically, SAP HANA’s support technology like stored procedures, business functions, core data services, rules framework, calculation views, and the application function library provide developers with a way to easily model complex data-intensive operations as close to the data as possible. Most competitive solutions require that you copy the data between core data storage and other technology stacks to perform these advanced analytics on the data.

HANA is also a powerful platform that easily integrates third party applications and data from other sources, such as social media and sensor readings, from the rapidly expanding Internet of Things (IoT). In today’s SAP environment, as much as 60% of applications supported by HANA are third party. The HANA platform enables on-the-fly business intelligence by quickly aggregating data from different sources and integrating it with SAP Business Suite, as well as third party tools.

Q: I read something about your partnership with BOHH Labs, how did that start and where do you see the relationship going?
A: The joint solution between Approyo and BOHH Labs is addressing the challenges enterprises face migrating to the Cloud and enables SAP customers to leverage the analytics capabilities of SAP HANA, while gaining a secure method to easily access all enterprise systems to quickly find, search and unlock the value of all their data. As more and more companies make the migration to HANA and the Cloud, they will need to leverage a trusted advisor and that’s where this partnership comes in.

Often companies are hesitant to migrate completely to cloud deployments due to security, performance disruption and accessibility. This includes migrating to the new SAP S/4HANA platform. The BOHH/Approyo partnership is reducing these setbacks.