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Author - Dr. Chris Nokkentved
Chris is currently working as HP Enterprise Services' global CTO for Enterprise Applications. He is working on HP’s HANA as a Servce Cloud architecture, Business Outcomes Service Mgmt, Industrial Delivery System for service- & delivery innovation. He’s involved in major transformation programs for customers, and he also participates in various company and industry architecture boards. Currently supporting some HP’s global accounts like P&G, Mondel?z, MCBC, EADS and BP on Business Outcomes Delivery, Hybrid Cloud for EAS, Industry Analytics, SAP PaaS, RDS, and BS on HANA. Co-innovation in delivery transformation led to SAP’s Pinnacle Award for Run SAP Operations in 2012, Technology Partner in 2013, and the RDS one in 2014.
In 2009-11 worked as Director at HP ES’ EMEA Strategic Sales Centre (SSC) on BD, pursuits & transformation activities with clients at ING Bank, ALU, BP, E.ON, Henkel, APMM, Nokia, Nestle, RMG & SKF. Contributed to HP’s TIBCO COE for the Financial & Telecom industries.
Before HP, he was an SAP Delivery Partner at IBM's GBS, where he led SAP Solutioning at Arla Foods and Ericsson. Worked on Upgrades, SCM and EA programs. Led similar engagements with SCM, CRM TPM at Nestle and SAP SOA transformation at Kraft. Led IBM’s SAP Value Stream transformation project and contributed to Open Group’s OSIMM, TRF and TOGAF 9.x.
From 2002-06, as an Associate Partner he led IBM' SAP Centre of Expertise (COE), responsible for Industry solutions. Established IBM’s eSOA practice and CoE, worked on xApps for LIMS & Trade Funds. In 2007, SAP awarded his team the eSOA Pinnacle Award.
Chris led assignments on IT Strategy, BPM optimization, ITIL-driven ALM, Industry-specific IT Cost Optimization, Outcome-based Change Management and BSLA frameworks. From 2002-4 he was also IBM GBS’ SAP Alliance Lead. From 1997-2002 at PW/PwC, led SCM & SRM practices, gained delivery experience in ERP, SCM, SRM within Nestle, Gillette, Carlsberg, Skanska, Hochtief, Intel, Telefonica, Cisco & Ericsson.
Chris has a M.Sc. in Business Administration & Computer Science from Copenhagen Business School (CBS), and an MBA from University of Texas Austin (UTA). He was awarded an EU-funded Industrial Doctorate on “Collaborative Information Architectures for Supply Networks” with mentors from CBS & MIT in 2009. A father of two boys – he reads, windsurfs, surfs, scuba-dives, snowboards and treks on his spare time.
