Sunday, November 20, 2011

SAP Appoints Tom Kindermans as Senior Vice President for Business Solutions in Asia Pacific Japan Region

SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced the appointment of Tom Kindermans as Senior Vice President for Business Solutions across the Asia Pacific Japan region. Tom will be responsible for consolidating all specialist sales across the region, including Business Analytics, Technology, HANA, Mobility, CRM, Human Capital Management, Supply Chain solutions and OnDemand.


Prior to his appointment, Tom held the roles of Senior Vice President Ecosystem and Channels as well as Senior Vice President small and midsize enterprises (SME) in Asia Pacific Japan. Before that he was Senior Vice President SME, SAP Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Joining SAP in 2005, Kindermans began his work in the SME line of business as Vice President of Channel Sales globally. Tom spent eight years at Siemens Communications, where he held various executive management positions and eventually became Senior Vice President of the company’s indirect channels. Prior to this, Kindermans held various sales and marketing positions at Canon, serving as Account Executive, Product Manager and regional and national sales manager during his six years with the company.

Tom Kindermans is fluent in French, Dutch, English and German. He graduated from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, where he pursued a combined curriculum of engineering and business economics.

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