68. Unlocking Success in the Digital Transformation Journey

Guest Name : Dr. Marcell Vollmer,  Chief Innovation Officer at Celonis.  Language : English, Publication date:  May, 12. 2020

Marcell is Chief Innovation Officer at Celonis where  he focuses on supporting customers and partners to define and execute digital transformation strategies globally.  Prior to this role he was Chief Digital Officer at SAP where he drove strategies to help the world’s leading companies to eliminate procurement and supply chain complexity. Before that he was Chief Procurement Officer at SAP where he led over 200 professionals who managed billions in global spend volume and created a shared services team. Prior to that he held strategic project and finance roles roles at SAP.

Before SAP, he worked for DHL Express as a manager of several integration projects in finance, controlling and HR. He earned his degree in Economics from the University of Hamburg in Germany.

About Celonis
Celonis (www.celonis.com) is the New York- and Munich-based leader in Enterprise Performance Acceleration software. Built on the process mining technology it pioneered, its Intelligent Business Cloud helps organizations to rapidly remove operational friction to become a superfluid enterprise. Companies around the world including Siemens, L’Oreal, Uber, Citi, Airbus and Vodafone rely on Celonis to guide action and drive change to business processes, resulting in millions of dollars saved and extraordinary customer experiences.

The following questions were being asked :

• How do you see the major trends in driving digital transformation disruption in 2020 and beyond ?
• What advice can you offer to the business leader when they want to start the transformation ? What are key success factors in implementing the digital transformation ?
• Why talent is the core factor for digital transformation objectives ?
• What are typically a major challenges and how to deal with uncertainty when companies are doing the transformation.
  

Connect him on LInkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcellvollmer/