Mark Testoni of SAP: “We’re Not Your Mother’s SAP”

ExecutiveBiz recently sat down with Mark Testoni, President of SAP Public Services.   He told us the three keys to growth in a tough economy, how SAP attracts and retains the top talent in the software industry, and why Tony Bennett is the most enduring talent in music today.  Read on to find out more.

ExecutiveBiz:  What are SAP“™s core competencies?

Mark Testoni: There are lots of key players in the enterprise software industry around Washington ““ IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, among others. What makes SAP different is the people –   their talents and passion.  That really drives the level of business and the level of penetration in the market.  Then you layer upon that an intense focus of the customer, innovation in helping the customer solve a business problem, or create a better work environment.  If there“™s an attitude that“™s pervasive at SAP Public Services it is passion.

“We are competing with a thousand different “˜screaming voices“™ all claiming to have an answer.  But we understand that while dollars may be constrained and cut out of traditional back-office functions…they are still going to get dollars for their programs.  If we provide innovation and service, we will continue to win business.” -Mark Testoni

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