Susan Straka

About Susan Straka

20+ yrs. ago a software company showed me (a passionate NatGeo\'r) how their business application could eliminate trucks ‘deadheading’. This simple visual exploded my imagination on the possibilities of business software impact and a companies ability to affect change on the planet. Working with organizations to re-imagine their business, models and processes; to help them prioritize, identify and solve both routine and complex business challenges; finding ways to support their change; earning their trust in both myself and SAP as they make critical decisions to adjust their company\'s mindsets & course by implementing next generation technologies, software and platforms that support digital era requirements. is what I do. SAP purpose to “help the world run better and improve peoples’ lives” helps fuel my passion to leave our universe in a better place,(besides statistically knowing I was not.not the next Jane Goodall, single-handedly moving mindsets) it was a natural choice to join SAP whose purpose has always been about being better & best. Time and experience has made me very adept in learning about your industry, understanding the business and it’s priorities. The effort and (dare I say) fun is in ultimately identifying solutions & connections that support changes you are seeking to make to solve and accomplish the next generation of your Company’s mission, goals and future. The privilege has always been when customers allow us to fully immerse ourselves into their business and their teams. Engaging with them to help them enhance, expand and re-define their business; helping to grow their confidence in new \'possibilities & probabilities\' and potential \'outcomes & impacts\' in an ever changing world. As the planet market leader (aka #1) in Enterprise Applications, SAP is at the center of today’s business and technology strategies and to stay #1 we have to be committed to being #1 in Customer Satisfaction & being #1 in Customer Lifetime value…which we are ( & I am, too). Connect with me on Linkedin or via email S••••••••@sap.com.

Experience

1. SAP Senior Account Executive

   SAP

   Dec 2011 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   As the consistent face to the customer, my job is to understand their business, bring viable SAP solutions to their requirements, offer innovative perspectives from the industry, the LOB\'s solutions, and SAP Thought Leaders. My committment is to fullfill the SAP\'s promises we make to our customers. I fully understand that on the other side of every transaction is another person\'s career, another team\'s brand, another companies reputation and committment to their stakeholders. Transforming mission-critical systems without business risk begins with me.

Education

• Michigan State University

  BA, Marketing

  1980 — 1985