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10 SAP partnerships leaders
These ten SAP partnerships leaders hold director, senior director and vice president roles in strategic partnerships, alliances, business development and ISV partner management at the company. A reader can learn how partnerships leaders work at SAP from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Alok Kapur
LinkedInExperience: Global Vice President & General Manager - Corporate Business Development · SAP
Global Vice President & General Manager - Corporate Business Development at SAP since January 2016, based in New York. Their headline describes their work as identifying, incubating and launching AI, data and platform partnerships at SAP. Before SAP they were President & Chief Operating Officer at Private Communications Corporation until 2015.
Brett Swinford
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Global Strategic Partners · SAP
Senior Director, Global Strategic Partners at SAP since February 2025, based in Newport Beach, after Director, Strategic Partners North America at SAP (2022–2025). Earlier they were Senior Account Executive at SAP SuccessFactors (2018–2022) and Partner Recruitment Lead for the SAP Integration and Certification Center in North America (2016–2018).
Jim Brett
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Global Business Development & Ecosystems · SAP
Vice President, Global Business Development & Ecosystems at SAP since March 2017 and Director, Global Strategic Partners, Global Ecosystem & Channels at SAP since 2009. Their profile cites incubating strategic partnerships and alliances with systems integrators. Earlier they were Director, Global Partners at BusinessObjects (2008–2009) and Head of Partnership & Alliances, North America at Cartesis (2002–2008).
Julie Herman
LinkedInExperience: Global Director, Strategic Partnerships · SAP
Global Director, Strategic Partnerships at SAP since June 2025 and Head of Strategic Alliances, and Partnerships - Americas at SAP since April 2019, where their profile says they manage relationships with systems integrator firms. Before SAP they worked in partner enablement at Sage Intacct (2014–2019) and were Vice President, Strategic Alliances at SecureNet Payments (2013–2014).
Liz Peirce
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Strategic Technology Adoption Partnerships · SAP
Sr. Director, Strategic Technology Adoption Partnerships at SAP since April 2023, where their profile says they develop relationships with partners who build on the SAP Business Technology Platform. Earlier at SAP they were Sr. Director, SAP Business Technology Platform Monetization, Partner Ecosystem Success (2013–2023), after Director, Global Business Development at Acronis (2010–2013).
Phillip Torres
LinkedInExperience: Director Global ISV Partner Management · SAP
Director Global ISV Partner Management at SAP since January 2023, where their profile says they manage global strategic ISV partnerships across CRM, commerce, ERP and HCM. Earlier at SAP they were Sr. Global Software Partner Manager (2021–2023), Global ISV Partner Manager (2019–2021) and Channel Manager Customer Data Cloud (2017–2019), after partner roles at Gigya.
Seena A.
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Strategic Partnerships Business Development · SAP
Sr. Director, Strategic Partnerships Business Development at SAP since August 2022, where their profile says they identify and partner with companies building cloud-first technologies. Earlier at SAP they were Senior Director, Partner Success Industry Cloud (2021–2022) and Senior Director, Global Strategic Services Partners (2015–2021), after Director of Strategic Alliances at Siteworx (2012–2014).
Thorsten Georgi
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Business Development Expert (global BTP Partner Portfolio & Initiatives) · SAP
Senior Director, Business Development Expert for the global BTP partner portfolio at SAP since January 2025, based in Walldorf. Earlier at SAP they were Senior Director, Business Technology Platform Ecosystem (2021–2025) and Director, Apple and SAP Partnership, Strategic Business Development (2016–2021), after mobile solutions roles from 2014.
Tim Croucher
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, EMEA - SAP Software Partner Solutions · SAP
Senior Director, EMEA - SAP Software Partner Solutions at SAP since April 2020, where their profile says they manage partner products sold through the SAP price list in the EMEA North region. Earlier at SAP they were Director, Software Partner GTM, EMEA (2020), Director ISV Business Development EMEA (2018–2020) and worked on EMEA OEM and ISV partnerships from 2013.
TJ McIntyre
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Strategic Alliances · SAP
Senior Director, Strategic Alliances at SAP since May 2019, based in the Phoenix area, where their profile says they build SaaS partnerships and global go-to-market strategies with partners. Before SAP they were at Infor as Director, Strategic Alliances (2017–2019) and Account Executive, Strategic Alliances (2016–2017).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's partner type to your question, since ISVs, global systems integrators, AI and data startups, and resale partners each involve different terms and teams. Check their region and product area, because platform, applications and corporate business development partnerships at SAP can follow different priorities.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large enterprise software vendor decide which startups to bring into its partner ecosystem?
- 02What does an ISV need to have in place before a large vendor will resell or co-sell its product?
- 03How do partnerships teams split work between systems integrators and the vendor's own sales teams?
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