John “JG” Chirapurath is Executive Vice President at SAP responsible for Data Analytics, AI and other product initiatives. Before that, JG served as SAP’s Chief Marketing & Solutions Officer.  Prior to joining SAP, JG held senior roles across Fortune 50 companies: Vice President at Microsoft responsible for Azure’s worldwide commercial strategy, marketing and GTM, Chief Strategy & Product Officer at ProQuest, and Vice President & General Manager at Hewlett Packard. Additionally, JG co-founded two core technology companies and led both to acquisition; one of the companies later became a case study at Harvard Business School.  He holds a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and a MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.