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Speakers:
Shai Agassi,
President, Product and Technology Group, Executive Board Member, SAP AG
Moderator:
John Markoff,
Correspondent to The New York Times
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At the age of seven, he coded his first software program. At 24, he launched a portal company - one of four technology companies he started in the 1990s - that was purchased by SAP in 2001 for $400 million. And, just three years ago, at the age of 34, he became the youngest member of SAP's Executive Board
Today, as President of the company's Product and Technology Group, he is responsible for SAP's overall technology strategy and execution, including SAP's vision of a shift to a services-based approach which was first introduced in 2003 with the unveiling of ESA, Enterprise Services Architecture. Many say its key component and Agassi's brainchild, the open standard-based platform NetWeaver, is now the technology future of the company and Agassi is the person to be out on that bleeding edge.
This is part of an ongoing series of New York Times-hosted breakfasts that are moderated by a New York Times journalist who will participate in a Q&A dialogue with influential leaders in business, technology and our society. Churchill Club breakfast programs are limited to a smaller number of attendees in order to spur interaction between you and your fellow members, as well as between the audience and speakers.
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