SAP CEO William McDermott to discuss his rise to business success April 28 at 天美传媒视频无限制观看
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (April 14, 2015) 鈥 William McDermott, chief executive officer and executive board member of SAP, the world鈥檚 software market leader, will deliver 天美传媒视频无限制观看鈥檚 annual Charles F. Dolan Lecture at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28 in the Dolan School of Business Dining Room. McDermott鈥檚 talk, 鈥淲inners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office,鈥 is free and open to the public.
Seating is limited and reservations are required. For complimentary tickets, contact Patricia Pivarnik at 203-254-4307 or
ppivarnik@fairfield.edu
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McDermott leads SAP鈥檚 74,400 employees and more than two million-person ecosystem in executing SAP鈥檚 vision and strategy to help the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives. Under his leadership, in 2014 SAP unveiled a strategy to help businesses of all sizes 鈥渞un simple.鈥 The company has placed an unrivaled focus on delivering a beautiful user experience and has built the industry鈥檚 most comprehensive portfolio of solutions in the SAP Cloud powered by SAP HANA. SAP also boasts the world鈥檚 largest business network, with more than $600 billion transacted annually.
Since 2010, this innovation-led strategy has resulted in expansive increases in customers, total revenue, market value and profitable growth. The SAP transformation is one of many authentic stories told in McDermott鈥檚 national best-selling book 鈥淲inners Dream: A Journey from Corner Store to Corner Office.鈥
At Fairfield, McDermott will provide students, faculty, alumni and the public his perspective on leadership and career success. His book chronicles how relentless optimism, hard work and disciplined execution can embolden people and equip organizations to achieve audacious goals. He鈥檒l describe how he made the journey from working in a small deli on Long Island to the position of global CEO.
鈥淏ill McDermott is a great example for students of what it takes to succeed in today鈥檚 major corporations,鈥 said Don Gibson, Ph.D., dean of the Dolan School of Business. 鈥淎s his story shows, it鈥檚 not what you start out with 鈥 he had very little. It鈥檚 how you leverage hard work and energy to inspire others that really supercharges achievement in business.鈥
The Charles F. Dolan Lecture series, featuring highly accomplished, visionary and internationally recognized business leaders, was established in 2001.
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