Michael Sims

Current

• Director, Partner Strategy & Operations at SAP Labs, LLC
• Director, Partner Strategy & Innovation at SAP

Past

• Product Manager at Watlow Electric
• Manager of Product Development at Semotus Solutions
• Product Manager at Watlow Anafaze

• Manager of Product Development at Datalink
• Product Manager at Basic Measuring Instruments
• Application Engineer at Landis & Gyr Systems
• Applications Engineer at Siemens
• Product Manager at Cetek Systems
• Applications Engineer at Margaux Controls

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Michael Sims’s Summary

Over twenty years of experience in product management, product marketing, partner alliances and business development.

7 years with SAP, extolling the virtues of SAP NetWeaver, SAP xApps composite applications, and enterprise Service Oriented Architecture.

Key contributor in defining, building and launching three new and distinct Partner Programs at SAP – SAP Portals Technology and Content Partner Program, SAP xApps Partner Program, and Powered by SAP NetWeaver Partner Program.

Extensive experience recruiting, establishing and nurturing relationships with critical partners (Documentum, Inktomi, FileNET, Interwoven, WebEx and others).

Formulated and executed on strategies for closely managed partner relationships, consistent with overall SAP objectives.

Created and deployed partner specific marketing strategies and deliverables.

Michael Sims’s Specialties:

Product management, product definition, product rollout, product marketing, business development, contract negotiation, collateral and web content creation, marketing campaign management.

Michael Sims’s Experience

• Director, Partner Strategy & Operations

  SAP Labs, LLC

  (Public Company; SAP; Computer Software industry)

  November 2000 — Present (8 years 9 months)

• Director, Partner Strategy & Innovation

  SAP

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SAP; Computer Software industry)

  November 2000 — Present (8 years 9 months)

  (Alternate name for SAP Labs)

• Product Manager

  Watlow Electric

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Industrial Automation industry)

  1995 — 2000 (5 years)

• Manager of Product Development

  Semotus Solutions

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; DLK; Computer Software industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

• Product Manager

  Watlow Anafaze

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  1995 — 2000 (5 years)

  (Alternate name for Watlow Electric)

• Manager of Product Development

  Datalink

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

  (Previous name for Semotus Solutions)

• Product Manager

  Basic Measuring Instruments

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Industrial Automation industry)

  1994 — 1995 (1 year)

• Application Engineer

  Landis & Gyr Systems

  (Industrial Automation industry)

  1987 — 1994 (7 years)

• Applications Engineer

  Siemens

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SI; Industrial Automation industry)

  1987 — 1994 (7 years)

• Product Manager

  Cetek Systems

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1986 — 1987 (1 year)

• Applications Engineer

  Margaux Controls

  (Computer Software industry)

  1982 — 1986 (4 years)

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