Simon Engel is Cross-Product Manager & Strategist. In this role, he is responsible to drive the cross-product management and strategy for payments across SAP's solution areas. Previous to his role in the Cross Product Engineering & Experience Area, he was part of the SAP Product Engineering Board Office and Customer Officer to the Executive Board Member. Responsible to drive and direct strategic customer and partner engagements. Simon was part of the vocational training at SAP where he collected experiences in cloud development, IT project management, start-up scouting, and partner innovation in different SAP locations like New York, Singapore, San Francisco, Walldorf, and Potsdam. He resides in Heidelberg, Germany, and holds a bachelor’s degree in business information technology from the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW).