Amit Sinha is a visionary global leader and digital transformation architect with over 20 years of experience driving large-scale supply chain innovation and SAP technology implementations for the world’s most complex Fortune 500 organizations. A recognized expert in SAP IBP and SAP S/4HANA, he possesses deep domain expertise across the end-to-end planning spectrum—from S&OP, demand-supply planning, and integrated business planning to the orchestration of sourcing, logistics, and manufacturing. As the author of the Digital Supply Networks model, Amit has pioneered transformative initiatives across the high-tech, pharmaceutical, consumer products, and manufacturing sectors. His career is defined by a unique ability to architect best-in-class business processes and realizing that strategic vision through the precise implementations of digital, AI, and SAP technologies. He has been serving in supply chain functional, technical, and leadership roles in the large consulting and tech (Microsoft, AWS, Deloitte, Accenture) organizations.
Jay Foster is the director of solution management at SAP for SAP IBP. As a supply chain and manufacturing veteran of more than 30 years, Jay brings a wealth of practical experience and logical insight to solving today’s business challenges. With executive experience in sales and operations Jay brings a pragmatic, cut-to-the-chase approach to applying technology to achieve business benefits. Jay is CPIM certified.
Dhaval Desai is a partner group engineering manager at Microsoft and a recognized industry leader in modern supply chain engineering, AI systems, and large-scale digital transformation. He leads Microsoft’s global engineering efforts for devices and cloud supply chain, owning end-to-end delivery of SAP solutions and next-generation autonomous planning capabilities. Beyond his work at Microsoft, Dhaval has built a distinguished career spanning consulting, supply chain strategy, and enterprise technology; he has partnered with Fortune 100 organizations to modernize planning processes, and has optimized global manufacturing and fulfillment networks. Dhaval is known for bridging engineering, business, technology, and innovation to solve complex operational challenges.
Marcus Freudenburg is a supply chain planning expert specializing in SAP Integrated Business Planning, with extensive experience designing and scaling end-to-end planning solutions across demand, supply, inventory optimization, Control Tower, and S&OP. His work is grounded in modern supply chain planning methodologies, combining process design, advanced planning engines, and analytics to support effective decision-making in complex, global environments. Marcus has delivered and scaled SAP IBP solutions across a broad range of industries, including high-tech, consumer products, automotive, food and beverage, agriculture, and cloud infrastructure, supporting organizations with diverse planning challenges and operating models. His experience spans global implementations, solution architecture, and enterprise adoption, with a consistent focus on aligning planning systems with business strategy and execution. Marcus is a software engineer at Microsoft, contributing to cloud-based supply chain and S&OP solutions, leveraging SAP IBP alongside AI-driven planning approaches. He holds a bachelor’s of science in industrial and systems engineering from Texas A&M University and multiple SAP, LEAN SixSigma, and GenAI certifications.
Ujwal Jetagi is the principal software engineering lead for supply chain engineering at Microsoft.