Former CEO of SAP North America, Greg Tomb, Reduces Time and Cost for SAP
Customers with High Impact, Remote Services
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Former President and Chief Executive Officer of SAP North America, Greg Tomb,
has launched a new company, Vivido Labs, Inc., focused on supporting and helping
SAP customers after their projects go live.
During the five years he ran SAP`s Service businesses for the Americas, Tomb
noted that the first year or two after SAP programs launched could be
substantially challenging for customers from many fronts.Seeing an opportunity
to help customers become more self-sufficient in supporting SAP, stabilize their
environments using low cost remote assistance, and improve overall usability for
users of SAP, Tomb is building a team of the best SAP experts in the world to
work with Vivido to help fill this gap in the SAP marketplace.Toward this end,
Vivido offers three high impact solutions for SAP customers - Vivido Knowledge
Exchange, Vivido Remote Expert Services and Vivido Usability Products.
"Launching Vivido Labs together with some of the brightest minds in the SAP
world has been a new and wonderful experience," said Tomb, Founder & CEO of
Vivido Labs."We have opened our virtual doors to SAP customers and have
world-class SAP experts and consultants joining us at an amazing pace.Our unique
business model offers great opportunities for SAP consultants to assist
customers without getting on airplanes as well as SAP customers who want fast,
effective and much more affordable assistance required for today`s world."
Tomb's experience at SAP extended for more than 12 years in which he served a
number of key positions helping drive SAP`s growth in the Americas. Prior to
serving as the Chief Executive Officer at SAP North America, Tomb was the
Executive Vice President of SAP Services for SAP Americas. In this position, he
was responsible for the leadership of SAP`s North American Service Lines of
Business.With more than 4,000 services professionals under his leadership,
Tomb`s continual focus on customer success was instrumental in expanding SAP`s
service offerings that enabled SAP`s customers to drive more value out of their
SAP investments and lower their total cost of ownership.
With such a vast experience base, Tomb is uniquely qualified to both understand
and tackle the ongoing challenges customers experience post-implementation.He
will be working very closely with his former colleagues at SAP to ensure the
highest degree of success and satisfaction with SAP implementations.
About Vivido Labs
Vivido Labs aids clients in maximizing the value of an investment in SAP after
the implementation goes live - stabilizing the system, ensuring the team is
self-sufficient, and helping companies find additional ways to extend and
maximize value from their existing investment.Vivido does this through three
core offerings:Vivido Knowledge Exchange, Vivido Remote Expert Services and
Vivido Usability Products.
Vivido Labs can be accessed at www.VividoLabs.com.
Vivido Labs, Inc.
Jeff Wallace, 510-859-4636
Jeff.Wallace@VividoLabs.com
www.VividoLabs.com
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