Manas is the chief industry executive advisor for Energy Industry at SAP in Europe Middle East & Africa (EMEA). He develops business and promotes thought leadership in energy industry for SAP EMEA. He advises energy leaders on their sustainable energy transition through adoption of digital, industry 4.0 technologies and intelligent processes. He coaches and empowers his team helping them adopt industry next-practices. His 22 years experience spans across Management Consulting / Value Advisory, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Business Architecture, People/Project/Product Management and “Coaching Colleagues” while being a “Top Performer” throughout his career.

Education: MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, India.

His Awards and recognitions include:

• Holds a patent on “Easy UI migration” awarded in US with patent number 7,917,856
• Spoke at “ADIPEC” strategic conference and downstream technical conference, future digital twin
• Spoke on “Digitalization for Operational Excellence” at Gastech 2018 and Opexmena 2018
• Spoke at Energy Tech summit 2022 on AI
• Spoke at World Energy Congress 2022 on Hydrogen
• Service station of future thought leadership for IV international O&G summit at link. 
• Interview video tweet with Inautomation - on “Digital Asset Management and IT/OT integration
• Chaired the plenary session at IIoT and digital solutions for Oil and Gas conference in Amsterdam
• Author of article in Digitalist magazine on “Digital Transformation in Energy Industry”
• Author of IEEE magazine "IT Professional" on topic "IT Strategy“- Link