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Advancing the Autonomous Enterprise: Less Chat. More Act. Guided by Fact.

November 11, 2026 · 9:00 AM – 9:40 AMAtlantic Ballroom C
David Maloney

David Maloney

N. American VP, SAP Business AI Platform Everywhere · SAP

Dave Maloney is the North American VP for BTP Everywhere and is focused on helping SAP customers gain as much out of their SAP investment through consistent leverage of the SAP Business Technology Platform. Accelerating Cloud adoption & renewals through BTP is Dave’s measure of success – including SAP Store, Solution Extension & Solution Integration partners. Dave is an engineer who began his career remediating hazardous waste sites and supporting the design of US Embassies but quickly migrated towards software through the utilization of Geographic Information Systems. He subsequently joined a string of successful software startups from Pivotal Software to Blue Titan (now Perforce). Dave joined SAP as part of the Product Lifecycle Management team with a focus on what is now SAP Enterprise Project and Portfolio Management. He was tapped to lead the go-to-market for the product and, when SAP acquired Business Objects, was enlisted as part of the integration team. Dave is a founding member of SAP’s first Center of Excellence for Data & Analytics and was instrumental in driving the adoption of BusinessObjects analytics & reporting. When SAP’s in-memory database “HANA” launched, Dave moved into the Southeast Region and was responsible for HANA and SAP’s Data & Analytics portfolio at strategic accounts. He then took over as the VP for Business Technology Platform in SAP’s Southeast Region before moving into his current role.

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About This Session

Are you under pressure to turn AI into real, visible ROI — without adding more sprawl, risk, or complexity?

SAP’s Autonomous Enterprise vision points to a new operating model: people set direction, Joule coordinates work, and AI assistants and agents execute defined tasks across business processes in a reliable, responsible way. This session shows how to move beyond chat by choosing the right processes, grounding AI in trusted data, and governing agents at enterprise scale — so you can become the quiet hero who moves AI from hype to progress leadership can see, trust, and scale.

Key Takeaways:

Move beyond AI pilots and chat experiences by applying AI to drive measurable business-process outcomes. Use Joule, assistants, and agents to boost productivity while maintaining clear human oversight and governance. Focus on trusted data, process context, and high-impact use cases to deliver scalable results leadership can see and trust.

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