Shai
Agassi is responsible for the global development
efforts for all SAP
products and SAP’s portfolio of industry-specific
solutions. Before his appointment to the SAP
Executive Board, Agassi was CEO of
SAP Portals and later of the combined company
SAP Markets and SAP Portals, which previously
operated as a fully owned subsidiary of SAP
AG. The subsidiaries were integrated into SAP
AG in April 2002, at which point Agassi was
appointed to the SAP Executive Board. Agassi,
a software entrepreneur, founded TopTier Software
(originally called Quicksoft Development) in
Israel in 1992 and later moved the company’s
headquarters to California. Agassi served the
company in various capacities, including chairman,
chief technology officer, and then CEO and was
directly involved all the way through two acquisitions,
first by Vanenburg Ventures and finally by SAP.
Agassi managed the strategic plan, technical
direction, and major OEM relationships with
the likes of Baan, SAP, and Microsoft. In addition
to TopTier Software, Agassi co-founded several
other companies, together with his father, Reuven
Agassi, including Quicksoft Ltd., TopManage,
and
Quicksoft Media.
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