Brian Griffin

U.S. Secret clearance. 20+ years SAP. 6x re:Invent speaker.

Brian Griffin

SAP and cloud consulting executive. Founder and CTO of the AWS SAP Global Specialty Practice.

Previously HCL Axon, Deloitte, and Accenture.

About

I've spent two decades going from hands-on SAP Basis engineer to practice CTO.

First, I founded the AWS SAP Global Specialty Practice in 2017, grew it from 2 people to 93, and beat revenue and utilization targets every year since 2017. The practice is tracking to $57M in 2026.

Second, I delivered the first SAP S/4HANA implementation on AWS. AWS's largest SAP projects, onsite in 12 countries. The HANA migration toolset that became the default cloud migration method, DMO with System Move.

The practice

AWS 2 to 93 people, $57M projected 2026

First S/4HANA on AWS then DMO with System Move

12 countries onsite largest AWS SAP projects

AWS re:Invent 6x speaker

SAP Sapphire 12 talks over 8 years

Experience

2015 – Aug 2026

SAP Practice Amazon Web Services

  • Practice CTO 2021–2026
  • Principal 2020–2026
  • Senior Consultant 2015–2020

Founded the AWS SAP Global Specialty Practice in 2017 and scaled it from 2 to 93 SAP professionals worldwide. Drove $39M of consulting revenue in 2026 YTD (107% of target), tracking to $57M for the year (105% of target). Beat revenue and utilization targets every year since 2017, and finished runner-up for ProServe Practice of the Year in 2019. Delivered the first SAP S/4HANA implementation on AWS and led AWS's largest SAP projects onsite in 12 countries. Spearheaded $20M+ ARR platform pursuits as lead consulting executive. Co-innovated with SAP on the HANA migration toolset that became DMO with System Move, piloted it with five customers, and co-launched the first BW/4HANA product. Productized a decade of delivery artifacts. Built the practice from the ground up: strategy, team tenets, go-to-market content, and 150+ hiring interviews. Top rating in 8 of 11 years. One of six ProServe award winners across a 2,000+ person practice in 2018.

2014 – 2015

Basis Manager HCL Axon

Led Basis and technical architecture for a 1-year migration and greenfield build after the Johnson & Johnson divestiture at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics. Ran a 6-month, multi-threaded upgrade to SAP Suite on HANA as Basis Manager and hands-on engineer, directing onshore and offshore teams across two simultaneous programs, including Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust.

2013 – 2014

SAP GRC and SCM Subject Matter Expert Avion Systems (Independent Consultant)

Hands-on and strategic SME across SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance and Supply Chain Management for the Defense Logistics Agency at the U.S. Department of Defense.

2007 – 2012

Senior Consultant Deloitte Consulting

At Dart Container, managed a 13-person onshore and offshore Basis team and drove a full technical and process redesign of SAP change management after presenting to Deloitte partners and the CIO. At Cargill, designed the 3-5 year target architecture for a $500M business transformation, assessed high availability and disaster recovery, and presented gaps and fixes to executive IT leadership. At Walmart, rolled out SAP SRM, ECC, and a federated portal for a new Real Estate solution, and cut the training environment footprint 30x with SAP TDMS, saving $1M over two years. At Sysco, was the key technical Basis consultant on a multi-phase $500M transformation across 350+ SAP SIDs. Other work included Wells Fargo hardware procurement cut from 6 months to 5 weeks, a Green IT strategy for Deloitte's CTO adopted across member firms, Bank of America SAP change management and batch strategy, and Victoria's Secret support across 7 concurrent projects.

2005 – 2007

Basis Consultant Accenture

Built and administered DEV, QA, and PRD SAP landscapes for enterprise implementations, including installs, client copies, and refreshes. Ran transport management, kernel and support package upgrades, and database patching across ECC and NetWeaver. Monitored and tuned system performance, and supported go-live cutovers and production operations.

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