IBM
ALLAN COULTER TITLE : CTO , IBM GLOBAL SAP PRACTICE INDUSTRY : INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
EXECUTIVE BIO
Allan Coulter has been with IBM for 23 years . Having started out as an accountant (“ incredibly boring ”), he was given the opportunity after graduating from University to dabble in financial software programming – the company he worked for then started an SAP program …. from here he joined PwC then IBM in the SAP Service Line .…” I starting off as a Finance Process Consultant then I got involved in some of the new technologies when they first came out , the likes of SAP Business Warehouse , SAP Portal and the likes ….. I was always the person that was invited to check out the new stuff …. I was interested in how things worked , so I got involved in what was then called Basis … I combined all of this when certifying in Enterprise Architecture . I actually ended up with a really good balance of process skills and technical skills . I think this has ended up being crucial in the role I have now , as I get to see how technology is best applied to improve the way our customers deliver their processes ….”