Analyst Profile
Thomas Otter
Thomas Otter
Research Director
Frankfurt Germany
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Years of Experience
2 years at Gartner
18 years IT industry
Areas of Coverage
ERP & Supply Chain Management

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Roles and Responsibilities
Thomas Otter is a research director in Gartner Research. He covers human capital management (HCM) trends and technologies, including core HR, payroll, talent management and workforce analytics. As part of this research, Mr. Otter analyzes organization models, such as shared services and business process outsourcing, and he has a strong interest in how emerging technologies can improve HR and organizational performance. Mr. Otter also covers European HCM compliance issues, such as data protection law. Mr. Otter is Gartner's lead analyst for SAP.
Previous Experience
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Otter worked at SAP in a variety of roles, including business development, sales and key account strategy. Most recently, he was chief business solution architect for HCM in EMEA. He has extensive experience in global HR technology deployments, especially with larger multinational organizations.
Professional Background
SAP, Chief Business Solution Architect, 11 year
Pecaso (now Accenture), Strategy Director, 2 years
Education
LL.M., with distinction, IT Law, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Postgraduate Diploma, HR, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
B.A., with honors, Politics, University of Natal, South Africa
Languages
English
German




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SAP's New Co-CEOs Must Focus on Restoring Trust 09-Feb-2010 Thomas Otter, Yvonne Genovese, Jim Shepherd
Acquisition of Inform Will Shake Up Workforce Analytics Market 09-Feb-2010 Thomas Otter, James Holincheck
Case Study: Helpstream, Building a Business With Amazon 05-Feb-2010 Ed Thompson, Thomas Otter
Thinking of Forced Ranking Your Employees? Tread Carefully 29-Dec-2009 Thomas Otter
SOALogix Acquisition Muddies the Waters on the Future of SAP NetWeaver PI 28-Dec-2009 Massimo Pezzini, Daniel Sholler, Jess Thompson, Thomas Otter, Benoit J. Lheureux