Gartner Expert

Kentaro Shikanai

Sr Director Analyst

I'm responsible for CIO agendas in Manufacturing industries.

Previous experience

Acquiring a master degree of Engineer, he started his career at a leading system integrator in Japan, where he founded cloud services and developed new customers. After 3 years, he changed his job to ABeam consulting to sharpen his quality in global projects mainly in Asia to optimize clients' business process in various industries with traditional/emerging technologies. He is also skilled at uncovering new opportunities in the face of ambiguity and translating inspiration into ideas. Then, he changed his position to software industries, responsible for Go-To-Market, aligning with Sales, Marketing, Solution Engineer, Alliance, Advisory, and Customer Success. As a volunteer, he joined startup in 2017 to take charge of strategy, digital marketing, human resources and business development.

Professional background

Salesforce

Senior Manager, Go-To-Market

SAP

Industry Principle

ABeam Consulting

Senior Specialist

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Top Issues That I Help Clients Address

1Business Transformation

2Strategy

3Supply Chain Management

4Smart Manufacturing

5Sales & Marketing

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