Forefront invests in SAP with a focus on cloud transformation

Investing in SAP expertise creates a unique position in the market by combining Forefront's already strong expertise in Cloud, Data & AI and Management. This move is initiated with the recruitment of Daniel Skarp as new Head of SAP and Björn-Henrik Zink, architect and leader within SAP. With a solid background as Sales Director in IT and experience in business development for large corporate customers, Daniel brings significant knowledge and experience to Forefront in its strategy to become a leading player in SAP in the Nordic market.

Future-proof, agile and efficient solutions

With a growing need for digital transformation within Swedish companies, SAP continues to be a crucial platform for companies that want to create future-proof, agile and efficient solutions. The Swedish SAP market is seeing continued growth, with both moves to cloud and integration with hyperscaler technology in focus. Forefront's ambition is to support customers in their transformation and create value through agile and customized SAP solutions at the intersection of cloud and on-prem.

As customers move to SAP S/4 HANA Cloud, in a hyperscaler environment, they want to leverage the capabilities of the new services and applications. Integration with third-party cloud solutions and the hybrid landscape at large is a significant challenge for many of the customers Forefront meets today, and now the company is equipped to help them manage their business in a modern landscape.

A great opportunity

Daniel Skarp joined Forefront in September and is looking forward to building a customer-focused and flexible SAP organization within the company: “Becoming part of Forefront and leading our SAP initiative is a great opportunity. Forefront's customer focus and innovative way of working is completely in line with my own way of working. We see a great need among companies to not only implement SAP solutions but to really be able to utilize its full potential to meet today's and tomorrow's challenges, where simplicity is at the center. The fact that Forefront also has strong partnerships and already established businesses in IT management, integration, analytics, with Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure, makes us a strong independent alternative to the established players in the market where the customer will always get undivided focus.”

Building a team of specialists

Daniel and Björn-Henrik's focus right now is largely on creating a team of SAP specialists, who want to learn more about solutions from Google and Microsoft, for example. Björn-Henrik explains that he is tech-agnostic despite his many years as a specialist in SAP: “My ambition is in line with Daniel's, and it will be really great to learn more from other tech enthusiasts here at Forefront who specialize in, for example, Azure and GCP. And they in turn will be able to learn more from me and the rest of the SAP specialists about how the modern SAP world can solve customers' problems. There are endless good solutions for customers to choose today, and now we are even more equipped to help them make the right choice. With SAP as a competence within Forefront, we can help customers make even better choices, together. My focus right now is on finding more SAP specialists who put value first, and building a really strong team.”

Forefront's SAP initiative includes S/4 HANA and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) solutions, cloud-based SAP services with integrations to hyperscaler environments and their services. By combining SAP expertise with deep knowledge in IT, cloud service providers and management, Forefront will offer a comprehensive SAP offering that not only meets today's needs but also equips customers for the future.

Johan Pettersson, CEO of Forefront Group, is looking forward to working with Daniel and Björn-Henrik to take the SAP offering to the next level: “The recruitment of Daniel Skarp and Björn-Henrik Zink is an important step in our growth strategy. Their experience and understanding of the SAP market is an important part of our ambition to strengthen our position in becoming a leading SAP partner in the Nordics. With the core team in place, we will be able to help our customers seize the opportunities of SAP and create sustainable business models with long-term business value.”

About Forefront

Forefront was born in 2008 with an ambition to become the best consulting partner in IT. We are driven by the belief that technology gives us unprecedented opportunities - to develop people, create better business and build sustainable societies. But it is only when visions become shared visions that they take on concrete direction and real power. To lead others to achieve their ambitions, Forefront is made up of five companies that support our customers, whatever the challenge.