October 31st, 2025
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For more than a decade, smartShift has led the way in automating SAP transformations — converting millions of lines of legacy ABAP into modern, clean, and compliant code. Built on deep automation expertise and insights from hundreds of enterprise-scale SAP transformations, smartShift now brings that proven experience into the age of AI Agents — not as a technology “toy”, but as a new way to deliver tangible business outcomes.

AI Agents represent the next generation of applied automation — systems that not only process information but also reason, decide, and act autonomously. They combine data, context, and intent to take purposeful actions, continuously adapting to business needs. For enterprises, this means less manual effort, faster delivery, and outcomes grounded in accuracy, consistency, and learning over time.
smartShift’s AI Agents are powered by more than a decade of real transformation experience and enriched with data from thousands of automated modernization scenarios. This foundation enables our agents to operate effectively within the complex realities of SAP — understanding dependencies, optimizing performance, and ensuring compliance with SAP’s Clean Core principles.
While many vendors talk about AI platforms, few have the depth and amount of transformation data to make AI truly effective. All aspects of data must be covered – quality, variation, and quantity – this is what smartShift’s AI agents bring. Our proprietary knowledge base enables our agents to make context-aware, business-relevant recommendations — with predictable and auditable results that drive modernization, not experimentation.
Generic LLM-based agents from new entrants often struggle with accuracy — hallucinating results that can derail critical S/4 upgrade paths. smartShift’s advantage lies in the depth of its domain data and transformation experience.
We fine-tune base models using proprietary ABAP code patterns and transformation data from hundreds of enterprise-scale SAP modernization efforts. This domain grounding ensures our agents deliver precise, consistent results where it matters most. Unlike untested approaches, smartShift combines proven transformation expertise with advanced AI reasoning — giving customers the confidence to modernize without risk.
Customers don’t buy technology for its own sake — they invest in outcomes. When transforming legacy ABAP landscapes, enterprises consistently look for two results:
smartShift AI Agents deliver both. We’re enabling customers to achieve business effectiveness — faster upgrades, lower risk, and a modernized SAP foundation ready for innovation.
smartShift AI Agents are just the beginning. As we continue to modernize SAP’s most complex environments, we’re equipping enterprises with the intelligence to stay ready—upgrade after upgrade, change after change.
As the Chief Technology Officer at smartShift, he brings over 25 years of experience in product strategy, SAP applications, and enterprise AI. Previously, he served as SAP's field CTO, where he worked with ISVs and channel partners to align complex technologies with market needs. He has earned multiple accolades, including the SAP Innovation Award (2005). His leadership roles across startups and large enterprises, along with recognition such as the Zinnov Start-up Beacon Award (2014), uniquely position him to drive innovation and growth at smartShift.
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