John Gurski
Senior Vice President & General Manager - Customer Engagement & Commerce Line of Business
SAP North America
As head of Customer Engagement and Commerce (CEC) Line of Business, John Gurski is responsible for SAP’s CEC business in North America overseeing operations, sales, and the go-to-market strategy for the region’s entire field sales organization.
Since joining SAP in 1996, John has held a series of progressive leadership and executive positions across diverse business units and organizations, focusing on customer success and building high performing teams. Most recently, he served as General Manager of the North America Presales Solutions organization supporting the entire SAP portfolio. In this role, John designed and executed presales solution strategies that drove demand generation and revenue across all industries and the entire North America region.
His previous posts at SAP include regional vice president of North America Center of Excellence, head of sales for Global Strategic Accounts, global account director, senior solutions consultant, product manager and industry principal.
John is the chair of the SAP North America diversity council fostering a more diverse, inclusive and equitable environment that engages SAP employees through commitment and partnership with SAP’s affinity groups and senior leadership to create and sustain positive change at SAP North America.
John received a bachelor’s of science degree from Penn State University in University Park, Pennsylvania, and an MBA from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.