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Mr. Ravin is a 30-year enterprise software industry veteran who pioneered the independent enterprise software support industry. In 2005, The Enterprise Software Observer named Mr. Ravin one of the 25 next-generation leaders of the enterprise software industry. In 2010, Mr. Ravin was featured in Deal Architect CEO Vinnie Mirchandani’s new book, The New Polymath: Profiles in Compound-Technology Innovations, where he is credited with enacting a visionary, disruptive strategy for dramatically reducing the cost of information technology and ushering in a new era of customer choice.
In September 2005, Mr. Ravin launched Rimini Street, Inc. with a mission to redefine enterprise software support using innovative, next-generation support services delivered at more than a 50 percent savings in fees compared to a software vendor’s annual support program. Rimini Street currently offers support services for Oracle, SAP, IBM, Microsoft and other enterprise software.
Prior to his success launching independent maintenance and support programs, Mr. Ravin was an executive with PeopleSoft, Inc., where he served most recently as vice president of the customer sales division. Earlier in his PeopleSoft career, Mr. Ravin held several senior roles of increasing global responsibility, including corporate director of customer services and programs and corporate manager of upgrades and installations. Mr. Ravin’s PeopleSoft responsibilities included worldwide release support policy; release retirement programs; account management; Y2K software update and readiness program management for thousands of licensees; and development and delivery of special support programs for customers with unique needs. To meet the needs of customers who wanted to run a mature software release for many additional years beyond the official supported life span of a release without mandatory upgrades, Mr. Ravin successfully designed and launched the enterprise software industry’s first specialized extended support programs for Fortune 500, public sector and midmarket organizations.
Yorio Wakisaka serves as GVP & Regional GM, Japan. In this role, he is responsible for leading the next phase of growth for Nihon Rimini Street, including strengthening the company’s presence outside Tokyo, building out the service delivery engineering team, and expanding operations to support fast-paced growth in Japan.
Mr. Wakisaka is a skilled executive leader with years of experience in enterprise IT and proven expertise in the growth and execution of global business development capabilities and operations in enterprise applications in Japan.
Prior to joining Nihon Rimini Street from SAP Japan, Mr. Wakisaka was vice president and senior business development executive for the Automotive Business Unit at SAP where he oversaw the growth and operations of SAP’s largest automotive company accounts on a global basis. During his 18-year tenure at SAP, Mr. Wakisaka held various roles of increasing engineering and executive responsibility, including VP and head of pre-sales, value engineering, and industry. Previously, Mr. Wakisaka was an engineer at NEC Office System Co.
Mr. Wakisaka holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Shiga University.
Agenda
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GVP & Regional GM, Japan
Nihon Rimini Street KK
2:05 p.m.
CEO, President & Chairman of the Board
Rimini Street, Inc.
2:35 p.m.
Chief Technology Officer – Japan
Nihon Rimini Street KK
2:50 p.m.
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VP, Global Brand, Content, and Communications
Rimini Street Foundation Committee Chair
5:10 p.m.
GVP & Regional GM, Japan
Nihon Rimini Street KK
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