Lead Boldly with Agentic AI ERP
In 2026, IT decisions and results are no longer measured in years. Competitive advantage belongs to leaders who are delivering transformation across the enterprise today, orchestrating the business with Agentic AI, reinforcing business resilience and executing at speed. Street Smart is Rimini Street’s premier, invitation-only executive forum for C-suite leaders navigating the transition to an Agentic AI-driven enterprise. Designed exclusively for CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CTOs, and select senior executives, Street Smart is a space for candid discussion, executive insight and real-world perspective from leaders operating at the front lines of transformation.
This is not a conference. It is a strategic working session for executives responsible for outcomes.
Join your peers to explore:
- How Agentic AI ERP empowers leaders to move from insight to action at scale
- Why traditional ERP Software and operating models are no longer equipped to support today’s and tomorrow’s business demands
- What executives must do now to lead, not follow, with innovation and resource readiness
Be part of the must-attend event to gain firsthand knowledge on how to redirect investment and lead with confidence as Agentic AI reshapes what’s possible now, not years from now.
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.
Mr. Ravin also served as vice president of customer sales for Saba Software, Inc., worked in Russia on defense conversion programs, and worked in Washington, D.C. assisting the Clinton Administration with Congressional passage of the GATT global trade agreement in 1994.
Mr. Ravin holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California.
Rimini Street
Mr. Yamamoto is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of leadership and sales experience in providing enterprise solutions to many industries such as process manufacturing, high-tech, distribution and retail.
Prior to joining Rimini Street, Mr. Yamamoto worked at SAP Japan in the distribution, services, high-tech, and process sectors, where he was responsible for sales.
Previously, Mr. Yamamoto worked at Hyperion (now Oracle), where he carried out high-touch sales centered on the EPM domain, offering solutions to organizations for management planning, accounting, and support from a management control perspective.
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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.
Regional Chief Technology Officer, Japan
Nihon Rimini Street KK
2:50 p.m.
General Manager, IT Management Department PHC Holdings Corporation
3:20 p.m.
Using Third-Party Support as an “Offensive” Strategy, Not a ”Defensive” One — A DX Management Strategy That Accelerates Portfolio Transformation and BPR —
Head of Digital Strategy Department Denka Company, Limited
3:50 p.m.
4:05 p.m.
CFO x CIO: Honest Perspectives on ERP Investment Decisions in the AI-Centric Era—Finding the Right Balance for Implementation
Panelists (in order of endorsement):
- Mr. Katsuhiko Abukawa, General Manager, Digital Innovation Division, Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
- Mr. Mark Nomura CFO, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.
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VP, Corporate Marketing and Chair, Rimini Street Foundation
5:15 p.m.
GVP & Regional GM, Japan
Nihon Rimini Street KK
5:20 p.m.
5:45 p.m.
Real leaders. Real strategies. Real stories.
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