CIO Symposium Contributor

Bio

Mario Herger is a Senior Innovation Strategist at SAP Labs in Palo Alto, California and global head of the Gamification Initiative at SAP. He has worked in the past as developer, development manager, architect and product manager on a series of SAP products. He has been driving communities for more than 15 years, including Visual Composer, Business Process Experts, mobile and gamification.

He has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Vienna University of Technology and an undergraduate degree in International Business Management from the Vienna University of Economy.

He recently played through all levels of the iPad game Air Attack and currently works with his four year old son on reaching the final level of Angry Birds.

In his work as head of the Gamification Initiative at SAP he has encountered and supported gamification efforts in the enterprise from multiple levels and departments, like Sustainability, On Demand, Mobile, HR, Training & Education and Simulation. He has driven the awareness of gamification inside and outside SAP by organizing and leading innovation events, working with gamification platform- & service-providers, and by incorporating gamification into SAP's strategy.