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SAP Snags Microsoft VP Quentin Clark As CTO

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Quentin Clark
Quentin Clark is joining SAP as its chief technology officer. Mr. Clark will report to Bernd Leukert, member of the executive board of Products & Innovation at the company. He will be based in Palo Alto.

Mr. Clark joins SAP from Microsoft, where he was corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Data Platform Group. Prior to becoming corporate vice president, he held various roles in Microsoft’s development since 1994.
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