Most of an IT team’s budget and time goes to reducing tech debt, large migrations, and managing an ever growing portfolio of SaaS subscriptions that don’t fully fit the business’ needs. 

This keeps large organizations from responding to changes quickly.

Franz leads Everest’s overall technology strategy, driving the architecture and product vision behind Everest’s AI-native ERP platform. He plays a hands-on role in shaping how core system functions like multi-book accounting, real-time automation, and AI workflows are delivered with both speed and scalability. His belief in the power of integrated, intelligent systems is central to Everest’s approach, that AI shouldn’t be bolted on, but woven directly into the fabric of ERP.



Franz brings over 30 years of enterprise software leadership to the company. As Executive Vice President of Technology at SAP, he was the original architect and development lead of SAP HANA, the industry’s most advanced in-memory database. He also served as Head of SAP HANA Development, managing large global teams across Germany, India, and China. His work laid the foundation for modern real-time enterprise platforms used by thousands of global organizations.

Sami brings 20+ years experience building and scaling enterprise software and hardware businesses. He’s worked at startups at various stages as well as large companies as J.P. Morgan and SAP. He is distinct in his breadth and depth: he’s led product and design, but also sales, marketing, customer success, and support. This gives him a practical, end-to-end understanding how great products are built, launched, and scaled.

As a Managing Director at J.P. Morgan, he led product and design in the New Business Ventures Group of their global corporate bank. Prior, he led several functions at startups focused on AI platforms and software, drones and robotics. Prior, at SAP, he launched and scaled new product lines in sports tech, energy and environment mgmt., mobile and more, several of which grew to $100M-$250M businesses. 

oachim oversees engineering at Everest, where he is responsible for building a secure, extensible platform that can support the speed, complexity, and compliance demands of modern SaaS businesses. He ensures Everest is engineered for resilience, adaptability, and performance at scale.

Prior, at SAP, Joachim served as Chief Development Architect for SAP Business ByDesign and SAP Data Hub, where he led architecture for large-scale ERP and data integration platforms. He’s an expert in multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure, metadata-driven design, and building configurable systems that balance complexity with usability.