Discover the Stories Behind the CV

When David Nye was eight years old, he did what many future technologists do: he broke a computer. The difference was that he was expected to fix it. What began as childhood curiosity became a lifelong pattern—break things, understand them, learn how they work, and build them back better. Long...

Payroll can look simple from the outside. People submit their timesheets. The system runs. Money lands in the right bank account on the right day. But for Narayan Vishwanathan, payroll has never been just numbers, rules, or compliance. It is people. It is trust. It is late timesheets, changing legislation,...

When we're young, success often feels like a destination. It's the next promotion, the next opportunity, the next milestone waiting somewhere in the distance. But over time, our understanding of success evolves. We begin to realise that growth isn't defined by a single achievement but by the people we help,...

For more than three decades, John Hutchinson has helped organisations navigate some of the world's most complex ERP transformations. He's worked across Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, and now Ireland, leading major SAP programs and guiding teams through change. Yet when John reflects on his career, what stands out isn't the...

Not every career shift begins with a clear plan. Sometimes, it starts with a quiet, honest decision that something no longer fits. For Claire Singleton, that moment came after years of practising as a dentist. “By that point, I decided that it wasn't the career that I wanted to do...

As many stories do, it started with curiosity. Not the polished, career-driven kind, but the kind that begins with a kid, a computer, and a fascination with how things work. Where It All Began Brandon Trabon didn’t set out to work in ERP. His journey began somewhere far more familiar...

Sometimes the most profound insights come from the simplest questions. A few years ago, when Shireesh Mishra was explaining his work in data and artificial intelligence to his 7-year-old son, he paused and asked something that stopped him mid-conversation: “So, you mean you use numbers to understand people?” He smiled...

What happens when the path you’ve worked hard to follow starts to feel misaligned? For Mike Robinson, his journey has been shaped as much by reinvention as it has by ambition, unfolding across decades of experience, unexpected returns to SAP, and a growing awareness that the system he was part...

In an industry that’s constantly evolving, the real challenge isn’t keeping up with change—it’s staying grounded while everything around you shifts. For Richard Williams, that grounding hasn’t come from chasing every new trend or trying to have all the answers. It’s come from experience, from staying close to the work,...

There’s a moment that changes everything. For Jeff Chenevey, it didn’t happen in a boardroom or during a high-stakes programme—it happened in a client office, watching a colleague take his final breath. In that moment, everything sharpened. What matters. What doesn’t. What lasts. The Underdog Who Chose Challenge Jeff’s story...

A year ago, we started something small. Before you're an expert, you're a human. That idea became Humans of ERP: a simple experiment built around conversations with people working in enterprise technology. What began as a few interviews slowly became something much bigger than I expected. Not a media platform...

There’s something quietly powerful about a life that doesn’t go to plan but still turns into something meaningful. Umesh Sharma’s story is one of those—shaped not by a clear roadmap, but by unexpected turns, steady effort, and the people who believed in him along the way. The Path That Wasn’t...