{
  "name": "Samir Pipalia",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://samir-pipalia.com/",
  "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/pipalia/",
  "email": "samir@pipalia.co.uk",
  "location": "London, United Kingdom",
  "positioning": "Head of Applications / ERP and Integration Leader",
  "targetRoles": [
    "Head of Applications",
    "ERP Lead",
    "SAP Business One Lead",
    "Technical Applications Lead",
    "Application Transformation Lead",
    "Integration Lead",
    "Interim Applications Leader"
  ],
  "summary": "London-based senior applications, ERP and integration leader with 25+ years' experience delivering and owning complex application landscapes across SAP Business One, integrations, automation, eCommerce platforms, data and operational IT.",
  "coreSkills": [
    "SAP Business One SQL and HANA",
    "ERP leadership",
    "Application strategy",
    "Integration architecture",
    "BPA / TaskCentre",
    "DI-API",
    "Service Layer",
    "REST and SOAP APIs",
    "XML and JSON",
    "Boyum",
    "SAP Concur",
    "Microsoft SQL Server",
    "SAP HANA",
    "Data modelling",
    "Performance optimisation",
    "MongoDB",
    "Java",
    "C#",
    "VB.NET",
    "Python",
    "NodeJS",
    "JavaScript",
    "HTML",
    "CSS",
    "Shopify integration",
    "eCommerce",
    "Google Shopping",
    "AWS hosting",
    "Azure hosting",
    "VMware",
    "AWS S3",
    "AWS SES",
    "SSL",
    "Schema.org structured data",
    "Vendor management",
    "Stakeholder management",
    "L3 escalation",
    "Service desk enablement"
  ],
  "selectedEvidence": [
    "Stabilised a complex oil and gas SAP Business One landscape spanning 38 companies.",
    "Helped Fast Key Services grow from roughly £200k turnover into a multi-million-pound organisation through ERP, eCommerce, integration and operational systems.",
    "Delivered IATA-compliant aviation invoicing, fuel card enablement and SAP Concur integration.",
    "Supported multi-country SAP Business One operations across UK, USA, Germany, Switzerland, India, Singapore, Norway and Benelux.",
    "Reduced Crystal Reports load times from over one minute to under five seconds."
  ],
  "caseStudyTopics": [
    "SAP Business One landscape stabilisation across 38 companies: https://samir-pipalia.com/sap-business-one-landscape-stabilisation.html",
    "SAP Business One fuel card integration for BP and Total acceptance: https://samir-pipalia.com/sap-business-one-fuel-card-integration.html",
    "IATA-compliant aviation invoicing using XML and SAP Business One integration",
    "Shopify to SAP Business One B2B eCommerce order processing: https://samir-pipalia.com/shopify-sap-business-one-integration.html"
  ],
  "additionalProjects": [
    "Google Gemma 2 AI Hackathon: contributed to an AI-powered image recognition shopping prototype in a three-person sprint team.",
    "PricewaterhouseCoopers (US): delivered a bespoke Sage Accounts 50 integration for secure data exchange with a PwC web-based solution.",
    "Technical publication: wrote about separating data from XPages design in IBM Notes/Domino applications."
  ],
  "availability": "Open to senior permanent, interim and contract roles in applications, ERP, integration and technical leadership.",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-05-15"
}