As the new President of Celonis Carsten Thoma is now responsible for corporate strategy and development, marketing, human resources, and corporate culture. He is also responsible for expanding the Celonis platform ecosystem and the Celonis Labs innovation center.
According to the company, Thoma has been a dedicated supporter and mentor of Celonis since its inception, as well as its first external investor. Since 2016, he has served as Board member and strategic advisor.
"Carsten Thoma has been accompanying and supporting Celonis for many years. With his expertise in building new business areas and scaling disruptive technologies, he is the perfect partner for our vision: to help companies worldwide unlock added value in their processes, thereby improving their performance and operating more efficiently and sustainably."
so Alexander Rinke, Co-CEO and co-founder of Celonis.
In 1997, Carsten Thoma co-founded the startup Hybris, which was acquired by SAP in 2013 for over one billion euros. Following the acquisition, Thoma served as Global President and a member of the Global Executive Team, leading SAP's Customer Experience (CX) division. Under his leadership, the CX division developed into the fastest-growing business unit and laid the foundation for SAP's reorientation toward the cloud. Thoma will contribute this experience to Celonis's next growth phases and drive the expansion of additional markets.
Carsten Thoma says about his new position:
"I look forward to working with Celonis founders Alexander Rinke, Bastian Nominacher, and Martin Klenk, and all Celonauts, to enable our customers to create massive economic value with Celonis while further advancing sustainability. This is especially true given the enormous economic challenges many companies are currently facing."
