Raghu Banda is an enterprise AI strategist and technology leader at SAP with more than 25 years of SAP experience and nearly three decades across enterprise technology, architecture, product innovation, and digital transformation. In his current role, he focuses on enterprise architecture and AI advisory, helping shape architecture-led AI adoption, clean core transformation, SAP Business AI enablement, governance, and future-state platform strategies for intelligent enterprises.

Raghu has spent more than 15 years working across AI, analytics, machine learning, and intelligent business processes. He now concentrates on the architectural questions raised by agentic AI about how autonomous agents are designed, grounded, governed, and held accountable inside the enterprise.

This is his third book. He is also the author of Implementing Machine Learning with SAP S/4HANA (SAP PRESS, 2020) and Building Social Equity with AI (Apress, 2024). He hosts the XTraw AI podcast, where he engages leaders, founders, and practitioners on practical AI adoption and emerging technology trends.

Shibaji Chandra is a visionary AI leader and principal enterprise architect at SAP with more than 23 years of experience driving enterprise-scale AI transformation. As an IEEE Senior Member and published author, he brings deep expertise in agentic AI, enterprise AI, and SAP Business Technology Platform to his work. Throughout more than two decades in the SAP ecosystem, Shibaji has demonstrated a remarkable ability to translate cutting-edge AI research into production solutions across many industries.

Today, Shibaji engages C-suite executives, research institutions, and industry analysts to shape the future of SAP Business AI on an enterprise scale. As a thought leader and recognized expert, Shibaji has coauthored two editions of the bestselling book SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP PRESS, 2024).