Bill McDermott
Bill McDermott is Chairman and CEO of Service Now, the leading digital workflow company, making the world work better for everyone. He’s paving the way for ServiceNow to digitally transform organizations of every size and industry to allow employees to focus on the work they love.
Prior to that he was CEO of SAP. Bill’s innovation-led strategy for SAP resulted in expansive increases in customers, total revenue, market value and profitable growth. One of the most popular leaders in business, Bill’s employee approval rating on website Glassdoor hovers around 99%. Bill is a member of the European Roundtable of Industrialists, the Business Roundtable and the U.S. Business Council. He also serves on the boards of performance apparel maker Under Armour, engineering software maker ANSYS, Inc. and security solutions leader Dell SecureWorks. He has received numerous awards for his civic leadership, including GENYOUth’s Vanguard Award, City Year’s Idealist of the Year, the We Are Family Foundation’s Visionary Award and the Children’s Aid Society’s Promise Award.
Bill was Irish America’s Business 100 keynote speaker in 2017. His roots are in Roscommon.