OREANDA-NEWS. July 25, 2016. SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced that Juergen Mueller has been named chief innovation officer (CINO) effective immediately. In his new role he will drive SAP’s innovation efforts across the company.

In this position Juergen Mueller, who is 34, will continue to lead the SAP Innovation Center Network and expand the company’s presence in the German capital as managing director of SAP Labs Berlin.

Operating from nine locations around the world, the SAP Innovation Center Network creates new growth businesses for SAP by pioneering new markets and disruptive technologies such as machine learning, blockchain and future enterprise applications.

Before joining SAP in 2013, Mueller was co-representative of Professor Hasso Plattner’s research chair at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) for Software Systems Engineering in Potsdam, Germany. He holds a doctorate degree in IT systems engineering.