Customers, partners and key market influencers come together for Riversand Connections 2018 in Stuttgart, Germany
Houston, TX – November 6, 2018 – Riversand, a leading cloud Master Data Management (MDM) and Product Information Management (PIM) solution provider, hosted its first European event dedicated to customers and partners to foster education and share ideas across an ever-growing community dedicated to data and insights.
Ben Rund, VP of Business Development and GM DACH for Riversand, served as host for the event. According to Rund, “Data is finally being recognized as one of the most important strategic assets in an organization. Many of our customers understand that great data is the foundation needed to support their transformational digital efforts.”
Day One of the event was exclusively for customers, with an agenda heavily focused on customer 
presentations and stories of how MDM and PIM are being used to drive digital transformation initiatives. Day Two of the event was dedicated to partners, with an emphasis on sharing technology innovations and future plans for the Riversand data management platform.
There were several key learnings and take-aways from the event:
- A great agenda drives great participation – it was a packed two days with an agenda that combined sessions from customers, Riversand executives, and key partners. Riversand executives on the agenda included CEO Upen Varanasi who delivered keynotes on both days and Raman Parthasarathy, VP Strategy and Business Development. Sachin Kumar, Senior Director Customer & Partner Success Europe, and Nikhil Bhatia, Senior Director Product Management, delivered sessions on Riversand technology innovations and customer and partner enablement plans.
- Great customers are keen to learn from one another – many presentations throughout the day were delivered by customers themselves. Feedback received during the event indicated that customers appreciated the best practices and learnings shared from their peers. Some key quotes from customers attending:
“I am really enjoying the deep learning from peers and their best practices.” – Jasmin Quellmann, International PIM Manager at Beiersdorf
“It was a very well run, informative and engaging session.”- Phil Carline, Business Transformation Manager – Digital Content at Kingfisher IT Services
- A great partner ecosystem exists – there are so many talented and experienced MDM experts in Europe! Key companies represented included Avensia, Advellence, Comma Group, TCS, Infosys, PwC, Parsionate and Yellowground. In addition to consulting and advisory partners, there were complementary solution providers involved as well – such as Productsup, Inbetween, Loadbee and Priint Group.
- Disruption in the digital business era requires new tech – a common theme discussed was the fact that disruptive business models require a new approach to data management. This was very evident in a panel discussion involving Riversand execs, key customers and The Group of Analysts CEO and Chief Analyst Temel Kahyaoglu. To win in the future, organizations must look at new ways of delivering user experience, processing and managing data, and integrating cloud into everything they do.
Rund said, “It was exciting to bring together some of the best minds in the data industry for two days of engaging conversations. We are committed to the European region and we look forward to future events as we continue to collaborate with our customers and partners around all things data.”
About Riversand
Riversand cloud-native master data management solutions are designed to support customers’ digital transformation journeys through improved business agility, faster adoption and improved collaboration across the enterprise. Riversand has a vision of helping companies know their customers better, move products faster, automate processes, mitigate risk and run their businesses smarter. Our customers, partners and analysts recognize us as a trusted partner, visionary and a leader. Visit Riversand.com for more information and follow us @RiversandMDM on Twitter and Riversand on LinkedIn.
