About Us

Meet the SAP LeanIX Team

Driving innovation by simplifying IT landscapes for businesses worldwide.

ABOUT SAP LEANIX

A market-leading enterprise architecture solution

SAP LeanIX uses enterprise architecture to help businesses plan and navigate transformations like ERP upgrades, application modernization, cloud migration, and AI adoption and governance.

Our Mission

Empower companies to transform with confidence

SAP LeanIX empowers organizations worldwide to confidently drive IT modernization and business transformation.

By leveraging SAP LeanIX's automated, data-driven, and AI-enhanced solutions, companies can adapt to changing markets, embrace generative AI, and gain competitive edge in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.

Our vision

Align IT and business for a digital future

In a digital economy, IT and business must be on the same page and operate in harmony.

We envision a world where IT and business teams collaborate seamlessly and make insightful, data-driven decisions about technology investments, cost optimization, operational efficiency and business transformation.

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Our Story

A decade of milestones and unforgettable moments, but we have only just begun

2012

LeanIX is founded by André Christ & Jörg G. Beyer in Bonn, Germany

2013

First five customers using LeanIX

2014

First LeanIX Connect Day Conference in Basel Switzerland.

2015

Series A Financing Round

2016

US entity LeanIX, Inc. founded

2017

Opened our first office in Boston, USA

2018

LeanIX won the Deloitte Fast 50 Award for fast growing tech companies

2019

LeanIX is 100 people strong and we are certified as a Great Place to Work.

We opened an office in Hyderabad, India.

Gartner recognizes LeanIX as a Visionary in Magic Quadrant for EA Tools.

2020

LeanIX named as Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice with highest overall rating.

Our EA Connect Days attract more than 3,000 participants in Bonn and online.

2021

LeanIX named a Strong Performer in latest Forrester Wave report

SaaS Management Provider Cleanshelf Joins LeanIX

LeanIX named a Leader in the 2021 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Architecture Tools

2022

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LeanIX Celebrates 10 Years

2023

LeanIX is now part of SAP

LeanIX, an SAP company, placed as a Leader in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Architecture Tools

2024

SAP LeanIX Brings Scalable AI Adoption and Governance to Enterprise Architecture

SAP LeanIX placed as a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Architecture Tools

Global Reach

Connecting businesses across continents with local expertise and worldwide innovation.

Building on Experience

Our Senior Management Team

SAP LeanIX grew from a start-up created by two founders with many years of experience in IT Management to a global market leader with hundreds of employees.
Today, it is the enterprise architecture pillar of SAP's suite of business transformation solutions.

André Christ

General Manager

Rouven Morato

General Manager

André Burchart

CFO

Sam Masri

CSO

Dee Houchen

CMO

Christian Richter

CCO

Anna Gajda

CPO

Steffen Wittmann

CTO

Dominik Rose

SVP Product

Next Steps

Our Future with SAP: Expanding Possibilities

As part of SAP, LeanIX is poised to accelerate innovation and expand our capabilities. Together, we’ll continue driving business transformation and IT-business alignment on a global scale, leveraging SAP's vast ecosystem to deliver even more robust, data-driven solutions.

Our commitment remains to empower organizations with the tools and insights needed to navigate business transformation with confidence — now with the strength and reach of SAP behind us.

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