Steve Collins is a leader in Accenture’s Global IT organization, serving as the lead for Business Architecture as well as Chief Data Architect. In this role, he sets the direction for information and systems to build flexibility into Accenture’s future in order to be prepared for the unexpected. He is also responsible for connecting business processes across the technology landscape to streamline work and rapidly enable Accenture’s strategic priorities.

In his previous role, Steve was responsible for Accenture’s single global SAP instance and setting the SAP strategy, including Accenture’s journey to implement new SAP capabilities—with a focus on enabling a cloud-first strategy. He spearheaded Accenture’s migrations to HANA, S/4HANA, and the Ariba cloud. Steve earned his bachelor of science degree in mathematics and computer science from Marquette University, graduating cum laude.