Anand Tigadikar

Anand Tigadikar is a Principal Enterprise Architect in SAP Americas working in the North America Global Delivery Hub, MaxAttention team, with premium engagement customers. He has core expertise in SAP Basis, HANA DB and is a subject matter expert specializing in SAP S/4HANA upgrades, Zero Downtime Option (ZDO), downtime optimized conversion (DoC) approaches for S/4HANA conversion/migration, and large-scale digital transformation programs. With extensive experience leading complex upgrades for global enterprises, Anand brings a unique blend of technical depth, project execution knowledge, and real-world troubleshooting expertise. He has guided organizations through performance tuning, downtime optimization, and end-to-end upgrade cycles, helping them to adopt modern SAP technologies with confidence. Anand is also active in the SAP community, contributing thought leadership on upgrade strategies, clean-core adoption, and next-generation SAP S/4HANA and HANA DB operational best practices.