Today's guests are Sebastian Mayer, Managing Director & Simon Grunewald, Manager at Protiviti in Germany. Founded in 2002, Protiviti is a global business consultancy that provides deep expertise, objective insights, a tailored approach and unique collaboration to help leaders face the future with confidence. The company's consulting services cover critical business issues in the areas of technology, business operations, analytics, risk, compliance, transactions and internal audit.


Sebastian has over 12 years of experience in IT consulting, information security, IT audit and SAP & ServiceNow Advisory. Currently, he heads Protiviti's areas of Technology Audit and Technology Architecture & Operations. Simon is a Subject Matter Expert at Protiviti in Business Development, responsible for digitally optimized and automated process flows via the ServiceNow platform. He pursues an approach of value-adding and goal-oriented communication in his work in order to ensure the best possible and sustainable ServiceNow advice for his customers.


In this episode, Sebastian and Simon talk about:


How they got into the world of ServiceNow,


The work they do with Protiviti,


How ServiceNow helps IT Compliance in highly-regulated markets,


Building the right foundations in utilizing ServiceNow to support IT Compliance,


Use cases of the success they have brought to customers,


Challenges to be aware of such as GDPR,


Advice to companies on making sure your compliant with current regulations