Summary
Richard Calaba is a software engineering manager with 20+ years of experience building and modernizing enterprise cloud and SAP ecosystems across Europe and the US. He combines deep SAP product and cloud-architecture expertise with hands-on delivery—from SAP GRC and HANA-era prototyping to leading migrations to Kubernetes-based SAP Kyma and sovereign cloud deployments at Microsoft and SAP. Known for scaling teams and practices, he has repeatedly built Centers of Excellence, modernized delivery with DevSecOps and Agile, and introduced data-driven automation like service code scanning and threat-model discovery. At PwC he translated that experience into business-facing SAP BTP and SuccessFactors practices, while at SAP today he focuses on Identity Access Governance, HA/DR and AI-first product strategies. He mentors technical leaders and builds culturally diverse teams that bridge product, security and operations. A pragmatic innovator, he pairs low-level system knowledge with strategic program delivery to make complex cloud transformations predictable and auditable.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Data Engineering and Operating Systems, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science, Data Engineering and Operating Systems at Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Czech, English, German