Mark Yolton brings more than 20 years of experience to his current role of Senior Vice President for SAP’s Community Network. In this role, Mr. Yolton leads the SAP Developer Network and Business Process Expert communities, of which he is charged with strengthening in order to deepen and accelerate adoption of the SAP platform, products, and services for the benefit of SAP and its ecosystem of customers and partners.

Prior to joining SAP, Mr. Yolton worked at PeopleSoft managing PeopleSoft.com and the core aspects of its customer and partner portals. Following PeopleSoft’s merger with Oracle, he served as Senior Director of Oracle’s Web-based marketing activities, where he was responsible for managing Oracle.com, the Oracle Partner Network, the Oracle Technology Network, and the employee portal MyOracle. Previously, Mr. Yolton served as Vice President of Marketing and Strategy at Sun Microsystems, and in various roles with Unisys Corporation and The Prudential.

Mark Yolton holds a bachelor of arts in communications/journalism and marketing from Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, and a master of business administration from LaSalle University.