A high-performance team for complex SAP transformations.
Senior practitioners across advisory, strategy, delivery, and products. For enterprise clients, including the Fortune 100, the team you meet is the team still in the room after go-live.
From advisory through delivery and beyond
One team across the full lifecycle: strategy, implementation, and the support that follows.
CXO advisory
C-suite advisory that puts technology decisions on business terms, early enough to matter.
Cyber & technical resilience
Security assessments, remediation, and resilience planning that protect the systems your business runs on.
Technology strategy
Independent technology strategy and portfolio decisions, grounded in what we would run ourselves.
SAP consulting
Full-lifecycle SAP expertise: advisory and scoping through delivery, go-live, and post-implementation support.
Enterprise transformation strategy
Transformation roadmaps that balance business objectives, technical feasibility, and organizational readiness.
Innovation Lab
AI innovations backed by three granted US patents. Intelligent enterprise applications on SAP BTP and other platforms.
Built for complex organizations
Deep domain knowledge across five asset-heavy and process-intensive sectors, applied through proven transformation methodologies.
Engineering & construction
Project systems, asset management, compliance, and capital project tracking.
Manufacturing
Production planning, MES, quality, and supply chain visibility for discrete, process, and hybrid manufacturing.
Consumer goods & retail
Omnichannel commerce, demand forecasting, promotional planning, and customer experience platforms.
Government / public sector
Secure, compliant SAP for federal, state, and local agencies: grants, budgeting, fund accounting, citizen services.
Software / high tech
Cloud-native SAP for subscription revenue, services automation, product lifecycle, and global expansion.
Industry-specific playbooks, accelerators, and reference architectures for each sector.
Discuss your sectorData, AI, security, and deep SAP expertise.
Strategic, functional, and technical capabilities applied across every engagement.
Modern data platforms, SAP analytics tools, predictive modeling, and real-time dashboards.
Autonomous workflows, SAP Business AI, conversational AI, and intelligent document processing.
Security posture assessments, NIST/SOX compliance, penetration testing, and remediation planning.
SAP functional consulting across finance, supply chain, HR, and manufacturing.
SAP BTP, API-first integration, and side-by-side extensions that keep the core clean and upgrade-ready.
Program governance, organizational change management, and training that carries adoption past go-live.
Frameworks and accelerators we bring to every engagement
Codified over three decades of transformations. Start wherever you are: weighing the decision, at the table with SAP, mid-implementation, or already live.
RISE vs. non-RISE decision framework
A weighted scorecard comparing RISE against self-managed across seven categories — cost, risk, flexibility, contracts, integration. You set the weights; the verdict resolves in real time.
Try the interactive scorecard →SAP RISE contract review
Twelve dimensions scored against your order form — escalators, SLA credits, BTP entitlements, ramp risk, exit terms — benchmarked against SAP defaults and best-in-class asks. Runs pre-signature or post-signature.
Explore the review framework & sample report →Full benchmark brief available — see the toolkit page.
Consolidation timing framework
Seven lenses — data gravity, cutover envelope, change absorption, integration debt, economics, value latency, continuity & resilience — with an interactive assessment that resolves to a timing recommendation for each consolidation candidate.
Score a consolidation candidate →Post-RISE activation assessment
Live on S/4HANA but running a fraction of what you paid for? A 25-question self-assessment scores your activation gap across seven domains — Fiori, custom code, analytics, integration, authorizations, process, and AMS knowledge — each measurable from your own system data.
Score your activation gap →Product-grade instruments we run with you in a working session. The page shows what they return. The run happens with your data, under NDA.
SecOps Evaluation
Your running SAP system compared against a curated reference of what good looks like. Every gap an evidence-backed finding; every SAP-managed control under RISE verified, not assumed — attestation gaps documented and ready to escalate.
See what an evaluation returns →SAP BDC CoverageIQ & Sizing
How much of your data warehouse and reporting estate does SAP Business Data Cloud cover — and what capacity should you buy? Coverage scored by domain, gaps registered, and a defensible capacity sizing brief generated from the result.
See what the assessment returns →Decades of depth. Boutique agility. Enterprise rigor.
The same practitioners carry your transformation from first conversation to live system. And we stay as long as you need us.
Our clients don't appear on this page — discretion is part of how we work. Nearly all of them will take a reference call. Ask, and we'll connect you directly.
Proof before commitment
Every engagement starts the same way. You talk to our clients before you sign anything.
Conversation
A working session with senior principals to assess where you stand. No obligation.
Reference calls
Before you commit, we connect you directly with executives we've served. No script, no chaperone.
Assessment & roadmap
A focused assessment with a clear roadmap and an honest recommendation, even if it isn't us.
Delivery & support
The same team stays from advisory through post-go-live support. No handoffs. We're explicit about our role before we start: prime integrator for boutique-scale programs, program or cutover command alongside your incumbent SI, or client-side advisor.
The people in the room
K. Srinivas Rao
Founded Pinnacle in 1995. Large-scale ERP transformations and technology strategy ever since.
Sivaram Vasireddi
Advises boards and C-suites on high-stakes transformation: scoping, governance, course correction.
Ganesh Perumalla
Leads finance transformation: S/4HANA Finance, record-to-report, close, and treasury.
Robert Max
Enterprise architecture: clean-core strategy, integration, and platform decisions that last.
Deepti Rao
AI-driven transformation, from use-case discovery to production inside core processes.
Sathish Arya
Modern data platforms, SAP analytics, and reporting layers built for executive use.
Insights that shape decisions
Frequently asked questions
What makes Pinnacle different from large SAP systems integrators?
Pinnacle is a boutique, senior-led firm. The senior people who scope your program are the same people who deliver it — no handoff to junior teams. Our consultants average 25+ years of SAP experience.
Does Pinnacle provide client references?
Yes. Our clients value discretion, so they do not appear on our website — but nearly all of them will take a reference call. Ask, and we connect you directly with executives we have served.
What services does Pinnacle Consulting provide?
Advisory through delivery and beyond: CXO advisory, enterprise transformation strategy, technology strategy, SAP consulting, cyber and technical resilience, and applied AI through our Innovation Lab — plus managed support (AMS+) after go-live.
Which industries does Pinnacle serve?
Engineering and construction, manufacturing, consumer goods and retail, government and public sector, and software / high tech.
How does an engagement with Pinnacle start?
With a conversation — a working session with senior principals, no obligation. Reference calls with our current clients come before you commit to anything.
Put a senior advisor in the room before the stakes get higher.
Whether you're scoping a RISE migration, evaluating SIs, or stuck mid-program — a 30-minute conversation with a Pinnacle principal will tell you what's at stake, and what to do about it.
