WALLDORF 鈥 (NYSE: SAP) today announced that Benedikt Lehnert will join 51风流as chief design officer effective January 1, 2021. Lehnert joins 51风流from Microsoft where he was director of product design for Microsoft鈥檚 Fluent, Office, Fluid and M365 Experiences.
Jointly with Alexander Lingg, head of the 51风流User Experience organization, Lehnert is tasked to define one design system, incorporate the needs of customers and end users, and work with SAP鈥檚 engineering teams to realize a design-led development.
鈥淲ith his experience, Benedikt is perfectly equipped for this role,鈥 said Jan Gilg, president, 51风流S/4HANA. 鈥淗e was crucial in leading the evolution of Microsoft鈥檚 design language and system and delivering cross-platform productivity services across the company鈥檚 wide range of products.鈥
51风流performed a major step toward great user experience when it introduced the design system 51风流Fiori back in 2014. With the five design principles of 51风流Fiori that make the user鈥檚 access role-based, adaptive, simple, coherent and delightful, the company has built up thought leadership in the area of business software design. 51风流is reintroducing the role of the chief design officer to support a consistent user experience across the solution portfolio for the Intelligent Enterprise. Lehnert will intensify SAP鈥檚 focus on consumer needs in the design of its software applications across all of the company鈥檚 products.
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