Episode 181: The Role of AI Across SAP Business Network with SAP's Atena Reyhani

This week, SAP's Atena Reyhani joins us to explore how agentic AI and SAP Business Network are enabling autonomous supply chains–from cross-enterprise orchestration to data-driven decisions.

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Atena Reyhani, Head of Product Management for SAP Business Network Core, joins us to unpack how agentic AI is transforming supply chains. We explore real-world use cases like order prioritization, the role of cross-enterprise data in AI decision-making, guardrails for responsible AI adoption, and why the future belongs to autonomous supply chains.

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Guest 1: Atena Reyhani, Head of Product Management for SAP Business Network Core, SAP

In this role, Atena leads the AI strategy for the Network and helps to shape the path forward for our customers in becoming increasingly autonomous enterprises. The world’s largest platform for business-to-business commerce and collaboration, SAP Business Network facilitates over $7.7 trillion in commerce through more than 910 million transactions annually, as of the 12 months ending Q2 2026. 

Prior to assuming the role in August 2025, Reyhani served as Chief Product Officer for ContractPodAi, spearheading the development of innovative enterprise and legal solutions – notably including Leah, a leading agentic AI solution for the enterprise legal sector. Renowned for her ability to turn bold ideas into transformative realities, Reyhani leads cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional AI solutions that redefine how enterprise work gets accomplished. Previously, Atena held leadership roles in product management, driving innovation in SaaS products for higher education at Pepperdine University and in the gaming and lottery industries at Diamond Game Enterprises.

Host 1: Richard Howells

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Richard Howells⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ has been working in the Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing space for over 30 years. He is responsible for driving the thought leadership and awareness of SAP’s ERP, Finance, and Supply Chain solutions and is an active writer, podcaster, and thought leader on the topics of supply chain, Industry 4.0, digitization, and sustainability.

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Show Links:

SAP Business Network: https://www.sap.com/businessnetwork

Atena Reyhani at SAP Connect in Las Vegas Session link

Supply Chain Management:  

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SAP Supply Chain Management⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SAP Insights: Supply Chain⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠       

Follow Us on Social Media : 

Atena Reyhani: LinkedIn

Richard Howells: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

SAP Digital Supply Chain: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   

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