• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Benjamin Beberness

SAP

VP and Global Head, Oil and Gas Business Industry Unit

Benjamin Beberness, Global Vice President, oil and gas industry, SAP, has responsibility for assuring that SAP’s portfolio of solutions and services deliver the highest value for the industry. Joining SAP in spring 2017, Mr. Beberness is leading SAP’s solution strategy and global marketing for the oil and gas industry. Prior to SAP, he held the role of Chief Information Officer of Snohomish County Public Utility District where he was responsible for all information technology operations and cybersecurity. Prior to Snohomish, Mr. Beberness held the position of Director of Delivery Services for PacifiCorp in Portland, Oregon. He has extensive experience managing a broad range of technology, security, and compliance issues, including 20 years in large-scale management roles. Mr. Beberness’s background also includes work for Williams Gas Pipeline in Houston, Texas, and the Deloitte and Touche Consulting Group/DRT Systems. Mr. Beberness holds a BS from Portland State University.

Sessions With Benjamin Beberness

Tuesday, 12 March

  • 10:30am - 11:15am (CST) / -

    Energy Infrastructure: How vulnerable to cyber attack?
    Panel Technology/Innovation Geopolitics/Energy Policy/Economics

    Headlines alert us to the risks of aging energy infrastructure across North America, and enormous vulnerability to cyber-attacks, both state-sponsored and individual. How likely are those attacks to really happen, and what will be the damage? What are the new sources ofcyber risk and the state of the art responses to mitigate these? Are there good short- and long-term solutions to the cybersecurity problem?