The LIVEKINDLY Collective—which is composed of various plant-based food and media brands—recently underwent a digital transformation by leveraging cloud technology and predicative analytics. It did so in an effort to reimagine its end-to-end operations, scale across the globe, and drive growth by integrating additional new brands and partners.

CIO Rogan Moore spoke to ASUG about the organization’s move to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, ongoing learnings and experiences from the current implementation process during a pandemic, and what a cloud-first mentality really means for a startup looking to grow and spread awareness about food sustainability and greater societal adoption of plant-based lifestyles.

ASUG: Can you give us a high-level overview of your role as CIO at LIVEKINDLY Collective and the role you took with the SAP S/4HANA Cloud project?

Moore: I'm the chief digital information officer for LIVEKINDLY Collective, and I am responsible for leveraging leapfrog technology and scaling our operations. We live in an age of opportunity in terms of digital and technology advances—in what we’re calling the fourth industrial revolution—and it has allowed us to grow faster and to be more efficient at it.