William R. McDermott is an American businessperson who has been at the head of 6 different companies.

He holds the position of President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at ServiceNow, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer at SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG.

He is also on the board of PAETEC Corp. and Fisker, Inc. and Member of US Business Council and Member of European Round Table of Industrialists.

In the past Mr. McDermott held the position of Chief Executive Officer for SAP SE Chief Executive Officer for SAP America, Inc. and President & Chief Executive Officer for SAP Asia Pacific Japan (both are subsidiaries of SAP SE), President of Gartner, Inc., Executive VP-Worldwide Sales & Operations at Siebel Systems, Inc., Division President at Xerox Corp. and Member of Chamber of Commerce of The United States of America.

William R. McDermott received an undergraduate degree from Dowling College and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.