Lars Droste | Singapore
Strategic Partner Director at SAP · Adjunct Associate Professor at NTU · Founder, NovaBranch. Based in Singapore.
Adjunct Associate Professor at Nanyang Business School, NTU Singapore. Teaching AI, venture building, blockchain, and design thinking across the MSc in Technology Management, the Management Development Programme, and FlexiMasters.
Strategic Partner Director at SAP APAC. Managing SAP's largest global strategic service partners across Asia-Pacific. Previously Google Cloud Partner Development Manager for 7.5 years: 300+ businesses, 60+ strategic partners.
Founder of NovaBranch Pte. Ltd. Personally builds and ships iOS, Android, and web applications. Four live products, not side projects, not demos.
Three roles / One person / Singapore
"I don't advise on technology. I build it, sell it, and teach it."
Lars Droste
Adjunct Associate Professor and Senior Career Fellow at Nanyang Business School, NTU Singapore. Lars teaches in the MSc in Technology Management and the Management Development Programme, and separately in NTU's FlexiMasters programme. His courses span Applied AI, Generative AI Strategy, AI Powered Media and Automation, Building AI Ventures, Generative AI and Tokenized Economies, Blockchain and Token Economics, Digital Innovation Strategy, Business Model Innovation, and Design Thinking. As Senior Career Fellow, Lars mentors Master's candidates on translating academic credentials into leadership careers.
Lars also runs a half-day AI Transformation Workshop for C-suite teams across APAC, taking leaders from AI ambition to a concrete roadmap they own.
May 2026 – Present
SAP
Managing SAP's largest global strategic service partners across APAC. Driving AI adoption and enterprise cloud transformation.
2018 – 2026
300+ businesses. 60+ strategic partners across APAC. 7.5 years.
2014 – 2018
SAP
Built and scaled HANA Cloud Platform across Asia Pacific & Japan.
2012 – 2014
SAP
Mobile banking for 200+ financial institutions. 10M+ users.
2007 – 2012
SAP / Sybase
Built Sybase's mobility business across the Middle East & North Africa.
NovaBranch Pte. Ltd.: a Singapore software company. Every product below was designed, built, and shipped by Lars.
PDPA-compliant domestic helper marketplace. Zero agency fees.
Singapore condo management, replacing WhatsApp groups and paper forms.
Fit check arena for Singapore university students.
Teaching rehearsal and assessment tool for adult educators. On-device and AI feedback.
Executive MBA
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2021 – 2022
Advanced Management Program
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
2022
Senior Executive Programme
Tsinghua University, Beijing
2022
Singapore Masters National Mountainbike Champion, 2021.
Years of 5am training sessions before work. Still worth it.
Reach out for coaching sessions, workshop enquiries, enterprise speaking, or just to connect. I read every message.
hi@lars.ceo linkedin.com/in/larsdroste