Personal introduction (in German)

As INTERIM CIO and IT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

I lead successfully transformations and major IT changes as well as strategic corporate manoeuvres and IT turnarounds

  • For larger medium-sized companies, PE-owned start-ups and medium-sized divisions of large corporations
  • in the automotive, pharma, mechanical engineering, transport/logistics, software/IT, media, real estate, energy, healthcare, food, retail, etc. sectors

I take charge for implementation in business-critical phases and use my holistic, entrepreneurial approach to ensure a sustainable increase in value and future-oriented IT.

What I specialise in

INVESTMENT PROTECTION
  • Portfolio IT Consolidation
  • M&A IT Risk Reduction
  • Post-Merger IT Alignment / IT Consolidation
  • IT Due Diligence
IT STABILISATION
  • ​​Bridging shortage of IT management personnel
  • IT Turn Around
  • IT Modernisation
  • IT Technical debt reduction
COMPANY VALUE INCREASING
  • IT Carve-Out / Spin-Off
  • IT Merger / Post Merger Integration (PMI)
  • IT Integration into Portfolio (Bolt-On)
  • IT Reorganisation / Restructuring
  • IT Right Sizing / IT Cost Reduction
IT LEVERAGE GAINING
  • Transformation of local ITs into a global agile IT organization
  • Improving IT service efficiency
  • IT Best practices

Typical initial situations

Major changes of company group structure

  • Merger: Multiple IT organisations and highly fragmented IT landscapes
  • Carve-out / Bolt-on: Independent and different structures and IT landscapes, all kinds of systems and data
  • Acquisition: Unclear IT legal risks and unknown separation and integration costs following a company acquisition

IT that puts business at risk

  • Major incidents: Business-critical system failures
  • No needed change: Failed transformation
  • Complexity: Extremely heterogeneous IT landscapes (instability, costs, too slow)
  • Legacy system crisis: outdated IT, security gaps or compliance violations, such as SOX404 (systemic IT governance failure)

IT leadership crisis

  • No Leadership: Lack of or overwhelmed IT management
  • Resistance: to crucial changes
  • Performance: Organisational chaos and performance problems
  • Essential people leaving: High staff turnover, loss of top performers