Approach

Able to decide in 30 days. Stable in 60. Able to transform in 90.

Each phase with a defined outcome – you decide on continuation.

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Phases

  1. Weeks 1–4Day 30 – ability to act and decide

    Understand before acting

    Rapid assessment of systems, contracts and team. Outcome: root-cause analysis, stakeholder map, quick-win list and module plan.

  2. By day 60Day 60 – stabilisation and alignment

    Stabilise first

    Restore service capability, eliminate critical risks, set up governance and reporting to management or investor.

  3. From day 90Day 90 – ability to transform

    Then transform

    The mandate-specific core runs in phases, each with an accepted outcome and a monthly report.

  4. Last 2–3 months

    Becoming dispensable – with a plan

    Handover to the permanent successor: selection, onboarding, roadmap and due-diligence-ready documentation.

  5. Optional

    Continuity without full-time

    After the mandate as fractional CIO/CDO with 1–3 days per week for the successor, ongoing programmes and committees.

Mandate format: results per phase

Each phase has a defined outcome and a fixed timeframe. You decide after each phase whether to continue – full-time or fractional.

What AI takes over – and what stays with me

Analysis, documentation and reporting work is delivered with my own standardised AI tool chain. Mandate hours go where automation does not reach: strategy, decisions, leadership, negotiation, assumption of liability – as interim CIO/CDO and as interim CEO of an IT service provider alike. You buy accountability for results in person; AI support is the means, not the service. All AI-assisted work products are labelled and signed off by me.

Share of AI support per task area

  • Preparing existing dataStatus reports, board packs, KPI preparation, operations documentation
    high
  • Analysing structured dataLicence and contract review, FinOps, compliance gap mapping, data-room review
    high
  • Procurement preparationRFP drafting, bid comparison, vendor benchmarking
    high
  • Operations controlIncident triage, runbook execution, log analysis, monitoring
    high to medium
  • Programme and portfolio steeringPlanning, progress and risk tracking, dependencies
    medium
  • Assessment and prioritisationAssessments, portfolio prioritisation, risk register, SAP custom-code assessment
    medium
  • Strategy and target stateIT strategy, target operating model, roadmap, business case
    medium to low
  • Architecture and sourcing decisionsMake-or-buy, target cloud architecture, platform choice, award decision
    low
  • Contract and vendor negotiationTSA, system integrator, providers, licensors – negotiation and enforcement
    low
  • Commercial steering (IT service providers)Pricing, contract and receivables enforcement, customer escalations, service catalogue
    low
  • Stakeholder management and communicationManagement, shareholders, PE operating partner, works council, business units
    low
  • Decisions under uncertaintyGo-live, escalation, budget reallocation, project stop
    low
  • Execution and people leadershipEstablishing authority, resolving resistance, team restructuring, separations, change management
    low
  • Crisis and incident leadershipMajor incidents, cyber incident, crisis team, external communication
    low
  • Assumption of liabilityNIS2 reporting duty, board reporting, authority contact, approvals
    low
  • Succession and knowledge transferSuccessor selection, onboarding, roadmap handover
    low

What this means for you: Assessment results in weeks 1–4, weekly board reporting without additional resources, shorter procurement cycles. Carve-out, PMI, IT turnaround, CIO/CDO bridging and CEO leadership of IT service providers remain personal leadership work – there you buy execution and assumption of liability.

Example: 170 findings and 10 fields of action in 8 working days as the decision basis for an exit.

Service packages with a predefined outcome

IT Due Diligence

Technological assessment of the target company: infrastructure, applications, contracts, tech debt, cybersecurity, data quality and separability – in the exclusivity phase.

IT Exit-Readiness Check

The vendor-due-diligence view of your own IT: findings, cost transparency, risks and roadmap before a buyer looks.

CIO-Readiness Assessment

Where the IT organisation stands: maturity level, gaps and roadmap in 2–4 weeks.

Carve-out & PMI Playbook

Structured separation or integration plan with Day-1 readiness, TSA scope and exit, synergies and workstreams.

TSA-Exit Roadmap

Workstreams, application disposition, exit plan and TSA cost tracking through to TSA independence.

CIO First 90 Days

Standardised onboarding process for the first 90 days of a new CIO, also as the handover from an interim mandate.

NIS2 & AI Act Readiness

Applicability and roles, registration, reporting process, high-risk AI roadmap and board reporting – within 90 days.

“Frameworks 70% standardised, application 100% client-specific.”

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