Marcus Wolf - CIO (interim)

Q: Where is Marcus based?

Marcus is based in Willich, Germany .

Q: What languages does Marcus speak?

Marcus speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Dutch (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Marcus have?

Marcus has at least 19 years of experience. During this time, Marcus has worked in at least 16 different roles and for 19 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year . Note that Marcus may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Marcus's latest experience?

Marcus's most recent position is CIO (interim) at Bartec Group .

Q: What companies has Marcus worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Marcus has worked for Bartec Group , Skyborn Holding , Speira GmbH , Next-Kraftwerke , and Swiss Steel Group .

Q: Which industries is Marcus most experienced in?

Marcus is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Telecommunication , and Insurance . Marcus also has some experience in Transportation , Food and Beverage , and Retail .

Q: Which business areas is Marcus most experienced in?

Marcus is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Project Management , and Quality Assurance . Marcus also has some experience in Operations , Strategy , and Business Intelligence .

Q: Which industries has Marcus worked in recently?

Marcus has recently worked in industries like Telecommunication , Manufacturing , and Utilities .

Q: Which business areas has Marcus worked in recently?

Marcus has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Operations , and Quality Assurance .

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Experience

Jan 2025 - Dec 2025

1 year

CIO (interim)

Bartec Group

Responsible for infrastructure, operations, network and VoIP, security, quality assurance, as well as asset management and business continuity
Planning and implementation of all NIS 2.0 requirements
Responsible for application development
Company-wide rollout of SAP S/4Hana and leading the development of new business processes, including cut-over planning
Digital and cultural transformation towards a 'can-do mentality'
Realignment of infrastructure (hybrid)
Restructuring the organization with partial outsourcing
Managing four direct reports with a total of 25 internal and external employees
Budget responsibility up to €25 million

Jun 2024 - Present

2 years 2 months

Principal Advisor to the CEO

Skyborn Holding

Responsible for infrastructure, operations, network and VoIP, security, quality assurance, as well as asset management and business continuity
Ensuring and stabilizing IT operations in a KRITIS company according to regulatory requirements
Full implementation of S4 Hana (Rise)

Jun 2024 - Dec 2024

7 months

CIO (interim)

Speira GmbH

Responsible for infrastructure, operations, network and VoIP, security, quality assurance, as well as asset management and business continuity
Developing a concept to achieve NIS 2.0 compliance
Responsible for application development
Company-wide rollout of SAP Hana and leading the development of new business processes, including cut-over planning
Digital and cultural transformation towards a 'can-do mentality'
Implementing a customer journey fully focused on the customer and their requirements
Analyzing the current organization and transforming it into an interdisciplinary organization
Managing six direct reports with a total of 105 internal and 245 external employees
Budget responsibility up to €65 million

Sep 2023 - May 2024

9 months

Head of IT & Digitalization (Interim CIO)

Next-Kraftwerke

Responsible for infrastructure, operations, network and VoIP, security, quality assurance, as well as asset management and business continuity
Implementing KRITIS requirements in preparation for NIS 2.0
Ensuring and stabilizing IT operations in a KRITIS company according to regulatory requirements
Sustainable reduction of technical debt
Long-term infrastructure planning (on-prem/cloud)
Digital and cultural transformation towards a 'can-do mentality'
Leading and overseeing the integration into the Shell Group
Fundamental restructuring of IT and development of a staffing plan
Managing five direct reports with a total of 58 internal and 85 external employees
Budget responsibility up to €45 million

May 2023 - Aug 2023

4 months

Principal Advisor to the Interim CIO

Swiss Steel Group

Digital and cultural transformation
Company-wide rollout of SAP HCM/HXM and leading the development of new digital processes
Developing a new organizational structure for IT
Conducting a tender to select and onboard an IT service provider for the SAP S4/Hana implementation
Creating the development and rollout plan as well as a cutover plan

Sep 2022 - Apr 2023

8 months

Principal Advisor to the CEO (Interim)

Circet Group France

Digital and cultural transformation
Analysis of the current organization and transformation into an interdisciplinary organization
Development of a new IT organizational structure
Ensuring the entire IT operations
Conducting a tender to select and implement an IT service provider for IT infrastructure and user help desk
Company-wide rollout of SAP Hana and leading development of new digital processes as well as detailed creation of the cut-over plan

Nov 2021 - Aug 2022

10 months

Interim Head of IT & Digitalization (CIO/CDO)

Brunata GmbH

Responsible for infrastructure, operations, network and VoIP, security, quality assurance as well as asset management and business continuity
Responsible for application development
Company-wide rollout of SAP Hana and leading development of new business processes, including cut-over planning
Digital and cultural transformation towards a "can-do mentality"
Introduction of a customer journey fully focused on the customer and their needs
Analysis of the current organization and transformation into an interdisciplinary organization
Managing six direct reports with a total of 105 internal and 245 external employees
Budget responsibility up to €65 million

Oct 2020 - Sep 2021

1 year

Interim Head of IT & Digitalization (CIO/CDO)

Netcom-bw & plusnet GmbH

Responsible for infrastructure, operations, network and VoIP, security, quality assurance as well as asset management and business continuity
Responsible for application development
IT strategic alignment and direct support of the business
Planning and implementation of IT digital transformation and related business processes
Company-wide rollout of SAP Hana and leading development of new business processes, including cut-over planning
Introduction of a customer journey fully focused on the customer and their needs
Analysis of the current organization and transformation into an interdisciplinary organization
Managing six direct reports with a total of 60 internal and 45 external employees
Budget responsibility up to €35 million

Dec 2018 - Jul 2020

1 year 8 months

Vice President Infrastructure, Operations, Security & Quality Assurance

Unitymedia NRW GmbH

Responsible for infrastructure, operations, network and VoIP, security, quality assurance as well as asset management and business continuity
Conducted the relocation of IT from the matrix to a line organization within Unitymedia
Responsible for managing the digital transformation
Responsible for steering all strategic IT projects and developments
Close alignment and support with the business for direct assistance
Company-wide rollout of SAP Hana and leading development of new business processes, including cut-over planning
Responsible for budget planning and compliance as well as cost optimization
Managing seven direct reports with a total of 65 internal and 35 external employees and leading outsourced teams in India and Argentina
Budget responsibility up to €65 million

Mar 2018 - Oct 2018

8 months

Director of Transformation, Innovation & Projects

Lowell Financial Services

Led and coordinated the program to establish the Transformation, Innovation & Projects department
Introduced a crisis management system (BCM)
Built and structured the "Acceleration" program to realign the Lowell Group with an investment volume of €25 million
Managed operations, change, and application teams including provider and service management
Led up to 15 internal and 40 project staff
Budget responsibility up to €27.5 million

Nov 2017 - Mar 2018

5 months

Program Manager for Guidewire Project

Zurich Insurance Cologne

Led and coordinated the program to implement Zurich's new application landscape
Crisis management (BCM)
Led the operations, change and application teams, including provider and service management
Managed up to 15 internal and 40 project staff
Responsible for a budget of up to €15 million

Mar 2017 - Oct 2017

8 months

Head of Operations and Applications

AXA Technology Services Germany

Responsible for the operation of the entire corporate IT
Crisis management (BCM)
Led the operations, change and application teams, including provider and service management
Acted as the direct contact for the executive board on future IT strategies
Led the full outsourcing of the mass printing business to a service provider, including tendering, selection and contract negotiation
Carried out re-sourcing, developed interfaces to the service provider, and provided governance and coaching for employees
Managed production systems and applications with release cycles
Change management and restructuring of the IT organization
Managed up to 65 internal and 35 project staff
Responsible for a budget of up to €75 million

Nov 2016 - Feb 2017

4 months

Interim Chief Digitalization Officer (CDO)

Leading European Internet service provider

Developed a strategy to digitalize IT and surrounding services
Analyzed the IT organization, including personnel assessment
Analyzed existing tools and processes related to digitalization
Transformed the IT organization into the planned future mode
Developed a medium-term plan to implement the results

Aug 2015 - Oct 2016

1 year 3 months

Strategy Consultant, Coach

Leading European logistics company

Conducted an assessment from business and IT perspective regarding digitalization
Analyzed the IT organization including personnel assessment
Analyzed existing tools and processes related to digitalization
Developed a digitalization and IT strategy
Developed a medium-term plan to implement the results

Feb 2015 - Jun 2015

5 months

Strategy Consultant, Auditor

King Abdullah Economic City

Conducted an ERP assessment from an IT perspective
Analyzed the IT organization including personnel assessment
Developed an IT strategy and drafted an RFP for outsourcing the data center
Assessed application management and developed a strategy to improve application efficiency
Prepared outsourcing to a service provider, including all data center services, network operations, security and desktop solutions
Prepared and executed the RFP, including a decision paper for the board of chairmen
Prepared the project setup, including budget and timeline
Distributed services across five global data centers (a total of 15,000 servers)

Oct 2013 - Dec 2014

1 year 3 months

Head of IT Operational Excellence

Lekkerland AG

Responsibility for operating the entire corporate IT
Leading the operations team, including provider and service management
Direct contact for the executive board regarding future IT strategies
Managing the complete IT re-sourcing to a service provider, including tendering, selection, and contract negotiation
Executing the re-sourcing, developing interfaces to the service provider, governance and coaching of employees
Consolidating the SAP landscape, including re-modeling all business processes and cut-over planning
Planning, selecting providers, developing test cases, converting the pilot department, and introducing the new production system/application management with release cycles
Outsourcing data center services
Leading up to 25 internal and 35 project staff
Budget responsibility up to €75 million

Jul 2012 - Sep 2013

1 year 3 months

Program Manager

DEVK

Introducing new IT technologies, including cloud solutions, virtual infrastructures/workstations, and standardization of software and hardware
Coaching project managers and internal IT
Building a competency team to execute multiple parallel technology projects, including budgeting and overall oversight
Coordinating with service and technology providers, coaching senior project managers, and strategic advice to the board
Volume €45 million and managing 65 employees

Jul 2012 - Sep 2013

1 year 3 months

Program Manager

Fressnapf Tiernahrungs GmbH

Leading an IT outsourcing to a service provider, including tendering, selection, contract negotiation, transition support, and execution of the outsourcing
Developing interfaces, governance, and coaching employees
Introducing new IT technologies, including cloud solutions, virtual infrastructures/workstations, and standardization of software and hardware
Project volume €115 million and managing 55 employees

Feb 2007 - Jun 2012

5 years 5 months

Project Manager, IT Full-Service Provider

T-Systems

Coordinating the transition from multiple providers to a single service provider, managing overall coordination and coaching project managers
Building a team to optimize transitions
Designing missing processes, transition management, managing the provider, as well as SLA validation and quality gates
Implementing and adapting third-party services in the application area
Coordinating engineering, rollout, and operations, as well as scheduling and project planning
Supporting international delivery management and sales in creating proposals for international projects
Validating technical concepts and documentation, and optimizing customer processes
Program management for an outsourcing project for KPMG Germany and UK, consolidating infrastructure hosted in India back to Germany, and defining internal processes for ordering, invoicing, and inventory management (Volume €165 million, 85 employees)
Program management for building a centralized desktop infrastructure for Lufthansa AG in a high-availability environment, including IT restructuring
Delivering international projects in Active Directory and Exchange, setting up an international messaging organization, transition management according to ITIL standards, rollout management with Netinstall and SCCM

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Telecommunication, Insurance, Manufacturing, Utilities, and Transportation.

Information Technology

Telecommunication

Insurance

Manufacturing

Utilities

Transportation

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Operations, Strategy, and Business Intelligence.

Information Technology

Project Management

Quality Assurance

Operations

Strategy

Business Intelligence

Summary

Leadership personality with many years of experience in various management roles in industries: banking/insurance, manufacturing, telecommunications, transport & logistics, retail, chemicals & pharma, military, aerospace
Extensive expertise in: interim management | project management and planning for large-scale projects | transition management and design | strategy consulting | KRITIS & NIS 2.0 | cybersecurity | outsourcing
Budget responsibility up to €150 million | managing up to 1,100 employees
Execution-focused manager with a hands-on mentality, intercultural and social skills, and strong motivational drive
Strong assertiveness through clear and convincing communication
entrepreneurial | dynamic | hands-on | pragmatic | analytical

Skills

Scrum, Prince 2, Pmi, Itil V3
Microsoft Cm & Ca
Train-The-Trainer (Trainer Certification)

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Dutch

Elementary

Education

Oct 1999 - Jun 2001

RWTH Aachen

Diploma in Computer Science · Computer Science · Aachen, Germany

Oct 1997 - Jun 1999

State-Certified Technician in Electrical Engineering · Electrical Engineering

Oct 1984 - Jun 1997

German Air Force (Bundeswehr)

Basic Studies in Aerospace Engineering

...and 1 more

Certifications & licenses

CISO Certification

Train-the-Trainer Certification

ITIL V3

Microsoft CM & CA

PMI

Prince 2

Scrum

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 19

Experience in Information Technology 6 y

Avg length 1 y 1 m

Longest experience 5 y 4 m

Expertise

Recent roles CIO (interim), Principal Advisor to the CEO, Head of IT & Digitalization (Interim CIO)

Main industries Information Technology, Telecommunication, Insurance

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 7

Profile

Created

June 2026

Last Update

July 2026

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Where is Marcus based?

Marcus is based in Willich, Germany.

What languages does Marcus speak?

Marcus speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Dutch (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Marcus have?

Marcus has at least 19 years of experience. During this time, Marcus has worked in at least 16 different roles and for 19 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year. Note that Marcus may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Marcus be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Marcus would be well-suited for roles such as: CIO (interim), Principal Advisor to the CEO, Head of IT & Digitalization (Interim CIO).

What is Marcus's latest experience?

Marcus's most recent position is CIO (interim) at Bartec Group.

What companies has Marcus worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Marcus has worked for Bartec Group, Skyborn Holding, Speira GmbH, Next-Kraftwerke, and Swiss Steel Group.

Which industries is Marcus most experienced in?

Marcus is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Telecommunication, and Insurance. Marcus also has some experience in Transportation, Food and Beverage, and Retail.

Which business areas is Marcus most experienced in?

Marcus is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance. Marcus also has some experience in Operations, Strategy, and Business Intelligence.

Which industries has Marcus worked in recently?

Marcus has recently worked in industries like Telecommunication, Manufacturing, and Utilities.

Which business areas has Marcus worked in recently?

Marcus has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Operations, and Quality Assurance.

What is Marcus's education?

Marcus holds a Master in Computer Science from RWTH Aachen.

Does Marcus have any certificates?

Marcus has 7 certificates. Among them, these include: CISO Certification, Train-the-Trainer Certification, and ITIL V3.

What is the availability of Marcus?

Marcus is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Marcus?

Marcus's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.