Nick Riegger-Interim Executive C-Level, PE Consultant, Entrepreneur

Many organizations have a structural problem they can't name themselves: IT makes the decisions. The specialists and experts just follow.

The result is often average—even though the people working there are anything but average. In every department you find highly skilled, committed experts—valuable resources that companies and entrepreneurs invest in, but that are digitally disempowered and can't deliver the efficient results they could.

I help organizations flip that.

What I do: I step in operationally, with a mandate, from the inside. I empower departments to define their own requirements. I build trust where AI causes fear or where there's generally a lack of trust and confidence in change. And I make sure that technology serves the mission—not the other way around.

The result is measurable: NPS for customers and employees goes up. Always.

Why I'm brought in:

• When an organization knows it needs to change—but doesn't know where to start
• When AI should be implemented, but teams are skeptical or overwhelmed
• When operational structures slow down the organization's mission
• When leadership is missing or overloaded—and someone is needed to take responsibility
• When owners want to take an existing business model to the next level, using the benefits of digitalization with or without AI

How I work:

Not as an external consultant with slide decks. But as a temporary part of the team—with real responsibility, clear priorities, and a clean handover at the end.

All mandates are carried out through ExtendPartner Solutions GmbH.

My background:

• 25+ years of operational leadership in digital transformation, building startups, scaling up scale-ups, or in reorientation/restructuring.
• Fintech pioneer (Fidor Group—1M customers, exit to an international banking group).
• Active AI user, Google AI Essentials certified.

I'm not a deep-tech enthusiast. I'm a bridge-builder—between what an organization wants to achieve and what it needs to get there.

Let's connect on equal terms—feel free to send a direct message.