Roland C.-Interim AI Manager: AI Strategy · AI Use Cases · Change Management
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Experience
Founder, Agents in Everyday Business
CXO AI OS
CXO AI OS is an agent system made up of six components. Instead of using AI as a chat window, it creates a system that understands a company’s context, makes decisions according to its rules, and acts on its behalf.
- For mid-sized companies: a guided sprint followed by ongoing operations for a team, department or prioritized cluster, based on an AI assessment
- For self-employed professionals: a program where participants build their own agent system
- Sequence in the company: assessment, prioritization, sprint, operations
- Implementation in Claude Cowork or ChatGPT Work, without coding
- Architecture: Chief of Staff, Goals, Advisors, Agents, Context, Catalog
Founder, AI Consultant and Interim AI Manager
AI for Business
Consulting and interim engagements for mid-sized companies: AI assessment and roadmap, use case work on real processes, and temporary AI leadership with a handover at the end. What I’ve delivered so far:
- Client engagement in early 2026 at a manufacturing company within a corporate group: AI assessment with an on-site analysis session, English assessment report with maturity assessment, sample findings, strategic target visions and topic suggestions to choose from, a lightweight governance recommendation, and a three-hour on-site focus workshop
- Own agent system, in daily use since early 2026, running my business from strategy to finance. As of 09/2026: 44 agents, 18 Advisors, 7 recurring runs, 417 guided agent tasks per month
- Set up agents and workflows myself in Claude Cowork or ChatGPT Work, without coding
- Developed and delivered training and enablement formats myself
Digital Business Expert (Innovation & GenAI)
Miba Group
Go-to expert for generative AI and digital business innovation at an industrial supplier serving manufacturing, automotive and energy, with around 1.2 billion euros in revenue and over 7,500 employees.
My goal was to bring AI from experimentation into everyday work: integrate AI into workflows, find valuable use cases, develop a solid AI strategy and build an AI-first mindset.
RESULTS
- Project lead for the introduction and evaluation of Microsoft 365 Copilot (2023 to 2024): pilot with around 100 licenses across several departments, developed adoption strategy, successfully completed evaluation
- Initiated and led change management for the internal ChatGPT rollout
- Increased generative AI usage by 10 percent per month over twelve months
- Designed and delivered GenAI workshops for over 300 employees across departments
- Use case discovery sessions in five departments
- Strategy and implementation of AI use cases with over 25 percent ROI per case
Innovation and Digital Strategy Manager
verlag moderne industrie GmbH
Built innovation and digital work at a trade publisher, at the intersection of technology, design and business models.
FOCUS AREAS
- Set up and refined innovation processes: spot opportunities and risks early and turn them into practical plans
- Built a monitoring system for internal innovation, competitors and trends as a basis for product-market direction
- Developed digital strategies and supported go-to-market from idea through implementation
- Evaluated traditional business models and adapted them to the digital environment
Innovation, Digital Strategy and Transformation Management
Independent Consultant
Consulting at the intersection of design, business, strategy and technology for established companies and start-ups. Engagements as a contractor and in permanent roles.
FOCUS AREAS
- Get to grips with complex situations and identify innovation opportunities
- Identify new customer-focused offerings and introduce lean trend screening
- Deepen customer understanding, sharpen product-market fit and position brands more clearly
- Connect innovation work with people and organizational needs so initiatives don’t fail because of the organization
Project and Product Manager
Independent Consultant
Project and product work at the intersection of technology and business, covering Cloud, IoT, AI, AR, VR and Blockchain. Engagements as a contractor and as a full-time employee.
FOCUS AREAS
- Market research to inform strategic decisions, not just presentations
- Developed go-to-market strategies and supported them through implementation
- Tested new design and technology concepts, bringing one to three new features to market for each client
- Aligned platforms with brand identity
Head of Department (Automotive)
Creative Wave GmbH
Led a specialist department with automotive projects ranging from local to global. Multi-project and change management, resource planning based on project needs and skill profiles, and responsibility for quality, budget and deadlines.
LEADERSHIP AND BUDGET
- Team of 14 employees plus up to 20 contractors
- Completed more than 25 projects on time and within budget, with up to five running in parallel
- Projects worth up to 1 Mio. Euro per individual contract
- Reduced cost overruns by 10 percent through staffing forecasts
- Reduced overtime by 15 percent through clear rules, communication and workload tracking
WHAT I LEFT IN PLACE
- Introduced project charters, project documentation, post-evaluation reports and codes of conduct
- Created manuals, guides and a wiki to support onboarding for new team members
- Supported change processes: monitored acceptance and worked through conflicts during transitions
Co-Founder
Zyncd
Zyncd was the smart CV for the gig economy: a platform that used AI to match job ads with candidates, instead of making both sides search.
MY CONTRIBUTION
- Set the product strategy for 14 AI features, creating a roadmap for the team that explained why, how and when each feature would be introduced
- Led development of the AI tool, with clear goals and measurable progress
- Defined the technology strategy and aligned it with the business model and processes
- Improved the accuracy of candidate-to-job matches by 25 percent
- Led market positioning and customer base growth
Early AI product work, years before generative AI reached businesses. Capacity Holdings LLC acquired Zyncd in July 2017.
Co-Founder
ImmoMatch
ImmoMatch was a matching platform for the property market: it used AI to match tenant and landlord profiles, instead of searching through listings. At its core, a quality filter for both sides of the selection process.
MY CONTRIBUTION
- Co-founded and built the company from scratch with a small team and limited funds
- Designed an AI-powered matching tool
- Built processes and an interface that helped both sides reach their goal with little effort
- Worked across planning and prioritization, corporate identity and concept development, revenue model and business development
Supported by Wayra, Telefónica's accelerator.
Founder and Freelance Designer
ObeyaDesign Agency
Founded and ran my own design agency for over five years.
- Founded and built the agency, developing the client base myself
- Product and industrial design, corporate and brand identity
- Applied design thinking and design strategy in project work
- Approach: design sustainable products while aligning user needs with business goals
Industry experience
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Experienced in Professional Services, Manufacturing, Automotive, Information Technology, Energy, and Real Estate.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Strategy, Product Development, Marketing, Project Management, Operations, and Information Technology.
Summary
AI is being used. What’s missing is direction.
I bring AI into the processes of mid-sized companies until it becomes part of everyday work. I don’t just lead; I get hands-on: use cases with business teams on real processes, agents and workflows, training. Since early 2026, I’ve run my own business through an agent system I built myself.
THREE RESULTS YOU CAN ASK ME ABOUT
- Expanded adoption: At an industrial supplier with over 7,500 employees, I was responsible for the internal ChatGPT rollout. Usage grew by 10 percent per month over twelve months, alongside GenAI workshops for over 300 employees (2022 to 2024).
- Made data accessible: In 2025, I designed and led a project connecting a customer’s long-established ERP system to an AI interface. Employees can ask about production figures and trends by text in their preferred language.
- Strategy and a basis for decisions in under six weeks: In early 2026, I developed a 3-, 6- and 12-month AI roadmap for a manufacturing company within a corporate group, including evaluation criteria and a lean governance model (idea intake, prioritization group, fast track for pilots), wrapped up with an on-site focus workshop. I’ve also carried out AI assessments for other companies, covering the current state, priorities and roadmap.
Two roles, depending on what’s missing, both with a built-in end date.
AS AN INTERIM AI MANAGER, when someone needs to take responsibility
- Temporary AI leadership: set priorities, establish standards and governance, prepare decision papers for management, empower internal leads, and hand over at the end
- Change management for adopting AI (ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot): evaluation, adoption strategy, and enabling pilot teams
- Agents for businesses: agent systems delivered as a guided sprint and ongoing operations.
AS AN AI CONSULTANT, when clarity and a clear sequence are missing
- AI assessment and a 3-, 6- and 12-month roadmap: what to start now, what to prioritize, and what to deliberately stop
- Find and evaluate use cases and bring them to implementation readiness
- Sparring partner for leaders who need to steer AI in their own area and explain it to senior management and their team
ENGAGEMENTS THAT ARE A GOOD FIT
- Interim engagements with AI responsibility, two to three days per week up to full-time.
- Build, bridge and handover engagements where AI activity or initial pilots already exist, but clear responsibility, prioritization, governance, adoption or proof of value are missing
- On-site: up to four days a week in the Munich area, up to three days within around 200 kilometers, and mostly remote further away with about one on-site day per week. This makes engagements possible across Germany
MY PLACE IN THE COMPANY
I work at the intersection of management, business teams and implementation, not in technical detail.
Skills
Ai Leadership And Direction
- Interim Ai Manager
- Temporary Ai Lead, Fractional Ai Management
- Ai Strategy And Ai Strategy
- Use Case Portfolio And Prioritization
- Ai Governance, Standards And Guardrails
- Decision Papers And Management Reporting
- Proof Of Value, Impact Review, Roi
Projects And Products
- Project Lead For Ai Projects
- Project Management, Multi-Project Coordination
- Budget, Timelines, Risks
- Product Management, Product Strategy, Roadmap
Change Management And Adoption
- Change Management, Ai In The Company
- Chatgpt, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Adoption Strategy, Measure And Increase Adoption
- Enablement, Workshops, Training
- Use Case Discovery
- Knowledge Transfer To Internal Leads
Consulting And Sparring
- Sparring And Coaching, C-Level And Department Heads
- Digital Transformation And Transformation Management
- Innovation Strategy
- Go-To-Market
Implementation Without Coding
- Ai Agents And Workflows
- Claude Cowork, Chatgpt Work
- Generative Ai In Work Processes
- Prompt Engineering
Industries
- Industrial Suppliers, Manufacturing, Automotive, Energy
- Trade Publishing And Media
- Start-Ups And Company Building
Languages
Education
Ohio State University
Exchange semester · Industrial Design · Columbus, United States
Fachhochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd
Diplom · Product Design
Certifications & licenses
AI Design Sprint Facilitator
AI for Business Leaders
Artificial Intelligence for Project Managers
Certified Member of the AI Class
Generative AI Business Strategy
Generative AI for Business Leaders
How to Research and Write Using Generative AI Tools
Introducing AI to Your Organization
Prompt Engineering
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
Frequently asked questions
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Roland is based in Munich, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Roland speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Roland has at least 18 years of experience. During this time, Roland has worked in at least 9 different roles and for 9 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 9 months. Note that Roland may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Roland would be well-suited for roles such as: Founder, Agents in Everyday Business, Founder, AI Consultant and Interim AI Manager, Digital Business Expert (Innovation & GenAI).
Roland's most recent position is Founder, Agents in Everyday Business at CXO AI OS.
In recent years, Roland has worked for CXO AI OS, AI for Business, Miba Group, and verlag moderne industrie GmbH.
Roland is most experienced in industries like Professional Services, Manufacturing, and Automotive. Roland also has some experience in Information Technology, Energy, and Real Estate.
Roland is most experienced in business areas like Strategy, Product Development, and Marketing. Roland also has some experience in Project Management, Operations, and Information Technology.
Roland has recently worked in industries like Manufacturing, Automotive, and Energy.
Roland has recently worked in business areas like Strategy, Information Technology, and Operations.
Roland holds a Master in Product Design from Fachhochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd and a Bachelor in Industrial Design from Ohio State University.
Roland has 9 certificates. Among them, these include: AI Design Sprint Facilitator, AI for Business Leaders, and Artificial Intelligence for Project Managers.
Roland is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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