Tobias Witte - CEO / Managing Partner

Q: Where is Tobias based?

Tobias is based in Oldenburg, Germany and can operate in on-site , hybrid , and remote work models.

Q: What languages does Tobias speak?

Tobias speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Tobias have?

Tobias has at least 18 years of experience. During this time, Tobias has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 10 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 10 months . Note that Tobias may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Tobias's latest experience?

Tobias's most recent position is CEO / Managing Partner at H&Z.Digital .

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

In recent years, Tobias has worked for H&Z.Digital , Celonis , Service Now , Hitachi Vantara , and Wittbix .

Q: Which industries is Tobias most experienced in?

Tobias is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Professional Services , and Education . Tobias also has some experience in Banking and Finance .

Q: Which business areas is Tobias most experienced in?

Tobias is most experienced in business areas like Business Intelligence , Finance , and Information Technology . Tobias also has some experience in Project Management , Product Development , and Operations .

Q: Which industries has Tobias worked in recently?

Tobias has recently worked in industries like Professional Services and Information Technology .

Q: Which business areas has Tobias worked in recently?

Tobias has recently worked in business areas like Finance , Business Intelligence , and Information Technology .

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Oldenburg, Germany

Experience

May 2025 - Present

11 months

CEO / Managing Partner

H&Z.Digital

Led restructuring, strategic repositioning and scale-up of H&Z.digital within the HZ& group (850 employees the 8th largest management consultancy in Germany).
Built scalable digital value offerings across AI, Process Intelligence, and Planning & Advanced Analytics — fully aligned with strategy and global transformation mandates.
Established end-to-end P&L transparency across project pipeline, utilization, and delivery from day one.
Defined talent strategy with new competency model and onboarding framework to attract senior digital transformation talent and build a culture of measurable value delivery.

Apr 2022 - Jan 2025

2 years 10 months

Director Customer Value Management

Celonis

Focused on end-to-end customer value journeys owning pre-sales to renewal, securing retention and growth of customer portfolio with executive relationships assuring 10x ROI.
Secured $3.5M in total ARR and expanded various DAX €50B+ chemical & pharma accounts by 300% in ARR.
Identified and optimized $300M in inefficiencies for global €50B+ chemical & pharma companies in collaboration with partners such as McKinsey, Accenture, Deloitte and IBM.
Realized $115M value for strategic accounts within 26 months and $4M value within 12 weeks through C-suite transformation strategy and a new value delivery playbook.
Generated $4.6M in total contract value and $1.7M professional services revenue by extending existing engagements via cross-functional leadership.
Mentored and developed 20+ Value Engineers, with 2 promoted within 18 months and implemented a structured value-selling methodology globally.

Nov 2021 - Jan 2022

3 months

Principal Transformation & Portfolio Mgmt. PMO

Service Now

Led SaaS and PaaS product innovation focusing on Modern Apps and standardization of product development based on maturity assessment for the CIO.
Managed nine innovation portfolios including Virtual Agent, Mobile Apps, UI/UX, AI Search, Accessibility, Analytics, Virtual Reality, Automation, and Process Mining.
Created a consolidated playbook across portfolios for optimized product launches.
Developed a standardized global product maturity model to manage continuous improvement efficiently.

May 2019 - Nov 2021

2 years 7 months

Director Global Project Management & Business Process Excellence

Hitachi Vantara

Led strategic business operations focusing on process excellence and continuous improvement by driving productivity, effectiveness, and automation for the CFO and CTO.
Championed a $4.3B global post-merger integration as Finance Program Director in the Integration Management Office, reducing run-rate by $300M and leading 300+ employees.
Drove $1.2M cost savings and $5M in revenue by creating a Virtual Workforce Competency Center with RPA (Automation Anywhere), BPM, lean practices, and change management.
Won the 2020 Collaboration Award for cross-functional work with executive leadership, SMEs, and external vendors on five CFO priorities.
Built and led a global team of 12 Business Process Excellence analysts across four time zones, achieving 90%+ retention through structured performance reviews and development plans.

May 2018 - Present

7 years 11 months

CEO & Founder

Wittbix

Built service portfolios up to $100M and advised Fortune 500 clients and startups on accelerated growth strategies.
Analyzed and optimized the financial close process for a top 10 international telecom enterprise with $2B revenue, 6M clients, and 51K staff.
Reduced cycle time by 50% in five months through automation and real-time reporting solutions based on SAP HANA views and data from 100+ source systems.
Saved $1.5M p.a. via process optimization, IT architecture redesign, and risk reduction with best practices.
Trained 350+ accountants, executives, and IT resources worldwide on innovative analytics tools during transformation.

May 2017 - Apr 2018

1 year

Sr. Program Manager / Managing Consultant

IFB Group

Implemented $5M+ PaaS & AWS cloud infrastructure in financial services and led an 18-person cross-functional RFP team.
Turned around a $4M cloud infrastructure transformation for a top 100 U.S. bank by consolidating 54 legacy systems.
Reduced $1.2M p.a. costs in 120 days with a cloud platform management dashboard.
Trained seven finance and treasury business analysts on new business needs analysis methodology.
Secured C-suite approval to implement an agile feature-driven development approach for a 32-member cross-organizational team.
Implemented a consulting methodology globally within eight months, saving $25M p.a. after the first prototype in 90 days.
Reduced RFP and capabilities analysis creation time by 75% and delivered six architectural views with 120+ building blocks and 300+ deliverables.

Aug 2016 - May 2017

10 months

Sr. Program Manager / Manager (Contract)

Deloitte

Led a $7.2M enterprise-wide platform transformation program and a five-year strategic systems upgrade initiative, managing communications with 100 stakeholders and a team of six.
Delivered reports up to 50x faster in five months by building new SAP HANA infrastructure with BOBJ 4.3 front-end and an agile project approach.
Achieved a 20% reduction in total cost of ownership through system standardization and consolidation.
Led data engineers to develop scalable agile development methodologies and roadmaps with ITaaS and cloud solutions.

Apr 2012 - Dec 2016

4 years 9 months

Sr. Product Manager (adv. Doctoral Program)

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

Ideated and built the only existing global framework for self-service business intelligence and analytics serving U.S. firms with 500+ staff.
Streamlined governance operations to identify $18M p.a. cost reduction for 80 controllers and 27 staff across 150 countries.
Architected a three-tier process model offering business users quick, analytical, and scalable solutions with minimal IT support.
Designed a unique Competency Center of Excellence framework for self-service business intelligence and analytics.

Oct 2010 - Mar 2012

1 year 6 months

Head of Enterprise Systems & Strategy, BI (IT Consulting Division)

Atos

Launched and delivered a BI strategy portfolio, leading 16 RFPs, portfolio presentations, and nine internal knowledge-sharing initiatives.
Scaled a $14K prototype to a $49M BI&A worldwide client program and grew the project team from eight to 49.
Cut financial statement creation time by 84% (from 30 to 5 days) for all subsidiaries through business process analysis of 11 process streams and a five-year roadmap.
Converted 80 controllers to fully automated processes for currency conversion, forecasts, collection, and analysis.

Apr 2008 - Sep 2010

2 years 6 months

Team Leader / Project Manager Finance, Controlling & Business Intelligence (IT Consulting Division)

Siemens

Led project budgets up to $2M for global IT transformation and process automation for clients such as Daimler, Continental, and Siemens.
Generated $3.4M in new business by promoting best practices and acquiring new customers.
Achieved $150M p.a. savings in procurement costs through a BI system implementation for global procurement.
Saved $11M in total accounting spend by delivering a financial data management system on time and within a $9.1M budget with a 14-person cross-functional team.

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Professional Services, Education, and Banking and Finance.

Information Technology

Professional Services

Education

Banking and Finance

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Business Intelligence, Finance, Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development, and Operations.

Business Intelligence

Finance

Information Technology

Project Management

Product Development

Operations

Summary

20+ years in senior leadership roles - CEO, COO, Managing Partner – driving end-to end digital transformation for Global Fortune 500 firms, incl. Celonis, ServiceNow, Linde, Fresenius, Heidelberg Materials, BASF, Bayer, Hitachi, Siemens, Bosch, CenturyLink, ThyssenKrupp, Volkswagen & PayPal. Trusted Transformation & Technology Advisor to +60 C-level Executives with proven track record of generating +$100M in software and professional services revenue and saving companies +$1.4B in total costs. Recognized for building and scaling high-performing cross-functional teams of up to 300 in +50 countries within +150 complex initiatives managing budgets of up to $49M. Deep expertise in AI-powered Process Intelligence, business transformation, restructuring and large-scale post-merger integration – translating investment into business value.

Skills

Key Professional Experience

Ceo | Coo | Managing Partner | Strategic Business Transformation | Post-merger Integration | Cxo & Board Advisory | Cross-cultural Team Leadership | Sales Growth & Scale-up| Portfolio & Program Management | Artificial Intelligence | Business Process Automation | Management Consulting | Software Delivery

Certifications & Technical Skills

Certification: Celonis Process Mining, Portfolio Management Professional (Pmi-pfmp), Program Management Professional (Pmi-pgmp), Agile Certified Practitioner (Pmi-acp), Certified Project Management Associate (Ipma-cpma), Solution Consultant Business Intelligence (Sap-bi), Project Management & Coaching & Management (Siemens-pm)
Erp & Crm Platforms: Sap S/4hana, Oracle, Salesforce
Process Mining & Automation: Celonis, Mpmx, Servicenow, Automation Anywhere, Uipath
Analytical Tools & Platforms: Sap Hana Analytics, Sap Bi/sap Bw, Sap Business Objects Suite, Microsoft Power Bi, Oracle Bi, Ibm Bi, Sas Bi, Tableau, Anaplan, Qlik
Software: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Visio, Outlook, Access, Powerpoint), Lotus Notes, Ms Project, Jira, Stats Tools

Leadership Philosophy & People Development

Belief: "Transformation Succeeds When People Are Developed, Not Just Deployed."
Mentoring: Women In Process Mining (Wipm) (2024 – Ongoing)
Mentoring: Bdsu (Bundesverband Deutscher Studentischer Unternehmensberatungen) Mentor For High-performers In Management Consulting (2022–ongoing)
Team Building: Proven Track Record Of Growing Teams From 8 To 49 (Atos), Managing 300+ (Hitachi), And Building Competency Centers From Scratch For Several Fortune 500 Companies
Development Approach: Structured Onboarding Frameworks, Individual Development Plans, And Value-based Performance Cultures — Measurable Through Retention Rates And Internal Promotion Data
Executive Coaching: Informal Coaching Of Junior Transformation Leaders At Celonis And Hitachi; Developing Structured Mentoring Program At H&z.digital

Additional Skills

Affiliations: Strong Executive Linkedin Network With 30,000 Followers
Interests: International Traveling, Taekwondo, 2 Kids

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

WHU, Otto Beisheim School of Management

Ph.D. (Dr. rer. pol.), Magna cum laude · Business Information Science & Information Management · Germany

Private University of Applied Sciences for Business & Engineering (PHWT)

Master of Science, e.q. (Dipl.-Kaufm. (FH)) · Business Administration · Vechta, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

Celonis Process Mining

Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA-CPMA)

Portfolio Management Professional (PMI-PfMP)

Program Management Professional (PMI-PgMP)

Project Management & Coaching & Management (Siemens-PM)

Solution Consultant Business Intelligence (SAP-BI)

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 10

Experience in Information Technology 9.5 y

Avg length 2 y 5 m

Longest experience 7 y 10 m

Expertise

Recent roles CEO / Managing Partner, Director Customer Value Management, Principal Transformation & Portfolio Mgmt. PMO

Main industries Information Technology, Professional Services, Education

Main business areas Business Intelligence, Finance, Information Technology

Qualifications

Highest degree Doctorate

Certifications earned 7

Profile

Created

March 2026

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Tobias based?

Tobias is based in Oldenburg, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Tobias speak?

Tobias speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Tobias have?

Tobias has at least 18 years of experience. During this time, Tobias has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 10 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 10 months. Note that Tobias may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Tobias be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Tobias would be well-suited for roles such as: CEO / Managing Partner, Director Customer Value Management, Principal Transformation & Portfolio Mgmt. PMO.

What is Tobias's latest experience?

Tobias's most recent position is CEO / Managing Partner at H&Z.Digital.

What companies has Tobias worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Tobias has worked for H&Z.Digital, Celonis, Service Now, Hitachi Vantara, and Wittbix.

Which industries is Tobias most experienced in?

Tobias is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Professional Services, and Education. Tobias also has some experience in Banking and Finance.

Which business areas is Tobias most experienced in?

Tobias is most experienced in business areas like Business Intelligence, Finance, and Information Technology. Tobias also has some experience in Project Management, Product Development, and Operations.

Which industries has Tobias worked in recently?

Tobias has recently worked in industries like Professional Services and Information Technology.

Which business areas has Tobias worked in recently?

Tobias has recently worked in business areas like Finance, Business Intelligence, and Information Technology.

What is Tobias's education?

Tobias holds a Doctorate in Business Information Science & Information Management from WHU, Otto Beisheim School of Management and a Master in Business Administration from Private University of Applied Sciences for Business & Engineering (PHWT).

Does Tobias have any certificates?

Tobias has 7 certificates. Among them, these include: Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), Celonis Process Mining, and Certified Project Management Associate (IPMA-CPMA).

What is the availability of Tobias?

Tobias will be available full-time from April 2026.

What is the rate of Tobias?

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