Digital Transformation Managers in Germany

• Reporting to the Head of the IT business unit
• Establishment and management of the digitalization unit – leading a team currently consisting of three employees
• Development of an organization-wide digitalization portfolio and digitalization strategy through 2030, including a mission statement, target vision, fields of action and specific work packages
• Analysis and structuring of the existing digitalization portfolio – creating transparency regarding initiatives, benefits, risks and dependencies
• Design of a consistent approach for recording, evaluating and prioritizing digitalization needs from the specialist departments
• Analysis and redesign of business and administrative processes – in cooperation with specialist departments, IT and central functions
• Development of structures for the digital office 2030, document and knowledge management – digital collaboration and sustainable integration of knowledge
• Supporting projects in the areas of HR, finance, M365, Power Platform, automation and AI
• Establishment of methods and formats for process management, change, participation and employee enablement

Participation in the EU-funded MORANE-2 project to validate the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) in real-world use cases: preparation of the requirements specifications for TOBA and the associated test specifications.

Technologies: 5GS (Radio & Core), FRMCS, MCx (MCPTT, MCData, MCVideo), MC Gateway UE, MCx Priority/Security/QoS Management, ETCS, SIP, IMS

• Identified operational improvement opportunities together with production, engineering and management teams.
• Prioritized use cases according to measurable operational value rather than technology availability.
• Developed solutions around production performance, OEE, quality, traceability, reporting and process transparency.
• Translated operational requirements into required machine data, interfaces, information models and application requirements.
• Defined target architectures and integration approaches for heterogeneous brownfield production environments.
• Moved prioritized use cases from workshop and concept stages into concrete implementation projects.
• Coordinated manufacturing, OT, IT and technology stakeholders during implementation.
• Established reusable approaches to scale successful solutions beyond individual machines or pilot areas.

Independent practice | IT consulting & AI infrastructure

• Self-employed work focused on Agentic AI and IT transformation
• Design and operation of a self-hosted multi-agent AI infrastructure (20+ agents)
• Consulting on digital strategy and taking on interim leadership assignments for organizations undergoing change

• Took over the position on an interim basis after the previous E-Commerce Manager left
• Analyzed and optimized the E-Commerce area and its processes
• Structured tasks, responsibilities and priorities
• Defined the future role profile for the E-Commerce leadership position
• Supported recruiting and onboarding for the replacement
• Developed a roadmap for the further development of the area
• Result: Role restructured and filled with a new E-Commerce Manager

I founded NovoSign together with two partners. There I am responsible for strategic development and operational management, from the product all the way to the business model.

This experience is especially valuable for my work as an external CDO: I know the product and founder perspective from my own responsibility, not just from consulting projects.

• Partnered with senior stakeholders across AWS EMEA to drive talent strategy, partner development, and business growth in the cloud ecosystem.
• Focus areas:
• Collaboration with Sales & Partner Management on Go-to-Market initiatives
• Advisory on long-term resource strategy for Cloud, Data, and Security Divisions
• Supporting internal innovation teams in scaling AI and automation projects
• Result: Contributed to AWS’s expansion in Central Europe by aligning business, technology, and people strategy.

Driving AI model quality at scale — evaluating prompt-response accuracy, flagging edge cases, and maintaining SLA-compliant workflows across distributed global teams.

• Analyse AI prompts and side-by-side model outputs to assess response quality, factual accuracy, relevance, consistency, and compliance with project evaluation guidelines.
• Perform fact-checking, data validation, troubleshooting, issue identification, and edge-case review to improve quality standards across AI training support workflows.
• Use Google Sheets, Google Docs, and browser-based tools to document findings, maintain evaluation logs, track issue patterns, and support workflow optimisation in a remote environment.
• Create clear written justifications, review summaries, and KPI-oriented reporting focused on accuracy, turnaround time, documentation completeness, defect identification rate, and SLA adherence.

Tasks & results:

• Developed measures to improve management steering during a restructuring program (approx. 80 participants)
• Set up a PMO to ensure transparency, reporting and data-driven decisions
• Created an integration template to transfer team s...

• Founded, built, and scaled a management consultancy for go-to-market, growth, and digital transformation
• End-to-end brand building: CI/CD, website, and social media presence as a consistent digital footprint
• Built a B2B marketing & sales funnel incl. CRM for structured lead generation
• Developed and built a service portfolio & verticals: including an AI Board for strategic GenAI classification as well as a go-to-market/growth vertical for the food industry
• Built a partner network for co-delivery
• Acquired, onboarded, and delivered consulting engagements

• Freelance work as a consultant (workshops and coaching for small to midsize companies in the areas of lean startup methodology, digital & AI transformation strategy, agile culture, design thinking)
• AI training & certification
• Project Management

Development of an AI console for integration into different open source solutions (ERP, CRM..)

Development of the target architecture Integration of different AI platforms (ChatGPT, Anthropic, Perplexity) Workflow with cross-platform use of the AI platforms Voice input and voice output History Console-based project management Generation of custom agents (Crewai..) Integration of the agents into the AI workflow

• Responsible for driving digital transformation and aligning country organizations with the Rhenus platform model

• Initiated the digital transformation roadmap for five countries, ensuring alignment with global group strategy

• Built and led a high-performing digital transformation consulting team, expanding delivery capacity from one to three value streams and thereby fast tracking the roadmap from 3 to 2 years

• Acted as strategic advocate for 5 country organizations, ensuring group-wide cross-functional alignment

• Redefined business analysis into an agile approach, reducing time-to-value for platform harmonization by 50%

• Founding and building a startup for generative artificial intelligence with 80 employees and 5 shareholders
• From 2018: building the AI team and the development organization as Chief Technical Officer
• In 2020: conversion into a stock corporation, capitalization, and appointment of an operational board member
• Since 2020: advising the supervisory board on AI strategy, AI governance, and AI products