Transformation Consultant in Munich

Independent advisory practice for strategy, organisational transformation, M&A / investor work and AI/data-enabled change.

• Short-term diagnostic and problem-solving mandates: rapid strategic and organisational assessments for leadership teams and Boards, translated into recommendations and transformation roadmaps.
• Organisational redesign and AI governance for an international group of approximately 1,500 employees: structure, mandates, decision rights and interfaces; AI-readiness and data-maturity assessment; vendor evaluation and selection; capability building.
• Design of a centralised Strategy Execution / Results Delivery Office for an industrial client: mandate, governance, portfolio steering, KPI logic, decision forums and implementation roadmap.
• Selected part-time mandate with SPARS GmbH (as a Business Development and Investments Director): developed M&A pipelines, assessed targets for strategic fit and synergy potential, led commercial due-diligence workstreams and investor / partner engagement.

European business consultancy helping consumer goods and FMCG companies unlock untapped potential, define winning strategies, and execute with precision and measurable impact.

• Analyzing business challenges with ~20% effort to drive ~80% output, ensuring clear priorities, structures and actionable recommendations that deliver rapid, measurable results.
• Driving holistic Operations and business transformation, cost efficiency, customer focus, go-to-market strategy and KPI-driven performance.
• Acting as a trusted C-Level advisor and sparring partner to turn strategy into measurable results; helping CEOs, founders and leadership teams in businesses of all sizes to strengthen growth and profitability.

• SAP S/4HANA upgrade from Release 2021 to 2025 and FI/CO transformation as part of a new TOM. Four streams and two SAP service providers; management during ongoing operations.

• Overall responsibility for time, quality and budget as well as cross-stream coordination of the four streams

• Coordination of process streams, business functions and SAP service providers

• Establishment and management of governance, planning, risks, dependencies, resources and escalations

• Provider management, regular management reporting, and preparation and execution of project and Steering Committee meetings

• Responsibility as Test Manager for test strategy, test planning, UAT, defect management and acceptance

• Result: Successful preparation for Go-live on 28.09.2026 during ongoing operations; quality and the planned absence of production interruptions ensured. Project governance established and positive feedback from management and stakeholders.

• Business analyst/ project manager/ trainer/ entrepreneur
• Consulting companies in the areas of business analysis, process management, agile project management and organizational development.
• Management of digitalization and transformation projects (LichtBlick SE, E.ON, Co.met, Stromnetz Hamburg)
• Introduction of agile ways of working and development of efficient process and PMO structures
• Successful implementation of a product launch (Idea-to-Market, > 100 Epics over 3 years)
• Creation of requirements specifications, process models and IT concepts
• Coaching and training of specialists and managers (Jira/Confluence, purchasing)
• Development of my own product “TriggaBuddy” – concept, CAD design, 3D printing, utility model
• Consulting assignments: E.ON, LichtBlick SE, Co.Met, Stromnetz Hamburg GmbH

• Transformation Consultant, Release Train Engineer and Program Lead – responsible for the new Way of Working in the Open Gateway Program; optimizing the flow of value by ensuring the ART events and artifacts function correctly, including the Open Gateway Release Train Kanban, Inspect & Adapt (I&A) workshop, ART Sync Meetings, and PI Planning to ensure stakeholder alignment;
• Coaching and guiding the Product Owners, Business Owners, Product Management, Program Managers, Leaders, Tribe Architect
• Coaching the OGW Core Team (cross functional) within the OGW Program and developing optimization measures in their transformation process;
• Facilitating and working actively towards the creation of the Definition of Ready (DoR) and the product Definition of Done (DoD);
• Introducing knowledge sharing workshops and grow the agile engineering practices;
• Hold Team lift-off workshops;
• Help the group to become a team by providing system team coaching and multifunctional learning;
• Facilitate, decision making, feedback loops for learning new skills and practices

Tools: JIRA, Confluence, MS Teams, Miro

• Analyze existing configuration
• Compare to HR process and organizational designs
• Develop redesigns and roll-out plans
• Adjust security concept
• Perform testing and implementation
• Prepare documentation and hand-over

GenAI – Chat & Voicebot

Setup of a GenAI solution with a knowledge base as well as chat and voicebots.

• Definition of use cases and chat/voicebot functionalities
• Project setup for cloud, knowledge base, LLMs and RAG
• AI guardrails, IAM concept
• Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)

Result:

Setup of an enterprise GenAI solution with knowledge base, chat/voicebots, IAM and governance.

Process analysis and design in the Personio HRMS environment to reduce complexity and harmonize, automate and ensure compliance.

Optimization of the Personio time management module: consolidation of 46 heterogeneous time models into 6 clearly defined, standardized working time models, including break logic, overtime rules and approval workflows.

• Drive enterprise-wide transformation through leadership coaching and a clear vision that stimulates and guides organizational change
• Guide organisations in developing agile strategies, optimising workflows, and embedding best practices
• Foster stakeholders' buy-in through effective communication, ensuring collaborative engagement throughout the transformation and change management process
• Support post-acquisition integration, aligning processes and ways of working between the acquired company and Xebia
• Guide clients in adopting digital and AI innovations to streamline operations and enable smarter decision-making
• Empower teams with tools and techniques to foster continuous improvement, adaptability, and sustainable growth

• Lead AI readiness and process assessments across HR and Finance, identify automation opportunities, develop ROI business cases and translate findings into prioritized recommendations for executive decision-making.
• Built CloudMcFly's internal AI operating system in self-hosted n8n, with a 22-strong digital workforce across seven business functions and an estimated delivery capacity equivalent to three to five people. A separate document-classification workflow reduced manual HR ticket routing by 60%.
• Translate EU AI Act requirements into practical governance roadmaps and deliver "AI Driving License" workshops, strengthening leadership understanding of AI adoption and governance responsibilities.

INTRODUCTION OF AI OPERATING SYSTEM & DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Technology / Start-up – Munich, 3 employees

Objective:

Selection and implementation of an AI operating system, development of a structured knowledge base, and creation of AI agents and skills to increase efficiency across the entire company

• Requirements analysis and evaluation of suitable AI operating systems based on the company’s specific needs
• Design and development of a central knowledge base as the foundation for AI-supported processes
• Development and configuration of AI agents and skills for recurring business processes
• Prompt engineering for precise, context-based outputs from the AI agents
• Personal coaching for the founders and employees on using AI independently and effectively
• Overall project management, including planning, prioritisation and progress tracking
• Documentation of the implemented solutions and creation of usage concepts for sustainable operation

Tools: Langdock, SharePoint, Prompt Engineering, AI agents, AI skills

• Europe's largest stem cell bank; company revenue: 78 Mio. EUR; employees 700; personnel responsibility: 18; duration: 6 months
• Interim takeover of all teams in the areas of sales/inside sales, order management and service
• Separation of the order business in Germany/Austria into two GmbHs under my leadership, while also integrating an acquired company into the German operational business
• Additional creation of new KPIs and adjustment of processes with internal interfaces and customers
• Requirements management for the introduction of the new CRM
• Full implementation of the above-mentioned operational integration and separation of the areas
• Improvement of KPIs in call accessibility, first-contact resolution rate and response time
• Established newly introduced customer feedback management
• Structured handover of the area to my successor

• Built a global podcast and platform, with 150+ episodes and 35,000+ downloads in 20+ countries.
• Launched a paid membership (GrowGetters Club), growing sustainable revenue through one-off workshops and monthly membership fees.
• Earned €20,000 in incubation support via Media Lab Bayern and became a finalist (top 5) in XATHON (program by Henkel) in 2021.
• Facilitated marketing and innovation workshops for Microsoft, Figma, CreativeMornings Munich, the University of Wollongong, and local governments in NSW, Australia.
• Led content strategy, podcast production, business development, and platform growth.
• Scaled GrowGetters Club to 40+ paid members, generating a consistent revenue stream for the business.

• Internationally certified Master Coach, International Association of Coaching Institutes (ICI)

• Future Pioneer. Future architect & bridge builder for leaders & teams - business coach for future-ready, values-based transformation in organizations.

• I enable leaders, teams, and organizations to increase their future readiness in a self-determined way, master complex change, and connect value creation with purpose, responsibility, and humanity.

• One-to-one coaching for leaders

• Team and leadership team coaching

• Conflict coaching and conflict facilitation

• Process-supporting systemic coaching in transformation programs

• Business coaching for transformation and change projects (innovation, culture change, New Work, intrapreneurship, agile work, leadership development), with a focus on leadership, team dynamics, conflict culture, and organizational systems.

• Certified coach for non-violent communication (NVC)

• Certified hypnosystemic coach

• Certified conflict coach

• Certified team coach

• Certified career coach

• Certified leadership coach

• More than 6,000 hours of mentoring and coaching in the last 12 years