Business Intelligence Experts in Dusseldorf

• Advising primarily mid-sized companies on growth and transformation topics
• Developing business models, positioning, and strategies, including implementation plans and KPI roadmaps

Project: Concept and implementation of an AI product for four business use cases

Project management of an AI project at a leading provider of large-scale catering and food services, where a production-ready AI product for four use cases was implemented together with an external development partner: automated briefings from CRM and document data, voice-based capture and structuring of reports, detection and merging of duplicates in master data, and data-based market analysis. A central focus was a privacy-compliant architecture that passed the internal IT security review and enabled productive use.

• Translating business requirements into clearly defined AI use cases with a clear product scope and clear value proposition
• Selecting and evaluating models and architecture options for text extraction, speech-to-text and context enrichment from business systems, including LLM integration, function calling and retrieval
• Designing and enforcing an architecture with European hosting, data minimization and masking of personal data as a prerequisite for approval
• Managing the interfaces between business, IT, IT security and the external development partner under restrictive data access conditions
• Coordinating with CIO and executive management on data access, risk assessment and approval decisions
• Preparing the transition into productive use

• Created data pipelines and visualization tools to support sustainable energy decision-making
• Developed insights that could optimize renewable energy deployment and grid integration strategies

• Define EMEA ISV Go-to-Market strategy to push indirect SaaS sales
• Solve customer problems with AI embedding into new use cases and solutions
• Build partner ecosystem and sell partner solutions to drive platform consumption
• Enable cross-functional teams on AI use cases implementation
• Manage a cross-functional team of 7 FTE
• Built EMEA partner originated pipeline from scratch with 70 mn€ TCV and 20 mn€ ARR growth sales with cloud-based and hybrid solutions
• Increased co-sell rate from 20% to 40% and co-delivery rate from 25% to over 50%

• DWH modernization
• Migration from Informatica PowerCenter to IDMC/CDI
• Migration from IBM DB2 to Databricks

Technologies: Informatica IDMC, Databricks

• Building a central data model to consolidate data from CRM (ATS), online marketing, HR, and finance
• Integration of various data sources (including Sistrix, eTracker, HR Works, finance systems)
• Creation of a unified data basis for reporting and management
• Design and setup of the data structure
• Business analysis and definition of KPIs
• Coordination of data integration and alignment with business departments
• Consolidation and normalization of heterogeneous data sources
• Building an initial prototype in Excel
• Further development and implementation in Microsoft Power BI
• Central, consolidated data basis across multiple business areas
• Transparent management of CRM/ATS, marketing, HR, and finance KPIs
• Establishment of scalable BI reporting based on Power BI

• Evaluate, design, and implement Power BI solutions for Cat4 reporting, significantly improving reporting efficiency, accuracy, and stakeholder visibility.
• Develop and maintain robust data integration interfaces between Cat4 and Power BI, eliminating manual processing bottlenecks.
• Configure and continuously optimise Power BI reports to deliver sharper management insights and support data-driven decision-making.
• Ensure full GDPR data protection compliance across Power BI reports, proactively identifying and mitigating risks.
• Acquired in-depth product knowledge of CAT4, a globally deployed enterprise platform, enabling effective requirements analysis, solution design, and seamless Power BI integration across client environments.
• Developed and integrated scalable reporting templates within the CAT4 product interface, delivering new product features and enhancing data visualisation, reporting efficiency, and stakeholder visibility across global users.
• Trained and mentored staff on Power BI configuration and best practices, accelerating adoption and embedding a data-driven culture.
• Prepared clear technical documentation and delivered hands-on demonstrations to end users and clients, ensuring smooth adoption and confident use of Power BI solutions integrated with CAT4.
• Researched and recommended licensing strategies for cost-effective and scalable Power BI deployment.

SKILLS - BI & Visualisation: Power BI (Desktop, Service, Report Builder), DAX, Power Query

Project and Product Management Tool: CAT4

• Built & maintained 10+ Power BI dashboards tracking booking, revenue & yield KPIs, reducing manual reporting effort
• Developed a centralized data model (SQL & Azure Analysis Services), integrating multiple data sources to improve reporting consistency & scalability
• Delivered ad-hoc analyses for leadership, supporting data-driven decision-making across multiple business units

• Implemented the BI solution and replaced the old BI landscape
• Led the “Sales Bonus Plan” subproject: expanded the existing solution and migrated to Azure (Databricks)
• Led the “Cognos Migration” subproject: expanded existing data warehouses based on MS technologies (source systems: Oracle), analyzed business requirements and designed the technical solution
• Expanded the relational DWH database
• Developed ETL processes using SSIS
• Developed the multidimensional database (OLAP Cubes/SSAS)

• Process optimization, process design
• Business partnering, target vision
• Teambuilding
• Workflow design
• Budget, MEC
• SAP S4/Hana, Board

• Executed post-carve-out stabilization, system consolidation and cybersecurity uplift. Re-assessed system landscape and assets and designed new IT strategy for future. Implemented new IT operating model focusing on product-centric organization and re-internalization of critical resources.
• Successfully designed new IT operating model of the company, based on massive reduction of external dependencies, insourcing of key positions and upskilling of employees.
• Massive reduction of IT cost in the first three years (-40m$), bringing IT spend level below Gartner industry benchmark (1.27%).
• Introduced new product-centric organization based on fusion teams between business and IT across the company.
• Administered implementation of corporate-wide IT/OT cybersecurity program with more than 60 projects.
• Continuous improvement of enterprise IT/OT cybersecurity maturity level with significant increase in the first two years (CMMI >3.5, C2M2 >2.5).
• Governed successful implementation of the business transformation program within IT area by overachieving the savings target by $8m.
• Initiated and created new cloud-based data management platform based on best-in-class technology.
• Implemented first company-wide Microsoft Copilot AI program based on various business cases, leveraging GenAI and AgenticAI.

• Responsibility for group-wide financial management with a focus on management, PE, and lender reporting.
• Focus on an integrated financial model (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow), robust liquidity and covenant management, and preparation of decision-ready materials for financiers, auditors, and rating stakeholders.
• Establishment of reporting standards, data logic, and closing routines for high-frequency scalability.
• Further development of an integrated financial model (P&L/BS/CF), including scenario capabilities, sensitivities, and driver-based forecasting logic.
• Design and management of a rolling liquidity plan (short-/mid-term), including working capital mechanisms and financing instruments.
• Preparation and quality assurance of lender reporting, including covenant calculations, bridge analyses, and variance explanations.
• Support for the CFO agenda in financier and stakeholder communication (Q&A, documentation logic, key messages, data consistency).
• Coordination and content input for rating- and financing-related deliverables (e.g., presentations, data rooms, management commentary).
• Management of IFRS/accounting topics (e.g., IFRS 16 lease logic, accrual and reconciliation concepts) to ensure reporting and audit readiness.
• Standardization of reporting structures, templates, and KPI definitions across entities to increase transparency, comparability, and speed.

• P&L responsibility for 7 countries in Europe (DACH, Northern Europe)
• Company transformation project
• Stabilization of daily operations
• Development of a clear omnichannel strategy in each market
• Identification of quick wins and strategic projects to boost performance and accelerate change

• Hybrid/Remote
• Digitalisation introduction and optimisation of software
• Advice on the introduction of AI
• Data & AI strategy
• Interim / tech consultant
• Product, process & management
• Vendor management
• Compliance management platforms (ISO 27001, GDPR, EU AI Act)
• M&A due diligence & analysis