Global IT Executive | Cybersecurity, ITSM, IAM & Cloud Transformation | International Leadership & Expansion | Enterprise IT & Security Leader
Aktualisiert am 14.04.2026
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Verfügbar ab: 30.04.2026
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International Leadership & Organizational Change
Cybersecurity & Identity Governance
IT Transformation & Cloud Strategy
Cloud Architecture
Datacenter Strategy & Migration
Identity & Access Management (IAM)
Microsoft Entra (ID Governance)
SAP IDM & Enterprise Integration
IT Service Management
Zero Trust Security & Governance
Cybersecurity Operations & Incident Response
Backup & Business Continuity (BCP/DR)
AI in ITSM & IAM
Asset Inventory
Enterprise Architecture & Governance
IT Compliance & Regulatory Standards
Budget & Vendor Management
Agile PMO & Program Management
Organizational Change & Transformation
International Expansion & Transactions
Strategic Advisory to SVPs & Board Leadership
Energy Efficiency & Renewables Integration

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

5 months
2025-12 - 2026-04

technical and commercial operations across renewable

MANAGING DIRECTOR
MANAGING DIRECTOR
  • Leading the group's technical and commercial operations across renewable energy, battery
  • storage, and digital energy - with active projects spanning Europe and island markets.
  • Responsibilities span the full project lifecycle: from solar PV system design, equipment
  • procurement, and BESS integration through to grid connection.
  • Driving the development of the group's digital energy platform - covering AI-powered predictive
  • maintenance for solar and battery assets, remote performance monitoring, virtual power plant
  • (VPP) infrastructure, and algorithmic electricity trading strategies including LFP battery arbitrage.
HELIOS NRG GMBH, LI
11 months
2024-10 - 2025-08

strategic options for group-wide IT transformation

SENIOR IT STRATEGY CONSULTANT AWS AI Cloud ...
SENIOR IT STRATEGY CONSULTANT
  • Advised SVPs and Segment Team Leads on strategic options for group-wide IT transformation, including migration of a self-developed IAM to a cloud-based platform for 11,000+ employees. 
  • Drove a Cloud-First Strategy for Corporate IT by coaching the in-house development and infrastructure teams to develop Microsoft Azure and AWS skills and adopt a cloud-first mentality fostering cross-business collaboration and reducing isolated decision-making. 
  • Restructured an internal development team (20 headcounts) and re-organised a steering board for new IAM software features, ensuring alignment with strategic goals, effective prioritization and efficient delivery. 
  • Developed a strategic roadmap for restructuring security roles and identity management, integrating Zero Trust principles to enhance resilience, regulatory alignment, and enterprise-wide access governance. 
  • Reviewed on-prem assets to prepare move to a new datacenter and hyperscaler model. 
  • Prepared SAP IDM phase-out and migration to Microsoft Entra in collaboration with Microsoft and SAP. 
  • Developed AI strategy for ITSM and IAM systems and conducted AI-focused workshops with ServiceNow.
AWS AI Cloud IAM identity management access governance Microsoft Azure SAP ServiceNow decision-making resilience ITSM infrastructure restructuring security IT STRATEGY
UNITED INTERNET AG
5 years
2020-01 - 2024-12

Security management for servers/containers and software products

SENIOR IT STRATEGY CONSULTANT backup Cloud IT operations ...
SENIOR IT STRATEGY CONSULTANT
  • Directed security governance for 40,000+ servers/containers and 300 software products, achieving BSI C5 certification. 
  • Led special taskforce for global rollout of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, ARC agent, and compliance reporting - enabling Group Security to meet key regulatory and security posture targets. 
  • Coordinated post-incident recovery after a large ransomware attack, restoring operations and reinforcing security controls. 
  • Standardised IT operations in Scandinavia, Turkey, Malaysia and South Africa, transforming regional silos by aligning service delivery, incident response, field operations, backup and BCM under unified group standards. 
  • Reviewed global datacenter facilities for resilience, regulatory compliance, ESG alignment and cloud migration feasibility based on hyperscaler requirements.
  • Implemented organisation-wide asset inventory procedures and systems across all asset classes, with classification for criticality, patch level, vulnerabilities aligned with regulatory requirements and lifecycle stage.
backup Cloud IT operations Coordinated resilience asset classes asset inventory ESG field operations incident response regulatory compliance regulatory requirements security security controls service delivery IT STRATEGY vulnerabilities
COMPUGROUP MEDICAL SE
3 years
2017-01 - 2019-12

Core banking transformations in several countries

DIRECTOR B2B CORE BANKING SYSTEM PROJECT OFFICE B2B FinTech investment bank ...
DIRECTOR B2B CORE BANKING SYSTEM PROJECT OFFICE
  • Directed multi-country core banking transformations with 50+ banking specialists in European and offshore jurisdictions. 
  • Developed a white label retail fixed deposit business and technology platform for an American investment bank, working closely with its headquarters in Frankfurt and London to ensure regulatory alignment and operational readiness. 
  • Worked with an Andorran offshore bank and inhouse expert teams on developing and integrating a new private banking and investment system based on FinTech Group's platform model. 
  • Collaborated with German and Austrian banks and inhouse expert teams on the integration of new core banking and lending system based on FinTech Group's platform model.
B2B FinTech investment bank offshore private banking retail
FLATEXDEGIRO BANK AG
5 years
2012-01 - 2016-12

Leading European IT engineering teams

IT TECHNOLOGY TEAM LEAD Jira IT engineering budgets ...
IT TECHNOLOGY TEAM LEAD
  • Managed European IT engineering teams and ?1m+ budgets in a 4,000+ employee organisation.
  • Delivered cybersecurity compliance and IT process improvements as part of the global ITIL service group.
  • Established agile PMO with Jira-based portfolio tracking.
Jira IT engineering budgets process improvements ITIL
SOPHOS

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

2001
Certified Trainer
Chamber of Crafts, Düsseldorf (Germany)

1998
Secondary School Diploma in Koblenz (Germany)

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

International Leadership & Organizational Change Cybersecurity & Identity Governance IT Transformation & Cloud Strategy Cloud Architecture Datacenter Strategy & Migration Identity & Access Management (IAM) Microsoft Entra (ID Governance) SAP IDM & Enterprise Integration IT Service Management Zero Trust Security & Governance Cybersecurity Operations & Incident Response Backup & Business Continuity (BCP/DR) AI in ITSM & IAM Asset Inventory Enterprise Architecture & Governance IT Compliance & Regulatory Standards Budget & Vendor Management Agile PMO & Program Management Organizational Change & Transformation International Expansion & Transactions Strategic Advisory to SVPs & Board Leadership Energy Efficiency & Renewables Integration

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Profile
  • Visionary IT leader with 20+ years shaping and executing technology strategies across IT, cybersecurity, telecommunications, healthcare, financial services, and the energy sector. Trusted advisor to CTOs, CIOs and SVPs delivering transformation, operational resilience, program management and cross-sector innovation. Proven ability to build, restructure, and lead tech teams in complex, regulated, and multi-regional environments.
  • Known for a leadership style ? balancing decisiveness with empathy ? by fostering an environment of trust while providing clear strategic direction. Calm under pressure, able to absorb organisational anxiety, communicate openly about challenges, and empower teams to craft their own solutions. Visible and present during crises, avoiding micromanaging, fostering trust, resilience, and sustainable performance.
  • With his unique combination of corporate IT and energy sector expertise, complemented by his role as Head of the Diplomatic Council's Mission to East and Southern Africa, he brings not only technological expertise but also a strategic perspective on regulatory, geopolitical, and market dynamics. His extensive international leadership experience?driving global expansion, breaking down silo structures and "kingdom culture" within organizations, fostering cross-border collaboration, aligning diverse business units around common goals and ensuring the free flow of enterprise-wide knowledge and resources?is key to his clients' success.

SKILLS
  • Enterprise IT Strategy & Digital Transformation
  • Board-Level & C-Suite Advisory
  • Cybersecurity & Risk Governance
  • Cloud & Multi-Cloud Architecture
  • Energy Efficiency & Renewables Integration
  • ITSM Management
  • Global Team Restructuring & Development
  • M&A IT Integration & Post-Merger Transformation
  • Regulatory Compliance (BSI C5, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO, NIST)
  • Strategic Vendor & SLA Management
  • Major Incident & Continuity Management

Einsatzorte

Einsatzorte

Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich
möglich

Projekte

Projekte

5 months
2025-12 - 2026-04

technical and commercial operations across renewable

MANAGING DIRECTOR
MANAGING DIRECTOR
  • Leading the group's technical and commercial operations across renewable energy, battery
  • storage, and digital energy - with active projects spanning Europe and island markets.
  • Responsibilities span the full project lifecycle: from solar PV system design, equipment
  • procurement, and BESS integration through to grid connection.
  • Driving the development of the group's digital energy platform - covering AI-powered predictive
  • maintenance for solar and battery assets, remote performance monitoring, virtual power plant
  • (VPP) infrastructure, and algorithmic electricity trading strategies including LFP battery arbitrage.
HELIOS NRG GMBH, LI
11 months
2024-10 - 2025-08

strategic options for group-wide IT transformation

SENIOR IT STRATEGY CONSULTANT AWS AI Cloud ...
SENIOR IT STRATEGY CONSULTANT
  • Advised SVPs and Segment Team Leads on strategic options for group-wide IT transformation, including migration of a self-developed IAM to a cloud-based platform for 11,000+ employees. 
  • Drove a Cloud-First Strategy for Corporate IT by coaching the in-house development and infrastructure teams to develop Microsoft Azure and AWS skills and adopt a cloud-first mentality fostering cross-business collaboration and reducing isolated decision-making. 
  • Restructured an internal development team (20 headcounts) and re-organised a steering board for new IAM software features, ensuring alignment with strategic goals, effective prioritization and efficient delivery. 
  • Developed a strategic roadmap for restructuring security roles and identity management, integrating Zero Trust principles to enhance resilience, regulatory alignment, and enterprise-wide access governance. 
  • Reviewed on-prem assets to prepare move to a new datacenter and hyperscaler model. 
  • Prepared SAP IDM phase-out and migration to Microsoft Entra in collaboration with Microsoft and SAP. 
  • Developed AI strategy for ITSM and IAM systems and conducted AI-focused workshops with ServiceNow.
AWS AI Cloud IAM identity management access governance Microsoft Azure SAP ServiceNow decision-making resilience ITSM infrastructure restructuring security IT STRATEGY
UNITED INTERNET AG
5 years
2020-01 - 2024-12

Security management for servers/containers and software products

SENIOR IT STRATEGY CONSULTANT backup Cloud IT operations ...
SENIOR IT STRATEGY CONSULTANT
  • Directed security governance for 40,000+ servers/containers and 300 software products, achieving BSI C5 certification. 
  • Led special taskforce for global rollout of Microsoft Defender for Cloud, ARC agent, and compliance reporting - enabling Group Security to meet key regulatory and security posture targets. 
  • Coordinated post-incident recovery after a large ransomware attack, restoring operations and reinforcing security controls. 
  • Standardised IT operations in Scandinavia, Turkey, Malaysia and South Africa, transforming regional silos by aligning service delivery, incident response, field operations, backup and BCM under unified group standards. 
  • Reviewed global datacenter facilities for resilience, regulatory compliance, ESG alignment and cloud migration feasibility based on hyperscaler requirements.
  • Implemented organisation-wide asset inventory procedures and systems across all asset classes, with classification for criticality, patch level, vulnerabilities aligned with regulatory requirements and lifecycle stage.
backup Cloud IT operations Coordinated resilience asset classes asset inventory ESG field operations incident response regulatory compliance regulatory requirements security security controls service delivery IT STRATEGY vulnerabilities
COMPUGROUP MEDICAL SE
3 years
2017-01 - 2019-12

Core banking transformations in several countries

DIRECTOR B2B CORE BANKING SYSTEM PROJECT OFFICE B2B FinTech investment bank ...
DIRECTOR B2B CORE BANKING SYSTEM PROJECT OFFICE
  • Directed multi-country core banking transformations with 50+ banking specialists in European and offshore jurisdictions. 
  • Developed a white label retail fixed deposit business and technology platform for an American investment bank, working closely with its headquarters in Frankfurt and London to ensure regulatory alignment and operational readiness. 
  • Worked with an Andorran offshore bank and inhouse expert teams on developing and integrating a new private banking and investment system based on FinTech Group's platform model. 
  • Collaborated with German and Austrian banks and inhouse expert teams on the integration of new core banking and lending system based on FinTech Group's platform model.
B2B FinTech investment bank offshore private banking retail
FLATEXDEGIRO BANK AG
5 years
2012-01 - 2016-12

Leading European IT engineering teams

IT TECHNOLOGY TEAM LEAD Jira IT engineering budgets ...
IT TECHNOLOGY TEAM LEAD
  • Managed European IT engineering teams and ?1m+ budgets in a 4,000+ employee organisation.
  • Delivered cybersecurity compliance and IT process improvements as part of the global ITIL service group.
  • Established agile PMO with Jira-based portfolio tracking.
Jira IT engineering budgets process improvements ITIL
SOPHOS

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Aus- und Weiterbildung

2001
Certified Trainer
Chamber of Crafts, Düsseldorf (Germany)

1998
Secondary School Diploma in Koblenz (Germany)

Kompetenzen

Kompetenzen

Top-Skills

International Leadership & Organizational Change Cybersecurity & Identity Governance IT Transformation & Cloud Strategy Cloud Architecture Datacenter Strategy & Migration Identity & Access Management (IAM) Microsoft Entra (ID Governance) SAP IDM & Enterprise Integration IT Service Management Zero Trust Security & Governance Cybersecurity Operations & Incident Response Backup & Business Continuity (BCP/DR) AI in ITSM & IAM Asset Inventory Enterprise Architecture & Governance IT Compliance & Regulatory Standards Budget & Vendor Management Agile PMO & Program Management Organizational Change & Transformation International Expansion & Transactions Strategic Advisory to SVPs & Board Leadership Energy Efficiency & Renewables Integration

Produkte / Standards / Erfahrungen / Methoden

Profile
  • Visionary IT leader with 20+ years shaping and executing technology strategies across IT, cybersecurity, telecommunications, healthcare, financial services, and the energy sector. Trusted advisor to CTOs, CIOs and SVPs delivering transformation, operational resilience, program management and cross-sector innovation. Proven ability to build, restructure, and lead tech teams in complex, regulated, and multi-regional environments.
  • Known for a leadership style ? balancing decisiveness with empathy ? by fostering an environment of trust while providing clear strategic direction. Calm under pressure, able to absorb organisational anxiety, communicate openly about challenges, and empower teams to craft their own solutions. Visible and present during crises, avoiding micromanaging, fostering trust, resilience, and sustainable performance.
  • With his unique combination of corporate IT and energy sector expertise, complemented by his role as Head of the Diplomatic Council's Mission to East and Southern Africa, he brings not only technological expertise but also a strategic perspective on regulatory, geopolitical, and market dynamics. His extensive international leadership experience?driving global expansion, breaking down silo structures and "kingdom culture" within organizations, fostering cross-border collaboration, aligning diverse business units around common goals and ensuring the free flow of enterprise-wide knowledge and resources?is key to his clients' success.

SKILLS
  • Enterprise IT Strategy & Digital Transformation
  • Board-Level & C-Suite Advisory
  • Cybersecurity & Risk Governance
  • Cloud & Multi-Cloud Architecture
  • Energy Efficiency & Renewables Integration
  • ITSM Management
  • Global Team Restructuring & Development
  • M&A IT Integration & Post-Merger Transformation
  • Regulatory Compliance (BSI C5, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO, NIST)
  • Strategic Vendor & SLA Management
  • Major Incident & Continuity Management

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